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The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
Many Bills will be Presented al the
Coming Session.

The next sessiOG Of the General
Assembly which convenes on the
7th of January, promises to be
one of the most important for IL
number of years. Numerous bills
appertaining to subjects which
need more legislation will be in-
troduced.
An effort will be made to secure
an amendment to the Constitution
providing for the separation Of
local and State taxation.
Two bills bearing on elections in
st. Louis will be introduced one
Of them by the Democrats, the
other by the Republicans. 1t is
also very likely that several bills
affecting the holding of all rri.
maries bv all parties at the same
time will be introduced.
Another bill which, if passed,
will affect the whole State, is that
relating to Circuit Judges This
bill provides for the removal of
the Offices Of Circuit Judge and
Probate Judge AZ they now exist,
and substitutes one judge for each
county, to be known as County
Judge, who will do the work for
His county which was formerly
performed by two judges. The
reason for this change is the large
amount of work devolving on the
Circuit Judges, which causes con
siderable delay in the trial OF
cases.
The pure food law will come up
again, and II bill will be intro
duced removing the word alum"
from the present law, thus permit.
ting the use of this ingredient in
baking powders.
a divorce bill will come up pro-
yidng that divorced parties can.
not be REMARKED for three years
following the granting of the di.
vOrce.
A maximum freight bill and
maximum express bill will be in.
PRODUCED.
One very excellent bill will be
proposed which provides that rail.
roads be compelled to furnish all
members of the Legislature with
passes. This law has proved sue.
cessful in New York.
Several amendments to the in.
surance laws will be proposed and
an effort will be made to repeal the
law.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01
THE TURKESTAN EARTHQUAKE
Fifteen Thousand Houses Were De-
stroyed and the OSCILLATIONS of
the Earth sim 'ontInur.

Ashkabnd, Russian Turkcstan, Dec.
2T-The oscillations Of the earth
at AndiJan continue. The people
there are using railroad ears to live
in, and are not leaving the town, on
account of their business interests.
Committees have been appointed 10
prepare lists of the losses to life and
property. In the Andiiu ian district H..
900 houses were destroyed. Until the
shocks cease guards will be- kept On
the railroad between Andiiun and
Fedohenks To watch for assures
along the line. The railroad station
at Andijan threatens to collapse. Bar
racks to be used as dwellings are be
ing rapidly constructed and will soon
be ready for occupancy.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01

resources that lay so richly at our
doors, and By giving its hearts
support to every public enterprise
that promised for the betterment
of the town, the county and their
people. And it feels rewarded in
the generous treatment and en-
couragerIent it has received; its
editor is glad that his lot has been
cast among them. and it will be
his purpose. as the Father of all
may spare him, to labor unceasing-
" in the future as in the past for
the uplifting aud happiness of all /;
so, again. this glad New Year
morning. he wishes yon all a
Happy and Prosperous New Year
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01
GOOD FRIEND TO ALI.
The United states Engaged In Get
ding the Parties Together.

Washington, Dec. 2s.--Thcro is now
in progress an active exchange OF
notes between the allied powers,
Venezuela and the United States re.
specting the method of submitting to
arbitration the issues which have
arisen between Venezuela and the
allies.
Questions are being put and an.
swcrs are forthcoming. but II is
said that the negotiations are in such
shape that IL would he extremely in.
iudiciuus and indiscreet to make each
phase public il there really existed
lcsirr to reach q satisfactory settle
mrnt 1t is explained at the state de.
partmcnt that the pUrt of the United
States government just now is that
Of good FRIEND" 10 all parties: that
it is not undertaking I" draw up pro-
tocols or impose limitations on the
parties, but is combining it's Offices to
getting them together and keeping
them so. In this view il will not he
necessary for our government to pre-
scribe how the Monroe doctrine shall
pr shall not figure in the protocols,
1t will judge for itself in premature
~ uncallcd-for protests.
AS for the terms of the arbitration
agreement, ii is stated that they are
in fair way to be speedily adjusted.
but nothing can he said to the de
tails. II il presumed that the allies
will agree to terminate the blockade.
though no stipulation has yet been
entered into On that point. Nothing
has been heard recently OF the part
TO be taken by United States Minister
Bowen in the final settlement, and it
begins to appear that, after all, Nene-
aeula will probably he represented by
one Of her own people.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01
MRS. GATHER WOOD DEAD.


