The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-30
General News Cuttings.

WlStuNth.
twenty-five thousand persons
attended the American Royal Cattle
Show at Kansas City.
The apple crop Of the country is
esiimaipd at 43. 600, 900 bushels as
against "a 600. 900 in 1901.
The coal miners strike At Hig.
giusville. Mo-, ended on the 22d
the operators signing the union
scale.
The employees OF the Chicago aud
Alton shops at Bloomington, IN. 4.
have asked for an increase of
wages
Reuben Long. Ir.. deputy cir
cult clerk Of Howard county, nom-
mitted suicide on the 18th. Unre.
Quilted love was the cause.
Andrew Carnegie. delivering a
recrorni address NJ ST. Andrews,
Scotland. on the 22d, eulogized
Enperur William ami appealed to
him to form an alliance Of Euro
pean states for commercial and pa.
litical purposes.
j. Pierpont Morgan, the multi
millionaire and great Napoleon OF
finance, has so far this year made
s42, 1870, 900 In profits by his trust
aud merger schemes and cOmbina
tions. The people pay the freight
The mortgage debt Of Indiann
has increased $50, ,574 $3.50 in the
past twn years, as reported by
county recorders to the State bu.
rcau of statistics, and the Indian.
apolis S.utepel doesn't think that
this is indicative Of prosperity.
At the Protestant Episcopal Mis-
sionary Council at Philadelphia.
nn the 23d, n resolution author.
iZing The secretary TO send a greet
ing 10 President Roosevelt aud to
thank him for his special efforts in
terminating the coal strike. was
dcclard out Of order by Bishop
Tuttle.
Miss Williams, daughter Of
pr0mIucut farmer near Marion,
Ky, was shot and killed from am,
hush while returning from church
on the night OF the 23d, accom-.
panied by a Mr. Brown. AS Brown
recently had n quarrel with a rival.
whom he seriously shot, it is
thought that the shots were in.
tended for Brown.
The great convention of the
Christian Church or Disciples of
Christ az Onsahe. Nebraska, sIn-~i
on The 23d. Il was the most sue
cessfnl aud largest attended con.
vention in the history Of the or.
ganizaliOn. There were Z 200 del.
egates and fully 5000 visitors ae-
companiel them TO the city.
james Younger, the ex. bandit,
who with his brother Cole YOun.
ger was pardoned out of the Min.
uesoto penitentiary n year OF so
ago, died at st. Panl last wick.
and his body was taken 10 Lees
Summit where it was inferred in
the family lot on the 2;Id inst. A
movement is on foot TO secure the
full pardon Of Cole Younger.
Barnum's Bearded Lady, -
who has shown her whiskers in
almost every hamlet in America
and every city Of :hs civilized
world, died of consumption at her
home in Brooklyn, N. Y. ON the
22d inst. She was buried at her
own reqnest with her whiskers un.
cut. In private life her name wasI
Mrs Annie Donovan.
The convention Of Missouri Val
ley homeopathic at Lincoln. Ne
braska, adopted n scathing res0lu.
ton against the practice 81 kissing.
because, they claim, IL Is unsani.
tary and unhealthy. But however
much they may resolute on this
practice il win continue to he papn.
lar, and lovers will willingly take
all the risks for the pleasure anl
satisfaction OF The Osculatory SEN
sation.
Jn0. u. Rockefeller on the 23d
gave 100000 TO the Teachers
College of Columbia University,
the largest he has ever given at
one time. He says he makes the
donation as a thank offering 20
Almighty God for the preservation
Of his family and household on the
occasion Of the destruction by flre
OF his country hame, at Ppcantico
Hills, N. ". ON the night Of Sep.
teInber IL. 1902.
The long-drawn. out strike of
the anthracite coal miners has az
last ended, and ON the 3ad inst.
abont 65 per cent OF the men went
to work. President Roosevelt nre-
vailed upon the operators TO leave
the disputed questions TO an arbi.
lration committee to be appointed
By him, md the strikers aIso agiecd
10 the terms. Some Of the operators
lried 10 get the men TO sign agree
meuts, int under lhe advice Of shc
nnion officers they declined TO sign
any agreement until after the And
Iug Of the arbitration commission
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