The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-11-20

Charged with having ghrfotea
two children, boys aged 2 and s. re
Vpecnysly, and then attempting 70
hang herself, Mrs Amelia SeaooH
Banko, aged 20, OF Portage, Pa, vi"
lodged In tho county jail at Eoehs
burg accused Of murder
John p. A. Lannom OF LouisVihe'
Yale sophomore fell from the windo"
nj his room In Durfee hall, New h&
ven. Conn, and was killed. HIS body |
was found by q milkman
Baron Bonde, speaker Of tae second
chamber Of the Swedish parliament,
dlod at Stockholm on being informed
of the sudden death OF his WIFE apo
plexy was given as the cause OF ue"'n'
Thomas Taggart has just refused
nm offer OF S3,5OOO0O for his french
Lick Springs, Ind, property. Inc OIL
fer came from New York syndicate
that has had o representative at
French Lick for several days
Arthur Wilson, ~ years old, negro,
was sentenced 10 life Imprisonment
for an attack on l7-year.cid Gales
burg. H.. girl. Wilson was attacked
by mob before his arrest month
ago.
Henry Spencer. confessed slayer OF
Mrs Mildred AlIison.ReXroat, q dane
tng teacher. was found guilty Of muir
der by a Jury at Wheaton, Ill.
With his clothing ablaze, Michael
Poland, q. fell 1856 feet to his death
from the top Of a steel tower In South
Chicago. Poland climbed the tower
on dare, and came in contact with
live wire.
The administration currency reform
bill. as II probably will go to tae sen
ate with the approval OF PRESIDENT
wilson. was completed by six Demo
Gratis OF the senate banking and cur
rency committee.
immediate investigation OF the cost
of manufacturing clothing, hosiery
and knit goods was ordered by Secre'
tary Redficld OF the department OF
commerce 1t will cover the principal
centers of production at home ana
abroad.
Separate answers to the govern
ment's suit against the alleged hard
coal trust were filed in the United
States district court at philadelphia
BY the Central Railroad company OF
New Jersey and the LehigA and
Wukesbarre Coal company, subsidiary
companies of the Reading company,
the principal defendant In the action
Col. Theodore Roosevelt accom-
panied by q party of prominent citi'
zens of Argentina, left Buenos Aires
on a trip into teh interior OF the couh'
try.
Senator Norris Of Nebraska
launched an investigation Of an al
legged telephone monopoly In the DIS
triCt OF Columbia. He secured pass
age by the senate OF resolution dl
recting the public utilities commits
sion to investigate.
1t was stated officially In Lima
Peru, that ESQ bodies have been taker
from the ruins of Challhuanca, de
stroyed last week by an earthquake.
Approximately $500 trainmen ant
sugtnomen on the Atlantic division o
the Southern Pacific railroad in Tex
as are on strike. The men have 6
grievances that the road refuses Il
adjust.
Announcement was made in Pari
Of the engagement OF the Comtoss
de Gontaut Biron, formerly Miss Mar
tina Leishman, eldest daughter OF JONI
@. A. Leishman, former ambassado
TO Germany, and James Hazen HYDE
who once held the controlling inter
est In the Equitable Life Assurance
Society Of New York.
That a total OF at least 10 vessel
and 207 lives were lost in the grea
storm which enveloped the grea
lakes for three days is indicated Il
tho compilation Of reports receives
from various points on the lakes.
Worried to distraction by the antic
of the boys in her class, Miss Ann
Burnett, New York public scaoo
teacher, committed suicide by leapin
from this roof OF the six-story apart
nent house In which ghe lived
As q reeult of conference OF low
pull Moose leaders at Dies Moines,
<as announced that Frank q. Stuar
Of Charlton, former Democratic ed
tsr, will be the Progressive candidate
ssaAnst Senator Cummins next year
A spectacular fall into Manila ba.
with hydroplane killed secon'
Lieut.. c. Perry Rich, military avi
ator He was attached to the Philip
ptpa acouts and the only member o