Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-25
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
TERSElY TOLD.
NORTH. EAST. SOUTH AND West
Notes From Foreign Lands Through.
out the Nation, and Particularly
the Great Southwest.

Oncrs, BlOndy King and George Sim
mons. white, and Richard White, a ne
gro, made their escape, was effected
from the Perry county Jail at Duquoin,
III. They sawed out the bars in the
cells and escaped from the building by
digging a hole through the wall.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
approved designs for the new postal
cards to be finished by the govern
mcnt printing Office under the ar
rangement taking effect January !
next. The head of Mckinley will be
continued on tn" ordinary card, b,C
a better likeness has been selected
and the border design has been much
improved.
w. l.. Carney, an aged reclusc and
well to do citizen, VINO was attacked
and robbed in his home several
months ago, died at Bismarck, Mo.
He never recovered from the injuries
sustained when robbed.
The long continued rains have
stopped, resulting in a remarkable
iIIlIloN tIlltIl III NblihltlObo Ill iht
canal zone. The food in the Chagres
river is subsiding and the water Is
nov approximately ten feet above the
normal.
Aaron Johnson, a negro. who Is said
to be Us years old, fell out of Il
wagon at Alexandria, La, and broke
his neck, as he was being conveyed
to the Rapiues parish poor farm at
Pincville.
The post office and general store at
H., vas entered by burglars and the
safe blown open. All the contents
were stolen. The robbers made good
their escape. ~Bloodhounds are III
their trail.
Henry Keck. so years old. n farmer
living at Gonzales, Tex, conceived
and executed what is probably the
most peculiar form OF suicide even re
corded in Texas. Keck built Il huge
funeral pyrG at the foot of a tree,
touched a match to the tree and as the
flames leaped about him, sent Il rifle
bullet into his head. The remains
We're found Monday.
Robbers blew the safe at Allemen,
Ia, early Friday, aud got away with
$4,000. The two robbers were in a
buggy and were able to keep ahead of
a posse Of citizens which gave chase.
Representatives of the Snake In.
dian tribe who are attending the
Chickasaw legislature at TishOmingo,
Tex, are making a hard fight to in,
duce the Indians to refuse to recOg.
nize the United States government.
Col. ID. j. N. A. Jewett, a veteran OF
the Crimcan and civil wars, II famous
duclist in Europe and an Indian fight,
or of New Mexico, died Friday morn
ing at Captain, N. NJ. aged II. He
was a native of Boston.
Consuelo, dowager duchess of Man
chester, in London, died early Satur
day morning OF heart failure, follow
ing an attack OF neuritis.
John G. Carlisle, the eminent lawyer
President Cleveland. is dying in st
Vincent's hospital In New York.
Federal Judge De Haven, OF Sal
Francisco, imposed II fines Of 9lO(
each on the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad for violations OF the railwa.
sofety appliance law.
Frank Whitening, a member OF
jewelry firm OF Chicago, spent severa
anxious hours h New York until h,
found his trunk, containing $685. O'
worth of jewels, which disappeared
from in front Of the Herald Squar,
hotel, A porter, who had been eau
toned to watch the trunk left 1t witt
the taxicab chauffeur. and the latter
when a man and woman appeared a
passengers a few minutes later, too
them as the trunks n and drov
away. Three hours later the taxica
returned with the trunk and valuable
safe.
William II. Thompson. 81 years old
was arraigned at Rockford. ILL.,, on
charge of embeZzling $4.G8l from tn
school fund Of Rockton district. Q
which he was treasurer twenty-iv
years. He waived hearing. but wa
unable to furnish bail Of $4,000 an,
was committed to Winnebago count
Jail, the oldest prisoner that 1t ha
ever received.
Andrew Seseley was shot and kille
by X. e. Pertle. at Steelton, OK. Tn
men ouarreled owe . game OF cards.