Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-18
MISSOURI STATE
CAPITAL ITEMS
NOTES THAT ARE OF INTEREST
TO MissoURiANs.
erief Mention OF Matters as They
Occur at Jefferson CITY,
Official and Other.
wise.

Refinery at Sugar Creek lies III the
hands OF the supreme court and will
be determined within the next two
weeks.
The deoasion of the United States
supreme court sustaining the writ of
custer OF the state court has brought
the case back to the state court,
which will determine the extent of
the writ OF custer: in its, final man.
date. In any event the company
must pay the 10000 fine assessed by
the court and .two.thirds of the cost OF
the case. The other third already
has been paid by tho Waters. Pierce
Oil company.
Under the statutes the supreme
court has in its power 10 innict as a
maximum penalty the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF the plant through a mandate that
the property may never be used again
for the illegal purposes for which the
company was ousted. In the event
the extreme penalty Is inflicted 1t
would mean the Standard Oil rom.
pany OF Indiana would have to sell
the s., 900, 900 plant as junk and the
land would revert back 10 farming
purposes.
1t Is not believed, however, that the
supreme court will innict the maxi.
mum penalty.
Three plans for housing the legisla.
ture and four executive Offices pend.
Ing the construction of the new state
capitol were submitted by a commit.
tee OF architects and builders 10 the
board Of permanent seat Of govern
ment. First, to construct a. a cost or
sec, 900, a temporary building on prop.
erty recently acquired by the state;
second, to repair both wings OF the
old capitol FOR which the legislature
appropriated $4,000; third, to enlarge
the north wing of the old capitol at a
cost OF $4,000. The commission Is
of the opinion that the old capitol
must be torn down to make room for
material for the new. Hiram Lloyd,
NJ. Fred Bell of Fulton and Frank B.
Miller OF Jefferson city constitute the
committee on plans.
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United States navy, whose home is at
Charleston, wired Gov. Hadley that
the overflow OF the Mississippi river
has made 1000 people homeless in
the vicinity Of Charleston, and that
something should b" done to aid them.
The governor Immediately directed
officers of the Missouri branch of the
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Charleston and tax" charge OF the re.
lief work for the destitute.
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The conditions Of winter wheat In
Missouri. according 70 the first crop
report OF the ear just issued by the
state agriculture board. IL 70 as com
pared with SO a year ago. Owing tC
the cold and wet practically no farm
Ing has been done.
Attorney General Majov, Secretary
OF State Cornelius Roach and Auditor
John p. Gordon are AGAINST the repair
OF the old capitol binding. No action
will be taken by ia" board until o
conference Is held with the capito.
commission next week,
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Assistant Attorney ]. NJ. Atkinson
will not be a candidate for the Demo.
cratic nomination. Mr.. Atkinson says
II will take him nearly the entire year
to finish up the lumber trust prose,
%cution, and that he will not resign and
can not be a candidate.
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Five cases OF smallpox exist among
the cOnvicts at the ~penitentiary. The
disease Is confined 10 a batch OF IL
convicts that We're brought here last
week from New Madrid county. After
they were received at the prison, one
Of them broke ou' Wit the disease.
All were isolated at once and will be
kept so until all danger of epidemic Is
past. The prison is now closed to
visitors and will remain SO for some
time to come.
Road district No. | OF Cole county
asked for so convicts to be employed
on the highways. This district takes
in all the territory on three sides OF
Jefferson City, and Col. George c.
Ramsey OF this city IL chairman Of
the board. This will be the first at.
tempt to employ conyicts under the
new law.
The constitutionall'y Of the crimi
nal provision Of the motor car law re.
latiye to accidents Was attacked In
the supreme court through an appli.
cation brought by Forrest r, Kneedler.
Kneadlar uaa a messenger In n car