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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
COSTLY PRIZE OFFERED.
w. K. Kellogg Of Battle Creek, MIeI
Gives q $1,000 Trophy to Be Col
peted for by the Farmers. -

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, July 2s.-F
the purpose of stimulating the interest
the farmers of the country in the II
provement of the grade of corn and in :
curing a greater yield, w. X. Kellogg
this city has offered a gold and si1v
trophy to he competed for at the thi
annual national corn exposition to be he
at Omaha, Neb, Dec. O to IL Of this yet
The trophy will be known as the w. ]
Kellogg National Corn Exposition troph
will cost $1,000, and will become the pr
sOnal property of any exhibitor winning
twice. The trophy will be in the shat
of a massive vase, and will probably l
designed and built by either Gorham !
Tiffany.
Mr.. Kellogg has just returned from CHI
cago where he held a conference with Pr
fessor p, G; Holden of the Iowa State A
%ricultural College at Ames, and Stanl,
ing agency. Professor Holden is known |,
the foremost authority of the country d
corn growing, and Mr.. Kellogg, who is
large manufacturer of food products mad
from corn, is keenly interested in all NOV
ments tending to improve the quality
the cereal. This year he has donatd
1900 to be divided in several priz(
among the corn growers of Iowa, and d
Professor Holden's suggestion, he decide
to offer the Kellogg trophy to be compete
for by the corn growers of the nation.
Corn is the greatest crop of the cou1
try. said Mr.. Kellogg today, land the bi,
ger the yield of corn the greater the cour
try's prosperity. Seed selection and i'm
proved methods of cultivation will not onl
greatly increase the yield per acre, but wi
also increase the protein in the corn an
thus enhance its nutritious qualities. I
the yield per acre. for instance, can be il
creased five bushels in the state of NJ
braska alone, it will add 500, OOO, 600 to I'll
wealth of the farmers Of the state. Til
National Corn Exposition is doing a grea
work in educating the farmers, and ! al
glad to help the work along"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
SHERIFF FOILS ANGRY MOB
Saved Life Of Negro Charged
With Assault.

Atlanta, Ga.-The bravery of Sher-
if Mckinney and three deputies who,
with drawn revolvers, faced a moi
of one thousand angry men at Vim
nings. Ga, saved the life Of Will
webb. a negro, charged with Grim
inal assault. Webb had just been
identified by Mrs. Exile Brown as the
negro who assaulted here. He had not
yet left Mrs. Browns residence after
the identification when the mol sur
rounded the house. Out came the re-
volycrs Of the four officers and with
a rush they charged through the mob
and leaped into a big automobile,
which they had in waiting. Levelling
their r~evolvers upon the mob leaders,
they drove out OF danger and rushed
the negro to Atlanta where he was
placed in the Tower prison for safe
Keeping.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

The United States war department
wants a lot of young men with some
engineering knowledge to help lay out
the work Of ~intracoastal waterway
improvements from Boston to Florida.
The young men are needed for sur.
veying. and the duties involved will
make good training for embryo en-.
gneers. Incidentally the announce.
ment indicates that waterway i'm.
provement Is making steady progress
and means much for the future trans.
portation interests of the country.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
BOYS IN REAR SEAT OF MACHINE
ARE GROUND BENEATH
LOCOMOTIVE.
TWO MEN ARE BADLY INJURED
Chauffeur and Father Of One Of the
Victims Jump Before Crash
Collision Occurred In
Deep Cut.

Hammond, Ind.-As the result or a
collision between a railroad train and
an automobile at Munster. Ind, two
boys are dead, one of whom was cut
to pieces, and two men are seriously
injured.
The dead are: Richard Flagg, 10,
Hillsdale. Mich. and Harris Eberhart,
II, Mishawaka.
The injured are: u. G. Eberhart,
AZ, Mishawaka, Ind. and Arthur Carl.
son, &c, chauffeur. Mishawaka, Ind.
The accident occurred in a deep cut
on the railroad Eberhart. who is a
wealthy Mishawaka manufacturer, had
been in Lake Forest, H.. with his son
and the Flag boy, and started back
to Mishawaka in his automobile early
in the day.
At Munster, six miles south of Ham
mond, the road crosses the railroad
track In a deep cut. The automobile
was running at high speed toward the
cut. when Eberhart saw a train ap'
preaching.
The machine was only 80 feet from
the crossing. Eberhart and the chauf-
feur, who woae in the front seat,
jumped and were saved. The two
boys were seated in the rea seat of
the car, over which was a heavy
leather sun cover. This prevented
them from getting out quickly. Be
fore they could jump. the train struck
the car and young Flagg was ground
to death under the wheels. The Eber
hart boy was terribly mangled. He
was brought to st. Margaret's hos
pital, where he died at 10 o'clock.
The condition of the elder Eberhart
IL said to be critical.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

