The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-10-02

under lG years Of age, and their moth.
er were burned to death as they slept
| in their home on St Francis street.
! Quebec. Two girls were rescued.
4 theft Of gold coin from the United
States mint at San Francisco, which
may reach into hundreds of thousands
Of dollars, has been discovered and
| federal secret service men called from
! Washington are working on what Is
| believed to be the most extensive rob.
| berry since the same mint was looted
OF fortune in gold bars a decade ago.
John Purroy Mitchell, fusion nomi.
nee for mayor OF New York. accepted
the independence league offer to run
as candidate OF that party after the
resignation OF James Allen, its candi.
| date.
Lieut.. Schulz an army aviator was
killed by a 15O.foot fail at Johannis.
thai Germany. lie was flying a mon.
opane which turned turtle.
Mrs. Eta Mcdonald charged with
shooting and killing her husband at
Fort Worth, Tex, two months ago,
was found guilty. Her punishment
was fixed at two years in prison.
The executive council of the Ameri
can Federation Of Labor asked Prcsi
dent Wilson 70 aid In securing the i'm
mediate passage Of labor measures, In
Guiding the soamen's BILL the antiln
junction bill and the mnimu mwage
law
The New Orleans grand jury is in.
vestigating the affairs of Smith Bros.
Company, Ltd. who failed for a mil
lion dollars after a flyer in coffee.
Banks Of that city demanded probe,
and indictments are expected.
Thomas H. Troy of Brooklyn was
made the guardian of Helen, Ruth and
Marion Gaynor, minor daughters OF
the late Mayor William ]. Gaynor.
They inhsrit most of the $2,OO0,OOO
estate.
Following the closing of the Union
bank OF Franklintown, La, so armed
depositors stood guard at the doors to
prevent any money being taken out.
Wrockers tearing down the famous
CID mansion erected here 40 years ago
by Col. Smell unearthed the body OF q
child buried in n starch box that had
been skillfully concealed within the
walls Of the house.
The wife OF former King Manuel OF
Portugal who was Princess Augustine |
Victoria, daughter OF Prince William
of HoheuZollern, was taken suddenly
III at Munich and was rushed to a pri.
vate hospital.
U. 7. S. Rice, preachcr-broker, who
was indicted for embezzlemcnt at
Nation, H., pleaded guilty and wac
sentenced to the southern Illinois
penitentiary for term OF one to ten
years.
The state department, on the re- |
quest Of Senator Sherman, asked the |
United States consul at ProgrossO, |
Mexico, to obtain full particulars OF |
the murder of Victor East OF Illinois, |
and have the body shipped to New
York in n sealed casket.
Following the threat made by |
Rancho VILLA TO kill all the American |
officials, work has been discontinued !
at the La Bouquiila dam project on
the Conchas river, in Chihuahua.
An agreement was reached on the
tariff bill by the conference commit |
tee of the senate and house. On prac.
tically every detail the conferees are
in accord, except as to the Clarke
amendment taxing cotton futures.
World grain crops, with the excep-
ton OF wheat, will fall below the aver,
age of last year. according to the In.
ternauonal Institute of Agriculture at
Rome.
The Philadelphia Athletics won the
pennant in the American league by
taking a double-header from Detroit
and will be the contenders. probably
with the New York Giants, in the Sc.
lies for the baseball championship o!
the world, which will be played next
month.
King Constantine of Greece, who is
visiting in England. made prepare
tons for hurried return to Athens
The Balkan situation is regarded by
the Hellenic government as very dis
quieting.
Accused OF having swindled large
number OF girl college students and
many OF Chicago's most prominent
women. Miss Mabel Sturtovant, Mis-.