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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
THE COLUMBIA CASE TO COURT
Suits Hove eeen Filed Against Okla.
homa Bank Commissioner by Two
Surety Companies.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.-Suits
were filed in the district court by the
United States Fidelity and Guaranty
company and the Southern Surety
company against the state bank com.
missioner, Mr.. Young, asking that the
commissioner be restrained from max.
ing the state a preferred creditor in
settling the affairs of the Columbia
Bank and Trust company.
They also ask that he be restrained
from r~eimbursing the state guaranty
fund or the state banks from which
that fund was repleted after the failure
of the Columbia, and demanding that
he be retained within the Jurisdiction
of the court. The petition also de.
manded that the commissioner should
file with the courts a full statement
showing the liabilities and assets of
the bank at this time.
Judge Clark heard arguments and
took the case under advisement.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
Kansas City Tneaters.

The Willis Wood will present two
attractions during the week between
Christmas and New Years. The first
four nights Paul VI. Pottcr's success.
full play, "The Girl From R~ector's,'
Will be presented. On Thursday. Fri.
day and Saturday nights and Saturday
matinee Victor Moore in George NJ.
Cohan's musical play, THE Talk OF
New York." will be the attraction.
At the Shubert during the week com.
mencing Sunday. December 26,
Blanche Ring In THE Yankee Girl
will be presented. Miss Ring has been
greeted with Overlooking houses
wherever she has appeared. Seats fol
this engagement can be reservd by
mail.
At the Grand for the week com
mencing Sunday matinee, December
26. the old reliable play in Old Ken,
lucky" will ~inaugurate is one hundred
and sixty-third performance. This is
one Of the best American plays eve
written. The Pickaninny band and
the horse rae are better than eve
this year.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
SHEEP AND CATTLE SUFFERING
With the Mercury IS Degrees Below
In Wyoming Live Stock Losses
Will be Heavy.

Omaha, Nebraska.-With the tenn.
perature ranging around 50 degrees
below zero in the " yoming mountains.
and a 12-inch blanket Of snow covering
the entire West, the Trans-Missouri
country is experiencing one of lie
coolest spells since the government
weather bureau system was extended
westward.
Live stock on the plains are suff -.
ing terribly, and sheep are pcrishing
Ly the thousands in the foothills Of the
mountains.
Green River, Wyo., with n tcmp,'a.
tlrc of 80 degrees below zero. Is ;hc
coolest point between Chicago and
San Francisco and other points in
wyoming are experiencing the same
terrible degree of frost. Laramie.
WyO, reports 81 degrees below. and
Cheyenne, with a temperature of ~
degrees below, is the warmst point in
the state. Ont en- the great central
plateau the mercury has simply gone
to the bottom of the tube.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
Pumpkin Pie at SIS a Throw.

Mince and pumpkin pies selling at
s. each when auctioned to the guests
at a pie supper given at the Turner
district school near Columbia raised
enough money to buy sectional book.
cases and a w~ell-selected library of
Is books for the school district. The
pies were donated by girls in the
school and by their mothers. In a
recent report J. Kelly Wright, coun.
ty school commissioner, said: Forty
per sen of the rural schools in this
COUNTY have no school library at all.
This Is the case in districts where
farmers live who are worth from $50.
600 to $1,000 The pie route to
learning is popular this fall and over
a dozen districts have added to a
library fund by this means"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from all
Parts Of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben.
eft Of Our Readers.
From National Capitol.

The National Pure Food association
has asked that congress make In.
vestigation with reference to the h st
methods Of food preparations ard
dispense information and instructions
as is now done on matters pertaining
to crop cultivation.
The senate committee on judiciary
has voted to report favorably TO the
senate the nomination of Judge Lurton
to the supreme court. The only OBJ.
lection advanced was the age OF the
jurist who has passed his Seth year.
For the third time the supreme
court OF the United States has de-
cided against the Rio Grande Dam and
Irrigation company which proposed to
build a dam across the Rio Grande
river. The court decided that the Rio
Grande was a Manageable stream.
The American Institute Of Archi-
tects held Its forty.third annual meet.
ing at Washington. The meeting vas
addressed by President Taft and Sen
ator Root.
The president has nominated Horace
II. Lurton of Tennessee to be associate
justice Of the supreme court OF the
United States.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
Twice Convicted of Murder.

