The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-22

LATER SEwH.
Tn reply to a letter from EishoN
Henry {. Potter. to Mayor Van Wyck
OF New York, on the 10Th. calling at
tcntion 10 ;hc appalling vice of the
city, and especially of the East Side,
and drnouucinC the police for abct.
ting crime and defending criminals, in
opposition 10 their sworn duty, the
mayor pledged his best efforts So cor.
rect the wrongs pointed ont, and i'm.
mediatcly issued orders 60 the district
attorney cujoiniug strict compliance
with thh resolve.
Chicago Is 10 have subway on ev-
cry other street In the business cen
ter The men interested In the pro-
lect have sSo.OOO,O0n Of capital gunran-
tccA. and declare that 'hry eau raise
more money II II IL needed to carry
out the plans Engineers are az work
now ON the plans, 1ud as soon as they
are completed the city council Will be
asked for 5O-ycar grant.
A woman believed 20 be insane,
hurled hatchct at Emperor William,
on the 10Th. as he was driving In
open carriage, in Brcslau. with the
hereditary prince OF SAKE -Mciningcn.
The weapon missed the intended vic
tim. but struck the rapidly moving
carriage. The woman was rescued
from the indignant pcpulacc and ar
rested 10y the police.
L. q 81
has now begun In earnest a ma iuriiy
Of the sawmillE throughout the north.
west have closed for the season, aud
nearly five thousand men have been
thrown out Of work in consequence.
All 81 them can find plenty to do In
the woods, however, and no suffering
is anticipated.
Preston Porter, Jr., rolorcd, who
assaulted and murdered little Louise
Frost. on her lonely ride home from
school, was burned ut stake, on the
exnct spot. at Lake Station, near
.inon. Col where he had committed
his awful crime. All the revolving in
ridents usual on such occasions lent
their horror to the scene.
The international committee Of the
=. NJ. G. A.. sat down 10 It's annuel din
ucr NJ the Hotel Savoy, New York
city, on the 10th. Some two hundred
representative men from various
walks of life were there 60 hear ad-
dresses and reports upon the world
wide interests Of che organization.
Frederick W. Royce. widely known
a. an inventor, electrician and veteran
telegraph operator, dropped dead
from apoplexy, on the 10th, in Wash
tngton.
Sanitary conditions In peiSin are
laid to be becoming serious. Sin1e the
foreign occupation many Chinese have
died of smallpox and other infectious
diseases. Fearing that their funerals
would be interfercd with, they have
kept most Of the cofiins containing
their dead In the houses and court
yards. These, together with m ac-
cumulation of garbage constitute an
imminent menace to the city'a health.
Contracts for over two hundred
taken during the week ended on the
nth, by Pittsburgh Pa.) mannfactur-
ing concerns They are for every kind
NJ finished material, and make the
best weeks business that the iron and
steel firms have done since early in
the year.
A passenger train on the Wheeling
d Lake Erie railroad ran into an open
switch at GAINESVILLE, o., on the 18th,
badly wrecking the engine. The engi.
neer, John Somrrs, of GAINESVILLE,
inmped, hut fell under the wheels and
was killed. Four trainmen were hurt
by jumping.
Miss Edith Booth, % years old, an
actress, formerly attached to Mare
Burroughs company, died in n New
YORK. city hospital, on the 18th. from
the effects of injuries received ny be-
Ing thrown from carriage one week
EARLIER.
The tests of the new f2-inch naval
gun Just made have resulted In some
remarkable performance. emitting
the guD 10 rank ahead of any OF the
i2-lnch gums thus far made IN this
country o. abroad.
Martin l.. Irons, once leader of
union labor organizations and who
directed sbe great Missouri Pacific
strike in the eighties. died. ON the
18th, nj isrucsyiiie. 20 miles south OF
Waco. Tex. i.
RsiIroad tickets sold this year ON ar
count OF Thanksgiving. Christmas and
New Years holidays will have longer
limits than have heretofore been al
lowed ON this class of transportation.
Fire broke out in the Valley hotel
nj Phiilippi. w. Va. ON the nth, and
destroyed large proportion Of the
bussncss area OF the city. The loss
apprcximate& siuo.0oo.
A Frenrh synaicate. with capital
Of 1e,oo0.6lse ronhles. win supply the
capital for Q Rsssian railway from
AsBchala tb saknbs, in the Causasus.
pr. i~yds and lloer Delegates Wei-
tnarsna. Fischer and Vessels, Fspch<d
Paris On ~ 1gth.