The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-12-21

by New York jury OF an attempt 10
kill w. T.. d. Stokes. win now proceed
to sue Mr., Stokes for damages for
false Imprisonment and malicious
prosecution.
Stockholders OF the American Su
gar Refining company will be called
upon at the next annual meeting TO
approve a plan to provide pensions to
the company's 1900 officers and EN-.
ployee.
One OF the greatest railroad strikes
in the history OF the United States,
not excepting the American Railway
unions walkout In 1893, which will
involve 100000 shopmen employed on
western and southern railroads, was
forecast when leaders called con.
ference at 81. Louis
Special dispatches from Paris and
Teheran give the rumor that an uc.
cord has been arrived at between
Russia and Persia through the con.
feronces which the Russian foreign
minister. NJ. Sazonoff, had In Paris
with the Persian minister.
1t is announced that the control Of
one Of pittsburgs foremost indus.
tries, the pittsburg Provision and
Packing company has been turned
over to the Armour interests OF Chi.
cago
That the United States Steel cor.
poration has arbitrarily and unrea.
| sOnably' maintained an excessive
railroad rate on iron ore on it's sub.
sidiary railroad from lake points on
the Pitlsburg district was the charge
made By Senator Oliver OF Penasyl-
yania before the Stanley steel inves,
tigating committee.
Attacking the entire financial sys
tenn OF the country, Representative
L!ndbergh (RopJ Minnesota, APP
poarcd before the rules committee OF
the house to support the resolution
providing for a special committee to
Investigate the money trust"
Former Mayor Eugene T.. Schmitz
Of San Francisco will be brought to
I trial some time next month on one
of the fourteen indictments pending
against him as result OF the bribery
graft investigation
Mrs Lucy Griffith, rs years old.
was indicted at Benton. Ky, on the
charge OF poisoning her husband, I'D.
ward Griffith. last April The trial
Will be held next June. A previous
grand jury failed to find q bill Mrs.
Griffith Is out on bond.
Rev. Charles NJ Brewer. formerly a
chaplain in the i.iuy, now pastor Of
Baptist churct at Olustee, Okl.. is
accused in confession OF Private
Michael Quirk of implication In a ser
les of mysterious explosions at Fort
| Riley. Kan.
| Declaring absinthe dangerous to
health the pure food board Of tho de.
it's importation into the United States
should be prohibited after January l
| next.
Mile. Camelli, former flance OF Ca.
russo, the singer, has been acquitted
| OF Il charge OF slandering the tenor
at Milan. Italy. 1t is said Caruso
paid her $4,000 to withdraw her
breach OF promise suit.
The jury in the case OF Miss Har-
riet Dewitt OF Easton, Pa. accused OF
being the writer of anonymous letters
that caused scandal in church circles
In Easton, rendered verdict OF not
guilty.
Christmas cheer will be brought to
senators, representatives and the
army OF employees around the national
capitol ms a result Of action taken
| by the house Saturday The efficiency
bill was reported and passed. This
measure carries the annual appropri.
alton TO cover the cost of travel to
senators, representatives and dele
gates in congress from their homes in
Washington.
A jury In the federal court at
Cleveland. o., awarded the Hailey-0la
Coal company $30,507.72 damages
against the Globe Oil company OF
Cleveland for losses caused In an ex-
plosion in the Haileyyille tOkla.)
mine, August 20, 1908.
Chicago was awarded the Repub-
lican national convention for 1912.
Tuesday, June Is. is the day set for
the holding of the convention. John
+. Hill, ex-governor OF Maine, was
elected chairman OF the national com
mittee.
A report spread at the capital that
the efforts of the state department
to procure more liberal treatment for
American Jewish citizens In Russia
had resulted In a tentative agreement
| for the modification OF the Russian
restrictions which might prove sat
isfactory solution of the KEYED ques-
lion
One OF the taxicab bandits who
are alleged TO have killed Mrs. Hat
tie Kaufman in Chicago on December
2. big Fred" Boneham, was arrested
near Oakland, ILL.,. by Chicago detec.
| tives.
Fire swept through Luna Park al
Coney Island, New York, and caused
a loss estimated at $250.000.
Five men have been brought alive