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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
SUSAN B. ANTHONY DEAD


Rochester. n. I.-The long, active
and eventful life of Susan b. Anthony
closed at l2:40 O'Clock Tuesday morn
ing. The end came peacefully. Miss An
thony had been unconscious practically
for "a hours, and her death had been
momentarily expected since Sunday
night. Only her wonderful constitu-
ton kept her alive.
DR.. NJ. L. Kicker, her attending ply
stefan, said Miss Anthony died of heart
failure induced by double pneumonia.
She had had serious valvular heart
trouble for the last six or seven years.
Her lungs were practically clear, and
the pneumonia had yielded to treat
ment, but the weakness of her heart
prevented her recovery.
Miss Anthony was taken Ill while on
her way home from the national suf-
frage convention In Baltimore She
stopped in New York, where banquet
was to be given, Fesruary 90, in honor
Of her eighty sixth birthday, but had
an attack of neuralgia on the 18th and
fastened home. Pneumonia developed
after her arrival here. and on March s.
both lungs became affected.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
WHITE SLAVERY IN CHICAGO
one of Them, Who TrIed 10 Hang
Herself. Declares There Are Three
Thousand In the city.

Chicago.-Accordirr to the story of
Alice Wilson. aged -. who tried to
hang herself in a cell at the Harrison
Street station, Thursday, there are
more than three thousand white slaves
in Chicago. ard almost every saloon
whore women congrcgate, is n slave
den.
The woman, who was arrested on Il
charge Of disorderly conduct, claims
the saloon men pursue their slaves to
the death IL the women try to break
away and lead better lives
lmprovising rope ont OF strips torn
from a shirt waist. Miss Wilson, who
was once the wife OF merchant,
broken-hcarted over her arrest on a
charge OF disorderly conduct, tried to
commit suicide by hanging. Mrs. Har-
rlson, the matron, discovered her and
cut her down.
There Is no justice for us" declared
the young woman after she had been
revived. Il am a white slave"
Then she told the pltifui story OF the
white slaves and declared there was an
organized band of slave traders in the
city, who pay from 800 to $500 for
each woman who can be induced 10
loiter In the saloons.
The police are investigating.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
PLOT NlPPED IN THE BUD
Nine MN Arrested sn Atiaatn, Ga,
to It~ieasr Federal rspsicts.

Atlanta Wednesday the police
Of Atlanta have arrested in cheap
hotel near the federal prison, nine men
who, 1t is alleged by the police, were
preparing TO carry out plot to dyna-
mite the penitentiary In an effort to
release certain criminals undergoing
long sentences.
The men all gave fictitious names. One
Of them has been identified by the
warden Of the penitentiary as a des-
perate western outlaw, who has anal
in the prison doing time for train rob
berry.
Warden Meyer says he had informa-
tion some days ago that there was q
plot TO attack the prison, and since
then the guard has been increased
Warden Meyer says the men under ar
rest are nearly all from Oklahoma and
Indian territory.
A woman has appeared In the case
said TO be the wife Of one OF the con
victs. She visited the prison as o
stranger and learned how the place was
arranged. She has not 20 far been TO-
Gated by tho police
The nine suspects are in the county
jail. When arrested they had a large
outfit Of dynamite, nitroglycerin and
fuse. They we're all heavily armed.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
GEN. WHEELER MEMORIAL
The Event, Mt NtInntn, Go. Promises
To Hiring Great OutpourinE
of Veterans Together.

Atlanta Ga The detailed report
made by Col Thompson H. Jones
chairman of the committee having In
charge the arrangements for the
memorial to Gen. Joseph II. Wheel
rr. which will be held in Atlanta,
March 81, indicates a widespread and
general interest in the event from all
parts Of the country. Already the oc-
cason promises to be the most repre.
sentative If not the largest gathering
of veterans from north and south since
the civil war. The programme, as
planned. includes as speakers Cen.
Bennett H. Young, commander of the
Kentucky division United Confederate
Veterans, as orator OF the day; Cor
poral" James Tanner. commander-in-
chief of the Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie Gen Stephen d. Lee, commander
in,chicf of the United Confederate Vet
Grams, Gen. Julian S. Carr, OF North
Carolina, commandcr-in-c Of the
Blue and tho Gray; Mai Charles S.
Miller. OF Cleveland, commander-in.
chief OF the Spanish War Veterans;
Col, Thomas NJ. Owen, Montgomery
Ala. commandCr-in-c chief Sons OF Con.
fedcrate Veterans, and the governor.
Of several states.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
WERE KILLED ON MT. DAJO
List of the United states soldiers
Killed In the Recent Battle
with Moros.

