The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-09-05

favor the issuance Of letters Of
marquc FOR priyaiecrs To prey upon
British commerce.
LATER NEWS.
The steamer Frithiof, which arrived
at Hammerfesl. Norway, nn the
aOth. after having successfully
landed the Baldwin. Zeiglcr Arctic ex-
petition at Camp Zeigler, on AlRcr Isl.
and. spoke the Russian icc.brcaking
steamer Ermak three weeks before.
Admiral MakarofT tihe originator Of
the idea OF reaching the pole with the
Ermhkl, said his experience had con-
vinccd him that IL was impossible to
force a way through TO the Polar SRA.
The admiral was then homeward
bound.
Fred. Culhcrt, who left New York
city, May !, to- walk to Sioux Falls, ).
d., on u wager nf S5,OOa. arrived ut
that place. on the JOih, nt four
o'clock in the afternoon. % hours
ahead ~ time. The distance walked
was 2.:Oo miles. tulacri started with
out cent, aud had not slept in bcd
during his long tramp.
Brig. .-Gcn. VIM. Ludlow, 4. =. A.,
died nt Convent. y. j., of consumption
on the 30th. His Illness was fr,t mo-
ticed on his arrival in the Philippines
In May last. lie was at once sent
home In the hope that the American
climate would restore him, and went
direct TO Convent.
The National fraternal congress. In
session at Detroit, Mich, on the 10th,
decided TO indorse the proposed Fra
tcrnal building at the St. Louis expo
sition, and recommended that all fra
tcrnal societies contribute toward i.
The statement of the treasury bal
aHces IN the general fund, exclusive of
the sIjO,0O0,OO0 gold reserve in the di-
vision of redemption. issued ON the
Soth, showed: Available cash bal
ance. Si7s,i47,3i2: gold, SlO5.ags .09G.
II IL snid that wager Of half a
million dollars, the largest known to
the sporting world, is being arranged
between syndiontes uf English aud
American capitalists. ct five to three
ON the defender.
VIM. X. Vanderbilt, Jr,. was among
those fined in the police court Of New
port, Il. l., on the 1Uh. for over
speeding his automobile. lie promised
in future 20 observe the law.
On the J0th Il. q. Dan G. Co. report.
ed; Failures for the week numbered
2O2 In the United States. against IT'S
last year, and II In Canada. against 10
last year"
The earl of Crawford has bought
the auxiliary steam yacht Valhalla
owned by the count and countess de
Castellane.
A large barn ou the stock farm at
Neoga, Ill.,, owned by Mrs, Carrie
kingman, of Mattoon, was destroyed
by fire. Eleven head OF blooded
horses, 30 tons OF hay and lot OF
harness and farming utensils were de
siroyed. The shricks of the hruies as
they were incinerated could be heard
a mile.
While Arthur Ingram. boy me
chanical genius. was operating a
stcrcopticon outfit at Charleston, ~,
on the 30th, the gasoline tank at
tsched to the calcium light exploded,
eSpelling an iron retort rod. which
struck Ingram, tearing away his face
aud scalp. Death was instantaneous.
The post office Mt Mckenzie, Tenn.
VIVA rohlies, on the J0th, of xe00 and
all stampS in the safe. Assistant
Postmaster Austin WAS held up by
two robbers and forced to open the
safe. As the doorT swung open Aus
lin was knocked In the head and was
unconscious for an hour.
The Paris Mntin says the sultan's
first retaliation against France is the
publication of an trade withdrawing
the concessions and tax exemptions
from the French religious community
as lcyront, Syria. The French com-
munitles at Jerusalem are also taxed. |
Thirty Indian children, members oe
the Sac and Fox, Shawnee and Semi
f.ole tribes. left Stroud. Okla, on the |
30th, for Lawrence. kas.. 10 attend
Haskell institute. The United States |
aefrays ail expenses Of transporta-
tion, board. tuition etc.
In the contest ease Of j. L. Calvert |
agaisst James X. Mood. from the
Iawton t0kla.) land district and In |
voiviHg entry No. 1, the acting see-
rrtary of the interior han rendered u
declsson refusing 90 order heating |
on the ease.
II was reported at Spokane. Wash.
on fhe night of the aoth. that dis
astrons wreck naa oeeurrsd on the
Great Ncrfhern. 10 mites east Of
kalinpeii. Mont. Seventeen people
were reported killed.
The eAsmeling shed. the enamel
mixing mill aud part Of warehouse
of the Ahrrns II tDtt plant of fh1
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co.
IT l4ouisvilIe. w. we're barned on the
s0fh.
The Catholics hare practically -.
eepted the terms or seftiemens ef shx
echoot qurxtsek In Winnipeg. AIan-
md Catholic schosslx wiIl eenue In m
~ - eentrel " the pxhiic i,osrd
ls III q 4ss Il 4 III IS II