The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12

ing a fight IN a small mountain settle
! mont north OF that city, where he
attempted to rob the store Of Lewis
Myers
Lieut. Farrell English was fatally
| injured and seven other cleveland
| hrcmcn were hurt when the roof Of
the Ohio Sash and Door Co, Mrrwin
street and Columbus road, collapsed
| during a fire The loss is estimated
at $4,000
Papers were filed IN Buffalo. y. Y.
/ with the county clerk by attorneys
| for William J. Corners, chairman Of
/ the Democratic stat" committee. in
a suit AGAINST the owners of Golfers
. Weekly for 100000 damages fer an
article published in the weekly July
n. 1905.
with intense excitement prevailing
ln Gainesville. Ga Edom Mauh as.
negro porter of a local hotel woo at.
tempted 90 Crimiu1Iiy assault MIS- W.
7. Lawson. trained nurs.. vas
ruhhudd TO Atlanta to prevent rnch,
iur Matthews has an ugly wound in
his neck. Mrs lawson having stabbed
him with a knife.
Ten detectives from the United
states government district secret
service headquarters ar St Louis are
Ia Kansas Cuy Has, to arrest per.
sons who have been convicted u the .
courts for violating the Kansas pro.
h.uury law
Secretary Of the Treasury MacNcach /.
mas announced tina. hc had decided /.
20 have the miuliug of the new Lin. /
coin pennies stopped for the present, /
and that new dies will be prepared !
as soon as possible eliminating the .
initials Of the designer, which now
appear so prominently. and subsiitut.
ing the single initial IL" in an OBJ
s.uro part Of the design.
For five hours Lieut. Harold Ulcy
Of the marine corps was subjected
TO an cXaCting cruss-cxam nation in
regard to his connection With the
death Of Lieut.. James y. Sutton
Oregon which is the subject bpfu.
the naval board OF inquiry ut Ia,
uayal academy at Annapolis.
Rev. Robert j. Burdctto, humorist
aud preacher OF national fame who
rs suffering from a conclusion Of the
spine, received from fall on the
stone yrranda Of his Pasadena lCalJ
homo, was plcccd in Il plaster cast
and viii be compelled to stay In 1t
probably two months.
James Sp"ycr < son Of New York
have cahlod $1,000 as a subscription |
toward the Acapulco and Chilpauciugo
earthquake sufferers. This Is th, frs,
American contribution the McNcaus
have received, and Mexico is deeply
There is a lamentablc short.
age Of food, shelter and supplies both
At Acapulco and Chllpancingo.
The torpedo boat destroyer Paul
Jones, which left Seattle July &c for
a cruise in Alaskan waters. is said to
have struck reef several miles from
Skagway, and made port in q sinking
condition. The extent Of the damage
Is not known.
NJ. CONNER, the aeronaut, using
Henry Farman's bi.plane. made n flight
n two hours and ten seconds This
lowers all French records except that
u Wilbur Wright, the American. who
asst year few two hours and nine min. :
ties at LcMans.
Mrs c. s, Bennett. Hazel Hudclson
md Eva Porter, Of Clarion, Ia. were
drowned on Elm Lake 4 party OF a
lozcn girls crowded a launch, which
iank with all on board
In quarrel over a bah game at
zee City, Ky, W. F. Lawson was
truck over the head and his skull
rushed with n baseball bat in the
lands Of his brother. Clay Lawson.
Ihc Injured man died in a hospital at
lexington
The will OF the late Don Carlos, tho
,retendcr to the throne Of Spain,
caves 10 the pope works Of art and
money totalltng 100000 In value |
President Dia2 has headed sub. $
cription list for the relief OF the
'omcn and children OF Spain, made i
epcndent on account Of the war In q
lorocco. His donation was $1,000.
he Spanish colony and the Mexican s
ublic are contributing literally to v
he fund J
Approximately l42. 600 acres Of land
l Wyoming near Gillette. which had
cen Withdrawn for the purpose OF =.
Dal classification, were. upon recon-. =
lendation of the geological survey, :,
STORED to the public domain by act. :,
Is Secretary of the Interior Pierce !
)r entry.
Charles Brown, who is said TO have II
cen banker of Buffalo, n. Y, com ,
lifted suicide by cutting his throat "
\ board the steamer Vaderland as =
ie vessel was nearing Antwerp. He II
had made an unsuccessful II
tempt 10 kill himself by jumping
10 the sea.
While rcgrctting that death should
cur from boxing exhibitions in the RI
lvy, department officials said In IN