A jury in the Lawrence county cir.
cult court found Charles S. Heath, a
wealthy Mcdonald county farmer,
guilty of murder in the first degree,
and fixed his punishment at imprison.
ment in the ~penitentiary for ninety.
nine years. Heath was charged with
numbering Clarence MOSicr, a school
teacher, In Mcdonald county in Febru.
AIRY. 1907. Heath was convicted be.
fore and sentenced to ~forty-five years
n the pcniientiary, but the case was
reversed and rcmandcd back for a new
trial by the supreme court.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23

The validity Of the local option law
In Daviess county. Mo-, has been sus.
talned by a decision OF the circuit
court. -
The plants of the Daily and Weekly
Tribune and Monitor and the Monitor
Binding and Printing company at Fort
Scott, Kan, have been ruined by
fire.
One Of the men killed near Tulsa,
Ok, by an explosion has been idelti-
aed as a man who has served time In
several p~enitentiaries at various times
for cracking safes.
The Democratic state committee of
Indina has arranged for the selection
If the new committee. No opposition
to Tom Taggart appeared at the meet.
ing.
Representatives OF a milk evaporat-
ing company propose to establish a
branch at Wellington, Kan, and de-
5000 COWS.
The meeting Of the National Good
Roads association at Topeka Is the
largest ever held by the society, dele
gates being present from nearly every
state and from Alaska.
The Farmers National bank Of
Tulsa, Ok, and the First State bank Of
Kiefer, Ok. have closed their doors.
It Is believed the failures are due to
the Columbia Bank and Trust com.
pany failure at Oklahoma City.
The prize steer belonging to the
Missouri college OF agriculture which
took the prize at the Scdalia state
fair will be killed for the banquet to
the 1900 farmers who will visit Column.
bia farmers week.
the officers Of the faileed national
bank at Tulsa, Ok, claim that Merton
the president of the failed Oklahoma
City bank owed the Tulsa bank $780,
600 while Norton maintains that he
does not owe the tulsa bank anything.
Cornelius Vanderbilt has admitted
that the Vanderbilts have become in
terestcd in the Missouri Pacific rail-
road and that he has been made a di-
rector of hat
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
STATE OF ONO CRY or ToLIDo.
LI'CAS COUNTY. eo'

FRANK J.. CnEYEY makes oath tina. no ID senios
partner Of the firm Of F.. J. CHENEY n Co.. dofnC
business. In the CITY OF Toledo. County and stae
aforesaid. and that slid frm will pGy the sum OF
ONE DOLLARS for each and every
case OF CATairH that cannot be cured by the use q
HALLS CATAhKH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed In my presence
this 9Th day OF December. A. D.. 1856.
say A. So @.mA scs,.o.
'~ VI" """
Hairs Catorrh Cure Is taken internally and acts
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials. free.
f.. J. CuENEY * Co. Toledo O.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family PMS for constipation.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
Damage for Posting Her Name.

When Mrs. Mary l.. Patterson, a
Kansas City boarding house keeper,
refused in December. 1907, TO pay for
a ton OF coal which was not the kind
she ordered and was not satisfactory,
Samuel l., Evans, a coal dealer, caused
her name to be published as a delin,
Quent creditor. She brought suit In
the circuit court against Mr.. Evans
for $4,000 damages. A jury in Judge
Thomas division of the court awarded
her 81 500 damages.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
Oldest Auctioneer is Dead.

Salina. kansas.--Col. Cicero Post
Barring, who had the distinction of
being the oldest anciioneer in Kan.
sas, having cried sales for 40 years,
and sold the Shipton tow""''o October
20, died at a public sale on the farm
OF A. NJ. Steward, one mile east of
Salina, from heart disease. As he
raised his hand to knock down the sale
OF a cav he said, wait a minute,
boys and began 10 sink to the
ground. He died almost instantly.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
Domestic Items,

