Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-10-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Mast Jmpostan. 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.

N'I' fH' 49, ''F
s,rick.n pcop." on the outbreak of the
c|yclonic fire. GOV. Eberhart on hi.
return from n" North, summarized
the loss as 49, dead AID "A property loss
OF 5000, urp.
The Jury IN The case of Rudolph
Trgclrr a. Oklahoma city, Oklahoma.
CHARGED Win the murder OF James X.
Mcado~s at'"r being out 80 hours and
failing 20 reach any agreement, Was
discharged
Although III" greatest cotton pro.
ducing nation III the world the United
States las' year imported SG,o@1,G9l
pounds OF raH cotton for which So,
6lG,l@O was paid.
The police Of Chicago have beer
asked BY Lo. Angeles authOrEies tc
locate j. u. Hrlcc and William Morris
who are suspected of having some
knowledge Of The dynamitirg of the
Los Angeles Times building.
The famous BOgoslov volcano, in the
.Aleutian islands is in more violent
eruption than ever before, according
10 a report brought from the West by
the rccrnI cutter lahoma-
Two men we're burned to death and
u others were seriously injured at the
Minnequa plant of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company when a pot OF
molten metal was overturned.
In a fight between George Johnson,
q negro, and Il posse at Huntington,
W. Va, $50 persons, including John
o were killed, two fatally injured
and five seriously wounded. George
Bias, a member of the posse, was Kill.
ed by Johnson.
Benjamin !. Duveen one OF the resi-
dent managers OF Duvcen Brothcrs
Nc. 3O2 Firth avenue, the greatest art
dealers and importers in America, was
arrested on a beech warrant charging
him and the other members or the
firm with syst"ml'icaily s%Windling tn"
United States government out OF
customs hat run high up into he mil
lions.
The wireless station al Fort I.Icy
has been completed and the instru.
ments are being installed preparatory
TO opening the station for use in trans.
hitting government orders and mes.
sagcs.
The state bank a. Liberty, Kan,
was broken into by robbers who open.
ed the vault but failed to open a safe
in which the mOLcy was kept. They
only got s39.35.
In Feeding TIA" world, Kansas leads
in It's production OF wheat. Seventy.
two millions of bushels have been fur
nished each year for Ia" last decade.
Minnesota Is next 20 Kansas with $751;.
100000 bushels.
Federal authorities have raidcd tho
offices OF the Rod"omablc Investment
company at Boston and arrested
Charles Brooks the manager on Il
charge OF nsirR the mails 10 dcfraud
Rev. Norman Pass former president
Of Washburn college Topeka. Kan,
and now head OF IN" Redemption In.
Vcstmcnt company Is wanted By the
officers.
President Taft finally has approved
plans for raising In" wreck Of the bat.
tie ship Maine which cali for the com.
pletion OF the work on or before the
18th anniversary Of tn" destruction
OF the war vessel, February -, next.
The students Judging team from the
Iowa State Agricultural college was
awarded the silver cup by the Amer
can Royal Stock Show for the best
Judging OF all classes of stock. Mis-,
souri, was second, Nebraska third and
Kansas fourth.
The October crop report Just issued
by the government shows that the
aggregate production Of grain is about
$50, 000, 900 bushels greater than las
year.
The Kansas supreme court has an
nounced that the January sitting Of
the court would begin January 9, (
week later than usual. This vas dor,
on account OF the Inauguration OF tn,
: new state officers. which viii TAX,
place January 2.
The estate OF the late Calvin IIooC
OF Emporia, Kan, must pay TO tn,
state OF ansas $5,l31 10 under the new
Inheritance tax law. The estate show.
a total OF $354.5S2 20 and Is the larp
est so far administered under the Law
The international convention O
Christian churches opened In the Tt
peka Auditorium, John Marshall, M
sistant attorney general, dcllve.e
the welcoming address in place G
Gov. Stubs.