The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-15

btaNe department lHe navy depart
ment has made preparations for land
Ing marines or biuejackcts in Santt
| Domingo at moments notice TO pro
tect the customs houses
The cause OF womaEs suffrage re
ceived check In the senate when OBJ
lection was made to the publication
as q public document Of Representa-
tive Taylor's Colorado speech on that
subject
Agents Of the department OF com
merce and labor have begun a study
OF conditions in the Chicago cattle
market with a view 70 solving the
impending problem In the shortage OF
beef cattle.
The crumb OF comfort to be tossed
to William Lorimer has been definite,
| ly fixed by the special committee al
$4,000. This is to cover the ex
penses incurred by him In twice de.
tending his title to seat in the sen.
ate, 1t is shaving down Of $50, 900
from the sum LOrimer declares he
expended.
Harrison Ingram, l0g years old, is
dead at Hoppeston, Ill. His father
was a soldier in the war of 1872 In.
gram was said to be the oldest pen.
sioner on the government roll He
was a tobacco user from youth
Bernard c Murray, son OF former
fire commissioner OF Hartford, Conn g.
confessed to having set fire to thirty
hotels and public buildings in Con.
neCticut and western Massachusetts
in the last four months
The wool tariff bill was vetoed by
President Taft in a special message to
congress appealing to the legislators
not to adjourn without taking adyan.
tage of the plain opportunity substan.
TALLY 10 reduce duties" by framing
protective bill along the lines recon.
mended by the tariff board.
Chinese pirates attacked the Portu.
gucse island OF KOiowan at the mouth
Of the West river Troops were rushed
from Macao by the Portuguese gov.
ernor. News Of battle Is expected
AS a mark of his sympathy for the
victims Of the mine disaster at Gerthe,
the kaiser abandoned further partici.
patton in the krupp centenary cello.
bration at Essen, The bodies OF 80
miners have been taken from the
wrecked colliery. Six men still are
missing.
Springing the sensation in the city
council graft scandal that he has
promised for two weeks, Prosecutor
Hugh Shepherd put out a dragnet and
as result II aldermen were lodged
in cells IN police headquarters in De
troit, Mich, charged with suspicion
OF conspiracy to get bribes from the
Wabash railroad"
Border fighting between the Turks
and guerilla bands Of Albanian tribes
men continues along the Montenegro
frontier Another severe engagement
occurred, the result Of which Is not
known
That John d. Rockefeller. Jr., with
the assistance q j. y. Reynolds as.
sistant district attorney. and with the
moral support Of his father. has for
the past year been operating n pre-
tended disordcrly house in New York,
for the purpose Of getting evidence
against graftors, including police, poll
ticians and procurers OF girls, has be.
come known.
Democratic representatives opposed
TO the house receding from its posi-.
ton OF refusing to agree to the sen.
atc's amendment to the naval apprO.
pratlon bill, providing for the build.
ing Of two battlcships, caused the fail.
urc OF the Democratic caucus on the
question by remaining away from the
meeting and thereby preventing Il
quorum.
Gov. Woodrow Wilson, presidential
nominee of the Democratic party an
nounccd the appointment Of Rolla
Wells, former mayor of St Louis. AZ
treasurer OF the Democratic national
The Italian naval and military
forces occupied the town OF Zuara.
Tripoli, and the surrounding oasis
The Italian troops suffered very few
only small number OF
the men being wounded
The proposed additional bond issue
Of S2,750000 TO complete the munici.
pal free bridge at St Louis, particu.
larly the East Side approach, was lost
by vote of 43,022 for and 2i,629
against, 2.O7S short of the necessary
two thirds, which was 45,100.
Speaker Champ Clark was renomi.
mated for congress In his district
again without Democratic opposition.
Attorney Cole of Frank.
lin county was nominated by the Re.
pubiicans.
The late mikado's funeral cerc.
monies will be held on the night of /
September 10, II has been announced. |
He will be buried at Kioto the next |
night
Suspension of the constitution In |
all states where rebellion is rife was
ordered by the permanent commits.
sion of congress In Mexico. The sus.
pension amounts TO declaration or
martial law.