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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12

Tho evidence hrior" th" British
army stores commissioners ne 20 graft
daring the 3Ucr war shows that there
was only one regiment the contractors
were unable to cheat That proud dis
tiuctiOn belongs to the seventh Illus
ears They weighed everything and
checked the quality Of everything sup
IIicd them
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12
The Railway Freiaht Problem,

New York-Railroad officials re-
port growing difficulties in taking
care of the freight offering for
transportation, and certain prospect
OF freight congestion II any obstruc-
ton occurs from bad weather.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12
Sailed with Troops for Cuba.

Newport News, Va.-With two
squadrons. headquarters and band
of the Fifteenth cavalry aboard, the
army transport Panama sailed for Ha.
yann. The transport Monterey and
Niagara will also get out of port to-
day with two battalions of the Seven.
tecnth and the first battalion OF the
Twenty Eighth infantry.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12
Robs Lillian Russell.

Springfield, O.-Lilllan Russell, the
actress, was robbed of a satchel con.
tanning $4,000 in money and diamonds
on Big Four train Miss Russell was
sitting in the Pullman al Dayton, when
an unidentified man picked up the
satchel while the actress was looking
out OF the window
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12
Was Prominent a. cIeburne, Tex.

Cleburne, TeX.-Capt Phil r. Al.
lin. father of Mayor Phil W. Allin,
died at his home in this city. He came
TO this county 30 years ago from Ken.
lucky, and was instrumental IN build.
ing up this section of the state. He
was H.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12
A Bold Robbery In Missouri.

Huntsville, Mo.-Two masked men,
armed with pistols, entered the
railroad station in broad daylight,
and after locking the operator
and other employees in freight
car, blew open the safe. scouting $500.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12
Record Prices for Conner

New Yo:k-In the stock malIiet
industrlals connected with the copper
industry have all been affected by
the extraordinary market Tor the
metal, which touched record prices
both in London and New York.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12

New Orleans. La.-Peter Willard.
prominent cotton broker, and formerly
purchasing agent Of the New Orleans
a. Northwestern railroad committed
suicide at his residence. Park Home,
by opium poisoning.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12
ROOTS SOUTH AMERICAN TRIP
The Secretary Of State viii Make a
Statement at st. Louis.

Washington, d. C.-Secretary Root
will not make any public statement
concerning his recent South Amrri-
can trip until next month when he
will deliver an address in st Louis be
fore an organization interested In
commercial affairs
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12
Gear Returns Oct. II.

Copenhagen-The Russian legation
here learns that Emperor Nicholas and
the Imperial family will return TO St.
Petersburg October II.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12
Russian Socialist Editor Arrested.

ST. Petersburg The Narod. an ultra.
socialist newspaper, has been seized
and the editor taken into custody.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12

New York, n. Y.-Mayor McClel-
lah has given out statement in
which he says he will not vote for
Hearst for governor.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12

The busy BIS Of Russia are bo.nbG,
bayonCis and bullets
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12

Tolstoi SAID recently to Henry N"N
snson, tn" English writer on Russia:
you are young and am old, but a.
you grow older you will find, as have
found, that day follows day, and there
does not seem much change In you
ell suddenly you hear people speaking
of you as an old man. It is the same
with an age in history; day follows
day. and there does not seem to be
much change, til suddenly It is found
that the age Is become old. II Is fin
ished; it is out Of date. The present
movement in Russia is not riot, It
fs not even a revolution It Is the end
Of an ago"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-12

The Scientific American bows that
England has lost $50 square miles by
SEA erosion since the conquest A.
this rate England will last unIy about
10000 year, \ parliamentary com
mission has been appointed to look
into the matter. dout YOU know II
will probably take mp ar the sam" time
shc alarming reports that the heat of
the sun will las, but a million year
more, and that the coal supply VIII
peter ont in COO years Governments
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
SAFE COUNSEL PREVAILS.
Russian Parliament Settles Down to
Reg,ja Work.

