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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
SUICIDE ENDS CAREER.
Wife Calls in Police to Expose Alleged
Theft.

Chicago-Aftcr having, it is all
legged, stolen $1,000 from Il laundry
and found another woman whom he
told his wife he had married Frank
HornIschcr shot and killed himself at
Madison and Dearborn streets before
large crowd.
Hornischer. several weeks ago, left
his wife and took up with his affinity.
who, he said. was known as Miss
Fifer" Of Knoxville, Wash.
The wife received word that he
was at Hotel Morrison. and when
she met him, at his request, he told
her he had married the other woman
and was going away. She told him to
go II he would be happier, and then
informed the proprietor OF the laundry
OF her husbands whereabouts. with
two detectives, the latter visited the
hotel Hornischer saw them coming
and ran, but halted at Dearborn and
Madison streets. where a crowd had
gathered Just as the officers we're
about to reach him, Hornischer placed
a revolver to his temple and fired fall.
ing dead. His affinity" is believed to
have gone TO Kansas City, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
HINTS AT SCANDALS
kIRkMAN SAYS HE WILL ATTACK
ADVOCATE GENERAL.
IS FORMER ARMY OFFICER
Writes a Book on the SANDER Bureau
OF the War Observation-Disclosures
LeaVenworth Prison,

Leaycnworth. Kan. Co. George W
Nirkman, former captain OF the reg
uiar army, was released from The
niicd States penitcntiary The two
years and three months confinement
did not crush his spirit. and he All.
nornccs a war program that will BE-
Interesting and spectacular. ii he car.
rics 1t out.
Kl:ltman says tina: one of his first
moves will be to attrmp: to secure
the indictment OF Gen George Is
Davis, Judge advocate general, the
head of the legal department of the
army, who. he alleges, is drawing his
salary contrary to law and In viola.
ton OF the act of congress providing
Tor The general stan If the army. He
refused to put on any of the clothing
provided for discharged prisoners an |
wore the same suit he came in with
June %, 1905. He proudly wore his
West Point class ring on the little
finger of his left hand and the Volun.
t"cr PrisSl league button In the left
npel of his coat
kirkman was asked about his plans
for the future, when he said:
Heretofore have been a soldier In
The commonwealth Hereafter Will
be soldier in tho common woe.
have written gre1. deal for news.
papers and magazines and intend to
devote myself to this have two
books ready to go to print One is
fiction concerning a war between the
United States and foreign power IN
1908 and the other - my far hmed
army book
The book will treat on the SANDER
bureau of the war department. It's
specially is a warning on women and
children Witness the Tucker and
hyres incidents of late. This SANDER
bureau has wiIfuIly supplied the press
IN Washington with Information which
the father of lies himself would be
proud of.
II intend 10 sue for writ o. man.
lhlIH' III 'Ht Hi''I HtdttS HbtIfNlc
court TO compel the United States cir
cult court to act on my habeas corpus
appeal notwithstanding that am
free. am going to appeal from the
romiCa decision hurded down W
Judge Mcpherson"
Kirkman is very hitter against the I
officers OF the Twenty-fifth infantry, |
whom he once served with.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
CHECKS WERE DESTROY
Action Was Taken to ConceaI Names
OF Those Who Drew Them.

New York. n. Y.-That he delih.
orately destroyed checks for Si&.S7S
so that he would not be conn, lied TO
say to whom the money represented
by them was paid was adM!lod by
b"muel Ely Quigg at the hearing on
street railway merger matter, before
The public utilities commission Thurs
day.
My memory is faulty. | should not
like 10 attempt it," he replied, when
Attorney Wins, who is conducting the
investigation, asked him If h, could
tell to whom the checks were drawn.
Secretary D. c. Moorhead OF the
Metropolitan company stated On The
stand that he had been unable to 10
cate the checks charged to III, "spc-
cal construction account" anu Ina. he
was certain they must have been de
str0yed.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
GO TO SEE WAsHlNeToNs TOMB.
Distinguished Party of EpiscopaIians
Visits Mount Vernon.

Washington. d. CA distinguished
party of EpiscopaIians visited the tomb
Of Washington as the guests OF the
regents OF the Mount Vernon associa
ton. The following made the trip:
The bishop of London, Bishop Gibson
Of Virginia, Bishop Jacobs of St. Al.
bans, Eng. Bishop Montgomery. Ia.
ther Waggert of London. Bishop Sat.
terlee of Washington. J. Pierpont Nor.
gan, Bishop and Mrs. Doane of New
York and others. A stop was made at
Alexandria. where the bishop of Lon
don addressed the students of the
Episcopal Theological seminary.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
WOMAN SITS UP IN COFFIN.
Receivers from Swoon in Time 10
Prevent Burial Alive.

