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The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


William Ten Eyck. st his home In
81. James, after n snort Illness with
pneumonia, aged 70. Mr.. Ten Eyek
had been a prominent figure In
Phelps county. and two years ago was
the republican nominee for repre-
sentative. He was born at Curwins-
vile, Pa, and came TO Missouri II
years ago.
Dr. q. w. Rothwcll, widely known
throughout central Missouri. at the
home of his son.in-iaw, u. W. Will
inns. north Of scdalia. aged ~. Dr.
Rothweil was i.orn la Albermarie
county, Virginia. his fathers farm
adjoining Monticello. Thomas Jrffer-
sons home. lie graduated from the
University Of Virginia, and. with his
bride, emiRratcd to Saline county. in
THE state. where ne commenced the
practice OF medicine.
Judge u. +. sfnms. of Pennington,
At jackson. iEc was Judge Of the Sc
Francois county court for many
years, and q man OF sterling char
arter.
DIR. James McNutt, At Bowling
Green, aged ~. He was well known
In Pike and also in Saline and Boone
counties The body was taken 10
Columbia for burial
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01
MARKED FOR MISFORTUNE.
90 Fcsr IN Three w~eks--Fsur
Drowned Yesterday.

Port Clinton. o., Oct. GA quad.
ruple drowning occurred near Plaster
He'd, on SanduAky bay. eight miles
east of here, yesterday afternoon
The drowned are:
Douglass Stark, aged three yeara.
Geo. Stark, aged five years.
Alfred Stark. aged eight years.
Henry Stark. aged - years.
They were the children of William
Stark.
Mr.. Stark and the children went for
a boat ride yesterday afternoon On
returning to shore the boat became
fouled In fish net. and the oarsman
could neither forge the boat ahead
nor 20 hack. The children becRme
frightened. and, learning over the side
of the small craft, capsized IL.
Mr.. Stark came here from Toledo
three weeks ago. lie then had a fam.
lily of q wife and ten children. Last
week Harvey. aged four. died, and the
week before another child, aged three
months, also died.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

Mayo liodman shot and killed Chas
Davis at his home, ten miles west of
Auxvassc. Galloway county. Both men
were weil-to-do farmers and lived on
adjoining farms. Rodman was walk
ing south on the east side of a hedge
fence which divides their farms, and
Davis was coming north on the oppo-
site side. Each was on his own prem
ises Davis was about Is years old.
lie came from Indiana about fourteen
years aFo.and leaves n widow and five
children. ROdman has hut one arm,
Ia about 4n. and unmarried. They
had been quarrcling for several years
and had had n shooting affray about
year ago, in which Rodman was
wounded. The trouble h said to have
grown out of RodmHn'B attention TO
Davis daughter.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

y. g...,,,.T.ssi e.Ss tiei. sci ~ 81. .ss
IL win be- readily seen by the above
figurea that In the nine months Of tho
present year the number Of business
failures Ia che United States exceed
those of 1899 for the same time by
9gT. II will be- noted that the liahih-
ties for the same period OF the same
year exceed those Of 1890 by s44,i6s.-
$50. Now. this should tell the tais.
The above dispatch Is taken from thc
oregonian Of October 4. The facts
and figures are from r. @. bun a
Co.'S commercial agency. which has
always been counted a republican con
Germ. Now. then, when republican
boasts to yon about "McKinley's pros
peritg" show him these figures. which
any doubter can verify IN the Ore
gonian OF October I, The heading Of
The article is. Of course. our own. An
inrrcase Of ss4.iSa.ss3 in failures in
1900 ever corresponding period In
1899 shows whether times are better
or worse. Cut this cut for reference.
II fioos sha Republican prosperity"
howier as flat an a founder.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

In his Madison square speech Mr..
Bryan outlined his trust corrective. To
place on the free list every truSt-maie
article. This sgouid be compensation
In part, at least, for the multitude the
trusts have thrown out Of employment.
To require trustA 10 take out license
and submit to scrutiny In every state
In which they operate and In which
they were not organized. scrutiny be-
ing presumably exercised In the state
of their organization. These measures
he believes, will end Industrial des-
potiSm which puts trust price on
every finished product and ON every
article OF raw material entering into
q trust prodaici. He would squeeze the
water out OF the stock. After that
process there would be. he ihinks, hon
est corporations. Intelligent men may
differ about the efficaciousncss of Mr.
Bryan's trust corrective. Al least all
will credit him with the brains 10 de.
fine corrective and the courage TO
apply II II the people grant him th.
sowxr.---Chicago Chronicle.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01
WARNING TO MOTHERS.
Bsyan sA@ws sisw fks Ysuth Of the
Land ~ DistaherAa~d by
thr TFgmss.

