The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-26
HAPPENINGS
of THE sOeek
IN MISSOURI

A tornado passed over Paris at z
o'clock the other night, followed by a
cloudburst, and did considerable lam
age. The main amphitheater at the
fair grounds was blown over and eight
| young men and women, members Of a
| picnic party, were caught in the fail.
None was hurt. The Dooley Hotel and
the Arnold Hotel we're badly damaged.
Trees were blown down and many
buildings unroofed. Bridges are gone
and streams in Monroe county have
been converted into torrents. No loss
of life has been reported. Four freight
cars were blown from the track.
Mrs. Cora Miller, the first woman
officeholder of Texas county, has as
sumed the duties of clerk of the cir
cult court. Mrs. Miller is the widow
of Oliver S. Miller, who was circuit
clerk at the time of his death a few
] weeks ago. She was appointed by
Governor Major.
The Ryan tract of forty acres,
known as the West Side Park addi-
ton of California, became a part of
the city when more than two thou
sand persons attended the auction of
more than one hundred building lots.
Rev. w. j. Garrett, said to be the
oldest Presbyterian minister in south
west Missouri, both in years and serv-
ice, is dead at the home of a son in
Springfield. He was 95 years old and
had been an ordained minister for
s~eventy-three years.
Judge Estes Smith, member of the
Bates County Court from the northern
district, was found dead in his home
near Adrian the other morning. Heart
disease was the cause of death.
Because his suggestions for the
protection Of fish and game have not
met the approval of his superior, D. j.
Holland, deputy game and fish com
missioner for the Springfield district,
has sem his resignation to Commits
sioner Jesse B. Jones.
H. R. Deighton, SO years old, super
tntendent of the quarry from which
the stone for the new Missouri CAPT
told is being taken at Carthage, was
el%ectrocuted while working with a mo
tor which had grounded.
The 1,000th student has enrolled
for the summer session of the Uni
versity of Missouri. She is Miss Mel
lie Martin of Odessa, a former stu
dent of Vanderbilt university. The
total for the session nov is 1904, the
largest in its history.
The Gravois bank of st. Louis coun
ty outside the st. Louis city limit:
was robbed of S., 900 after the cash
Ter had been locked in a vault. The
robbers put the telephone service O.
: the bank out of commission and es
capped.
After being imprisoned for fiv'
days in a mine at Neck City, as a re
suit vi d CdN6-lh lOuI VI luC L. me
entombed were rescued alive onl,
slightly injured. 1t is believed tn
t other two, which we're swept dow
r with the flood of water and mud, pei
ished. However, rescuers are har'
e at work in an effort to a V them j
e alive, or their bodies.
6 Joseph A. Ward, rs years old,
pioneer resident of Springfield,
dead. Mr.. Ward had been nigh
merchant policeman there for man
years. He was a Civil war veteran
A. d. Hatten, vice president of IN
closed Mineral Belt bank, has becom
n personally responsible for the pa!
o ment of all funds to depositors b
the purchase of all the property G
the bank.
!, The Tahoma lead and zinc mint
= Six miles south of Cole Camp, Bento
q county, which has been idle for SCI
: eral years, is to resume operations
once. F. G. Bryant of Joplin is to b
y the superintendent.
BY a vote of 10 to l Drexel, a low
of $50 inhabitants, signified its viii
!, ingness to issue bonds for its ow
. electric light plant. The plant will b
constructed at once.
{. The golden wedding anniversary
= Judge and Mrs. C. e. Elliott at Or
- nogo was celebrated recently. Jude
~ Elliott vas one of the men who lai
out the original townsite Of Joplin.
70 Frank X. Kidd, "A years old, a wild
3 ly known farmer and ex-Confederai
L. soldier under Morgan, was found des
re at his home near Sedalia the 9TH
morning.
* What is said 20 be the largest Uni
ed States flag in America was pr
scented to the city OF st. Louis duriI
the flag day celebration. The iii
s. is l50x7S feet and weighs 400 pound
u 1t was given to the city by the M
Of lion Population club.