Wheeling. W. Na.-Relat;vcs were
weeping beside the coffin of Mrs.
Fred Hartgell. the wife Of young
farmer living near Huntington. when
she suddenly sat up. and with a dazed
look climbed out. The mourncrs, ter.
rorstricken, fed.
The minister swooncd when pale
faced woman, over whose body he had
been called to conduct services, met
him at the door
The family was too poor to have a
physician, and the woman fell into a
awoon. in which state she remaineu
for three or four days Her husband
believed her dead and sent for the un
d"rtaker, who prepared the supposed
corpse for interment.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Girls Murder a Mystery.

Camden, y. J. The murder of
nine-year.old Ethel Nevins. or Marx.
OF East Camden. whose mutilated body
was found in Il thicket not far from
her home Saturday. is a complete mys-
terry. though the police have arrested
August Dongas of Philadelphia In
connection with the case. He is held
for examination together with Joseph
Wood l6 years old. who was arrested
Saturday night.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Told Story to Shield careIessness,

Monmouth, lll-An inques. a.
body of the four.year.old SON Of
Mrs. Jane Hathaway of Oquawaku, III g.
reported to have been burned to death
by a tramp, disclosed the fact that
the child met death by an accident.
The testimony tended to show hat
the mother had told the story about
an assault and the burning Of her
child to shield her own carclcssu"ss.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
CONFLICT WITH THE NAVY.
Tonnage and Light Tax Demanded OF
Goa Steamer.

Port Townsend. Wash. - The ar.
rival of the British tramp steamer
Netherlee from Norfolk. Va, with coal
for the Bremerton navy yard, has
precipitated sharp conflict between
the navy department and the bureau
OF navigation.
1t is alleged that the navy depart
ment promised the vessel immunity
from duties of all kind, but the Gus
toms officers here refuse to permi.
the vessel 10 proceed until she pays
alien tonnage and light tax, amount
ing to 81 per registered ton The
Netherlee will be Obliged TO pay 2.74O
before discharging permit is grant
ed
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
DRIVEN OUT
BY STANDARD
INDEPENDENT COMPANY HAS TO
BUY LuBRtCATlNG OIL
FROM THE TRUST.
WITNESS TELLS OF METHOD
Phillip Harrison Says That the Thre at
Of Rival Ship Line Captured
the South African
Field.

New York-"The Standards big
stick has driven us out Of the
South African business. so that we
have had to bny Standard OIL in that
country to m our contracts" said
Phillip Harrison Of the New York
LubrIcating Oil Company. who took
the stand in the federal suit to dis.
solve the great New Jersey corpora.
ton
The Standard told the ship lines"
he said they must have tho rates
lowered for them and raised for us. or
the Standard would build ship lines
and cut transportation rates and put
them out OF business"
Harrison's company also had tron.
Bile when II tried to ship oil By rail. he
said Everywhere they turned the
Standard was there ahead of them or
arrived soon afterward He testified
that for the South African trade his
rates were raised from % shilungs 10
42 shillInEs Il pence. while the Stand.
ard was given rate Of Il shilings
per ton.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
FERGUSON ARRESTED.
Husband OF Mrs. Cross Obtains War.
rant as Counter to Damage Suit.

Lincoln, Neb.-The Rev. Wiltert
p. Ferguson was arrested Thursday on
charges made by the husband of Mrs.
H. A. Cross, member of his congre.
cation at the University Place Meth.
odist church. Mrs. Cross confession
resulted in Ferguson trial at the
Nebraska conference. which was
stopped by his withdrawal from the
conference. He filed suit for s25 900
against Mrs. Cross husband and sew.
eral dignitaries of the church. The
warrant was obtained as counter
move.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Attempt to Steal Princess,

Florence, tIaly-An attempt was
made to carry off Princess Anne
Monica Pia, the youngest daughter
OF the former Crown Princess OF Sax
ony who was married in London re-
Gently to Enrico Toselli. an Italian
musician, auu is now living with her
husband at Fiesole
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
WOMEN GIVE OVER 500. 600.
TriennaI Mission Offering Presented
to Episcopal Convention.

Richmond. Va.-The second day
OF the general convention of the
Episcopal church opened promptly at
10 O'Clock Thursday. with 5Gi dele
gates in the house of deputies and 1870
American and nine English bishops in
the house of bishops.
At 1880 the tricnnial thank. Offering
service Of the Woman's auxiliary to
the board of missions was held in
Holy Trinity church. at which the
united offerings of over 100000 was
presented by the loyal women
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
POLICE SEARCH A PRINCE.
Italian Officers We're Looking for
Robbers at Station.