st. Petersburg.-The threatened
storm over the Emperor's refusal to
receive the delegation from the lower
house OF Parliament. appointed to pre-
sent to him its reply to the speech
from the throne. has been averted.
The House Monday adopted a reso-
luton to proceed with the regular
order of business and the discussion or
the agrarian question began
The moderate leaders of the COnsti-
tutional Democrats, after laboring with
the hot-heads until the early morning
hours, succeeded in convincing them
that it would be fatal blunder to
precipitate conflict upon false
issue, and a resolution was prepared
address consisted in its contents, and
not in the form in which 1t is trans
mitted to the Emperor.
A resolution of Novogorodseff, urg-
ing the necessity for overlooking minor
incidents and getting to work on agra.
rian questions, was unanimously
adopted, after which the House pro-
ceeded with the agrarian debate.
The project adopted by the conven.
ton of the Constitutional Democrats,
laying down the general principle that
the land belonged to those who titled
it. was formally presented, but was
temporarily laid aside to permit the
organization of committees to examine
credentials and investigate the election
of members. Eleven committees, In
Guiding the entire membership OF the
House and distributed by lot, were ap.
pointed for this purpose.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
Mumps Halt Street Car Traffic

Des Moines, la.-Mumps have threat,
ened to block the street railway serv.
ice in Dcs Moins. Just why it wai
that street car conductors took tt
having the disease they should hava
have had when children cannot ba
explained and the traffic management
has been to busy finding substitutes
to take time to figure out an eXp!ana'
ton. The trouble commenced on St
Patrick's day. when an Irishman pre-
sented a swollen face at the window
Of Dispatcher Beatty and asked for
relief. He had the mumDs. He was
given a substitute, but his work had
been done and in few days 1G cons
were off. They commenced to recover
and matters looked brighter. but now
ten more have come down and have
gone on the hospital list. The stu
alton is growing serious and it is pos
sible some cars will have to be taken
off
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
WELLMAN'S AiRSHiP.
Preparations for Start of Polar Expe
dition.

Paris.-The early departure OF Wal
ter Wellman, the American explorer,
and his party for Spitzbergen, in ac,
cordance with his plan to endeavor to
reach the North pole by means OF a
dirigible balloon is attracting wide
spread attention here among aeronauts
and men of science. This attention
has been increased by Mr.. Wellman's
announcement that he intends to es'
tablish base at Danes island and be-
gin his ascent on the very spot where
Andre inflated his balloon.
The first section of his party. under
Major Herzy, will leave Paris in few
DAYS, rendezvousing at Tromseoe unit!
June 11th and then proceeding on the
Arctic steamer Frithjof to SpitZbergen,
where Major Herzy viii direct the con
struction of a headquarters. machine
shops. gas plant ana balloon shed. The
balloon will be the largest ever con
structed, owing to the enormous di'
mensions of Mr. Wellman's dirsible
machine. Major Merzy's advance,
party will consist OF Alexander Lew
anthan, chemist and gas engineer: DR..
w. N. Fowler of Indiana, surgeon.
Felix Rosenberg, assistant navigator,
and Francis H. BuZzacott, commssary.
Mr.. Welman will follow. June 18th.
with the balloon and the remainder OF
his party. consisting of Maxwell
Smith, wireless telegraph expert. who
will establish a wireless station AT
Spitzbergen; CASTOR Hervieu, aero
naut, and John Colard and two assist.
ant aerOnauts.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
NEVIS OF HE WEEK
Los. Inr ortalt Happenings CT the
Past Seven Days.
I1tc-catin- Items Gathered frOri All
paris of the world Condemned
Into Small Space for the
Ccnc:t of Our Readers.
PersOnnI.

D. II. Francis of ST. Louis, president
of the Louisiana Purchase exposition
has received several letters threaten
ing his assassination unless he i'm
mediately pays the writer $4,000.
President Palma has again been in
eucurated as president of Cuba.
Rev. Hunter Corbett, D. D., has
been chosen moderator by the Pres
byterian general assembly in session
at Des Moines, la.
Brig. Gen John c. Tiddall. L. S. A.
retired, who was the first governor OF
Alaska, is dead at his home in Mont
clair, N. j., aged 81 years.
Mai Barak G. Thomas, the noted
breeder of race horses and founder of
the DiXiana stud, is dead at LeXinG-
ton. Ky, aged so years.
Walter Wellman, the American eX-
plorer, recently delivered a lecture in
Paris before the Society of Aerial
Navigation relative to his proposed
balloon expedition to the north pole.
Statistics recently made public in
Wall street show that the income OF
John d. Rockefeller from Standard Oil
stock alone is more than $1,0OO,OOO
q month.
DR.. Seth Ward, Dr. John Tigert and
DR.. James Atkins have been elected
bishops by the general conference OF
the NJ. Z. Church, South, at Birming-
ham, Ala.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
PEnn.OUS EiCE CT TWO
BOYS Cfl EXPRESS TEAM
Determined to See Ncther in Hos
pital, They Travel Between Ten
der and Baggage Car.

