The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-01-24
LATER NEWS.

LATER NEWS.
Tn the senate. on the 18th. the ar1nv
reorganization hill WIS dispus,d of hy
| concurrence ia house amendments to
| The hill, which sends 1t directly 10 the
conference committees appointed by
| the two houses. The vote 90 to 2J---
I was along party lines, except that
/ four democrats Nnt'd with the rcpub.
| licans In favor of adoption In the
/ house the entire dt1 was devoted 10
consideration Of the hiil tu refer TO
the court Of claims the claims of the
| William Cramp & Sons Shipnuildiug
/ Co. for alleged damage dine t0 fail.
/ urr Of the government go furnish
aTmur plate for ships being built.
The previous question was ordered
upon the bin,
senator SrwoIl. from the committee
ON military affairs, on the 18th. re-
ported th' military academy 0pprD-
| priatiou bill, The committee recon.
mruds an increase In the total appro.
| priation made hy the bill A. II passed
the house ui S73. 400 for the coustruc-
tion of officers quarters. The total
amount carried by the hill is S55a.Gtl.
Active recruiting for the army is m
progress In all the principal cities of
thu country. The authorized strength
Of the regular army AT present ~ 65.-
O0O men, and the recruiting ia prog
ress Is with q view of maiRtaiunC II
at that strength after the discharge
Of the 5000 volunteers, June 10 ucNt.
All cnlistmrnis are for three years.
Ey direction ~ che state depart
mcut, Minister Inomia has protested
to the Venezuelan government against
the exercise of censorship over any of
his official communications, aud II is
undcTstood that the protest has been
effective.
The statement Of the treasury hal.
anccs IN the general fund, exclusive uf
the SIiO,0oo,poO gold reserve In the di-
vision of redemption, issued on the
18th, showed; Available cash balance,
StasOsa,si3; gold. S7o, o,lsd,tjs.
Charles 4. Muthcr, who had pleaded
guilty, In New York. to the larceny of
jcwelry valued. il is said, at $4,000,
was sentenced. on she 18th. 10 seven
years imprisonment in Sing Sing.
The orders Ia the Scorpion iu pro-
cccd from la Guayra to Guanocu have
been cnuntrrmnudrd. and she will re-
main at In Gunyra where her pres
cncr is regarded as necessary,
The jury IN the Jennie Bosschirter
murder case al Paterson. y. H.. re-
turned verdict, an the 18th. Of muir
der in the second degree. This means
imprisonment for IS years.
A mAss-mcetinF Of planters, mer.
chants aud representatives of the
various parties, held in Havana, on the
Goth, adopted resolutions asking the
United States to lower it's duty on
Cuban products aud advocating the
suppression OF the export tax on to-
bacco. One member of each Of the
bodies participating In the meeting
was appointed as delegate to 60 TO
Washington IN lay before congress
arguments In favor of reduction.
Elias MasurHR, n Greek. the com-
came before City Judge Kellogg, of
ionkers, n. V, on the Goth. told n
startling tale of p plot OF Greek an
archists 10 kill Jrominent Americans,
and would have told mere had the
court not stopped him and then
turned him over TO the police that
they might quietly investigate the
case. Several arrests followed.
Marcus SaGer, the man afflicted |
with dropsy at Hamilton, o., who WAS
revived, after apparent dissolution. by |
tho injection of solution OF sodium |
chloride Common salt) into the arter-
les, on the nth, was still alive on the |
Goth. Since his resuscitation Sauer
has steadily gained In yig0r and the
acute symptoms of his dropsical Rf-
feetion are disappearing.
News of the probable fatal illness
of Queen Victoria of England. which
startled the world, on the 10th, was
followed up, ON the 2iSt, with the /
statement that all hope had been
abandoned, and the death Of the
VttNh Ut utDUitHts
No announcement In many years has
30 profoundly stirred Christendom.
Andrew Campbell, one of the con-
sicted murdcrers of Jennie Bosschie-
ter, 10 slowing breaking down In the |
county Jail at Patterson, N. j., hts face
showing unmistakable signs OF col
lapse since the verdict Of the jury was |
delivered adjudging him guilty Of |
murder In the second degree with Nc
Aiister and Death.
The British steamer Helen, from,
Galveston, Tex. for Liverpool, Eng
land. via Norfolk. Va, loaded with
cotton. arrived at Key West, Fla,
on the aoth, with her cargo on firs !
In the forward hatch. The fre was
discovered ON the 18th. There were
5000 bales Of cotton abroad tine
steamer.
The Argentine wheat crop. IL is en-.
sinAssd, win this yosr yield a,sou.ooa