The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-03-14


tMass) offered a resolution providing
for the appointment OF committee
of senators TO cali upon the presiden.
and inform him that the senate WAS
ready to adjourn without day. Mr..
Morgan tAla.l objected to consideru.
tion Of the resolution, saying that Mr..
Mitchell, of Oregon, would he in Wash
ington, on the 9th, aud II was due him
that the senate remain in session un-
til his arrival. No business OF import
Rnce was transacted in open session.
Official circles in London regard ths
announcement Of the armistice In
south Africa with the greatest satis-
faction. They point out that Il must
have been granted ON the solicitation
ot the Beers, and take the view that
Gen. Kitchener would never have con.
scented to II unless he felt practically
sure IL would result in an important
advance toward ,hc termination OF all
hostilitics.
\ committee headed by Judge How.
ard Ferris. ~ the probate court of
Hamilton county, arrived in Circi,.
Vile, o., from Cincinnati, on the sth,
and presented Harry NJ. Weldon, the
disabled sporting editor of the Cincin,
natl Enquirer, with n check for siO,-
500 Mr., Weldon WAS stricken with
paralysis year ago.
Col. J. G. stowe, consul to Cape
Town, south Africa, who had been
home on leave OF absence since No.
Ncmbcr last. left kunsas City, Mo-.
on the 9th, for New York. whence he
will vail on the ~. Louis, TO resume
charge of his Office.
Secretary Hay aud Ambassador
Cumdon, acting for their respective
governments, have signed an arronEc-
pacnt extending for IL months, until
September -, 1902, the period allowed
for the ratification OF the French rec
iprocity treaty.
The statement of the treasury bal
Rnccs in the general fund. exclusive OF
the Si50,OOO, ,OOOgold reserve In the diyi-
sion of redemption, issued on the sth,
showed: Available cash balance,
sl4s. .s94,aJs. gold, sG,753,75I.
On the sth Il. g. Dun & Co. report
ed: Failures for the week we're 20s
in the United States, against POS last
ycar, and &c in Canada, against % last
year"
According TO the census returns just
issued the population of the central
provinces of British India has de-
creased l.lOO. 600. due 20 famine.
In the senate, on the 9th, President
Pro Tenn. Frye was sworn In. Sena-
tor John II. Mitchell, of Oregon, took
the oath OF office. Through the com.
mittes of the EenAte--Msssrs. Hoar
tMaSs) and Cockrell MO- l-the pres.
ldent informed the senate that he had
no further communications to make,
and conveyed TO It's members his cor
dial wishes for their welfare and hiR
hope that they might have q happy
return 70 their homes. Without cerc.
money the special session Of the sen.
ate was then declared adjourned with.
out day.
A dispatch from Palermo. Sicily
dated the 10th, says Ever since last
night heavy red cloud has extended
over the city, the aky being a deep
red. The rain now falling resembles
drops Of blood. This phenomenon,
called Bloody RAIN" II attributed 10
dust from the African deserts, trans.
ported by the heavy south wind now
blowing"
An electrical Btorr, Of great sereri.
~, accompanied by wind, rain, hail
and cloud-hursts covered almost the
entire central portion of the country
on the night OF the 9th, and resulted
In some loss of life and great destruc.
tion of property. II was doubtless the
vernal equinoctial storm precipitated
and aggravated by vulcan period.
II IL reported In Berlin court circles
that Earl Roberts thankfully re-
turned" TO Emperor William the insig.
mia OF the Order OF the Black Eagle,
conferred at the time of the kaiser's
visit 10 England, after noticing the
unfaScrable comment in the German
press upon tho bcstowal of the honor.
The private bank of J. II. Springer,
st Argonia, kas., WIS burglarixed, ON
the night of the eth, by three men,
aud 81 600 In cash and $1,000 In regis
tered government three.pcr.eent.
bonds were secured. About $40 In
gold and $500 in bonds was left un-
touched.
Three men. Charles White, Charles
Young and r. Jameson, and 70 head
of horses were burned TO death. on
the 10th, In the destruction Of Nor.
toms livery stable IN San Frsncisco.
The men. who were employed at the
ssables, were asleep In the hayioft.
Dispatches from Ian Chau, China.
assert that Gen. TunR Fu IiSisnG. with
29.oo0 men. and rrincc Iusn. with Io.-
600 msn, are - Ming usu. prspsrsd y
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