The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-05-04
TOPICS OF The DAY.
NEWS IRON EVERYWHERE
TFHsoTsi sHo GENERAL.


Vsoul"n md four children have been
recovered from the ruins, aud II Is
feared there are othrr victims.
Nguiualdo has ordered his men 20
,runumi2' thrir powder which iE q
significant sign Of shortage Of ammu.
H.tiOn.
EN-prrmicr u'rlachstciu 0f Austria
died iu Vienna on the Goth.
Commissioner Wilson oi the internal
revenue bureau, has decided that basc-
boil games ly college aud amateur or
luyui clubs for which an admission Zee
s. charged. nrr not subject To the spe-
cial tuN under the act uf June 70, 1872.
Rev. Dr. Alex II. Clupp editorial scc-
rrlpry Of the Congregational Hume
MIrsiouar, sociriy, dirh iu New Yorl,
city un the .7tb, aged ri years. lie
had been connected with the society
Tor l6 years.
Nirulrui smallpox hasuppcnrrd stimuli
tnucuusiy in various parts %! GermRnv.
notably az lsrrluhu. Hanover and Nee
zaHln. The rruaaiau authorities arc
taking prompt steps Ia prevent rs
syrad.
The president uu the eth, issued a
proclamation announcing the issue Oi
the new c>imditiuu treaty between the
United Statcs and NrNicu, and the COO.
Nrntion is now iu force.
4 terrific wiudNorm. followed hy
rain and hail. swept the soldier valley,
iu Nebraska, ON the night Of the 2zth,
leaving death and ruin in It's path
a heavy rain fcll throughout the
state ~ Wisconsin. on the night of the
23th. Reports from different parts Of
the state tell Of cloud bursts, with
damaging results.
Nearly 100 survivors oi the Sultana
disastrr gathered AZ Cleveland, O., on
the eth. IN annual convention, the oc.
casion being the thir,y-flfth Anniver'
Eary Of the event,
One uf the strangest occurrences Of
thr KirkHiilc tMo) cyclone WAS She
finding OF grooming baby out In a
field far from any houar. The child
was scarcely scratched. Anoshef baby
was found whore It had been bruised
g. death by the violence Of the wind.
Neither had bccn identified or claimed
- hours after the storm.
The main part Of the business por-
ton Of san Francis, Has. was de-
Stroyrd hy fire on the 2sth. Thirteen
business building were burned. There
wnr no loss Of life, but County Attorney
F'ulny was badly burned.
hdj.-Gen. Curbin says the Filipino
peace overtures will not bring about
auy change Of plan In this country as
tu forwarding ships, supplies and
troops to the Philippines.
John e. Ross, of Sharon. Mass, was
shot and killed 10y his wife, Mary r.
Eoss, in the course Of quarrel at their
home. She says she acted In sclf-de-
fensc, as her husband WIS choking
her at the time. The pair had been
married about II year.
Al birmingham, Ala, 5000 employees
Of the Tenucssrc Coal and Iron Co.
were given notice that on May / their
salaries would be advanced ON basis
of ten per cent
a statement prepared by the war
department shows that i9s were killed
in the Philippines from February 4
90 April rs, and i,ili wounded. Total.
1909.
Col. Hugh ID. Greer, a weii-known
et-confederate soldier. who served
through the civil war under Gen. For
rests command, waA accidentally run
over and instantly killed by a South
ern railway train at Buntyn Station.
near Memphis, Tenn.
Fifty Americans were overcome by
tlic heat, and Col. Funston dropped
utterly exhausted after the battle, at
Cs-.;..iii.,s;;. 3; ;;rv iutn Of the Kansas
regiment cheercd him when he went
among them.
Secretary Hay was notified by the
French ambassador that Spain would
accept through him the SEQ. .0o0,0o0 20
bo paid, under the treaty of peace. for
the Philippines. The payment win be
made 10 the ambassador as coon AS
tLc president returns to Washington.
The trial OF the famous Mccormick
conspiracy ease, growing out nf the
Phoenix election riot and iynching In
Greenwood county last November, end
cd In the federal court at Grernyiile,
$. C.. with verdict of not guilty, The
jury was composed entirely of white
ufcn.
Three thousand recruits ofid 20 Of
licers viii he concentrated at the Pre-
Eidio. The large post viii be con
sertcd into a regular recruiting and
receiving rendezvous for troops. There
are 1000 men here now under com
ninnd of Col. EIarbach, Third infantry.
and Capt. Iiadrin, Eighteenth infan-
try. adjutant.
Justice Slower, of the New York su-
prcne coart, granted decree of alb
soluse divorce 10 Henry T. sioane
from Mrs. Jessie A. Sloane. Thirty
minutes litter Mrs. Sloane met Perry
Tselmcnt. and jonrpeyrd together ~
Greenwich. Conn, where they were
married. Mr.. Sloane received the cue-
tody md control Of his two chlIdrun
entiI they reneh the agc uf e1.
Wireless t~ic9raphy was fsrut pat to
practical asc at Londoa. The Goodwin
enndx Iightshlp was struck by . pacs-
jrg vessel and the crew. utiIlzinE The
wireless telegrxphy apparatuz. noti-
lied South Foreiand that their shipwss
In sinking condition Tags wers
thrrcupon dispatched 70 the seslstnnos
pf the iirhtshiS.
Mrs. Mary Ewecuey Cnrwin. ~
tyseksonyiIie. IN, ths Oldest resident
bf Aforxxn r0unts. ss,d ls~rbaps Mi
1llincss, died II wsv<riy. She was MS
years. . mcntkn sna q days cid T1ss|
eeeesed We hpFR in lreisn&