The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-02-14
LATER NEWS,

Co agree upon n date for u final vote
upon the shipping bill WAS defeated.
hr. Pritchard lrep., y. c. spoke in
support Of the bill. which wns then in
formally laid aside and the naval APP
preparation bill occupied the remain
der Of the session. In the house "a
general pension bill wnS passed TO re-
store 60 the pension rolls widows of
soldiers of che rebellion who, having
remarked, subsequently became wild
owed or divorced. The benefits are
limited, however. TO widows Of sol
dirrs who wcie married before the
close of the rebellion and who are
now dependent upon their own labor
for support. The house also passed
ia private pension bills, making
about nine hundred private pension
bills passed 10y this congress,
Representative Tnwney, Of Mime
sofa, chairman Of the special commit
tee on the 81. Louis exposition. on the
9Th. filed his report on the hill apprO-
priating S5.OO0,OOO in the aid ~ the
exposition. The report strongly urges
favorable action on the measure, both
on it's merits nnd in redemption Of the
pledge of congress given at the last
session. A minority report, also. while
opposing. gives many reasons why the
bill should bc passed
The statement OF the treasury bal
nnccs in the general fund. exclusive Of
the SijO,OOO.O 900 gold reserve in the d.
vision Of redemption. issued on the
sth, showed: Available cash balance,
Sl4a, ,46T; gold. S7i, i,Sl6,i36.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy con-
fcrrcd. on tine sth with Signors lyiIia,
Ricotti, Rudini and Bianchcri, with
the view of forming q new cabinet TO
succeed the Shrracco ministry. which
resigned on the 9Th.
The bill providing for the rcstora-
tion of capital punishment and nam
ing clcctrocution as the method,
ppssed the Colorado house on the
third reading. on the sth, by u vote of
II to -.
4 rccumhent statue of the late
Queen Victoria, chislcd 30 years ago,
Is being prepared for its place on top
pf the sarcophaEus by the side OF the
prince cUusorts statue.
H. G. Dun d Co. reported, on tho
sth: Failures for tue week were 269
In the United StntcE, against 245 last
year, and IS in Canada, against 81 last
year"
The dowagcr c2nrina Is going TO
London 10 visit Queen Alexandra, her
sister.
In the senate, on the 9th, almost th=
entire session was devoted 20 cOnsid-
GRAFTON of the naval appropriation
bill. All the committee amendments
were adopted. but when the measure
was about to be placed ON it's passage,
discussion Of the armor plate ques-
tion WIS precipitated by Mr.. Butler,
and to enable Eomc others to speak
upon the subject. the bill went over.
Eulogies upon the late Representative
Alfred c. Hnrmer, of Pennsylvania,
concluded the seHsiOn......In the house,
consideration Of the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill occupied
the session until two o'clock, when 10
was laid aside, md the remainder of
the session was devoted to eulogies Of
the late Representatives DAILY, of New
Jersey, and Wise. of Virginia.
A special eablegram from London,
on the ilth said: AT ten o'clock this
morning the gates OF Aylesbury pris-
on win swing open and Mrs. Florence
Elizabeth MRybrick, the American
woman whoSe case has stirred two
continents for years, will walk out a
free woman. IL IL understood that IN
thus granting slemency 20 Mrs. May
brick, the king wishes 10 emphhHize
the character of his regard for Amer
lea"
A collection of autograph letters
and documents Of william Penn, in
cluding his will, written by himself in
i7os, were sold at auction in London.
ON the 10th, for 3S5 Ruineas. The col
lection was purchased by London
dealer, after II. y. Stevens, the United
States dispatch agent and purchasing
agent for American libraries, had bid
sso guineas. The documents were the
property of Lady sudely.
Three thousand male citizens of To-
pcka, KaH., in mass meeting, ON the
10th, decided that the numerous joints
of the city must close their places.
They issued an ultimatum. giving the
jointisis until the isth, at 10 o'clock
noon. to quit business. II this were
not done, warning was given that .
thousand armed men would move on
the Joints and remove them by force.
Representative Albert ID. Shaw, OF
watertown, y. A., formerly cona-
mander-In-chief Of the Grand Army OF
the Republic. was found dead on tbs
morning of the 10th. In his room at
the Riggs house, Warrington City. 4
phynician sumlmoued Immediately af~
Ter she discovery of the body. rro-
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