The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-02-12

CONGRESSMAN CufphtIu VI Ithhh
has introduced bill providing for q
world temperance conference.
Independent oil producers all over
the country are planning war on the
oil industry Of Mexico. One producer
declares that tariff must protect
Americans.
That the interior department, in its
investigation Of land frauds, has SUI.
fered by the legislative limitation on
the use Of the secret service OF the
treasury department, was not admit.
ted by Secretary Garfield when be re.
Gently appeared before the subcom.
mittee Of the house committe on ap-
preparations.
One OF Nebraska's solonB proposes
10 introduce bill in the state legisla.
ture which II It becomes law will
segregate all japanese employed in
packing houses.
a. a. Shelton, telegraph operator
In the employ Of the Southern railway.
was injured In an accident at Tyner
station. Tenn, and was told by the
surgeon he could not live. While dying
he wired the officials for a pass for
himself wife and mother to Philadel.
phla. His request was granted.
The next session In the hearing OF
the suit lnstigated by the federal gov.
eminent to dissolve the alleged pow
der trust will be held In Chicago on
February 16. The hearing was to
have been resumed at Wilmington,
Del, but counsel for the defense was
not ready TO complete the cross exam.
nation Of Robert S. Daddell, president
Of the Buckeye Powder company OF
Peoria, III.
II IL learned that the protocol drawn
up by w. |. Buchanan. the United
States special commissioner sent 70
settle outstanding disputes between
the United States and Venezuela, had
been found unsatisfactory to Venezue.
Ia and would not be signed In It's
present form The hitch has occurred
over the case of the New York and
Bermudez Asphalt company, for the
arrangement reached with regard 10
the arbitration Of the other claims ap.
parently is acceptable to Venezuela.
News OF the passage by the Callfor.
MIA assembly Of the bill providing for
the segregation OF japanese school
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Giles in Washington with surprise and
CONSERVATION.
Vlce-PTesident Fairbanks Is prepar.
ing TO join the notablcs who annually
migrate TO California TO escape the
rigors of winter In the East He has
Just completed a purchase OF the In.
gerest OF the II. l.. Drew estate In the
2O0acre DrewFairbanks ranch, near
Redlands. The purchase price was
between G0.000 and $4,000.
In tests made at Fort Caswell, n. C..
February ] and 2. of the new system
Of first control for rapid.hrc guns. the
coast artillery corps made an average
of 80 per cent OF hits In night firing at
moving target at ranges OF from
100 TO 1000 yards The projectilcs
were provided with Hight tracers and
the target, which was 10 feet by "a
feet, well illuminated by searchliGhts.
Richard Blanton farmer, was way.
laid near BayInan, Bell county, KY,
and shot from ambush. ~ shots being
fired into him and the horse which he
was riding. both dying.
Mai. Harvey W. Salmon, former
treasurer Of Missouri who has also
been chairman OF the Democratic
State committee, escapes the three.
year term in the penitentiary, i'm.
posed by the circuit court Of Benton
country. through an opinion handed
down In the Missouri state supreme
court, which reversed and remained
the case, with instructions to the trial
court to quash the indictment.
Leaders Of the house OF represen.
tatiyes indicate that the resolution
providing for the observance OF Lin
coins birthday February IL as passed
by the senate will not receive the ap-
proyal Of the house conferees in Its
present form. They seriously object
10 the action of the senate In lacking
a $4,000 appropriation onto the reso'
luton as IT passed the house provid.
ing for a survey of a Lincoln memor.
lal road from the White House to the
Gettysburg battle field.
More than zoe negroes were arrest
cd IN Pittsburg in an effort by the
police to render the Heron Hill resi-
dence section OF the city safe. In the
last few weeks negroes have made
numerous attacks upon young women.
The police force was increased, but
the attacks continued. and raid was
made on the negro quarter, and every
negro man who could not show that
he was employed was arrested as
yagrant.
During the RECOMMENDATION cruise
OF the battleship feet sl2.301 was re-
uuired for entertainment purposes, OF
which si.S01 was used during the
cruise TO San Francisco. The re-
mainder was allotted for the return
nr,iiga In tho east cast of the limited