Chicago. Dee. 27.-Mrs Mary Hart
well Cathcrwnod, the wrll-known MI.
thOrcss, died nj her residence in this
city Friday night, Of cancer Mrs.
Cntherwood was taken III in October
and steadily declined until she sue
eumbed to the disease. The funeral
service will be held Sunday aud in.
terment will be at lloopston. H., her
old home. Mrs. Cathcrwood j, sur.
sived by her husband. John Steel
Catherwood. and daughter.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01

The corporations OF this State
are making a fight against VIM.
J Stone for United States Sena-
tor which should make honest
legislators stick all the closer TO
him. The State practically in
structed for him in the primaries,
and this county was almost unsni-
nous for Stone. Our Senator
and Representative are going to
vote for him and the complexion
of his enemies should cause all
Democratic members of the Legis-
lature to do likewise. Stones Of.
fetal career is clean and you can
brand anything to the contrary as
tOmmyrot.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01
sport In the Navy,

Port of Spain, Trinidad Dec. go
4 race which had been quietly ar.
ranged between the boats of the
United States battleships Alabama
and Massachusetts. over distance of
three miles. for a stake of 81 900 was
decided Wednesday, and resulted in "A
tie. The time over the course was
~ minutes IS seconds.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01
Cattle Starving 90 Death.

Denver, Col, Dec. 20 Thousands
Of cattle are reported 10 he starving
on the range in northwestern Colo,
RADIO. The Humane society appealed
to the owners to rescue their stock
and they have replied that they mr.,
powerless to do so. The cattle are
showed in on the high range in Routt
and Rio Blanco counties. without
pasture and without water
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01

The simple subterfuge had
been resorted to of selling the
goods to a second party and OF
having neither responsibility for
nor knowledge of what becnme OF
them after they left the factories
Resort to this sublerfuge, under
the Supreme Courts ruling. will
at any time render the so called
Sherman law insufficient t, cope
with trusts.
Il read with interest the Pitts
burg speech of Attorney General
Knox, in which he claimed to be
able to conduct successful prosecu.
ton under these laws. The Attor
ney General may nave resources Of
which | know nothing, but, as one
of the authors of the act, | do not
see how it can be done.
CONGRESSIONAL AMENDMENT.
The only other hope of secur-
ing direct legislation to cure the
trust evil is by q constitutional
amendment giving Congress n
larger grant of powers, and | don t
believe the States nre willing to
surrender to Congress so large II
measure of their reserved rights.
The difficulty, il not the i'm.
possibility, of dealing with trusts
through remedial Legislation being
established, does ii not seem rea.
sOnuble TINT the wise course would
be to cut off the nourishment that
has enabled them to grow TO such
ungovernable size!
This is the view | think the
American people will take of it.,
aud n demand for such process
should he the attitude of the Demo.
cratic party, the determination of
the Republican party not to adopt
the remedy being apparent, With
this for the paramount issue in
l9Ol, | confidently believe Demo
cratic President and a Democratic
House of Representatives will he
elected.
THE money question | do not
believe will be a CONSPICUOUS issue
in the campaign. The large pro.
ductious of gold has sufliced to
postpone the inevitable triumph of
bimetallism The platform should
contain a declaration in favor Of Il
double standard, but no attempt
should be made to force the issue
to the front. Some day there will
he another great political battle in
America between the forces Of
bimetaIlsm and monomeialism,
and bimetallism will triumph, but
that day is not now.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01
CHAMBERLAIN AT DURHAM.
The British Colonial Secretary Civ
en- n Warm Welcome oB
Landing In Natal

Durham, Natal. Dee. 27.--Colonal
Secretary ChamberIain and Mrs.
Chamberlain, who left Portsmouth.
England, November %, on board the
srmored cruiser Good Hope, landed
here Mt 1880 Friday morning They
received warm welcome from large
crowds of people
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01
Guards for McktnI~y's Tomb,

Cincinnati. Dec. 7--Leutenant,
keece and Inglehart, with two ser
geants, four corporals and 80 private
OF company NJ, Third United States
infantry, left Fort Thomas, Ky, Fri
day, for Canton, o., where they vii
serve as the special guard at McKin
ley's tomb, They relieved dctoch
ment of the Fourteenth infantry.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01
THE BLOCK PORTS.
steamer Maracaibo Leaves fassen-
ucrn and Mail. mt La Guayra

