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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the Senate, on the 21st, Mr.. Berry
| (Ark. addressed the Senate on his bill,
adversely reported requiring the super
| intendent of census to collect statistics
of farm mortgages, which, after general
debate, went over. The calendar was
then taken up and number of bills
were passed, after which the Senate
| went into executive session.."..In the
House tho day was consumed in n wran-
| gle over a ruling by the Speaker. The
appeal from the decision of the Speaker
| declining to recognize demand for
tellers) was finally laid upon the table
yeas 140, nays 1856.
| AT the meeting of the New York
State Bar Association at Albany, on the
21st, Colonel Robert G.. Ingersoll de-
livered an eloquent address on Grimes
Against Criminals"
On the 2lst the military affairs COM
mittee of the House decided to report
favorably the bill providing for an as
sistant Secretary OF War at salary OF
$4,000 per annum.
THE Brown Lumber Company's kind
dling-wood factory at Whiteaeld, N. H.,
was burned on the 21st, Loss, s25, 900;
covered by insurance. Fifty men were
thrown out Of work.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY TIcHENoR de
cided, on the 21st, that imported over
weight cigarettes must be regarded as
cigars, and are liable to ointernal-revenus
tax the same as cigars.
| WIN. f. Villas, ex-Secretary of the In
terror, was in Washington on the 21st.
In the evening he attended dinner in
Baltimore, Nd, but returned the next
day to the capital, to remain for several
days. This was Mr., Villas first visit TO
the capital since his retirement from
public life.
Mr.. JOSEPH HICKsoN, managing di'
rector of the Grand Trunk railway of
Canada, was, on the 21st gazetted
knight.
DIRECTOR OF THE MINT LEECH denies
the published statement that 5000, 900
illegal United States silver dollars
made in Mexico and sent TO the United
States are now in circulation. He says
he is unaware that any such coin is in
circulation anywhere in the United
States.
JAMES FITZGERALD WoLFP, Of Mon
treal, Can, general inspect r, of OUT
ports and agent of the custo4ns secret
service died, on the 21st, Of pneumonia
resulting from influenza.
The great bridge across the Firth Of
Forth, which will be formally opened
by the Prince of Wales in March, was
tested, on the 21st by the passage Of
train weighing 1900 tons. The testwss
pronounced In every respect Q success
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

CHARLES CRAMER, brakeman on the
Queen & Crescent road, on tho 10th, at
Miller's, 105 miles southwest OF Birming-
ham. Ala,, was struck by the timbers of
a water tank as the train dashed by and
hurled to death. His neck was broken
and he was otherwise horribly mangled.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY was entertained
at banquet by the Khedive on the
evening of the 10Th.
INFORMATION was filed, on the 10th,
with the Health Department of Mime
sofa to the effect that farmer near Nc
Carrons Lake, outside the limits of St.
Paul,swas slaughtering hogs suffering
from cholera and selling the diseased
meat for human food.
Miss LAURA DIXON, who shot herself
in the head, at Elizabeth, N. j., died
on the 10th. She was pretty brunette
Of twenty-three and was Respondent be-
cause George Vein er, who had kept
company with her for long time, mar
ried another girl.
Mrs. JAMES MCNEIL, an insane moth
er at Cannon Lake, Mimi, killed two
children and fatally injured two others
anu nerSelI on Gne lOln.
AUTHENTIC news has been received at
Cairo, Egypt, Of terrible mortality among
the natives in the Soudan due to famine
resulting from lack of rain during the
autumn.
A UNIVERSAL exhibition will be held
at Liege, Belgium, in June next on the
occasion of King Leopold's jubilee.
A GLAss-BoTTLE trust has been formed
in London by the uniting of twenty
three firms engaged in the manufacture
or sale Of glass bottles with view to a
maintenance OF uniform prices.
IT has been discovered that the no
ton guns carried by the 10, ,600-ton British
man-of-war Benbow, of the Mediterra-
mean feet,are entirely worthless for the
purpose for which they were designed
A HEAVY gale prevailed in the En-
glish channel on the night of the 18th
and on the 10th. Several casualties to
shipping are reported.
The trial Of Constable Potts, the Pro
hibition searcher, at Des Moines, Ia,
who was charged with perjury in his
own trial for bribery, was concluded, on
tuc iitu, Wlbu NcEuiCU VI
BENNY WILSON, better known as the
kid" one Of the most expert car burg
lars in the country, was arrested, on the
18th, by Chief Detective Grammar OF
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Balti-
more, Nd. 1.-The Kid" heads q gang
that has skinned the freight cars in that
section.
CORNELIUS N. BLISS has resigned from
the executive committee of the Bust
ness Mems Republican organization OF
New York City, because Of the recent
readmission Of the John j. O'Brien fac
tion into the Republican ranks.
EMPERoR WILLIAMS order against
the Kruez Zeitung and other too indie
pendent journals, not only excludes them
from the royal palaces and offices bu,
prohibits their circulation among the
army, or at least in the barracks.
AN abscess has appeared on the ex
terror of Emin Pasha's skull and partial
paralysis Of the tongue has supervened.
SIDNEY DILLON, q nephew Of Hon
Sidney Dillon, of New York. accidentally
shot and killed himself while hunting
on his farm, ten miles northwest o.
Omaha. Neb., on the l7ih,
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
MlS5Duri's Ex-Governors.

