Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-24
Terse TelegrA,
l.. v. B.. Rucker, newspaper

spondent at Springfield, Mo-, is BRO
ly assaulted by two men. ~
Bill is introduced in st. Louis housNS
Of delegates to grant franchise to 3.'
cent.fare street railway system.
British woman educator arrives to
inspect st. Louis schools seeking
knowledge for English institutions
beneft.
United States begins two suits In
San Francisco to force city to give
Japanese equal school advantages with
Americans.
Arkansas files suit against six pack.
Ing companies, asking judgment aggre'
eating $24. 0OO, 900.
President Roosevelt will favor deep
waterway to gulf in his annual mes
sage to congress at next session.
Locomotive engineers. in session In
St. Louis. adopt resolutions against
passage Of the 2.cent fare bill before
thu .Iissouri legislature.
Southeastern lines will adopt an IN.
Interchangeable mileage book SYSTEM
the Southern railway Withdrawing itS
opposition.
Two men el%ectrocuted, wires pros.
trated, 100 factories darkened and
street car and train service impaired
as result Of storm in st. Louis.
Real estate dealer Of Brownsville,
Tex, blames army officers for riots.
asserting they knew disturbances
were impending.
Ohio river is above food mark and
great devastation is expected to fol.
low continuous rains throughout val.
ley.
Custer suit instituted by Atty. Gen.
Hadley. of Missouri, involves conten.
ton that several railroads cannot con,
troll express company.
President w. w. Finley says South.
ern Railway has invested SOC, OO0, 900
in improvements for taking care of
traffic.
Report Of J. P. Morgan's illness
causes slump in stocks. Amalgamated
shows further weakness.
During the consideration of the Dis.
trict Of Columbia bill notable speeches
were made by Representative Foster,
OF Vermont, supporting the president
In his message on the Japanese situa.
ton In California, and by Representa-.
tive Sheppard, Of Texas, who enthused
the democrats by a closely-prepared
address on politics and the state OF
the nation.
The rainfall at st. Louis for 48 hours
was 1922 inches.
Folks anti-lobby bill may meet de.
feat in Missouri legislature, while tip.
ping measure may win.
Custer suit instituted by Atty. Gen.
Hadley, of Missouri, involves conten.
ton that several~railroads can not con.
troll express company.
Estimates indicate that st. Louis
real and personal property in 1907 will
exceed assessed valuation of half.bil.
lion dollars.
Wabash will 90 steadily on with
the work of double-tracking between
st. Louis and Chicago and Toledo.
At Bardwell, KY. a rear-end COLL.
sion between freight trains occurred,
In which four men were killed and sew.
eral injured. Failure to observe a
danger block signal is the alleged
cause.
While propped up in bed, Gov. War
ner of Michigan was sworn in for his
second term as chief executive of the
state.
Atty. Gen. Hadley OF Missouri re.
fuses to bring suit to dissolve the
merger OF the United Railway Co. and
the Suburban Co., traction lines, In
st. Louis, believing that the consoli
d ion was lawful.
The isthmian commission opened
bids from private contractors for the
completion Of the Panama canal. w
J. Oliver. OF Knoxvillel, Tenn, and An
sol M. Bangs. OF New York, ~associat
ed together, were the lowest bidders
$6.75 per centum UPON the estimated
cost.