Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-18
Aaron McMurdy. Is years old, shot

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the negro stepped out Of an alley and
raised his right hand. The spot was
a lonely one and the boy did not take
e chance of the negro, but pulled o
pistol and fired two shots, one Of which
took effect I'm his assailant's left eye.
The boy was placed under arrest. The
negro was given medical treatment,
but is not in a serious condition.
The condition OF Timothy ID. C"Big
Tim') Sullivan, a Tammany leader,
who arrived a day or two ago, suffer.
ing from a severe attack of grip, Is
much improved. Mr.. Sullivan Is be-
ing deluged with kilograms from anx.
ious inquirers.
Francis Joseph Reitz, president of
the City National bank Of Evansville,
Ind, and one Of the w%ealthiest men
in that city, announced that he would
build two large additions to the Home
Of the Little Sisters of the Poor In
Evansville, to cost IA the neighbor-
hood of 100000.
Corwin A. Jay, 81 years old, at Chi.
cago, Is dead of typhoid fever ascribed
to eating raw oysters, and Miss Bessie
Boyd, his f%iancee, is in a critical con
dition from the same malady. Mr.. Jay
died last Thursday and his funeral
was held Saturday. Miss Boyd IL In
a comatosc condition and has not
learned that Jay is dead.
The ending Of a place Of refuge for
Chicago working girls who make bare.
ly enough to live on, and who long to
g the open country was announced
Ly Miss Sadie Galloway, manager OF a
Chicago dry goods store. Miss Gallo
ways advice to girls Is to go west. She
has just returned from South Dakota,
where she has been teaching school.
James Theilman, WHO became a
waiter in Delmonico's in New York
in 1872 and was there until his death,
saved his tips and invested them so
prudently that he left a fortune of
$500 600. During the last ten years
he was head waiter.
Major Harvey w. Salmon of the
defunct Salmon g. Salmon bank Of
Clinton, Mo-, has returned to St.
Louis. having given bond for his APP.
pcarance at the January term Of court
to answer to the charge Of receiving
deposits when he knew the bank to
be in a falling condition.
Private detectives, employed by he
family Of Edwin Hills, a member OF
the Connecticut legislature and q
wealthy hardwood manufacturer and
banker Of Plaintield, Conn, are scOur.
ing New York for the beautiful wo-
man with whom he registered at the
Gilsey house and who later deserted
him In his room when he died Of
heart disease.
DR.. Jabez N. Jackson, Kansas City,
made the principal address before the
600 delegates attending the South
western Medical Society convention at
San Antonio, Tex. A feature of the
convention will be the study of two
cases Of pellagra and two cases of
hook worm brought before the body
by State Health Officer Brumby.
Commander Robert F.. Peary, y. S.
~, ~discoverer of the North Pole, has
announced that within the next five
years he will head an expedition to
seek the South Pole. The expedition
will be under the auspices of the
Peary Arctic Club. which backed him
in his recent trip to the Far North.
DR.. V. Il. Hayne, a dentist, died at
Abilene, Tex, from a bullet wound In
iicted by his 4.year.Old son. They
were hunting when the boy picked W
a small rifle and fired. The bullet en-
tered the fathers arm. Blood poison
Ing and lockjaw followed, resulting
fatally.
That A. Il. Talbot, horscman ant
sporting man. was shot to death by
his wife. Mae Talbot, at Reno, New.
their marital affairs when he was OF
the point of filing papers for divorce
was the verdict returned by the zorro
ner's Jury.
David ii. McCreight, 40 years old
a travelling salesman. died suddanl.
l 'ht ~. H'oiSc ho'cI az l)aiidS, itA
A drug In tablet form that would re
lieye pain had been used. An over
dose may have been taken by mistake
The body will be tent to L~ewisburg
Pa.
Otto w. Wilkie, q chiropodist, wa
given a term OF four years in the per
itentiary at st. Joseph. Mo-, by a Jury
on a charge Of swindling Mrs. Mar
Humphreys of Humphreys, Okla, on
Of $1,000. Mrs. Humphreys says tina
while q patient of Wilkes she wa
imprisoned by Wilkie and two womeI
who, by threats, extorted the none!
Mrs. Mary Mckinney, sister.in.la'