The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-02-06

for several months. nrc said io have
been released ON Turkish territory.
LATER NEWS.
In the senate, on the 3ist, an hour
and half was devoted a. ronsidcEa-
tiun uf a bill to incrcHsr the salaries
Of judges of United States courts, but
no action was taken. Mr.. Morgan
(Ala.l delivered an extended speech
on the Philippine tariff bill, giving
particular attcntiou 90 nm amend.
mcnt TO the bill previously offered by
him, he did not dircuss the political
phase Of the hill, hut devoted hiH time
Go consideration uf the legal ana con
stitutiunal questions raised In the
house. several private claims were
passed. The ways and means COM
mittec was directed go iurs=:!Ente
and report upon the claim II the sen
ate that reciprocity treaties affect.
ing the customs rcvcs=rs cen he ne.
gotiatcd without the concurrence oi
the house
The president has approved the rec.
ommcndation Of the secretary of way
that the sentence Of dismissal i'm,
posed 10y cuurt-martial in the case
Of First Lieut. Preston Browh. Jr.,
Second infne.-,s. I've commuted 10 the
loss Of 80 numbers and forfeiture Of
his pay for nine months Lieut.
nsnwn was charged with having killed
Filipino who refused to rescue a
drowning soldier.
Lum You. a Chinaman, who rnur.
drrrd Oscar Bloom at BAY CeEire,
Wash. August 6 last, was hanged II
the courthouse yard al South Bend,
Wash. uu the 5lst. He displayed re.
markabie nerve, badc his friends
good-by and asked to be killed quick
~ His neck was broken and there
was barely q pcreeptibls tremoF.
The Treasury club, an organization
of officials Of the United States treas.
ury department, gaze a farewell din.
ncr. ON the llst, az the shorrhsm ho.
tel. to Hon. Lyman ). Gage, the re-.
tiriug secretary. Covers were laid
for 65, the guests including Hon.
Leslie NJ Shaw. who succeeds Mr..
Gage, and other notables.
The man to whom Abraham Lincoln
presented jackknifc because his
fRee was humlirr than his own, died
at East Liverpool, o., on the 3ist. He
was Rcv. William Hnstingp. Of To.
runto. o. Rev. William Hastings was
powerful and distinguished preach.
rr, but lee was not handsome man.
Sol. Smith Russell the actor, who
has been ~ in Washington. Is in an
improved condition. lie seems 10 be
steadily gaining in strength and Wig.
or and his mind Is vcrv clear.
At Mansgua, on che I'd. Santos Ze-
laya was inaugurated president Of
Nicaragua for his third term in the
presence nf the congress and large
assembIage of citizens. Judge Matos,
Of the supreme court, administered
the oath 20 the president who, In his
address, briefly reviewed his pre-
yious administration In Nicaragua,
and referred hopefully to the pros
poets for the construstion Of the Nj
caraKaa canal and TO the benefits
that Nicaragua would derive there
from.
Manila ~ intensely interested as 20
what action congress will take con
eerning the Philippine islands. Or-
dinary local politics have been
forgotten and two parties have been
formed, the optimists and the pes
simists. Some think that life and
property are unsafe outside Of the |
towas of The islands, while others |
ridieule such ideas and consider life |
and property to be assured.
Hndyard kipling. writing from
Cape Town, south Africa, in letter |
TO > friend in England. again pro- j
tests cmphatically against any ann
nesty being granted She rebeIs,
which, hr fears from the attitude Of
The hume people. mag he done. Mr.. |
kipling declares II IL question Of
life or death for The colony.
The work Of transplanting the i
trees al Forest park. st. Louis. In or
der TO save those that interfere with /
the construction Of the Worlds fair
ik being systematically un-
aertaken by corps of experts. They
win be so disposed az tn further
s=autify abe WorId'H fair site aud the
great preserve.
For the fifth tlaao In four wears fhe
safe I'm tine Northern lscifie depot
u Olympia, Wash. was blown open by
burglars. ON the night af the I'd. ard
ts rontentH taken. On the former 9e-
aasions considerable Num was en-
zen. but this time only $40 was OBJ
'aInea. There was no clue 20 the
sracksmen.
Two thousand Chlrese bexera have
'sos@ed the Coreaa frontier aud hare
s1anasred several tawns. ths inAass.
tanta of which fed. The guserB-
nsHt has asked for Msilltsry azss=s- |, !.
snee.
A disrateh arasn IT. Petersburg.
NJ ths Oh. saiGE sCosant Iee TaiHtoi
b very II. he win be atsAadea hy .
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