The Marshall republican. [volume] (Marshall, Saline County, Mo.) 1899-1914, 1913-06-27
CURRENT EVENTS

'he passdbe ITOm CnerDOurg 10 AM
brose Channel Lightship, a distance
OF 3.153 miles, in six days. five hours
and fourteen minutes, making an av-
erage speed OF 21.13 knots per hour.
under adverse weather conditions.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait of New
York was reelected, last week, presi-
dent OF the International woman's
Suffrage Alliance by accIamation, nj
the meeting OF the league at Buda-
Pesth, Hungary.
Maurice Frances Egan, minister TO
Denmark. is slated for appointment
by President Wilson as an ambassa-
dor to one OF the European courts,
probably Austria. The president has
had Mr.. Egan's name in mind foI
promotion for some time.
Hayti has expressed a friendly in
terest In Mr.. Bryan's plan for peace
treaty and has asked an opportunity
to consider the details.
The supreme court granted an ap.
peal In the noted Buck Stove and
Range labor cases, wherein Samuel
Gompers. John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison were punished for contempt
OF court. The appeal will be heard In
October.
Missouri Is fast becoming n grea,
automobile state and this year there
are more automobiles owned In the
small towns and in the country by
farmers than In the cities. The re.
verse OF this has been true in pre-.
vious years. At the close OF 1912
there has been issued 2i.379 licenses
for motor cars OF all kinds In Mis-
scuri-An immense increase over this
Is already and not half OF the year
gone. Up to last week there had
been Issued n total OF 30,700 state
licenses by the secretary OF state and
perhaps 10000 more will be Issued
before the end OF the year.
Just 245 new laws. passed by the
last Legislature went into effect or
Monday, June Esd. Five bills were
vetoed by Governor Major and the
home rule bill. full train crew and
county unit laws have been suspended
by the referendum.
John ID. orear OF Mexico, Mo. has
been appointed minister TO Bolivia.
He was recommended by Speaker
Clark. This Is said 10 be one OF the
most desirable diplomatic assign
ments In South America.
The statistics for month OF April
compiled by U. A. Mcbride statistican
OF the bureau OF vital statistics OF the
state board OF health, shows there
was a total OF 6.073 births and 3,i63
deaths reported during the month. or
the births 3,149 were male and 2,92a
were female; 5,s93 were white and
$50 were black. or the deaths, l.
500 were male and 1894 were FEM
ale; 3,165 were white and eos black.
There were 2.6i0 more births than
deaths.
Stephen Brundidge was nominated
by the Democrats for Governor OF
Arkansas. last week. to succeed John
T. Robertson. who was elected United
States senator. Judge George W.
Hays was the apposing candidate.
South America has been Increasing
Its machinery purchases from the
United States more rapidly during the
last few years than any other part of
the world, as shown by figures pre-
pared by the bureau OF foreign and
domestic commerce. This increase
has amounted In the last decade 10
440 per cent, whereas the entire
worlds growth of machinery export
has been only 173 per cent.
In view OF the fact that many fire
Insurance policies are expiring insur-
ance managers are urging upon the
public to take extra precautions aga
inst tires. Particular emphasis will
be given to educational work along
this line on the approach OF the
Fourth OF July at which time the
risks become extra hazardous.
A Caro-, Illinois. man won a s25 bet
by eating sixty-one eggs.--This is said
to surpass the worlds record. which
Is supposed to have been sixty, The
sixty-one eggs were divided as fol-
lows: Scrambled. is; soft boiled,
16; hard boiled. 15; fried. 10.
The war between the striking min