La Guayra, Dec. a9.-The Red d line
steamer Maracnibo arrived here Sun
day afternoon AT two o'clock and en-
tered the port. She landed her pas
sengers and mails and received pas
sengers and mails from La Gusyra.
Afterwards she left for Willematad.
The British cruiser Charybdis passed
this port Saturday going in 4 wsster-
~ direction. She communicated with
the British cruiser Tribune. The
Charybdis returned from the west
this afternoon and continued In the
direction OF Trinidad.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01
BISMARCK BREVITlES.
Christmas was unusually quiet.

Christmas was unusually quiet
Louis Miller was in town Tuesday
j. ". FOWL OF Potosi was in town
last Saturday.
c. Is. Knight OF Charleston was it
town Monday.
Mr.. Jas ". Martin of Dcslogc wa,
In town last week.
Hon Moses Whybark was in town
between trains Sunday.
Judge +. T. Swnk OF Pennington
was in town last Sunday.
Miss Nina Terrill Of lrondalc Sis,
tied friends here last week.
Born, to the wife of Samuel lay
lor, on the 2Ist inst, boy.
W. +. Russell of Bclleycw was in
town on the 21th visiting friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Wood Of
ST Louis are visiting their parents
Three trains stopped for meals last
Monday at the Norrid Hotel.
j. L. Murphy aud son, Luther, went
to Pennington on business Monday.
1t is rumored that Mrs Vinton Me
10y will purchase the Barrett restaur-
aut soon.
DIR. Vcelars OF Frcdcricktown spent
Christmas with S. H. Collier and sis .
ter, Miss Alice.
Mr.. and Mrs Davis of DeSoto were
the guests Of Mr., and Mrs Henry Ad-
kins last week
Frank kcrchner was found dead in
the wash room of the Norrid Hotel on
the night of the 22d inst.
Misses Bessie and Lille Sebaslion Of
Fredericktown were the guests Of Miss
Mabel Bargcr last week.
Edward and Joseph Kertchner were
in town last week attending the tu-
neral Of their brother, Frank.
Mr. and Mrs. Cbas. b. johnson Wis.
tied friends and relatives ut Belgrade
last week, returning home Sunday.
Messrs Ciump and Misses Wood
aud Hughe. we're married ut the home
of Rev l.. A. Davis on the cath inst
Messrs. Waller and Yeargain, who
are attending Barnes Medical Col
lege, spent Christmas with friends and
relatives.
Some Of our citizens have sworn off
aud turned new leaf No doubl
some of them will be entirely through
their books ere many more years roll
round.
ID. l. Barton, who recently passed
a successful surgical operation, has so
far recovered that he expects to re-
sumo his duties as brakeman on JAN
uary lst.
School was resumed Monday with
NleSsrs. Lawson aud Sheriff. and Mrs.
Rife Miss Bertha Fairchild could
not b'gin with the rest on account of
being III
MIR. Joe Robinson of Ilondale and
Mrs. Freeand OF Indiana were mar
ricd ut the home of j. 5. Barger at
noon on the 25th inst, Rev. Davis
Feed Heck is spending his vacation
1t home. Fred will like only one
branch of reaching the degree of Phi
B. at the close of the present term at
Marvin Collegiate Institute.
Paul Brown, aged about IL years,
lied at the home of his sister. Mrs.
Oscar Tcmpleton, last Friday, Of
pinal meningitis. The funeral SER
ices were conducted from the Calho-
ic Church by Father Toomey.
MIR. II. Davis Of Ironton stopped off
few minutes one day last week and
ucceedcd in just missing the train,
nd consequently had to remain in
own severals hours longer than II he
adn't left the train.
Dec. 80. Owl.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01
The Nelson Morris & Co.

The Nelson Morris g. Co., a
meat concern of Chicago was in cor.
porated in New Jersey on Tuesday
of last week with n capital of
So, 010,0o 1t is said that the
charter granted is very sweeping
and it is suggested that it is the
nucleus Of the long talked of meat
trust.
A coffin company of Cincinnati,
Ohio, is making n coffin for a man
named George Krull. who weighed
800 pounds. 1t will require $50
feet Of lumber to make the casket.
President Roosevelt received
enough toy bears as Christmas
presents to start a small zoo.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01
TO AID REvOLuTIONIsTs.
Refugees In Caracas Leave the Isl-
and TO Join Gen. MatOs.