An ice gorge in the river at Law
renee, Kan, has caused the water
plant to be idle and the electric plant
was 80 crippled as to only furnish
light part Of the time.
Five robbers entered the Citizens
State Bank of Geronimo, Ok, secured
$4,000 in cash and escaped.
New York City has a bonded debt
Of 81, ZOO, 0O0. 900 according to a report
just issued by the comptroller.
Plans have matured to realize i'm.
mediately on $1,000 900 In bonds for
the construction of the new union pas.
senger station at Kansas City.
An investigation Of financial affairs
at Chicago revealed that a company
OF which Mayor Bussic's private sccrc.
tary was president had sold coal to
the city at a profit of 200 per cent and
also reapcd a trust-likc profit on oil
transactions.
The New Mexico Lumber company
has again been sued by the govern
ment for the possession of 1000
acres of valuable timber land which
the government claims was obtained
Oy fraud.
The railroad employees departme1 I:
Of the American Federation of Labor
is meeting at st. Paul to consider
problems growing out of the switch.
mems strike. The department repre-.
Bents 5UU,UU0 men.
Special trains will be run west Of
INhtnnRn "a, a., -
mage of express packages for the hoii.
days.
For the first time Latin will cease
to be a requirement of the entrance
TO Yale Undergraduate department
when, after another year, the change
IN the admission subjects at the
Shefield Scientific school takes an
effect.
Columbia university Is planning the
establishment of a s 1000, 900 school of
OF farming. A committee of professors
which has been wrestling with the
preliminary problems presented by
the plan announces that the course OF
study Will occupy two years.
South C~ofeyville. Ok, expects to get
a big terra Gotta plant to cost $500, 600
A bill has been introduced in the
Illinois legislature appropristing $50,
600 for the relief Of survivors of the
Cherry mine disaster.
Clyde Charles OF Dalhart, Tex. has
confessed that he killed Charles T.
Neptune a farmer and buried the bod,
on the farm near Larned, Kan.
Five men were Injured at Topeka
Kan. by the explosion of gas In {
cistern that wac being repaired. Tn,
gas vas !gnited by a spark from Z
pick used by n Of the workmen.
Gov. Deneen in his message to tn.
special session OF the Illinois legisla
ture lays particular stress upon tn,
necessity for a primary election law.
The taking Of testimony in the sui
Instituted by the safe OF Missouri
against the proposed telephone merge
has been postponed until December %
The December report of Bradstree
company shows that the cost OF Twin,
has reached practically the highes
point yer attained.
Inc Kansas authorities have decid
ed to place the prison made Irvine II
tho hands OF dealers next year In plac,
Of selling direct to the farmers as i,
the past with the hope OF disposing o
Q large part Of the output.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
Foreign Afairs.

A contest i've the succession of the
throne Of belgium is possible. Leo.
pold's son five years old may claim it
from the heir prcsemptive Prince Al.
bert who is a nephew to Leopold.
Aviator Paulhan in a new flying ma.
chine at Paris made a record for
weight carrying when he made a flight
with two passengers the total weight
a~gsregating 44O pounds.
rhe censor has refused 10 allow the
production of Strauss "SalOmc" at the
Convent Garden, London.
The report of an anti.Zelayan demon.
stra'ion at Managua the N~icaraguan
capital has been confirmed by a dis.
patch from Vice-COnsuI Caldcra to the
state department at Washington.
King Leopold of Belgium has sub
mltted to an operation as a last
resort to save his life and is said 10
nave stood the operation well.
A HongkOnS correspondent tclc.
graphs that an an~ti-forcign outbreak
Is threatened at Pekin.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
Butter Was Too Extensive,

Columbia thinks that forty cents a
pound is pretty high for butter in that
town. AT a girls boarding house a
young woman asked for a second
checker Of butter and was refused.
~Thereupon all the girls left the board.
Ing house. The landlady said she was
ready to quit running a table because
butter at forty cents a pound was toe
much for her.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
CLIP THIS OUT.
Valuable Recipe When Afflicted with
rheumatism or Backache.

This Is a renowned doctors very
best prescription for rheumatism.
One ounce compound syrup Sarsa'
parilla; one ounce Toris compound;
half pint high grade whiskey. MIX
them and take a tablespoonful before
each meal and at bed time. The bot.
tie must be we'll shaken each time"
Any druggist has these ingredients
or he will get them from his whole
sale house.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
Columbia College Offer Extended.

Trustees of the Christian Bible col.
lege at Columbia received notification
OF an extension Of time granted the
Bible college by II. A. Long OF Kansas
City. who gave $4,000 toward an EN-.
dowment fund for the institution, con.
diti0ned upon the college raising an
equal amount by December. The col.
lege lacked about $1,000 Of raising
the amount.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
Ora Turner Convicted,

Lyons, Kansas.-Guil'y of murder In
the first degree was tie verdict return
ed by the jury which tried Ora Turner
for the killing of Roy Snide: near Ray.
niond on the night of July IA, last.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
To Texas for Evidence,

Topeka. Kansas.--John Dawson, at.
torncy for the railroad board, has gone
to Galveston Tev., where he CO.," -.
vestieate express rates in Texas. IIa
IL digging up some evidence to back
him in his suit filed before the Kan.
sas railroad board TO reduce express
rates in Kansas.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
The Country's Spread.