Inly two living cx-Governors OF Ais
souri, are now in Office. Ex-Governor
McClurg is register of the Government
land Office at Springfield, and ex-Gov-
ernor Woodson is Judge of the Criminal
Court at St. Joseph. Governor Fletcher
is practicing law in st. Louis. Governor
Hardin is president of n bank at Mexico,
and has about retired from active life.
Governor Crittenden is specializing in
Kansas City real estate, and is connect
ed with number of corporations. Gov
crnor Morchouse is engaged in the prac-
tice Of the law, in real estate and
farming in NolawaY County.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
Wants Damages for Slander.

Reinhart $. Sem commenced pro.
cecdings at St. Joseph recently against
the st. Joseph Produce Exchange for
damages in the sum of $50, ,000 lie
claims that the exchange caused cir
culars to be issued and sent out to the
trade that were of a slanderous nature,
and which ruined his business as com.
mission merchant. The firms of .. A.
Sandusky g. Co., +. X. Doniphan e Co.,
c. w. Douglas & Co., c. A. Buddy & Co.
and Weeman & Sons are also made de-
PENDANTS to the suit, as members of the
Produce Exchange. Three weeks ago
Sem commenced suit against o. A. San
dusky, individually, for 100000 for Sian.
der
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

Shopliftcrs Arrested.

Three women were arrested in st.
Louis store a few days ago for shop
lifting, and from what the police say
they have good cases against each Of
them. Mrs. Augusta Weisgagcl and
Mrs. Christina Tabst were arrested for
stealing the following articles, all Of
which were recovered: Two bolts Of
unbleached muslin, one dozen table
cloths one dozen towels and one dozen
napkins, which they had concealed about
their person. Jane Mack was arrested
for stealing dress.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

CAPTAIN TRIvIER, the French traveller
who has just crossed Africa from west
TO east, confirms the previous reports of
the high-handed conduct of the Portu-
guese in Southeast Africa, and declares
that the English have lost prestige in
Southeast Africa through their pacific
policy.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

'Irs. Mary Phelps Montgomery,
daughter of ex-Governor Phelps, who
presided with so much distinction over
the Governors Mansion while her fa-
ther was Governor, is at present with
hcr children in Europe. She superin-
t nj, the domestic affairs OF her cousin,
William Walter Phelps, Minister to
Prur ia, who is bachelor. Mrs. Mont
aomcry is likely to live with him during
b.. stay at Berlin.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