Willemstad, Island OF Curacao, Dec
2g.-Gen. Xoilo Vidal and Ave other
leading supporters Of Gen. Matos, who
had sought refuge here, left the isl.
and of Curacao enrly Sunday morning
in n sailboat which took them In the
direction of Cumarebo, near Coro, on
the Venezuelan coa 1. The departure
OF these men is taken as proof that
the revolt against President Castro Is
again active.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01
Murdered for Ills Money.

Matthews, Ga, Dec. 27--Edwar'
Gay, a merchant running n store sis
miles from here, was murdered earl
Christmas morning and his store
burned. His safe, which contained
81 200, was found open and the none,
was missing His skull was found IN
the ruins of the ST ore
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01

A bank at Union, Mo-. was
looted on the morning of the 9th
by an unknown number of rob.
bers. About $4,000 was secured.
The burglars used nitroglycerine
to demolish the vault, and worked
with great deliberation. having
guards posted to prevent interior.
ence. No traces were left by the
burglars and they are still at large.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01

Queen Alexandra gave a dinner
on last Saturday afternoon to the
widows and children of the sol.
diers who were killed in the South
African war. Sir Thomas Upton
delivered the address.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01

For Sslo-.-Beauiiful home. In south
ern subsrb of Pennington, containing
10 acres. Easy Terms. Apply to Clay,
Buck 4 FlsuiinT.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01
BURGLARS MAKE AGOOD HAUL.
The Bank of Union, Mo-, Looted by
Robbers and Fifteen Thos-
sand Dollars stolen.

Union, No., Dec. 2s.--The Bank Of
Union, Mo, waa entered by burglars
between one and two o'clock Satur.
day morning. A little after one
o'clock loud explosion was heard
and several shots were fired around
the public square. Most Of the citi.
1ens who heard the noise supposed i.
was boys celebrating Christmas and
paid no attention to II.
Oscar Busch, a hardware dealer, liv-
ing across the street. thought the
bank was being robbed. but when he
went TO the window "a look out was
covered by revolver and forced TO
keep quiet
The entire contents OF the safe were
taken. BY two o'clock the work was
done and the men left town, walking
to the east.
A. W. Hoffman. the cashier, was
called after il was all over. He esti-
mates the loss Mt about $4,000. The
bank carried s10,o insurance against
burglary.
There is no clew to the robbers but
they were undoubtedly professionals.
About so shots were fired to terrorize
any person who might want to ven
ture out.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-01

! he L. S. Civil Service Commission
reports that for the year ending June
80, 1902, there were 1888 persons
appointed from its registers. This was
1909 more than was ever before ap.
pointed in single year. Anyone
wishing information about these posi-.
tons can secure it free by writing for
the Civil Service announcement Of the
Columbian Correspondence College,
Washington, d. G. The Commission
will hold examinations to secure young
men and women for these places dur
ing March and April, n jefferson City,
Kansas City, Moberly, Springfield and
81. Louis.
Many people do not know that these
are made without politi.
cal influence and that q large share Of
them are filed BY those having only q
common school education, bat such is
now the ease.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-24
hOEEWEES GRR0EN.

going abroad for the first time in ten years.
The family will. cf course, go with me. and
we all expect to have a long vacation, but
chiefly my purpose in making the trip is
to find a play for my next season.
1t seems almost impossible to get one
on this side of the water, and I have aban-
doned all hope of finding one unless / cross
the ocean myself.
For some time past I have been thinking
OF the possibility of a London production
OF Monte Cristo,' and the only thing that
has kept me from making the attempt has
been the enormous expense that would be
attached to transporting all the costumes,
scenery and COMPANY 7 had in the big re-
vival. Perhaps l have overestimated the
cost, and il l can make suitable arrange
ments In London 1 may try it mex season.
London has never witnessed a produc-
ton of Monte Cristo' on such a scale as
it was given here. Only one actor. Charles
Warner, ever played it., and he did 1t in
quite a simple manner. By the way. I see
that he is coming over here next fall
with his version of Zola's novel, LAssa-
NOR Many years ago 1 played the same
role in San Francisco, and the feature OF
the play then, as it is now. was the scene
where 1 had to portray a man in delirium
tremens. Before that the stage concep-
ton of such a part was to rave and tear
around the stage as IL in a m~adhouse.
"This was Charles Reade.s idea when he
translated the novel from the French and
dramatized 1t. 1t did not appeal to me, ana
/ went to the novel for a clearer idea OF the
authors meaning. In consequence when l
played the part it was the very opposite OF
Reade's conception. l hardly raised my
voice above a whisper, trusting to facial
expression and to gestures to express the
torment that was racking my very SOUL.
while playing In San Francisco l mao
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-24

