Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-19
FLASHES Of THE WEEK
JOTTINCS FROM KILOGRAMS
Interesting items Gathered From Al
Parts Of tho World CONDENSED
INTO Small Space for the ZEN.
,fit Of Our Readere.
Domestic ltemo.

Inc Idll tcIH1 Vi tOult ih fo''""
county, Kansas, which was to open
Monday will be postponed owing to
The horse plague.
The state department announced
that IS nations had accepted the nvi'
tation to participate in the Panama
Pacific exposition in San Francisco in
1915.
Eighty.seyen cases OF menlngitlS
among horses have been reported from
five Missouri counties, with more han
30 deaths.
The United States is about to INFER
yene In Santo Domingo. Warships
will be sent al once to the island. A
revolution has broken out which
threatens American interests.
Missouri will not establish "A quaran-
tine against the shipment into the
state Of horses from other st%es
where the horse plague is prevalent.
The new collier, PrOteus, the finest
supply ship in the navy, has just been
launched from Newport News, Va.
Washington was shocked wheI a
woman guest said to be a titled Aus
trian. smoked a cigarette at the White
house garden party.
Siberia and other Northern regions
will be searched to get plants Tor a
new experimental station the depart
mcnt of agriculture soon will cstab-
fish at lIondcn, y. -.
The Illinois Central railroad has de-
ciarcd the %tOothpick vulgar and no
longer will the pcrfumed splints be
served on dining cars.
Alfalfa seed has reached the lowest
price I'm Kansas at which 1t has sold
in many years, according to dealers
who are now able to buy seed at S"''o
. bushel.
Receivers were appointed Tor the
United States Motor company, "A W.
bO0.OUO holding corporation organized
to control ten motor car and gas en-
CINE concerns.
Two men were killed in a Joplin
mine by the premature explosion OF a
blast they were tamping. fllteeh
others escaped injury.
Socialists may fly the rcd flag with
out police interference in New Jer-
sey, according to "A decision by the
supreme court.
A mob broke the Cummins, Ga, Jail
and shot TO death Ed. Collins, a ne
gro.
Ouicksand caused n cotton mil at
LOnsdale, Il. l., TO slide into Black
stone river, causing a loss OF Sloo'ooo'
There Is q deficiency Of $@,7Ol 900
in the city treasury. Of Chicago, and
police officers may be laid off for 80
days to make 1t up.
Organized labor Is making a sys'
teInatic fight on the candidacy OF
Joe Cannon for congress from the
Danville, H., district.
Nine proposed amendments to the
constitution will be submitted to the
voters Of Missouri at the November
election.
Maine turned back to the Rcpub
llcan party In the state election. WIN
T. Haines being elected governor
over Frederick w, Plaistcd, his Dem
ocratic opponent who sought IA sec
Ond term.
Supplies Of live stock are great!
deficient in Missouri this year. Tn
state board of agriculture reports onl.
"a per cent of a normal lumber o
cattle.
A $4,000 painting representa-
"Ciyilization of the Northwest" b
Edward simmons, the American art
fist, fell 100 feet from the dome Q
the capitol building at st, Paul, Mini
Iowa ~suffragists issued a call for
state convention to be held at DE
Moines October 8,
This years corn crop in the Unite
States Is the biggest on record, a.
cording to the report OF the agricu
tural department.
A four foot vein Of zinc has bee
found near Bartlesyille, Ok, al
pr~ospectors are In a rush for leases
Five hundred people heard I'll
woman suffrage lecturers who al
making a motor a tour of the fit
district at Clay Center, Kan.
Permission was granted for l,2(
Mexican troops to pass through ]
Paso into Chihuahua and Sonora
attack the rebels.
A Chicago artist was arrested Il
counterfeiting by painting 800 bill
to pass for SO bills.
Reports sent out from Topeka th'
the horse plague is on the decrea'
In southwestern Kansas are denit
from Dodge city.