The annual report of the United States
Commissioner of Education has just been
issued. 1t contains digest of the re-
port of the State Superintendent of Mis-
souri,, the most noteworthy passages of
which are as follows:
In the country schools each teacher Is in.
dependent of every other teacher In the
county; unity of purpose and concentration
Of effort are wholly disrcgarded; the classi-
6cation is loose and system Is unknown;
onc.half of these schools are taught by mex.
perienced boys and girls, who should be ut.
;endng some good school in order to famil.
ar,Zc themselves with that knowledge which
:hcy should be enabled to impurt to those
whom they ARE pretending to teach; and, in
,uct, many of these schools are no better
than those we had In this State thirty or forty
TCars ago.
Although the Constitution of the State ex.
pressly declares that no appropriation OF
public funds shall be made in behalf of any
public or private institution in which sec.
turian doctrines or creeds are taught this
provision is being daily violated in many OF
ihe schools.
In Il large number of the districts of the
state the German element of population
greatly prcpondcrates, and as II consequence
the schools are mainly taught in the German
language, and sometimes entirely So Hence,
II AZ incrican family lives in such II district
In' 'ti.luftn must thncr DC deprived CI
school privileges or el se be tnuGht the Ger
I .tn language. In some distrl' ~ the schools
axe taught in German a Ger in number of
months and then in English whlle in Others
German is used part of the 'hy and English
the rest
Some " the teachers emT! jed are scarce.
~ able to read or speaN .l,s English Lam
gnage, while the first question asked him Is
whether ho reads and spuans German. Many
letters were received by the State Suporin.
tendent from school officers and patrons ash.
ing II the schools should not be taught la
German, and complaining that, although
living inthis country, their children are be-
ing taught in q foreign language, In Gas
conade County German ia taught In about
twenty. seven, or one.half the districts In
st, Louis County there arc eighty four dis
tricts; forty of them teach German. Many
of the more enlightened Germans prefer
that the schools be taught in English, NJ
they are anxious for their children to be
Amerieanized in principles, feelings and Ian.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

THE recent heavy purchases of bonds
have reduced the available surplus be-
low S20,0O0,00 The Secretary of the
Treasury has therefore decided to sus-
pend the purchase of four per cent
bonds until further notice, continuing
the purchase Of four and one-half per
cent. bonds as heretofore.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

THE Treasury Department decided, on
the 18th, that the marble statue OF
President Garfield recently imported at
New York and intended to form part Of
the Garfield Memorial, public monu-
ment now in course OF construction at
Cleveland, O., is entitled to admission
duty free.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
Says Ills Head Hurt Him.

Ed Mcdonald, young married man,
at Phelps City, attempted to commit
suicide by drowning in the Nishnabotna
river. He borrowed an axe, and, having
anchored himself TO the surface by a
rope tied round his body and fastened
to long board, he jumped in. He was
taken out insensible and nearly frozen.
When resuscitated he gave as the cause
for his conduct that his head hurt.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
A Multitude of Charges.

Sheriff Smith of Pcttis County recent
ly arrested William Marlow, barber of
Sedalia, on capias from the sheriff of
Henry County. lie lived in Clinton up
to last month and is charged with com.
mitting five criminal offenses while
there, burglary, robbery, gambling, car
rying concealed weapons and running.a
pamblinp housa
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

THE Republican Club of New York
City, on the night of the Goth, after a
heated debate, adopted the report Of q
committee against coalition with any
Democratic faction in the makeup Of
municipal tickets.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
A Mexican Exhibit for st. Louis.

Seth w. Cobb and c. II. Sampson, of
St. Louis, recently called upon Minister
Romero of Mexico at Washington, and
discussed the matter of the proposed
Mexican exhibit at the st. Louis Ex-
position next fall. Mr.. Romero assented
to the proposition and will recommend
that his government make such an ex-
hibit. A bill to admit articles Of the
exhibit free of duty will shortly be in
troduced by Representative Frank, as
will also bill to authorize the loan of
an exhibit by the Smithsonian Ins:itu-
ton
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

SEVERAL restaurant keepers of Pitts
burgh, Pa, were prosecuted, on the 18th.
for selling quail out of season. One keep
Or, Monte Jones, had 1l5 birds in. her
possession, and will have to pay fine
Of S1,150. Other keepers will pay
amounts ranging from $500 to $40.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

THE Senate committee on the quadrt.
centennial of which Senator Hiscock is
chairman, began its hearings on the
claims of Washington, Now York, st.
Louis and Chicago to the Worlds Fair
of 1892 on the 9th
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
The EiVht-Hour Movements,

A strong effort is being made in st.
Louis to inaug urate the Eight-IIour
movement May /.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

