The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-12-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

SENATOR PLATT introduced a resolu-
ton, on the Goth, which was laid OH the
table, authorizing the President to pur-
chase quantity of Dr. Koch's lymph
from the German Government and to
obtain the formula for It, and appropri-
ating 100000 for that purpose.
THE Wells-Fargo Express Company
declared semi-annual dividend of four
per cent. on the Goth.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for
statue of General Francis Marion, to be
erected in Columbia, s. c., was reported
favorably to the Senate on the Goth.
The. Baker heater in first-class
coach of the Chicago & Grand Trunk
railroad wcst-bound passenger train
passing through Battle Creek, Mich,
on the morning of the Goth, exploded,
nlling the car with Mv. cosals and gas
The Goals fell over the passengers, badly
burning several, and setting fire to the
seats and woodwork in many places.
THE Alberdangk Company S enormous
oil depot in Amsterdam, Holland, was
burned on the goth. Total loss, $780,
900.
THE famous trial of Eyraud, the Par
isian strangler, and his accomplice, Ga
brielle Bompard, was concluded on the
10th, the jury returning verdict of
guilty as to both culprits, but with eX-
tcnuating circumstances as to the wom-
an. Eyraud was sentenced to death by
the guillotine and Gabrielle Bompard
received sentence of twenty years
Imprisonment with hard labor.
THE case of eX-Mayor Pendlcton of
Fort Worth, Tex, promises some inter
esting developments. 1t appears that
the law firm of Hughes II Campbell, OF
New York City, who procured the
divorce for Pendleton, forged the docu
ment and also had made to order n
counterfeit of the seal of Cook County,
ILL.,, wherewith to authenticate the
document. Pendleton is after the law
yers with blood in his eye.
GUSTAV REvu.LIoD, the noted Swiss
writer and archaologist, died in Cairo,
Egypt, on the I'D. lie bequeathcd his
valuable private museum and fortune
of over f16O,0OO to his native place,
Geneva He was seventy-three years Of
age. "
The citizens committee, consisting of
members of the Board of Trade and
the Oregon Board of Immigration, have
raised guarantee fund of 100000 for
the purpose of starting an independent
Democratic newspaper in Portland, Ore.
SEVERAL Of the English iron masters
in the Cleveland district have given no.
tice that on account of the condition of
trade they will be compelled to make a
large reduction of wages in January.
EDWARD DUcKERT, New Orleans
boy of nine years, was murdered, on
/ the 22d, by an insane man named Frank
| Morris, aged twenty-six years. The
boy was passing Morris house on his
bicycle when Morris rushed out of the
gate with an AK and struck him on the
back of the head with the edge of tn,
weapon, killing him instantly.
ST. BERNARD's CATHOLIC CHURCH, OF
Fourteenth street near Eighth avenue
New York City, was destroyed by fir,
between and a. m. on the 22d TIL,
loss is estimated at $4,000; insurance
S63, 1000. The church was built in 1877
at cost, including the ground, of $3.50,
600.
a BALTIMORE man signing himsel
William Duvall has been working al
the prominent Senators at Washington
by pretending to have named his first
born son for them and appealing I,
1 their generosity and pride for materia
assistance, and in many cases was sue
cessful. Senator Henderson, of Ne
braska, however, unmasked the fake.
The trial Of the cruiser Newark, o.
the 22d, was a.pronounced. success, an
was completed without any hitch or az
cident. The logs showed speed at
tanned of 1919 knots per hour, while tn
engines developed little over 900
horsepower. If this is borne out by tn
official report the Cramps will realiz
$4,000 premium.
TIE Boston Chamber OF Commerc
has adopted a memorial to Congress
urging the negotiation of commercis
treaty which will allow of the free e.
change Of certain specified products c
the United States and Ne wtoundlsnd