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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
RECEIVER is ACCUSED.
Attorney for Uncle Sam OIL Company
Charges Extravagant Management.

Topeka, Kan. Soon after tic
report Of ]. c. o. Morse. receiver
Tor the Uncle Sam OH Co., was filed
with Judge H. T. IIa2en, referee in
bankruptcy Monday, an attorney rep
rcscntinc H. H. Tucker. Jr and tho
Uncle Sam oil Co, made formal
charges accusing The receiver Of sell.
ing products of the company for about
half wha he was offered Cor them and
of managing the business oNtrayagant-
~ during his rcCcivership The most
important specific charge is that tar.
a by.product was sold for $1,000, when
an offer Of $4,000 had been made 1t
Is charged also that an off boy
worth $40 per month was paid $780,
The fees Of the receiver ard his at
torncy are also attacked.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
short Money, Short shoveIs."

Bedford, Ind.-On account Of. the
financial crisis one hundred foreign Ia.
borers who used the pick and shovel
at the Hoosier quarrics had their
wages cut from i5c to 12lRc an hour
The angry men marched to the ma.
chine shops and had 2ia inches cut
from their shovels to meet the CORE.
spending reductions in wages. They
say short money short shovels.'
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Worry Causes Suicide.

New York, n. Worried by
the belief that he had lost his 100000
deposit in the Knickcrbocker Trust
Co., Valentine Haycrdahl Of Mount
Vernon committed suicide Tuesday by
shooting himself through the head at
his home Haycrdahl who was a
salesman for a china company re-
signed a short time ago to 90 into
business. All he owned was tied up.
in the trust company.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

Washington d. C.-Final sailing
orders for the torpedo boat destroyer
Flotila, which is to make the trip to
the Pacific coast were issued at the
navy department Friday. The destroy!
crs, which are to stop at a greater
number Of ports than the battleships
soon to follow them, will leave Hamp-
ton Roads. as heretofore announced.
on Dec . The Flotilla is in COM
mand Of Lieut. Commander II, L
Cone
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Would Stop Sunday Lid Fight.

Chicago. Ill. - The city council,
by a unanimous vote, asked the Chi.
cago Law and order League to aban-
don It's campaign against Sunday sa.
looms and let the question be submit.
ted to a vote of citizens at the next
election. In the same resolution the
aldermen asserted that the Sunday
closing law now on the statute books
is obsolete"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Double Holiday In Panama,

Colon. THANKSGIVING day was obs
served as a general holiday through.
out the canal zone and the res
public of Panama. Nov. rs is also
the anniversary of the Independence
OF the republic and the double holi%
day was fittingly observed.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Train Fails Into Deep Ravine.

Parkersburg. w. Va.-A Pennsboro
G. Harrisvile railroad passenger train
was crossing a trestle % feet high
near Harrisville, when the supports
gave way, throwing the train into
the raviDe below.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Everett 8. Webster Dies.

Jacksonville, Fla.--Eyerett B. Webs
ster, president of the National
Steel and Wire Co., with subsidiary
companies at DeKalb, NJ; Bayonne. N,
j.; New Haven, Conn, and on the Pa.
cifc coast. died at n hotel here, aged
IS. He was a welI-known horsemanI
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Brltisher Sues Japan.

Victoria, b. c. News is rex
ceived from Toxic that John Hart
ley, a Britishcr who went to Japan in
1864, has brought suit against the
japanese government for l,O00,0O0
yen, damages for having impounded
opium imported by him in 1875. whild
allowing Dutch firms and other for
eigners to import the drug
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Arabs Attack French Forces.

Lula, Maghnia, Algeria.--An en-.
gagemcnt took place Friday at Adje-
roudkiss between the French troops
and Bcni's Nassen tribesmen. The
latter. numbering $500, at first drove
the French outposts, but the Arabs
eventually retrcated in the face of a
heavy shell fire.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Injunction Against Ticket scaIpers.

Omaha, Neb -- On application OF
all the railroads doing business
in Omaha, permanent injunction
was issued by Judge W. II. Munger
against ticket scaIpers, who have sold
contract tickets at reduced rates. The
temporary order restraining the bro.
kers from continuing the practice of
selling contract tickets was issued
some time ago.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
lsborerc Refuse Reduction.

