The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-08-23

BrtE .-Oen. Oorward, the British OF
fcer In command az the taking nf
Ticn TNin, In letter 20 tho conf
mandiuR officer of the United states
forces. praises the American soldiers
for their ready and willing spirit"
which, b. says. makes their command
easy, and for the steady gnllnntry and
power Of holding on To exposed posi-
tions. lie frankly takes the blame for
their extra exposure and points out
many instances Of personal yalor OF
officers and men, which hr intimates
he will mention In his official dis
patches.
District Attorney W. y. johnson of
the southern district Of Indian terri
tory has received instructions from
the department of the interior 20
prosecute all persons concerned IN
surveying or laying on new towns in
the territory since the passage Of the
Curtis law, This includes spcculators.
boomers and private surveyors, but
not bonafde purchasers who are
building on their lots
The list of awards TO American ex.
hibitors nj the Paris exposition was
made public on the nth. The United
States, In all, secured l.Dsl awards. or
these go were grand prizes. lsG gold
medals, $50 silver medals, az bronze
medals. go honorable mcntip1s. and
long list of gold. silver and bronze
medals for colinborutors.
Official confirmation of the capture
OF Pckin 10y the allied forces and the
relief of the forrign legations AMI
white and Chinese Christians from
their long imprisonment and suspense.
was received 10y the state and navy de
partmrnts on the 18th. One report
rays that the Chinese offered strong
resistance.
Two Italians, Natabe Marescn and
Michil Guida, have been detained at
Quarantine. New York harbor, thrlr
deportation to Naples, Italy, being
recommended to the secretary of the
treasury. Thcy hal been reported
from RENE 90 Inc anarchists who
might attempt the life of the prcsi-
dent.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances In the general fund, exclusive of
the $50. 900, ,OOn gold reserve In the di-
vision of redemption, issued on the
18th, showed: Available cash balance.
si4i i,s5o,Ss4; gold. &72.fOo.als.
II. q. Dun 4 Co.'S Trade Review, Is
sued on the nth, reported; Failures
Tor the week were i6I IN the United
States, against iS5 last year, and -
In Canada, against "a last year"
The entire plant of the Kelly Az
Manufacturing Co.. at Alexandria,
Ind, valued at $s00.0O0, was destroyed
by fire on the night of the l9th. II
was the largest AK factory In the
world, employing some eight hundred
or n thousand men when running at
full force. The company had just en-
larged the factory. increasing the out.
put fully one-third.
The wooden steamer Argonaut
sprung a leak, on the 18th, after TAX.
ing on n cargo Of iron ore. and sunk
at her dock at Escanaba, Mich. One
of the steamships boilers blew up un.
der pressure, and 4. A. Mcfarland. a
fireman from Port Huron. WAS severe
~ sealded. The Argonaut was ready
TO go 10 sea when the leak was dis
covered.
J. ID. Bcnlcr. general superintendent
of the Chicago. burlington g. Quincy
railroad. was injured. on the 18th. by
an explosion of escaping gas In the
eompany's Office building, caused by
lighted match. Mr.. Besier was severe
iy burned, but was able 10 go TO his
home In n carriage, where his burns
on the hands and face were treated.
The order of commander of the
Legion Of Honor has been bestowed
upon N. Pichon. French minister 10.
China. ON the 10Th NJ. Delcasse, the
foreign minister, visited NJ. Pirhon's
mother In Paris, announced to her the
safety of her son and handed 20 her
the decoration for him.
The steamer Amur arrived at Vie.
terra. u. C.. ON the 18th, from skaguay.
Adsices were brought that Hon. Rirh-
lard Mansfield White, of New York. ex-
Ipiorer and minc-owner, In an inter-
view given at Hkaanay, contends that
tho R,ondike is In American territory.
George Cabot Lodge, son Of senator
Henry Cabot Lodge. of Massachusetts,
and Miss Matilda Frelinghaysen Davis.
daughter of Judge Davis, Of the court
LOT claims. Washington, were rnarrjsd
lot the Church Of the Advent In hos
|ton ON the 18TH
AZ Philadelphia while frightant=g
10 crowd Of negroes. on the night Of
|the Ipth4 BY pretending she was :
|ghcst. FlorcBce Almond, aged Is
years. Was strurk an the head with
brick thrown by one Of the negroes
land killed.
t;cronimo, the noted Indian chief.
|rrcrntly reported 70 have become In
|xune. \. = n now naid. nlsout to 1navrr