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

utCtS'Nt race from ShImfpck lie
off Sandy Hook, Oh the 4th, but 30
close was the call taat but for the
time allowance Of a. seconds she
would have been compelled 60 don
her coiors to the plucky Englishman.
The shamrock II made the race few
seconds faster than the Columbia, but
owing To her 500 aud odd feet of extra
canvas was handicapped by the time
allowance which saved the race and
the cup TO America.
The London Daily Express. on the
ith, cahlcd Commodore Morgan and
Sir Thomas Upton, suggesting that
they arrange race with the Column
bias crew on board the Shamrock,
and the crew Of the challenger on
board the defender. with view Of as.
ccrtaining definitely just how much Of
the credit for victory belonged tu the
skipper and crew aud how much to
the designer aud builder OF the Co
lumbin.
At Lacrosse, kas., T.. j. Smiley, Of
Topeka, secretary of the Kansas
Grain Dealers association, was, on the
ith, fined $500 and sentenced to three
months in Jail for violation of the
state grain laws. lie II charged with
entering into combination with
gfain dealers inN.ush county TO POOL
and fix prices and prevent competition
among grain buyers.
Rev. Cecil +. T. Bancroft. for 20
years the head Of rhillipa-iudoycr
died at Ando,cr, Muss.. on the 4th. lie
was graduate OF Dartmouth college
and of Andover Theological seminary.
lie was principal of the Lookout
Mountain tTenn.l institute for five
years, and had been principal of Phil
lips academy since is73.
a passenger train On the Montana
Central was wrecked about thirty
miles west of Great Falls, Mont, on
the 4th. The engine, baggage car and
day coach left the track. Engineer
Smith and Baggngeman Morris we're
probably fatally injured.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances In the general fund, exclusive
of the Sl5O0O0.OO0 gold reserve in the
division Of redemption, issued ON the
Iih, showed: Available cash balnnc'
Si7i.O3l .7Ol; gold, $40, 2,61o955.
DIR. Samuel j. Jones. for a5 years
professor of ophthalmology aud
otology at Northwestern university
Of Chicago, died, on the 4ih. of stom.
ach trouble, aged G5 years.
A dispatch from Tacoma, Wash. ON
the 9th, said The steamship Glen.
ogle brings news of human flesh heing
freely sold In the famine district uf
Shan 81, China. II brings 1850 each
per cntty of one and one-third pounds.
Babes and young children are being
butchered. The empress dowagrr has
commanded that the practice he
stopped, but is able TO enforce her
orders only around Iisi an Fu.. The
money collected by the Christian Her
aid of New York has been distributed.
saving thousands from starvation"
A gang Of highway robbers, on the
night of the s,h, successfully held up
and robbed the occupants of three
including several prominent
business men from Madison, S. d., |
while presumably en- route to Lake /
Herman. three miles west OF Madison. /
4 pitched battle WAS wHged, but the l
were relieved of their valHa- I
al s,t. HV.. I..ll La In
cash and all their jewclry.
-Four Panhandle trainmcn met |
death near Onward, Ind, on the 9th, /
ln rcar-cnd collision of freight |
out badly mutiiaietl, and the fourth
was almost entirely consumed before
The wrecking crew could snbdne ihc
lanes of the burning wreck sufficient
~ to permit work in that portion OF
The debris.
Steamer adsieeS, received on the
5th. say that the coast of kazaza,
northern Japan, had been visited by |
heavy gales, wrecking 400 hshlng
boats. Twelve boats with total crews
,f "A were missing. Heavy rains
,aused an overflow of the rivers of
washing away GOO houses
md submerging many villages.
The court of appeals of Kentucky
having granted ex-secretary of State
,aicb Powers and james Howard new
.rials. the case OF the former was
,sllesl at Georgetown ON the sth. Pow
.rs was convicted over year ago as
,ccessory TO the murder Of William
,ocbrl In January. 1900, and sentenced
o life imprisonment.
The scmi-annuai conference Of Nor
non missionaries In London came TO
close, ON the eth, with three services
n the finsbury town hall. which was
rowdcd at each.
a Dispatch from Sim Fn, on tha
10. announced that the imperial
.hiness ceurt had started for kH5 |
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