The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-05-25


sDCintiou has reelected Lady Henry
Somerset president,
Thr expedition ~ Prof Naihorrt,
which will scrl, ~ find or learn the fate
af Audrcc, sailed from Stockholm for
northern Greenland
Cholera has brromc epidemic In
northwest provinces Of British India.
The Finnish diet hereafter viii only
meet every four years.
l'y the lpn Of the Behoonrr Wcrfa.
which left Dunedin, New Zealand. on
an ntcrisiaud expedition, IS persons
pcrishrd
On board che Olympia Admiral Dew
~ left Manila for Hong Kong on hts
way home 60 New York.
un Falmouth England, the Ameri.
eau lime steamer Paris struck on the
rocks, but her $50 passengers were
landed IN ufpty.
ln % hurricane ON the north coast ~
pmcen land ~ vessels wrrc wrecked
8rd 1-i people lost their lives
Tuthrr,t,nt ofurrrriug io an armis-
tirr Mai Cru. Oli- ha declined 10 rec.
nruizr the Iiliplnos but be has nnti-
fled the American commanders to re-
frain temporarily from aggressive ac-
tiou Thus Dr. rs iun position tu resume
hOstili'iUs at any time. Tho iuwrgrnt
commissioners say that they arc
without power 10 bind the so-~a'lrd FIJI
ipiur government go Ju, particular,
and can only refer 1ny results ~ the
present urvnt,1iinus tn truinllln.
tlmjmI Dewey nid before leaving
NHuiia for home; ~ h.'i.sr 'hnt wc
are near ~" end Tho insurgents arC
fast going tn pirrrs The .ulmp ~ n
third rpInmi-sinu shows chat they have
had enough"
Fire destroyed the town ~ porosow.
Russia, md 50 lives wcr, lost aud 5000
people WIRE made homeless.
LATEu sEws.
H. deciding The claim ~ Sarah A..
O1kcs. against the United States for "a
,vs'r taken by the confederate gov
cruurni during the war of the rebel
lion. the supreme court uf the United
States ou She Ped, held that the
archives uf the confederate govern
myut constitute competent testimony.
These archives shuwrd thn' 'hr vessel
In question was purchased Bog the con-
fcdrrntrs-
The first definite steps In the work
Of replacing the present condemned
government printing office huildinR
with new, modern structure, were
takvu on the 22d, when the dcstruc-
iion at n Score or morn ~ old buildiNgs
on the site of the new building was he-
gun. II will br srrrrul years before
the new building win be- completed.
On instructions from tllr rumptrolicr
Cf the currency, tenth dividend Of
ten per cent. in favor Of the creditors
OF the National i.uuk 81 Kansas Ciiy.
Mo. making iu all iUu per cent on
claims proved, amounting io Sso5 .222,
will be- paid by Receiver John Perry.
Of Kansas City. The hank voluntarily
closed It's doors in 1895.
4 party Of scientists Of the depart
mcnt of agriculture, comprising Dr. G.
Hart Merriam, biologist, aud McssrE.
Fisher and Stocks, assistants, Co le
joined IN II day ar two 10y Clicf llotau-
ist Coyillc. left Washington, on the
22d. for Alaska, for an Investigation Of
its agricultural resources.
Secretary Gnrc has ISSUED an order
20 the collector ~ customs at san
Francisco directing him Ia permit The
landing OF $50 Chinese upon atisiac-
tory proof that they are employed by
exhibitors or cuncrssiouarics of the
Philadelphia exposition to bc held dur
ing the coming autumn.
Representative Norton. of South Car
olnu. WINS ia Washington, on the I'D,
urging the rc-cstahIishmcnt Of the
Lake CITY Is. g. post office, which WAS
closed by the government immediately
after the lyuchinF Of its negro post
master, Baker, more than u year ago.
The steamer Danube. the finest
steamer ~ the fleet In the northern
trndc. went ashore on Cape Nudge, ON
the northeastern coast of Vancouver
island uu the I'D. She was resting
easily, and Il was expected she would
probably float with the tide.
TIE rvur department is proceeding
On the theory that by the end Of Juiy
not volunteer soldier wIli De left an
the Philippines.