Utica, y. T--:s the Empire State
express from the ives. pulled into the
depot, people on the platform were
treated to Il surprise. Bsn!nl the tea
der, perched on the front end of the
baggage car were two small boys
hanging on for dear life.
When the train stopped Detectives
Landers, Mason and shay ran to the
front end, bat the two waymen sep
ped off as familiar as the rich stepped
off the rear end of the parlor car.
The two lads stepped UP to one of
the yardmen and asked if this was
New York The msn locked at them
in surprise. The police officials took
the lads in charge and heard good
story from them. They were wet and
besmeared with coal dust. They gave
their names as George and John Stnl-
meyer. George is lG years old and his
brother II.
The boys said they were from Buf-
falo and were on their way to New
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
MICHIGAN FOREST FIRE.
Millions of Dollars Worth Of Property
Destroyed.

Milwaukee-A dispatch to the Sen
tinel from EScanaba, Michigan, by Il
staff correspondent. says:
Four known dead, score or more
persons missing, hundreds of families
homeless. several millions OF dollars
of property burned, four towns wiped
out entirely and a dozen more parti-
ally destroyed: five counties devas-
tated and 100 square miles of territory
fire swept. This is the dreadful pic
ture that the northern Michigan PENN
sula presents to-day after the worst
forest fire since the PeShtigo disaster
in 1871 has spent itself.
General Superintendent Wells of the
Escaraba & Lake Superior railroad
along whose right e way the greatest
loss occurred. returned tonight from
IA trip OF inspection over the fire
stricken area, and says the flames
have gone down and for the time be-
ing the danger is over, unless new
gale arises to again fan the emberS
into flames.
The following summary briefly tells
the story:
Peter LaFond, a cook. was smoth-
cred in a lumber camp and his body
found tonight.
Three unknown children, all dead at
Quinnesec, Michigan. They We're sep
arated from their parents while the vii
lage was burning and perished.
Scores of homesteaders and woods
men are missing and many have prob
ably perished in the flames.
Territory devastated, five counties,
Marquette. Menominee, Delta, Alger
and Dickinson.
The territory fire swept Is 100 miles
square.
Towns totally burned. Talbot, Michi-
gan, 100 population, only il few houses
left standing.
Quinnesec, Michigan, 400 population.
only one house remains
Saunders, $50 population, all wiped
oat
Niagara. Wisconsin, 800 population
all wiped out.
Towns partially destroyed: North,
land, Cornell, Antoine, Spring Valley,
Kingsley, Woodland, Foster City, Sala,
Metropolitan.
The fire ragged for distance of sixty
four miles along the line of the Escan-
aba & Lake Superior railroads and for
thirty miles beyond Claiming, the
terminus Of the road. 1t seems certain
now that 1000 persons are homeless in
that district and that 1000 are left
desolate at QuinneScc.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
where their mother was sick in

York, where their mother was sick in
a hospital. At first it appeared al
though the boys were shamming, but
their stories lsreel. Their father died
when they were young and they had
been in Buffalo with grandmother
They received a letter few days age
stating that their mother was i'll in a
New York hospital, and they wanted
to see her They went to the Buffalo
depot, and were there when the En-.
pire came in, and as it was pulling Uu4
they got aboard.
They passed through Rochester and
Syracuse without being discovered. A..
the latter city the engine was changed
The lads stepped from their reserved
seats until the coupling was made and
were in place when the train started.
George told that they didn't seem to
mind the speed that the train was
making, although between Syracuse
and this city the train made better
than mile per minute.
He said he thought they had run in
to food when the engine began to
tame "oltl "llit lull
and the water came out of the top OF
the tank and soaked them to the skin,
but they were game and did not move.
for if they had. they would have been
ground to pieces under the wheels oi
the fast train.
The risk that the lads took was
something that the most experienced
trainmen would not relish. The space
between the tender and the car is
hardly a foot wide, and it would be
most uncomfortable for a person to sit
there for any length of time. 1t was
certainly hazardous ride. The Of
ficials heard the story of the boys and
had pity upon them. The railroad en-
ployes took them into the Office of the
wrecking department and they vera
washed up. Patrolman Wright sent
them to the ponce station, where they
were fed and stayed over night. and
We're later assisted on their way.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
PRETTY GIRL BEATS
WAY ON A FREIGHT
YOUNG MEMBER OF CENTLER
SEX TURNS HOBO.
cEAWLS INTO A BOX CAR.
Rides on Bed of Tiles from St Louis
to Joliet, ILL.,, Where She Is Dis
covered by Kind Brakeman
Who Helps Her.

