The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-06-06
Alexandra r. Comfy, assistant d.

Yuan Shi Kai. the Chinese presi.
dent, has Informed the assembly that
unless opposition to the foreign loan
is withdrawn It is feared that the
resignation Of the ministry Is newt.
able
King Alfonso has cIbled his con.
dolcnccs to Orylle Wright on the
death Of his brother Wilbur Wright.
Jane Quinn, charged with the muir.
der of her husband six months ago,
was acquitted yhe jury was out
slightly less than three hours.
department appeared before the sen.
ate committee on public lands in
advocacy of the SmOut bill, which
provides for the leasing of the Alas.
| kan coal lands
The National Federation of Millers.
AT the closing session at Kansas CITY,
declared \. j. ldchstcin OF Chicago
| controls the wheat markets of the
| United states. and that by the ma
nipulation Of small markets is damag
ing wheat business as far as millcrs
! are concerned
The movies" hay" invaded Vesuyi.
US. a cinematograph operator de.
scended into the crater and took pic.
turcs
10" Priest, known throughout the
| world as one Of the ablcst of United
States secret service operatives. died
at San Antonio, Tex Priest was vet.
- 4.
One hundred Ohio prisoners at the
state pen went on strike because
the were ordered to continue con.
tracr labor work Warden Jones i'm.
mediately placed the strikers In the
idle house There was no disorder,
the men simply refusing to begin
work.
The Cummins substitute for the
house steel bill was defeated. Yeas.
II; nays, CO. The prOgrcssives voted
for the bill The Democrats were
unanimous against ii. The regular
Republicans voted IN the negative,
with the exception OF Jones. Nelson.
Page and Townsend.
Mrs. David Beach completed n Jour.
ney on foot from New York TO Chi.
caRo and gave to Mayor Harrison
message which she received from
Mayor Gaynor.
By vote of so to 1876. the house
voted down the amendment of Repre-
sentative Roberts of Massachusetts
for an appropriation OF $G,00O.00O In
the naval bill for two battleships dur.
ing next year. An amendment by
Bartholdt Rcp). Missouri, for one
battleship was likewise defeated.
In Judge Rusks division Of the cir
cult court at St Joseph, Mo, n jury
returned verdict In favor OF Thomas
+. Coleman against the Rock Island
Railroad company for $4,000
With the strike Of London lockers
in full force, starvation stalks nearer
to millions
The Ohio constitutional convention
adopted a proposal abOlishing the
death penalty and prescribing life i'm
prisOnmcnt. The vote was Go to AZ
A public Chinese wedding, the first
in history, has just been celebrated at
Shanghai The ceremony took place
in modern fashion in Chang Su Hos
garden
After fourteen months Of almost I'M.
interrupted hearings. the trial of the
Camorrists is nearing its close at vi.
terbo. Italy. A verdict is expected by
the middle OF Juna.
Farnum Fish. the boy aviator, with
Hazard his meChanician, AS par
81 niger flew in his aeroplane dis
tance of 80 miles from Wateruown,
Wis, to Milwaukee, passing during
The fight over 10 towns
The Wosthrook hotel, at Fort
Worth. Tex, refused to admit negro
delegates to the Republican state con
yention, of whom there are 80 The
convention is now in session Eight
delegates.at.large are to be elected.
At Blackwell, Okla, one man was
killed and thousands OF dollars worth
of crops and buildings destroyed by
hall and wind storm which swept the
country north of that town.
Many people from the surrounding
country are taking refuge in Guam
tanamo. Cuba, owing to lack Of gov.
eminent protection in the outlying
districts. Quiet prevails In Guantana.
mo, where lives and property are con-
siderod safe
When Herman Bernstein, we'll
known traveller, author and CORE
spondent. attempted to cross the Rus.
san frontier. the police turned him
back. refusing to honor his passport.
4 riot was narrowly aycrtod at New
Castle, Pa, Memorial day when IA"
Socialists hung red flag from thci"
Headquarters Veterans returning
from decorating soldiers graves de-
manded its removal.
Although cloudy skies and occas-
ional clashes of lightning followed
the efforts of citizens Of Wichita
Falls to make rain" by exploding
5000 pounds of dynamite, their work
was without result.
The London Daily Mail states that
as n result of the recent wild specula-
ton in American Marconi shares stock
exchange bulls may have lost as much