The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-05-13

| springs.
Two members Of the coast artillery
corps at Fort Warren, Daniel Dohcrty
and Cornelius Crowley, were drowned
by the capszIng Of their row boat in
the wash Of steamer Off Hough 4
| Neck Sunday night
Courtois. the footman employed by
| the late August Rcmy, Of Paris who,
| In February last, was convicted, to.
! goIhor with Rcnard. the steward, for
| the murder Of the banker died In the
prison Sunday from hasty consump.
ton.
In battle between a posse and a
band OF moonshn,rs near Turkey
Greek, okla. United States Deputy
Marshal Lou Holden was Killed. Three
OF the moonshiners were captured
James A. Dawson, night Waterman
for a mill company at Three Lakes,
| Wash, shot and killed his wife and
| liyoaroId daughter and then killed
| himself Friday,
The White House was thrungod Fri.
day afternoon al the first garden par
IS given by Mrs Taft More than 500
guests were received by President
and Mrs. Taft IN The East room be-.
cause Of the nclomenry Of IN"
weather.
Fir" started by an explosion az
Pioneer New, Friday, burned - bus.
III NJ Ft.r
with which to fight the fire and II was
allowed 10 burn itself ont. The dam.
age is estimated at $4,000
Pusoy Is the sixth Indiana county 20
yO'" wet" under the local option law,
having Friday decided by n majority
Of 1,}i9 to retain the saloons Tn"
majority IS the largest yet obtained
By the VETS"
In order TO perfect the motor. tho
niChi Of The Army Dirigiblc balloon
No ], which was scheduled for Thurs
day. was postponed until Saturday.
Prince Chun, the regent OF China.
gave a remarkable luncheon at the
winter palace Monday TO the foreign
"uyoys VINO gathered there to attend
the funeral ceremonies May OF the
late Emperor Kuaug Huu.
Canon Arthur W Bomcns, aged -
years chaplain Of st Adams school
Tor boys at Knoxville, committed sui
eide Thursday by drinking cmbuliC
acid. He had been IN poor health
and was In constant fear of insanity
or paralysis. he awakened his wife.
saying that he had taken poison and
was anxious to die
The National Daylight association
was organized at Cincinnati Thurs.
day night to carry on an agitation for
more daylight The plan is To move
the clock two hours ahead between
May and October /, this having the
effect Of bringing two daylight hours
into the leisure period Of the day,
Wesley, Il. C., lumber town was
practically wiped out by fire early
Wednesday The loss included the
Yale Columbia company'6 mill all
the lumber In the vicinity, all the resi-.
donccs ana the other buildings in the
place.
OrJis Hamilton, former adjutant
general Of the state Of Washington, .
was arrested Wednesday at the IN. /.
stance Nf GOV +. NJ. Hay charged /.
with cnho2llomont and forgery Ham. /.
ilton Is alleged to nave stolen S50.O0O .
from the state military fund
Former Mayor and Congressman .
William Maybury died at his home at .
Detroit Mich Thursday following /
sudden relapse OF his old Illness. MIR.
Maybury had been a victim OF urcmic
poisoning.
The senate Tuesday confirmed the
Of james Thomas VIII .
Jams. Ir. Of South Carolina, 10 be-
civil service commissioner. and Thos
H. Lyons Of Aalaska. to be- United
States district Judge in Alaska,
More than 1000 automobiles took
part in New Works annual carnival
parade Tuesday. Prizes aggrcgating
s. 600 were distributed 10 the best
decorated vehicles. Nor" than 200.
poe persons, it was estimated viewed
III" FIVE mile line.
Bort Russell. arrested at Wauhay.
D.. Monday on a charge Of beating
MS wife over the head with q sharp
instrument, mAicting probably fatal
INJURIES, broke away from the officer,
'"i2cd knife and cut his throat,
lying instantly.
At the concluding session at Wash
ngton Friday Of the American So.
icty Of Mechanical Engineers, mum.
,Cr of papers Of technical character
we're read, after which the delegates
listed Mount Vernon.
While being searched at the Wind.
or, Ont, police headquarters Friday
light n prisoner who gave the name
# Herman Kraft, of Superior. Wis,
re wa revolver and firing a fusilade
+ shots as he ran out OF the station
DOR, wounded three policemen
I'm agreement between the United
states and Russia, which was nego-
lated by the late John Hay, former
ecretary of state, In December. 1904,
o regulate the position of corpora.