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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
MAY END REBELLION
BANpERA, CUBAN INSURGENT
CHIEF, SLAIN IN BATTLE
WAS TERRIBLY MUTILATED
Bandera'S Death Believed to Mean
End Of the Revolt In Havana
Province.

Havana The body Of The negro.
Gen. Quentin randera The most
daring nsurgont in Havana province
who was killed IN battle, lies In the
morgue At Havana Ranked by those oI
two muatto comrades, all irlGhtluIly
gashod by the long, heavy machet"s
Of the rural guards. who ended their
career. Across the street, in Neptune
mark. great crowd, mostly n"Hr"
friends Of Bandera are watching the
morSue with silent interest
IT is believed the insurrectionar'
movement in western Havana has
been broken by Bandera's death.
The arrival Of Bandera's body here
was the first news of the fight In
which he met his death. The conflict
occurred ut the Silyeira farm, near
Punta Bravo. 10 miles from Havana.
A detachment OF 81 mounted rural
guards. under Capt lgnacio del Gado
and Lieut. MARTINEZ searched through.
ont the night for Randera's party.
At 9 o'clock in the morning the
guards were breaking through "A wire
fence a, the edge OF the Silvera farm
when they were suddenly fired upon
by Bandera followers, 20 in number.
The guards rushed upon the insur.
gents. but with the exception Of their
chief and his two leading comrades
they all escaped.
The guards made the chief and his
two companions special object Of at
tack and all three received several
bullet wounds and were horribly mutt.
lated by machete cuts. Not one of the
guards was wounded.
Bodies Terribly MutiIated.
The bodies o! Bandera and his com
pauions were placed in a wagon and
taken to Havana, An examination OF
landlords body showed that his prin
cipal wound was severe machcte
blow on the head, which cut OF his
left ear and made an ugly incison
in his face lie also had bullet wounds
in his arms and breast
The condition Of Bandcra's two dead
companions was even more shocking
Eashod, and they also had machete
wounds in their breasts and on their
arms, The clothes Of all three men
showed every evidence Of the hard life
which they had been leading while
| Guiding their pursueTs.
Gen. Gomez Enters Denial.
Gen Jose Miguel Gomez, at his for
mai arraignment. denied the allega
/ ton that he had engaged IN conspiracy
against the government
/ The government expects that the
steamer Mexico, which will sail from
| New York on Saturday, will bring s
rapid.Hre guns. 100000 cartridges
and ! 1000 Lee rifles.
Tomas Estrada Palma Jr., has
joined the Havana city militia.
The disturbed situation of the coun
try is interfering with commerce. The
| transportation of merchandise by rail
road has practically ceased, shippers
| fearing the seizure of their goods.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
Rate Law Effective August 20.

WashinGton-There will be abso.
lutely no fomality of ceremony
incident to the taking effect of the new
rate law and the reorganization OF the
interstate commerce commission The
law takes effect Tuesday, August rs.
1t Is not certain whether there viii be
any members of the commission here
on that day. Only one is in the city
now, Senator Cockrell. and no move
has been made toward having a meet.
ing. 1t Is explained that there Is no
occasion for any meeting or formality.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
Engineer and Fireman Killed.

Indianapolis Ind.-Passcnger tr,in
No. %, on the Big Four railroad,
running between Elkhart and Indian.
apolis, was dcrailcd at Taft. 90 miles
northeast of indianapolis. Engineer
Parker Buggy and Fireman Harry Guy
were crushed to death under their en-.
zine. None of the passengers was in.
iured. The engine. tended baggage
car and smoking car left the track
and rolled down an ombankment.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
CARNEGIE SPELLING REFORM.
It Has Been Adopted BY President
Roosevelt.

oyster Bay, y. Y,-Prcsi NJ
Roosevelt has adopted the car.
ncgie spelling reform movement. The
president has issued orders to Public
Printer Stillings that hereafter all
messages from the president and al
other documents cmanating from the
white house shall be printed in &C.
cordancc with the recommendation of
the spelling reform committee headed
by Brandcr Matthews. professor OF
English at Columbia university.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
FRANCIS AND KING EDWARD.
President OF Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position Guest OF Royalty.

