The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-04

ucdu from ms Sulky IN the stretch
Dot Mckinney. his mare, finished first
In the race. circled the track and trot
ted to her stable.
A monument to Wilbur Wright. the
first birdman OF the world Is TO be
erected at Pau, II plans non under
way materialiZe 1t was at Paul that
Wright startled the world by his GUS.
tanned flights. In the meantime there
Is movement on foot to change the
name Of some street in Paris to that
of the premier aviator.
Having just finished marketing a
$lOOO,O0O strawberry crop, the Ozark
district in Missouri 10 now. preparing
for the picking packing and shipment
OF the greatest fruit and vegetable
crop in its history, one that will bring
several more million dollars into the
pockets Of the gardeners and fruit
growers of this district.
All the negro soldiers of the four
| companies Of the Twcntyhfth infau.
try, the Brownsville regiment" sta.
| TONED at Fort Lawton. are confined in
! quarters IN an cndcayOr to Identify a
soldier who is said to have attacked
/ Mrs. Pratt white woman, In front
OF her home.
Farmers in Bates and Vernon. Mo.
counties cut their wheat to save it
from ravages Of chinch bugs. The
bugs are the worst in 20 years, and
unless the farmers get plenty Of rain
soon, II Ia feared, will destroy the
crop. Farmers are using the drag TO
get rid OF The bugs but with little ma.
terial results.
American engineering methods will
be taught to young Turks by Lyman
A. Scipio, graduate OF Purdue uni.
versity, class of 1908, who has been
appointed to be at the head of the
new graduate engineering department
OF Roberts college at Constantinoplr.
for term of three years
Tn" undertakers and the ministers
OF Kansas are going to join In move.
mcnt to bring about reform In fu
ncrals. There is entirely too much
foolish ceremony about funerals. the
under'akers believe, and the minis.
tiers fully agree with them Accord
ingly they are going to join hands
to bring about these reforms.
dispatch from Picking says Presi .
dent Yuan Shi Kai has accepted the
resignation Of Premier Tang Shao vi 1
who Is suffering from nervous break.
down and contemplates trip abroad. /
The eleventh presidential conven.
ton OF the National Prohibition party .
VIII be held at Atlantic City, n. j.,
July 10, II and II.
The United States transport Sheri
dan, with four companies of trnoDs
for ST. Michael and Fort Davis. is
still imprisoned in the ice, which is
drifting toward the Arctic ocean.
A disastrous cloudburst Ave miles
northwest of Estancia, n. NJ, in the
Estancia valley rendered many set.
tiers homeless and it is believed
caused loss of life a wall of water
six feet high swept down on the town.
Governor hldrch of Nebraska has
decided TO remain In the regular Re.
publican party. lie announced he
would not serve on the committee of !
eighteen appointed by Governor John. ,
ION OF California, 10 organize the new
Roosevelt Progressive party. nor take ,
part in any boiling program.
Only the quick acton OF police. -,
nan prevented fist fight between ,
iov. Cole l.. Blease and Ira b. Jones. =,
ormerly chief Justice of the supreme !,
curt at campaign meeting at Flor.
nee, S. c.
The Boston Herald announced its
of the Boston Traveller, an =
Ifternoon paper.
a hotel thief at Baltimore Temporal
~ stranded Senator and Mrs Thomas
). Gore OF Oklahoma. The senator's |
'ife, who always escorts her blind T.
usband, returned with him to their )
otel Immediately after the convon-
ion adjourned to find that $l25 which 4
he had left in their room had been G.
iolen.
Several women were dubbed so Sc c
liusly by the police that they were c,
tken to hospitals when an attempt CT
as made to Gisperse crowd OF =,
omen in the west and Jewish quar-.
n OF Boston who were supporting
lie kosher meat boycott by attacking
ores In Chambers street.
Samuel Gompers and Frank Nor.
son OF the American Federation of
abor, recently sentenced to one year
nd nine months in jail, respectively,
n contempt OF court, filed an appeal
ON Justice Wright's decision and
ave bail. Execution OF their sen.
nee was stayed.
Pethick Lawrence, who. with his
fe and Mrs. Emmelne Pankhurst,
as sentenced to nine months impris-
ment at the Old Bailey sessions
ay %, on the charge of conspiracy
ID melting their followers to mali
)us damage of property, has been Z
'erated.
President Taft sent to congress a
port of his economy and efficiency
mmission with the recommendation
At reforms suggested be adopted. !
One man was drowned and 700 pas. i
myers taken from the excursion l
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