Manila, 2, 1.-The following are the
names Of IA privates who were killed in
the recent attack on Moro outlaws on
Mount Dajo
Barsley Box. Lexington, Okla.
Edward Kilgore, Woodbourne, Pa
Thomas Harrison, Sand Hill Tenn.
John Tomaszewski Kingston Pa
Charles Banks. Cassonburg. England
Louis Herr, Ontario, Can.
William Kelly. Paterson. n. J.
Robert Bastian, Sattoum-Germany.
Leo Calve. Miner Idaho.
Charles Hoffer, unknown.
John Pfell, Bcgue Chitto. Miss.
John Hines, Bridgeport. Conn.
Walter Hagedorn. Kingston, n Y.
Henry Wreidt. Williamsport. n Y.
Paul De Burk, Spokane. Wash.
John Shuler, DGnnelly, Ky.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
NO DECISION YET REACHED


Washington - Secretary Of War
William II. Taft has issued a statement
in reply To the report that he is 10
be appointed to the supreme bench
of the United States to fill the va.
cancy created by the retirement of
Associate Justice Henry b. Brown,
aud later. on the retirement OF Chief
Justice Fuller, Is to be made chief
justice Secretary Taft says:
Il am authorized by the president
to say that he has made no decision
as to the selection of anyone to sue.
coed Associate Justice Brown. He
has been In consultation with Score.
tary Root, Acknowledgement Moody
and myself, the three lawyers of the
cabinet, In the matter. and no decision
has been reached"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
BILL FOR ONE NEW STATE
visions Relating TO Arizona
and New Mexico.

Washington, D. Con Friday
5.35 p. m the senate passed a bill for
the admission of new state to be
called Oklahoma ard to be composed
OF the territory Of Oklahoma and In
dian territory. II was the house joint
statehood bill with all the provisions
relating to Arizona and New Mexico
stricken out The motion to strllis out
was made by Mr. Burrows, and 1t was
carried by the close vote of 81 to 80,
after having been lost by the still
closer vote of 30 to 36.
The vote Oh statehood came as the
climax Of day devoted exclusively to
that bill Most of the time was given
10 discussion. but the voting on the bill
and amendments consumed an hour
and half. The speech making excited
comparatively little interest but there
was pronounced excitement throughout
the voting period and It eliminated
when the success Of the motion Ia
eliminate Arizona and New Mexico
was announced after the second vote
on that proposition.
The test vote. upon which the OPP
ponents of joint statehood showed their
greatest strength, was on the For
aker amendment. which provided
that Arizona and New Mexico
should have an opportunity TO vote
separately Oh the proposition Of joint
statehood This was carried by vote
Of AZ to 80
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
OKLAHOMA CAPITAL FIGHT
shawnee In the Field, and So Is Ok
Iahomn city, Guthrie and
MuskoRee.

Shawnee, Okla--lt Is said that the
chamber of commerce Is arranging to
place worker in every section Of the
prospective state of Oklahoma to
boost this city for capital location.
The strongest rivalry is expected
from Oklahoma City, Guthrie and
Muskogee. For Ave years Shawnee
has been courtiDE Indian territory
towns for favors on capital location.
The Indiahoma association. union
of $1,000 farmers In both territories,
is believed to be particularly favor.
able to Shawnee.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
ROBBED OF FIVE THOUSAND
Missouri Railroad Contractor
Lured To Lonely Spot In
kansas and Robbed

Kansas City, Woodward Nee
Gan, railroad contractor of Camden,
Mo, reported to the police that three
men, upon the pretext OF selling him
mules, lured him to a secluded spot in
the woods near Rosedale, Kas., a sub
urb OF this city, and robbed him OF So
000 Later Meegan captured one OF
the men. c. c. Miller, Of Oklahoma City,
Okla, in whose pockets was 81 900 MIL
Ter claimed the money belonged TO him.
Both Miller and Meegar were held.
Meegan as a witness.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
VOLUNTARY REDUCTIONS