Marienbad Bohemia. Da-
yid X. Francis, president of the Lou
isiana Purchase exposition, and Mel
son 'Shaughnessy, third secretary OF
the American embassy at Berlin, were
among the guests entertained by King
Edward at kurhaus~. The other guests
included sir Henry rampbell.PDnncr.
man and Richard Burden Haldanc. re-
spectively prime minister and war
minister OF Great Britain. and Vice.
Admiral Won Eisendccker, of the Ger
man navy.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR,
Empire State Speeds Ten Miles In
Eight Minutes.

Buffalo, y. i-One hundred miles
an hour was the rate of speed made
by the Empire State express train a
few miles east Of this city Friday
in an effort to make up time lost n
few minutes previously. Engine 1875
In charge of Engineer Marley, jumped
out of Corfu with a train of six ears
after It, The first ten miles were
made in eight minutes. three being
run at an average below 40 seconds,
and one was made In sc seconds.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
ILLINOIS c. 0. p. CONVENTION.
Presidential Boom OF Speaker Cannon
lndorsed

Springfield. lll.-The ticket named
below was nominated by the repub,
Leans in state convention:
Treasurer of State-Johp F. Smul.
ski
superintendent Of Puzzle InsTuc-
Ion-Francis G. Blair.
Trustees of the State Uh:vcgsty--
Mrs. Carrie $. Alexander. Fra Hatch.
Alexander McLain, l.. l.. Lehman
(short term.
The presidential boom Of Speaker
'1seph 6. Cannon, for 1908 which was
launched by his own congressional dig.
trict, was given an enthu' tstic in.
dOrsement by tho convention
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
Negro Bishop Elected From a Pullman

Chicago, lll.-Bishop G. II,
Phillips of the African Methodist
church, resident OF Nashville. Tenn,
who arrived in Chicago, was elected,
with his wife, from a Pullman sleeper
at Hopkinsvllle, Ky. Monday night.
One of the three white people In the
car objected to the colored passengers
and the Pullman conductor ordered
them to the Jim Crow" car. The
bishop refused to go, because he had
paid for a berth to Chicago. At Hop.
kinsville two policemen forced the
couple to 10 into day coach.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
RECORD BREAKING transform.
Bodies Washed Out Of Graves BY
Downpour at Kansas City.

Kansas city. Mo.--A terrific rain.
storm prevailed in Kansas City and
vicinity, causing more or less serious
damake.
In Kansas City 5.93 inches of water
fell, record for the time, three hours
and half
A telephone message received from
Elmwood cemetery says that several
bodies were washed out OF their graves
by the record breaking rainstorm.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
Wilson Visits Packing Plants.

Omaha, Ncb.-Secrctary Wilson of
the department of agriculture, TN
attended and without dsclos.
ing his identity, drove alone In
closed carriage to the packing plants
In South Omaha. After a short in
spection Of several of the plants, the
secretary returned to this city. say.
ing; Il don't want my identity known"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
No Assistance From the Treasury,

New lorl,-Those who have looked
for some sort OF financial relief for
Wall street from the secretary of the
treasury have had their hopes dashed
by the announcement Of the secretary
that present conditions call for no gov.
eminent assistance
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
RATE LAW IN EFFECT
NOT A ROAD ABLE TO COMPLY
WITH REQUIREMENTS.
THEY WILL Be GIVEN TIME
Provisions Require Roads to Include
All Charges In Their
Quoted Rates.

