Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-25

/ VI uh SdotpouHu sI'oNo re"
at Sullivan, Mo-. and were thrown 2c
I feet from the tracks into d pond OF
shallow water. All four were painfully
but, 1t Is believed, not seriously in
jured.
The skeleton of a man, believed to
be George Pemberton, Jr., a son of
| George Pembcrton, of Mason, ILL.,, an
escaped insane patient from the Anna
asylum, was found in an abandoned
pasture near Golden, Ill.
The first real snow of the season
fell in New York when the torn
which has swept from the west hit
Gotham. Buffalo and Pittsburg also
report nov
Miss Grace Witherspoon, 20 years
old, overpowered n burglar who had
entered her home at Princeton, Ind,
and wrenched from his grasp q pillow.
slip containing more than 5000 worth
of jewelry and furs, which the intruder
had stolen.
Booker r. Washington headed q
committee which called at the White
House to solicit the support of Presi-
dent Taft fer Il movement which has
been started by leading negroes
throughout the country looking toward
the holding Of an exposition in 1913
to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary
of the freedom of the negro race
The police of Troy, N. T., are seek
ing some clew which may lead to the
f,itr1ni. up a an yptpn v.lnra
body was discovered on Green Island,
a suburb of Troy. The woman was
about 70 years old. OF appar..lt lcfine-
mcnt and handsomely dressed.
Frank Lotus, James Hayes and
william Hastings, Leadville gold min
ers, were caught in a blizzard near
the Hill Top mine on the Lake Park
county line, and frozen to death.
Messina's ruins were shaken by a
heavy earthquake early Monday, The
shock sent the inhabitants into the
streets in panic, clad in their night
clothing.
N. J. Bachelor of Concord, N. H.,
was reelected grand master of the
National Grange convention in Des
Moines. H. was opposed by o. Gard
ner of Maine. The vote stood 50 to IA.
The Oldest Rebekah IN Illinois. Mrs.
Lydia Raymond, SO years old, died in
W%arrensburg in that state.
A %sOuthbound Frisco passenger train
went into the ditch near Platter, Okla.
The engine turned owe Engineer
Wells was lady burned and may die.
Fireman Helen's ankle was broken
and he was badly scalded.
State Game and Fish Warden Toll
erton of Missouri reports the number
Of state hunters licenses issued this
year as 43,9l7. These licenses are
from the entire state and indicate
that there are that many licensed MIN.
rods in Missouri.
After two days passed IN hearing
the testimony of many of the most
prominent citizens, Judge Scay of the
criminal district court has denied a
change of venue to Burrrll Oates on
his fifth trial, charged with the muir
der of Sol. Aronoff in Dallas, Novem.
Der Q, 1904. Oates has been given
four death sentences and granted new
ria each time by the court of Grim
inal appeals. He Is q negro. Holly
Van, a white man convicted of COM
pl,city in the same crime, was hanged
four years g
Mrs. Tom Mock and her baby were
rescued from their house at Johns
town, Mo-, which had been turned up
side down by the sever windytorm
that swept that section. Neither was
injured. The wind demolished one
business building and damaged sever
al others.
Fred Lindsay, a young farmer re-
siding on Fox Island. south OF Gray
vile, Ill.,, shot and killed his uncle.
John Lindsay, during a quarrel. 1t Is
said the young man acted in self de-
Tense.
In a general round up William ].
Flynn. chief of the United States Sc.
cret service bureau, and his agents,
arrested thirteen men In New York
City, accused Of being importers of
counterfeit money, q part of a band
which has been launching it's pro-
ducts on the market since last April.
The grand jury at Union City,
Tenn, returned individual indictments
against Garrett Johnson and Arthur
Cloar. alleged night riders. charging
them with the murder of Captain
Quentin Ranken on October 10, 1908.
The loss of life during the recent
hurricane and torrential rains at
Kingston, Jamaica, is now figured at
about twenty. Communication by ca.
BILE was restored. but the land lines
are still down In many directions.
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