The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-01-06
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
TERsELY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST. SOUTH AND WEST
Notes From Foreign Lands, Through
IT the Nation, and Particularly
the Great Southwest.

oI 'ulUiEEuhE Sl,sDV from the blu''.
Thomas 4. Petit, whom Breeland sue.
cocdod, recently completed term Of
sin months In prison for a similar OF.
Tense
SIX million dollars IN holiday pres
cuts is the amount Tom WaEguu,r,
Fort Worth millionaire banker, ranch
man and capitalist gave to his three
children.
An unusual case came 10 a close
IN the Morgan county courts at Mar
tinsyIllc, Ind. when Miss Catherine
lIcndy Of indianapolis received yer
dict Of $1,000 against the lniiauap'
oils Traction and Terminal Co for
malicious prosecution
While her parents were searching
for her in the fear that she had be.
come lost en- route alone from PO-
mona TO Los Angeles, Dorothy TAFT,
aged II, a cousin Of President Taft.
was safe with friends Of the family
IN Sawtellc. Cal
The coroncrs jury brought In
verdict declaring In formal way tnat
the California Special wreck near
Trenton. Mo, was caused by spread
ing rails The woman who was among
the killed has been identified as "a
G. HcdrCk Of Chicago
+. H. JCrmyn, one Of the wealthiest
coal mine operators In the United
States, was struck down and fatally in.
jurcd by a street car in san Francisco
llerburt Turner son Of Ell Turner,
farmer living near Indianapolis. Ind,
was Killed Saturday while jumping on
trains
Winfield Gibson, resident Of Nun.
hall. Pa shot and killed his wife,
seriously wounded son, fired three
shots at his fleeing daughter and then
killed himself
Charles W. Morse, the convicted
banker, was taken to the federal pris-
on AT Atlanta, Ga, Sunday, to serve a
IL year sentence.
At Trenton, Mo, the CorOners jury
brought In verdict declaring in for.
NAL way that the California special
wreck near that city was caused by
spreading rails.
Simon Hudson, convict In the Ne
braska prison, stole a pint of wood al
Coh0l from the prison broom factory,
drank it, and is now totally blind
Officers Of the American Federation /.
of Labor have issued call on its l..
$4,000 members to subscribe to a
fund with which to wage a fight on the |
steel trust. The sum Of Sl5i,O0O is TO .
be raised at once.
Mrs. Josie Hunter a young and rich. |
ly dressed woman. was found dead In .
n statcrOom Of a Southern Pacific train .
from Los Angeles Friday The body
was taken OF the train AT Cotton,
where an inquest was held and a yer.
diet returned that death was due TO an
overdose of ChlorofOrm with intent un.
known.
by margin OF 2.iGj votes over the
necessary twpthirds majority voters
OF san Frapcisco have declared for
the municipal ownership and operation
of the Gcary street railway and its ok.
tentions,
a slight earthquake shock was felt
at Portland. Ore, Thuraday afternoon.
Mrs, Mary Shcehan, 70 years old,
died at St Louis from burns suffered
when her dress ignted from u stove
near which she was sitting.
An invitation TO address the Royal
Society of Antwerp, Bel.
glum, was received by Commander X.
T.. Peary.
Count Tolstoi's condition was re.
ported as favorable by the attending
physicians at his home In Yasnaya,
Poliana. The count has rheumatism
and influenza. He is 81 years old.
Fire In the plant of the NJ Kahn
Glass company. St. Louis did damage
estimated at $4,000 The blaze was
spectacular and attracted large
crowd, which watched the fremen
work for several hours, notwithstand.
ing the fact that the thermometer
registered zero.
Applicants are not tum bling madly {
over themselves In an effort to obtain
Jobs as census enumerators and {
United States Census Director Durand {
8 considerably perturbed over the
of men willing to earn gov. {
,rnment money. The difficulty is in /
he West and South and especially in {
lie cities.
Governor Hughes of New York au-
horized the return 10 New Jersey OF {
'a-oline b. Martin and Mrs. Mary d
mead. who are detained In New York |
pom the charge Of being implicated s
a the murder OF Mrs. Ocey w. NJ. O
mead in New York on November 90. s
An indictment was returned by the :
hamilton county (Ohio) grand jury
galnst w. Kelsey Schoepf, head OF
nc Cincinnati Traction Co., charging I
allure to keep the temperature In GER I
lin street cars up to the standard OF Il
D degrees Fahrenheit. provided by /
,atute. b