The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-05-01

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Epccches occupied the entire session.
Mr McCumbrr (N. d. discussed the
bill 90 prevent the misbranling and
misrrprcSc ~ food pruducts
which enter into interstate COM
mcTcc, aud Mr. Carmnck (Trnnl, one
of the minority members Of the Phil.
ippinc committee. spoke in uppusi-
tion to the pending Philippine gov
crHmrnt bill....Iu the house llj pri-
yatr pension bills were passed, in
cluding ot, Of $50 per month To the
widow ~ the late "parsOn' brown
low, ~ Tennessee. The remainder uf
the day was devoted tu general de-
bate on the agricultural aPpruprin-
tiuu hill.
4 dispatch from lniontown. Pa, on
the 25th, said: Pierce fires arc
ringing in the mountains ui Henry
Clay and Wharton townships. Owing
Ia the dryncsg aud the high winds
that have prevailed for several days,
the citizens nre unable 90 check the
flames. Thousands ~ acres of timber
and hundreds of panels Of fence have
been destroyed, aud the fire is no
yet under control"
As q result ~ the intermediate rN.
aminations, ihc following West Point
cadets. members ~ the fourth class.
were, Un the ejth. found deficient and
discharged from the military acade-
my: Eugene r. Fortsun, Georgia;
David Hughes, Louisiana Fred C..
Mpser. Iowa; Louis 4. pratross, Nir.
ginia. aud T. II. Ridley, Texas.
At Chicago. un the 25th, The State
Mutual life Annuity Co., of Illinois,
was placed In the hands uf receiver.
Attorney Becrly, representing the
creditors. charged the company with
being another "grt.rich-quick" con
ccrn. and alleged that the stnckho.d-
crs had lost thousands uf dollars.
The New York representatives of
the liberal party Of Colombia were
advised hy cable, on the 2ith, thai
their forces had captured Rio Hncha,
a seaport town goo miles from Caria-
rcna. The cnblrgram said that the
engagement lasted many hours, hui;
no account uf losses was given.
The abatement ~ the treasury bal
anccs in the general fund. exclusive
Of the Si50.O0o,OO0 gold reserve In the
division ~ redemption, issued on tbs
z5th. showed: Available cash bal
ance, sisp,oie mi: gold. sol .69O.2s5.
Mrs, Eli FFew and her three small
children were killed, un the 25th. hy
the chving In Of their dug-out in
Roger Mills county, Okla.
In tine senate. on ihr a6ih, after thr
usual time devoted To routine bust
ness, Mr.. CarmRrk (Tcnn.l occupied
the remainder of the session In com
plotting his speech on the Philippine
government bill, begun on the 2Sih,
In which he continued his extremely
eaustic criticism of the administra-
tion'z policy, with gloomy forebodings
of the end tn which IL would lead see.
The house, after an hour devoted 90
the passage II bills by unanimous
consent, suspended public business
and devoted the remainder of the ses-
sion 10 ruingies uf the late Repre-
sentative Stokes, Of South Carolina,
and the late Representative Crump,
Of Michigan.
Capt. l.. w. V. Kennon. of the Sixth
infantry, reported FROM the Island of
NeHros, un tine s1th, the surrender ot
the ladFoBs iSadrr, Hufo. with l5s oft
GERS and men Of his command, to,
gcther with l2 guns. 40 boios, seven
spears and n few rcvoivers and dag
gers. Can't. kennon says this sur
render means the opening up of the
whole Of the southern ccast OF the
Island Of Negroes.
Ninety men belonging 10 the first
and third squadrouS of the Second
cavalry. u. S. A., In charge of Lieu
tenRnts Reaney aud Pope, formerly
stationed st Cicnfuegos and MRtan
zas, Cuba, arrived at New York, or
the goth, ON hoard the steamer Albis
and proceeded Ia Fort Ethan Allan
VI. after landing There were aisr
on board $50 horses belonging to the
Second cavalry.
win Price and Bernard SnItrr were
killed by an explosion Of dynamite
at Issaqaah, WASH. on the 27th. There
ygas not enough of Snttcr's remains
left io hold an inquest upon. This
cause OF the explosion Is not known
A freight wreck occurred ON tie
Lake Shore a Michigan Southern read