The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-01-11

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for the trial and fighting the courts
up to the point of entering the pleas
of guilty. according to statement
given out by Clarence barrow.
The status OF the seven days cold
spell follows: Coolest spot in United
States, Hayward, Wis, 40 below
Warmest places in United States. Los
Angeles, San Francisco and Tampa,
Fla, so above. Deaths--Chicago, .
Indiana. 3; Wisconsin. 2; Michigan,
2; Texas, 3: New York. 3, and ST
Louis, 2
w. Morgan Shuster's repeated rep.
RESERVATIONS 10 the cabinet of his de
sire TO leave Persia at an early date
and the consequent necessity OF re-
lieving him OF ais duties, after giving
him notice, having produced no effect.
ho transferred his books to Mr.
Cairns, his chief assistant.
An unusual tribute was paid TO the
memory of Admiral Evans by En-.
peror William OF Germany. As the
special representative of the emperor,
Commander RetZmann, the German
naval attachc, attended the funeral
and placed wreath on the bier Of
the admiral who had been intimately
known by the emperor.
Atlantic city, n. j., is to become
chaste, Under Mayor Bachrach,
cussin risque entertainment. board
walk Washers, slot machines and
gambling are TO be barred
The Hayemeycr and Elder sugar re.
tncries in Brooklyn have been closed
This action is said to be due to the
small demand for the commodity.
Governor West is opposed to cap.
itai punishment and declares that no
person shall be hanged in Oregon in
his term OF office.
4 referendum whereby the people
may place a law upon the statute
books which even II court may not
declare unconstitutional, is asked for
by former President Roosevelt in
a copyrighted editorial on Judges
and Progress" appearing in the cur
rent issue of the Outlook.
The Night and Day bank OF Kansas
CITY, Kas., was closed by an order Of
Assistant State Examiner Watson
Depositors had confused the closing
Of the Kansas City (Mt) bank OF
the same name, and n three days run
resulted, $4,000 IN email sums be
ing drawn out.
b. b. Bush, president Of the Mis-.
souri, Pac.hc.lron Mountain lines. was
elected President OF the Denver a Rio
Grande railway at q meeting of the
directors. Inc Denver & Rio Grande
also controls the Western Pacific. AS
the president II the Rio Grandc, he
Will exercise authority in its manage.
ment.
The banks of the United States
were swindlCd out OF $15,l00,O 600 IN
l91l by forgcries, according to Albert
S. Osborn, handwriting EXPERT
DR.. Sun Vat Sen vas installed ps
provisional president OF the republic
OF China at Marking II Is stated
here that Yuan Shi Hai, the premier.
las reprimanded Tang Sha VI, the
government commissioner to the
peace conference, Tor his republican
procliyities and his acquiescence in
the views of the rebels.
Four persons were fatally injured,
while another was seriously hurt,
when street car jumped from the
central bridge which connects Cincin.
natl. o.. with Newport. Ky.
One death by violence every thirty.
four hours was the toll taken on life
In New York city during 1911 by the
criminal element The total for all
the boroughs is 257 honicIdes.
The figures OF the census of Bel.
GUM, taken In 1910, show that the
population of the country now nun.
bers 7423,7Si. an increase of 730,236
since 1900
The British government took over
all public telephones of the National
Telephone company and now controls
every public telephone ia the United
Kingdom.
A dozen or more towns on branch
railroad lines in the western part OF
Kansas have been cut OFF from the
world by snow blockades for nearly
ten days, and frantic appeals are com.
Ing to the state public utilities com
mission to force the railroads TO hur-
ry the opening OF the lines.
Warden NJ. NJ. Meyer OF the federal
penltentiary at Atlanta. Ca, made a
formal statement declaring that Chas.
w. Morse, the convicted New York
banker, had offered him what he con.
strued to be bride shortly after
Morse became a prisoner at the in
stitution.
Rear Admiral hobley D. Evans,
Fighting Bob" to IN admiring nation,
died suddenly at his hong in Wash.
ington. Acute indigestion ended the
career of one of the NEST popular OF.
foers in the navy. lilo was III less
than two hours. Admiral Evans was
born Go years ago In Floyd county,
Virginia.
Alfred Tennyson Diskens. who was
the eldest surviving son Of Charles
Dickens. the novelist. and godson of