Perugia. italy-Prlnce Louis of
Battenbcrg was the victim Of an
error on the part of the police on
his arrival here from Florence, but he
accepted the incident with a good
grace and made no complaint When
he stepped off the Florence train the
prince was approached and searched
by detectives, who had been instruct
ed from Florence to look out for three
men charged with the theft or a puck~
ctbook on the train.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
ToIstoi Distributes Contributions.

St Petersburg-A letter was pub
llshed here from Count Tolsto asking
that the stream of requests for nnan.
cial assistance addressed to HIM he
discontinued. explaining that 90 years
ago he surrendered his property to
his heirs as If already dead, and
the sole sums at his disposal now are
occasionally foreign contributions
which distribute in the neIehbnr.
hood"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Women Hurt in Baroain Rush

Kansas City, Mo. - Three thou
sand persons, mostly women, at.
tempted to crowd into n 10c store that
opened on Main street A panic re.
suited. A dozen women tainted q
baby was trampled upon. but not seri.
ously hurt. and three women were
slightly injured.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

An enlightenrng example Of domes.
tic amenities has been before an Eng.
lish court. A wife goins through the
pockets OF her husbands clothes had
her hand caught by rat trap that was
set in one of them. She brought suit
against the husband to recover dam.
ages for the injury she received. Her
case was eloquently argued. says the
Youths Companion. but the Judge de.
cidcd that the man had a right TO keep
a Iattrap set in each of his pockets
II he pleased, and that the zeal for
Investigation on the part of the wife
0ins, be :4dulged at her own risk.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Burlinaton Maklnu Survey.

Metropolis, Ill.-The Chicago. Bur
lington G Quincy surveyors have
been making their final survey on this
end OF the proposed line to the Ohio
river. Three times the route has been
surveyed and each time Metropolis has
been the point in view. The proba' IL
ity of the Burlington and the Frisco
crossing the river ut Metropolis lDoks
more favorable than ever.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
German.American Resolutions.

New York, n. "a series Of reso
buttons covering widely divergent sub
jects was adopted a. Sundays session
Of the German.Amerlcan alliance. The
report of the committee on personal
liberty, which was accepted, protested
against the interference of the
church in legislation and politics and
its meddling with the private affairs
Of a public officer"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
New Director at jamestown.

Norfolk, Va. - The board OF d..
rectors OF the jamestown exposition
accepted the resignation of j. NJ.
Barr as director general Of the expos
ton. Alyah H. Martin, first vice presi
dent and governor of the transporta-
ion OF the exposition company, wa2
elected directorgeneral to succeed Mr.
Barr and accepted the office.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

After l2.months test OF the ca.
pacity of their stomachs to resist
the preserva4sves used in embalming
Chicago ptomaines, the poison
squad" of the Illinois university ought
TO be prepared TO survive any other
demand modern education can make
on them
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Scholarships for Poor Bows,

Notre Dame, Ind.-Two scholarships
were established at Notre Dame by the
Knights of Columbs council of South
Bend The scholarships are for four
years. and bear an annual income of
$500 They are for the benefit of poor
boys.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

TidinGs from our agricultural fairs
are that the vegetables and fruits are
the best in number of years, not
withstandine the bacRwardncss of the
season and the drought As for the
pumpkins, they are all Of prize pro.
portions. as usual
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Smallpox at Pennsylvania University

PhIladelphia--The University hos.
pital of the University OF Pennsylvania
has been quarantined because 1t was
discovered that Henry Yankun, a pa.
tient, had developed smallpox. About
200 patients and as many employees
are shut up In the institution.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Woman Shoots Herself,

Marion, Ill. - Fannie Hester at
tempted suicide Friday afternoon by
shooting. She will die. She and her
husband had been separated and re.
Gently moved here from West Frank
fort.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Wouldn't STAY Saved

Savannah, Ga.--Half an hour after
being rescued from the river In an
unconscious condition, Joseph Bassett.
IA years old, went back in swimming
and was almost Immediately drowned.
His body has not been recovered.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Prof. Mason Dead

Edinburgh. Scotland-Dayid Mason
historiographer. Royal for Scotland, 10
dead. Prof. Mason, from 1858 to 1866,
was editor OF MacMil,an's Magazine
the publication*of which was suspend.
81 laat week.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

In New York a Turk has been en-.
powered legally to call himself joe
White. His name meant white and
he merely translated it The original
is spelled AK Kiojogian And still
few persons inveigh against E,sper.
anto
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

That South side artist who is an.
noyed because his mother.in.law staye
in his house and will not 20 away
should be made an honorary member
of the humorists union. The present
members of that union need some
proof to point TO occasionally.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

\ dispatch from Taunton, Mass
says two mill girls saved $4,000 from
their earnings In 40 years Wonder
what they would fix as tha age limit
for old maids In TINT town.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

There may be such things as afIin.
ity and artistic temperament. but
healthy common people regard such
terms as part of the vocabulary of the
language known as tommyrot.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Negro Wore Elk BADGE.

