The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-08-15


Oi Labor 10 the support Of the ANAL
gnmated association After a confer
ence with President ShafTer lasting
for the greater part OF two days, he
issued a statement specifically uphold
ing the position OF the Amalgnmuted
association and pledging the moral
and financial support of the fedora
tion In the strike in progress against
the United States Steel corporation.
The annual report OF the auditor
for the navy department shows that
during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1901, there were settled 6,60s accounts
and claims During the same period
there were examined ij9.Gjs vouchers,
as against 1890 the previous year,
while the amounts allowed were S5i,-
6io,ii6, as against sci .g7i 900 for the
FISCAL year ending June 80, 1910.
A party of capitalists, headed by a.
hrrt D.. Smith, Of Milwaukee, closed
deal nt OInaha, Ncb.. on the, 9TH,
"lih the Union Pacific Railroad 60 n
l1Ld drpg1 ncnt. whereby t.rN be-
u-nu uusi.cssur, OF 50 400 arr"s -
grazing lnud N Lincoln county IN
that ,inir. ri' land IL located near
the Gothcrsburg irrigation canal, q
few miles north of Gothersburg.
Victor. Col. gave an enthusiastic
welcome 10 Vice President Roosevelt,
on the gth, fully ten thousand per-
sons participating. when the vice.
president and party arrived on spc.
Cial train over the Short Line road,
they were greeted by blasts Of giant
powder ana hundreds of steam whis-
ties from shaft houses all over the
district.
At Medicine Lodge. kaE. on the 9th.
David Nation. through his attorney,
brought suit for divorce from his
wife. Mrs. Carrie Nation, the TEMPER
ance crusader. In his petition Mr..
Nation. who is now visiting in Ibrrin.
o., alleges that his wife held him up
TO public ridiculc, neglected her fam
ily duties and abandoned his home.
Town lots in Iawton. Okla, are sell
Ing for figure which exceeds the
most ardent expectations. The aver
agr for IS lots sold on the sth was
$500. On the grh the first corner in
the block north OF the land office uoli
for 5000, and the average for the lrs;
five lots sold was S36l
On the 10th II. q. Dun & Co. re-
ported: Failures for the week were
l71 in the United States. against l7T
last year, and 81 in Canada, against -
last year"
EncL"'s comet was observed. on tho
nth. by Dr. Wm. u. brooks, at
Smiths observatory, Geneva, n. Y.
The comet il in contcllation Gemini,
in the eastern morning sky. lts po-
sition, On the morning of the ilth,
was right ascension Oh, 3sm. 3os, and
declinntion north II degrees. II min
utes, The comet IL moving In a south
easicrly direction and approaching
the sun. II II increasing In bright
ness, but Is not visible without tele-
scope.
The directors of the Dold Packing
CO., nt q meeting In Buffalo, n. y,
decided to rebuild their Wichita kas.)
plant, recently destroyed by fire.
When the news was announced in
Wichita, ON the 18th, whistles we're
blown and bells were rung. The plant
was destroyed over two months ago,
entailing q loss of sT5O,Oo0.
J. Il. Woods, the prize winner In the
land lottery, who claimed strip
along the Iawton town site to the
prejudice of Miss Matte Deals, the
Kansas telephone girl, has appealed
to cx-Gov. Richards, who conducted
the opening. 10 have government
troops put the trespassers of his
homestead.
The bond of Walter y. Dimmick.
former chief clerk Of the United
States mint at San Francisco, who In
under arrest charged with embcx-
cling 10000. has been placed at s37.-
900. Dimmirk In In custody Of the
secret service officers. He was form
ally srraigned ON the i2th.
A bomb was exploded, on the tfth,
hear the altar Of the Church of ".
Nixeicr. at Troyes, Frnnce. doing con-
siderable damage 10 the thirteenth
century windows, bat not injuring
any OF the 100 children who, together
with q priest. were In the sacred edi-
fee nj the time.
Two persons were probably fatally
burned and dozen more or less se-
serciy injured as the result of an cx-
.,iosion on pleasure yasht In sbe
McnongnheIs river, near Peters
creek. on the itth.
A gold brirkvsiued as seo.ooo. which
was shipped from tinga, Alaska. VI
the steamer Newport about July "a.
fcr San Fsancisco, had mot yet ~
rived in Chat city up 70 the Iith.
The transport sumner arrissA =
Gan Yrancixrc. % tkc l0tk, fronl Nh
niIa, ssith ia0 oonxnl@srent poldlers.