The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-09
Late News Paragraphs.

! October "a was the beginning OF
In new Jewish year-ihe yeai
1858, according To The Hebrew cal,
eudar.
The French authorities have
seized the Count de Cnstellane's i
carriages ON account of his having
refused to pay taxes as a protest
against the religious congregations
law.
The Boer generals ARE making
an effort iO secure permission from
the British government for Mr..
kruger's return 10 South Africa,
as he has expressed q desire TO 60
to his own country.
II is announced in dispatch
from Manila under date of Sept
10. that ,, j,i24 eases Of cholera aud
.. 740 deaths from that disease
were reported IN the province Of
ilo llo, Island OF Panay.
Oiis Parker was instantly killed
Mt Paris. Texas. on the ID by an
electric shock while using a tele-
phone. The telephone wires had
come in contact with mn alternating
current by crossing other wires.
The official statement nf State
Treasurer Il +. Williams for Sep.
tenher shows balance of 81 .592. 9.
74T35. Secretary Sam b. Cook
reports having received aud paid
into the State treasury taxes and
fees for the month of September to
the amount Of SlS, ,523,72,
DIR. Iohn Mathews, pastor Of the
McKendree church of Nashville,
Tenn, has just finished the first
vacation hr has taken since be en-.
tered the ministry, fifty seven
years ago. Tie Crieves bccausc no
one joined The church ia the five
weeks of his absence.
4 heavy downpour all over
Texas on the night and day of the
I'd, il is reported. has damaged the
cotton crop many Thousand dollars.
as in addition to beating large
quantities Of the staple into the
ground, the development of top
crop is retarded and picking seri.
ously delayed
The Commissioner Of Immigra.
tiun says the qnality of immigrants
is constantly dcter,orating; that
ship after ship has brought in
dangerous cases Of scalp disease,
eye disease and contagious diseases
unknown in this country. which
call for the most stringent execu.
ton Of the immigrant law. LAST
year 900 aiieus who had arrived,
within the year became destitute in
New York
President Roosevelt held con.
ference with his Cabinet one day
last week in regard to the PeBnsyl. |
vauia- coal strike The President
is much concerned over the situa
ton. the near apprOach Of winter
and the great scarcity of fuel in
the eastern cities. The principal
subject under consideration was
the power of the President 10 IN
terfrre. hut his legal advisers told
him they could find no warrant in
the Constitution for Federal inter.
ference
The Cuban House of Represen.
tatives has before it bill provid-
ing that no concession or franchise
shall be- granted to any one with
out the assurance that the labor
will be 80 per cent
Cuban. The proposed law will
effect the United States more than
any other country, for the reason
that most of the enterprises are
backed by American capital. 1t is
thought the bill is inspired by the
hard feelings awakened in Cuba by
the failure of the United States TO
ennct reciprocal legislation.
Secretary Sam b. Cook refused
to file the Socialist ticket under the
name of the Socialist party tickets
but filed il ms the Working Glass
ticket Attorney Julian, for the
Socialist State Committee applied
to Judge Burgess for Il writ of
maudamus to compel Secretary
Cook To change the name af the
Socialist ticket as filed, but the
maudamus was refused. He then
applied ia Judge Marshall. who
announced that he would hear both
sides. 'The Socialist. Labor party
oppose the granting of the man
dIrufts