THE Senate committee on Indian af-
fairs reported favorably, on the 10th,
the bill authorizing the President to re-
move the Apache Indian prisoners to
Fort Sill, /. T.; also the bill to enable
tho Secretary of the Interior to locate
Indians in Florida on lands in severalty.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

A NUMBER of monkish manuscripts OF
great value have been discovered in
Brunswick, Germany. These docu-
ments date back to 1860, and contain in
formation hitherto accepted as merely
traditional or as matter of conjecture.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

THE Senate committee on Territories,
on the 18th, authorized favorable re-
port on the bill for the admission of the
State of Wyoming. No minority report
will be presented, although the vote in
favor of the bill was not unanimous.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
william Jewoll College.

Representative Dockcry has intro
duced bill in Congress appropriatins
$4,000 to William Jewell College for
damages sustained during the war and
for rent during its occupation by Federal
troops.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
a Noted Lawyer Dead.

Mr. Joseph g. Lodge, one of the fore
most criminal and civil lawyers of Mis-
souri,, died recently at his home in st.
Louis from pneumonia resulting from
an attack Of ia grippe"
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

The new iron bridge across tho Usage
river at Osceola is about completed.
The people OF 0seeola intend eolebrat-
ing its completion in on appropriate
manner ON the ssa of February,
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

Mr. CHmsToPER RICE MANsEL TAIL
BOT. Liberal member Of the British Par,
Lament for Glamorganshire, died on
the 18th. He was the oldest member OF
the House of Commons, having sat con-
kinuously for sixty years.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

The activity and earnestness of the
new Premier of Portugal, Senior Pimen-
ia, in pursuit of the policy of the minis
try is winning many adherents from the
majority and fast disarming the Repub-
li,ans, who saw in the surrender Of the
Gomez Cabinet to the demands of En-
gland pretext for agitation II not act
ual revolution.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

THE Harlem IN. W Southern Auld
Lang Syne gave its first annual din
ner on the night of the Goth.
Speeches eulogizing Lee, Davis and
Grady were made. Colonel A. Ii. II.
Dawson, Major Joe H. Stewart, Colonel
Jno. Garnet and other representative
Southerners were among the speakers.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
Indicted in New York.

The New York grand jury has indict.
ed Major William II. Clark, Of the
Southern Society who fired three pistol
shots at Wilton Randolph, a fellow
member, recently. Major Clark is
Missourian.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
Convention OF Coau.y Clerks.

An effort is being II de to secure a
convention of the county clerks of the
State, to be held soun time during the
year. The object Il % secure more sys-
TEN in the work o; 20 clerks.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
Mrs. Phillips Bustie.

Mrs. Phillips, of Tarkio, was arrested
in Kansas City, and on being searched,
was found to be wearing hustle made
up of an overcoat, two pairs of trousers,
two coats, vest and pair of suspend.
ers. She admitted that she appro.
priated the articles at the boarding
house where she was stopping, but
pleaded intoxication.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

NOR GRUscHA, Chaplain-General oi
the Imperial army OF Austria, will sue.
oeed the late Cardinal Bauer as Arch.
bishop Of Vienna.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

THE strike of the shoemakers OF Bris-
tol, England which had been in progress
for some time, ended, on the 18th, in
favor of the strikers, who gained every
point for which they coDtended.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

THE board OF directors of the Shef-
field Comm Scientific School, on the
18th, asked for the resignation Of Prof
Honey on account OF his order to the
students to buy apparatus Of a certain
dealer
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

THE New Jersey House of Representa-.
tives passed by large majority, on the
18th, the bill already passed by the Sen.
ate increasing the Governors salary
from S5, 600 to $40, 900.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

John Kinney, a packing-house en-
ploye, was killed at Kansas City by
Thomas Carey, a saloon-leeper. Both
were intoxicated.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

D. r. Miller, an old wiener-wurst ped
dler, formerly merchant in New Or
leans, was found dead in bed at Nevada.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

FRAME LAchNtR, the famous German
musician, composer and conductor OF
operas, died in Berlin, on the 20th. He
was eighty-seven years Of age.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

owen Edmunds, of Chillicothe, sud-
denly lost his speech. Several days ago,
while taking drink of water, he re.
gained it.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

