The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-10-30

tRl Of Capt Marion C.. Raysor, Sec
ond cavalry, recently tried at Fort
BAN Houston, Tex, and convicted Of
drunkenness on duty and making
false certificates Of troop funds.
General elections were held
throughout Italy, resulting in a vic
tory for tho government Disturb.
anccs at the polls were frequent one
man was killed and many wounded.
The election IN Mexico City leaves
Dictator Huerte still ruler OF the
country-at least until the meager
ballots of the people can be counted,
which process may require several
weeks. 1t is not believed that a sui.
ficient number yoted-l0,U00 out OF
S0.O0O-to make the election legal.
An insistent denial that she ever
gave her husband poison brought to
a dramatic close the direct cXamiua-
tion OF Mrs Jennie May Eaton,
widow Of Rear Admiral Joseph G.
Eaton, with whose murder she is
charged, at Plymouth, Mass.
The Seventh Day Adycntists have
bought q 2,O0O0.acre tract near JEFF
fcrson, Tex, for $4,000 and viii at
once coIonize it, W. A. McCutcheon
OF the Texas conference closed the
deal few days ago with Douglas
Jones, who owned the land.
Fiftyfour bodies had been reCov
cred from the chambers Of Stag
Canon mine No. 2, at Dawson ~ NJ.
Government experts, now In charge
OF the work OF rescue. coucede that
qO9 bodies are still within the gas
filled chambers.
Mrs Charles Warren Fairbanks,
wife Of the former vice.presidcnt Of
the United States, died ut her home
in indianapolis She was stricken
suddenly with pneumonia Oct IL, aud
hope Of her recovery had been aban-
doned almost from the outset.
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst. militant
daughter OF the suffragette leader. was
released from Holloway, London, jail
under the cat and mouse license.
She Is In a weakened condition from
. hunger strike.
The Now York state court of ap-
peals postponed argument in the case
OF Police Lieutenant Charles Becker
and the four gunner concerned in
the Rosenthal murder TO Dec l, next
j. Ogden Armour, Chicago meat
packer. intimates that Armour 4 Co.
would buy Argentina beef cattle II
they want to- in spite Of anything the
government may do.
There will be no amalgnmation of
the Republican party with Progress
sives until the older party adopts all
the doctrines of the Progressives, &C
cording to Hiram w. Johnson, Pro
gressiye candidate for yice-president
last fall.
Serious fighting continues at Tall.
pao, in Mindinao, between the tribes
men and the Philippine scouts Five
scouts have been killed and eight
wounded.
Rev Hugh Burleson, confirmed by
the house of deputies of the Protes-
tant Episcopal church as bishop Of
North Dakota, has refused TO accept
the place.
Five men were injured, three prob
ably fatally, In an explosion in the
Royal machine works New York.
Right Rev William John Kenny, SO
years old. bishop OF the Roman Cath
Ollie diocese OF st, Augustine, Fla,
died at hospital In Baltimore of dia-
beteB.
Impressive joint funeral services
were held in Berlin over the bodies OF
% OF the rs victims of the disaster
TO the Zeppelin airship at Johanns.
thai. The ceremonies took place in
the old Garrison church near the i'm
perial palace.
The Traders National bank Of
Lowell, Mass, was closed by order of
the comptroller OF the currency.
A petition to former United States
Senator William Lorimer, asking him
to be a candidate for the Republican
nomination for United States senator
next spring was circulated In Chi.
cago.
President Wilson Issued his
Thanksgiving day proclamation set
ting Thursday, Nov. q, as the day on
which the people of the country shall
offer thanks for the blessings of the
year.
Seven Mexican miners. entombed
six days in the VOgel and Lawrence |
Ignite workings at Rockdale, Tex,
were found alive when rescuers |
gained the mine interior by drilling
s0.foo; shaft. The men were i'm