Copyright, 1903. by Roy L. McCardell.
Say, do you know any nice. respectable
furnished rooms?" asked the Chorus Girl.
I'm going to give up my fiat. It's so ex-
pensive and it's SO much trouble on your
hands. and then. too the ianitor was up
and was saying to me that a lot of people
who are jealous Of me. was making some
trouble because they don't understand us
BohemianS.
o course. after that I wouldn't stay If
they was to beg me on their knees.
The janitor was awful nice about 1t, be-
cause he always gets tipped when any of
the boys call late, after thief ront door is
locked. You know in them cheap flats they
lock the door after 10 o'clock. and turn off
the gas in the hall. and so the boys has to
ring up the %janitor.
Some of the boys was there last night
and Harry Trimmers-you know Harry; his
father Is awful rich and gives him an al
lowance? No? Well. he's just lovely. OF
course, he was feeling good before he come,
but don't care how big a bun Harry Trim
mers has on. he's always the gentleman.
IF he wanted to open the piano and play
I've a Cozy Corner in My Heart for You
who's business was it? Could l help 1t that
1t was nearly 8 o'clock.
Now. where Amy de Branscombe lives
there is a whole lot Of theatrical people and
everybody minds their business. and you
can ave all the fun you want at any time
and nobody says a word except say
whenv
Il only moved into that fiat where l lived
because they said they wouldn't take any
body but me without a reference. and 1t was
so respectable that it was against the rules
of the house to bring in a can Of beer I'M
less 1t was tied up in a newspaper. md that
the people o nthe third floor was SO refined
That they hr0upht II in q III, rofphaI fhof
looked just exactly like a alligator skin
bag.
Il wouldn't let my people know that any,
body said a word out of the way to me, for
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-24

the least bit Of worry or trouble goes right
to my pap's head and he starts to drink
something terrible. Why don't / go back
to the De Branscombes and take my old
room? Say. amt YOU heard how Amy and
me fell out? Why. yes. we don't speak any
more, and when tell you all ] did for them
you'll say. Well. you was softr
81 amt going to say a word about the way
Amy and her mother cut into my toilet
articles in a manner that would bankrupt
a druggist. And one day-but don't you
breathe it to q SOUL caught Amy's mother
drinking my triple exarct of violet-she pre-
tended she was just smelling it-isn't it
dreadful to nave a parent who drinks? I'd
die.
They'd better not say anything about
me, for I know all about Amy's mother be-
ing accused Of committing k~leptomania
twice in Sixth avenue dry goods stores. And
only for a newspaper FREUD OF Amy's, who
hushed the matter up. We would have been
disgraced. for I was living with the De
Branscombes at the time. and a detective
came and searched the fiat. ! thought l
should have died.
II don't like to say anything about any
body's mother, because after all. your
mother is your best friend. but 1t was very
peculiar how my bottle of gin, that we took
home one night to make rickeys with. went.
And. then. there was my brand new silk
umbrella. with the gold handle. tina. l
found in Hector's restaurant: and my Trilby
locket; and my silver souvenir spoons OF
Sanducky. o.. and Admission. Ala: and my
Harvard College pin that Louis Zinsheimer.
who works | nthe big bargain bazaar. gave
me the night 1 took it out of his lapel?
Where did they go?
Sneak thieves? Huh, Do sneak thives
come back to the house again and hide
pawn tickets for these things between the
mattresses?
Il could tell you things about them. Amy
de Bransombe always kept saying what an
invalid her mother was and how she had
to lay down every afternoon to take her
siesta or else she'd be Frustrated. You