The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-03-26


He was present at the inaugural meet.
ing OF the RussoBritish chamber Of
commerce when he tainted The
prlnce was removed to his residence,
but did not regain consciousness.
The remains of Peter Dieter a
young ranchman who was murdered in
his mountain ranch house near Pu.
cblo, Colo. several weeks ago. was
found buried under 4 straw stack
Sunday. As the body was clothed
only In night gown, II Is evident
that he was shot In his bed. Two
bullet holes were found in the body
Fire Friday did 100000 damage in
the building of the Minnesota Drug
company's building, Third street aud
First avenue. Minneapolis.
A strike in The mines OF the Bache
Dcnman Coal company. Cornada, Ark.
was ordered Friday by President Pc.
ter Stewart of District u, United
Mine Workers of America. About Il
thousand miners are involved. The
union is fighting the Companys sys
TEN Of working the men double" in
each room of the mines.
The secretary Of the treasury Fri.
day announced the appointment OF
Charles Dyer Norton, Of Chicago, as
assistant secretary o: the treasury. to
succeed Louis 4. Coolidge, resigned.
rbarlse napay II{llnp ,f nnIbg Ir,r.y
y. Y, has been appointed assistant
secretary Of the treasury, succeeding
Bcckman Winthrop.
The federal grand jury in session in
Chicago Friday returned an indict.
ment against the Illinois Central rail.
road for a violation Of the federal
quarantine law II is alleged that the
road accepted a shipment Of cattle out
OF Mississippi when that state was
under the quarantine.
A consent verdict for S2,750, against
Governor Conner Of Alabama for the
killing Of ]. d. Bilcs by the governors
automobile, was awarded Friday. The
governors chauffeur was on route to
the depot to meet the governor when
the accident happened
A novel way Of raising revenue was
proposed In the house Friday by Rep.
resentatiye Sisson, Of Mississippi. Il
is provided in bill ne introduced
that tax of 81 be levied on every
deadly weapon, such as pistols dirk
knives and brass knuckles, manufac.
turcd and sold within the United
States.
After killing three bills looking to
legalizlng Sunday baseball the Ne.
braska house Thursday voted to IA.
vorably consider Shoemakcrs bill per.
hitting Sunday games in the cities Of
Omaha and South Omaha.
Lieut.. Semmcs Reed. L. S. n. naval
aide to President Taft, was probably
fatally injured late Thursday while
riding with several other naval off.
GERS in Rock Greek park. His horse
stumbled and fen upon him, crushing
his left thigh and. njuring him inter.
nally.
The two houses of the Pennsylvania
legislature, in joint session Wedncs
day, formally declared George Tenor
Oliver of PittsburG elected to the
United States senate to III the uneX.
pired term Of Philander C. Knox.
The Southern Iron and Steel com
pany was incorporated at Trenton.
~ j.. Tuesday with $70O0,O0O pre-.
ferred and $4,000 600 common stock.
as the successor of the Southern Steel
an Alabama corporation,
which went into a receiyership In OC |
tober. 1907
Pedro E2equlel Rojas. che of the
men driven out Of Venezuela by Pres. |
ident Castro will be acceptable to the |
United States as minister from that |
country, according 10 official state.
ments made Monday. He has been |
living In New York until recently and |
Is well regarded in Caracas.
The Nevada senate Monday pacstd |
the anti'gambling bill II contains a
provision placing bridge whist and all |
other games OF cnance played for |
money or prizes in the same category |
as faro and roulette and the other pro.
hlblted gambling games.
The torpedo boat Faragutt which
was damaged III collision with the
destroyed Davis in San Diego harbor
Friday returned TO ,Le yard Monday |
leaking badly, and was paced in dry |
dock The full extent of the damage
has not been ascertained
DR.. 4. D. Foster. surgeon In charre
If the marine hospital at Annoy, China
'eports sporadic cases Of bubonic
plague in Annoy. He Recommends the
detection and detection of persons for
he Philippines before they embark.
Los Angeles was provided with n
mayor In the person OF W. d. Ste.
,hens, former president of the cham.
,er of commerce. He was elected By
he city council.
There was filed in Cincinnati
'ourt Monday an entry of n settlement
which John J. Ryan. the well known
porting man, hps effected with John
iais, administrator Of the estate of