The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15
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one which has been in constant use
since 1881.
The highest diplomatic Significance
10 attached to the announcement made
BY President Taft at the White House
that Secretary of State Knox will gu
TO Japan as the representative OF the
president at the funeral ceremonies
Of the mikado OF Japan
The Seattle wash city council
enacted over Mayor CUitrells veto
the so.called antl.red flag ordinance
which provides that when any flag
is carried In a procession the Ameri.
can flag shall be borne with equal
prominence.
The battlcship Nebraska ran on an
rnchartcd shoal near Newport, r. L..
and was so seriously damaged that
she has been ordered to dry dock at
the Boston navy yard. The nagship
Connecticut, about the same time
broke her starboard crank shaft, and
has been ordered TO Philadelphia for
repairs.
Senator Mark Smith Of Arizona has
q new plan for forcing an early ad.
tournment OF congress. III we could
only abolish the Congressional Rec
erd, We would not be here five min.
utes," said he. IF men want to make
speeches, let them hire a reporter and
pay for having them printed
-Four Franciscans in English mon.
asterles received instructions from
the pope to 20 to the putumayo dis
trict In South Africa to investigate
charges Of atrocities upon the natives
by rubber dealers.
More than half million dollars Of
old paper money, washed and iruncd
70 the Crispncss Of new IN the govern.
ments currency laundry, was placed
In circulation. This lot represents
Uncle Sans first COB as a laundryman.
Milwaukee union men affiliated
with the Federated Trades Council are
refusing to drink beer served retail
from kegs. The unusual boycott was
called to aid the striking Coopers
union in local breweries
Mary Leigh. sufrrapctte, who was
tried in Dublin on the charge OF
wounding John 4. Redmond. leader OF
the Irish parliamentary party. with a
Ratchet she had thrown at Premier
Asquith's carriage, July 10, was sen.
fenced to FIVE years Imprisonment.
Nick Cave. who was nominated for
linn t0f g H,.1
county, Mo. received every vote cast
In Galloway township, where he was
born and reared
Representative Gardner OF Massa.
chusetts RepJ in the course Of
speech on the house steel trust In.
vestigating committees report. chal.
iengcd Col, Roosevelt 20 make plain
his attitude on the trust problem
The secretary of agriculture has is.
sued an order, effective August Is, by
which the quarantine to prevent the
spread Of scabics in cattle is lifted
from the entire state of Kansas and
certain counties in South Dakota, Ne.
braska and Texas
A. J. DAILY, Democratic national com.
mitteeman from Alaska, who commit
ted suicide on a river steamer near
Fairbanks, Alaska, will be buried at
Hot Springs, Alaska The coroner's
jury found that DAILY suddenly went
insane.
Exoneration Of Secretary OF Agricul
ture Wilson from any blame in con.
nectiOn with the so.called Everglades
scandal" in his department will be the
majority report of the investigating
committee, members said.
The English house OF commons has
adjourned till October Z. Except FOR
break OF few days at Easter and
again at Whitsuntide. the house had
been in session exactly seven months
Bishop Patrick A. Ludden, Catholic
bishop OF the Syracuse IN " do.
cese. died after lingering illness.
An army OF reporters hunting the
stork is something New York never
saw before, and Fifth avenues inter.
est is about equally divided between
the doings of the newspaper contin-
gent and events in the Astor mansion,
where Col John Jacob Astor's posthu.
nous 50 10000 baby daily Is expected.
Miss Maud Powell, a ;hIna medical
who was thought to have
been lost on the Titanic. appeared at
her home in Washington, Pa, where
funeral services for her had been held. |
Showing friskiness his years be. |
lie, Uncle Joe Cannon, AZ a dinner OF |
the Congressional Dog Days Club"
defeated all rivals by high kicking
Ieet inches
Arthur E. Boyd, banker and city |
died at Aberdeen, S. d.. |
of burns caused by an explosion Of
gas In bank vault which he had en-.
cred while holding lighted match.
Miss Jessie Mckenzie OF Minot, n.
D., was saved from drowning in the
Mouse river by a tramp. Two hours
alter the tramp was arrested for va.
Robert W. Speer, former mayor OF
Denver, Colo, and owner OF the Den
er Times. was found guilty of con-
empt OF court by Judge Hubert Shat
ock and was sentenced to five days In
NIL and a fine of $1,000 and half the |