The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-12-01
Nearly 5 90 delegates were present

ton Of the Lake 70 the Gulf Deep
Waterway association. AbOu: thirty
governors = stsfes are here, and also
numerous men prominent IN the ;.
dlstries and agriculture Of the Mas. 3.
s!r'i valley. Il Is The greatest con.
,ea,.on ever held by the association
zri The delegates openly declare that
they lEtent 70 push the project yigor-
glsly and 70 demand that the federal
. government recognize the Mississippi
river a. the main waterway trunk line
o: Tie United States and deepen .
H. Ued.a,eiy before the minor river
are taken care Of
The ind c'ed members Of the so
called beet ,rIs, Will be placed on
tr.s. D-trub.- 90 Counsel for the
r.yernmeut and for the packers ay.
.~ared before judge Carer in the
United states district court and
agreed on this date
In The new districts o. Alberta
largely settled by persons from IT,"
United sga.Ds. her. has been trouble
over he singing ID the schools Of Brit
.sa na,i7ua. airs, particularly Rule
E-."al.a"
Owing 10 a sudden food IL the An.
raue-a province and IN Kwalg.Nga,,
1000 natives are dead or missing
-Four hundred boats are reported lost
and the Death u.. is expected 70
mount even higher The property loss
is immense
James K Polk Taylor. a former
slave. y years Old, and his wife. have
given $50 acres II land az Calhau. 80
miles east Of Colorado Springs, Colo.
as sire for national ,g5erculosls
saa.,arium for negroes.
Senator Lafayette Young. appointed
by Governor Carroll 10 succeed the
.a'e Senator J. 2 DollIver. has an
nolncoI h.a candidacy for election by
the Legislature for the uneIp!red sena.
tOr.aI term
Troop K Of the Third United States
cavalry and Company l. OF the same
regiment are al Eagle Pass. Tex. The
soldiers vii! De used - help the fed.
eIal authorities enforce the neutral.
~ laws The situation throughout
Mexico appears serious. and while it
is believed The government will sue
,e-siliIy crush the revolution, it will
not BE- without great loss Of life. Fed
erai troops are being hurried 20 dan.
ger zones and the City OF Mexico may
be put under martial law.
The TrauaMisslssippi Commercial,
congress convened at San Antonio.
Tex. Tuesday This congress is re-
gagded as.impor'ant because Of its in
Hn"ncc on governmental policies and
commercial and Industrial projects
tina affect especially the west
IT, raids so important that Pos'mas-
''r General Hitchcock took charge in
person bis Inspectors closed two con.
na.U. II New York. which they charge
with s#luIliuE the public ont Of more
than Sio,o05.0OO By fraudulent us. Of
the mails. The concerns are the
Continental Wireless Telegraph and
Telephone company and Burr Broth.
ers
The total population Of Kansas. &C.
c.rIIug to the figures OF the census
bureau il lG30Sfg. Ten years ago
the total was li7O49s.
James K Polk Taylor. a former
slave, y years old. and his wife gave
$50 acres Of land az Caihan. 10 miles
east Of Colorado Springs as site
for 2 national tuberculosis saultarium
FOR negroes
The coal operators and miners IN
the East announce that the price OF
chestnut anthracite coll. The size mos
generally used In stoves, will be- az.
yaHccd - cents a ton
j. George Wright. commissioner Of
the five civilized tribes, reports on the
FIRST sale u uuailorad Indian lands
10 Oklahoma Fifty ne tracts were
sold Of the 20 ordc ed They were
bought chiefly by farmers and brought
from $3.50 to s47 IN acre These
sales are to be conducted at the differ.
ont county seats IN Oklahoma. ana
will continue during he next GO days.
In letter John Edgerton OF Helena,
Mont, says he sen, the robson 10 Dr.
- c. Hyde, convicted Of numbering
Colonel Swopc at Kansas City. This
statement is considered Of vital i'm
portance to Dr. Hyde, as It may bridge
what was claimed to be the weakest
point in his defense.
a campaign expense bill Of ~ cents
was filed in the county clerks office
at New York by James p, Cullen, who
ran on the Independence league ticket
for senator from the Fourteenth dis
trlct
The presidents Panama canal
speech at Richmond, Va, was listened
10 with the greatest interest He en-.
deavored In a brief way 10 describe
the conditions as he found them, and
aroused great enthusiasm by his pre-
dlction that the canal would he opened
we'll In advance OF the official date OF
opening. January 1. 1915. He de.
clared that II necessity demanded, he
believed American battleshlps could |
be sent through the waterway by Jan.