The proposed tax on American
motor tourists in England Of over
5000. even for n visit OF a few days,
will result In cutting the tight little
Isle out of many a motoring trips
itinerary. And as American tourists
are a very profitable European sum.
mer Investment, the short-sighted au-
thors OF the tax will be the sorriest
of all II 1t Is imposed. The idea In
Europe apparently Is, when short Of
funds. tax Americans more ways"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
England may now recover from

England may now recover from the
apprehension felt regarding attack by
the upper route. Reports from that
country are to the effect that an air.
ship has been perfected that surpasses
anything OF the kind in existence, and
It is expected that a flight from Paris
to London Will soon be made. The
iying machine Is the property of an
English company, but was constructed
In France. The announcement seems
to be q sort os answer TO the Zeppelin
challenge.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
SURPRISED HIM
Doctors Test Of Food.

A doctor in Kansas experimental
with his boy in q test of food ant
gives the particulars. He says:
." naturally watch the effect Of dit
ferent foods on patients. My WI lit
tie son, a lad of four. had been II
with pneumonia and during his conva
lescence did not seem to care for anyI
kind of food.
IT knew something of Grapefruit
and its rather fascinating favor, and
particularly of its nourishing apv3
nerve-building powers, SO / started tho
boy on Grape-Nuts and found FROM
the first dish that he liked 1t.
His mother gave it to him steadily
and he began to improve at once. In
less than q month he had gained
about eight pounds and soon became
so we'll and strong we had no further
anxiety about him.
IAN old patient of mine, 70 yeara
old, came down with serious stomach
trouble and before I was called had
got SO weak he could eat almost nothI
ing, and was in q serious condition.
He had tried almost every kind Of
food for the sick without avail.
II Immediately put him on Grape1
Nuts with good. rich milk and just q
little pinch of sugar. He exclaimed
when / came next day why doctor l
never ate anything SO good or that
made me feel SO much stronger
II am pleased to say that he got
we'll on Grape-Nuts, but he had to
stick to 1t for two or three weeks,
then he began to branch out q little
with rice or an egg or two. He got
entirely well in spite of his almost
hopeless condition. He gained "a
pounds in two months which at hi<
age is remarkable.
II could quote q list of cases where
Grape-Nuts has worked wonders
There's q Reason" Read "The
Road to MELVILLE" In pkgs.
Ever read the above letterP A sew
one appears from time to time. They
are ~Rsnui.e. true, a.d fuli Of hunal
! tntcrts u.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

The first airing of the little Dutch
princess brought good luck, as the
soldier who saw the royal baby and
gave the heiress to the throne her
note. 1t is a happy augury that the
first official act connected with the
baby princess life was the cause Of
honor to herself and happiness to
others. The precedent should serve
as a good one for her future reign.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
Tuberculosis Conference.

Under the auspices Of the Swedish
National League Against Tubercult.
sis. the International tuberculosis cor
ference held it's annual meeting III
Stockholm July s to 10. Among tho
American speakers on the program:
were DR.. Hermann M. Biggs of New,
York and DR.. John c. Wise, medical
director Of the United States navy
who was the official representative o;
this country. Two subjects Of special
interest discussed were: care Of
Tuberculous Families. Especially oI
Healthy Children" and "Tuberculosi3
and the Schools"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
IForaer Trapped; Dies.

