The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1901-11-07

Of the interior department during fine
fiscal year beginning next July ugrrr.
gate $l70,0o0, 900, Of which SiAg.I6i,.
200 10 asked FOR pensions and the adj
ministrative work of the pension bu.
reau, si,yG4,27O being salaries Of the
bureau personnel and $3.50, 900 for the
Investigations by special examiners Of
pension cases.
4 dispatch from Consiantinople
says that 90 officers OF the Turkish
| navy recently mutinicd on account Of
arrears Of pay, and proceeded To the
palace TO make a demonstration, The
sultan sent an aidc-,lc-camp with au
instalmcnt of the money due them
and the officers thercupon desisted.
The monthly circulation statement
issued on the ist, by the comptroller
OF the currency showed that nj the
close OF business October ~, 1901, the
total circulation Of national hank
notes was SJ5o.0ii, ,6s3, an increase for
the year OF $ss,2IS.2IU. and for the
month OF Sl,0sI,iJ5.
The monthly coinage statement. b..
sued on the LIST, OF the coinage cs.
ecuied at the mints of the United
S,utcs, shows that for the month OF
October, 1901, the total coinage was
s., 72s, SOS, as follows: Gold, $3.50. 900;
silver, s2.7si ass; miner coins, $751;
$50
A dispatch from Lord Kitchener,
dated Pretoria. and received in Lon
don. on the ist, said that Col. Krkc-
wich, during n night surprise Of Van
Albert's laager, northeast Of Rnsten.
burg (about sixty miles west Of Pre-
torinl, captured 7s Bocrs.
Late reports from tic winncbagu
Indian reservation in Nebraska are Ia
the effect that 81 Indians have died
of smallpox. There Is no adequate
medical force to care for the Indians
and the disease threatens the ami
hilation Of the tribe.
II was announced at the New York
subtrensury, at the close Of business
ON the LIST. that the total bond pur-
chHses by the government for the first
day amounted 10 sl,272,t5o. par value,
aud with premiums, $i,ss6,ssIG1.
The navy department, on the ist,
ordered the gunboat Marietta to Co.
Ion TO relieve the gunboat Machias,
which had been watching over affairs
nj that point for some months past.
The transport Fitzpatrick sailed from
San Francisco, on the ist, for Munila,
with t+0 recruits and caspalE and a
large number Of cabin passengers.
Haiser Race. his wife apd two sous,
living near MasSillon, O.. early on the
morning Of the 81. were tortured hy
burglars until they gave up over ST.
600 In certificates of deposit and $40
In money. The burglars set fire TO
their victims hair and threatened to
roast them alive. One of Races sons
may not recover. The burglars eS-
capped In rigs stolen from Race.
Members of the New York board Of
trade and transportation have issued
u call for q special meeting, Noyem-
ber 2, 1901, to consider Commercial
reciprocity" The call Is addressed TO
members Of the board who nrc en-
gagged in manufactures, and IN signed
by VIM. Carroll, of the american
Leather Co., and many other prom
inent concerns.
A dispatch from Constantinopie, on
the ID. said: Nothing is publicly
known here, beyond what haa alreads
been cahled TO the press, regarding
the whereabouts and fate OF Miss III
len NJ. Stone. che abducted American
missionary, or the progress of the ne
gotiatlons far her ransom. In the
ahscnca Of news. there Ia eonsidernbIe
ii Hung Chang. who had been xe-
riousiy III, was declared better on the
I'd. His physicians diagnosed The msl.
ady a. nlferafion OF the stomach, and
the hensorrhages had been severe. As
9 rule, he u en- intractIble patient;
but, having been told that HE life de-
pended upon his adhering 20 liquid
diet, he complied with the medical 0r-
ders.
Ernest II. wands. news editor Of
the New York Tribune, has been sp-
pointed Worlds fair commlRsioner 10
Peru. Ecuador. Colombia and rsne-
Eneias Mr., WaHds hns trayeled over
and written . book about Eouth |
America. He speaks and writes the
spanish language with easr.
The fight hetwecn Hoers under t;en.
Louis Botha and Col. nenzon'. col.
ansn near Hraksulaagie. eastern
rr.nsssal. n arxt reported IA Hrit~
sh defeat, peoses In the end 10 havs
becn hoer ront, In which they l0xt
lhree times rs many men M did the
british.
souAa's band received sucmorahIa
psatlon. - the "a, ~ the closs u ~
snGnSemept nt the Glasgow exAitf-
Hon. Tie eFowd wanted 70 carry fko |
sondpctor IN their sisa'tidsrA Nj.
Rogm tsgaa ! sonF ot the xoovlneen. |
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