The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-04
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at St. Paul, Mimi, ON the ?sth. denied
the application for writs 81 habcas
corpus or relief In the eases ~ Thom-
~ Neyitt and Samuel {. Peden, judges
Of the county court of ST. Clair coun-
~, Mo-, who are la custody for re-
fusing 10 obey the orders of a federal
Judge, made about two years ago, IN
cases affecting the validity Of bonds
issued by ~. Clair county soon after
the close Of the civil war
The Western Union Telegraph Co.
has decided to discharge hll the boys
employed ~ messengers ~ its Chi
caRo offices. and will use girls and
men IN their stead. The boys had
struck three times within the last
munth.
a freight train on the Chicago,
burlington q Quincy was wrecked at
kemper, ILL.,, on the 2sth, by faling
through y bridge, and three tramps
claimed To- have been on the train are
supposed a. have p-rished.
Whitecaps near Ellis, Ncb., on the
night Of the 2sth, fred several vollcys
into the house oi James Roian, whom
they had previously warned tn leave
the country, narrowly missing several
members Of his family.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., accompan-
led by H. Il. Mccullough, yicc-presi-
dent Of the Chicago q Northwestern
railway, left New York. on the 2sth,
for n three-wceks hunting and fish
ing trip In the west.
The body ~ the man found Gn the
river bank near burlington, In, on
the 2Sth, has been identified ar that
Of Jordan Stamer. a retired merchant
of Davenport, who has been missing
since early In July.
The chnrrrd bodies ~ john =.
Holmes aud his huusckcepcr, Miss
Katherine Shutc, were found In the
ruins of Holmes barn, which was
burned at Bridgctnn, y. j., ON the
night NJ the 2'th.
EN.presidcnt Cleveland and Joe
jefferson, the actor, were among the
speakers at the town dinner, during
the observance Of Old Home week, at
Sandwich, Mass, ON the 2sth.
Mrs Reese Wngoncr and her three
children were found dead In he'd with
their throats cut, at North Little
Rock, Ark, on the 2sth, presumably
the act Of the mother.
NJ. A. Carmichael, junior yire-com-
mander of the Kansas g. A. r., died
Mt his home at Colony, Has, on the
gsth.
The sixth annual convention of the
League Of American Municipalities,
held nj Grand Rapids, Mich, closed
on the Goth. Hon. NJ. II. Stevens, of
East 81. Louis, was chosen first vice
president. and Il. j. Barr, Of Joliet,
ILL.,, third vice-prcsident. Next years |
convention will be held at Baltimore.
Mrs. Jack Frost, wife of a promi |
nent business man and politician Of |
Blackwell. Okla, was arrested, ON the |
goth, charged with poisoning Mrs.
Alice Combs and her eldest son, by |
putting arsenic IN the coffee In the |
absence of the Combs family.
Walter LemRrand, Of Monroe, Aich., |
on going 10 his home, on the goth,
found n man In the house with his |
wife. After a quarrel the man ran
from the house into the street, where /
he was purHned by mob and shot TO
death In corn field.
According 60 the Chicago News,
William j. Bartholln Is closely related
10 noble Danish family, his father,
who was u younger son, having de-
serted his wife In Denmark TO eiope
with the late Mrs. Bartholin, who was
found murdered.
At the meeting cf representatives
Of the American Window Glass Co.,
she Independent Glass Co. and the
Federation Cooperative Glass Co., at
o.. on the goth. IL was de-
cided 10 reopen the factories ON De-
tober 1.
While Harold Pierce, who was ar
rested at Sylvia. Kas.. on charge Of
forgery, was being taken te Hutchtn-
son for trial, he ieaped from train
running at the rate of 90 miles an
hour and made his escape.
Joseph VIM. jacques was assaulted
and murdered by man named
al 81. Paul, Mimi, ON the
10Th, as result of trouble growing
put Of strike at railroad shops there
some weeks ego. t*N
Congressman r. G. De Graifenreid,
of Texas. died nj wsEhingtca. u. G..
On the Goth, Of apoplexy. He had
bean three. times elected "a repre-
sent she Third Texas district In com
greEa.
The department Of agriculture. ss
win take a leading part
IN the good roads conveHttns 4. u L
aeid In connection with the Minnesota
state fs.r, september !, = and ..
The oodies of Bruce and Lewis. shr
murdered In China, have Ii
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