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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
is MOST THROUGH ANYHOW
Missouri supreme Court 4,,,,. ~
ownership at til" Peoples INIT
~ states IinnL,

I st Louis.-The Missouri suprcm
rourt in jenersra City reversed Frldo,
the action Of the st. Louis county cir.
| cult court in appointing Fred Essen re.
( ''iycr for The s. ,joo00o Peoples Unit
cd States bank, OF which Il. G. Lewis is
/ pres. dent.
An opinion defining the tr1pe Of the
decision will not be handed down for
several weeks The decision means
lawyers say the end of Essen .celv-
'rahip. and replaces the affairs Of the
BANK in the hands of the directors. II
rs SAID however, that the directors
can not continue the operation of n
bank without obtaining a new charter
and starting anew.
receiver Essen, when told bv a re-
porter that the supreme court mad set
aside the receivership, said:
Good. I'm glad of it. I'm about
through with the bank. anyhow. What
90 mean? Merely that every debt has
been paid, the depositors have got ey-
cry dollar due them ana there's only
between $4,000 ana $4,000 stock out
standing.
we've made two payments on the
stock, the first 50 cents on the dollar
inc second 30 cents. We are paving
out NJ cents on the dollar.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
WOULD ESCAPE DISGRACE
Fifteen Year ola Girl. q, Ip,,,,
Her Lover Wns Married,
Takes Poison

st. Louis.-Miss Mamie Euer
Deck, 10 years old. learning that the
man FOR whom she had run away from
nome was married took carbollc acid
at the IIcel Comfoft Twentieth and
Market streets, Thursday anerEoon.
she IS at the city hospital in serious
condition
In her hand was clutched a note
"hIch read; Take me at once to nv
mother, Mrs. E. Ellerbeck. $500 Mag
nolia avenue"
The police had been searching for
the girl for several days Her mother
alleges that the girl ran away with
James J. Fowler, a letter carrier who
is married
The disgrace is awful. | only
learned that he was married this morn
ing" said NE girl. to the wife Of tho
holel proprietor, who found her,
Tn" police have not been able TO 10
cate Fowler.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
THE BANK FAILED TO OPEN
The Private Bank of TETS s,,I,, a
20" At feLin, ILL.,, Has Assigned
No OmciaI Statement.

fekln, lll.-The two score-year
Old private bank of TETS Smith & Co.
IN this city failed to open for bust.
ness. Monday. having assigned 70
state Senator u. J. Albertson as trus.
tee. The trustees bond is $50 900
Trustee Albertsen issued n state.
ment In which he urged the creditors
u the bank to avoid useless litigation
as 1t would only prolong settlement
of the banks affairs.
No official statement of the assets
and liabilities has yet been made
me liabilities, due to dcposltors ana
other banks, are said to be In excess
OF 100000. against which there are
assets of about s250,0OO. a portion of
which are believed to be worthless,
The failure is due to large sums Of
money advanced to the Smith wagon
works and the Smith pillow shops at
Pekin, two large industries
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
STEVE ADAMS HELL FIRE,
Four of The Five Bottle, .,r ,.r,.,,
fre cached by steve adams
Found at PocateIIo, Idaho.

PocateIIo, ldaho.-Four out OF
the five bottles OF Steve Aadms hell
IRE were found shortly before six
o'clock Wednesday evening. Last
spring a man working In the old saw
null found the tin box. He opened one
OF the bottles and was badly burned
After that he buried the box in n nile
OF Ginders outside. After being found
ne pointed out the spot in the old min
where they were first discovered II
was the exact spot whore Adams hogan
digging when taken there to recover
the bottles.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
THEY REPUDIATED Dow,F
His Followers In Zion, Even IN u,s
wire and son, Cast Their Lot
With the New Lender.

