The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-03-16
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government To purchase san Juan hill
to be used as d public park. \ certain
portion could n &c; apart 20 DC used
Rs q cemetery and the site Of q mortu-
ary church. A few thousand dollars
spent upon the rest would make
BEAUTIFUL recreation ground, including
6 half-mile race tract, a baseball din-
nlund and tennis grounds.
Mrs J, Warren Keifcr, wife of Maj
Gen. Kcifcr, died at Springfield. o.. of
pneumonia on the i2th. She had bcen
~ but little over a week. Gen. Keiier
ard his son. Capt; Keller. Of his stan,
were on their way home frum Havana.
but lid no, arrive In time TO see her
alive. Mrs. Keifcr was % years OF age,
and married 90 Gen. Keifer in 1850.
The massive fircWall On the east Of
the eight-story structure az a07.2lt
jackson boulevard. Chicago, which was
partly destroyed 10y late fire, fell al-
most without warming, on the 18th,
completely demollshing the adjoining
building and setting the ruins ON fire.
A score Of fircmcn barely escaped he
ing caught under the mass Of debris.
The Paris Eclair confirms the report
that the French government inquiry
regarding the explosion Of the naval
powder magazine at la Goubran has
shown that Il was not OF accidental
origin. and much credcnce IS now
given 20 the rumor that Il was an
anarchist outrage.
The Filipinos hudapparently planned
an attack upon the lines of Gen. Otis
and Gen. Hale, on the i2th, but their
courage seemed TO fail them, though
they fired signals and afteTwnrd kept
up the fusllade along the American
front for an hour.
The old Hungarian family of Ester
hazy has decided TO apply 10 the Seine
court for an injunction, prohibiting
Major Count Esterhazy from using the
title and arms OF the Esterhazy fam
ily, to which. 4; IS said, he has no legal
right.
Many Of the soldiers IN the Philip
pines have fallen In love with the coun-
try and are anxious 10 he mustered
out when their terms expire at Manila
and use their pay and passage money
10 establish themselves IN business.
The body of the late Princess Bis
marck was transferred. on She 18th,
from Varscin TO oFrcidrichsyuhc, where,
on April /, II will he buried with the
body OF the prince In the Bismarck
mausoleum-
After mature consideration on the
subject the war department has decid-
ed to take advantage of the provision
of the act by which Hawaii was hn-
neAed 10 the United States transfer
ring the public lands 10 the general
government, TO acquire such tracts In
the islands as may be necessary for
military purposes.
Col. Piequnrt, in accordance with the
decision of the criminal section Of the
French court of cessation, has been
handed over for trial 90 the civil au-
thorities. lie has been transferred
ftom the Cherche Midi prison TO the
prison Of Ia Anto.
The political crisis in 81. Johns, N.
r., continues. The lYemi~T, Sir James
Winter, Is negotiating sith Robert
Rcnd for coalitioa wita the regular
opposition. The premier expects TO &c
cure dissolution and 20 win the gen
eral election.
The government has desired the Red
Gross society 10 take up the hospital
work In Cuba, sheltering the homeless
and caring for the sick. A Red Croas
staff started for Havana, on the iAth,
IT, Join the agents of the society al
ready there.
The French state railways, operated
under the control Of the French gov
crnmcnt, have placed an order with
the baldwin locomotive works Of PhIl'
adelphia for ten high-speed loconao-
tises, to be finished in few months.
Ex-Goy. Fletcher. of Missouri, who
was stricken with paralysis in wash.
ington, about three weeks ago. n In
critical condition. He rallied from the
stack, and for awhile was considered
out Of danger. but suffered relapse.
An oil well producing soo to 100 har-
rsis day was opened two miles ssest
OF Marietta, o.. on the Iatb. The strike
caused much excitement In oil circles,
as the well was the first deep sand pro
ducer opened close 10 the city.
The president has iasned two procia-
nations relieving from further dia-
criminstinr duties shipplng from the
nrssssh West Indian Islands OF Trini-
dad and Tohago.
David j. Baker. ex-jndge OF The nl2-
nois supreme court. dropped dead at
heart aisesse in his law ofiee In Chr
eaRo. ON the 18th,
Chief Justice Fuller ststed, on the
issh. that the United States aaprvuse
court would take a rscess, ON the nth,
for tuo wrecks.
Martin J. CArkef. a. FennUlvpais,
/ has bsen oppeinlea unitad etstm con-
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