The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-09-13

LATER ERws.
A tropical hurricane which hah
done considerable damage ou the isl'
Rnds oi .Iamuira aud Cuba. strurk tho
Florida coast, on the 5th, the wind at
one time reaching Il velocity ~ nearly
one hundred miles an hour II s
feared that the crews pf at least 1850
vessels were swept overheard, aud
much damage io small craft aud other
property Was done.
The state department hns received
information that about year npu,
Mr.. Augustin Perez. IA native u'
France. hut citizen uf the I utird
States. died nt rurbla; that ni the
time of his death hc owned half in.
tcrcst In nn onyx mine, nud that b"
left three children In New Orleans
who should bc heirs to the property.
In Liverpool. on the 7th, corpora.
tion inspector condemned a large Pnr.
tion of the brcf and mutton, pre-.
served hy the new stcriliyrd air proc
css and shipped 10y the British steam
rr Southern Gross, Capt. rhpp- from
liucnos Ayrrs. August ;. The rest ~
the cargo realized about half the
prices Of American chilled beef
II was asserted NJ the Austrian for
rign office, on the 9th. according To
the Vienna correspondent ~ the Ion
don Daily Nail that Russia had
agreed to n compromise, leaving q
portion Of the troops in rckin and
sending the main body 10 Tirn Tsiu,
which has been the military hcadguar-
icrs.
Samuel Kcistcr, wcll.Luuvu min
inr man Of Terry, = D.. waS danger.
ouslS injured. on the eth. in an acci-
dent in the sunset shaft. lIr was hr-
ing lowered hy u friend who did not
understand the machinery aud tue
cage got ANaN and dashed to the bot
tom, n distance of $50 feet.
Geo. thinner. manager Of the Lex
ington tNchD telephone exchange,
and companion named Thomas, pi
Kcarncy, were drowned whil. at
tempting to- ford the l.nup river on
the night Of the eth. The bodies were
recovered
Thc statement Of the trcausry hal
anccs IN the general fund, exclusive
uf the SIiO,OOO.00U gold reserve In the
division of redemption, issued an the
9th, showed: Available cash balance,
81 a .37a .2G- gold, SOS. .5Oi SOC.
"Thc Abbot" reduced the worlds
mile trotting-t record. on the
eth, NJ Charter Oak park, at Hartford,
Conn, tn 2;Oiis, The former record
was 2:O0H, held by Lucille" made at
Cleveland in 1877.
One Of the most awfully destructive
storms that ever visited this country
swept the lower half of Texas, on the
sth and 9th. Many towns are report
ed Ms entirely oblitcratcd, with liat
of dead and injured from each. The
entire face Of the country for miles
hack from the coast was said to have
been inundated, the surface of the
water being sircwn with corpscs,
wreckage from destroyed homes. fur
ni,urc and general debris. MeaRrr
reports from Galveston indicate that
large portion of the town and island
were swept away and that thc loss of
life would reach up into the thou
sands.
Mai Marchand, of FaKhodn fame,
embarked NJ MarSeilleS, on the 9th, on
steamer bound for China, where he
goes TO represent France on the i'm
ternationnl commission composed of
officers entrusted with the settlement
of diplomatic questions and any diff
culties arising between the different
portion Of the foreign corps.
The Judge advocate general Of the
army has received the records of sew
eral cases of native Filipinos tried by
military commissions for various
crimes, such es murder. robbery. etc,
some of whom were executed, while
others were saved by Gen. MacAr-
thurs disallowing the findings of the
courts-maTtiRl.
The North German lloyd steamship
Wilhelm der Crosse was sighted by
the Deutschland at daybrcak, on the
9th, and was passed at noon. She was
out of sight Ht nightfsll. The much
advertised race, therefore. was of
brief duration, the Deutschland over
hauling and outstripping her rival
cRsiiy.
Advices from Pekin. TO the LIST, say
that Emperor Kwang Su was then at
Hsucn Hwa Fin. In the province of Chi
Ii, lao miles north of pekin. II is also
reported that Gen. Yung LIN and his
entire family had committed suicide.
The condition of Gen. John A. Me-
Ciernand was slightly improved ON
the 9th. He took some nourishment.
and his strength was somewhat bet
ter. There Is shadow of hope for
his recovery.
Arrivals at Victoria. u. C., from the
north report rich strikes In the
Tanana country. One miner reports
that the ground In places pays 500
day.
Another buhenlc plague suspect was
removed 20 the lsolafion hospital -
Glasecw On the sth-