Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-09
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.
Domestic Items.

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contemplating the formation Of a hold
ing company to include the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railroad company,
St. Louis & San Francisco, st. Louis,
Toledo Il Western, Illinois, Evansville
& Terre Haute and Chesapeake &
Ohio.
Gov. Haskell has appointed 152
delegates to represent Oklahoma at
the National Good Roads convention
At Topeka.
II Is believed President Taft's com.
ing message contains a strong recon-
m%endation that national banks be
restrained from dealing In speculative
securities.
Richard Parr the deputy surveyor OF
the port of New York stated at the
trial of persons implicated in the
sugar scandals that after he had dis
covered the methods by which the
government was being defrauded n
of the accused told him II he would
keep still he could name his own price.
Gov. Hadley has appointed Is dele
gates in addition to the presiding
judges of each county in Missouri to
attend the good roads convention to
be held in Topeka, Kan, December Ii
and IL.
A Yale graduate has placed with
the university 100000 as a prize to
be given for a cure for tuberculosis.
The presidents message has been
printed and copies delivered to the
press association for delivery to the
daily newspapers. The document cor.
tains more than $1,000 words.
The Missouri, Kansas 4 Texas Rail-
road company has been sued by New.
ton b. Childs for 81 100000 for coal
that he alleges has been removed from
lands he had leased.
Judge Brace special commits ioner
who took testimony in the Missouri
custer suit against the International
Harvester company will not file his
report until the April term of court.
A 13-year-old boy at Lindsborg,
q Kan, shot and killed his brother eight
years old while in bed because he did
not get up when called.
Robbers entered a store at Bavaria,
Kan, blew open the safe and were re.
warded by finding a handful OF nick.
els.
The Anti-Saloon League Of America
Is holding its thirteenth annual meet.
ing in Chicago.
A full set of autographs Of all the
presidents from Washington to Roose.
welt have been purchased by a New
York collector for 1890.
The striking switchmen have tied
UP freight on 10 railroads Of the
Northwest. % -four mills at Mime
apolis have closed down, the Grea'
Falls. Mont. smelters have stopped
and $4,000 men are out of employment
A coal famine Is threatened.
Seven hundred marines have lef
Philadelphia on the transport Prairi,
Tor the canal zone or possibly Mica
ragua and two %gunboats on the Pa
ciic coas have received orders I,
proceed at ance to Corinto the Pa
ciic coast port of Nicaragua.
A n~itroglycerlne magazine nea
Cameron, w. Va, belonging to tn
Mariette Torpedo company explode,
with a roar that was heard rs mile
away. One man and a horse an
wagon were blown to pieces.
The trial of James F. Bendernagl
ex'manager OF the sugar trust plant
Williamsburg and five other emuloye
has commenced In New York,
The Kansas state board OF healt
does not receive from physicians tn
reports OF tuberculosis patients
required by law and prosecutions &c
the enforcement OF the act may b
commenced soon.
The million dollar flying machin
trust has opened an extensive suite {
offices in New York.
The Chicago & Great Western Raj
road company has filed for record |
Wyandotte county, Kansas. a NOR
gage for SIS, 000. 900.
The Kansas State Agricultural CO
lege's t~wo.year.old steer King Ell
worth won the championship as th
best steer In America at the Intern,
tionai Stock show At Chicago and a
other Kansas yearling stood secon
winning the reserve grand champio,
ship.
The japanese commercial commi
sioners have sailed for home and b
fore doing 81 they sent 4 telegral
TO President Taft thanking the pre-,
dent and the American people for Il
courteous treatment received