The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-10-17
LATER NEWS.

The gross postal receipts for Sep
tembcr Of so of the largest post Of
fees were s4.225. .7S2. net iucrcase Of
s1s3 soy, or So per cent. over last
year. Receipts at only two oiiircs de-
creased, viz; Jersey City. \. j., So
7CO. or little over seventeen per
cent, and Grand Rapids Mich, sos,
or over one per cent. Columbus, o.,
showed the largost increase. 30 per
cent, with Los Angeles. almost TWEEN
ty-nine per cent, close second.
Acting Secretary Adcc presented to
| President Roosevelt. on the nth. the
Colombian minister and Gen. Rafael
| Rcis, formerly Colombian minister TO
France, now vicc-prcaidcnt uf the re-
public The latter spoke briefly 70 the
president of the importance of the
approaching Pan-Amrricun congress
in the City Of Mexico, In which he
said hc thought the United States
would be the guiding spirit.
In compliance with q request FROM
Washington the search by Ottoman
| troops for the abdurtor, nf Miss
Stone. the missionary, has been
abandoned, it being feared that the
hrigiuds would Kin her should they
he closely pursued. Arrangements
are now being made 10 pay the ran
som demanded.
Rufus II. Woodbridge, one of the
brst-kpnwn railway contractors Of
the United States, died nt ST. Jusrph
Mo-, ON the lith, after n short Ill
ness, from heart disease. lie WAS
the builder of considerable part uf
the darlington railway lines west Of
the Missouri river.
Sentence of death was. on the nth,
| passed upon Commandant Letter, the
Cape rebel whose commando, com
posed almost wholly ot rebels, was
captured 10y Mai Scobcl, south Of Pc
tcrsburg. early last month. Lord
Kitchener has confirmed the sentence.
The statement of the treasury hat
nnces in the general fund, exclusive
of the Si50O0D,0 ,0Ou gold reserve in the
division of redemption, issued on the
nth, showed Available cash balance,
Si67 ,55O,0J7; goid. SiOI.i6I,2 eos.
From inside sources In Vienna il Is
learned that the new Austrian tnriff
/ bill, which is now complete, quite
equals the German in high protective
duties.
Emperor William, in consequence of
crop failure. has remitted more than
half the rents payable by peasants or
srown lands near ColInnr, Prussia.
The department of agriculture an.
nounccs that the three most impor,-
ant estimates OF the worlds wheat
crop iS larger than that of either OF
the two preceding years The esti-
mates are: Hungarian ministry OF
agriculture, 2,67l, 100000 bushels of Go
pounds; Bcerbohm's corn list, of Lon
don, 2,1il, ,GOo.OO bushels of 90 pounds,
and Bulletin dsss Halles, Of Paris, D.
1gO,sl0,00O Winchester bushels.
On me White Star liner Celtic,
which arrived at New York. on the
18th, was a party OF English railroad
men who come over 10 spend month
studying American rnilroad methods
and inspcctinE systems. They ure
George S. Glib, general manager Of
the Northwestern railroad; Norman
j.. Macdonald, T. NJ. Newell aud VIII
son Worsdell. directou Of the line.
Up TO the lfth there had been no
fresh developments in the case Of Miss
Ellen NJ. Stone, the abducted Ameri.
can missionary. Spencer Eddy, secre-
tary of the United States legation In
Constautinopie. on the i3th. received
notification from Washington, that
the funds for ransom had keen for
wRrdcd.
As result of the annual mission
nry sermos preached, on the 1ath. In
the Gospel tabernacle, New York city,
by Dr. a. n. Simpson, the missionary
fund solicitor. the sum OF 500, 900 was
collected during the day. This Is an
increase of $4,000 over the collections
cs last year on g similar occasion.
Edwin I.onRcneeker, aged 81 years,
quarterback on the football team of
the Brown preparatory school, of
Phiiadelphis, died, on the l3th, In n
hospital as result Of injuries re-
eeiyed In q game few days before.
Longenecker WIS heavily thrown and
fractured his spinal column.
The Manila railway authorities have
received word that Gen. Miguel Mai
var. The insurTent leader, Ia believed
TO have left the Province OF Batsngas.
Luyon, and TO be planning operations
IL the Province of Buiacan. where In
snrFent conserirtinn has been pre-
grcssinE recently.
Burglars made an unsuccessful at
tempt TO rob the Monroeville fo.l ma
tionnl bank ON the night Of the 18th.
The inner mfc was blown. hut the
noise aronsed the inha bitHnts, and
the burglars WEIR forced Ia fIec With
out baving secnrrd amy boy.
Capt. Pitcher has practically
stamped out Inxurrectlon In the Isl
and Of Nindorpl