Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-08
FLASHES Of THE WEEK
JOTTINCS FROM KILOGRAMS
Interesting Items Gathered From Al
parts of tho World Condensed
into Small Space for the een-
eft OF Our Readers.
Domestic Items.

Contracts we're signed for a EN-
porary Missouri capitol building 10
cost $4,000, to be used till g new
ytatehousc can be built.
Boston iron and brass molders are
preparing to strike to enforce a de-
mand for a % per cent increase in
wages.
In q collision on the NJ. X. & T. at
Mahan. OK, the fireman OF a passen.
ger train was killed and a freight
engineer injured.
Five people were killed in a Rock
Island wreck near Pueblo, Col, when
the track undermined by the Fountain
river hurled the train into the water.
After Is months work, the steel
trust committee submitted two reports,
one alleging u monopoly and the 9TH
er denying il.
Oil drillers are preparing for eXten-
sive operations around Eria, Kan.
Registration frauds have been dis
covered in eight Of the % wards OF
81. Louis. The police have been max
Ing a canvass for several weeks.
TWO persons died of p~ellagra i'll the
vicinity OF Fort Smith, Ark.
A Rock Island freight train was
wrecked near Steinauer, Neb. The
engine and six cars rolled into the
ditch.
Indiana Progressives nominated T.
full state ticket, headed by former
United States Senator Albert j.
Bcyeridge as candidate for governor.
Kansas Woodmcn who seeded from
the original body to form an order OF
their own were refused a charter.
4 municipality conducted dance hall
will be opened at Cleveland in a pub.
lie park, with the dance fee three
cents.
Cloudbursts in several parts OF olo
rado have inundated villages and
has done much damage to crops.
Reports faom che Kansas corn area
Indicate that much of the state Is in
need of rain for the corn crop and
pastures.
In New York meat went up a cent a
pound and there is every indication OF
It staying at its present inflated price
for some time.
A building in course of construction
IN the heart Of the brooklyn, n. Y,
SHOPPING district collapsed burying
20 men. All were taken out alive.
Three despcradocs. two of them
dangerous bank robbers, escaped from
the Jail at Craig. col, by receiving
assistance from the outside.
The senate adopted a resolution to
express ~disapproval of the purchase
of any possible naval bases on the
American continent by any foreign
power
Four hundred girls, members of the
Dressmakers' union, employed at a
Brooklyn factory are on strike against
the use of profanity by the foreman.
Seven to eight million dollars is the
valuation of property Of the Mormon
settlers which they were compelled
to abandon on leaving Mexico.
New York Central and Pennsyl
vania railroads are to change the
schedule of their lS-hour New York,
Chicago trains to 20 hours in the
winter for greater safety.
An obstruction in a frog on the
Missouri Pacific at Sherman, Mo, re
suited in the derailmcnt of the engine
and four cars. No one was injured.
Secretary Knox officially informed
Gen. Pasqual Orozco that attacks or
Americans must be stopped immedi
ately or the United States would TAX,
preventive measures.
A mysterious airship with a CLEAN
Ing headlight lowered over st. JOSEPH
for more than 80 minutes
Usage City, Kan, dealers sold 2,2O,
IONS of hay which will b. stored IL
Olivet awaiting shipment to tn,
lsthmus OF Panama.
The Progressive party Is holding Il
state convention in the Shubert thca
ter in Kansas City.
Four men were killed by lightnin
in a camp of the Choctaw Lumbe
company. eight miles south of Eagl,
town, Ok.
State troops are stationed through
out the Paint Creek district of VII
ginia to stamp out the lawlessnes
prevailing as a result of the min
strike.
The Standard Oil company Of Ne,
York announced a reduction OF te
points in refined petrolem.
Standard OH stock sold In Ne
York at $1,000 per share. Before til
dissolution II was quoted sroup
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