San Francisco-Refusing to stand
the reduction of 2jc in their daily
wages, 1900 laborers engaged in lay.
ing conduits for the Home Telephone
Co. in this city went out on strike.
Work on the telephone c0nduIts was
brought to standstill.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
-Four Miners Buried in Rock.

Houghton, Mich.-Two miners were
buried by fall of rock in Calumet
G. Aecla copper mine. Both were in.
stantly killed Thursday two more
miners were buried in n similar man
ner at Tamarack mine. One was killed
and the other may not recover.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
PORTUGAL Elections Postponed.

Lisbon. Portugal government
states that 1t has been decided not to
nod elections until the political agi'
tatIon has subsidized, even If IT involves
waiting until the end OF 1908. II
hopes, however that 1t will be possible
to hold them early in the new year.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
AT the dedication of a monument II

AT the dedication of a monument in
Flushing, L. l., in honor OF George Fox,
the famous Quaker preacher, a speak.
er OF the occasion. himself a Quaker,
made this statement; NO Quaker
woman ever promised while being
married, to obey her husband, but at
the same time you cannot find q d..
vorced Quaker The reason for this
is the perfect equality among the
men and women" II this assertion is
true. perhaps here is the iongsought
for remedy for divorce. Ladies. don't
promise to obey. Let that part of the
ceremony be omitted hereafter.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Girl Kills Self After Mock Marriage.

Wheeling. w. Va.--Despondent. It is
said, when she learned she had been
made a victim of a mock marriage,
Miss Oslo Pierce committed suicide
at Powhattan, o. Authorities are
searching for the man, who has dis.
appeared
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Loyal South African Women.

Capetown, S. Afrca.-The women OF
MafekinE have pledged themselves az
public meeting, presided over by the
mayoress mrs Joyce, to encourage
South African industries by purchase
ing. wherever possible, locally PROF.
duced articles in preference 10 i'm.
ported goods.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Niearaouan CONGRESS Meets.

Managua, Nicaragua.-The natlonal
congress held its first session Suns
day. 1t is expected that President
Zelaya of Nicaragua and President
Viuuez OF Costa Rica will confer Short
" relative 10 the frontier
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
cir. peatroys Business BUILDINGS.

st. Paul. NINA special dispatch
TO the Pioneer Press from Flaxton. N.
D., says that fire destroyed the bust
ness portion of the village of Colum.
bus 20 miles west of Flaxton.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Conductor Killed in Wreck.

Peru Ind--Couduclur John Wiley
was killed and a brakeman named
Smith was injured in rcarond
collision on the Wabash railroad
at Gould, Ind, Monday
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

Examination showed that the heart
of New York cab driver was on the
wrong side This Is particularly inter.
esting to strangers who had conclud-
cd that Gotham cab drivers had no
heart at all
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Canadian Move Against orientaIs.

Ottawa, Ont-Ralph Smith, NJ. p.
British Columbia. will move in parlia-
ment legislation similar to the Chi
nese exclusion act TO prevent an
influx of all oriental immigration into
Canada.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

Another musical comedy girl is to
become, through marriage. an English
pccress. Between America and the
stage the British peeragc. as pass.
ing show, stands chance of being
''livCncd up yet
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

Here come the Audubon societies
with the alarming statement that in.
sects caTse a loss of $SOO,OOO,0OO a
year in the crops OF the country be.
cause Of the wantOn destruction Of
birds. The particularly alarming fea.
turc Of this assertion Is that nobody
can dispTovc IT,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

II has taken postal card seven
years to 80 from Philadelphia TO New
York and now New York will have a
chance to say that this slowncss is ex.
planned by the fact that It is "a Phla.
dclphia card
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Kentucky Feudist Shot.

Whitesburg, Ky.--John Miller. leads
er of faction of feudists was shot
and killed. and Andy and Merrill
Jones, members of another iactiony
were MORALLY wounded
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

An impatient woman In East Liver.
pool, O., who took dozen shots at
her husband without hitting the in.
significant target, was arrested for dis.
charging firearms within the city lin
its. Why the authorities did not make
the charge train robbery high trea.
son or shoplifting will not be exactly
clear to those not learned In the law.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

After he had discovered n beautiful
new race unspoiicd by civilization
hidden away in the far northwest was
1t not unkiud Of Dr. Gordon TO come
back and tel civilization about ~
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
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MANY NEW MEN IN SENATE AND
HOUSE.
IT IS COUNTRYS LARGEST SENATE
Both Houses OF Goth Congress Have
Republican Maiority-Pictur.
csque Characters.

