The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-05-02

Frederick Dent Grant.
Ihe general bazaar quarters in Da
mascus have been destroyed by fire
Several persons were killed and many
injured and the damage Ia estimated
at $l000O,OOO.
a Turkish imperial decree MAS is
sued sanctionlng the decision of til,
council Of ministers expelling Italian,
from Constantinoplc on account OF III,
recent attack by Italian warships OF
forts lining the Dardanelles.
Bonnott, chief Of the motor car
bandits who have terrorizcd Franc,
for more than three months. and his
confederate, Dubois, met death after a
battle in which the police and military
forces fought for five hoLrs against
the desperadOes
1t Is understood to be the intention
of the government to file a suit IN
equity for the dissolution of the Inter.
nation Harvester company.
DR.. Francis Bacon, an eminent sur.
Gean and alienist and a recognize
authority on yellow fever died al his
home in New Haven. Conn, in the
cighty'tirst year Of his age
J, b Yates of Argos, Ind, was prob.
ably fatally injured and a score of
others were more or less in urpd in
the wreck Of the fast mail on the Wa.
bash road, between Antwerp, O., and
Grabill, Ind.
The voyage OF the White Star liner
Olympic, which has been held up of
the Isle of Wight since the Gremon
and oilers mutinied because they
claimed the life.saving equipment waa
inadequate, was abandoned.
The Missouri river, swollen by the
spring thaw, is threatening to make A
great change in It's channel south Of
Council BIuhs, la. and unless some.
thing causes its current to flow in
another direction n slice OF territory
sixty miles long and ten miles wide
will soon be on the west instead of the
cast side OF the river.
Representatives OF soft coal mine
owners OF Ohio. western Pennsylvania.
Illinois and Indiana. and OF the United
Mine Workers of those states, signed
the wage agreement ratified by the
recent referendum vote OF the miners.
Warned by a telephone operator
that the Mrevllle dam had broken.
500 persons residing in the Valley
Essex county, N. Y. fled to
the hills and then watched the torrent
wash their homes away.
The United States cruiser Maryland
~as struck by torpedo during tor.
Dedo practice near Los Angeles, Cal
The torpedo is said to have pierced
me Of the plates. flooding d compart.
ncnt
Iowa Republicans in their state and
conventions at Cedar
rapids increased President Taft's list
If delegates to the national cunycn.
ion from Iowa TO sixteen and rejected
he "favoritc son" candidacy Of Sen.
ltor Albert y. Cummins This was
accomplished by majority OF IL
,otes.
The convention OF tho Irish Nation.
list party in Dublin voted unanimous
y to accept and indorse the Asquith .
One rule bill, proposed In the house
( commons by the Liberal govern
lent
The squadron of Italian warshps
'hich has been operating recently In
he Aegean Sea and near the entrance
0 the Dardanelles has seized the
turkish island Of Stampaiia and has
established its base there.
An appropriation of $1,5OO,O0O for
losing tho crcynsses in the Missis.
Ippi river lcvees in anticipation of
Irther rises In June was voted By the
nnate,
A strenuous militant plea for the
of the Philippine Isl.
nds was made to the house In a re.
ort submitted by Chairman Jones Of
lie house committee on insular af
irs. The measure offered provides
~ lit HlHuudl ldhiHB over DN the
iIpinos of the duties OF government
nd gives them absolute independence
1921.
BY a vote OF p to Is the house
lopted the ruje resolution giving the
mixing and currency committee
over to investigate the money trust.
Missouri will send eight delegates
large. each with half vote, and
INSTRUCTED, TO the Republican ma.
onal convention in Chicago.
The Anchor Line steamer Gamer.
Tia, which arrived from Glasgow. en-.
large icebergs in latitude
81 longitude 4S:0G. on April IS.
1t is reported In Mexico City that
Milo Gomez, who was declared pro.
sional president at the opening of
q present revolution. has written to
adcro offering to surrendc. Gomez
said to deny having any connection
tn the revolt led by Gen, Orozco. {
Forly-seven passengers, all but ono
liens OF the United States. who ar.
'ed at Galveston, Tex. from Vera
NJ on the steamer Texas. tell of tor. l
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