Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-05-09
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
The state Legislature.

| COWuS anu Villages. An luSltaLlOu 10 dLtcuU
| the Centennial celebration ut St. Louis was
| laid before the Senate. -. In the House a
| letter to Governor Francis from Dr. Laws, re-
| signing the presidency Of the State University
| was read. A long debate was had on the reso-
| luton to change Rule 81 OF the House so thSt
| the previous question can be put by majority
vote instead of a twothirds vote. as formerly.
| The resolution was adopted. Senator ker-
| wins depository BILL which was left pending on
| the 18th, was taken up and passed and the
| emergency clause agreed to. At the afternoon
| session several chapters of revision were
| passed without amendment just as received
| from the Senate. The House amendments to
| the Senate revised bill on justices of the peace,
| which the Senate refused to concur in, were re-
| ceded from by the House.
| IN the Senate, on the 9th. the bill providing
| for collating. printing publishing ana distrib-
uting the Revised Statutes was passed. after
| an amendment providing that the Governor ap-
| point the revising committee was defeated.
| House bill to prohibit fictitious and gambling
| transactions in agricultural products, other
! commodities, stocks and bonds, and the bill re-
pealing the laws relating to the destruction of
HraSshoppers were passed; also House bill ap-
proprIating money for the per diem and con-
tingent expenses OF the General Assembly, and
| the bill repeating the law relating to the de-
structon of gophers and offering bounty
therefor In the House no final action on any
| measure of moment was taken, and the after
noon session was spent in discussing the re-
viSed bill on courts OF record.
| IN the Senate. on the 1st the following bills
| were passed: Substitute for Senate bill No.
| 1874. revising and amending the law relating to
billiard and other tables: declaratory of the
Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri and
! their effect and to provide for the collation.,
| editing. printing, binding, publishing and dis
| tributing of the same; joint concurrent resolu-
| ton asking Congress to appropriate s25.000 for
| the building OF bridge across James river in
| Stone County: committee substitute for Senate
bill revising and amending the laws relating to
| judgments: House bill to prevent swindling by
| peddlers, agents. ETC.: House bill to pay J. w.
Wingo, OF Dent County. for certain Union mill
tary bonds held by him: appropriating money
to reclaim certain Union military bonds held
by K 5. McElhaney and others; revising and
amending the laws relating to married women;
revising and amending the law relating to the
administration Of the estates of deceased per.
sons: revising ald amending the law relating
to limitations of actions: revising and
amending the law relating to the
public safety. In the House bills were
passed as follows: To make the first Friday
after the first Monday in April "Arbor Day.
amending the law fixing the number of Direct
ors in the Public School Board of ST Louis by
changing the manner of electing Directors at
large to fill unexpired terms: Senate bill 619, to
amend the law in relation 10 street railways
by prohibiting passengers from getting on
off any car by the front platform while the car
is in motion: Senate bill No. g. to change the
northern boundary of ST. Clair County. At the
afternoon session the House worked steadily
on revision bills, finishing four chapters of re-
vision.
THE Senate, on the I'd, passed the following
bills: Revising and amending the laws relating
to descents and distributions also the bill re-
vising and ameding the laws relating to plats;
for the relief Of r. j. Waters, ex-collector of
Mcdonald County; the ST. Joseph Police Com
missioner bill. with the emergency clause;
vic fhn lou lIpfjr TO in,
civil cases; also the bill revising and amending
the law relating to habeas corpus. The Deer
ing High License bill was put upon its passage
and was defeated by vote of 16 nays to II
yeas In the House the CherrySpangler con-
test came up and was presented by the parties
in interest, and when the vote was finally taken
MIR. Cherry seated and finally sworn in.
The Senate amendment to Mr.. Moores Option
bill were concurred in.
IN the Senate, on the Sd, the Livestock In
spection bill was defeated by vote of 16 to Is.
and on reconsideration was again defeated, II
to II. The Moran Dram-shop bill was called
up its engrossment reconsidered and an amend
ment inserted prohibiting the keeping open OF
saloons between the hours of 12 O'Clock 1sat-
night and o'clock in the morning. The bill
was then again ordered engrossed :. In the
House the Sparks Electoral Reform bill was
passed by a vote of 81 to 80; also the revised
chapter militia and the committee substitute
for House revisory bill 555, of asylums.
&
miscellaneous Items.
The Missouri contingent in New York
are said to have created very good i'm
preston, and to have been the recipients
of a great deal of attention. Their ex-
celent drill and soldierly appearance was
much commented upon. while Governor
Francis attracted attention as being the
youngest Governor in the country.
DIR. 7. G. Brack1ng, welI-known ply
stefan. was arrested at Kansas City, q few
days ago, ON an Indictment found by the
last grand jury charging him with bribing
a public officer. Mr.. Bracking immedi-
ately gave bail in 81, 600.
Richard M. Gentry, one of the most
prominent farmers and stock-raisers in
Pettis County. died at his home in Bowl
ing Green township, recently, aged fifty
two years. The deceased had been ill
only a few days, and his death was en-
tirely unexpected.
L. E. Weber, weil-known merchant
of ST. Joseph, was thrown out Of his
buggy against a curbstone few evenings
ago, and sustained fracture of the skull,
from which he died half an hour later.
His horse was running away at the time.
At st. Louis, the jury in the case of
Henry w. Maser, the old pretzel peddler
charged with murder in the first degree,
having killed his wife, Mary, on Septem-
Der 8, 1888, brought in verdict of murder
in the second degree and fixed his punish
ment at ten years in the penitentiary.
State Treasurer holland makes the fol-
lowing statement of the condition of tho
State treasury at the close of business
April 80: Balance on hand March 1, g.
429, 741.72; receipts during April, S245 .02G.-
II; disbursed during April. $147, 467.oa;
balance on hand April 80. $2,527, 1854.
The golden wedding of Rev. DR.. Edward
F. and Mrs. Berkeley was quietly ce!e
brated a few evenings ago, at the Doctors
residence, in st. Louis, in the presence CO
the family, relatives and few intimate
friends. Just before the guests arrived
the venerable groom slipped plain gold
ring upon the finger of his bride OF fifty
years. Twenty-Five years ago he per-
formed similar service upon the occa-
sion of his silver wedding, while the wed-
ding ring of the original ceremony has
remained upon the hand of the wife CT
fifty years without ever having been re-
moved.
The Centennial parade in st. Louis was
the most notable event that ever occurre.
in that city of big parades. There vert
sixteen divisions, comprising every re-
spectacle element of city life. 1t TOOK
three and half hours to pass q givej,
point, and must have contained $4,000
persons. A beautiful feature was forty
eight companies of school boys of forty
three each, representing the several
States and Territories in alphabetical or
der.
DR.. S. S. Laws, president of the State
University at Columbia, has resigned.
There has been discord at this college for