The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-01-04


buttons Of books and papers for the
garrison at Guam. the navy depart,
meui had received, up to the aSth, -,
books, a,2l7 magazines. 2,lis illustrat,
ed weekly papers. - srts of dominorr
~ sets of checkers and - sets Of alpha.
bet blocks, the last 10 be u1ed in tcacls
ing the native children.
John llouscman. ~ years old, who
| says he was CHcc wealthy mau in
Sacramento. Cal, was taken to the
workhuusr in New York. on the g,th
10 serve three months for NagWucy
lluuscman said that while Young
man he had gone west aud settled Ia
( Sacramento and umasscd cUmforta-
bic fortune
II was officially announced. on the
2s,h that the dominion parliament
had been called for February l. The
principal business To be- brought up
will be- the voting OF money Tor the
military continErnts sent 20 South A.
rica and the adoption OF motions in
doring the action Of the government.
Fully 600 representative members Of
the Kansas State Livestock association
mat az Emporin. on the esth, nj a
called meeting to discuss and put into
effect "all honorable means 10 SIGHT
the advance IN freight mtrs mad by
the railroads in their change from ear.
load rates To hundred weight"
q. n. Elliott dropped dead AZ his
home In Topeka, kns.. on The eSth lie
was probate judge Of the county for
many years. was one of the early set
tiers here, and was - years old.
Death was caused by paralysis Of the
heart.
The order which has been issued
opening to trade the ports Of Jam
bOnngu. Cottahato. Dnvao and lsAbcln,
T.. l., will apply Professionally to the
Jolo and Siassi ports. Gen. Bates will
appoin, the customhouse agents.
Prince David uf Hawaii passed
through Minneapolis, Mimi. on the
2sth. en- route to Washington, Via Chi
cago. The prince is Il nephew Of Queen
Liliuoknlnni. and was tu have married
Princess Kaiualani had she lived.
Gen. Frederick Funston will join
Gen. MacArthur's command in the
Philippines. His brigade has not yet
been designated, but II is thought he
will be assigned to Gen. Wheelcr's.
zen. Daniel Buttcrfield is seriously
III az his home in New York. The at
tending physician said, on the 2sth,
however. that there WIS no immediate
danger 20 his patient
Maj. Hammer, chief phymaster Of the
department of the Missouri, received
,elegrnphic orders from Washington,
on the goth. TO proceed TO Manila for
duty. lie expects 10 sail from Seattle,
Wash, January s. The major only
lacks two years OF the retiring agr.
and the order for this reason came as
surprise, as heretofore officers Of
tha, age have not generally been or
1ered TO the Philippines.
Corporal Fair and Private Jockens,
of the regular army. who shot and
killed Private Morgan, u deserter, were
arraigned at Papillion, Neb., ON the
29th, ON the charge OF murder before
Judge Edgar Howard. The defendants
plead not guilty, and the preliminary
examination was set for the I'd, at 10
a. m.
The news that Germany will not
send military experts TO the Beers Is
received by the German press anfHsor-
ably. The Dcustche Tages Zeiiung
says; III il hard TO conceive why not.
From thtsBoers one may learn how to
win victories. but from Gen. Butler
only how TO lose battles and cannon"
Capt. John Cowdon's son, Mr.. james
Seldom Cowdon, of Washington city.
has completed a plaster model ~ Low
er Louisiana, showing the food plane
and floor plane OF the Mississippi riser
from the mouth OF Red River to the
Gulf Of Mexico. M well Rs the location
of the proposed Lake BorRne outlet.
Florence Blsth--lIincklry, heiress 10
several million dollars left her by her
father. Thomas blythe, which were
awarded TO her after protrncied litiga-
tion, has been quietly married at San
Francisco to A. A. Moore. Jr., deputy
attorney general of California.
Prince Arenberg, recently court
martialcd in German Southwest Afri-
ca, for killing subordinate without
proyocation and fiendishly torturing
his victim while dying. and who was
ordered 20 Berlin for sentence. will, 1t
In said. have a new trial.
The stockholders Of the Laekawsn-
M Iron and Steel Co., in special see.
sicu at Scranton, Pa, ON the s9th,
voted In favcr Of increasing the capita!
stock from ss,7so.oco 10 sas.ooo,ooo.
The bureau OF internal revenue DE-
eided. on the seth. that insurance com
psnirs doing call loan business are
liable TO the bankers tax imposed by
the var revenue law.
Red Gross subscriptions for the
Trsnsvsal In Berlin already reach 9