Chicago.-An lS-yearol Chicago
girl enjoys the distinction Of being the
first of her sex to make long jour
ney by stealing a ride on a freight
train. 1t is not strictly true to say
that she enjoys this distinction.
When her experience was over she
declared emphaticaliy that a life on
the rolling freight did not appeal to
her.
"',o more hobo life for me-" ex-
claimed Miss Helen Hansen, as she
crawled out of a box car.
Miss Hansen is a stenosrapher. Her
parents life in Chicago but she had
job in ST. Louis. Thrown out of this
by the FIRMS failure, she tried in vain
to find another job.
First her slender savings melted
away Then she pawned her cloth
ing, piece by piece, till she had only
one suit left. Her parents were poor,
so that she could not appeal to them
for help.
She did appeal to one of the firm
for whom she had worked, asking him
to lend her enough money for ticket
back to Chicago The reply she re-
ceived made her decide that anything
would be better than to trust to ap-
peals for help.
She was at the end CT her resources.
when it suddenly occurred to her that
she had heard of people travelling
without railway tickets and that what
other folks had done Sarah Hansen
could do, too.
On the spur of that inspiration she
made for the freight yards of the Chi
cago G Alton railroad. There She
found an embarrassment of riches in
the line of freight trains.
They were scooting up and down
and switching back and forth in the
most disconcerting manner. for it was
impossible to this new recruit to the
hobo profession to decide in which
direction any one train would ultimate
ly decide to depart. An angel in the
very unusual disguise of a small boy
appeared and told her that No. 6, on
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
kinq Aifonso's Wedding.

Madrid.-This city is rapidly putting
on gala attire in anticipation of the
marriage of King Alfonso to Princess
Ena of Battenberg, May 31st. The
erection of superb street decorations
has begun, through which the wedding
cortege will pass will be literally car
peted with flowers. The florists in the
Canary islands have been ordered to
supply 1900 tons of flowers for tho
occasion
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
sADDLlNG THE PROFESSOR.
Gift to Dean Carlyle of the Agrcu'
tural College.


A Republican special from Fort Col
Inns says: The students, and faculty of
the Agricultural college were treated
to an unusual sight Friday morning
when Dean W. j. Carlyle's saddle
horse was led into the college chapel
with a siver-mounted English riding
saddle on its back Glenn Bishopp pre-
sented the saddle to Dean Carlyle in
behalf of the Agricultural college
students as an appreciation of his
faithful services to the college and as
a. token of the best wishes of faculty
and students for successful European
trip.
Students often play horse" but this
was the first visit of a real horse to
chapel ard the incident was the occa-
sion of wild applause from the assem-
bled students.
Professor CARLYLE thanked the stud
ents for their gift and then outlined
the itinerary of his trip. He is the eX-
pert in charge of the United States
government horse-breeding expert
ment at Fort Collins and goes TO Eu
rope as the special agent of the Depart.
ment of Agriculture to study the meth
DDS and principles of horse breeding
practiced in the old world The OBJ
ject of the trip is to acquire informa-
ton that will be of benefit to the ex-
periments being carried On at Fort
Collins.
Professor Carlyle will leave Denver
Saturday and expects to reach Paris
June 9Th, where he will visit the Inter
national horse show of France. Thence
he will visit the National show of Bel
gium and reach London in time for the
famous Royal show of England. The
trip will cover four months. The last
portion of it will take in the horse
breeding sections of Austria and Rus
sia.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25