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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

burglars and gentlemen who live
nv their wits are so sorry that the
banks did not let the hystorical ones
draw ont their funds and hide them
IN the stove
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
s7so.ooo Fire in Houston, TEX.

Houston, TeX,-Fire destroyed
business property in the heart Of
Houston to the value of $3.50.
600. Breaking out in the rear of the
Frank Dunn jew.lry and pawnshop,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
Hunter Mistaken for a Turkey.

Jacksonville, Fla.--While turkey
hunting near here, John Hartley was
mistaken for a turkey in the brush
and was shot and killed by his brother
Edgar.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

A few sturdy specimens of that
newly discovered and innocent race.
the Kuskwagamutes of interior Alas
ka should be secured for Genealogical
study before the white mans civiliza.
ton has wrought its effect upon them.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

There is going to be trouble II tho
Lusitania keeps on making quicker
passages every time Pretty soon the
stewards won't have time enough to
collect their tins
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06
New EnuIand Mills Reopen,

Boston--Thousands of mill opera
tives throughout New England re-
sumed work Monday. In most cases
the mills hereafter will be run on full
time
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

III" scientist who reported that the
WEIGHT of pirl is lwoIHud+ water
must have made his estimate iu Oh"
soda season
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

A New York restaurant cashier held
rant Of his own Maybe being in that
atmosphere he just called what ho
took a tin.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

Tn" bishop of London says h"
learned Il number Of things in Amori
ca. H." does not mention any new
tricks in tennis as being among them
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

A habj, of reserve is a good ,hins
for a banker
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-12-06

a panic prepared log is a panic
avcr'cd
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN AT DINNER
Annual Gathering, at Which Ancients Recall
Days of Harry Howard.

The New York Veteran Firemen's Association
held its twenty-second anniversary dinner last
night at the Palm Garden, in East 5Sth street The
guests Of the association included Simon Brentano.
the publisher who is honorary member Of the
orEaniza ton.
The veterans men with record OF at least
twenty years service in the old volunteer depart
Inent or In the present department or in both.
There were many Of the volunteers present and
the old fire fighters INDUCED freely in reminis-
cences.
Chief Eli Bates, who the third chief of the
volunteer department ana used TO run with Harry
Howard was the Oldest of the veterans at the
dinner He is eighty-oue years of age, but said
that he would not miss the annual dinner as long
as he could walk. Chief Bates Joined the volunteer
department in 1871. and served in it until the or
ganizaton Of the paid department, in 1863 in which
he served for twenty years more. Another veteran
at the dinner Captain John J. Egan who
joined the present department upon it's organiza-
tion, forty-two years ago. and Captain Thomas
Sullivan another charter member. Both in
active service.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
NEW ARBITRATION PLAN |
SESSIONS At THE HAGUE.
B1tain's Objection to Rules for
Nines-Thc High Court.

The Hague oct 9-The afternoon session Of
che committee on arbitration important
rom the American point of view. as NJ. Martens
RUSSIA brought in a surprise in the shape
NJ q new proposal regarding obligatory arbitra-
ton. for which he hoped to secure unanimous
support His idea is to add article set
ting forth the advisability Of giving the nu-
r1erous states which favor obligatory arbitration
an opportunity Of giving the agreement form
constituting an additional act. This proposal
vr,u be printed and discussed tomorrow. II
Is made in accord with NJ Bourgeois France).
The eighth pIerary sitting of the peace con-
ference discussed to-day the rules on submarine
mines and the convention concerning the rights
and dutuies Of neutrals in time Of war. The
mines convention had been adopted unanimously
with reserves by several powers. when Sir Err
nest Satow (Great Britain) read declaration
saving that Great Britain did not consider the
convention 20 be sufficiently protective of the
rights Of neutrals to navigate safely which, he
said was more pressing than the necessity for
belligerents to spread mines over the seas. Sir
Ernest concluded with saying that Great Britain
did not consider the convention to be a definite
solution of the pro',bm.
Baron Marschan Won Bierberstein. Germany.
IN reply said that the execution Of the provisions
Of the convention must be left 10 the conscences
ents who would not use mines without taking
every possible precaution to avoid damage TO
neutrals.
The convention defining the rights Of neutrals
IN naval wars was also adopted unanimously,
with srves by a number of powers including
the T. ed States. General Horace Porter saying
that il vas necessary~to give the American gov
ernmen time TO examine the convention in order
10 see 10 what extent it conflicted with existing
treaties.
The discussion Of the report Of James Brown
Scoty lArerica) on the proposed international
high court # Justice began to-day. Among the
speakers was DR.. Ruy Barbosa CBraziD. who
eruphadcaIly resented the allegation that he was
in an way antagonistic to the United States.
The discussion was adjourned until tomorrow.
The committee on maritime war to-day, after
p ed the proposal on the subject of con-
t7actual debts the vote standing IS to ? in its
favor There Were six absentions from voting.
The unanimity with which this proposal was
approved is regarded a triumph. Even Swift
zerland abandoned its opposition.
The report made by James Brown Scott had
the result Of again rallying around the United
State all the delegates from Latin America.
Senor Esteva CAdexico) said that the articles
regar ling the allotment Of judges having been
eliminated he had been instructed TO vote in
favor Of the proposal for international high
court Of ju tice
At the close Of his speech General Porter was
warmly congra tulated
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
ABBE KLEIN LECTURES IN BOSTON
Opens Lowell Institute with Talk on
Church and Third Republic"

