The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-10-22

AT the close of business In the treas
ury department., on the nth, S5, 39s. $50
four-and-a-half per cent. bonds were
outstanding. ~
y COMMODORE NATHANiEb DUNCAN In
GRAHAM, formerly of the United States
navy, died AZ charleston, y. G., on the
isth, ITO was born in 1902.
fr Is proposed by the Russian govern.
ment that England, Russia, Afghanis-
tan and China appoint delegates TO
settle the Ramir boundary question.
PosTMAsTER-GENERA WANAMAkHR
Is collecting the data for his ANNUAL re-
port to congress- II Is said the special
features Of the report will be similar TO
those of last year.
THE pope, in sending his blessing To
the organizer OF the recent French pill
grimage, bitterly complains of the at
tack upon the pilgrims by "an ungov.
ernable populacc."
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IT Is reported that a marriage has
been arranged between the czarowitz
and the Duchess Elsa of Wurtemberg,
n twin, born in 1875, and niece Of the
new king of Wurtemberg.
DIR. WIN. p. MEANY, for the past
eight years q resident of London, is in
Chicago, to arrange for the opening Of
an Anglo-American bank, with offices
in London and Chicago. The capital
stock will bc $1,000, 900.
AN epidemic of scarlet fever has
ragged for several weeks in Girard col
lcge, Philadelphia, though without
fatal results. Nearly forty of the
younger pupils have been attacked, and
the fever is vet uncontrolled.
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH opened the
museum Of fine arts in Vienna, on the
10Th, in the presence of the archdukes
and the diplomatic corps. The collec.
tion of pictures, engravings and statu.
ary is one of the finest in the world.
TT Is officially announced that Chief
Secretary Bclfour will take the place
of the late Right Hon. William Henry
Smith MS first lord of the treasury, car.
rying with it the conservative leader.
ship in the British house of commons.
THE sixtieth birthday anniversary OF
the late Emperor Frederick was cele-
brated throughout Germany, on the
18th. by a display of flags and by
special sermons and church services and
by appropriate exhibitions at the public
theaters.
A LONDON TIMES Valparaiso dispatch
says impartial evidence confirms the
statement that the United States
squadron In Chilian waters both In
words and deeds displayed enmity to-
ward the congressional party during
the recent war.
SUPERINTENDENT fillmore of the
Southern Pacific railroad has informed
Chief Thurston of the Order of Rail.
way Tclcgraphers that the Southern
Pacific company will not recognize the
order and will discharge any of its en-
ployes belonging TO it.
HIS late visit to Chicago has quite
changed the opinion of Sir Henry
Wood, English commissioner to the
Worlds Columbian exposition, that
New York was the best city for the
fair. lie now thinks that the selection
of Chicago was the proper one.
A SALUTE fired In honor of Bishop
- % d., Nol~
on the 10th, resulted in the death Of
John Cenoyway, who was helping to
load small cannon which was dis,
charged prematurely, tearing both his
hands Off and badly mutilating his head
and body.
MRS. MARY WILEY PRESTON, aged
20, mother of Herbert A. Preston, for
twenty years member of the Wash
ington bureau Of the New York Her.
aid, fell down a stairway in her resi-
dence in Washington, on the 18th, and
died within five minutes. Her neck
was dislocated.
Mrs. ALLEN G. THURMAN, wife OF ex-
Senator Thurman, died, on the nth, at
The family residence in Columbus, o.,
nfter lingering illness. Her maiden
name was Mary Dun, and she was born
In Chillicothe in 1871. In her young
days she was considered one of the
most beautiful ladies In the west.
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In the socialist congress mt Erfurt,
Saxony, on the 18th, Herr Volmar
warned the party against over-conf-
dence apd aggression. He supported
the dreibund because 1t secured peace,
and combated the idea that war would
cause the collapse of the existing social
system and the elevation of the people
The annual Christian international
convention met in Allegheny City, Pa,
on the 10th. 1t was the forty-second
annual convention of the home society,
the sixteenth of the foreign society and
the seventeenth of the Christian wo-
mems board. An informal reception
was held at night. About 1000 dele
gates from all parts of the world at
tended.
In the light of the announcement
from Europe that Parnelfs widow and
his brother will legally inherit the
funds subscribed by Americans for the
relief of evicted Irish tenants and de-
posted by Parnell in a French bank,
further appeals for funds are likely 70
be met with rather chilling response
on this side of the Atlantic. 5. \
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The schooner Rebecca A, Taulane,
Capt Nickerson, of South Chatham,
Mass, CARRYING crew OF seven men,