The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-27
GENERAL NEWS.

severe contest.
GENERAL NEWS.
The Ohio Democratic State Con.
ycntlou will probably not give any
instruction for President.
The OHIO State Democratic Con.
vrutlon which elects delegates to
the National Convention met Tues
day
Franz Thcil, Il retired grocer of
st Louis and a veteran of the Pol.
iSh revolution of 1913, died in
that city on the 22d inst
\ seven year old girl Of st.
Louis, Rose Calcatcrra, was killed
in st Louis last Monday with II
beer key thrown from n window
The lronton Register announces
the marriage of Thomas Dunn and
Miss Jane Lloyd on May 18th at
Annapolis after Il courtship of fit.
teen years.
The Democrat News says there
is II rumor that Catherine lead
mines has been sold for $3OL 900
to Harry Cantwrll and some New
\ Ork cupitnlists
At Hardin College, Mexico, Mo,
during one Of the college enter
tniumcnts. some rascally persons
exploded n bomb on the campus
and cut the electric wires, leaving
the audience in the dark.
The second trial of State Sen
ator, j. l.. Jewell, charged with
soliciting IA bride, is in progress ut
Kansas City On his first trial
seven of the jury stood for convic-
tion and five for accquital,
Kansas decides to rxpungc from
school histories the story that GEN
eral Funston swan the Bag Bag
River, on the ground that the
story, which gained the Kansan
his present places, is fictitious.
After strewing flowers over the
grave OF Alfred +. Ready, who
committed suicide last week, Miss
Florence Thompson, . years old,
of st, Louis, took her life by drink
ing acid in BcllefOntaine cemetery.
One hundred and fifty persons
have died in New York in the last
week Of cerebrospinal mengitis.
The doctors are completely non.
pluSed and do not know how to
stop the the spread of the rpidem-
ic.
Louis Eden has been convicted
of numbering Frank Huff ut NAL
den last December, and at the pres.
ent term of Circuit Court has been
sentenced to he hanged June "a.
His lawyers have appealed the
case
Chas. Minton shot Leo Boiling
er in Il saloon ut Rockview, Scott
county, on the 10th inst, and the
wound is likely to prove fatal.
Mlnton Is an cX.convict and man
of worthless character, and has
made his escape.
President l.. NJ McAicc. OF PARK
college Mt Parkvllle, has gone TO st.
Louis with the plaster of paris cast
OF Park college campus The cast
shows all the buildings, walks, trees.
etc. II viii occupy n space in the Park
college department of the educational
building, together with many rare fos-
sill specimens. drawings and other arti.
cles Of interest in connection with Park
college. The Both OF June has been
decided upon as Park college day at
the exposition.
For the convenience of persons de-
string To secure state certificates, State
superintendent of Public Schools Car
rington will hold examinations In sew
eral sections of the state as follows:
In JEFFERSON City, ut state superintend-
ents office. Mny q and rs, August 20
and "a; in ST. Louis, at Central high
school building, May q and 2s; In
Cameron, nj high school building, May
20 ana 2G; In Carthage. at high school |
building. May % and "a; In Hannibal.
at high school building, August ~ and
~; Kansas City, ut Central high school
August "a and 25: in SPRING |
Held. at high school building, August
rs and 81; In Columbia, at state uni,
versity building, December 20 and q. |
Harry Rogers. ten years old, was
Killed by electric wires at Midway
park near Joplin. while climbing a |
bridge while searching for birds eggs. 4
The lads body remained on the top OF
the bridge an hour until the power
could he shut of. Street car traffic
was stopped.
Mrs. Alex Cameron. living north of
was thrown from a bug.
gy In runaway and received injuries
from which she died. I
Jackson H. Howard. of Bosworth.
was fined $50 in the United States
court at Kansas City for sending on
obscene letter through the malls.