II am glad 10 talk 10 an sudIence
composed 30 largely of women" said
w. J. Bryan. in a recent speech. "for
certainly Ia this contest the woman Is
a. much interested an thr man. Is not
the mother inisreRted In her son? Is
not the mother interested In making
life worth something for hrr son?
wish that every mother Ia this land
could study The trust question and
learn her owl conviction with g.. She
nnds out about II when khe goes 60 buy
sugar and other articles controlled by
the trcA,s and ia told that the trasil
have raised The prices hot 10 my mind
that is the least objection 10 the trusts,
II the trnsts raise prices we can simply
buy less. bat when q trust mouopoliEeA
an industry and CLOSES tho dear Of op-
portunity against the young man and
attempts 20 condemn a man 30 perpet.
ual elsrkship under monopoly and 10
servitude underS great monopoly, then
monopoly strikes Eeyerer blow than Il
does through the prices that Il EFFORTS,
Mothers. what would you have your
sons do7 Would you have your boys 20
onto the farmT Why, yea know that
to-day the farmer takes more chances
than any other man, and has ieat inilu.
enoe In the government. at least he IL
less considered by those who govern
Are you going TO have your boys SO
among the laborinR men and have but
one ambition, and that 10 have Il full
dinner pail. and only TO have that when
the trust win lei them have it.7 Arg
you willing TO let your sou 90 into the
anthracite coal region and take his
chances at less than 81 a day, with
powder at s2.7s kcR2 Are you salts
fed TO have your boy go iherr2 DO you
want him 10 go into a store? Don't
you know that to-day the trust Is hem
ming the ktorekerper abOut7 Don't
you know that the trust IA shortening
credit? That Ia laying upon the re-
taller all the chances Of business
Don't you know that the trust Is to-
day compelling che merchant to agree
not 10 cell any but trust-mado goods
Would you have your boy go into big
factory, that tomorrow the trust may
come and bankrupt him7 Would you
have your boy have stock In a trust
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

SELECTED FOR EXECUTION.
who Mast suaer-A nas-
sian Jake.

London, Oct. Cdr. Morrison. wir.
ing la the Times from Pckin. under
date Of October 26, says:
THE foreign ministers, In confer
encc to-day. decided 10 add the names
Of Prince VI and Wing Men TO those
OF the seven officials whose execution
France has demanded.
at IL said that the commander Of
the allied troops at rao-Ting-iHu has
arrested the provincial treasurer, who
wss chiefly responsible for the M.
treatment of the rescued mission
aricr."
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the Daily Express claims TO have au-
thority for the statement that when
peace is restored, Russia will hand
back 10 its owners the railway from
Tong Ru Go Niu Chwang.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01
Howard onerca fnr nnhhrrs.

Sheriff Ewing Of Vernon county has
received notice from jefferson City
that Gov. stephens has offered $500
reward for the capture OF the Bro
naugh bank robbers. The Modern
WoodmSn camp at BTonauFh has also
offered 500 more. These sums, added
10 the 500 offered by the Bankers
association. Of which Mr. Rrubakcr
Was a mcmbcr;t the $3.50 offered by the
Vernon county court. and the 5000 Of
irrcd 10y Banker Rrubaker. owner of
the bank. bring the sum up to $3.50.
~ Is likely this amount will bc fur
ther increased by the company in
which the hank was insured against
loss.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01
GOT AWAY WITH THE CONVOY
Hat Loms Two Maxim GuuA--A Tea te
Ose EaEaacmpnt with
tEe Boern.

London. Oct. According to a dis.
iatch from Cape Town to the Daily
Mail force Of iiocrs attacked and
surrounded q patrol of Cape police,
with n convoy. near Hoopstad Orange
River colony, last Wednesday. and q
sharp fight cnsucd
'"rbc police" says the correspond.
eHt, were eompciled 20 abandon two
Maxims. Ultimately, reinforced By
the yeomanry. they sueceedcd In get.
ting away with the convoy; hut they
lost seven killed. II wounded and T.
captured. The coloniais were out.
numbered ten 10 one. and the engage
meni lasted for two hours.
"Thc Beers have 1890 men In the
field. nearly half az whom are In
Orange River colony. These arc divid
cd into commanders Of some three
hundred each. hut nrc capable Of com.
binatlon for large operations"
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