the third track was the Chicago
freight. That was welcome informa.
tion.
Slipping away from the small boy
angel, Miss Hansen stole along in the
shadow of No. 6 until she came to the
open door of a box car half full of
tiles. She climbed in and crawled into
the corner to await developments
These promised to take the unwel.
come shape of two other hoboes, who
were not pretty girls. or even girls at
all. One of them had actually climbed
into the car and had turned to assist
his brother knight of the road. when
an approaching brakeman caused them
both to take hurried departure.
Miss Hansen rode all night on her
none too soft bed of tiles. Morning
came and hour after hour went by
without her being molested. At Joliet
she crawled to the door for the pur-
pose of spying out the land and dis
covering her whereabouts.
Instead of discovering, however, she
was herself discovered, for at the door
she came face to face with the brake
man. 1t was a tossup which of them
was the more disturbed by the en-
counter.
When the amazed brakeman man.
aged to demand the why and where
fore of her presence in his car Miss
Hansen burst into tears and told him
I'll about it.
Well" said the brakeman; 81
thought I'd seen every kind O hobo
that ever beat a freight train, but
you're the first lady hobo that ever
come my way"
Whereupon, like a gentleman and a
philanthropist, he emptied his pockets
of their contents. which were GO cents,
and handed the amount to Miss Han
sen with the advice to complete her
journey via the trolley line. The girl
took both the money and the advice.
got herself the first food she had tast-
ed in "a hours and departed forever.
so she vowed. from tie ranks OF the
k0boes.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
SIMPLoN TUNNEL OPENED
Under the Alps From Switzerland to
Italy.

Domodossola, Italy.-The Simplon
tunnel was inaugurated here Saturday
by King Victor Emmanuel, who left
here at 1885 a. m. for Brique, on the
Swiss side of the mountain. The royal
train passed through the twelve
miles of tunnel drawn by steam en-
gine, the electric motors not being
ready. On reaching the middle of the
tunnel. at a height of 1900 feet above
the sea level, the King was heard to
exclaim:
at is Cyclopic work, the result OF
a century of study. seven years Of
work and the expenditure of nearly
$15.0O0,000."
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
COnEreSslOIIal.

The house committee on elections has
decided the contest from the Twelfth
Missouri district in favor of Coudrev.
republican, and against Wood, demo-
crat, the persent holder Of the seat.
After 20 days of almost continuous
de!iberation the senate by vote ct
II to 3 has passed the railroad rate
bill. The negative votes We're cast by
Senators Foraker republican, of Ohio
and Morgan and Pettus, democrats, Of
Alabama.
The president has transmitted to
congress the full report of Commits
sioner Garfield regarding the oil in
dustry. The document covers 500
printed pages and includes document
ary evidence of the questionable
methods of the Standard Oil COM
pany.
The senate has adopted an anti
pass amendment to the rate bill which
provides a penalty of from 500 to
$4,000 for giving or receiving a rail-
road pass.
} Ne SENATE mas AMENDED the rail-
road rate bill by restoring the pres
ent law which provides for five inter-
state commerce commissioners with
salaries of $500 each.
President Roosevelt recently deliy-
cred an address at the White house
to representatives of several state
and municipal civil service reform
leagues in which he favored an ex-
tension of the present laws.
The house committee on military
affairs has authorized favorable re-
port on bill which provides for tho
purchase of 257 acres as an addition
to the Gettysburg battlefield reserya-
ton.
Senator Bailey. of Texas, disturbed
the calm of the senate recently by de-
nouncing the Washington correspond
ent of the Chicago Tribune as a mali.
cious liar for publishing an attack up-
on him regarding the rate bill con-
troversy. The correspondent claims
TO have documentary proof of hts as
sertions.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
Had Coffin for 25 Years.

Elkton. Md.-Thinking he might
soon have use for it, Joseph Venables,
of Chestertown. % years ago had his
coffin made. He began soon there
after to enjoy better health and con
tinued to do so until a few days ago.
when his death occurred. and he was
buried in the coffin he made.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
Dances as Living Torch: Dies.

Rome.-Pao!a NiZza. a resident of
Palermo, soaked her clothing with pc
trOleum then set 1t afre. She dance |
around madly until she fell. burned to
death. 1t Is stated her mother kite |
herself in the same way in Ciica 90
four years ago. and that her Sis :, I
= ini,ar death last year
The Grit-advocate., 1906-05-25
Eour.footed Fowl.

Thermopolis. Wyo.-John Rice o'
this place is the owner of a curio' 'ty
in the way of a four-footed chicken. 1t
uses all four feet and in every other
way seems to be as others OF its KIND