While the area conceded to the IL
original states by the peace treaty OF
1888 was $4,000 square miles, their
present area is but $4,000 square
miles, the other 500, 900 square miles
forming in whole or in part 10 other
states.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
Following

Franklin h%arnessed the lightning
and now the Chillicothe council prom.
ises to harness Bull Thunder creek
and make a sewer Of 1t.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
Wanted to Know.

Father-Well?
Tommy-Will | be a %monoplane
biplane angel?
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
The Czar's Grand Uncle Dead.

Cannes, France. - Grand Duke
Michael Nicholaievitch. grand uncle of
Emperor Nicholas of Russia, died here.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-23
Personal.

Personal.
Maj. Gen. Walter f.. Suffer, who
fought under Grant and marched with
Sherman to the sea died at Salt Lake
City.
Leopold II, king of Belgium, and
the richest monarch in F,uroDe Is
dead. The collapse occurred sudden.
ly, and at a moment when the doctors
seemingly had the greatest hopes for
his recovery.
Clifford PinchOt will not forsake the
forestry service to accept the presi-
dency of the University of Michigan.
Danny Dccrskin, said to have been
loO years old and the last %descendent
or he famous Indian chief Mohican
died recently at Vineland, N. j.
Gen. Fred ID. Grant will be trans.
ferred from command of the depart.
ment of the lakes to the department of
the east with headquarters at New
York.
FTltIof Nansen the Norwegian ex-
plorer has made a statement In which
he announces that he has abandoned
faith In the claims of DR.. Cook as tho
discoverer of the North Pole. He has
faith in Peary,
Maj. Gen. Wood now in command
or the department OF the east will be
made chief of staff to succeed Gen.
Bell.
Mrs. Mary r. Roscoe Of Great Bend,
Kan, fell dead in a Chicago depot. She
vas on her way home from Wisconsin.
Leslie M. Shaw, ex.secretary of the
treasurer in IN address before the
business men Of Indianapolis said that
II a central bank was established az
proposed by Senator Aldrich it would
be controlled by the Standard Oil com.
pany.
Capt. Thomas Franklin commissary
and treasurer at West Point Military
academy has endered a plea OF guilty
to a charge Of embezzlement and has
been sentenced to two years and sis
months In the ~penitentiary.
+. w. Young. manager of the Como,
otel at Joplin, Mo-, was acquitted O,
he charge OF permitting a gambling
device to be run in the hotel. A raid
on the hotel under the supsrvision O,
the mayor had disclosed a large roul
cite wheel In operation In one OF ths
rooms
William J. Bland a Kansas CITY no,
has been awarded a Cecil Rhode.
scholarship at Oxford.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-26
Pure olive oil at Luchini Bros.

Pure olive oil at Luchini Bros.
Mrs. B. j. Howe and Miss Helen
O'Brien, of Detroit, are guests of c.
Murphy in this city.
When you are in need of corset,
call on Mrs. Bart Miller. She has all
the latest models
Miss bessie Callihan and Miss Maude
Porterfeld left, Sunday, for a week S
outing at Crystal lake.
For SALE CHEAP-A good second
hand binder. Enquire of c. G.. Morgan
3l4 Court avenue. Both phones.
Port Struble, who has been building
stone porches for some of the Vestabur 6
residents, spent Sunday in Alma.
Earl Parker, of Flint, is taking week S
vacation, portion of which he is spend
with friends and relatives in Alma
Byron Nevins left Friday morning for
Bancroft, and will spend five or six weeks
in various Southern Michigan cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. @. Schieb we're called
to Saginaw last week on account Of the
sudden death of Mrs. Schieb's sister.
Miss Margaret Pettyiohn, of Chicago,
returned home, Monday, after a visit
with her cousin, Miss Gladys Pettyjohn
of this city.
Governor Fred NJ. Warner and Con-
gresham Charles +. Townsend were in
Alma, last week OH the way to st. Louis
to the home coming.
MIR. II. O. Oburh, of Miami county,
Ohio, was in Alma last week, and while
here purchased the Ssyles' farm. north
and east of Ithaca.
Mrs. A. B. Scattergood left Sunday
for Reading where she will attend a
family reunion, returning to Alma,
Monday of next week.
Joe and Fred Ellicott left Monday
morning for Traverse City, where they
were called by the serious illness OF
their father, Vim. Ellicott.
Rev. Chas. Ryan, of ST. Johns church
left Monday for Wallaceburg, Ontario
where he will visit friends and relative
for couple of weeks.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-26
LOCAL HIP PEN|NGS

