The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-03-29

LATER NEWS.
In the senate. on the a3d, the confer
enrc report on the Puerto Ricnn relief
bill was adopted by vote Of 35 20 Is.
practically q strict party expression.
No democrat voted for the report, bu;
hr. Stewart tNrv,l voted with the re.
pubIicans.. In the house, Il being
private pension bill day. i42 such bills
were passed, The conference report
on the Puerto lican relief bill was
presented, but iiS consideration was
postponed until the eith.
The preliminary examination of Sec
/ retnry uf State Caleb Powers, charged
with abrtting the assassination Of
William Goclel, began at Frankfort,
Ky, on the I'D, before Judge Moore.
The courthouse was guarded inside
and out by militia and scores Of dcpu.
ties armed with Winchester rifles.
Senator Ross, from the committee
on civil service, on the 2Jd, reported
back the bill extending the civil scry-
ice 10 the dependencies of the United
! States. The hill permits the removal
OF persons employed. but requires that
the reasons hc stated in writing when
practicable 10 do So"
Up to the hour OF closing the depart
ncnt on the 2Jd, the bonds offered
to the treasury for exchange into the
new two-pcr-cents amounted TO si3s
0Ut.eO0, of which sli,S5o $50 came from
individuals or institutions other than
national banks.
j. T.. Remnant, conservative, WIS
elected, on the 2gd, without oppasi-
ton, 10 the seat lIlolbOrn division OF
Finsbury, Irndcnl ~ the housr oi com
mons. made vacant by the death Of
Sir Charles Hall, q. g., conservative.
The Marine hospital has received a
report from Surgeon Carmichael. a,
Honolulu. under date Of the 18th. ia
which he says thcr" was only one
death from plague in the islands be-
tween March and Is.
sherman Rogers, prominent eiti-
zen Of Buffalo. y. Y, died an the Cd,
at the residence Of his son, II. Cameron
Rogers, the wcll.known poet, In Santa
barbara. Cal, of cerebral meningitis
II Is reported from Lima that the
government OF Peru intends to APP
point MIR. Alexander Garland t. bv
Peruvian minister at Washington.
Capt. Thomas Wilson. president of
the Central national bank of Cleyc.
land, o., and widely-known vessel
owner, died ON the Esd.
The establishment Of an Oceanu-
graphic institute ut l,icl university Is
now placed bcyund doubt.
In the senate, on the gath. measure
was passed providing for the appoint
ment by the president Of a commission
10 investigate the trade and commerce
OF the orient with u view TO the ex-
tension Of American commerce. The
closing hours of tho session were de.
voted TO the confederation of rrsolu-
tions accepting from the state Of ln-
diana a statue of Oliver =. Morton. 80.
In the house. the conference report on
the Puerto Rican relief bill was adopt. |
ed by vote Of I35 10 81. A hill was
passed appropriRtinR $4,000 for de-
signs for n suitable memorial In Wash !
inRion TO Ulysses S. Grant.
Notwithstanding that troops reeog- |
nixing the dual governors were
qusv;sTri within two squares Of each |
other at Frankfort KY, on the 25th,
the day WIS quiet, The republican nd
jutant general, Collier, and democratic |
assistant adjutant general, Murray.
got together and discussed and mutu-
ally agreed upon plnrs To avoid possi-
;-.,y ~ -"y . -s.s. :. . s sS.==l .. ..-.s.s.n
the troops.
Chief Willis l.. Moore Of the weather
service has issued an order prohibiting
persons connected with the service |
from smoking cigarettes during Office
hours, and stating further that those
who smoked cigarettes at any time
would be mentioned IN the confidential
reports which are made quarterly 90
him by chiefs of the several Offices and
throughout the entire service.
Mr.. Chin Pom Ye, envoy extraor-
iinary and minister plenipotentIary
Of Corea 20 this government, win sail
from New York, ON the 3ist, for Paris.
10 begin his new duties abroad He
hns been transferred TO Paris, Vienna
and ST. Petersburg. ut which capitals
be will represent his government ia
The future. dividing his time between
the capitals Of those countries.
The Stoughson twis.) academy was
totally destroyed by fire on the aJth.
The institution was run under the
auspices Of the Norwegian Lutheran
synod. and was attended by iia stu
sents from Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois
and the Dakotas- The pecuniary loss
D not heavy. and the academy will
probably be rebuilt.
Mail advices received from Colombia,
IN the cath, report thst the rrvoie-
Eionists have been pressing the gov
srnmeut forces and that large num-
Der of political prisoners taken last
weak from Panama have been hsa-
shsd 70 Gms Aa4ySA