New Orleans, La.-Joseph Cow
land, prominent lawyer and notary
here, drank a bottle OF cyanide of
potassium in his office, following the
discovery that he had forged mortgage
notes to the extent Of $4,000. His
defalcations may reach $50, 900. He
made a full confession to the district
attorney. He was a prominent club
man, a leader Of society and had a
beautiful young wife who is prostrat-
ed, He had been trading IN stocks and
bonds.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

In 1890 the consumption OF cigars
in the United States was 1000, 000. 900.
In 1908 the total was Just double. or
5000, 900. 900. That represents u
great deal Of money to go up in
smoke, but 1t also shows that the
tobacco business Is enormous. And
as most of the cigars are made OF
American tobacco the growing of the
weed is of Importance %agricultu.
rally.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
65O-Foot Fall Kills Two.

Scranton, Pa.-While making re-
pairs to a sheave wheel at the top of
n breaker, Charles Lewis. a black
smith, and his helper. John Hall,
we're hurled $50 feet to death In
Storr's No. 3 shaft. The bodies were
terribly mutilated. Lewis leaves a
wife and six children. Hall Is also
survived by q family.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

China wants Americans to partic.
ipate in the new loan that Is to be
applied to railroad building and to the
development of the Of the
empire. The present wideawake rul-
ers Of the Celestial Kingdom are
aware of the value of disintercstrd
American friendship and Of the useful.
ness in their business OF American
ilaas
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

A wild coffee plant discovered In
the Congo country is being used with
great success in Java. where 1t thrives
in ground In which other coffee plants
die or to bear. The African
variety is very prolific and the taste
and aroma Of the berries improve as
the plants grow older. Overcultiva.
ton, like civilization. seems to have a
de-energizing effect. 1t takes a little
infusion of the wild at intervals to
keep things going.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
Shot During Initiation.

Muskogee, Okla.-While being mi
tiated into the Order Of Owls here,
w. l.. Tull, president of the Muskogee
baseball club, was shot In the hip with
a blank cartridge. He was taken to
the city hospital and 1t was feared
blood poisoning might set In.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
Lid or at Hot SPRINGS.

Hot Springs, Ark.-About sixty
gamblers arrived here from st.
Louis, Chicago and New Orleans. Rev.
w. T. Amis, pastor of the Baptist
church, and more than 100 church
gOers and members of the Reform
League have petitioned Gov. Dona-
ghey to send troops to Hot Springs to
suppress gambling.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
New Automobile Record,

Grand Rapids. Mich.-LOuis Chew
rolet, in ffty-mile automobile
race here with Lewis Strang and
George Dewitt. broke the worlds
record for fifty miles on a circular
track by making the distance in 81
minutes 20 seconds.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
Why He Led.

The angel was making up the list
II never asked my fellow man II |
was hot enough for him." remarked
Abou Ben Adhem.
And, 10! his name came In unde'
the wire first.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

The automobile pays scant respect
TO its venerable forerunner. the bicy-
Gle. Frequently the arrogant chauf.
feur refuses to allow the humble
wheelman even six inches of space
when meeting him in a narrow road
way.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
Former Slave Dies at 10.

Kokomo, Ind.-"Aunt Milly' Mar
tindale. q former slave, Of the
reputed age of 10 years, died at the
county farm. Aunt Milly" was a
famous cook, and was twice sold upon
the block,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
Ask strikers Be Restrained.

Indianapolis. Ind.--A bill for an in
junction against the striking employees
of the American Sheet and Tin Plate
company at Elwood, Ind, was filed
In the federal court here.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29
Ice Ak Found After 40 Years.

Geneva, Switzerland.-The ice ak
Of DR.. Spitz of Baltimore, Who
was killed by an avalanche In 1870.
was found at the bottom Of the Bos.
sons gracier at Chamoix. The AK
bears the name Of DR.. SPITE.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

Have you ever noticed that the mar
who adopts every health fad that
comes along Is seldom a very well
man?
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

A Boston man was arrested for
laughing at n woman's big hat. Bos.
ton considers the size Of those chop
ping bowls no laughing matter.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

In some absorbing and disappointed
quarters 1t is suspected that the little
princess of Orange Is looked on as
more Of n lemon.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

Graft" being a Dutch word mean.
Ing canal, we are inclined to think
that the graft on Mars must have been
something terrible.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

Show us a great man and we Will
show you a man who was just simply
crazy to join a drum corps when he
was a boy,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

Won't some one please start the
simplitied spelling bee buzzing In Tur
key?
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

II is wrong to rock the boat, but you
MAJ tip the waiter.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

A north pole explorer frequently
finds 1t much farther returning home
than 1t was going.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

Hay fever will be along presently to
prove that summer Is here.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-29

Before long there will re.echO the
FIRST call for the dog muzzle.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-04-14
Hill and Hartman
Agree on Pacific
Coast Situation
Two Magnates Will Jointly Use
Terminals Into Portland
Feud is Denied.