Chicago.-All OF the western rail-
roads, according to the Herald, have
decided TO make voluntary reductions
in transportation charges amounting in
the aggregate to many million dollars
annually. The proposed reductions are
to be made in all the rates OF the six
classes into which freight is divided
and vii! be effective In the entire terri
tory between the Atlantic seaboard and
Missouri river In general the reduc-
ton will amount to approximately l5
per cent.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

The editorship OF a leading daily In
the British metropolis is a position to
which few Of even English newspa
per men dare aspire. while the din
Guilty OF renching 1t is obviously much
greater in the case Of Il journalist for
eign born and foreign bred. SO far
only one American has achieved the
distinction referred to. Mr.. Ralph d
Blumsnfeld, the editor OF the London
Daily Express, B a native of wiscon
Sin, whore he was born In 1864, and
before going abroad. he had had con
siderable experience in newspaper
work In Chicago and New York.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

During The recent electrical show al
the Madison Square garden. New
York n series Of experiments was per
formed by Prof Ovington. Of Boston
with hlghpotentlll and hIghfrcqucncy
currents Ono Of these consisted OF
substituting tho body of tho lecturers
assistant for the usual vertical con
ductor used in sending wireless mes
saGcs. Tho current from the machine
passing through the assistants body
from whence the energy was radiated
as wireless waves In the other
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
MIDSHlPMEN SET BACK
A Number of Midsbipmcn Found De-
Hciept Set Back Near-sev-
eral From Illinois.

Annapolis, Md.-Owing to serious
deficiencies In studies, the following
have been transferred from the class
of 1907 to that of 1908:
Il. G. Thomas, Iowa; A. G. Martin,
Illinois; s s. Payne, Arkansas; +. II.
Henderson. Illinois; J. II. Knapp, Mis-
souri,; S. o. Grelg, Illinois.
From the class OF 1908 to 1909 for same
reason: II. c. Williams, Kansas; f.
W. Townsend, Illinois; II. c. Ridgely
Illinois: B. d. Rogers. Illinois; w. E.
Page, Illinois; +. L. Johnson, Callfor-
MIA; A. +. Webb, Kansas; G. b. Kester
Illinois.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
AMBUSRED BY OUTLAWS
POSSE OF DEPUTY MARsHALs
FALL INTO A TRAP.
Three Out of Six nud All Their
Horses Killed By WicLIine Gang
In Indian TERRITORY.

Vinita, I. T. - United States
Marshal William II. Darrough has
been notified that, Sunday night,
the Wickliffe gang, fullblood Indian
desperadoes. ambushed posse Of dep
uty marshals in the Spavinaw hills, on
Saline creek, nine miles northwest of
Kansas, |. 7.
The deputies had no chance to es-
cape. OF the six, three were killed.
The Dead.
Deputy Marshal |. l.. Gilstrap.
Deputy Marshal Otis Title.
Deputy Marshal Dick Terry.
The other possemen escaped.
Six horses were killed.
Marshal Darrough has asked the de-
partment OF justice to authorize
posse OF 100 men.
The country In which the despera.
does are operating is mountain Sec
ton. very difficult to penetrate. The
desperadoes are aided by practically
the entire full-blood population. The
country to be searched is 40 by 10
miles in area.
II is reported here that many Of the
full-bloods are joining the desperadoes.
and desperate battle is expected be-
fore the men are captured.
The Cherokee tribe, whose members
figured in the episode, is one Of the
five civilized Indian nations, the others
being Seminoles, Choctaws Creeks and
Chirl cowc
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
CELESTIAL EMPEROR ILL
Orders All yiceroys TO Send Hest
Physicians In Empire
to Hektn.

