Morgan County republican., 1912-07-11
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Domestic Items.

By vote oil - 10 IL Tue SENATE
adopted an amendment 10 the naval
sppropriation bil providing for two
new battle ships.
A Titanic survivor sold the life pre-
server which saved him 20 St Louis
pawnbrokcr for 81
The national convention Of the new
Progressive party is to be held in
Chicago August 10.
A daylight bandit robbed the bank
at Rome, Iowa, shooting: the cashier,
but was killed while making his es-
cape.
Twenty-one were killed and 30 in
tured in the wreck of an overloaded
passenger coach near Wilpen, Pa, One
person in the car escaped injury.
W. A. Iaduque, clerk al Dallas,
Texas, hotel was shot and killed by
his wife while. talking over a tele.
phone.
While going 80 miles an hour, a
motorcycle few the track "a. Salt Lake
City, and dashed its rider, Harry G.
Davis TO death.
Arrangements have been made for
the annual summer meeting Of the
Missouri Press association at stianni-
bal August ~ to % inclusive.
Ad Wolgast was declared the win
ner Of the lightweight champion bat
tie at Los Angeles, in the 18th round,
More than 1900 people attended
the sane" celebration at Sedaia, Mo.
The decision in the heavyweight
championship battle al Las Vegas vas
given Jack johnson, the black fighter.
In the ninth round, when police stop.
ped the fight.
The hot rays Of the sun iGnited so
worth Of fireworks in Salina, Kan,
show window causing $500 damage.
The pleasure steamer, Matte Couch
turned over in midstream a. Memphis,
Tenn. No one was drowned.
Karakulc sheep are to be raised for
their fine fur on Kansas ranch; 10
rams having already arrived from
Persia for the purposc t..
Many Kansas farmers celebrated
Independence day by keeping binders
and headers running In their wheat
fields
Cotton growers Of the South are or
ganizing to secure better methods
of marketing and handling the crop.
At least "a passengers were killed
and 80 injured when an express train
crashed into a Lackawanna passenger
train hidden by a fog near Corning,
n. Y.
Mexican rebels were defeated In the
battle at Bachimba pass, and have
evacuated Chihuahua, leaving the
streets mined for the Entrance " the
federals. ~
Manhattan agricultural college has
discovered a preventive OF worms in
sweetcorn
A case OF a man having duplicate
wives. like Peter Sharp Of Kansas, has
been found at Bigelow, Mo.
Lightning struck 'aMf' burned the
CONGREGATIONAL church at Maize. Kan,
breaking up an ice cream social.
Upton, Kan, sent out call for so
more harvest haiids:
Heavy rain has delayed the harvest
for hve miles all round Sslina, Kan.
Lightning struck powder plant
near Muskogee. OK, exploding 1850
quarts of nitro Giyccrn, and blowing
one man TO bits. :"
The hosse chemical tariff revision
bill, amended, to place dyes used in
cooring cheaper cotton goods on the
free list; was defeated in the senate
81 20 26. E.
The effort to annul the local option
election law Of Missouri, in its applica
ton to the city of Carthage failed ir
the supreme court.
Three hundred American teachers o
German sailed from New York fol
Germany, on a seven-week excursion
Both thS'house and senate agreed L
resolution extending current appro
priations through July.
At a conference attended by Gov
Chase s. Osborn and others, it wa
decided that there would be no thir,
party in Michigan this year,
The Strang Electric line will be es
tended fSom Olathe. Kan, to Topek
this summer, financial arrangement
having just been completed.
Petitions for vote on a single Ia
amendment to Missouri's constitution
have been filed in Jefferson City, col
tanning about 10000 signatures.
Two hundred additional mechanic
were put to work at the NJ. p. shop
In sedalia, No., giving total 0
l%o0.