THE German-Czech- conference ct
Vienna, has had highly beneficial re-
suits. All differences between the two
races in Bohemia are believed to have
been reconciled.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

A BILL appropriating 10000 to erect
statue in Washington to James Madi-
son was favorably reported by the Sem
ate library committee on the 10th.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

A burglar ransacked house in St.
Louis ate lunch and went to sleep sit
ting in chair, where the servant found
him. He was captured.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
COUNTY SUPERVISION


state superintendent Coleman Males u
Plea for County suporyisions OF Schools
only d short Time Left to Secure IT
How to Proceed,
State Superintendent Of Schools Colo
man has issued the following circular,
which is self explanatory:
The time has come when the question OF
county supervision should be agltated. II
petition circulated, and duly presented to
the County Court st lts February tcrm-if 1t
Is to be acted upon Mt the next annual schoot
meeting. April /, 1889, by Sec. 1Os5-Laws or
1889 ] DO hope that the county cOnJiDi5 'lOncr,
teacher, school officer or patron whor"ccivcs
this circular will 20 to work and have the
petition ready by the time the County Court
meets in February as that Is the last regular
term to be held between now and the annual
school meeting.
Now is the time to strlke nothing else Will
be before the people of the countyj II you
wait another year, county surpcrTison
and who ls to I'LL tic place will have to bo
voted upon. Adopt II this spring; the pres
ent commissioner will serve one year and
then the people can decide whom they want
to fill the onice. Nothing is needed more to
make our system what 1t should be tllan
emcient county supervision. There arc four
sections upon this subject, enacted by tue
last General Assembly: The first provides
for adopting the measure; the second fixes
his bond; the third defines and specifies
his duties; and the fourth graduates the
salary. A man is needed in your county
who shall devote his whole time to loOkin;,
after the schools, in person, that he may
know just what is being done by each teach
cr. All the schools of the county should be
brought under his diTNct supervision. With
this accomplished, your schools will be-
greatly improved The cost of this official
to the county will be but IL tthc of the real
worth Of his labors to the schools of the
county. Supervision is adopted and applied
In every other enterprise of value; why not
adopt and maintain it in our school system?
1t Is the missing link in our system that
needs to be supplied, and shat without delay.
Below will be found petition, in proper
form. VIII not every fricndO of education go
to work and push this matter to Il successful
consummationr Yours truly,
W. 4. COLEMAN,
Dept OF Education, jefferson City, Mo-,
Jan. II. 1891
THE PETITION.
To TIE Honorable County Court Of Count
St'te Of Missouri, Fcbraary Term, 1S0O.
We, the undcrsigncl resident frecholdcrs
of said County of -, respectfully repre-
sent that We desire to establish County
School supervision in and for said County Of
-, State of Mihsouri: and we, therefore,
pray your honorable body to order an cleo
ton ut the next annual school meeting,
pose cf adopting County School supervision
in and tor said county. in accordance with
the provisions of See. I0S6 y. 30, session
Acts OF 1859, January 1889.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
DoOnvilLe's Boom.

The ordinance to put in an electric
light plant at Boonyille was voted on
and carried by a largo majority. Opposed
it, those interested in the gas-works. -
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

1T is proposed by syndicate Of Ber-
lin bankers to build a magnificent pal
ace to be presented by them to Emperor
William,
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

THE grand jury at Petersburg, Va,
failed to indict General Malone for
shooting P. p. Harrison, on the night OF
the last gubernatorial election.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23
Fell Into a Kettle OF Lard.

A four-year-old son of d. A. Car
michael. living twelve miles northwest
of Shelbyville, fell into kettle OF
boiling lard End was sev aed 20 badly
thar ha died,
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

THE portuguese Of Boston and vicin.
ity cabled the Minister Of Foreign Az
fairs at Lisbon, on the 10th, resolutions
protesting against the interference OF
the British Government with Portgu-
guese territory in Eastern Africa, sane
tioning the action taken by Serpa Pinto
and indorsing the action OF the Portu-
guese Government in the matter.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-01-23

THE strike of the laborers employed
in handling grain at Liverpool Is cx-
tending and fears are entertained that
sympathetic strikes OF large proportions
may grow out of 1t.