The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-11-09
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Pacific coast Rodgers reached Pasa
dcna, completing 4.23l miles from
New York in "A flying time Of 4,s9.
minutes. lie started from New Yorl
September II.
Or Frederick \. Cook, explorer. wa.
passenger on the North German
Lloyd steamer George Washington
which sailed from Southampton. Epg
land for New York
With all the ceremony. the CLINT Of
arms and the blarc of trumputs so be-
loved by tho Latin races, Francisco
], Madero, Jr., was inauguratcd prcsl
dent of the Republic Of Mexico.
DR.. Wa Ting Fang, formerly Chi
hesc minister to the United States.
mas accepted the post OF secretary Of
foreign affairs under the provisional
government, under which Ii Yuan
Hong is head.
n Chinese report that PckIn has faI.
len and the emperor has fed has
caused 4 sensation at Shanghai, but
kilograms from Pekin fail to confirm
the runnor II is thought the rosort
was intended to assist the rebels
The officials of the state dcpari.
mcht and Of the department OF Jus.
tee are deeply Interested in the pres.
encc Of Gen Bernardo Reyes. the
Mexican leader. at San Antonio. TIE,
The department Of Justice is cunsld.
cring the question whether GoncraI
Reyes is subject to deportation as an
undesirable alien
The United States Steel CORPORA.
flon this season has shipped to tho
Duluth docks 100000 tons Of iron
ore from the IAN ore lands on the
Mcaaha range The term of the lease
call for minimum shipment Of B.
100000 tons.
The London Daily Trlorrarh.- f.,
Min correspondent says ne is reliably
informed that Yuan Shi Kat haas urar
ideally arranged a ten wccks arms
tco with ia" rebel .runrlIaa.mD
rhi. will permit Yuan to come i'm.
m"du'.Iy to Pokin and form cab.
iuut
Attorney General Wirk.rshams 60.
port NJ his investigation Of the Ng
tional cry bank case virtually
charges the National cry company
with h,ur on embryo money trust
controlled by the National city bank
for holding stocks in other financial
tn contrayuntiOn Of IN" |
banking law
Receiving dry" majority OF 1850 |
three years ago Columbus county. |
Ohio. went wet" by a majority OF
more than 1000 votes
Jacob Naumun, Il farmer 60 years
old. committed suicide by hanging |
near Craig. Mo. Nauman was the IA
ther OF twenty seven children and |
had been married twice
Tho vets won victory In ricka,
way county, Ohio, in the election by
the decisive majority Of ST votes.
The county was voted dry in 1903 by
a majority Of 200.
General Caneva, commanding the
italian army In Tripol. has been cap.
.ured by the Turks, according to an
official report given out at the war
at Constantinople. ConsId
cradle doubt ia expressed in foreign
diplomatic circles here as to the ac-
,uracy OF the statement.
The amalgamation OF London'B cleo.
ric trubcs and railroads and the Lon.
lon General Omnibus company has
been agreed on. Much
American money Is invested in the
airoads The combined capital OF
he undertaking Is estimated at $780,
100000
The Turkish newspapers reduce the
story of the capture of Tripoli by the
Turks to more moderate limits 1t
seems the first accounts were based
lpon the events of last Thursday,
\ hen the Italians, as has been admit.
ed, withdrew from part OF their ad
,anced positions.
Senator Smith OF Michigan, who is
spending the winter at Santa Ana,
Ial, announced that the committee
IN territories. OF which he is chair
nan, would make trip to Alaska
,ext summer.
The 18th anniversary OF the acces'
ion OF King George to the throne Of
ireece was celebrated through his
with the exception OF the
Emperor of Austria.Hungary, King
George has reigned longer than any
'thcr living sovereign of Europe.
The use OF fermented wine for sac
amental purposes In churches was
denounced before the delegates OF the
18th annual national convention OF
he W. c. r. U. at Milwaukee.
Secretary OF War Stlmson declared
himself In favor Of the Taylor sys-
EN- Of scientific shop management
gainst which labor unions have been
ghtlng and which recently was dis.
arded by the navy department after
bitter contest
Robert M. La Toilette and William
ennlngs Bryan may debate the tariff
{ the University OF Illinois this win.
Or, according to plans announced by
ne Lincoln League OF Students. Both
ava accantad inyitatinus tn deiivar |