Miles Skcen was shot and instantly
Killed by Patrick Grimes At Brown.
ington, n mining village ten miles
southeast of Clinton. Coroner Glib
bins was called and the investigation
adduccd evidence 60 the effect that
Skccn had been prowlinR about the
premises of Grimes after night for
some time. A noise st Grimes win
dow at night attracted his attention.
He discharged his shotgun az the fig
ure of man. who proved TO be skccn.
almost scycring his neck. Skeen had
been divorced. The jury returned a
Terdict of justifable homicide.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

The big stockholders viii freeze him
out before the year Is over. What will
you have your boy do7 VIII you have
him n lawyer7 Why, the law business
IL gravitating toward the offices of the
large corporation attorneys, and the
other lawyers are clerks In their OF.
Aces. What do you want your boy to
do3 Ia IL not time that you were think
ing7 Is 1t not time you were using
your own influence to take this govern
ment back and place It on its old
foundation and make Il again free
government of che people. by the peo-
pie and for the people, in which the
humblest citizen may aspire 90 the
highest reward In the political worid7
Is II not time that you mothers were
thinking, and II an economic question
cannot arouse yon, is II not time that
you were studying the army question:"
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

The war In South africa has again
spread southWard. The heaviest fatal
tiles OF the past week have been IN the
Orange River colony near the border
Of Cape Colony.
The activity ~ the Filipino junts
iu Paris Nas giving rise 90 the rumot
Of an alliance between Spain and
Aguinaldo.
At Nirtorin West, South Africa, m,
military drp1t, containing vast stores
of food and ammunition, wus de.
stroycd boy fire.
Word has been sent 90 Minister Con
ger TO begin peace negotiations at once
with the Chinese ENJOYS on the basis Di
the points in the German and French
notes upon which nlI the powrrs are
agreed. Upon those points whcrr di-
,crgcnce Of views has been found to- 'N-
ist. the government nf the pnwrrs
;hrmsr!yrs will negotiate with q view
to reaching further understanding
China Is apparently preparing for war
with nllirs. stores, arms, ammunition
and treasure being constantly shipped
from iaugtSc cities ts rckinR.
The famous English ballad singer
Sims Reeves. died at Worlhing aged y
years.
Lord Roberts hopes TO leave South
Africa for home about November i5.
The American twcc,ls have practic.
ally driven the scotch twecds from the
domestic market
Insurgents killed 1000 villagers Ia
the Ewai Sin district In China and the
rebellion In the south WIS spreading.
Throughout hbysinia tobacco smok.
ing has been prohibited by The govern.
mrnt.
At Valley Field. Quebec. cotton mill
operatives aud soldiers had Col. rncoun.
ter and Is strikers and two soldiers
were injured
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01
EXPLOSION OF ACETYLERg.
A stevesettean t;atertstament ia %
Cs~Fss Prevented sy the
Accident.

Chicago, Oct. 2s.--An explosion of
scctylene gas that was to he used for
a stereoptican entertainment occurred
In the First Presbyterian church in
Austin, last night, and the operator,
Geo. Leitch, recently returned from
missionary work In India and ceylon,
seriously injured his right hand and
sustained a number Of other injuries.
The accident occurred while prepara-
tions were being made for Il atereop-
tican lecture by Mr.. Leitch on 'C~ylon
and India" The gas was In two
cylindicai tubes about two feet long.
One Of the tanks sprung . leak and
the light that was In the lantern ig-
nited Il. causing the explosion.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01
WEST AND sOUTH.

