The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-11-24
NEWS Of THE WEEK
LATEST EVENTS OF THE WORLD
TERsELY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Happenings in Foreign Lands and
Throughout the Nation Chron.
icled In Paragraphs.

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ny his Curtiss biplane at Denver on
the third attempt he rose ten feet and
then crashed 20 the ground within
fifty yards Of the spot where Ralph
tombstone met death, Pllagers Of the
type which fought over Johnstone's
body for souvenir bits OF wreckagc
Bwarmed out upon the track. but were
driven back by mounted police, reveal.
ing Mars unhurt
The town jail at Al!enville, No, IN
Cape Girardcau county. was destroyed
by fire. Mike Daniels. the lone prs-
oner. was incinerated.
Friends OF United States Senator
Thomas II. Carter who was defeated
Tor reelection at the recent election
On Montana, say that the senator has
been rendered an appointment as
member Of the supreme court, to fiji
the vacancy caused by the retirement
Of Associate Justice Moody.
Governor.Elect Eugene F. Foss Of
Massachusetts has issued Il statement
In which he demands that Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge withdraw from
the field for reelection. In the event
OF refusal, Mr. Foss declared he
would 20 into every section of the
commonwealth in campaign to de.
feat the senator.
Ceremonies in the 1ullcres garden,
Paris, IN connection with the dedica-
ton OF statue erected to memory
OF Jules Ferry the French statesman,
were married by an assault upon
Premier BRAND, who. while walking
with President Fallicrcs, was struck
twice In the face by Royalst. The
premier was not seriously hurt.
John Ford and bis wife. Leila Ford,
were found guilty at Duquocn, Ark"
of the murder Of win Nichols, former
member OF the Arkansas legislature,
and sentenced to be hanged January
20, the defendants waving the two
days allowed by law between conyic-
ton and sentence.
President Taft was told by Lieut..
Col. Goethals. chief engineer Of con.
structiou that the Panama canal
would be completed in 1915, and that
the cost will be kept within the est.
mate of $37J, 100000, He believes that
the waterway will be ready for the
experimental passage of ships year
earlier, but he insist that before the
canal Is opened to the commerce OF
the world year SHOULD be- devoted to
testing purposes,
Startling charges against some OF
the high officials o! the machinists
union are made In sworn confessions
of T. T. Sweeney nd ". G owens,
former employees Of the Missouri Pa.
cIic railroad In the shops at Sedalia,
Mo, who were convicted and sen
fenced To serve six months In jail on
n charge OF malicious destruction OF
property. Sweeney and Owens plead.
ed guilty to placing steel filings and
emery dust in the bearings Of loco.
motives and machinery at the instiga'
ton of the leaders OF the striking
machiuists.
A plan to unonize the school teach
ers of the United States Is the aim OF
a resolution now before the American
Federation OF Labor In session In St
Louis.
Andrew Carnegie celebrated his 10Th
birthday by making gift OF S3,5O0OOO
20 the Carnegie Technology schools
sn Pittsburg, Of which 81 10000 is for
building and equipment and S2,000,0O0
for endowment
The population of Indiana Is ZOO.
SIG. according to the census Just made
public. This Is an increase Of lS4,4ii,
or 7.3 per sent over 2,5l6iO2 in 1900
The increase from 1890 10 1900 was
324,05S, or l4,S per cent.
Further declines in all meat quota.
tions, both wholesale and retail, are
probable, according to dealers, prices
20 show Il gradual easing off until the
first of the year The abundance oil
meat, together with the bumper corn
crop and the consequent normal prices
of that cereal, is given as the cause
for the present slump.
The attempt of about IA railroads
operating between the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers TO resume advances
I'm ates already condemned from
Washington was thwarted by a sus-
pension order announced by the Inter
state Commerce commission In what
10 known as the Mum
ger case of Kansas City.
Because Lee Adds, 10 years old,
son OF MIR. and Mrs. Peter Adds, was
pronounced not strong enough phys
ically to continue his studies at the
Holly (Mich.) high school, he took his
life by hanging himself from a rsfter
in his fathers barn.
In an experiment TO test the effect
of an unconfined explosion OF nitro
glycerin the monitor Puritan was 30
badly wrecked in Hampton Roads aft
or two charges OF 200 pounds each
had been exploded against her after
turret that she came near going to
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