University Missourian., 1910-11-25

Of other days; and they are glad that
it will be only few years till all OF
these old buildings and grounds will
again be as attractive and inviting
as they were in the ante-bellum per-
iod. JASPER HUTTO.
| In and Of Missouri
Webb City has ordered an auto
mobile Off fire department service.
John Hadley, little son of Governor
Hadley, has received a souvenir of
Colonel Roosevelt's African hunting
axpedition-the bullet which killed the
largest elephant.
The oldest voter in the state prob
ably is w. j. Jackson, of Auxvasse
township. He cast his vote for the
seNeLtlelH tiiiie dI tue SdLie poliiu6
place in the recent election. Mr.. Jack
son is 80 years old.
The Mexican trouble has reached
Missouri. A subject of DiaZ was beat
en- by mob at ST. Joseph one night
last week for having accosted a num-
ber of women on the street and forci-
bly, hugging and kissing one of them
The Woman's Dining club, an Or
ganization of a hundred professional
and business women of Kansas City,
is planning to clear the city of rub
bish. 1t expects to accomplish this
end by working with school children.
Albert Dodd, 63 years old, pioneer
Missouri river captain, was drowned
in the Missouri river at Kansas City.
He was born in Galloway county, on
Dodd's Island, in the Missouri. He
was a captain on the river when only
21 years old.
The literary" and athletic" clubs
over saloons appear to have had their
day in st. Joseph. The excise board
of that city has decided to close all
saloons that have clubs in connection
There are a score or more of these
clubs, it is said. The excise board
is also considering the question of a
reduction of the number of saloons in
st. Joseph.
Mayor Case. Of Mount Vernon has
been deposed by his city council. The
mayor refused to compel the city
treasurer to transfer funds to bank
ing institution named by the council.
and custer proceedings were instituted
by the council. The matter has been
taken into court
A plot of striking machinists on the
Missouri Pacific to >destroy property
of the railroad was discovered in Kan
sas City the first of the week when
two apprentices confessed to details.
One. Job of the apprentices was the
placing of a chisel and capsules of
steel chips and emery dust in lathes
and other machines, to ruin them. This
was known as doping" machinery.
Ollie Barnes. a woman convict at
the penitentiary, has refused freedom
through a parole. She told the war
den that as she had but three months
more of her sentence to serve, she
would prefer to finish her sentence
and leave the state, rather than re-
main in Jefferson City, where she is
known, and be subject to parole regu-
lations.
Ezekiel T. Cox, brother of Sun
set Cox, former Congressman, died
few days ago in Kansas City. Mr..
Cox was the oldest employe of the st.
Louis and San Francisco railroad, hav-
ing been with the company forty-eight
years. In 1863 he drove a locomo-
tive into Kansas City. He was born
in Ohio in 1929. He served with an
Ohio regiment in the war, and fought
in the battle of Bull Run.
Approximately 1925 in small sums
was lost on the streets of Kansas City
one day last week, if the losers are
to be believed. A man found two five.
dollar bills and advertised that the
loser could have the money by stating
the amount. The sums that were
lost on that day, according to the an
swers received 70 the ad, totaled 1925,
but no one hit on the exact amount