Chicago.-At great meeting
SUNDAY of 5000 adherents of the Chris
tian Catholic church at Zion CITY, of
which John Alexander Dowie Is the
FOUNDER and first apostle. Dowle's au-
,hority was repudated and Wilbur
Glenn Voltva, who for some time has
been conducting the affairs of the
church, elected in his stead. Mrs
bowie also repudiated her husband. and
their son, Gladstone Dowie. cast his LOT
with his mother and the new leader
Nol!va.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
DENY VIOLATION OF LAW
That VIII lie the Defense az a.,
standard OIL Go. In 'hc
state of Missouri

New Northumberland H. 6
Hadley Is on his way bach to ST
Louis, confident that his custer suit
against Standard OIL In the Missouri
supreme court Is won by the strong
evidence he obtained from the trdst Of
hclals IN the hearing which has lust
closed here
tie VIII resume the hearing in 81
Louis April ., when II. Clay Pierce is
expected to testify.
The Standards defense. according to
Attorney Frank Hagerman. now also
loufheyinE west, will be a contention
mat admitting the facts established by
MIR Hadley, the law of Missouri was
not broken.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
H0sttiitics Imminent.

Moscow, Russia. The Russkoe
Slovo has received sensational tele.
gram from its correspondent at Har.
Din, Manchuria, saying that hostilities
are imminent between the Russian
and Chinese troops.
He intimates that the Chinese. in.
huenced by Japan, are moving for.
ward: that the situation 10 so tense
that the Russian decentralization or
troops has been stopped, and that
Gen. Grodoff, the Russian comman.
der.in.chief had issued instructions tn
prepare for eventualitlcs.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06

ST. Petersburg 1t is said the re-
dictionaries are bent upon avcnging
their defeat at the polls by organizing
massacres of Jews. Despite the use
OF the Knout, the rack and the dun.
geon, tue returns indicate a liberal
landslide in the duoma elections now
In progress Fraud and the reign Of
terror instituted by the authorities
have made the vote smaller than II
should have been. but have not Al.
tered the results. The constitutional.
lists, 1t is reported, are trfumphing
everywhere.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
SUSPECTS UNDER ARREST
SIX Wen Arrested In Dulutb. u,
U" suspicion of Co,npIicity la
the Minneapolis Traced.

Duluth. Minn.-A half dozen sna
poets have been arrested here IN ,hs
Minneapolis sextettc murder ease
lhose arrested say there were only sir
people in the house where the crime
was committed when they left Monday
afternoon The leader Of the party il
haemsn, the same man who rented tte
house His wife Is with him Two
small boys in the party are his son
and nephew. Kaeman says that the
Demetris were brothers. Two of tho
dead are believed to have been named
Demetri.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06

st. Louis.-Miss Nina Virginia
Brandt, whose disappearance last Sat.
urday started sensational stories re,
turned to her home THURSDAY night
accompanied by her father. Rev mr.
John l.. Brandt, pastor of the First
Christian church, Her mother had
met her at Washington, Mo. Miss
brandt now says that the robbery
story was an hallucination
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
A NOTED MISSOURI CASE
~"''e" states supreme Court
D"'s"t he"oEnize Common Law
Marriage of white and Negro,

Nashington-An important opinjon
was rendered by the supreme court.
Monday. in the case of Ellis Keen vs..
Sophronia Keen. involving a contro-
'ersy over a small tract Of land In St.
oharles county, Missouri. to a half in
tcrest In which Mrs. Keen made claim
as the widow, and to all of which Ellis
heeh made claim as II son of Ell Keen
ny negro common law wife. II ap
peared from the record in the case
'Hal as TAR back as 1851 Ell Keen had
beEun to live with negro woman "a
II she were his wife, and although no
marriage ceremony was performed the
ic'at1on was continued until 1889. The
woman was everywhere recognized as
DIS wire, and several children. among
mem Ellis, were born to them and
were recognized by both of them and
ny the community rs their offspring
III lHS3 Eli Keen was married In West
' Ireih'a to Sophronia Keen, claiming
'hal he ma never before tc-au married
W hen h" died Mrs Keen made calm tn
'ho-half Of his estate as hi. widow and
me Missouri courts rrcDautynl the
Iaiin deciding against the contention
u a common law marriage To the no
'to woman. The opinion I'm the case
vas delivered by Justice Brown The
VIII o. error was dismissed The eff
e'S Is To- Affirm the decision OF the Mis-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06

