The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-11-28
I'll EWS
OF TIE
WEEK

Because the Red Cross volunteers
have failed to take up the work of re-
Lief in Constantnoplc, Rev, Free,
Scotch minister in COnstantinOple, and
Miss All, 60 years old, who, for many
years has been connected with Eng.
fish and American mission work in
Turkey, have taken quarters in the
cholera camp and will devote them
selves to the care Of victims.
The 625 trainmen who were en-.
Iloycd at the Homestead and Edgar
Thompson plants and the Carrie fur
naccs Of the Carnegie steel company,
who walked out, held meeting and
decided to continue the strike until
their demands for higher wages are
granted
For the first time in the history Of
the nation a woman has been elected
ssltc senator. She is Helen Ring
Robinson OF Denver, book reviewer Of
the Rocky Mountain News She will
take her seat when the Colorado gen
cral assembly convcnes in January.
States will cross the SI,OO0,U 200, 900
line in the year which ends next
month Its highest former record Was
$3.50 100000 in 1911 and 1t only
crossed the $1,000 100000 line for the
FIRST time in 1906, and the $1,000, O00.-
900 line in 1899.
The American Federation OF Labor
in convention at Rochester \ Y, de
Cidod To- ask the unions affiliated with
II to rails" money Tor the defense uf
the alleged dynamters who are on trial
al Indianapolis
The appointment Of Theodore Mar
burg VI Baltimore as minister TO Bel
GUM was announced by the state de.
parmcnt
Friends OF Huntington Wilson, as.
sistaut secretary Of state, will urge
his appointment to succeed Charles
Page Bryan Of Chicago, ILL.,, whose
resignation as ambassador 10 Japan
has been announced.
Future eX-presidents OF the United
States are 20 bc pensiOned IN the sum
of $4,000 each annually by action OF
the Carnegie Corporation OF New
York Ths Gysrt is provided for with
thc idea OF enabling former executives
of the nation to devote their unique
knowledge, gained in public affairs, TO
the public good, free from pecGniary
care.
Mrs. H"tty Green, probably the
l.
Heyrutyeirhth birthday in the offices
of III" Westminster company, the
Green corporation in the Trinity build.
Ing In Sew York.
Stating that the money was to be
used for the relief OF the wounded in
the Balkan war, without regard to
race, creed or color" John d. Rookie.
fCllcr sent q letter to the American
Red Cross in Washington enclosing a
$4,000 contribution
BY ~ rocment of counsel the second
trial OF Clarence S barrow for alleged
bribery Of a juror in the Mcnamara
trial has been postponed TO January
Five persons were killed and 20 in.
jurcd In hcad.on collision OF two sea.
board Air Line fast express trains,
near Granite, n. G.
The surgeon general Of the United
States army estimates that $4,000
will be required for the purchase OF
artificial limbs and apparatus during
the coming year Last year "a arti
fCial legs, one foot and FIVE arms were
distributed to afflicted soldiers.
two masked men robbed passengers
and trainmen OF several hundred dol
liars worth OF cash and jcwclry on the
observation car of the Chicago. Mil.
waukcC q st. Paul passenger train
No, T., between Mystic and Ottumwa,
Iowa.
The federal grand jury found indict.
ments against the Lake Shore g. Mich.
igan Southern, the Big Four railroad.
the Chicago L. Indiana Southern rail.
road and the O'Gara Coal company.
Dominic Salvaggio. an Italian, was
electrocuted here for the murder OF
three of his countrymen in Septem-
Der, 1911 One shock OF more than
] 900 volts was given.
That Chinese troops are being con.
centrated near Pekin in preparation
for n march northward to sweep the |
Russians out of Mongolia was report |
ed at Shanghai. China. The whole |
country has the war ssver, and Presi- |
dent Yuan Shi Kai was said to have |
yielded TO popular clamor as the only |
means OF preventing the overthrow OF
his government.
Edward Smith and James +. Ray, |
both of Peoria, H., defendants in the |
dynamite conspiracy case, were sur.
rendered by their bondsmen during
their trial at indianapolis, Ind. The
pair were at liberty under $4,000 bond
each
DiphtheriS has broken out in Fort
Benjamin Harrison. Ind. Nine sol.
diers were said TO be down with the
disease, but the authorities would not
admit that more than three men were
Carmi Thompson, secretary to the
president, has been appointed treas
ircr OF the United States. to succeed
zee McClnng, and has assumed his
lew duties.
A great tidal wave is reported TO