Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-04
FLASHES Of The Week
JOTTINCS FROM KILOGRAMS
Int sting Items Gathered From All
Parts Of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben.
eft Of Our Readers.
Domestic ltems.

near Cleveland.
Four children were burned to death
and the mother and another daugh.
ter dangerously injured in a Cleye-
land, O.. blaze.
Liquor rrn sent out a circular in
Kansas purporting to bear the en-.
dorsement OF J. n. Dolley, bank com.
missioner. for rcsubmission.
Fulton, Mo, has again voted $780,.
600 for road bonds. A recent election
was declared illegal and a second
election held.
The j. ! Case company has in.
creased its capital to 100000. 900 and
will combat the harvester trust for
business in The west.
Olathe j. to have a $4,000 opera
house 10 replace the one that was de-
stroycd by fire in 1909.
A freight train was stalled in snow
drifts near Laird. Kan, for four days.
Snow ploWs sent to help were also
unable to get through.
A youlg man who attempted to
hold up an rob a hotel clerk at Okla.
homa cry. was captured and Jailed.
Tho Missouri board OF health is
taking steps to abolish ,-e drinking
CUP am roller towel on trains in the
state.
tn" nov mayor of Santa Monica,
Cal, has appointed an advisory board
Of seven women.
Dynamite Indictments are expected
against leaders OF the button makers
strike at Muscutiuc, Ia.
A man i~mpersonating a federal of.
ficcr colhscated % cases of whisky
from 4 wagon entering toffcyville.
Kan, and was later arrested at
Nowata, Ok.
Several children found dynamite
with fuse attached among the timbers
on the track approaches to the rail.
road bridge ovcr the Mississippi river
at Thebes, III.
Merchants and farmers have organ
lied the State Bank OF Hallowell with
capital stock Of $4,000 at llallowell,
Kan.
Miss Bertha Ba',en. Is years old, a
trained nurse, ended her life at Den
yer, Col. An empty chloroform vial
was found beside the body.
The Montclair, y j., hoard OF
health has appropriated 10000 to be
spent III fighting the Jersey mosquito.
Contracts have been let for a new
800, 900 courthouse a. L~eayenworth.
Kan, to be tireprool throughout.
The ST. Joseph utilities commission
has ordered n reduction in all Bell
telephone rates. effective January !.
1912.
The state highway engineer says
Kansas is wasting $1,000, 600 a year
on cheap bridges and needless repairs.
A big combination has been formed
to grow beet in Brazil for export
trade to Europe.
The official manual OF Missouri for
1911 and 1912. The BlueboOk," Is
dedicated to Samuel l.. Clemens
MARK Twain.
Liquor men of Stillings. Mo, have
enjoined Kansas officers from inter.
fsring with their l.eayenworth bust
ness.
Fire damaged the plant of the f
W. klos Awning Manufacturing com
pany at St, Joseph, TO the extent o.
$4,000.
Many tradesmen are idle at Oklo
homa City, and building operation!
have decreased - per cent in 81
days.
President Taft may veto the Sher
wood pension bill, As it will increas,
expenditures at least $4,000 900
year.
Another mysterious fire al Osceola
destroyed one OF The towns fines
residences. -Four buildings have bee
burned within a week.
Charles Culver, a barber. was a,
rested at C~offeyville. for the robber
of the Mulberry, Kan, postofice /
October,
A negro eX'conyict ran through
saloon at Jefferson City and cut thre
white men, afterwards attacking
negro In Jail.
Gov. Hadley has refused 10 pardo
Il. G. Bailey the Kansas CITY hac
driver who killed a non.uuion ma
during n strike.
A mail pouch dropped from a trai
at Olathe was found cut open and III
contents, mostly registered ma
missing.
Gen. Reyes has arrived in the CT,
OF Mexico. and was conducted 10 Il
Santiago military prison.