Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-04
Mos. Important Happenings q! the
Past Seven Days.
in,s resting Items Gathered from HI
para OF the World Condensee
ln.o Small Space Tor the Ben
Aft Of Our Readers.
Domestic stems.

rring the wage controversy between
the Missouri Pacific railroad and its
loo telegraph operators.
"DasA." Smythe was shot and almost
Instantly killed by Mrs. NJ. Fisher at
her home in Oklahoma City. Smythe
had been attentive to her for ten
years and since her marriage has con
stan,ly besought her to elope with
him.
A prize OF $4,000 for the aviator
who flies from Soldiers Field at Har'
ward to boston Light and return with
out alighting, at the coming Harvard
~acrOnautical exhibition is announced.
The %coroner's jury found that Ira
G. Rawn died from a shot from his
" weapon by his own hand but
could not determine whether by acci-
dcnt or design.
Fifteen cities and nearly all indus.
trial interests Of the Mississippi and
Missouri valleys have Joined to op.
pose increase in railroad freight rates
unless it can be shown that the In.
crease is justifablc.
I' IltElutIlL q aliIi'hh''N ''cN
no extra session OF the senate will be
called to confirm supreme court ap.
pointmcnts but all action on filling
vacancies will be postponed until con-.
grcss c%onvencs in regular session in
December,
I'ndcr the local option law adopted
some months ago Webb City, Mo, has
closed it's last saloon.
Hot winds and excessive high tenn.
pcraturc has caused immense damage
TO the corn crop Of Kansas and Okla
homt
The CcnSus SLOWS that Oklahoma
city has gained $40 per cent in popu.
latiOn since 1900. 1t nov has a popu-
lation of GA, 20%.
Parties believed TO be nr. trippen
and Ethel lie Ncyc have been arrested
on the Montrosc bound for Canada.
A secret court MARTA! is in session
at Fort Leavcnw ortl. The stticcr on
trial is capt. II. i. Smith who has
recently returned from service in the
Philippines.
An epidemic Of mac dogs is OF at
Washington. Forty cases that have
been examined STOW rabies.
A nickel has been received from a
distant point by the p%ostOilice depart
ment with the request that it be the
first deposit in the postal bank to be
established at Washington, The five
cent piece was pasted in a hole OF
cardboard.
The Maine Republicans hoped that
by getting President Taft to make IA
few speeches ashore while on his
yachting cruise. he would say some
thing to help out in the state cam.
paign, but the subject Of politics was
carefully avoided except to say that
he did not think Il a subject which
the president OF all the people should
discuss on such occasions,
Government secret service men
raided In Kansas City the base of sup
plies of the opium traffic Of the south
west. A Chinatnan was found at ;
o'clock in the mroning preparing q
large quantity of the forbidden drug
The officers captured about S25 ,00(
worth OF materials and several thou
sand dollars In gold and silver secret
ed about the place,
The youngest child of Mr.. and Mira
Arthur OF Lees Summit, Mo-, dies
from the effects of having grount
allspice s%prinkled in its face by III
brother, o child Of IS months.
All previous records with three.incl
guns were broken at Sandy Hook
when firing at Il moving target at
range Of $3.50 yards eleven hits wer
made in eleven seconds.
Six warrants were issued by tn
federal authorities ut Muskogee 10
persons who are charged with frautl
lent drawing government checks 9
rhe recent Cherokee payment g
TahieQuah belonging to Indian minor!
The Oklahoma supreme court hs
sustained the injunction preveatin
the removal OF the capital from Guti
RE to Oklahoms City pending the iu6
ella. settlement OF the points involved.
twenty-five million dollars is tn
estimated loss sustained by the Pea
SOD syndicate that failed in all a
tempt to secure control OF 6 system
roads to form L transcontinental lin
A report from Sapuips. Ok, says
has been found that g wGole town
about 500 persons in the oil fields nei
there has been missed by the Gems,
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