The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-04-24
LATEn NEMA.


important measures were passed, az
ter which the bill tu pro, idc tenn.
purary form of government FOR the
Philippine island. was rrud and the
committee amendments were agreed
to tentatively, hut no action on the
bill was tnkrn....ln the house the
Cuban rcuiprucity hill was PASSED by
the uvcrw hrlming majority uf si7 to
81, the ruling uf the chair in curqmit-
tee pf the whole IN the ques. lon ~
the ErrmHncncss ~ an amendment tu
remove the difercntial from refined
sugar during ihr existence ~ the
reciprocity agreement provided FOR
IN the till having first been ntrrrulcd
10y a vote ~ ~ to i7U. and the amend
mcnt adopted In committee. isl to
los, and later In the house by the siiIl
larger ma jority "f 100 tn iO5. - re-
publicans voting with the democrats
for the amendment.
The district attorney. pn the 18th,
flied In the criminal court ~ Denver,
Col, Information against James J.
NOee, David Moscnni and i. McPhnr-
land, promoters and managers of the
Denver CoursinE club. charging them
with cruelty in chnsinE and mutila-
ting rabbits. aud also with having In.
icrfcrrd with, assaulted. Kicked aud
beaten Secretary Whitehead. of the
Humane sucicty, who sought to pre-.
vent the Cuursinr
The national meeting of thr Sew.
enth Day Naygntisis in Topeka, Kas..
decided, on tho 18th, to divide the two
conferences uf the country into
three, Louisiana was added IN the
southern conference. from which
Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado were
taken 20 be- added tn the new central
conference. Minnesota and Wi~con.
sin were ndd"d tu Manitoba and AZ.
sinibnia tU form the northern confer
rnrC.
The body nf George Grow ley. "a Junk
dealer ~ Council Grove, Has. was
found floating In the Ncoshn river
near Empuria ON the 18th. 4 large
stone was fastened Ia the body with
barbcd wire. aud on the head were
marks as Of blows from a club. His
partner. George Dumpoope, who has
is suspected of the mur.
der.
On the 18th Il. G. Dun & Co. report
ed: Failures for the week nun.
bcTcd 26i in the United States.
against 200 last year. and % in Cana
da, against 2l a year ago"
In the senate. On the 10Th, nearly
sixty private pension bills were
passed, together with numerous 9th
er measures of minor importance,
but little other business was trans.
acted. 40 three o'clock culogies were
ON the life and character
uf the late senator james H. Kyle, of
South Dakota. In the house the
fortificntion hill was paS-etl and thO
report un the Legislative !
appropriation bill was agreed to, |
While the FORMER bin was under dis.
Mr.. GroSveuur announced |
that the amendment to tho Cuban |
reciprocity bill adopted on the 18th, |
had not only wiped out thc dIfferen-
tial duty on sugar. but also did away |
With the counteryailing duty ON sugar
u the Dingicy bill. Mr.. Weeks
IMich.l, in rejoindcr, admitted that
ihe object Of the opposition had been
% Kill the reciprocity bill.
A destructive fire visited the south
western part of Kansas City, Mo, ON
he Goth, laying waste q section 0f
iwelllnR houses almost n quarter of
! mile long and block wide and do
ng damage to the amount Of S7s, ,Oo0.
Iohu Slime, of Quincy. H.. specta-
ar, was fatally injured by n falling
iiece of iron, and Edward Bennett, a
lreinan, was overcome by heat. About
ifty dwelling houses were destroyed
md sixty or more families rendered
,umeiess.
Commissioner of Emigration Fitehie
eceived orders from Washington. ON
he goth, 10 investigate published
tories that immigrants who land In
Few York city at the Battery are
'rutally treated by the special po-
lee an duty there. Commissioner
'itchie returned a prompt den!a! Of
be charges, saying Il was only hotel
Hnners. idlers and sharks" who
serc driven ffom the Fsattery.
Some members of the conservative
arty canssd aa explosion In the milf
nry he===siks az ManaFlia, Nieafs-
~, on the night Of the 10th. Near
7 one hundred aud fifty lives were
1ss In the explosion. and the bar
aeka were destroyed. Il
A post ON the outskirts ~ Aew
hwung, China, gRrrisoaed by 20 Rus-
Ians, was attacked by bandits on the
Dsh. One Russian officers and four
riyafes we're killed.
Seven persons met death IA FIRE
! Hackney, popalors suburb o.
oadoH. on the eosh. They rs-s q
IN, tw7 uamsa and fsar ehiidrsn