The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-10-25

NO., at about hnIt- past one rlpFh hh
the morning of the 10Th. Dynamite
was used, and the report was heard
by Constable William r. Morrcn and
the proprietor of the Brcnaugh house
across the street from the bank. Con-
stable Morrcn fired several times in
the darkness In the direction Of the
report, and shot after shot was re-
turned by the robbers. one ~ which
struck Morrcn and killed him lir WAS
shot squarcly between the eyes with "a
44-caliber bullet.
Gov. Sayers of Texas was among the
presidents callers on the 10Th. lie
was on his way back to TeNHs from
New York. where he went 20 attend
the charity bnzaar for the benefit of
the orphans of the Galveston disaster,
and stopped In Washington 70 pay his
respects TO the president and to thank
him for the aid the government had
extended the victims of the storm.
Secretary Long has ordered that
there be no further proceedings in
the ease of Capt. Wilde, Of the Ore
gon, who wns being investigated by
court Of inquiry 10 determine the re-
sponsihility for the grounding Of the
hattleship In the Gulf of Pc Chi Ii last
summer, while burryinF TO Taku
from Shanghai. This action finally
,lisposcs of the case
Nicholas Scalp, n Swedish naval
cook, who was on the hattleship
Maine when she was blown mp In Ha.
ynna harbor, shot and killed himself
In Brooklyn on the 10Th. His jaw
was shattered by flying iron in the
Maine explosion, and he had been un-
ablc 10 eat solid food since.
The remains Of the late VIM. L. vii.
son, postmaster general in President
Clcveland's cabinet and president of
Washington and Lee university, at
Lexington, Va, were laid 10 rest, on
the 10Th. in the family lot In Edge
Hill cemetery at Charleston, w. Va.
s. L. Morris was arrested In Chica.
go, on the 10th. for an alleged attempt
upon the life of John W. Gates, cx.
president Of the American Steel and
Wire Co. When searched at the po-
lice station, two large revolvers were
found concealed in his pockets.
Charles Francis Adams, president of
the Massachusetts Historical society,
delivered the formn, dedicatory ad.
dress OF the Wisconsin State lIistori.
cal socicty's new library and museum
building at Madison. on the 18th, be-
fore a large attendance.
4cnor Cancio, Cuban secretary Of
finance, In the course of u pamphlet
just issued on the financial condition
OF the municipalities Of the island,
urges better business management,
pointing out that municipality
should be az carefully conducted ON
It's financial side as n business cor
poration.
The state department, on the 2ist,
received a copy of the AnHlo-0erman
agreement regarding China from
Count DE Quadt, the German charge
d'affaires, who, earlier In the day. had
received II by telegraph from Count
Won Buelow, the German chancellor
ut Berlin.
The vremdenbiatt and the Neuo
Freie Pressc, Of Vienna, approve the
agreement between England and Ger
many, and express themselves as con
tident that all the powers will adhere
10 IL, "becanse amy power declining 20
do 80 would excite distrust."
baroness Won ketteler, the widow
OF the murdered German nmhaHsador
10 China, arrived In Detroit. Mich. on
the 2lSt, and was Immediately driven
10 the residence of her father, Henry
u. Ledyard. president of the Mhicigaa
Central railroad.
All the London morning papers d.
late upon the high Importance Of The
Angio-0erman agreement. The Daily
Telegraph describes II as ''thc most
remarkable successes scored hy nrisiHh
dlplosnsey sinee the Berlin treaty"
A. u. Price, OF Palestine. Tex, a
student AT she bingham (N.C.) school,
died, on the 2ist, from injuries sus-
tained ia prsrfice game of football
the day before. His spinal eolnmn
was hroken lefween the shoulders.
Mr.. Robert Buchanan, tbs novelist,
had cerebral hemnrrhsgr In Lon
don. on the 3Ikt. which WAS ftslipwrd
by pGr1lysix Of the right side and
complete loas Of speech His e0ndi-
tion IA sexx critical