The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-01-08
NEWS Of THE PAST WEEK
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
TERSELY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma.
tlon and Particularly From the
Great Southwest.

NApioA'hA lNpol 70 Mflt III NilNuih-
tion in Paris recently that President
Arman Fallleies intends 10 resign the
presidency at an early dato. No con-
fimation Of the report Is obtainable.
Queen Helene was injured while
trying to stop a panic caused by q
slight earthquake shock Friday night
at Messina, Italy.
Greeks, laps and Chinese now want
TO take hand in the framing OF the
new tariff bill. The San Francisco
Chinese Chamber Of Commerce,
through Tang Mint, It's president, has
submitted TO the ways and means com.
mittee a brief asking that the duties
be reduced on SOY, rice, fish, meat,
type and flrecrackers.
Preliminary steps have been taken
toward the capitalization Of the Pacific
coast extension OF the Chicago, Mil
waukee a st. Paul Railroad Co. which
will provide FOR q total bonded debt
Of 100000, 600 covering the extension
should that amount be found necessary.
John Sergieff, known as Father
John Of Cronstadt is dead Father
John was leader OF a sect Of fanatics,
by whom he was regarded as q saint
At one time his influence among the
ignorant classes of Russia was enor.
nous and even Of late years, notwith.
standing that Father Johns leading
satellites has been proved guilty of
immortality and drunkenness and of
exploiting their leaders, alleged sauc.
tity to their financial advantage, he
had q following that numbered many
thousands
Referring TO n report that c. p
Taft was likely to succeed Ambassador
Whitelaw Reid, at the court of ST.
James, President.elcct Taft said that
there was no foundation for II. He had
not, he added given any consideration
whatever to appointments abroad or
changes In the corps OF ambassadors
and ministers of the United States and
should not do so until his cabinet had
been selected.
Harry and Theodore Mercer,
brothers 30 and "a years old respec.
lively of Oakland, Cal, were taken to
New York by officers who had ar.
rested them in the California city The
men were arrested on bench war.
rnnd issued on complaint of James A.
Howard, lawyer, who charges them
with larceny OF $4,000 through alleg.
cd false representation on settlement
of a street railway accident case.
Statewide prohibition laws went In.
10 effect Jan. / in three southern
states-North Carolina, Mississippi
and Alabama, Georgia Is the only
other southern state wherein satu.
tory prohibition exists. the law hav.
ing ben in operation one year.
The inaugural step toward re.estab-
lishment Of the Cuban Republic was
marked with the New Years recep-
ton at the palace ut Havana, when
Gov. Magoon formally presented the
diplomatic representatives, consular
officers ard other officials to the
president.elect, Jose Miguel Gomez.
and the vice-president elect, Alfredo
Zayns.
After continuous service for forty
yearD as conductor with the Illinois
Central railroad. missing but four
days in that time. Billy Bryan whose
train Is named for him. has resigned
Bryan was the oldest man in service
on the line.
An hour after he had wished his
former sweetheart, now bride of less
than a week, long life and a happy
one" Ray Reese returned 10 her home
in Kansas City, Kas., and shot her
through the breast, after which he
stepped into an adjoining room and
committee suicide by shooting him.
self in the head. The woman, Mrs.
Clyde Setter, 10 years old, is not ex-
pected TO live.
Several persons were reported to
have been killed and the lives of n
huhAbSl VI pthtiS tbhahkti'N hHtl a
frame dwelling at North Sixty.fourth
and Madison avenue, Irving park, Chi.
cago, blew down.
The biggest theft" ever recorded
In yermillion county, ILL.,, was enacted
when six residents of Brownville, cart.
ed away the town hall and six persons
are under arrest. II Is said plans
were made TO use the municipal home
for dance hall following a wedding
Wilbur Wright made another as
flight In his aerodome,
sweeping in great circle at high
attitude for one hour and fifty-three
and covering fifty.eight miles.
After stabbing his aged mother to
heath in their apartments In New
York, Arthur Cotter, 80 years old, at
tempted TO kill himself by Jumping
rom the window. Cotter was taken
! prisoner. charged with homicide to
Bellevue hospital.
Edgar Parrish. the young man who |
vas arrested Monday charged with the |
yilling of George Rider at Louisville. |