New York, The new rail-
road rate law, which applies 10 al
railroads doing an interstate business,
went into encCt at midnight MOndu!
1t will be enforced by the Interstate
commerce commission ACCordius to
the new law the roads were to have
filed with the commission b. mid.
night all their tariffs and charges,
showing not only the fun cost OF trans
portation from point to point, but also
what items go to the making up OF
this cost.
From now on there can he no "eX-
tras. but the shipper is expected to
be able to obtain in advance nnal
statement Of the charge he has 10
meet
Not a Company Able to Comply.
II was stated that not a single cone
pany has been able to comply fully
with the provisions of the law rcquir-
Ing them to have all their schedules
on file by midnight The schedule of
switching charges was the mos, diff
ficult of completion and it is said that
no road has been able to finish II In
time to file as the Law directed
viii Be Given Time.
Under the law every COMPANY which
fails to complete its schedules miGht
be fined, but it is understood that the
interstate commerce commission will
give additions: time in evc'y case
when road has given cyidCrCr Of
sincere intent to comply with The Jaw.
TO discuss this and other point, Il
committee representing the Dtl "ast-
crn railroads will go to Washington In
order to meet the Commssi ~. . Ms
conference will be attended by repre-.
sUntatiyCs of the anthracite coal roads,
who are anxious to obtain .uling
from the commission on that section
Of the law which prohibits n raiIrpu
from carrying from state to stat" any
article manu- acturcd, mind or pro-
duced by II except for its Uw1 use.
This would include coal
Shippers Benefited.
II is expected that shippers will 6rd
themselves benefited by the lr3yiriul
which requires that railroads t. ~
cludc all charges of whatsc"yc' MT
turc in their quoted rates. Heroic
fore 4 shipper has had to figure for
himself on icing, refrigerator and tic
yator charges, and the dozen or more
incidcntals. dickcring with the sep
arate companies which had II hand in
the transportation or care of his snip
mcnt, Now. the railroad must 10 that,
and the shipper meets rat oua "hlrgc
and deals with2 but one concern. All
the sources OF side charges are con-
solidatcd, and private cas-, side
tracks, spurs, terminals. elevators are
made subject to the law,
An important Requirement.
The new law also requires tn rail.
roads to establish a uniform system Of
accounting, and TO keep their books
open for inspection at all times ~ ;he
expert accountants Of the coGln!s5iun.
This feature is expected to go far to-
ward abolishinE the rebate evil ri II o
past. The railroad accountants ara
now comforting in regard to the uni
form system Of bookkeeping which
however. will not go into effect until
June / next year. In the meantime
the commission has put its own cX-
ports at work dcvising Il system
which will be clear enough to suit
| the commission.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
CONSEQUENCE OF RATE BILL.
Union Pacific Will Install System of
Refrigerator Cars.

New York. AS direct
consequence of the provision of the
rate bill. the Union Pacific Railway
Co has determined to install its own
system of refrigerator cars. Hereto
fore the Armour private cars have had
monopoly OF this business over the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
with all the profitable California fruit
trade.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
EMOTIONAL INSANITY PLEA.
Attorneys Conclude TO Make That
Thaw's Defense.

New York. ~ "a decision was
reached by attorneys for Harry X.
Thaw that Thaws defense TO the
charge of killing Stanford White will
be Il plea of emotional insanity.
This will include as part of the de.
Tense that Thaw's insanity existed
only until after White was killed. and
that Thaw is now sane again, and has
been since the killing.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
Standard and Central Indicted.

jamestown. y. Y--The federal
grand jury for the western district
of New York has returned indictments
against the Standard Oil Co. and the
New York Central Railroad Co, chrIg.
ing violations of the interstate law IN
giving and accepting special rates In
the shipment OF oil.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
Pat Grove Arrested and Released.

New York, N. Y-Pat Grove, OF
Cudahy kidnapping, and who recently
came to the city, was arrested,
charged with being a suspicious per.
son. He was taken to police bead.
quarters. The police. however. were
unable to find "a record of case for
which they believed he was wanted.
and he was released
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
Feruuson Wins In Oklahoma.

Watonga, Okla.-Former Governor
Ferguson will go into the Second
district congressional convention at
Geary with l49 out OF 1914 delegates
pledged to him as the result OF the
primary eisction.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
Cabinet Declared Mendoza a Traitor

Bogota, Colombia-The cabinet has
declared Senior Mendara, former min.
lister to the United States, traitor
for revealing diplomatic secrets. The
country approves OF calling Mendoza
to judgment
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
A Quarter Million Fire.

