The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-07-05

/ palace az Pcklng by Chime, truopa
/ Foreign missions were burned 1' Ticn-
isiu aud Wci-Hcu. 100 persons being
/ Killed at the former place Tho mnssa-
ere ~ native Christian a' inland dis
/ tricis is confirmed.
LATER NEWS.
The Prohibition National cor' rrtion
IN Chicago adjourned siur die, uu the
2sth, after having placed in uominn-
iion for president John q. NuuIlry, Of
! Illinois, and for N.cr.prcsid,ut Henry
II. Mctralf oi Rhode Island. The u1mi-
nations in each instance wrrr made on
the first ballot.
IL n reported on good Chinese Au.
/ thoriiN that the government alarmed
by the foreign military preparations,
has issued an cdict ordering the per-
| cmptory suppression oi the l;oNcrs,
and announcing decision ip protect
the legations at all hazards.
a dispatch from Che Foo. un the
27th said: THE American mission at
Wuh ~ I'm, Shan Tung province,
China, has been destroyed. The mis-
sionnrics c~cnped The governor hns
notified foreigners inland that he is
unable 10 protect them"
llorncc Scdgcr, wei. known the.
atrlcal manager, aud his wife. Ethel,
an actress, we're arruigned and remand
ed gt the Bow Street u,ondun) police
court, on the 2~th. on the chnrE, Of
fraudulcntly obtaining goods by mrans
Of worthless checks.
Fourth Assistant Observation-Disclosures
al Brislnw. VINO for the past five 4"eks
had been In Havana investigating the
Cuhan postal frauds and initiating re-
furms in the administration ~ the Cu-
ban postal service. returned to Wash
ingtOn on the 2sth.
II was Inserted ru Shanghai. ou the
2Sth, that liu, the ,icrroy of Naukiu,
had received instructions from rrLiL
10 inform the foreign cuusuls there inn
medintcly that the legations at rrkin
have been arranging peace terms"
The department e state is advised
| 10y Minister Powell, at port-au-rrincc.
that he had been informed that the
government Of IluNti has adopted the
gold standard, aud that the unit ui val.
ne is the American gold dollar.
Speaker Henderson Was rruomiuatrd
by ncclamation, on the 2sth. hy the
Third Iowa district republican cou,cn-
tion for his tenth term Ms representa-
tive in congress. The nomination was
made amid great enthusiasm.
The Colorado state board of health
Ed,iscs the maintenance of the quarun-
tine against Chinese and .Iapancsc on
account Of hubonlc plague at san
Francisco.
Prof. Ferdinand Won Ritchotfcn has
been appointed director Of the newly
established Museum OF 0ceanography
at berlin.
Il was reported, on the cath. that As
q result of negotiations between the
powers, an agreement had been ar
rived at which provides for the main
tsnancc Of the statu quo In China as
regards spheres Of influence and com
mercinl agreements. and also respect
ing the nature Of the guarantees and
compensations which will he demand
ed from China.
The California and Hawaiian dele
gates 20 the democratic national con
vention Mt Kansas City, No, started
east from San Francisco on the 9th.
The delegates were escorted 70 their
train by the Iroquuls cub OF that city.
large consignment of fruits and
wines had already been shipped TO the
California headquarters In the eonvea-
ton city.
The New York Life Insurance Co.
settled claim of several thousand dol
lars apparently about 60 become due
on the policy Of Howard c. Benhain, of
Batavia, N. ", who had been convicted
of killing his wife and sentenced Co die
In the electric char. BenhRm got a
new trial. later, and was acquitted.
Senator wolcott has received notice
from the national republican commit
tee of hia appointment as chairman of
the committee TO notify Gov. Roosevelt
of his nomination AS vice-prexidcnt-
The ceremony win take place at Oys-
ter Bay, at ten O'Clock on the morn
ing of the 18th.
The steamer Zaiindia, which arrived
at San Francisco, on the Goth, eight |
days from Cape Nome, brought word !
that smallpox had broken out ON board |
the steamers Santa Ana and Ohio. and
these vessels had been placed In quar-
antine at Egg island.
The statement Of the treasury hai-
ances In the general fund. exclusive Of |
the siko, ,o00. 600 reserve In the division |
of redemption, issued ON the 18th. |
showed that the available cash hnianre
on that day was sis2,424, 400, geld.
$7o,33l,sf3.
A landslide occurred at Hsrtseil ifiii.
10 miles below Decatur, Ala. ON the |
Louisville & Nashville railroad, on the |
zeth. IL In known that three men, one
negro and two whites, were killed, and
Il 10 thought several others shared tbs |
name fate.
Early delegates arriving at Kansas
CITY. Mo-. did not take kindly N the |
proposition to nofnsrsts Mr.. Bryan On |
ths Fourth. They admitted the seatis |
meat enutainsd II tbs iden, but |
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