The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-03

NEWS FROM MISSOURI.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The population Of Trenton Is 6.939,
an inc' ease OF l,543 since 1900.
| The Mcdonald Hardware company
OF St Joseph has failed for SIS 900
By vote of 81 to 90 the Jackson
county democratic committee voted to
allow Joseph W. Folk to name that
county's delegates t45) to the demo-
cratic state convention.
Delegates of Pythians from north
west Missouri and northeast Kansas
assembled in large numbers at st
Joseph the other night to witness the
Initiation of class of 500.
Twenty thousand flower plants have
been imbedded along the paseo in
Kansas City. The prevailing color will
be- red and the effects VIII be produced
by gcranlums, saliva and red Gamma.
At the flfty-third annual commence
ment exercises of Christian college nt
| Columbia the address to the class was
delivered by Rev Dr. w. u. McClin-
tock, of the University of Chicago.
|
cIation, at the conclusion of its two
days convention In the Missouri state
| building nj ST. Louis, changed the
headquarters of the association from
Butler to Sedalia
Walter Birch, who has been nomina-
ted by the democrats of Audrain county
for representative. will probably be the
youngest member of the Legislature II
he is elected. He will he barely 25
years old when he Ii sworn in. Mr.
Birch Is n lawyer and is graduate Of
the state university.
Republicans Of the Eighth congress
RlOnal district met at Jefferson City
and nominated H. s. Harvey, OF Eldon.
Miller county. for congress to oppose
| n. W ShaCkleford Harycy's selection
was In the nature OF draft and h.
insisted after the convention that he
would not make the race.
Tho Vernon county court ordered
| County Treasurer Palmer to pay all
| outstanding warrants and when this Is
done this county will be free of debt
Of many years standing. There Is
only about 81 600 in warrants unpaid
and the peculiar feature of this debt
Is that the court does not know who
owns or holds the warrants.
The matter Of enacting n general
| hold such nm election on the same day
will be among other bits Of new lcgis-
IatiOn brought before the next general
assembly Such bill was introduced
In the last house by Mr.. Locker, OF
Pulaski. but was defeated The efforts
to secure the passage of bill Of that
nature will he renewed.
Missourl's coal production last year
amounted to ,2G5 ,32S tons. an increase
of 20O, 900 tons. The value of this out
put was s6.G3O,5l5 Since 1901 the
average value per ton at the mines
has increased from s1.3l to sl5S This
great and growing industry gave en-
ployment at the mines last year to
i0.5l7 men in winter and 1887 In sum
mer Coal is found In about One-third
Of the ia counties Of the state
| Mrs. Edouard Blitz, 40 years old, n
musician, committed suicide 1t Ne
vada by taking carbolic acid. Prof
Edouard BlitZ, her husband, had
charge OF the music department OF
| Cottey college. the Missouri NJ T.
| Young Womcn's college. Mrs Blitz
was n graduate of several musical con
Ecryatories in France, II Is believed
that the cause OF the suicide was ncrv-
ous prostrati0n.
Speaker james II. WhitecottOn. rep
rcsenting Monroe county in the lcrls-
| lature, IL To have fight on his hands
| for recollection J. K Reynolds, of
| Paris. has announced his candidacy.
Mr. Reynolds Is the law partner OF
Congressman Bodine. He Is brilliant
on the stump and, as Speaker White
cotton excels in this direction, a spir-
tied contest is predicted. The fight on
Whitecotton will be made, II Is said,
on his record.
The city of Columbia has got tired
OF fighting with w A. Bright for
certain small piece of land, and Is
going to dismiss its suit against him
| The bone of contention was strip of
ground 2S inches wide The old opera
house NJ Columbia stood on this
ground. When II burned, the city
claimed the ground belonged to the
street and tried to get possession
| rE In nt
went to the supreme court, where II
was remanded Already the costs
amount to more than the worth Of the
| land
After two days discussion Of the
matter. the Episcopal diocesan conven-
ton of Missouri by good majority,
voted against the Use of the revised
version of the Bible in the prescribed
service OF the church. The argument
Of Rev. II. a. Holland OF St Louis,
had much TO do In bringing about this
decisive vote. Dr. Hollands argument
was that the Bible was n poetic book,
not book OF scientific accuracy; that
the Greek language was fitted to con-
yey.the original text OF the New Testa-
1
ment and that the English spoken In
King James time was likewise the
choice vehicle of the inspired express
sions.
Guy Fowler, Of Middletown, heard
that money was to be made easily In
st. Louis during the worlds fair. so ho
went there. He secured work at -
day and spent sl5O for living ex-
penses Guy Fowler, OF Middletown
Ia again at the old home in Middle
town.
The most prolific COW in Missouri,
perhaps, Ia a Holstein belonging to
Alfred Hook. OF near Fulton. Within
less than year she has calved twice
and both times has brought forth twin
helfers. The first twins were red and
black: the second are red and white
spotted.
| Jnh,, El,-a,ls of Eoct St ,,uic