Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-21
FLASHES Of THE WEEK
JOTTINGS FROM TELECRAMS
Interesting Items Gathered From Al!
Parts Of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben
eft Of Our Readers.
Domestic Items.

wiley, chief OF the United states Du'
reau Of chemistry, will not be asked
for by President Taft.
Hearing of the parole case of John
r. Walsh and other bankers at the
federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan,
has been postponed until September
25.
The Rock Island Golden State Linn
tied ~westbound, was derailed just east
Of the station at Ainsworth, la. No
n was killed.
Excelsior Springs was cut off from
telephone communication with the
rest of the world for several hours by
= fire which destroyed p laundry and
burned the cables.
A heavy wind and rain did cO1sid-
cradle damage by destroying small
buildings and %uprooting trees at
arkansas City, Kan.
Sam Rodman of Neodesha was fined
500 and given a Jail sentence for
violating the %prohibitory law at indie.
pendence, Kan.
Premier Stolypin, who was shot in
the municipal theater at Kiev, Russia,
will probably survive his wounds.
Crows are blamed for the death OF
many hogs on the federal prison
farm at Leavenwortii. The epidemic
of hog cholcrs now has spread to
every pen.
Considerable difficulty is being en-.
countered in getting a right-of-way for
the proposed Kansas City-EXcelsior
Springs electric line and It may be
necessary to resort to condemnation
proceedings.
All members of the hmaEamated
Association of Street and Electrical
Railway Employees of America drove
to Lake Contrary in ~tallyhos rather
than %patronize St. Joseph street cars.
A company of capitalists are taking
oil and gas leases on many farms
near AtChison, Kan, and will begin
making tests at once.
a resumption of steamboat traffic
between St. Louis and New Orleans,
dead IL years, began when the big
steamboat Quincy left St. Louis,
southbound.
On the face of the return from Mon
days special election Maine remains
prohibition by 3GJ votes. The first
returns received have been verified
and revised in all but I instances.
4 delegation of citizens Of Hume
we'll has called on the county attor-
ney to ascertain if it is possible to get
rid OF Mrs. Ella Wilson. the woman
mayor, and the obstinate council at
the same time.
The city council of Macon, Mo-, has
Instructed the city attorney to begin
injunction proceedings against the
Macon Telephone company to restrain
that concern from increasing its rates.
Atchison will probably bear part OF
the expenses of the gas field probe
made under the direction OF the pub
lie utilities commission Of Kansas
City, Mo.
The st. Joseph utilities commission
Is attempting to compel the Missouri
& Kansas Telephone company to low
or charges.
Topeka's big celebration of the
Bcmi-centennial of Kansas Is on
Elaborate plans have been made tt
properly observe the 50th birthday O
the state.
Twenty'seven motor cars full o
good roads boosters visited Columbia
Mo-, in their campaign to obtain tn
cross-state highway for Boonville.
Columbia, Mo-, and that part o
Boone county included in the road dis
trict of which that city is the center
voted 100000 worth Of bonds 70
rock roads.
A divorce was granted at Leaver
worth less than an hour after suit ha
been filed by Mrs. BENJAMIN
Cheever against her husband, q r.
tired army officer.
The town of Alex, Ok, has Jul
been sold for $4,000 to the WASN'T
Valley Improvement company. Ale
Is a town Of 500 people on q branC
OF the Rock Island railway.
h iron trades council and Ell
ployers' associations met at So
Francisco to discuss a working agre
ment for the next two years involviI
the present eight,hour working day.
John ]. Johnson has confessed
the abduction and murder Of ARE
Lemberger. 7 years old. whose boz
was found In Lake Monona. Wis. !
was sentenced and imprisoned for u
fbs sane day.