Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-18

) BRIEF


Taft has ordered one officer and 25
marines to the Isle Of Pines.
Silveira, missing Cuban banker, said
to be hiding In New York city.
Auditor Of the Chicago 4 Alton will
be cited for contempt In the rate
case. He admitted that freight bills
had been des .royed.
Machinists of the Southern railway
are voting on a proposition looking to
settlement Of the strike.
The strike of students at Drury col.
lege, caused Dy desire to make up for
holiday. comes to an end.
Benjamin Combs, aged 81, pioneer
settler, dead ut Clarence, Mo.
Miss Iona Kerstine, 17-year-old
daughter Of Mrs. Polly Kerstine,
Williamsville, ILL.,, was accidentally
shot and killed by Don Darlington, a
young gentleman friend, who called
while on his way to hunt ducks.
Southwestern lines at Eureka
Springs meeting consider question OF
reducing mileage rate and favorable
action will result upon approval by
chief executives.
Woman socialist candidate for con.
gress In Texas stumps district, advo.
eating federal ownership OF packing
plants.
President Kimball resigns from one
Chicago, Peoria 4 st. Louis and Cen.
eral Manager John p. Ramsey Is elect.
ed vice president in charge Of the
property.
Isle OF Pines will be given United
States provisional governor pending
settlement of its status as Cuban soil,
10 Havana statement.
Curtis Barbee found guilty of mur.
der OF sweetheart and punishment IL
fixed at Is years In penitentiary.
Roy knabenshue, in his airship,
makes two successful flights and calls
on governor of Tennessee.
Latest move in railroad manage.
ment gives control Of Chicago & Alton
road to Rock Island.
Available cash balance in United
States treasury Thursday, 1920, Asa, $40.
The Imperial Bank OF Germany has
raised It's discount rate.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
~f~"S pSioiC IL VCIIlChy Udlh6T6
Wednesday.
Colored men complain to the inter.
state commerce commission that Jim
Crow cars furnished in the south are
inferior in all respects to the service
provided for other people, and raise
the question OF equal facilities.
Interstate Commerce Commissioned
Pr0utV rpnortc IN tho ,,rno{Inot TINT
railroads have practical monopoly of
western coal lands.
Prisoner held on two charges at Mt.
Sterling. Ill.,. locks sheriff in jail and
makes his escape.
Miss Mackey loses In the golf tour.
ney, and the Misses Bishop and o.
good are also put out Of commission.
f. u. Pope of st. Louis is elected
president OF the American association
OF travelling passenger agents.
Speaker Cannon opens his Ohio
tour, and while he pleads for a candi.
date news comes that the man is dy.
ing.
Missouri Pythians elect J. T.. Thorn.
as, a railroad man, grand chancellor.
ooutA WcSIcIu ldTIIC OIuCldlS are ex.
pected to make a fiat 2-cent rate for
travelling men.
Sister Of Mrs. Howard Gould re-
penis marriage to Chinaman and de-
serts her husband.
Annual report OF Missouri Pacific
and Iron Mountain roads shows net
earnings for the year of 8 per cent.
President Gould submits the twen.
ty-sixth annual report OF the Missouri
Pacific system showing good net re-
suits and handsome surplus after pay.
ment OF dividends.
Eight indictments ure returned by
the federal. grand Jury in New York
In the sugar rebate cases.
Annual election OF the Wabash In
Toledo leaves Gould board In control
OF the property. One new director
fills tho Sage vacancy.
Concessions granted Dowie In Mex.
leo forfeited and plan for q new Zion
falls through.
w. II. Hearst IL Ill at his home with
a severe cold.
Josephine Frank. l6 years old, Of
Aurora, Ill, Ia abducted from her
home, taken to an island, and brutal.
ly assaulted by two men.
Secret OF the Sultan's recent illness
Ia said to be that he was stabbed by
"a taaln,c ,Hovnhor 80 htu ba,or