Pekin, China. - The emperor Of
China, Tsai-Tien, is III. kilograms have
been dispatched to all viceroys asking
them to send their best physicians to
Pekin.
The physicians at the palace say the
emperor's illness IL serious, but not
alarming
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

Not counting the appropriation bills
which involve the distribution OF
something like s700.000.000. there
have been introduced In the present
national house Of representatives
about $1,000 measures. There are use
votes in the house. II the yeas and
nays were to he called on all these
bills It would require, to vote upon
them, more than three years, working
ten hours Il day, and excepting Sun
days. OF course. the yeas and nays
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

That men should just begin TO live
instead OF begin to die at the age O,
40 is the firm belief OF Gotlieb Graul
aged 1903 years, CincinnatI's pioneer
resident. Mr.. Graui. In spite OF his re
markable age. is still active. and does
not put much stress upon the state
ment of Professor Osier. He was
born on Christmas day in 1893. He Is
q skilled gardener and florist. and to
this day tills the soil and cultivates
plants at the Cincinnati Altenheim's
truck garden. where he has been for
three years. and expects to be for
many years to come.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
WILL Be NO WAR WITH CHINA
mAJ. GEN. CoRBIN TALKS ON
THE SITUATION.
The Reported Disturbances Have
Been Greatly EXnggcrntcd--Nis-
siunnries Cause Trouble.

San Francisco. There certainly
will ne no war between the United
states and China" said Mai Gen. Hen
ry c. Corbin upon his arrival from
the orient on the steamer Korea. so
far as | have been able to observe the
reported disturbances in China have
been grossly exaggerated. and condi-
tiuns are not nearly so alarming rs one
would be led to suppose from reports
that have been published throughout
the western world.
THAT there have been disturbances
menace the peace OF China and the
United States or any other nation.
The feeling against the Americans
IN China does not exceed that enter
tanned toward all other foreigners, and
as ! understand the situation the entire
ant-foreign feeling Is due in a large
measure 70 the exploitation of business
enterprises which the Chinese feel
should be controlled by their own peo-
pie. There is n feeling against those
who have In various ways obtained,
through scheming and corrupt officials,
franchises and concessions
Aside from this chief source OF an
ti-forcign feeling, the troubles in China
are due to the presence OF mission
aries. | was assured by very prom
inent Chinese that the Chinese people
do not at all like the presence of for
cign missionaries. They resent the eff.
forts of the missionaries to force lot
Of new creeds on their people"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
SOLICiTOuS FOR FRIEND
President Roosevelt Cables Inquiry
As to Lieut.. Johnston's Condition.
--rhe Answer, "Finc,"

Washington. Among the seriously
wounded in the battle of Nit Dajo was
Lieut. Gordon Johnston. formerly q
lieutenant in the presidents regiment.
The president sent him the following
cable:
Washington, D. c., March 10. 1906.
Lieut.. Gordon Johnston Manila:
How are you?
[Signedl
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Sunday the president received the
following reply:
"The President, Washington--Fine,
thanks
Isignedl JOHNSTON.
Save for this cablegram from Lieut..
Gordon Johnston, the presidents Rough
Rider friend and a son Of Gen. Robert
D. Johnston, of Birmingham, Ala,
there we're no adyIces received here
Sunday regarding the battle in the ISL
and of Jolo
Gen. Ainsworth the military secre-
tary, said that probably the list of cas-
ualtes in that fight would not reach
Washington until about the 18th inst.
The 18th is the date at which the COM
manding officer in the Philippines usu-
ally transmits list of casualties that
have taken place in those islands.
Latest reports OF the casualties place
the Moro losses at nearly 800, many of
whom were women and children. who
accompanied the male members of the
band into the fortified crater Of Mt.
/ No
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

St. Louis.-As peacefully the Iron
Mountain fast mail train, No. T. south,
bound, was standing in the station al
Iroriton. Mo-. at 4:40 a. m. Friday. O
through freight train approaching rap.
idly from behind struck IT, partially
demolishing the baggage car on the
rear OF the train. No one was hurt
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
TO ouT-ElFEL THE EIFEl
The JamestOwn Exposition May
Have n Tower That VIII heat
That OF Paris.

Norfolk, Walt Ia officially an
nounced by the management of the
jamestown Exposition Co that tow
er, exceeding In altitude the celebrated
Eifel tower at Paris, will In all proba-
bility be erected on the exposition
grounds. A cablegram has been sent
TO London for plans and specifications.
The tower would carry upwards Of TO-
900 incandescent lights and could be
seen for miles at sea at night.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

The life Of Paul Lawrence Dunbar
the Negro poet. who died recently Ia
Dayton, O., ought to be IN inspira
ton to his race. or fun Negro blood
II IS remarkable how much he
learned In short school life OF ter
years. Hut he absorbed 80 rapid.
and thoroughly that he has been 6
literary light TO two continents. III,
first poem was written when he wa,
seven years old. and he was the au
thor OF q hooks.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
Initiative and Referendum.