Martin Kellar waiter in Seattle
cafe, a few weeks ago overheard
guests at his table discussing the
chances OF making a fortune in Ia.
coma tide lands Having saved I'D
$1,000, Kellar boarded the next train
md secured an option on n block Of
tide lands, and in a few days after.
ward received an offer from the
Union Pacific of $4,000 for the block
OF lands. lie cleared up 100000 on
his investment, but has gone back TO
his old business RS waiter. He finds
that tips are sometimes more valuable
than those who gave them are aware
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06

The now water works which are 10.
M discussed at Los Angeles win cost
S'''"""oo, according to estimates hv
ffahh II o.ws'"aI This is an onor
hl"us sum for q city Of 100000 popula.
ton 10 pay for such WORKS. and this
amount is due TO the $26.1oo 600 which
IN" conduit over go miles long viii
cost In order to construct the con
dnIi It VIII be advisable. Mr. Olmsfcad
ta}S, TO build a railway costing over
S",o'o"oo along the line ana TO erect
tire" dooharrol cement mills.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06

The Smoke Abatement League OF
Cincinnati has issued an appeal to
n" citizenship for substantial aid and
comfort in the work OF Kidding Cincin.
natl OF the heavy pail of smoke hang
Ing over the city from Price Hill to
Walnut Hills, Owing to the topo.
Eraphy OF Cincinnati the work Of abat.
Ing tho smoke nuisance is more diff.
cult than In other cities. The western
hills prevent the winds from dlssipat.
Ing tho smoke. save on rare occasions
and under certain atmospheric condl.
tons Electricity and natural gas may
soivo the problem
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06

There seems TO be an epidemic of
polarltis, Judging from the many plans
OF andacious and dcath.dcfylng men
who would carry the pole by assault
since strategy has failed. The old,
fashioned way Of stcaming as far as
possible and then using dogs has gone
out of style Now is is air.ships and
autos that viii be used to conquer the
last bit Of obstinate space yet defylng
man. Walter Wellman viii use the
air-ship method ana will be able to
start when summer comes. The Duke
OF Abruzzi, who has been farthest
north Of any man, will try again to
reach the pole
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
BATTLESHlP NEW JERSEY


boSton.-The splendid perfo, m.
ahce' Thursday. Of the Dattleshlp New
jersey In maintaining a speed Of Ia
KNOTS an hour in fnur.hour endur
ahce run off the New England coast.
coupled with her remarkable speed
Nedhesday, over a measured mia IF
! "ockland, Me, at a l94S.knot.au hour
gait places this product of the Fore
n.'er ShlpDuilding Co. at tue head of
all American,built battleships, so far
as speed is concerned.
IL was ascertained on her standard.
iHallon trial, off Rockland. that an nv.
efage revolution Of her propellers of
l25'53 per minute was sufficient IN
uriVe the l5,0OOton battlcshIp through
the water at her contract speed OF 10
AhotS an hour. Thursday her average
revolutions per minute reached
l-o.zSi, and from these figures the
tfiai board announced that She ba1
made an average OF 1918 knots an
hour' compared with 1891 made by
me Rhode Island and 1900 bv tho
virginia, sister ships, at their trials a
Few months ago
AT one time the New Jerseys sporl
reached l927S kEots an hour for a
period OF Is minutes. while her loves,
ioi similar period was 1850.
Inc weather conditions were favor-
aole' shortly after the conclusion Of
me run the mlnc" tests of turning
stopping ana fun speed astcrn yora
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
Henceforward so far as Belgium ,s

