The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-07-17
NEWS
OF THE
WEEK

RAM In the fourth or hltn inning
Of the congressional baseball game at
American League park at Washington
was the only thing that stopped the
Democrats from defeating the Repub
licans worse than 70 to 4.
Vincent Aston began to spend some
OF hiR millions IN helping the women
and children of the tenement TO an
outing At his expense steamboat
took 5000 OF the poor of New York for
6 sail to Bath Beach, under the direc'
ton Of the Children's Aid society, for
q luncheon and frolic at the seashore
In a semi.rear-end collision Of two
Pacific electric trains returning from
Venice and Santa Monica to LOS An.
Eclcs, Is people were killed and about
u hundred were injured,
A plot to assassirate President
Huerta Of Mexico Gen. Felix Diaz and
Gen Banquet. the war minister, was
frustrated ny the arrest OF one deputy
and ~ others II Is said the intention
was 10 use bombs at some Opportune
moment when these officials were
driving through the streets.
Secretary Garrison ordered Col
Edwin = Brewer Of the fourteenth
cavalry at Fort Mcintosh, Tex, TO de.
mand The release OF hve Americans,
together with $50 cattle and 30 horses,
held by Mexican revolutionists at HI
wGlgo, Mexico.
John l. Sulliyan's pugilistic achieve.
ments are causing him great concern.
He needs farmhaHds, but they refuse
10 work for the ex.heayyweight cham
pion. I'VE cant fight they all plead.
Secretary of State Bryan will leave
Washington July 10 for n six-weeks
lecture tour His engagements are
principally in Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa.
The Paris Figaro published dis.
patch from Rome stating that the tri.
luual of the Sacra Rota has reversed
the refusal of the court OF first in
stance to nulify Comte Boni de Cas-.
tella.es marriage TO Miss Anna Gould,
now the Dlchesse de Talleyrand
The Borah bill. allowing entrymen
under the enlarged homestead act to
make $40 worth Of improvements an
nually as a substitute for putting a
specified number Of acres under cui'
tiyatiun IN the second and third
years. was passed by the senate.
Secretary Bryan made apology to
the paraPuayan government through
its minister at Washington, for the
insult to the Paraguayan flag in san
Francisco July 1
Open and public committee meet.
ings. but secret Democratic confer
ences This was the program adopted
for consideration in the house by the
administration currency reform bill.
Forty.fiye Democratic senators rose
in their places AS their names were
called In the Democratic caucus anC
pledged themselves absolutely and I'M
Condtionally to support the tariff DILL
as approved by the caucus, and -
vote for no amendments unless they
wee approved by the finance commit
tee or the caucus.
Personal purity" courses will be
part Of the high school curriculum
in the Chicago public schools, @her
the fall term opens, despite the pro
tests OF a delegation of parents, the
board OF education announced.
Petitions for a universal eight.hour
statute were filed In every county Of
California under the initiative law.
More than 10000 signatures TO the pc
titions were secured by the Socialist
party.
Bulgaria has appealed unrcss.yed
" for Russian Intervention In the Bal
kans, in order to prevent further
blo0dshed Roumania has declared
war on Bulgaria and has recalled her
minister.
The First.Second National Bank OF
plttsburg. a recent consolidation Of
the First and Second National banks,
was closed by order of the assistant
comptroller of the currency. The bank
is owned largely by the j. S. and W.
S. Kuhn interests and is the second
largest In Pittsburg Deposits OF APP
proximately S3O.OOO,OOO are tied up by
closing the bank.
Four lives were lost, many persons
were injured. houses were set adre,
cities were left in darkness and hun.
dreds of farm buildings were fiattened
and crops were damaged by the tail
end OF the northern Illinois gale which
-wept across thai section OF the coun.
Try.
Miss Zelie Emerson. the Jackson.
Mich. suffragerte. arrested In London