New York Nearly an entire block
front OF business buildings in West
Fourth street. between Mercer and
Green streets. were partially burned,
causing damage to dozen firms ex.
ceeding s250,00U.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31

Concordia, kaS. j. r.,
Wade. the county treasurer who dis
appeared recently, has returned, and
was at once arrested on u warrant
charging him with defrauding tho
county and embezzling $1,000.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
"Nehraska Welcomes Rrvan.n

Omaha. Neb.-A special train o.
seven cars. adorned with banners
bearing the inscription, Nebraska
Welcomes Bryan" prominently dis
played. has left this city for New
York.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
APpEASE LAND HUNGER
CARS EFFORTS TO SECURE THE
SUPPORT OF PEASANTS.
A BOLD BID FOR SUPPORT
Crown Lands and hppendages For the
Peasants. and Then Go Before
the Country Upon the Issue.

81. Petersburg An important series
OF conference, ar" being held at
Pc'c.huf on ih" question of t..r
immediate distribution OF the crown
lands ana appcudages. to the peas
ants. in an attempt to find a partial
solution ~ the aGrarian question b.,
mcasnrably appeasing the landhun
ger OF the pcasantry. The government
has definitely decided to proceed with
the original liuu outlined August ,
Tor settling the agrarian question re
gardlcss Of parliament. and 80 to the
country upon the issue at the coming
election
THE Distribution Of Land.
Within fortnight nh imperial ukasu
will be issued. directing the agrarau
commission To begin the distribution
Of 500 600 dcssiatines Ga dissiatpo
is about -, acresl belonging to tnn
appendices. 1000 900 dcssatincs be-
longing to the crown, and 2OO0OUu
drss!atincs Of land offered to or pur
chased through the peasants bank
Only the forests and lands BELONGING
to the state, the preservation of which
is considered necessary for the iu
turc agricultural prosperity of the
country viii be- reserved.
How Financed.
The transaction will b" financed
through the peasants bank. Littl"
cash will be required The landlords
and other sellers will be given market
able laGdscript eventually rcd"emablc
by the peasant purchasers in install
mcnt notes designed to meet the in
tcrest and amortization The en-
prrur will not give mp land of the
imperial family as frr" gilt but like
othr. landlords be will accept script
II is believed that no parliament will
ever dare to repeal this temporary
law Ncarlr all the present rcstriC
tIons upon the peasants as class will
also he removed This in substance
Is the governments bold hid for the
support Of the Russian peasant mil
lions against the propaganda OF tho
rcyulutiunists.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
Sent to Canada BY Saivationists.

Minneapolis. Minn.-Brigadier ]. w.
Cousins. OF the local Salvation army.
has issued statement showing that
10000 immigrants had been sent from
this country to Canada during the past
eight months by the Salvation Army.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31

The Frost Star wants the whipping
post set up in every courthouse yard
for men who beat their wives and IN.
mercifully beat horses Men do not
beat their wives, though some individ.
uals who wear pants may do so, says
the Houston Post. and men who have
not allowed passion to override their
reason do not numerically beat
horses.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
Shaw Will Sneak In Tennessee

Nashville. Tenn,--Leslic NJ. Shaw.
secretary Of the treasury, will open
the republican campaign in Tennessee
with speech here September IA.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31

A Houston lToxD married man de-
fines sorrow as an emotion which the
benedict rarely experiences when
Mary and the kids su to the a,1side
tor IA" summer
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
Train kiIls Two Little Gjrls

Freeport. ILL., A Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul train struck a
buggy at Rock City. killing two little
girls, daughter of Louis pothast and
a daughter OF John Tilkemeier. An
other girl was severely hurt.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31

Kuropatkin is preparing defense CT
his military career. He should try TO
make It an improvement on the one
he prepared against the japanese.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
Palma q Hard Worker,

Havana-prcsident Palma has not
left the palace this week. He is con.
stantly receiving reports. holding cen
situations and Issuing orders.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
To Launch the Cuttlefish.

Washlngton-The submarine boat
Cuttlefish will be launched at Quincy,
Mass, the afternoon of Saturday. Sep,
TENDER /.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31

Germany Ia still lighting the rc
bellious negroes in her southwest
African possessions. OF the l5,orO
soldiers sent there to subduc the ne.
groes. 9,l20 have been killed, loo
have returned to Germany as invalids
and 1000 more are in the field hospi.
tai The war has cost Germany to
date sl00. 100000. Perhaps, says the
Atlanta Constitution. this is why Eng
land, France and Italy have decided
10 reduce their standing armies and
relieve the taxpayers n bit. The
kaiser isn't half as fierce as his mus
tache.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31
Gen. Micn AssassInsted BY a Girl.