Walnut Ridge, Ark.--L L. Wood, a
prominent Elk, caused the arrest the
other day of a negro following Cole
Bros circus, who was seen wearing
an Elk bubtton, which he Is suspected
of having stolen.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Woman Hanged: Boy Slain with Az

Albany, N. Y.--The body of Kath.
crime Dargatz was found at Lon.
donvIlle hanging in a barn, and near
1t was the body of her adopted son,
his head crushed with an AK The
woman's husband has been arrested
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
New Jersey Republicans Nominate

Trenton, N. J.-Supreme Court Jus
tlce John Franklin Fort was noml-
mated for governor Oh the first ballot
by the republican state convention.
Justice Fort received 750 votes out
Of q total OF 1,159.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Enoinemen Killed In colIision

Sioux City. IA Milwaukee freight
train and switch engine collided at
Mitchell, S. d. Engineer Dennis L.
Summer of Sioux City and Fireman
Weiland of Yankton were killed. 1t
was Weiand's second trip.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

Some children are in great luck.
The scho0lboy who broke his collar
bone in the opening football game OF
the season can now devote his school
year to study.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Merchants Visit Earmers

Jet, Okla. - This Is probably
the first Oklahoma city where tho
merchants ever thought of making a
trade expansion trip among the farm
ers. A trip has just been concluded
which was pronounced big success.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Employees Made Copies.

The inspection Of the books OF the
New Jersey corporation, which con.
trolls the twenty oil concerns formerly
in the dissolved Standard oil Trust Of
Ohio was a point for which Frank y.
Kellogg, the governments counsel,
had been looking since the hearings
began several weeks ago lie had de.
manded statements from various
books, and copies were made by
Standard oil employees and exhibited
III court
But when Mr.. Kellogg asked for the
records of the old board of liquidation
trustees, by which he wanted to show
that the present Standard OIL Co. OF
New Jersey is really the same old
trust under q new name, he was told
that the stock transfer books were
missing
Later Assistant Comptroller Fay ad.
mitted there was such a book at 2G
Broadway and MIR. Kellogg demanded
and obtained permission to inspect It.
f. ID. Durand of the bureau of corpor.
atoms in the department OF commerce
and labor at Washington, and Mr..
Roadstrum from the department Of
Justice were detailed to conduct the
inspection. They have visited the Of
fees Of the Standard Oil Co. each day
and Mr.. Kellogg is said to be pleased
with what he found
The government will place on rec.
ord the details of how the Pacific
Coast OIL Co. was acquired by the
Standard in 1900 and an effort will be
made to show that the Standard oper.
ated the company for a time as an
independent company. the object be-
ing to avoid the loss Of business which
might result through the public ami.
mostly to the Standard on the Pacific
coast
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11
Produce Co. File Bankruptcy Petition

Pittsburg, Pal. ], McCranken
& Co., the Oldest Wholesale prod.
uce commission firm in Pittsburg, has
filed voluntary petition in bankrupt.
cy in the United States court
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

Women are not given to brevity of
speech. but they can admire IL on oc.
casion and they will uniformly ap
plaud the language used by a Balti.
more man, who has just died In max.
ing his will That document consists
OF ten words. reading thus: This 10
my VIII, | leave everything to my
wife"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

Would the New York woman who
iost S357,9o0 without knowing she
was speculating have discovered any.
ching about it had she won liz"
amnmnt?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

The oldfashioned niGhtcap is com.
Ing into style again, according to the
Woman's Home Companion Il has
never gone out Of style at least among
the men
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

That South Rcnd man who waited
36 wears to marry will not have much
leisure to repent In should he ever
want to after his impctuous haste.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

The Yankee skipper reports seeing
10000 whales in single school lie
should apply for job as expert &C.
countant. and falling In this, establish
a nature taking trust.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-11

eat can look at a King. but It ap.
pears that a king cannot look at a
kentucky girl without causing her
men folks Ia make fuss