The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-07-03

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jury at Brownwood, Tex, in the Bur
Smith murder case brought in a yer
dict OF not guilty Smith is II year,
of age On May he shot to death
Frank Robinson at Bangs,
Thomas Jcferson's portrait, instead
OF William McKinley's. will appear OF
a new issue Of postal cards by order
OF Postmaster General Burleson.
Mosea G. Hollis, n Memphis, Tenn.
merchant was shot through the heart
and killed by negro who, after rifinR
his victims pockets. escaped.
! DR. Samuel FurTaz de Campos Sal
( les president Of Brazil from 1898 &c
1902, died at sam Paulo at the age
OF 70.
Without waiting fro the house ju
dietary committee to act upon Repre-
| sentative Kahns resolutions, Attor
ney General McRcyOnlds sent 10 con
gress all the correspondence relating
to the postponemcnts of the Diggs.
Caminetti white slave cases.
by the oycrturning Of a gasoline
launch in the Saskatchewan river
near here six persons. FIVE of them
prominent residents of Edmonston,
Alberta, are dead.
General" May, notorious character
throughout Kentucky, was electro,
cuted at the state penitcntiary for the
murder Of Sherman Meredith and his
wife in Clay county.
The death rate Of Chicago bachc.
Tors is 29la per cent higher than that
OF married men, and that OF old
maids 40 per cent higher than that
OF married women
The special arbitration treaty be-
tween the United States and Mexico
has expired. and no immediate steps
will be taken toward renewing it, \
renewal could not be done without in
yoIyug IN" recognition of the Ilucrta
government and this. 1t was an
nounced. the administration is not
recady to grant
Complete defeat Of the Mexican fed
erals under Gen. Ojcda, with utter de-
moralIzation OF the government
forces, which are described as flying
in every direction" from Santa Rosa
was the news contained in mes
sage received from Gov pesquiera of
Sonora.
More than $1,000 square inches Of
skin must be given for grating If the
death list Of the Hustled Elevator ex
plOsion and fire at Buffalo. n. Y, is
to be kept from reaching larger pro.
portions, according to estimates of
physicians attending the injured at
various hospitals.
John =. White, president of the
United Mine Workers Of America. in
signed statement rciterates his de.
NAL of statements which he said ARE
still being made and persistently cir.
culated throughout West Virginia and
elsewhere by the United Mine Work.
ers of West Virginia for the purpose
OF excluding West Virginia coal from
the markets of the country"
Free sugar in 1916 and free raw
wool are now established In the tariff |
revision bill, having been approved by |
the Democratic caucus of the senate
after a two days fight
Rear Admiral Robert Potts, u. s.
~, retired, died suddenly at the naval
hospital. in Washington. where he
was under treatment for compica-
ton of diseases.
Charges that ne fastened n chain
around the neck OF his 15.year-old
daughter. suspended her from a meat
hook in his butcher shop and then
beat her with the butt end OF a whip
until the blood flowed from her
wounds. were made against J. J.
Johnson at Augusta, Ga
Two hundred tons Of fuel oil on TIE
steel tank steamer Mohawk, owned by
the Standard Oil company exploded
at anchor of Tompkinsville, Staten
Island, killing five persons and In
juring six.
The house passed tho Harrison bill
placing prohibltiyc tax OF $500 a
pound on smoking gum, imposing
100000 bond on manufacturers of
such opium and placing heavy crimi-
nal penalties for violation of the act
Senator Warren OF Wyoming, one
OF the richest members Of the upper
house of congress, has formally ap-
piled for a civil war veterans pen
sion of SIG per month.
Iudoa q IDnog. OF vnoro atd faat /