St Petersburg Gen. Men. Comman-
der Of the Scminovosky regiment was
assassnatcd in the parl, of the Peter.
hof palace. He was promenadng with
his family. when Young woman fired
four shots at him with a revolver
The general was instantly killed.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-08-31

Kansas is preparing to roll in
wealth once more As a result OF nm
precedented crops. All antiCipatIons
have been surpassed From present
appearances the state Will have "a
900 900 bushels of wheat, or l3,OOn,0OO
bushels more than the big output Of
last year. Corn Is also in splendid
condition, and from these TWO cereals
Kansas expects to be enriched To the
rxtcnt of sll5.OOO.O0O. Once more It
IS to be said cmphatically that there
IS nothing the matter with Kansas
exccp. a little difficulty in getting
hands enough to gather her grain.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-04-12
Oratorical Contests a Success.

The oratorical contest at the Dam
man school house Friday evening was
a decided success and resulted in Clar.
ence Holland of Damman, district I,
carrying off first honors and Miss Ma
bel Shoemake of Cove, district Is, get
ting second place. The cash re-
ceipts from the the social feature was
for Damman $2S, Cove $13, Pleasant
Hill SO. All who entered the contest
did exceedingly well and training given
those students shows very plainly that
the teachers understand their business.
w. A. Thomas, as is we'll known, pos
sesses considerably ability in matter
of training children in oratory.
The oratOrical contest of districts /,
i and II, Friday, held in Woman hall,
resulted as follows: Highest grades,
Nellie Knox, Thomas district l; Laura
Huss, Fairview district +: May Bales,
Lyen district II. The three winners
will meet three from the Denmark dis
trict II. in y conan hall Friday, April
20, from which the contestants for the
coInty prize is to be chosen.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-04-12

dates in the nomination of none OF
whom has he had direct voice. He is
still at the mercy of the professional
politicians and there is still left the ef-
fective machinery for the perpetuation
of the boss system and for all of the
unclean methods of the corrupt politi-
cal machines.
II King county sends a solid delega-
ton to the state legislature pledged to
vote for the direct primary bill, the
measure is certain to pass at the next
session. 1t was King county senators
who defeated it in the last session. If
the republicans of this county are alive
to their interests and the interests of
their party, they will insist on the
pledges being given. The republican
party must have clean nominations.
made by the people directly, not by
professional politicians as the result of
trades and dickers, or the republican
party will have to face defeat at the
polls. -P.-I.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-04-12

III King county pronounces favorably
in favor of the direct primary, there
is every prospect that the bill establish
ing the system of nominations by the
people instead of by the professional
politicians, will pass at the next session
of the legislature. 1t was professional
politicians who smothered the bill at
the last session, and they did so because
they dare not trust their own political
fortunes to the people, but preferred
continuation of the system of barter,
jobbery and purchase under which they
had obtained their grip on the party
and upon the offices.
At the last session of the legislature
the direct primary bill passed the house
and was reported favorably by the SEN
ate judiciary committee. The profes
sional politicians who controlled the
litical bosses refused to pass it and it
was killed by viva voice vote, without
any senator being compelled to go on
record to show how he voted.
The fight last year was commenced
too late. The public sentiment upon
the subject was not voiced in such an
unmistakable manner as to compel the
professional politicians to recognize it
and to bow to the weight of public
opinion. They jobbed the bill under
cover; but they will not do so again if
the people are wise to their own inter-
eStS.
There is this to be remembered, that
in every state where the direct primary
has been adopted it has come to stay.
There is no more serious talk there of
abandoning it than there is of abandon
ing the Australian ballot which, like
wise, made its way despite the opposi-
ton of professional corruptionists and
political bosses, who did not want to
see a door closed to the bribery of the
electorate or the use of coertion and in
timidation. The Australian ballot
made for purity in the elections. The
present convention system, however,
leaves the nomination OF candidates for
office in the hands OF the professional
politicians and limits the participation
of the voter to a choice between candi-