Henceiorward. so far as Belgium IS
concerned, absinthe, under all and any
circumstances. IS contraband. The
stigma Of the law is upon 1t. Efforts
have several times been made to sun.
press the use of absinthe in the coun.
try and recently, despite all opposi.
tion from the manufacturers and re-
tatlcrs interested, prohibitory bin
has passed both houses Of the lcgisia-
turc In The senate the bill was pass.
ed by % votes 10 . The act S. very
farroachins 1t nohibits the Impc~ta
ton. manufacture, transport. SAL o.
staring for sale.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
SENATOR DEPEW'S ILLNESS
Very Little IL known th,ut 7. g.,
closely Is lie Kept in He
tirement.
New York.-The Herald saws.

promises that Senator Depew would
return to his place in the senate by
inns time have not been fulfilled for the
reason that hopes of his family for a
complete restoration Of his health have
been disappointed. He is stlll in re-
tirement on the Elliott F. Shepard es-
tate back Of Standardization
where he has been in seclusion for a
month since he suddenly left Washing
ton.
So closely is the senator guarded
That only few persons living in the
immediate nciGhborhood are able TO
say from their own knowledge that he
is in the villa, as the house is known
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
Stays wife and Self On Stree,

Brazil, lnd.-ln fit Of insane
Jealousy Thomas Douglass. aged SO a
railroad conductor, shot his wife dead
on the street. and then sent a bullet
through his own heart. The eouple's
fonr-year-old son picked up the weapon
aud carried it home
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
University building uur,.d

Moscow, ldaho.--The large central
building of the University o; Idaho
was completely destroyed ls fire early
Friday. Other buildings composing
the Institution were not damaged I'm,
OWING to he limited fire. fighting an.
paratus had narrow escapes
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06

Indianapolis, lnd.-T:ursday. Atty,
Gen. Miller, acting on behalf Of Gov.
Haniy and Auditor Bigler, filed suit in
the Boone county circuit court against
A. I. Daily ex-auditor OF state, for
$4,000, which Gov Hanly's pxperts
say Daily Illegally withheld from the
insurance taxes.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
THE BANKS CAPITAL GONE
The Cashier is Alleged Tn lt,,.
pr"printed II and Made Tracks
for Mexico.

san Antonio, Textile fugitive.
Ihomas f. Lory, cashier of the First
National bank of West is charged In
an affidavit in the federal court with
having absconded with the capital stock
Of the hank, SIS. 600. He is believed IA
be in Mexico.
The ban; at West was closed last
Monday by the comptroller of the cur
renCy.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06

st. Joseph, Mo--Tn desperate
duel with knives in South St Jog,nb
Dan Kelly alias Jack Nclch. was fatal.
" sia8hed' HIS throat being cut from
ear 20 ear, The other duelist escaped
and Is unknown.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
CHRISTIAN HERALD'S WORK
Another Check For s2s .ooo sc,, ~.
the state Department For the
JHpancse Famine Fund,

Nashlngton.-Thc New York Chris.
Tan Herald, Friday, sent in another
check iSr $4,000 to the state depart.
ment through the Red Cross for trans
initial to Japan for the relief OF n
mine sufferers. This makes the total
remittance from this source s1o5 0o1
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
Fearing Prison, Attempted s,Ic,a.

ST Louis.-saturday Arthur Cald-
well, aged Il, having two years to
serve in the penitcntlary, attempted
to hang himself in his cell in Jail He
was discovered by John Klcullen. n
trusty. who called the guards, and he
was prevented from doing himself
harm
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
Public Receipts and Expenditures.

Washington.-The regular monthly
statement of the government recajuta
and expenditures show that for the
month of March. 1905, the total re-
eeipts were $50, G3l 1863 and the expendl.
lures sl5,'G9,6G5, leaving a surplus OF
81, SCI 800.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
Tuskegec to Ger uir cI,,

New fork.--A clause in the viii of
he late Andrew j. Doiger. retired, of
south Orange, n. j.. provides iuaf ar
me death OF his widow Tuskegee in
,titute in Alabama, will receive nearlg
100000.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06

Manila.-The absurd rumor tina,
the Philippine islands are to be sold
to Japan has reached Manila. Tho re.
port has caused great excitement among
the natives.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
Injured In Capitol Elevator

