The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-04

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Rev j. L, Spurlin, aged So years,
and probably the oldest Baptist min.
lister In Kentucky, is dead at Hopkins
. Vile, Ky. He had been u minister Go
years and during that time had bap-
TIED more than 5000 persons, had es.
/ tablshcG several new churches and
married about l,2o0 couples.
An attempt to assassinate Rev. l..
/ Bulgin an evangelist was made at
Oklahoma City when a bullet was
| fired from the street into the evan.
| gclists room at the Travellers hotel.
The bullet missed his head by about
-four inches Rev Bulgin Is the man
who caused the Indictment of Off.
Gals at Shawnee recently
Two men were killed and a third
fatally injured near Long Beach, L. L.
when an automobile, occupied by Rob
rrt Wrlch, DR.. William G. Tcrwilligcr
and Gilbert Rhoados Of brooklyn. was
| struck by Long Island train at a
| grade crossing and were hurled into
a creek Mr. WclCh and DR.. Ter.
wilIiger were killed instantly.
With 1900 volts coursing through
their bodies and unable to let go the
wires which carried the current. X. l..
| Whipp"n and v s. Series were being
slowly oloCtrocutcd at Montgomery,
Ala, when small boy rushed TO the
rescue and with a broom handle
pushed the wires out OF touch.
Robert Lee Thomas, an influential
turfman. was stabbed and seriously
injured al New York in a quarrel with
G. II Schilling. Jockey. in the pad
dock at the Shccpshcad Bay race
track
The Cook}arrIll Mount Mckinley
controversy was onliyoncd by the an.
nounccm"nt Of fh" obtaining OF an af.
ndayit from George ". Sullodrr,
farmer OF Rayilli county, Mont living
near the homes Of Barrill aud Print.
In which SUllcdcr declares BarrlIl told
him he and Dr. Cook had climber
Mount Mckinley
jeremiah W jerks, professor Of
.
nell university, gave ont statement
IN New York In which he says white
slavery" does exist In New York. as
charged by recent anti-Tammany
magazine article, but he does not
hold any political organization respOn.
sible for the traffic
Lester C. Etone Of Lynn. Mass, ac-
Countant for the Stonc.Webster En-
Ginocring Corporation. blew out his
brains with a revolver In his office a.
III Paso, Tex, because OF poor health
Oryille Wright, who has been giving
series of remarkable flying exhibit.
lions at various places in Europe
since August last sailed for America
on the steamer Adriatic.
Fire in the Black Hills forest re-
serve has got beyond control and al.
ready 5000 acres Of the finest pine
timber In the central hills has been
destroyed, The loss will reach hun
drcds of thousands of dollars. and
unless rain comes soon 1t looks as II
the cntirr reserve would be dstroyed
The number OF people killed In rail.
road accidents In the United States
the past fiscal year was 2,79l. &c.
cording TO a report issued by the in
tcrstatc commerce commission. as
compared with 1854 during the pre-.
ccdng year The number Injured this
year was G3,920, as compared with
72,753 "A year ago
While speeding a practice milo Flu.
gene J. Marsh, an amateur OF Dallas.
was thrown from his motorcycle and
instantly killed at the Texas state
fair grounds race course. He was
going about 50 miles an hour when
tire burst.
In the district court at aIuskoEee,
Okla. n jury brought in a verdict of
aCquittal for Wallace Stewart charged
with the murder Of +. h. Crawford.
Stewart went home one night abOua
six months ago and found Crawford
with Mrs. Stewart and killed him.
Stewart pleaded sclf.defcnse.
Attended by six bishops, more than
half hundred clergymen and many
laymen the funeral service for the
RI. Rev. William Hobart Hare. d, d.,
bishop of the missionary district Of
South naota, was held in Philadel-
phia. Accompanied by members OF
his family. the body was taken TO
Sioux Falls for interment
John Whitsett. wealthy farmer,
was found guilty at Richmond Mo,
Of numbering Albert Albright, school
teacher, near Lawson. Mo, in Octo-
ber 1905, and was sentenced to 80
years in the penitentiary.
Found guilty Of breaking a pledge
taken In 1906 to abstain from the
use Of Intoxicating liquors five years
First Lieut.. Edward w. Terry of the
Twenty infantry. has been dis.
missed from the army. Presidential
approval of the sentence by the court
martial at Fort Gibbon. Alaska was
announced at the war department.
Speaker Cannon has sent word to
Washington that II the proposal is not
made from another source, he will
sponsor n resolution the first day con.
L., O.,