The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-01-04

March 30. The purpose OF the session
Is to consider the liquor laws, reds.
trict the state for congress and to re-
wise election laws.
The British cruiser Suffolk has been
ordered 10 proceed from here to Egyp-
tian waters to preserve the neutrality
Of Egypt during the Turco-ltaliaT war.
1t is probable that other cruisers will
be sent to Egypt for the same pur-
pose.
The river Shannon In Ireland Is IA
feet above its normal level and large
areas through which II flows are
flooded. Many persons have been
compelled to flee from their houses in
boats at Athone.
Four hundred prisoners in the peni-
Territory ut San Luis potosl, Mexico,
escaped by oyerpowering the guard.
They seized few guns and attacked
lG ruraes quartered In the neighbor-
ing barracks, killing the sentinel and
wounding a number OF the troops.
most OF them were recaptured.
J. l.. Gilbert, vice president and
treasurer OF the National Post com.
pany, publishers Of Success, a maya
zine, has announced that because OF
lack of funds II has been decided to
suspend publication with the current
issue and turn the property over to
creditors.
Four children OF August MazzIo
wcr" burned to death in a fire which
destroyed Mazzios home, in Cleyc.
land. o. The mother and one daugh-
ter were burned So seriously that it is
feared they will die
The scyen,acre plot at Coney Island
formerly occupied by the Dreamland
amusement park, burned last spring,
will be turned into public park.
Pablo Moreno, reputed to be 1877
years Of age, is dead at Navajo, So
nora. He had smoked cigarettes for
l15 years and always lived CT coarse
food. lie had never secn Il railroad
or an automobile.
The American Union Trust compa-
ny. at kaasas City, NO, failed to open
its doors for business. The state
banking officials are in charge. Tho
company is one Of the newest Anan-
cial institutions in Missouri, being
lors than year old 1t has Il paid
rp capital OF 100000 and about
5000 dcpositors.
The Portuguese government has
signed 4 treaty with Great Britain,
agreeing to the delimitation of the
river Shire between Mozambique and
British Central Africa. The govern.
mont has also signed a concession for
British coaling station at Horta In
the Azores.
Secret service operatives OF the
United States and William J. Burns
detectives, II is learned at lndlanapo-
lis, are investigating threads of evi.
dence which may involve several large
Independent competitors OF members
of the National Erectors ASSOCIATION
in the Mcnamara dynamlting conspir.
acy.
Announcement was made at the
White House that President Taft had
determined to follow up Senator La
Toilette on three or four.day speech.
making trip through Ohio.
England is preparing to throw an
army into southern Persia from AZ.
ghanistan and Baluchistan, as a result
OF the attack upon British Consul w.
a. Smart. near KaZeTCl.
The hutchery OF 1000 men, women
and children at Tabriz is Russia's
method OF teaching a drastic lesson
to the Pcrsians for attacking Russian
troops, according to dispatches re
ceived In London. The slaughter con
tinues, according to reports, and the
Russian officers seemingly are max.
ing no attempt to check the cruelty OF
their men, who so ABOUT the streets
bayoneting pedestrians and footing
the bodies OF their victims.
Incorporation papers OF the Interna-
tional Shoe company. the largest shoe
concern in the world, capitalized at
S25, 100000, were filed in the recorder
of deeds office at st. Louis.
Officers of the International Purity
association issued a call to all Chris.
tian churches in the world to OBJ
serve Sunday, January 2S, with an APP
peal OF prayer in behalf OF purity of
thought, speech and life.
Further details OF the proposed bill
lion dollar beef trust, the origin OF
which was prevented only by the fear
OF the approaching panic of 1907 on
the part of the New York bankers,
were told TO tho beef trust jury by
A. II. Veeder, attorney for the pack.
ers and first witness for the govern
ment In the trial OF the ten million
aire beef barons who are charged
with criminal violation OF the Sher-
man antitrust law.
An improved method OF administer
ing ether and chloroform for surgical
operations, O method which Is said to
reduce the death risk OF apesthesia to
nothing and to have eliminated in 80
per cent OF cases the nausea which
has racked patients after operations.