The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-29
NEWS
or THE
WEEK

August ls, with the avowed intention
Of cndeayoring TO conciiatc the riyvl
political factions, arrived at Pckn.
He was given a magnificent reception.
Amnes,y to those in arms against
the government of Mexico Is ended
and the suspension Of guarantees be
gan. HCnCeiorth, prisoners OF war
may be executed
President Taft signed the Panama
canal bill Following this he sent to
Congress a memorandum suggesting
the adyisability OF the passage of
resolution which would declare that
this measure was not considered by
this goyernm Mt a violation of the
treaty provisions regarding the canal
Brig Gen f.. V. Summer. II years
old, L. S. a, died at the Preside Hos.
pital He was born ut Carlisle, Pa.
He served throughout the ciyll war,
and participated IL the Indian wars in
the West
President Taft sent TO the senate
the nomination OF Mai Bcechcr b
Ray, u. y. A.. to be deputy paymaster.
general with the rank Of lieutenant
colonel
With the mercury lowering above
the 100 mark and while thirsty
crowd looked on regretiully federal
officers consigned $4,000 pints of beer
TO sewer The bottles had been
rebilled from Oklahoma CITY.
Thirty.eight persons were injured,
eight Of them badly, In wreck OF
Pore Marquette passenger train and
dummy train at the Superior lime
kiln siding near Petoskey, Mich
President Taft signed the naval sp.
preparation bill carrying $l23,22O,7OI
and providing for one dreadnAught TO
cost not more than Sl5,oOo,O00
Thirty thousand laborers were sent
from Chicago to meet the demand Of
wheat growers In the west and north.
west for harvest workers according
to estimates of immigration agents
for several railroad companies.
Republican leaders In China started
a strong movement In favor Of an
immediate national election Their
plan is to vote President Yuan Shi
Rai out of the Office OF provisional
president.
The Dublin prison officials are feed.
ing Mrs. Mary Leigh and Miss Gladys
Evans forcibly The two women are
the suffragettes sentenced to five
years penal seryitude for trying to
burn the Theater Royal They start.
cd a hunger strike in prison.
Scores OF arrests were made in Rio
de Janeiro. following battle between
troops and striking Fteyedores, in
which more than 200 we're killed or
wounded More fighting is threat.
ened
Fire destroyed the main tent OF the
Ringing Brothers circus at Sterling,
ILL.,, causing logs Of 100000 The
tent, poles and seats were destroyed
unconhrmed rumors In San Fran.
cisco that DR. sun Vat Sen. first pro,
visional president Of China, had been
assassinated in Pekin by the soldiers
of President Yuan Shi Kai. caused
wild excitement in Chinatown.
The FL Paso Juarez port was open.
ed by the United States troops. fol.
lowing the occupation of JuareZ by
1000 Mexican federal troops. Crowds
were allowed to cross to Juarez with.
out the formality of passports.
SeVenty.fye persons were injured,
some seriously, when the grand stand
behind the speakers platform gave
way and sank TO the ground during
the Marshall notification exercises at
Indianapolis.
mass meeting Of Montenegrins
at Cettinje protested against alleged
atrocities committed by Turks in the
Albania district of Beruua, on the
Montenegrin frontier where many
Christians have been massacred
A special committee appointed by
Gov. Harmon to investigate and rec.
ommend reyisons in the Ohio state
laws effecting children, reported urg.
ing the establishment Of pension
system for widowed mothers
Roosevelt presidential electors
we're chosen by the Republicans in
the recent primary in Kansas by a
tors, according 10 official figures com.
pleted by the secretary of state.
VIM. Bramwell Booth. eldest son OF
the late VIM. Booth, commander of
the Salvation Army. has been appoint.
ed head OF the army to succeed his
father
Anna Held the musical comedy
actress, was granted an interlocutory
decree Of divorce from Florence Zieg-
fried. Jr., in the supreme court.
Senator Penrose, replying to a let
ter recently published, purportins TO
show that John d. Archbold of the
Standard Oil company had sent him
$4,000 in 1904, declared In speech
in the senate that the monuey was
part OF a contribution OF SIPS 200 made
by the STANDARD Oil company to the
presidential campaign.
Nearly the entire detachment OF 500
Nicaraguan troops comprising the
garrison of the city of Leon, to the
north Of Managua, was massacred by
a force of insurgents. according TO