ST. PAUL, April 1S--Louis W. Hill. pres
ident OF the Great Northern railroad. re-
turned today from a visit to the Pacific
coast and almost the first thing he had to
say after he reached his office was that
the last remaining difficulty of operation
between the Hartman and Hill interests on
the coast had been settled by an agreement
between himself and f. II. Hartman by
which the Hill road would secure a part
ownership in the terminal at Portland, and
go in there as a bedfellow with the Har-
riman interests.
incidentally, he declared that the Har-
riman-Hill feud, so-called, was remarkable
only for its non-exlstence.
There never was any Harriman-Hill
feud," he said. That was all a newspaper
dream. Certainly there has been and will
continue to be a sharp competition. That s
true of every business. There have been
business contentious between the HarrI-
man and Hill interests. That's natural
enough, isn't It, considering the immediate
amount of capital invested and the terri
tory covered and the business handled"
What about the much-talked OF fight o:
the Hin interests to keep Hartman out of
eSattle?"
"All nonsense Two years ago we cut off
a strip of our property and sold 1t to Har-
riman to let him into Seattle and did 1t so
quickly there was hardly a ripple. The
transfer was made without anyone know
ing it,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-04-14

naring to 20 south. Although the five ser
geants Of the police department and many
Of the patrolmen have been looking for
the missing officer since he disappeared
nothing further has been seen or heard OF
him. big ID" stands opposite his name
in the roll book, signifying deserted"
Lavelle is about IS years Of age, feet
II inches tall, weighs 30 pounds and is Of
sturdy build. His hair is brown and his
mustachc sandy. He is a single man.
Since the press dispatch came announcing
the probability Of Crazy Snakes being shot.
killed and buried. the question has arisen.
did Lavelle put the fixin' to the chief:''
And some answer: Must have for the
chief was alive and defying everybody and
everything until Lavelle left"
The big policemen who have stood
shoulder to shoulder with this man LAvelle
step back draw themselves 10 their full
stature and survey their towering forms
In ardent pride-prold that they did serv-
ice with the man who ran to earth the In
dian chief who defied everybody else for
weeks.
But they are all filled with the fear that
some day they'll wake up and LSvelle will
walk into the station, step up 70 the desk
and say: Give me a chew. Patsy: gee,
but had a fine fishing trip down there al
Cutoff"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-04-14
May Wheat Three Cents
Above Highest Predictions

CHICAGO, April 1S.-Wheat for delivery
in May, July and September established
new high record marks at the opening Of
the Board of Trade today.
May wheat, the available supply OF which
is in the hands of one man, who also is
the owner of millions OF bushels Of paper
wheat for which shorts will have to settle
at his own price. opened with small sales
at from S1.27 to t1.2s The latter price is
3 cents better than the most sanguine pre-
diction made two months ago by the lead
ing bull. IL is cents over the price he
publicly declared at that time would be
reached. July rose early to s1l7% an ad-
vance ever yesterday Of he September
touched S1.0eAs. a gain OF 7sqic overnight.
The Liverpool market furnished the bull
news of the hour. Wheat there. after the
prolonged Easter holiday. faithfully re-
flected conditions on this side Of the At
lantic and prices were marked up SkqAd.
Other European markets advanced sympa-
thetically. The real influence. however.
was a general belief which has been stub
bornly forcing itself on the average trader
that there is a world wide shortage OF the
great staple cereal. Reports OF favorable
weather for the growing crop in the winter
wheat belt was ignored. The bull leader
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-04-14

