Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-09-08
Most important Happenings Of the
Past Seven Days.
inte resting Items Gathered from all
Parts OF the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben.
eft Of Our Readers.
Domestic Items.

IlDNlllt itiN' I'l VIC
All Missouri Pacific employees In
Nebraska were surprised to find their
wages for August increased 6 per cent
when they were paid for the month.
The executive committee of the
county central committee of Hudson
county, Ncw Jersey has declared for
Theodore Roosevelt for president in
1912.
A resolution has been introduced in
the Texas legislature requesting the
Texas delegation in congress to work
for the repeal Of the fifteenth amend
ment granting right Of suffrage to
negroes.
An engineer on the Colorado Mid.
tempted 10 hold up his train by hitting
him with n stone.
II. =. Maxim who has been success.
full in making a "silcnccr" for the
army rifles Is now experimenting with
a "silcnccr" 10 be attached to cannon
of the smaller type.
The Kansas legislature next winter
will be urged by the state board OF
control TO establish another insane
asylum somewhere in western Kansas.
The three asylums are crowded and
the board IL unable to care for all the
patients who have been adjudged in.
sane by the QUITS.
The new directory OF greater New
York shows 1861 Smiths while the
Browns can only muster 1880.
There has been discovered a new
alloy Of aluminium which while only
one-third the weight of brass takes a
temper like steel and may be drawn
and welded.
The Kansas Natural Gas company
received word from Louisiana hat in
Cadd0 parish there was drilled in for
them the largesL gas well in the
world.
Two more cars were wrecked by
at Columbus, o. Four per.
sons were injured.
The Colorado legislature has passed
the initiative and referendum bill and
1t only awaits tn" governors sigma.
ture to become Il las
Acting under authority given by
congress, in the new railroad law, the
Interstate Commerce commission will
begin this fan an extensive invcstiga
ton into the express companies of
this county.
Expenditures for the Panama canal
last month were abOht $2,5OO,OOO,
making Il total OF SILL 900 900 spent
up to date, OF which SHI,OOO,OO was
from the proceeds Of bond sales and
$l2i,0O0 900 from the general fund
Of the treasury.
Approximately G7H,o5I acres of land
In Arizona and New Mexico, climi.
mated from the national Forests by
President Taft as being chiefly val,l.
able for agricultural purposes, have
been opened to settlement under the
homestead laws,
The Democratic party council which
met at Topeka, Kan, declared in the
resolutions adopted that the system
OF patronage has caused a national
and state scandal and urged the elec.
tion OF all officers Including United
States senators, federal judges and
postmasters by direct vote Of the poo.
pie.
A majority of the candidates fer
members OF the Two houses OF the
Nebraska Legislature have signed
pledges to adopt the Oregon plan OF
elcctlEg United States senator re.
Eardless OF the political complexion
OF the candidates.
Senator Cummins of Iowa opcned
the campaign in Wisconsin for Senator
laFollette. lie charged the Republi
can majority in Congress with failure
20 keep the party pledges.
The fourth meeting OF the Interna
tional conference on state and loca
taxation was held al Milwaukee.
Tho federal officers have arrested
six men who they believe are IN,
gang which has been robblng DOE,
Offices In Kansas.
Officials OF the wal department be
lieve that the FiliI%nos who are keeu
ing up the instruction agitation ar,
encouraged by japanese.
The salt palace one OF the scent
feature of Salt Lake City, has bee,
destroyed by fire.
The hearing on the proposed ne,
freight schedule before the Interstat
commerce commission has commence
in Chicago. The hearing involves 20
transportation companies.