The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
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regulations and practices, and com
prchensive changes in the methods OF
operation, are prescribed in report
made public by the interstate com,
mercc commission Of It's inyestiga lion
into the business OF the thirteen great
express companies of the United
States.
An lditarod cable says tremendous
excitement has been aroused by news
from the valley OF Alaska, district of
Kusk0kwin, Of the discovery Of cnor.
mously rich placer gold deposits. \
stampede has begun and hundreds of
miners and prOspeCtUTs are joining the
rush.
Gov, Cole l.. BlCase Of South Caro-.
lima Is fighting mad because al the
charges Of graft, ranging from traffic
In rardons to rake-Ons from blind
tigers brought against him by wit
uossps before the South Carolina leg
islatlvc committee. He suggests II
duel
Sensational charges of graft were
made against Gov Cole l.. Blrasc of
South Carolina by Detective Reed Of
the Burns agency, before the special
Investigating committee Of the South
Carolina legislature.
Three persons were killed, - in
iured and damage amounting to thou
sands OF dollars was done by rain
and wind storm which struck Mime.
Hpolis with almost tornado violence
and Is said to be the worst In recent
years, The wind blew with a velocity
of 81 miles an hour
Oscar s. Straus, formerly secretary
of commerce and labor. was elected
chairman of the arbitration commits.
sion which will pass on the wage dis.
putc between the railroads in the
Eastern Traffic associations territory.
The national Prohibition convention
concluded its labors at Atlantic City.
n. j., with the nomination Of the
party acknowledgements of four years
Rfo-Itugone W. Chain for president
and Aaron S. Watkins for yiccpresi-
dent
by vote Of 222 to !, with ten pres
Gnt but not voting, the house i'm.
poachcj Judge Robert w. Archibald Of
In" United States commerce court for
high crimes and mlsdemeanors" in
office.
Failing % sidcGack the passage Of
the clayton contempt bill by fihug
tcri"g, Minority Leader Mann finally
Welded to an overwhelming majority,
and tn hunsc by vote of 23} to Is
passed the measure.
Charles y. Hilles, secretary to the
president, viii manage the Taft re.
election campaign He was chosen
national chairman by unanimous vote
Of the subcommittee Of the nationa!
Republican committee.
Those who fee justice In the United
States hereafter will find no place In
the Western Hemisphere safe from
cXtradi'ion by signing an eXtradi.
ton treaty with Honduras the state
department closed the last refuge.
Senator IIoke Smith " Georgia is
fighting to force from the Washington
force all negro policemen.
Following the Disappearance OF
George f. Wilson. subdistrlct secre-
tary.treasurer of the United Mine
Workers Of America, from his home,
At Herrin, ILL.,, it has developed that
his accounts are short about $4,000.
The HOosier capital may lose its
potato king" price. busting mayor. I'm.
parchment proceedings to remove
Mayor Shank from office for not en-.
forcing the laws prohibiting immoral
resorts are to be begun as soon as
plans for conducting the prosecution
are completed, according to decision
reached by the Indianapolis Church
federation at the meeting OF the Y. NJ.
{. a.
Chairman Henry ID. Clayton of the
committee on judiciary OF the house OF
representatives presented to the house
13 arti lies of impeachment against
Judge Robert w. Archibald of the
United States court of commerce
Clayton'5 report was unanimous from
his committee.
Gypsy moths. which leave trees bar.
ren after few days, have struck Bos-
ton by billions. Some sections are
covered half an inch deep. This is
the first time the pest has come to
Boston.
A gas explosion in the Panama mine |
Of the Ben Franklin Coal company OF |
West Virginia, at Moundsville, w. |
Va, said to have been caused by an
open lamp carried by one of the vic
tins, killed eight men and injured
three. PROBABLY fatally.
Near San Antonio, Tex, four deaths.
hail a dozen seriously i'll and three
III is the result OF a
poisoning which resulted in
The arrest of Mexican man and won.
6n. who hal to be spirited away to
save them from lynching
Appropriations OF s250.000 for the
Iarifr board and $4,000 for the inter
waterways commission were
restored 10 the sundry civil bill re-
,or,ed by the senate.
Mrs. Addie Benjamin OF New York
rev pen pictures of stamps on let
ers which she posted and was ar
ested.