The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-18
-Four persons were drowned In 9

According TO advices received from
Mexico, II Is probable that more than
1000 lives and at least $4,000 900 in
property were destroyed in floods in
the state of Guanajuato. Every house
in the path OF the food was torn from
its foundations. and ruin and misery
were left in it's wake,
President Taft has accepted an in.
yltation to attend The celebration OF
the centennial of the battle OF Fort
Harrison. on the banks OF the Wa.
bash. September 1.
3 President Taft has made II known
that he will not personally canvass
the country for votes at the Noycnl.
Der election. Such a decision was an.
nounccd in telegram to the Mime.
sofa state agriculture society.
Junius Parker, counsel for the
/ American Tobacco company, com.
/ mcntirg on the testimony ct George
! b. COrtelyou before the senate cam.
! paign contributions committee, that
some tobacco people che in with a
contribution" 10 the 1904 Republican
/ campaign fund. denied that the Amer.
lean Tobacco company had offered TO
T contribute
+ The Grand Rapids & Indiana rail.
way was fined $4,000 in the United
States court at Grand Rapids, Mich,
for rebatiuE There were fourteen
counts against the road and the mini.
mum fine was imposed.
An eftor, made at the session Of the
Association Of American Food and
Drug Officials at Seattle, Wash. to
endorse tn" policies and work of Dr
Harvey W Wiley late chief chemist
OF the department OF agriculture was
defeated a to AZ.
Nine M mbCrs Of the Chicago Rut.
ter and Esq board were summoned to
appear before Master in Chancery {.
b. MorrisCh July 10 to testify for the
government in the injunction suit
which is tending to restrain the or.
ganization from fixing" prices on but.
ter and eggs
Thirteen persons were killed and
forty injured In wreck on the Chi.
cago Burlington 4 Quincy railroad al
Western Springs, suburb of Chicago.
Indictments against AT least six per.
sons said to have been involved In
the so.called conspiracy against Car.
ence S. Funk, general manager OF the
International Harvester company, are
expected IA result of the reveal.
tions OF Mrs, Josephine Henning. wife
OF the man who sued Funk for SIS goo
for alienation of his wiie'S affections.
As a result OF a feud between the
Ray and Parker families near Haskell.
Okla. John Ray and VIII Parker are
dead. Ray shot and killed Parker
and the former was shot and instant.
ly killed by Deputy Sheriff Prltchard.
who was sent to the scene TO make an
arrest
Treasury officials estimate that
there are l,952.l3l ,SGl pennies in cir
CulatiOn.
Thirty hcioes. including some of the
W. experienced miners in all Eng.
land, went to death in desperate Of.
fort to rescue 80 miners who were
killed IN the lower workings of the
Cadsby mine at Conisboro. England,
by an explosion OF gas
Every mechanic aud laborcr EN-.
ploycd by the United States is affect.
ed by the opinion given by Attorney
General Witkorsham which will cx.
tend the cighthuur law 10 include
more than the workers on government
fOrtiiiCatious and buildings.
with Americans finishing one, two,
three In the SO0.meter run, athletes
from the United States went further
In the lead of the competing nations
and now is nine points ahead OF Swe.
den, Americas nearest rival.
Fourteen persons died in Philadei. 4,
phia in one dag from heat.
The state rested in the trial OF
Clarence s. barrow, and the noted
Chicago lawyer began Immediately his /
fight against conviction on the charge |
McNam.-ra dynamlting case.
A high water mark was reached at
the Union stock yards at Omaha, Neb., /
when 81 fat steers brought $3.50 a
hundred. or 80 cents above the record.
The bunch, which averaged 1.457
pounds, brought s5,12l.
Attorney.General Wickersham has
given an opinion which will extend the
eight'hour law to every mechanic and
laborer employed by the UnltedStates.
Previous interpretations of the law
confined Its operation mainly to pub.
lie works"
Four persons were killed and more
than a dozen seriously injured In
head'on collision between two inter.
urban cars on the Marion, Button &
Eastern Traction line at Marion. Ind.
Mrs. Antninette Rose Acken OF New
N. j., whose father fought
In the revolution, Is dead at her home,
aged SO years. Her uncle was a sign.
err of the Declaration of lndepend.
ance.
A total o! si,s00,OO0 was raised by
the Republican national committee In
1904 for the presidential campaign, &C.
,orjing to George B. Cortelyou. then
chairman OF that committee, who ties.