The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-22
THE NEWS COMPRESSED.

Kansas has been inangurated aud
issued his first message, and still
her hasn't fulfilled that compact to
marry
The German Rcichstag is moving
to bar American trusts, and pro.
poses to raise the duty on tobacco
and refined petroleum imported
into that country,
The formal election of Congress.
man Hopkins of Illinois to the
United States Senatorship took
place Tuesday. He succeeds Sen.
ator Mason.
December was Il record breaker
for American exports. the exports
amounting To Sl4S zoe, 900, being
- 200, OOO in excess of the eX-
ports Of December 1901.
Congressman JcnkinSon, Chair
man of the House Judiciary Com =
mittx, introduced resolution last
week looking towards government
ownership of all coal mines and all
means OF transportation of coal.
How to get twenty eight foot
blade of Kansas grass, which was
presented to the Agricultural DE.
partmcnt by Congressman Bill
Rcidcr, to its destination without
breaking it, is purifying Secretary
Wilson.
The Chicago Grand Jury Ia,
found forty indictments against
coal operators aud retailers, churg
ing them with conspiracy injuriou,
to public trade. The indictment,
are against both corporations ant
individuals.
Former United States Senator
John II. Reagan of Texas retired
from the Office of State Railroat
Commissioner last Monday. liz
is 81 years old aud is the only sur
viving member of President Jeifcr
son Davis cabinet.
The lith annual convention %
the United Mine Workers of Amer
len is in session at indianapolis
President Mitchell was accorded N
enthusiastic reception, and II six
% clock dinner was served in hi
honor shortly after his arrival.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission reports an appalling list o
casualties by railway for the ninct.
days ending September Both
killed. SO, injured II, 1862. Totu
number of collisions aud drrail
mcnts, 2,44S; damage, s. l9S, SOC
Six men were killed and tire
others injured by the explosion &
powder N the brcceh of au Sine
turrcnt gun on the battlcship Mas
sarhusctts on tn 18th inst. Will
the vessel was engaged in targ,
practice off San Juan, Porto Rice
Another wonderful gold find i
Alaska is reported eighteen mile
north of II point on Tannna rive
and 300 miles from it, source.
, is believed that the strike will rivi
, that of the original kIOndyke I'll
. district is in the United Stat,
, territory.
The people of North Swcdcl
who have been IN very dcstllut
conditions on account of Il fallul
in the harvest, have been great
81 aided 10y the Swcdcs of this countr
aud will doubtless b" able TO tic
= over till the next harvest withol
any fatality from starvation.
4 whole family at Fort Wort
: was wiped out by arscnlcal poslo
on the lSth-T. J Roy and h
: maiden sisters and Robert Roy,
nephew. The latter was the OH
heir to Il large estate; he was III
rrSctd on suspicion of having poi
onrd his rcntives. and then sudden
ly died uf the same poison.
The German cruiser, Panthc
e shellrd Fort Carlos, Venezuela, q
e the 18th, and the fort returned fiji
. with spirit, forcing the Panther
g Withdraw. 1t is thought that til
unprovoked assault in the part ,
the German vessel will have II ba
r effect on the egotiutlOns trying
be effected hetwcen Ncnezula an
5 the claimants of damages again
o her, Germany and England.
, The Dies Moins and Minneapol
special on the Great Western raj
q road, running Mt Il high rate ,
speed, struck broken rail Just f.;
it about to cross II bridge mt Syci
more, I'll , on the 18th, was carrie
across the bridge on the ties M
= then pitched down Il twenty fo'
!, rmbankment. The engineer WI
crushed to death and thirty pa
sengers We're injured.
Charles Ray of Ncwhurg, Mo
shot himself with suicidal inter
Z four times on the 18th inst. at Il
U hour ut which he was to have bee
married to Miss Ida Warren ,
: Richland, Mo. He was not deG
when the people of the houi
l. rushed to his room, but he cou
hardly speak, and no eXplanatic
is given for his deed. His afl
J anced is PROSTATE with grief.
c The poor people of London, wi
k are in greater distress than thu
have been in for three years, ha'
n organized n daily procession whic
II marches through the princip
i streets every day. Certain ones
d the crowd have large wooden co
II lection boxes which they pa
;. among the spectators on the nav