The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-19
THE NEWS COMPRESSED


A general street car strike is on in
Chicago.
The American Apple Growers Con-
yrcss met in ST. Louis week.
Football claims another victim. Ray
mond Mcveigh died in Brooklyn on
the 18th from injuries received in a
game Of football on the 3lst ull.
The Daughters of the Confederacy,
in convention at Charleston, S c., on
the 10th selected St. Louis as the meet
ing place for their 1904 convention.
A week or two ago $1,000, 600
plant to manufacture Portland cement
was completed in Georgia, and simi
lar plant il TO be built at Selma, Ala.
y. d. Carter of Mineral Wells, Tex
has a violin 10 years old. II was
manufactured by Richard Rupert Rebus
in Canton, Germany, August I, l793.
The requisiiiOn papers for kratz,
the fugitive boodler, have been re-
ceiyed in Mexico, and were presented
to the Mexican government last Mon
day.
Nebraska is stirred by the indicl.
mcnt of United States Senator Diet.
rich and the Postmaster at Hastings.
Four other postmasterships are under
investigation by the Grand Jury.
At Meramec, Mass. burglars rob.
bed and hand cuffed the chief of police
and locked him in cell at the police
station; they then blew open the post
Office saie and made their escape.
Miss Clara Wilson of st Louis,
while curling her hair with hot iron,
let it slip and the point of the iron
struck her 10 the right eye, and she is
in danger of losing the sight of that eye,
Forty Indians went on rampage
at Omaha on the 18th after imbibing
too freely of "lire water" and pro-
cceded to dcm0lish the interior OF a
prominent hotel, driving the guests
from the hostelry.
Kansas has on its hands a prospect
i've legislative Doodle scandal. The
Auditor, in going over the vouchers of
the legislative employees, has turned up
a padded pay roll. The Governor is
considering calling grand jury to
probe into the state OF affairs ut the
Kansas capital.
Samuel A. Parsons, an East ST.
Louis man, who was tried for the MUIR
der of his wife, has been sentenced to
life Imprisonment. Parsons claimed
that he shot his wife installing her for
burglar, but the jury WAS convinced
otherwise by the evidence.
President Morroquin Of the United
States of Colombia has made strong
appeal to the Latin-American presi.
dents for support in war TO retake
Panama. II declares that Colombia
will resist by all possible means in her
power the separation OF the Islhmus.
Following an assignment made by
ID. Crawford, a petition in bankruptcy
was filed last Saturday agaisl the St
Louis firm OF ID. Crawford & Co, and
Hugh McKtlrick was appointed tenn
porary receiver. The business of che
store was not interrupted, and it is
thought the embarrassment will be
only temporary.
The Cole county grand jury has re-
turned an indictment against William
Ziegler, head of the Royal Baking
Powder Co, on charge of bribery in
connection with the alum legislation;
also one against Prosecuting Attorney
Stone of Cole county, charging bribery,
and one against +. 4. l.uckett, a JEFF
ferson City attorney. charging him
with approaching certain jurors in the
farrs case In an attempt to get them
to favor the defense.
John p. Dolan, chairman of the
Democratic Central Committee of ST
Louis, Frank P. Garrett, member of
the police department, and Thomas 4.
Barrett, former Marshal Of the st.
Louis Court of Appeals, we're convict
ed in the United States Circuit Court
last Saturday Of naturalization frauds.
Motions for new trials were made,
pending appeals to the U. s. Circuit
Court Of Appeals. Previously,
Chas. weissman pleaded guilty on the
2nd inst. aud was sentenced to three
years In the Missouri penitentiary;
Fem was convicted on the 9th,
aud sentenced to five years. Last May
Nathan Levin and John Barbaglia were
onvicted on similar charges and are
ow serving time.