The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-03-16
TOPICS OF The DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

cartridge lUNhU h'AlNH fNt aSArhbl
neat Tuulon. France 600 the 9Th, are
OF foreign manufacture,
The Canadian government has dccid-
81 80 construct q telegraph line 10 the
Klondikr TERRITORY 'thr plan is TO
build iinr between l8hc bennett and
Dawson city.
The American flag has bccn raised
over the island uf Crbu.
Promoter of The rolling mill com
binc, into which b. is proposed To take
% plants west of Pittsburgh, Pa, were
~ Cleveland. o.. un 'hr 10Th, ncgotint-
ing With the owners ui the Union roll
ing mills n ~ believed the mills will
b, taken into the combine.
In the will of John Quincy Adams
which was filed tor probate in Chicago,
or the 10th the sum oi Si50.O0n is be-
qucaihcd 10 educational and religinuB
institutions.
Scnur Muuo, Rivera, who was recent
~ relieved ~ bic office a- Porto BiraT
secretary Of state. will .oan leave Por-
10 Rico for the United States, by way
Of Cuba.
DESPITE repeated rumurs 10 the con-
irnry. the war department has no in
tcntion of taking official artion IN the
case Of the Tenth c0lurrd immuncs
and other regiments that have been
making trouble IN trausi, through the
south. since their discharge.
So fnr as the officials NJ the navy de-
partm-nt are informed, Admiral
Dewey Is in excellent health aud de-
fircs 90 continue Ia hi- present com
mnnd. Uut there arr rumprs that he Is
breaking down
On the same sraifold. hut back to
back and with % heavy black curtain
between them, Curdrlia Niuu. or PolT-
Ter, and Samuel rur,iuw were hanged
In the jail at ST. ScholastiGue. Quebec,
ON the 10Th. for the murder Of Isidore
Poiricr. the Womau's husband
4 Manila dispatch say- that Gen.
Rios, the Spanish commander. has
been ordered 10 take command of the
Caroline. Marianne aud Pri!cw islands
before handing them over 20 UieFmany,
which apparently has purchased these
groups.
Admiral Dewey will Immediately set
thr whole fleet In action, patrolliug
the coast OF Luzun and supporting the
forccs which nrr to be sent ip take all
the islands. Admiral Dewey and ten.
Otis will hoist the fng everywhere in
the Philippines for its mptal effect.
A Washington dispatch ni the 9th
says that lnsprctor.Gcnerai Brrckin.
ridges report will show that fully
100000 pounds pf canned beef was
rrshipped from Europe for Use by the
United States army during the war
with Spain. Of the total 10000 pounds
wHs shipped To France In the spring of
1898 and was rejected by the French
government.
The United States transport Grant,
which sailed from New SuTk january
10, having on board Mai.-licn. Lawton.
the Fourth infantry and battalion
OF the Seventeenth infantry. arrived
nj Manila on the 9th.
The beef court Of inquiry trans
fcrred it's field Of operations to Chi
cagu, on the 9th, and began the inspec-
tion Of the packing houses, which
they found all swept and garnished, -
In anticipation Of their visit, as was
20 have been expected.
White thr transport Sheridan was
eoaling at vnletta, MALTA, on the 9th.
by permission of She governor, Gen.
frcmsHtle, the American troops, 1000
strong. were landed, aud the governor,
his staff and numerous other officers,
military and naval, reviewed them M
they marched past on the Florian
parade ground. The Americans Great
ed n splendid impression.
A Paris dispatch Of tile eth says:
'"rhe fireworks Of the Drcyfus nfTair
are only just commencing. One thing
is certain, II Is all up with Gen. de
Boisdeffre. lie and Gen. Roget are re-
sponsihie for Col. HenFy's forgery aud
death. All the excivemeut, however,
will end In smoke and the pardon OF
Dreyfus."
Admiral Dewey has been instructed
10 prescribe his own uniform for the
exalted rank 10 which he has been ap.
pointed.
The BRAZILIAN government has ac-
cepted the proposal of Great Britain
TO submit the Guiana boundary dis-
pute to arbitration.
A Washington dispatch says; The
statement can be repeated on the au-
thority of the detail Office of the navy
department that Admiral Dewey win
not be relieved at Manila until he
chooses TO make application for such
relief. So far he has not given any
intimation OF purpose TO apply for
relief In the immediate future.
Smallpox has been widely prevalent
ut tho national capital of late, and the
health authorities are bending every
effort TO check what has threatened
10 assume the aspect OF an epidemic.
There were IS cases OF the discaxe In
the smallpox hospital on tie 10th,
with an aggregate Of SO SO far re-
ported.
President Mckinley IL being urged
10 visit chattanooga on ma return
from T'hornnByilie, Ca, where he 10
soon TO be the guest Of Senator Hanna
His return win be about shc time Of
ths dedication OF the monuments Of
Kentackys Georgia and Illinois ss
Chiosnmauga and the Chattanooga
spring festival.
In the Lake county (IiI.t circuit
rcurt. at Wankegan, on the 10th, Carl
FchIke. who on Aagust IL. stabbed
70 death Hev. 6omuei Brrakwcl; on
Rnilty 70 murder and was sentenced
ne streets of HighwDod, pleaded
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