Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-07-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
ante resting items Gathered from ali
Parts OF the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben
eft OF Our Readers.
Domestic Items.

vicinity. T. was accompanied by q
tornado waich destroyed several build
ings.
Twelve thousand acres OF the Chey-
enne and Arapahoe reservation in Ok
lahoma IS to be sold to the highest
bidder at Public auction November
il.
Because OF the continued drouth in
South Dakota and Wyoming all OF
the livestock will be shipped from the
ranges to market as 1t will not be
possible to supply them with winter
feed.
J. mar hooked a channel catfish
weighing - pounds just below the
IoworsOch dam in the Raw river at
Lawrence. Kan, aud 1t took the com.
bincd efforts of six men 10 land the
big fish.
Between 200 and 500 acres OF grow.
Ing tobacco was seriously damaged by
hail in the territory around Liberty,
Mo.
There were 353 persons killed and
1885 injured by railroads In Missouri
during The" last year. This Is an in
crease of 80 killed and ,09G injured
over the record of the previous year.
The pennsylvania railroad officials
Leslie Lyons, United States district
attorney has commenced suits against
various railroads az Kansas City for
Violations of the law prohibiting the
employment of trainmcn more than IL
hours in on" day. The penalties
would aggregate SAL 900.
Gov. Iiadloy will try the experiment
OF releasing from the Missouri peni.
tcntiary and reform school on parole
young men who give promise OF an
ability TO reform if they can be prom
1sed employment on farms.
The total of coal lands withdrawn
from entry in the United States now
Is T,5lS,5SS acres. This does not
prevent the lands being taken for az.
Ticnltural purposes,
The supposed areas OF coal lands in
Alaska aggregate approximately 1900
square miles according 70 Secretary
B~allinger's report 10 President Taft.
EX.rresident Roosevelt in a signed
article In the Outlook takes a decided
stand in opposition to prize fights and
expresses the hope tina. aroused pub.
JIG sentiment Will make ,hc Reno fight
the last. He also hopes tn" display OF
the moving pictures may be pre-.
vented.
Vances in freight rates has been de.
termined by the Interstate Commerce
commission. ThcS" tariffs we're TO be
come effective August !.
The grand jury at Rock Island, H.,
has returned Is indictments against
persons connected win the merger OF
the American Hon" circle and Fra.
tcrnal Tribunes. l. is charged that In
the process S57,o0o of reserve fund
disappeared.
1t Is estimated that $1,000 home.
seekers have returned from northwest
Canada 10 the United States this sea.
son. Many more would return IL they
could sell OUT.
Three persons lost their lives and
almost 60 were injured in the destruc.
lion by fire of the Acme Packet com.
pany's excursion Steamer j.. S. be.
tween Victoria and Genoa, - miles
south of Lacrosse on the Mississippi
river.
The naval authorities plan the cree.
don OF several wireless telegraph tow.
crs at Washington 800 feet high from
which they expect to send messages
from 1900 to 5000 miles.
The Elks in the grand lodge meet.
ing az Detroit decided not 10 move the
Elks' National home from Bedford
City, Va.
Pittsburg officials have stopped the
moving picture theatcrs from showing
scenes of train rohbcrlcs and Other
crimes since two youths who held up
a street car and shot a policeman con.
fessed that they got their inspiration
from that source.
A big naval display is planned when
President Taft d%edicatcs the pilgrim
fathers monument on the point OF
Cape Cod. Fifteen warships will fire
the presidential salute.
The Elks at their grand lodge meet.
ing at Detroit voted to hold their next
annual meeting at Atlantic City and
selected Garry Hermann as exalted
ruler.
Fifteen thousand trainmen on the
Pennsylvania railroad operating east
OF Pittsburg have voted TO tsrike un.
less their demands for more wages
are compiled with.