Ben Button was in Farwell, Monday.
VIII woodward left Sunday morning
for Toledo.
Fred Wright was in Lansing, Monday
of this week.
Simon Messenger was in Temple the
first of the week.
Dining room girls and other help
wanted at the Wright House. X
Try quart of Luchini Bros. ice
cream. twenty-five cents. x
Latest model in corsets for only one
dollar at Mrs. Bart Miller's. x
Mrs. Nettie Rockwell, of Mt. Pleasant,
speut Sunday with f. r. White and
family.
State Highway Commissioner T.. A.
Ely was a welcome caller at this Office,
Friday
Miss Knickerbocker, of Mt. Pleasant,
visited with Alma friends, Monday Of
this week.
MISS DtSslt III
Jackson where she will visit friends for
a few days.
Ernest Wright, of Eureka, spent Sun
day in Alma, the guest of his brother,
John Wright.
Robert Smith, of Lansing, a former
Gratiot county newspaper man, was in
Alma, Monday.
Mrs. c. Ainsley left Monday for a
visit with friends and relatives in Detroit
and other cities.
Miller Harrington, of Greenville, was
in Alma last week, the guest of w. HI
Parr and family.
A. G.. Gardner, wife and son, Dee, OF
Dillonvale, Ohio, were at the Durham
reunion, Thursday.
Miss Gala Follett returned to Alma,
Monday, from visit with friends and
relatives at Sheridan.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-08-26

| Band concert at the park, this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Walstoe are in
Lansing, today.
w. A. Bahlke left this, Thursday,
morning for Toledo.
Mrs. +. l.. Convis, of Ithaca. visited
Alma friends, yesterday.
Thermometers crept up as high as "a
in the shade, Wednesday.
Harry Craig, of Sault Ste. Marie, is
the guest of friends in Alma.
Walt Caple, of the Caple Hardware
company. was an Ithaca visitor, Wednes-
day.
Rev. II. l.. Grain will return the first
of next week from his vacation. He is
now the guest of Detroit friends.
WANTED-Two apprentice girls to learn
the millinery trade. Enquire of Mrs.
w. S. Humphrey.
John Harmin, of Detroit, has rented
rooms over Ainsleys billiard rooms for
cleaning, pressing and repairing cloth
ing.
The Civic improvement League will
hold the regular monthly meeting, Fri
day, September 3, in the free reading
rooms.
The Ladies'Aid society of the Pres5y-
terrain church will meet next Tuesday
| of ar tho nit Darl
After few days visit at the home Of
her son. John Wright, Mrs. l.. @. Wright
returned, Wednesday, to her home in
| Eureka,
Miss Edna Robbins, of Owosso, who
has peen visiting for two weeks with
Alma friends and relatives, returned to
her home, Wednesday morning
The Record office is indebted to Super
visor w. T. Pitt for basket of peaches
from his orchard in Seville township
Mr. Pitt knows how TO grow good
peaches. and has the,varieties the public
wants.
Lucius Bagley, of Morris, Oklahoma,
is the guest of his parents in this city.
Mr.. Bagley is taking his summer vaca-
ton, and will be i'll Alma week or ten
days. Mr.. Bagley reports the weather
warm, but business good in his home
city, Morris.
Rev. Sidebotham, of Brooklyn, deliv:
cred an able and forceful sermon last
Sunday morning at the First Presby-
terrain church in this city. Mr.. Side
botham has many friends in Alma who
are always glad of an opportunity tC
hear him.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. G.. Rhodes and daugh'
ter, Esther, returned Monday evening
from Elk Rapids, where for ten days
they enjoyed the beauties of Grand
Traverse bay as well as the numerous
inland lakes and rivers of that resort
country.
Mrs. l.. A. Fisher. of Jackson, is
spending the week with her numerous
friends in this city. Last Friday, the
Home Missionary society of the Meth.
} odist church planned a picnic in hei
honor, which was held in Wright park
and proved complete surprise to the
lady.
The depot at the railroad passenger
station was thronged With people,
Monday morning, who arrived over the
Pere Marquette railroad, headed for Mt
Pleasant. They left here on the l2:4i
train north to the normal city where thu
Sailors and Soldiers Encampment il
being held this week.