The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-26

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in restoring the marine corps TO the
battleships In connection with the
naval appropriation bill Senator Cum
Minis Of Iowa, in a vigorous defense
of President Roosevelt, declared that
the provision would be accepted as D
rebuke TO the president.
More than 1000 delegates TO the
Mississippi grand lodge Of Masons
heard from Grand Master Edwin J.
Martin that he had committed the
| grand lodge 10 withdrawal OF all
/ tratornal correspondence and affili-
| alton with the grand lodge OF New
/ Jersey because in the latter jurisdc.
/ ton the grand lodge recognizes and
/ admits to It's work Alpha Lodge, No.
lGG. located at Newark, and composed
| mainly Of negroes.
| A rug said 10 be worth more than
| $4,000 was presented to the White
/ House and was accepted by President
Roosevelt j. viii become the prop
or,y Of the nation and will be- placed
IN the parlors OF the presidents home.
The donor was II. II. TopakyaH,
/ rich Armenian Of New York city, who
Persia three from the sultan Of Tur-
has two decorations from the shah Of
Turkey and one from Venezuela.
Sergeant w. Il. Dawson Of the
United States marine corps stationed
at the Marc Island navy yard bar.
racks committed suicide Friday by
shooting himself In the head with
rifle disappointment in a love affair
Is believed TO have been the cause Of
his act. Ne enlisted from Forest.
Ind
Edward II Hartman the railroad
maguatu. was given a verbal haying
in the Oregon state senate Friday
after which that body adopted reso
luton proposing the amendment Of
the state constitution so hat the
stat" may own and construct rail.
roads This resolution has already
passed the hcuso
President Roosevelt by signing the
bin for tn" creation Of the Calayeras
national forest has completed the leg
islation which saves for all time the
mont famous grove Of trees in the
world This act is the elimination OF
efforts extending over the past nine
years.
II is formally asserted that King
Alfonso does not intend to make an
ascension IN the Wright aerophne.
The rayaEcs Of tuberculosis among
Indians was made known to President
Roosevelt by the board Of Indian com.
missionors who Friday visited him at
m" White House. and appealed for
more extensive measures Of relief FOR
them
The Tennessee legislature Friday
three times OVERRIDE the veto Of Gov.
Patterson, passing over his protest
the bills providing for a compulsory
legalizod primary and for creating.
without aid Of the executive, state and
county election board
Not during she present session of
congress has such large amount Of
legislative business been done by the
senate as was accomplished Friday.
Rear Admiral Robey D. Evans,
L. S. n, retired is having more trOu.
Bile with his lecture course than he
ever had in commanding asGuadron
of hattlcships. The bureau under
whose auspices he started out in Jan.
uary is threatening to concel the con.
tract If he does not obey orders, and
incidentally the Navy League Of the
United States is involved in the diff.
ficultics aud officers of the navy are
more or less displcased with the way
things are going.
Stating false arrest caused her hui
initiation and anguish Of body and
mind, Mary West has sued Sheriff X.
y. Ramsey of Muskogce county, Okla.
tor $4,000 damages Suit is also
brought against Ramscy's bondsmen.
John G. Wooley Of Chicago head of
the Prohibition party for many years.
and nominee Of that party for the
presidency In 1900, has deserted the
party and will work from the lines of
the older parties in future.
Leslie NJ. Shaw, former secretary of
the treasury, has announced that he
will soon remove from Iowa with his
family and will locate in Philadelphia,
where he will head n large trust com
pany. Mr.. Shaw, 1t is stated, says
the report that he contemplated To-
eating in Kansas city had no founda.
ton.
The mayor Of Rome, Sig Nathan,
has decided not to carry out the pro-
posal to confer upon Theodore Roose.
Welt the citizenship Of Rome during
his brief stay in Italy on his way to
East Africa.
The Tchercn correspondent OF the
London Times says that rcvoutionists
have kidnapped Shues Sultaneh. the
shah's brother who arrived at Resht
from Europe on Tuesday last. and
have demanded $4,000 ransom
Louis Anthehue Gregori the French
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