The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-03-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK
LATEST news OF THE WORLD
TERsELY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST. SOUTH AND WEST
Notes From Foreign Lands, Through.
cut the Nation, and Particularly
The Great Southwest.

brother Of John F'rciucr, member OF
the Legislature, caused a panic IN q
saloon at Columbus o.. Friday by
taking dynamite from his pocket and
announcing he was going to blow up
the stale house. He was arrested.
Horticultural experts at Nebraska
university, after field Investigations,
declared the peach crop 10 be almost
total failure.
Rapid work Friday afternoon saved
the Michigan soldiers home at Grand
Rapids from possible destruction when
fire broke out there in the administra.
tion building. The blaze was on the
third floor
The announcement has been made
that December to rs has been def.
nitcly decided as the time for this
years National Corn exposition which
is to be held In Omaha
Veterans in gray and Veterans in
blue marched side by side at the
fourth national cncampmcnt of vet
Grams Of the Upposites at Fitzgerald,
Ga, Friday
Mrs. A. G. VandcrbilIs Of New York
has donated $1,000 to found chill.
drcu's hospital at Lausanne. Switzer.
land
The Arkansas house Thursday killed
the BOuiC.Whi,tington racing bill
which provided for racing at Hot
Springs under the direction Of com.
mission. The vote was 81 to II
against.
by vote Of 1875 70 10. the Georgia
division Of the United Daughters OF
the Confedcracy decided on Andcr.
Eonyille as the location for a monu.
mcnt to Capt Wirz
lowering p Young, cx-Confedcrate
veteran. was cut and perhaps fatally
wounded by Attorney A. NJ. Baker
Thursday afternoon during an alterca.
tion in the latter's office In Lexington,
Ky. over a business transaction.
J j. Mack was killed, Avery Bern.
stein and Policeman Robbins fatally
wounded and Detective Stowe serious.
ly shot In q street fight Thursday in
San Antonio, Tex
In an exhibition billiard match In
Kansas City Thursday night Willie
Hoppe established a new worlds rec
cord for the 1879 billiard game for
high runs and average, Winning the
bank. h. clicked of 329
The wife of q poor cigarmakcr Of
Havana, the mother OF II children,
gave birth Thursday to bankruptcies,
two boys and two girls. President
Gomez sent congratulations tc the
mother as woman deserving we'll Of
the republic with tender and substan.
tial assistance
As a result of the action Of the
coal operators % Nova Scotia combin.
ing their forces TO fight the entry
OF the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea into that province, n great labor
war is predicted.
Three heavy earthquake shocks
were felt at Messina and Reggie
Wednesday night No damage was
done. but the inhabitants were thrown
into a panic.
Irrigation Bill" Reeder. the husky
Kansas congressman, called on the
president Thursday to suggest that
the administration put through some
measure that would make 1t possible
to imprison John d. Rockefeller.
Major Edmund Louis Gray Zalinski,
u. S. A., retired, inventor OF the pneu.
matte torpedo gun and other military |
devices, died Wednesday from pneu-
monia after short illness. aged GO |
years.
President Taft Wednesday received
the acceptance OF Judge John w. War.
rington of Cincinnati Of the judgeship |
of the Sixth Ohio circuit, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death Of Judge
John X. Richards.
Peter Dieter. the son OF banker at
Downer's Grove. suburb OF Chicago.
was murdered at his ranch 3J miles
west of Pueblo, according to the state
nents of ranchers in that vicinity. His
iather is there making an investiga-
ion.
Harrison Crockett Heinrich, a well.
Known artist OF Vienna, and Mrs. Car.
,lyn Harhaugh Turner, a wealthy
widow of Los Angeles. were married
II the Hotel Del Coronado in ASH
Diego. Mrs. Turner is the widow Of
he late w. w. ID. Turner, known as
he I.erol mine king.
Equal suffrage met a decided defeat
D the Iowa senate Thursday by a
ote of 81 to H. The limited suf.
rage bill for women was also defeated
y vote of 80 ayes TO 12 nays This
isposes of the movement for woman
uffrage at this session.
The Corning mill of the Rand Pow.
er compaDy's plant. located at Mar
w. Tenn. blew up Monday, killing
po men and lnjuring three others.
The bill forbidding the further pur.
iase Of lands IN Cuba by aliens was 1
sfeated In the Cuban house Of repre-
by a vote OF 10 to IL. ,