The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-05
NEWS Of THE WEEK
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
TERsELY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Foreign Land6, Throughout the Ma
ton and Particularly From the
Great Southwest.

Of North America, 10000 OF those
members on strike, and the members
OF the National Felt Hat Manufnctur.
ers' Association having failed to make
any oyortures to each other for n re-
sumption Of the trade, tho governors
Of New Jersey New York and Con.
necticut will meet In conference,
probably in New York, In a few days,
10 discuss ways and means Of set
Ting the strike.
Henderson Cromcans, known 10 be
the oldest man In West Virginia and
probably the oldest in the United
States. died Friday near Point Pleas.
ant W. Va. aged l15 years. His faith.
er and mother are said TO have been
the first couple married west of the
Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia
Under an order entered In tho fed
oral court In Chicago Friday William
Chalmers. receiver for A. Booth &
Company the Ash Arm which recently
went into a rccciycrship. IL given
power to examine any person who
knows anything concerning the
finances OF the firm.
Prcsident.eloct Taft Friday made
his eighth trip across the Isthmus and
everywhere was greeted with marked
demonstrations OF good will With
his party Mr.. Taft landed Friday
morning. ut Colon and proceeded by
special train to Culebra. where Fri
40 hn ot ha
residence OF Lieut.. Col Goethals,
chairman OF the Panama canal com.
mission. His reception by the Pan.
ANA officials both al Colon and Guile.
bra was most cordial. Saturday Mr..
Taft viii visit the site OF Gatun dam.
The first experiments IN Berlin with
flying machine were witnessed
Thursday when Armand Seipfol. d
French aviator began n series OF trials
on Temple field More than 10000 per
sons were attracted to the scene but
the expectations of the people were
disappointed, for the machine failed
to fly
Statistics covering the present gen.
eral homeward movement OF japanese
from this country have just been re-
ceived by Imperial Japanese Consul |
Y humane, stationed at Portland. Ore |
The compilations cover the first ten |
months Of 1908 and indicate in brief |
that for every Japanese that Is coming |
to the United States three are return.
Ing homo.
In accepting the United States sen.
atorshp from Kansas, formally voted |
to him by the legislature, Senator 10.
Beph l.. Brlstow assailed the methods
used by +. II. Hartman and his asso.
ciates in the Alton cas- as criminal"
and declared the men guilty of such
high.handed operations should face
imprisonment for their crimes"
Vice. Presidont Fairbanks Wednes.
day received telegram from Charles
8. Warren, the Montana messenger
charged with the duty OF bringing the
electoral vote Of that state to Wash
ington, saying his failure to arrive
within the period allotted by law was
due to the fact that he had broken
his arm.
Rear Admiral Evans, in a lecture at
Canton, o., Wednesday night de
clared for changes in the navy. I'VE
need better navy, more efficient
navy" he said At the station the
admiral was met by war veterans Of
the city, who escorted him to the Me.
Kinley monument.
The Oklahoma state prison board
has announced that plans have been
completed to transfer all Oklahoma
prisoners TO Oklahoma within a week
after date OF the expiration of the
contract with the state Of Kansas.
Edward Kaiser OF Evansville,
Ind. aged 16. who has been mar.
ried year and is father OF one SON.
Thursday obtained divorce from his
wife, aged II. He alleged she hypno.
tiled him and that he married her
against his will. Klaser formerly lived ,
In East st. Louis.
One Of the most important decisions {
by the interstate commerce commits.
sion for many months was handed
down Monday by that body in order
ing material reduction OF railroad
rates in the cases OF the Beatrice /
Creamery company ct al. against the {
Illinois Central and other railroads |
and the Blue Valley Creamery com. ,
pany, etc. against the Michigan Cen
raj railroad company and other roads. a
Ex-State Treasurer Frank p. Glazier
II Michigan, whose failure In Decem. 7
ler, 1907, resulted In the closing OF +
he Chelsea Saving bank, of which c
;lazier was head, and which had on II
eposit about $6s6,00O OF state funds. !,
1as Wednesday afternoon found j
utility of misappropriating state funds G.
Three houses at FL Pizmo, Cal, r
ere carried away and swept into the
acific ocean Tuesday when Price
eek overlooked and swept through ~
e town. The Santa Marie river has bt
langed Its course. threatening the o
" nf Santa Maria w