Charlotte A. Sanderson died at hes
home in Sanford, Fla, aged 100 years
and o months.
AtEldorudo. H., Thomas Simpson ana
Mrs. MARY T.. Monaghan. aged n and
67 respectively, were married.
At Nashville Tenn. the twenty.ifth
anniversary Of Vanderbilt university
was celebrated.
DIR. J. n, Craig. Of Atlanta. Ga.
dropped dead In the pulpit while adj
dressing the Presbyterian synod at
Newport News, Va.
The 1900 census gives California a
population Of i,fs5O53, an increase
since 1880 Of 276.D23, or 229 per cent.
The legislature OF Georgia convened
In Atlanta.
William A. Paulsen whH sentenced
in Chicago TO an Indcterminate term
In the pcnitsBtinry for receiving de-
posits after his bank was insolyent.
james Galloway aud James Guer
(colored). charged with firing into a
farmers house, were hanged by a mob
at Liberty Hill, Ga.
The selection has been made OF c.
NJ. Cottermau, OF San Francisco, rs
director general Of posts in the Phil
iPpinc islands
Fire wiped out the entire business
part Of Minnriska. MINI, including
the post Office.
Flames swept away the entire bust
..a-sAa.. .e -
Carrie Caldwell, insane from grief
over the death Of her parents, Killed
her three children and herself at
Hnutersviile, n. c.
While drunk Charles Vargo killed
his wife and himself q, Aurora, H.
The Klondlke s.aing camp is now
q prosperous commercial center. says
Consul McCook nj Dawson.
Robert Earwood. @. q. Graham and
Richard Russell, employees on Van
derhllt's estate, were drowned near
AshevEIle, N. C.
The steamer Port Stephens sailed
from San Francisco for Manila, carry
ing 900 horses and several hundred tons
of supplies.
The death Of 4. w. Merrill. editor os
the Prairie du Chien Courier. occurred
81 the ngr Of - years. lie was the old |
est printer IL Wisconsin.
John sherman's funeral took place |
II Mansfield. o.. President Mckinley |
being amonF those present.
In many streams In upper East Ten
sesase high water was doing grrst
lamage.
In Helena. Mont. Deputy United
statez Marshal Sam jackson was
xilled by fall. For years he was ia
nous government scout.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

Mr.. Mckinley has established colo.
nies under the American flag, he has
substituted military force for moral
force In our national life. be has spas
on the declaration Of independence snd
trampled on the sanstitlutien. he has
allowed the British Asg 10 he hoiesed
over American territory In Alaska, he
has sought to revive this extinct Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty and compromise our
control Of che sirnrsguan canal. he has
treated the tying South African repub.
lie with brutal Indifference 10 please
his fsttsrrrs In England. he has sup
ported and protected The trusts in
their attsnpt 10 destroy eofnpetIsioE
and take away hape from the youth uf
shs nation. Y. Janrnai.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

New York. Oct. 2o.--Najeeh Arbee-
~. consul general TO Egypt during
Gen. Grants first administration, was
stricken with paralysis at the barge
Office last evening. Por some years
he hah bern one Of the immigrant in
speutors having in charge the orien-
tai bureau. Najeeb Arbeeiy's father
was a member of the Turkish pariia-
ment, but the sou was educated Ia
this country. He was graduated from
the University of Tennessee. studied
law and was admitted 10 the bar IN
Tcnnesses aud New York.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01
M'KIRLEY's PROSPERITY.
Exccms OF Bu~iaess Failures DHFinH
the Last Wear shown hy He-
puhtieRa Authority.

The Associated Press. one of tho
largest and most sophisticated cor
porations In the world. helplrsaly
hands out the following under date Of
October 3. READERS will find Il In
some remote corner Of the corporation
sheets of the mes; day:
Reports 10 Il. q. Dun & Co. show
commercial failures for the nine
months Of this year TO date. Compare
Ron Ia made below OF failures and lla-
bilities this year and last for nine
months In different sections of the
country.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

winona. MIMI. Oct. 29.--Thia city
and vicinity was visited. yesterday. BY
the worst storm Ia many years az tai,
seascn of the year. Lightning did
considerable damage In the city. and
The railroads suffered much Ions on
account Of washonts and high water,
The Chicago a Northwestern had l..
900 feet Of trnck washed out near
nockiand. Wis. nnd i.aoo feet west oI
Salem. WIS.,, the Chicagn. Milwaukee q
&C. Paul road bad two washoists. Al
passenger trains on the river divIslon
from Milwaukee, sre abandoned.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01
chiia KIIIc.l In an Eievater.

Chicago. Oct. 29.--faul Hubert. Eve
years old. son of A. V. Hubert, oi
Fort Collins, Col, was instantly killed
in nm elevator at the Monadnoeh
building ycaterday, The hoy was
thrown 10 the floor by JERK which
the car gave in starting. He re.
leased his hold on bis mothers hand
and fell backward. His Ekuli was
crushed between the floor of the ele-
yator and the second floor of the
building. Theeieyaior man was watch.
Ing his cable and did not see the child
fall.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

by far the largest funeral ever
seen In Bronaugh, or probably in Yer.
non County, wss that of the late Con-
stable VIM. Morcn. who lost his life
In a fight with the Bronaugh bank
robbers. The procession was over a
mile long.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01
The IErIFH wen.

