The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-12-12
A Belgrade dispatch to the London

| votes. although h" VIII have but II
OF the states u electoral votes, The
other two viii BE- cast for wilson
Cholera is causing great havoc In
the native quarters Of tho Turkish cap
i'al. 1t was officially admitted That
more than 1000 cases have occurred
in ~ days and that half OF them have
been fatal,
Emperor Nicholas and the members
Of the Russian imperial family are
greatly upset by the determination OF
m" cmp"rors only brother Grand
Duke Michael Aulruyitch, definitely
10 rcuounco his rights Of succession to
the throne
Under tie Borden governmental
temporary naval policy, announced by
the premier IN the commons, rarao.
mont is asked to vote $35.uJ0.uUU !pI
the construction ot three supordrcad
ualrhta, to be the strongest IN a.,
world
Edward Bailey and William NJ
Johnson, convicted in St Louis in
1871 Of illegally manufacturing col.
orrd ol""marraru" and sentenced to
a years Imprisonment and $1,000 fine
each, were plrdonud by President
TAFT ON paymen, OF t25 each
Postmaster General Hitchcock &c..
sued an order authorizing all pOstmas
tors ru deliver santa Claus" letters
To- such charitable institutions as may
desire to give attention to the re-
0uos's the letters contain.
Judge IIough. in he United State.
district court At New YORK, dismissed
IN" indictment against tn" sugar trust
The Indictment, which was returned
July ]. 1909, was founded on the
trusts acD in closing the Pennsylvania
Sugar reclining company in 1903
The most productive year in the
history OF the United States has
drawn to close, according to tn,
annual report Of Secretary OF Agricui
ture Wilson to the president, just
made public. BasIHg his figures on
the census Of wealth production on
farms, Secretary Wilson values the
grand total Uf the 1912 crop at $3.50,
100000. Besides the production of the
soil this amount includes the live
stock output
Charging that they had been driven
to desperation by the forces arrayed
against them the local textile strikers
appealed to Governor Dix OF New
York TO send the state militia to Lit
D.. Sol .
tonal rights
Seven more indictments were 70.
turned by the Jefferson county, o.,
grand jury IN the investigation OF al.
legged election Irregularities. This
makes total of fifteen now returned.
Five per cent is the rate quoted by
brokers for insurance against birth u!
twins in London. It also is possible
to insure against a child which might
deprive one Of an estate or title
Mrs. John James Lonsstrcet, widow
Of General Longstrcct Of civil war
fame, and a Roosevelt supporter, will
not be removed az postmIstrcss OF
GAINESVILLE, Ga, according to an an
uUuncemcnt made by Postmaster Gen.
cral Hitchcock.
In New York the Wuman's Health
Protective association has invented
2crnt luncheon for working people. II
IS said to be whocsOm2 and filling
The Chicago EYening World, form.
erly the Daily Socialist, suspended
publication, owing to financial trOu-
bles. At the height Of the prcssmeu's
aud stcrcotypcrs' strike last spring
tn" circulation oil the World exceeded
100000
At Johannesburg South Africa,
lightning struck down seventeen
mourncrs while they were standing at
a grave one was killed and FIVE 30
severely injured their lives are de.
SPARED Of
Mrs. Joseph Lang. the bride Of one
day, who shot aud killed Mrs Mary
Copple at LoEansport, Ind, was sen.
fenced to serve from two to fourteen
years in the womau's prison at In
dianapols and pay a fine OF S25 The
womII pleaded guilty in court.
The supreme court in an opinion an
nounCed by Justice Day held that the
Union Pacific Railroad company. by
the acquisition of stock in the South.
crn Pacific, had effected combina.
ton in violation Of the Sherman anti.
trust law
Official figures compiled by the Cal
Itornia secretary Of state show that III
The recent election Socialist caud..
dates for congress pollcd a total cl
ll0.2ll votes IN the IL districts in that
.tatc.
Eleven dollars and eightyhye cents
was the average weekly wage OF the
2l,23O coal miners in Indiana last
year, according to the annual report
OF Frank l. Pearce, state mine in.
spcCtor
President Taft has written letter
to Gov Wilson offering to place at his
disposal one OF the big battloships OF
the navy to make trip of inspection
OF the Panama canal zone some time
before Mr. Wilson is inaugurated.
Great Britain and the United States
have agreed upon the composition of
the tribunal for the arbitration of pc.
cuniary claims as provided in the spe.
cial agreement recently ratified by the
two governments.