Washingtoa-Mrs Walters OF dem.
yer. Col, was caught in the public ele.
vator of the senate wing of the capitol
and fatally injured. dying a few houra
later.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06

St. Louis.-Mrs. Mary GUS. who
is deaf and dumb, has brought suit
Tor divorce against VIM. L. Grss. also
deal and dumb One of the allegations
charged is that he swore at heron
his fingers
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06

Edwardsvllle, III Madison grand
grand jury returned two lnIlctments
against Joseph Nolan, charged with
killing William Sonnet and Fred
Heintz.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
FEARFUL MINE DISASTER
Two Hundred and Fifty Ja,,,ess
Miners Killed By Explosion
Near Nagnsaki.

Toxic. Japan.--By an EXPLOSION +,
the Takashima coal mine near Maya
saki, Wednesday, $50 miners were killed
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-04-06
THE NEVER-CEASlNC FLOOD
seven Steamship Londs al t,,r,
pe"hs Arrive ut New York-Ei-
lis Island Crowded

Ne" fork.-Oycr eleven thousand
immigrants arrived IN the harLor Of Now
loTk Thursday GA board seven stcam-
SHIPS from European ports. This num-
Der Is the record for single day which
mas been made thus far during the an
hual spring rush of immigration.
Ellis island, whore these Immigrants
are examined, and either rejected or
admitted to the United States can
care for less than half the davis ar
rivals, its limit being 5000 daily.
Those who can not be landed viii
De kept in the harbor on their steam
ers until later in the week. The immI.
grants include the following nationals
Ties: English. Irish, Germans, Swedes.
Hungarians, Portuguese and Russians.
Arrived with Smallpox.
New York. March 3O.-The sreamep
lthein, which has arrived from Bremen
with 216 cabin passengers and 1898
5teerage passengers, is detained NJ
quarantine with smallpox on hoard
me patient, a steerage passenger was
n the ships hospital under treatment
iine days before arrival. He will hs
'ent to hospital.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-11-10
The Story of q Medicine.

Its name-"Golden Medical Discovery >
was suggested by one Of its most import
ant and valuable ingredients - Golden
Seal root
Nearly forty years ago, DIR. Pierce dis
covered that he could, by the use of pure,
triple-refned glycerine, aided by a GER
tain degree of constantly maintained
heat and with the aid of apparatus and
appliances designed for that purpose. ex-
tract from our most valuable native me-
dicinal roots their curative properties
much better than by the use of alcohol,
so generally employed. So the now world
famed UGoldcn Medical Discovery" for
the cure of weak stomach, indigestion. or
dyspepsia, torpid liver, or biliousness and
kindred arrangements was first made, as
1T ever since has been, without particle
of alcohol in its makeup.
A glance at the full list of its ingredi-
entS, printed on every bottle wrapper.
vii show that it is made from the most
valuable medicinal roots found growing
in our American forests. All these i'm
gradients have received the strongest en-
dorSement from the leading medical eX-
pertS, teachers and writers on Mdteria
Medtcd who recommend them as the very
best remedies for the diseases for which
Golden Medical Discovery" is advised
little book Of these endorsements has
been compiled by DR.. X. V. Pierce. of
Buffalo, \. Y, and will be mailed free to
any one asking same by postal card, or
letter addressed to the Doctor as above.
From these endorsements, copied from
standard medical books Of all the differ
ent schools of practice, it will be found
that the ingredients composing the Gold
en- Medical Discovery" are advised not
only for the cure OF the above mentioned
diseases, but also for the cure of all ca
tarrhal, bronchial and throat affections,
accompanied with catarrhal discharges.
hoarseneSS, sore throat, lingering, or
hang-on- coughs, and all those wasting
affections which, II not promptly and
properly treated are liable to termina te
in consumption. Take DR.. Pierce'S Dis
covery in time and persevere in its use
until you give it fair trial and It is not
likely to disappoint. Too much must not
be expected Of IL. 1t will not perform
miracles. 1t will not cure consumption
In its advanced stages. No medicine will.
III tctI cure the affections that lead up TO
consumption, If taken in time.