The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-01-23

at Lisbon, Portugal
The number Of victims OF Alpine &C.
cidants during 1913 was l02, accord
ing to statistics.
Directors OF the National Carbon
company mailed letters 10 the stock.
holders asking approval Of plan for
sharing profits with their employees.
Stockholders are asked 10 set aside
s5Uo0GO OF Il new issue Of stock to be
given employees. The company EN-.
ploys 1900 persons.
Mrs. Grace Holly Of Bernardsville,
y J.. mentioned by her nephew, Paul
Carl, as the woman who instigated the
shooting OF Monroe F. Ellis two years
ago last fall, is out on $1,000 bail as
a material witness in the case.
Supporters OF law to conserve for
the government all public lands con.
tanning radum won the first round in
their battle in the house when by a
vote OF 1888 to 1879 they sent Repre-.
sentative Fosters bill for that purpose
to the mines committee instead OF the
public lands committee.
\ wall OF water, starting from the
broken dam OF the West Virginia Pulp
and Paper company, on Stoney creek
4 . a.. tVa,Ny
dated Schell, w. Va, where the two
streams meet, and started flood
wave laden with wrockage and ice
down the Potomac valley.
Ty Cobb was offered a fiye.year
contract at $4,000 a year In tele
gram sent to him at Augusta, Ca, by
President Gilmore OF the Federal
league
Mrs. Clara b ellis died In Danyille,
Ill, ms the result OF taking poison
when confronted with the allegation
she had two husbands living. The po-
lice assert that although Mrs. ellis
was only IS years old she had had
five husbands, three Of whom she had
divorced
Senator Tillman OF South Carolina
Is confined to his bed with an attack
Of cryslpelas He has not been in ro-
bust health for a long time, and his
frienus are anxious about his condi.
ton
After the hottest campaign ever
waged in Trenton, Mo, the voters OF
that city adopted local option By a
majority OF 2O9
Preliminary estimates by the de
partment OF agriculture show that OF
/ the l,14O,0O000O acres OF tillable land
In the United States only q per cent
of it is actually under cultivation.
The nomination OF John Shelton
| Williams to be comptroller Of the cur
renCy was ordered fayoraby reported
to the senate by the committee on
banking and currency.
Reports of very incomplete nature
indicate no one alive remains on the
island of Sakura, which Is an inferno
Of smoke and flame. 1t is stated that
the entire population Of the three vii
lagos have persisted.
The entire railroad service OF POrtu
gal was suspended, owing to the
declaration OF a general strike by the
employees. About one-third OF the rail
roads belong to the state
a general strike throughout Soutl
Africa was proclaimed by the Trades
Federation and the Rand miners by &
two.thirds majority voted to join the
movement.
a permanent worlds fair in Wash
ington was proposed by Senator My
ers of Montana, with a request that
congress create commission TO In
vestigate the project. He said the pro
posed exhibition had the Endorsement
OF former President Taft, the govern
ors OF q states and $50 commercial
organizations.
Final decision in favor of Oklahoma
City was announced in the litigation
involving the validity OF the transfer
OF the Oklahoma state capital from
Guthrie TO Oklahoma City.
Arthur A. Mclean, treasurer OF the
Democratic state committee OF New
York, pleaded guilty to accepting cam
paign contributions from corpora
ton. Supreme Court Justice Vernon
NJ. Davis suspended sentence.
| Aaron Donaldson, convicted in the
Christian county, H.. circuit court
three years ago of defrauding j. II
Downs and daughter, Mrs, Belle Ridge
ley of Assumption, out OF $4,000 or
fictitious mining stock and properties
alleged to have been owned by Don
aldson In the Ozark mountains, was
paroled from Chester penitentiary
The United States navy ranks third
among the naval ornaments of the
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