The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-05-29
LATER NEWS.

OF the Philippine hill was continued.
Mr.. Dubois tldahoi speaking against
retention Of the archipelago Tor pure
| ly commercial reasons, holding that
the development OF the Philippines by
capitalists would work an injury to
the United States which would bc
made much greater ~ afOusing China
from her lethargy until the dragon
would dcyour the trade of the world.
Mr. Bcyeridgc tlndl replied tn Mr..
Dubois, earnestly and forcibly show.
ing that the development Of China's
resources would be an advantage 90
| the United States a. the Industrial
| development uf other nations had
been In the house los private pen.
sion bills were passed. besides few
'thCr measures of minor Importance.
Mr Loud, In o. speech, denounced the
special pension Legislation as n dis.
grace.
!. J. Ruhan, 7G years ~ Egc, was
/ burned tn death. ON the 2ld. Ia FIRE
which destroyed his home ln the rear
uf the st. Elmo hotel in Salt Lake
City Utah. Ruhnn had lived in Salt
Lake City since 1857. lie WIS the
first convert to the Mormon faith
from France, and for some time Allied
the position ~ instructor in French
to Brigham Nouug's children,
The annual cncampmcut Of the G
4. H. and auxiliary organizations oi
Nebraska closed their sessions al
Omaha on the 21d Lieut.. Gov. Calvin
+. Steele. II Falrbury, was elected de
partmcnt commander of the q. a. n,
and Mrs, =. NJ. Mckinney. " Blair.
was elected president of the womcn's
Relief Corps
\ forest fire ON Sheep mountain.
north ~ Canyon City. Col, burned
iierccly, ON the night " the 22d, aud
caused apprehension for prospecturs
who were working in that region.
The fire subsidized next day. aud 1t WAS
learned that all the prospeCtors were
safe.
A terrible explosion occurred. ON
the 23d, in No. shaft Of the Crows /
Nest Pass Coal Co.'S mine, near Fer
ME, Il. G The explosion extended TO
No. shaft. There were i23 men In |
the mine, - Of whom made their cs. |
cape. The remaining i09 perishcd.
The statement Of the treasury hal |
anccs In the general fund, exclusive
Of the Siso,000,00o gold reserve In the |
division Of redemption, issued on the |
25d, showed Available cash bal. |
auceS, SisT T,65o253: gold, $g5, ,735,396.
The Chilean minister Of foreign nf-
fairs, Senior Narparn. and the Argcn- |
tine minister 90 Chile, Jose Antonio /
Terry, nre completing the details of
the agreement which limits Chilean |
and Argentine ornaments, and which
provides for the general arbitration
of disputes between the two coun-
tries. Owing to this favorable sltua-
tion, securities and bonds in Chile are
very Arm. Gold Is falling.
Frank NJ. Sturgeon, ono of the old
est mail carriers IN tho Kansas city
tkaS) service. was arrested by post
Office inspectors, ON the 2sth. charged
with stealing n bundle Of letters.
Sturgeon was caught In the act in
the post Office. lie confessed, say.
ing that his stealings had covered
a period of eight months, and that
debt had prompted the theft. TIe has
a family.
Mr.. Carol Norton, In a lecture de-
livered before a large audience In the
Columbia theaser at Washington. on
the ssth, asserted that 2,00O.O .Oa0 csErs
Of disease have been healed by Chris
tian science during the IS years of
It's history, and that in that time
about no Christian science churches
have been established and are now
The failure of tine efforts of a Ger
man firm to secure exclusive rights
u selling opium throughout the
Chinese empire. for which privilege
he firm In question offered TO pay
The Chinese government SiEO0o.O0g
rear, appears TO be assured on ac-
'ount Of the opposition of the min
stcrs and the palace officials In Pc
lin.
An anarchist conference. attended I
" 20 delegates, was held Al Mann
leim recently. The police got in ,
Of the meeting before IL
occurred, and sent two officers To st. I
end the sittings. Az the proceed
ngs Of the conferences we're quite
anne. the anarchists ssere not m0lest-
d by ths police officials.