The heirs of Hans Lawther, whs
filed u petition In the probate court
of Galloway county, recently, to have
their father declared of unsound
mind and incapable of managing his
large estate. arr victorious, The case
came up the other day.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01


The republican party has. ever since
March 4. 1891. had all the power there
Is Ia ihe general government, in all It's
branches. 70 enfuree all the laws there
are against monoralistie combinations
In restraint cf trade. II has also had,
during that period Of three years. all
the power shat any majority party IL
both branches of congress can hare to
pass new laws fer that purpose. The
Ap4i-trqs, law Of isqu. framed by two
nf the nbltzt and rnnst distinguished
Republican sfasscrreu, John Sherman
and George p. EsITnunssx.hap been eli
thIs time III existenex. Tpsay thas th1t
NV d a 10 us< Will not de. hreause I'm
der ~ prcvlsions several mannrolirs IL
restraint IL trade hare b<rn sucS<s&fntr
q inteEferp& wlth 1ltImprs IN,
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

-Four sturdy brothers In the uni
form of Uncle Sam, enlisted for serv-
ice in the army Of the Philippines. Ia
the record of the shanks family Of
81. Louis.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

William Mullins, a farmer four
miles north Of Springfield. created q
Scnstion at Eiscnmayer's mill by
suddenly losing his mind and b-com.
ing raving maniac. lie had brought
load Of wheat to market, and while
at the mill completely lost his rca.
son.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

purpose has ever entered the mind Of
sny democrat, hut, on the contrary.
the leading idea with democrats
everywhere is TO return TO the prin-
clplcE of the constitution OF the United
states and to faithfully administer the
laws as written"
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

Special Officer I. Rosser Roemer, of
81. Louis. who was charged with hav-
Ing insulted and assaulted (by aug
Eing) three young women, was hned
SIS for the offcnEc, he having abso-
iutely refused 10 sign an apology.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01
PERSONAL SEARCH PLAN.
Miners In the Independence Mlna
at Victor COL, Have all
Quit Because of II.
THEY ALSO NAVE OTHER GRIEVANCES.
The Nine ssspier CiaInas to Ffap.
necsvev~e sesea Huaaswa Peunaa
sf Ore Gra@ Ansaycrs 10 whsza IL
HAD Be~a soId ss Miners narins
ths Past Meath.


Denver, Col, Oct. 2s.--A News spe-
cial from Victor. Col, says:
All minerz employed "a the Inde.
pcndence. about 100, hATe quilt work
The cause for their action Is the per.
scnal search plan ihnt was begun at
the mine. Thursday, by the detectives,
who are kept in the company's service
60 watch the miners aud discover ore
which they may have sccrcted on
their person while at work ON the
ground.
peHsiafisn Adopted.
The miners held a meeting at which
the following resolution was unani-
inously adopted:
Resolved. That IL bc the Ecnac Of
this meeting that after this date all
men employed Rt the Independence
mine shall leave the mine la their
digging clothes
A Former order Recalled.
Several weeks ago when the man.
ayers of various mines In the diR
trirt announced that the miners must
strip to the skin in the presence Of
guards before leaving the mines, the
men at the Independence, where the
order was first put IN force. finally
reached an agreement with General
Manager Shipman Of the lndrPcnd.
cncc resulting w. n modification Of
the rule to the extent that all min.
crs working under ground should
wear their undcrShirts, drawers, hats
and boots and pass before o detective
when going of shift nj all times.
Former Agreement Ignored.
The resolution now adopted takes
no cognizancr Of the former agree
mrnt. and shows that the Indcpend.
enre men are determined 10 leave the
mine la their working clothes no mat.
ter what the consequences may be. A
committee was appointed 20 wait on
General Manager Shipman and win
present the ultimHtum contained In
the resolution.
other Grtrvahcea.
II was stated at the meeting that
a number of Independence employees
WIN INV sANlN NV 'PlHRAh.g NFaNttN
at different times during the last
four months, have been blacklisted
aud have i,-rn unnhie to secure work
at any of the lchding mines in the dis.
triei. especially those properties
whose owners signed the agreemen;
with the Independence company on
the stripping order. The Independ-
eucc men say they will have an un-
dorstanding in regard to blacklisting
brforc they return Go work.
The CompanY's side.
John Ezekiel, the sampler at the
mine, asserted ;i,ss ....:= management
had recovered 100 pounds of ore from
assayers 10 whom II had been sold
during the past month. The state.
mcnt was made that ak men had been
discharged on the ground that they
were approprlating ore.
The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-11-01

Fourth street. st. Louis, is bccom.
ing more and more heavyweight
In the community. A granite pillar
weighing $4,000 pounds has JUS, been
planted In front of ono of the build
iEgs there.