Boston oct. 9-The slxty-ninth annual course OF
lectures of the Lowell Institute opened tonight
by Able Felix Klein. professor at the Institute
Catholique. of Paris who the first of a series
of four lectures The POltic-RelgiOus Crisis IN
France" The opening lecture on The Church
and the Third Republic" and was delivered before
a distinguished audience in Huntington Hall, Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology. The opening
lecture was especially designed TO create an atmOs-
phere for the succeeding lectures which will so
more into the details of the recent separation Of
Church and State in France.
Abbe Klein opened by reviewing in general the
history Of Church and State in the various coun-
tries OF Europe and America. Then taking up the
relations France. he referred the completeness
of government supervision over all gatherings OF
the people in France to the opening of the twen-
tieth century. The workings Of the Concordat the
position of the Conservatives and Republicans. with
the many mistakes which Able Klein declared the
former had made. and the irs-easing tendency OF
the movement 10 restrict the Church beginning with
1875 took up the closing minutes of the lecture.
In closing Able Klein declared that so complex
the present situation In France that one might
many versions there were educated
men in France interested in the controversy.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-10
MEN WHO FLY ARRIVING.
Europeans Coming for Big Balloon
Race-America an Lead.

America leads in the development Of the aero
plane, according to CortIandt Field Bishop of the
Aero Club. who got back from Paris yesterday on
the same steamship with Captain Won Abercrom OF
the balloon section Of the G rman army who IS
10 be one Of the contestants in the Bennett Cup
race from St. Louis this month. The two men
We're met by Alan A. Hawley and J. c. Mccoy.
who are the American entrants with Major Hersey,
and Augustus T. Post Later they were Joined by
Captain Hndebrand and Herr Erbsloch the other
German contestants. and then all three German
aeronauts went to the Hotel Bresn.
NM. Gener and lie Blanc will arrive this week
on La Lorraine and Brewer-Griffth and MOree
Babazon, the English team, are to come on the
Lusitania
The pick Of European balloOnists are not among
the contestants because there Is widely difused
belief among them that Indians still roam Central
Park and that the wild bison will kill any unwary
balloonists who drop down on the plains. For this
only the real daring baloonists cared to
volunteer for the and for this reason. too. IL
may be that the American long distance balloon
record may be broken. This held by Mr.. Wise.
who in 1919 sailed 500 miles from St Louis. until
the Comte la Vaulx sailed about 12O0 miles from
Paris seven years ago Mr.. Bishop is TO go to St
Louis at once. where the Bennett Cup race will
start on October 81
The American entry has been much weakened
by Lieutenant Lahm's inability 10 start" said Mr..
Bishop but he IS just convalescent from serious
attack OF typhoid fever, and cannot possibly leave
France We are remarkably lucky. however. to
have Major Hersey to start In his place. and with
Mr.. HawIey and Mr.. Mccoy TO compete We will be
far from out of the race.
While in Paris I found that the French were
making little progress with the aeroplane. In this
lire America leads easily. and II We are TO believe
the reports Of the Wright brothers this country Is
miles ahead OF any other in the solution Of the
problem of aerial navigation Both French and
Germans, however, have made much progress with
the derigible balloon and can now control these
big cars in a light breeze.