Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-02

IWeHty-bIA pTIbOueTb III TIE pcuitSih,
tiary at ~Tehauntepec, Mexico, many q
them murderers, gained their liberty
by digging beneath the walls Of tho
ancient structure. The prison was
erected in 1910, and the t~unneling Of
the prison caused the crumbllng walls
to fall.
Engineer A. A. Degulre, Fireman b.
Il. Pratt and X. NJ. Flack. & mail clerk,
injured as a result Of a wreck on the
Iron Mountain ear Malvern, ere In
q hospital at Little Rock.
Donald Geiselman, II years old,
while hunting ear Orrville, O., shot
and killed his father, Cyrenius Geisel-
man, 80 years old. The old nan was
husking corn, standing back Of &
shock, when the son fred at a bird.
The largest fire in Hickman, KY,
for many years was that in which the
large Richmond and Bond oil mill
burned, with a loss Of 500, 900.
So severe were the burns received
by Herbert McMath.at Pembroke, KY,
Tuesday that he died Thursday night,
He was literally cooked from his head
to his feet by the flames, and suffered
intensely. He was about 30 years old.
After e. quarrel, GustGve Neibert, an
employe at the Rock Island arsenal,
shot and instantly killed his father-in-
law. Dan Gilbert. The Rev. Mr.. En-
right, a Catholic priest, who had been
summoned to pacify the Quarreling
men, was present when the Staying
occurred.
A woman n~eighbor OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Davis. OF Salisbury, ILL.,, went
into their home at Aurora, ILL.,, to take
care of thc,r L:jE, g days OIL. while
Mrs. Davis was Ill, and the well meant
attentions killed the child. Under the
impression that she was using talcum
powder the volunteer nurse twice
sprinkled her charge with powdered
arsenic and the infant died.
FRANKIE Pate was killed at Mt. Car.
mel, ILL.,, by William. alias Jumbo
Adams, after a quarrel at a dance
Pate had a shotgun, but Adams fired
first, using a revolver, death resulting
almost instantly. The %cOrOner's jury
held Adams 10 await the action OF the
grand jury.
Thomas II. Field, known Familiarity
In Dallas, Tex, forty years as TON
Field" Is dead. He was a native OF
Missouri; born near st. Louis sixty
years ago, and promoted many Of the
best enterprises Of Dallas.
The Chicasaw legislature adjourned
at Tishomingo after passing a bill
authorizing the election of two dele
gates to represent the tribe in Wash
ington at a salary of $1,000 a year.
w. +. Bourland Of Ardmore and Ben
jamin II. Colbert OF Tishomingo were
elected.
For n day after Samuel Gompers,
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison go
to Jail 100000 men and women
workers will quit work and voice a
protest, If Mrs. Raymond Robins,
president OF the National Women's
Trade Union has her way.
Kansas products Of 1909 were worth
a total of 1892, CS5 PAS, a gain Of $751;.
44O,4l4 over last year, according to
the annual report OF +. ID. Coburn,
secretary Of the board of agriculture.
AT Redding. Cal, while Miss Mae L
Deffert was putting IN her wedding
gown for her marriage to George
Gautier. and the guests were as.
sembled. she was stricken with
paralysis and died.
Amos Virkey, a wealthy farmer
a Foosland, Ill.,, was taken to the
Northern Illinois insane hospital, after
being adjudged insane. His insanity
was brought on by a large yield OF
corn In Champaign county. He want
ed to husk corn day and night.
While trying to grasp the revolver
OF n OF two robbers, who stuck
up" his saloon at Kansas City M. A
Spangler was instantly killed. In 6
pistol duel with his fathers murderer
Sam Spangler was shot through bott
arms.
Edward Bachman. a prisoner in the
Richland county, o., jail, faces the
gallows In Mississippi because of hi,
confessing a double murder at Gulf
port 30 that his aged mother nigh
get the reward offered for hi.
capture.
Admiral Sperry has been detailed
by the secretary of the navy to assis
the National Waterways commission
In Its work. He will give attention t,
various questions and will aid tn,
commission In the preparation of It
forthcoming report.
Baron SEibusawa, head Of the Jar
anese Commercial commission, whicl
Is touring the United States, was II