was quoted TO the effect that II will take
three or four years for the wheat acreage.
encouraged by high prices to increase suf-
ficiently to force the market to a lower
level.
The opening furry in May was due, It is
said, to the closing out OF the May con-
tracts OF Ennis a. stoppani the brokers Of
New York and Chicago against whom an
involuntary petition in bankruptcy was
filed in New York today. The amount in
volved here is said not TO have been large.
NEW YORK, April L. Excitement in
foreign markets, with a big advance in
Liverpool after the holidays, caused an up
roar and new high records in the local
wheat market today. May jumped &c 10
81 .341a and July sold at 81 .2isk. or lhc over
last night with heavy buying by commits
sion houses and foreigners a feature.
Later the market broke 217c bushel under
heavy realizing and reports that the Chi
cago bulls were selling late months on the
improved weather.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-04-14
SEVERAL FIRES
In ROCHESTER,
Damage in Different Sections of the
City Amounts to Half
Million.
HUNDRED FAMILIES HOMELESS
Militia Guards What is Saved Of
Household Effects.
ONE GIRL REPORTED MISSING
Mayor Edgerton Issues an Appeal for
Relief Funds.
RAIN AIDS THE FREMEN
Heavy DownpOur at six O'Clock
Assists in distinguishing the
Flames, but Adds Greatly
to the Suffering.
NE GIRL REPORTED MISSING
Mayor Edgerton Issues an Appeal fol
Relief Funds.
RAIN AIDS THE FREMEN

ROCHESTER,. n. Y, April l3.Swept
along in the face of a twenty-five mile
gale fire today destroyed several sections
of the city and did damage estimated at
500, ,OO0 For a time It was thought that q
great portion of the city would be de-
stroyed and aid was summoned from Buff
falo and Syracuse. Tonight 100 families
were homeless and militiamen guarded
what little the people saved Of their house,
hold effects.
Mayor Edgerton has issued a call for
relief funds for these families Some Of
them are quartered in precinct houses and
a large number spent the night in public
school,
A heavy rain set in at o'clock tonight
and while 1t helped extinguish the smoul-
dering ruins it was hardship on the home
less. Thieving was stopped by the militia.
Because of the numerous fires which
Rochester has had lately. the Board OF
Fire Underwriters has increased rates here
on all buildings except dwellings, q cents
on every slOo dollars. The increase went
into effect today.
One girl is reported missing. She worked
in the burned Palmer building. A woman
went violently insane from fear, as her
was sent TO a hospital.
The Rochester militia is on duty in the
streets and help has been summoned from
the Buffalo and Syracuse fire departments.
The fire broke out in the Selden building.
a four-story structure at the corner of
Gibbs and Main streets. That building is
in ruins. The flames leaped from II to st.
Peters church in Grove street and then
to the big Jewish synagogue, the Birth
Kodesh temple. st. Peters was saved,
but the temple Is ruined. Apartment houses
on Grove street valued at 10000 were swept
away and then the flames attacked score
or more of residences on that and adjoin-
ing streets and is now spreading to others.
Fully $50 families have moved out from the
path of the flames. Numerous houses are
burning. without single stream of water
TO check the progress OF the fire. -,.,
About the same time fire broke out In
the First Reformed church on Nassau
street in another section OF the city and
about one mile removed. Only one fire
company could be spared for this fire and
she church soon fell prey to the flames,
which spread to residences and are now
sweeping the street, the residents moving
out as fast as the flames approach.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-04-14
Did Omaha Policeman Put
the Fixin' to Crazy Snake

That an Omaha policeman. who was re-
garded as a crack shot with firearms, has
deserted his post of duty on the police
force and has gone to Oklahoma to hunt
for Crazy Snake. has been suggested by
the unaccountsble disappearance since
April of Patrolman Martin Lavelle No.
As OF "omaha's finest
On the night OF April 3, LAvelle tele-
phoned Police Captain Dunn that he
would be unable to report for duty on sc-
count of being III. Supposing that the mat
ter was OF the usual nature. Captain Dunn
marked I4avelle absent on sick leave and
day or so later sent Sergeant samuelson
to the Northwestern hotel, Sixteenth and
Webster streets, where the officer has
made his home, to inquire about his health.
The "sick" officer had not been at the
hotel for two or three days and had not
been sick. so far as the clerk knew. With
this information on which 20 work, and
remembering that Lavelle had often been
joked about his interest in the recent
movements OF Crazy Snake and mis- band
and about his ability in target practice. IL
was yentured by some Of the officers that
perhaps the missing policeman had taken
a notion to go to Oklahoma himself
Further inquiries gave ground 10 the
idea. as Il was found that Lavelle was seen
once last week and was thought to be pre-