Columbus, o.-The state senate,
by vote OF 90 to 10, adopted a resolu-
ton providing for the submission to the
people of q constitutional amendment
permitting the people to initiate and to
rote on legislation. The resolution goes
20 the house.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

Gen. James Shields had the unique
distinction Of representing. at various
times in his career, three different
states In the United States senate
Shields was born in Ireland. and
served through the Mexican war and
earned the brevet of brigadier general.
He was elected to the United States
senate from Illinois. He served six
years and then removed to Minneso.
II, from which state he was sent TO
the senate to I'LL an Unsxpjred term
Of two years Shields thes took up
his residence ip Missouri. and Tor the
third time Use sent to the senate.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

In 1905 We sold sl9i.oooOO0 OF NOR.
rhandise TO Germany and bought Sis.
600 900 from her Only the United
Kingdom, to which we sold 1923. 900.
600 and from which we bought sl7G'
coo 900, figured more largely in on
foreign trade than did Germany On
the basis Of these figures we were
$4,000 400 Ito the good in our trade
with the Gcrman emnire In 1905.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

or all the White House weddings
none was so important as tho Cleve
land ceremony. The interest OF the
whole world wns awakened by the
event Mr. Cleveland was the only
president that received his bride in
the executive mansion. and his sensn.
tlonal political career-he being the
first Democratic president since Buch.
anan-had attracted attention al
around tho globe.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
Charged with Embe.xIem.nt.

Casper, Wyoming. William A.
Brothers, government disbursing agent
for the Pathfinder reservoir project,
with headquarters at Casper, was ar
rested. Thursday, on q charge Of en-
bezzling government funds to The
amount of $4,000.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
Arbor Day In Illinois.

Springfield, I'll. - The governor,
Charles s. Deneen has issued procla-
nation designating Friday, April %. as
arbor and bird day throughout Illinois,
and asking that appropriate exercises
be held on that day.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

a great fruit industry has grown mp
in Cape Colony and Natal, South AZ.
RIGA, and American fruit ana canning
machinery, as We'll as general agri'
cultural machinery, will find a ready
sale there.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
VIII RcadJust Wages.

Marquette, Mich.-The various
mining companies operating in the Lake
Superior region, It is learned, have vol
unfairly agreed to readjust all wages.
The schedule has not been made public,
but is understood to be a material In
crease over the present schedule.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
uir ship sinks-No Lives Lost.

London.-The zig British coasting
steamer Nelson. from Port Talbot,
Wales, for st. Nazaire, France, sank
Saturday after striking the rocks
northwest of Ushant, q miles from
Brest. on the French coast The crew
of Is men was saved by life boats.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

Gesture language sill exists Ia
parts of Australia. Some tribes pos
sess 50 excellent a code that it Is
almost is efficient rs a spoken Ian.
Eungp
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

The number of japanese slain In
the war between Russia ana Japan
was 1850, OF whom $3.50 wern
killed outright in battle. 1880 died o.
wounds and 1890 died of disease
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

Peoria, Ill.-The entire property Of
the n c. Dougherty estate, given face
value of 100000. has been turned over
to E. d. McCulloch, trustee for the
school board. by W. T. Irwin, attorney
In fact for N. C. Dougherty.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
Multi Banker Dead.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Edwin Bndley, q
prominent citizen. multi-millionair
and president Of the Duquesne nation.
al bank, died here Saturday of pncu-
monia after an illness OF less than
week
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

Constantlnople.- sublime porte
has returned a negative answer to the
note submitted by the American lega-
ton protesting against the increase In
customs duties.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

Statistics show that 100000 chill
drcn in Belgium more than ~ per
cent Of the populTtion--are without
any education.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

Middlesboro. Ky.-Two women, Mrs.
Alice Moore and Mrs Lucy Tucker met
on the street and began shooting A
bullet from Mrs. fuckers pistol struck
Frank Warden in the forehead and
killed him.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16

Up to 4 few years ago, It Is said,
only seven patents on umbrellas had
hecn issued in the United StTtes In
100 years
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-03-16
President of Argentina Dead.

Buenos Ayres. - Doctor Manuel
Quintana, president Of the Argentine
Republic, died Sunday.