Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-01

!: BRIEF ;


Moroccan crisis becomes acute and
France sends warships, while Germany
holds hers in readiness.
Great Britain, France and Italy form
defensive alliance to safeguard peace
Of Europe.
Switchmen's union at Galveston
gives the railroads forty.eight hours to
concede terms or suffer a tie-up OF tho
wharves and terminals.
Hartman Is said to have organized
Chicago, Joliet & Kansas City road to
give him two Kansas City outlets.
Nelson Chesman, founder OF pioneer
advertising agency, in business In st.
Louis thirty-two years, expires in the
east.
Business section of Argyle, Tex, is
destroyed by fire, entailing a loss esti.
mated at $4,000.
Nine cavalry troops on trail of Ute
Indians; have orders to avoid fight II
it is possible.
German foreign secretary visits
cardinal delegate and asks aid from
the vatican to prevent Polish revOlu.
ton.
The recent storm, by blowing the
mosquitoes away, is believed to have
effectually checked yellow fever at
Havana.
Washington report say Robert Ba.
con will be appointed ambassador to
France to succeed II. s. Mccormick.
William Walsh, former well-known
jeweler In st. Louis, ends his life with
revolver in Elks' cIubrooms.
Ute Indians are in an ugly mood
and are expected to fight when or.
dered to return TO their reservation.
Orders from the department of JUS.
tice will prevent former Senator Bur.
ton being given special privileges In
the Ironton (Mo.) Jail.
Logan Nance, aged 80, merchant and
vice president of the Herrick (Ilf.)
bank, died of typhoid fever and blood
poisoning.
James Carey, resident at Virginia,
ILL.,, since 1910, died from an accidental
fall off a porch, aged 81, and totally
blind.
Appointment of Charles II. Huttig,
Of st. Louis, on elastic currency com.
mission Is regarded as settled by
iinanciers.
George j.. Gould inspects the Wabash
line from Chicago, dimes In st. Louis
and leaves for the east at midnight.
American Railway association deter.
mines upon plan to correct car service
abuses and will adopt heavy per diem
penalty.
1t IS rumored in New York that Stuy.
yesant Fish may be succeeded as pres.
ident Of the Illinois Central BY Vice
President Grammer of the Vanderbilt
lines.
Baptlsts near Cape Girardcau, Mo-,
unveil monument on the site OF the
first church west of the Mississippi
river.
Date for Hague tribunal is set for
next May, following conference be.
tween Roosevelt and Gen. Horace POr
ter.
At st. Louis Lyman L. Hamilton,
after arrest. conIesses to forgery, safe
robbery and theft.
Another storm breaks on Mobile, de.
stroying eighty of 1875 boats driven
helplessly out to sea.
Cuban rebels harassing towns In
Puerto Principe province to be dis.
persed by the United States troops.
No trace is found by the officers OF
James Long. who killed widow and
father-inlaw neal Fairfield, Mo.
Assistant Passenger Traffic Mana
: ger Byrne of the Santa Fe urges crea
ton of new tariffs before the conven
ton of the American association at At
lantic City.
Experts on traffic from all sections
OF the country are selected to aid thu
interstate commerce commission IL
the formulation Of notices relating Il
changes in tariffs.
Following tho troubles OF last Fri
7 day and Saturday, Casey's Qll.) negr,
citizens have all departed.
/. Bankers convention ~adjourns at st
Louis, after providing for a speciaI
3 commission to consider currency 70
forms.
Experts find an error Of 81, 900 In
the st. Louis s%ubtreasury accounts
but say 1t Is not connected with thu
$Gl.2OO shortage.