The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-05-03

ward the Transyaul driving the Bnrrs
IN the Free State before him. The
Boer smokeicss powder plant aud
arsenal near Johannesburg was
wrecked ny an explosion and % PER |
sons were killed and So injured,
LATER NEWS.
Ir thr senate. on the 18th The rso
luticn declaring Nathan q ~yo.i to be |
untitled - his seat in m" >ruIi" irum |
M,I Virginia Nas adopted with IWi |
three dissenting votes. lh, AlIskHu |
and cotton claims hill, took up the
r,.st nj the day. sa,r for au auuuHurr-
mcut concerning IN. Clarke co. In |
the hou-r gi private pru~i'u bilis we're |
passed, among them ou" granting go |
month to the widow ui the late cot. |
John VI St0t>cubotg. oi the Fi!si Nc- |
braskH, who was Killed iu thr Philip
pines. The conference rrp0rt ON the
Hawaiian government hill ATS adopt.
ed. and the MlI sent tr ~" president |
The state department received con.
hrmatiun. uu the e7ih, Of the press
icIrri that tartarrua had fallen iui"
thu hands uf the rr,uluiiunists. The
taking uf the town 90 regarded ~ a
natter uf the prrair,t importance. fpr
tdrtagrnu ia the principal s'Hp"ri ~
colombia. aud collect. uusi Di the ru.-
tom, r,',ruurs uf the country.
The nitrd States ship Dolphin.
bcuring Mr. Charles llrrbcrt Allen. th"
rcwly.appoiu,cd civil governor Of
l'u,rto Rico, dropped anchor m Sn
Juan at ten o'cluck on the morning
ui the a7Ih. Gen. Davis military gov.
ernoF. visited MIR. Alien ON board the
iiulph,n NJ haif-paSt eleven o'clnck.
The srnalc. IN executive scss'un, on
the g3th, ratified the TREATY with Spain
extending for siN months the time ~
which Spanish resident, of the Philin-
mes muy decide whether they WI
remain subjects uf Spaiu o. hccomr
uDilcus ~ the Philippine
II was reported. on the '5ih. that
| tarrr were aOO Is0crs at liosmun,s kop,
a. the Smii hfeld district; 100 dt
s,uithGcld 400, with two guns and
NJ >im. at tirys kop, and 200, with two
guns. ut klotter drift, Caldeon riser.
The American National institute Ia
Paris was inauguratcd, on the evening
Il the 9Th, 10y n suiree, given at the
temporary premises of the institute,
udcr the presidency Of NJ. Sully.
rrudhommc the poet.
The amount of bonds exchanged up
| tu the a7th. at the treasury for the new
| two.pcr-ccnts was Sa5s. AS, 400. oi whicii
| - SIS, 500 were received from indiyii'
uulr and institutions other than ma.
tioual banks.
Louis kIupsch publisher Of the
| Christian Herald OF New York city,
!ot London on the asth, for India, in
order 10 Investigate the famine aud
| GiSlributc the American relief
In the senate. on the esth, Mr.. Petit
grew q. D. introduced and ASKED i'm
mediate consideration OF preamble
and resolution Of sympathy for the
lIOcrs Of South Africa In their war
against Great Hritain. A vote 20 refer
e. the committee on foreign relations
disclosed the absence of a quorum.
efforts TO SECURE which failed. beyond
the passage Of few bills no buincss
of importance WIS fransacted.. In
the house. number Of Important bills
were passed bu: must OF the session
was devoted 90 senate bill 10 ervnte
commission to adiudicate claims Of
citizens of the United States against
Spain assumed, by the treaty Of Paris,
by this country. A bill to eonfer
mcdals upon the ofiieerr and cTew OF
the revenue cutter Hudson. which res
cued the torpedo beat Minslow, ut
CGrdenas. Cuba, was passed.
By the collapse Of n bridge ut the
Paris exposition, ON the 29th, about
hity persons on the promenade below
were caught under the ruins Of the
falling structure. Six OF them were
taken out dead. and 40 were more or
lesa severely injured, several of them
diving soon after. The bridge hud TINT
| murning becH condemned as Insecure,
but for some reason no warning ha
letn given the public.
4 hfUs stthAn WIN ~ VIZ
Maryland court OF appeals, died 10
| Was hington, On the 29th. OF consump'
iicn, aged about sixty years. lie was
nEtivesf New York. and served with
distinetipn in the civil war, entering
the service as major of the Ninth New
York regiment. He was bresetted
irigsdier general of volunteers fof
ga,lantry. Interment viii be al A-i-
lngton.
Admiral Dewey, accompanied by
Mrs. Dewey aud his private secretary,
Lieut.. Caldwell, left Washington, on
the :9th, In q special train over the
baltimore q Ohio railroad. en- route 20
Chicago to participate In the celebra-
lion Of the second anniversary OF the
battle Of Manila.
AZ supplementary meeting of the
s:cumenirai conferences IN AcN. Aorss.I
| on the e9tk, the subject Of the Liquor
end Opium Trafisc" was discussed. The
beisfui chests Of liquor and opium "a
the natives of every country where
missionaries are working were sx-I
planned In detail.
United States Consul-Gensral Mssen.
| a. Feriip. 4 preparing an ofseisi ~.
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