Morgan County republican., 1912-07-04
FLASHES Of THE WEEK
JOTTINCS FROM TELECRAMS
Interesting Items Gathered From All
Parts Of the World Condensed
into Small Space for the Ben.
eft Of Our Readers.
Domestic Items.

OF the Roosevelt movement.
The Missouri Pacific is to enlarge
It's Atchson shops at once and will
erect $4,000 round house.
The pittsburg, Kan. police Judge
will release every prisoner in the city
Jail on July 4th, upon written prom
ise TO return that night.
The Manhattan, Kan, Ice, Light &
Power company was sold to John r.
Vail Of Pueblo, Col. for over $780,.
900.
Ark, the electric light and telephone
plants were partly wrecked and one
death caused by grounded wire.
Oklahoma peach growers organized
for the purpose OF disposing OF their
crop. The yield is unusually heavy
and buyers scarce.
The largest pipe organ in the world
has jus, been installed in the taber-
nacle at Zion City, Tll
Five hundred non.union miners
struck near Lexington, Ky, following
refusa' Of a 25-cent increase in their
daily wages
Two persons were killed and three
dangerously injured in fire which
DESTROYED second floor dormitory
IN business building at Louisville.
ky.
The Nevada, Mo. Water, Light &
Traction company properties passed
into the hands Of the Missouri Lincoln
Trus. company as trustees.
Most Of the business section Of
Rossyile, II miles west of Topeka
was destroyed by fire causing s2o,.
0OO loss
The Missouri Pacific shop force at
Sedaia Is 20 be largely increased
July |.
Claim was made that 22G students
OF the University of Missouri, who
voted dry a, he local option election
in Columbia, Mo, we're not legal
voters.
The official order for the summer
maneuvers which are 20 be held near
Leavenworth from August IS to 2S
mas Just been received.
Wheat harvest Was started in Geary
county. Kan. Much grain has been in
1ured by bugs.
4 cloudburst near Estancia, y NJ
destroyed hundreds Of settlers homes
and caused some loss OF life.
The fifth annual convention of the
Christian Endcayor Union Of Missouri
was held at I.addOnja.
Ann Boston, ncercss who killed q
white woman at pin"hurst Ga, was
taken from officers and lynched.
Suit for more ,Ian g. 900 dam.
ages wus filed against the United
Shoe Machinery company by the
Duplessis Independent Shoe Ma,
chinery company a. lIavorhill. Mass.
Much wheai in Lyon county, Kan.
is ruined by chInch bugs.
The town Of Dewey. OK, has taken
out 100000 Insurance against rain on
the Fourth of July
Fred W ilson, who escaped from the
Oklahoma penitentiary in March, re
turned and surrendered to the war
den.
An international & Great Northern
mail car was robbed Of a registered
mail pouch near Port Bolivar, Texas
The Prohibition party will have M
candidate on the Kansas primar,
ticket this year, having failed to cas-
the necessary percentage Of votes a
the last election.
A fast train from Chicago to Florid;
was derailed near Marinton, Ill
killing the engineer Every car lef
the track.
A brooklyn club man bet 81 900 t.
800 that President Taft would no
carry single state.
A Washington. \. J.. youth, fled t
Europe to escape a 81 fine for dc
stroying property.
Over 10000 employees OF Unite
States navy yards will be laid o.
July unless congress makes pr,
vision for payment Of their wages.
The government has refused to r,
store to the Cheyenne Indians tn
privilege of holding their annual "su
dance" in Oklahoma.
A proposed increase in freight O
pig iron to Middle Western points, wa
suspended by the interstate commere
commission.
Anticipating firing across the bo
der, ~ soon as the retreating Mex
can rebels reach Juarez. Gen. Woo
ordered tho third cavalry TO FL Pas