Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-08
FLASHES Of THE WEEK
JOTTINCS R 0 KILOGRAMS
Interesting Items Gathered From All
Parts Of the World Condensed
Into sFalI Space for the Ben.
eft Of Our Readers.
Domestic Items.

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The city of Topeka has been Or
dered by the state labor commission
or TO stop its charitable work or pay
the current rate of wages to the men
it employees.
An honest appearing farmer
swindled Macon, Mo, real estate men
ou. OF $4,000 on a bogus deed.
More ;han 400 residents OF Madi-
son, H., are suffering from ptomaine
poisoning, following a chicken sup
per given by the fire department.
The Kansas board Of health will
try 70 stop the sale of acetanilid be-
cause of the large number of victims
of the drug habit.
Thirteen persons were killed and
"a injured during the Oklahoma hunt
ing season just closed.
S~cyenty.ive Kansas school super
i~ntendents held their annual meeting
at Enporia.
OF Atchison have incorporated his
business as the Seaton Foundry COM
pany.
Contracts for equipment for the
new Kansas City.EXcelsior Springs
electric line have been let.
The grand jury investigating the
s.. Louis election OF 1910 report no
evidence OF fraud.
The pension agency at Topeka and
sixteen others are abolished by a bill
Inst uassed by the House.
A. Georgetown, Colo, a Chinaman
Il Il candidate for councilman and has
an American campaign manager.
Five hundred acres of the Lucky"
Baldwin estate in California have just
been sold for s1,25O.0O0.
Madison, Wis, rejected the com
mission form of government by a ma
jority of 476 votes.
Kansas banks increased deposits
more than s3,0o0,o00 between Au-
gust IS and December 81.
The Kansas railroads are prepar-
Ing for the big coal strike April ! by
storing coal all along their lines.
Prices of oil have been going up
steadily since the dissolution of the
oil trust; another 2.cent advance is
reported.
Labor representatives are trying TO
organize the employees of the United
States arsenal at Rock Island, Ill.
Pittsburg, kas., will issue 10000
IN bonds TO build a separate school
for negroes.
A bath house at Excelsior Springs,
Mo, collapsed while being remod-
eied, endangering the lives OF seven
men at work on the structure.
The garrison at ~Juarez, Mexico,
mutinied. capturing the town and i'm.
prisoning the commander.
Padded PATROLS are charged against
several departments of San Francis.
co.'s city government,
The Italian vTuiser Picmonte cap
tured a launch flying The British flag
In the Red Sea.
A young IN at Cheyenne, Wyo.
attempted to enlist in the United
States army.
The Fredonia Cement company, q
New Jersey corporation with $4,000
capital, was incorporated in Kansas.
Eight persons We're rescued at Wick.
life. KY, after drifting all night with
an ice flee IN the Mississippi river.
The University OF Missouri is pre-
pairing an exhibit for the interna-
tional congress of art in Dresden,
Germany. this summer.
Fire at Sheridan, Ind, caused a
loss Of 100000 and threatened to de.
stroy the entire town.
Hoboes from all over the United
States are in session at Cincinnati,
under the leadership of J. Eads How,
The mine workers wage conference
al Indianapolis adjourned without an
agreement and subject to call.
Insurance companies in Missouri
nre prohibited from assuming risk
or damages in motor accidents.
Leaders OF the w, c. T. Y. urget
the senate committee for favorabl,
action on the bill prohibiting liquor
shipments into dry territory.
Commissioner Valentine has is
sued an order prohibiting teachers IL
Indian schools from wearing religion
insignia while in the performance O
their official duties.
Reductions in express rates in In
diana averaging II per cent becom,
effective' March Is.
Missouri state board OF health ha
issued q bulletin on cause an,
treatment Of meningitis.