The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-07-04
NEWS
OF THE
WEEK

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There Will be no strike OF the meI
employed by the Pennsylvania Rail
road company on its lines east o.
Pittsburg and Erie. owing to the ac
ceptance by the men of an arbltra
ton proposal and a concession Of
iercd by the company bringing about
a satisfactory way Of settling the
grievances at issue
The paper FL Dia, which recently
charged President Gomez OF Cuba
with conspiring with General Els.
tenor 10 start the revolution. now
charges the president with malyer.
sation with respect of public funds
TO an amount OF $1,000, 900.
By virtually a unanimous vote of
l,4OO delegates of longshoremen' s
unions affiliated with the Interna.
lional Longshoremens Association,
the unions of Brooklyn, Hobuken and
Manhattan, involving $4,000 men, to-
gether with $4,000 coal passers, went
on strike for higher wages and bet
ter working conditions.
One man is dying with a bullet In
his abdomen, score are nursing
minor injuries, and Il dozen men are
under arrest, as a result Of riOting
by street car men and strike sympa.
thizers at Boston.
The famous shooting ARRAY at Low
lngton, In which Banker Homer Shcp-
ard killed his best friend, Ralph Eos.
ter. a merchant, mistaking him for
a burglar, is recalled by decision
Of the appellate court sustaining the
lower court which gave the widow
a verdict OF $500 damages against
Shepard.
II is estimated that from 80 10 100
persons were killed and late reports
place the property loss at $4,000. 600
in n cyclone ut Regina, Saskatche.
wan.
One Dying, 20 Hurt In Riot.
Boston, Mass. One man Is dying
with bullet in his abdomen, n score
are nursing minor injuries. and n
dozen men are under arrest, as
result Of rioting by street car men and
strike sympathizers.
Fourteen persons were injured, two
probably fatally. when gas leaking
In subway conduit was ignited at
Milwaukee, Wis. The fire depart.
ment hung lighted lantern over
the manhole to warn passers.by.
Three persons were killed and four
hurt when a Chicago. Milwaukee q
St Paul passenger train struck large
touring car, In which Kansas City |
families were returning TO their |
homes from a days outing at Excel. |
sior Springs, Mo.
Complete vlndication was given to |
Clarence S. Funk, general manager of |
the International Harvester Company
In the Circuit Court at Chicago. Less
than ten minutes were required by the
jury to return the verdict procaiming
him not guilty of alternating the affec.
tons of Mrs Josephine Hennlng.
Col. Clarence B. Douglas, the man
who wrote the Roosevelt platform in
the Third District Oklahoma conyen.
ton, announced that he will support
Mr. Taft Il am not boter," he de-
clared.
Gen. Booth, the head OF the Saliva.
tion army, In the course of an inter.
view In London, said: Il am still hop.
Ing to go TO America and Canada as
bargained for" Gen. Booth is In.
curably sightless.
Judge Hollister In the United States
district court overruled demurrer
% the indictments filed by attorneys
or the 30 officers and employees OF the
National Cash Register company OF
Dayton, o., who. it is alleged, engaged
n a conspiracy in restraint of trade ,
n violation OF the Sherman antitrust
aw
More than 100 persons were driven {
rom their homes when fire destroyed
'leven buildings, including the plant
u the Levitan Lumber company at Y
Iyrtle and Taylor streets. Chicago a v
and nine residences. The c
oss amounted TO 100000
Frederick W. Lehman of St Louis, a
he solicitor general, has resigned. C
resident Taft has accepted his resig- Ii
alton with regret.
Charged with having written notices r
hat were posted about the sawmil Of C
he Cotton State Lumber company, at d
Ieehan, Miss, warning negroes to de-
art within ten days, Miss Ola Allday, g.
14-yearold girl, was tried before 81
Istice and put under a $500 appear. h
nee bond for the next term of the Il
rcuit court. ri
The president promoted Brig. Gen.
arence r. Edwards, chief of the bu- d
au Of insular affairs, to be brigadier m
neral In the line; Col. George F. Is
,ase TO be brigadier general. and s.
u. Z. j. McClernand. to be brigadieT h,
neral.
George G. Greenough, Brigadler h,
neral. retired, U. S. A.. died at A
S. c. He was 68 years W
4. Since retirement he had made CT
> home In Charleston.
II. j. Mclaughlin was almost In. hi
Intly killed at Pine Bluff, Ark, by hi
! explosion OF dynamite cap which err
wss carrying in his pocket NJ