The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-12-24

THE New York grand Jury found an
indictment for forgery in the second de-
gree against y, NJ, Field on the 18th.
IL Is undertood his forgeries amount to
$500, 900.
Gov W1NANs of Michigan. has mp
b ointed a commission. consisting Of ex-
Mayor Donovan. Judge y. A. Smith and
Deputy Secretary Of State Rowiey, ali
OF Lansing, to thoroughly investigate
the charges against Secretary Of State
Soper, who resigned under pressure.
b. Mrs. CoRNEtiA REDFfEfD. CHANDLER,
relict OF the Int Rear Admiral tlalph
Chandler, United States navy, and
daughter Of the late II. J. Redfeld, at
one time collector OF the port of New
York, died in Washington, on the nth,
of pneumonia, aftet an illness of two
days.
RAHoN EEIERvARY DE KoM.os- KE-
lRIzaErEs, a.taemher Of Che Hungarian
ltEll4 "a a. tdinialcr ~ sianHi datzle1,
fnua ahta HsSA4 n ltAa42a1A. ~ Al Hett
I UgrOu, a member Of the reichsrntil whp
had uttered Language in criticism of
his course MS minister which the baron
considered personally insulting. After
each had. fired two shots, all wide of
the mark, they drew their swords and
attacked each other In deadly combat
unit, each having drawn blood, the sec
ondls -interfored ioEtnp The fHfit
sWHIIAM II, ,Bf,AKESEY, one Of Hochl
l'ifHirf = ,lsslsS : ~-sssssf1scst citfzcus, died
this hatnc IN .orangehurR. M " on
the i9ih.zrlIe was "a years old and o
brother of Madame Musard, former
wife of tile late king OF Holland.
A DOG FIGHT in whichslO, 900 changed
hands and which resulted in a free-for.
all fight among the spectators in which
I50 men engaged, took place in Cleve'
land, o., on the goth.
GEN. JOHN II. KENIY died of pneumo-
MIA in Baltimore. Md, on the 10Th. lie
was major general of volunteers, and
the highest commissioned volunteer
officer of the state Of Muryland during
the war
Tine hotel owned by Thomas Roach
together with three dwelling houses al
Sugar Notch, IA, were burned, on the
morning OF the 2lst; loss, $40, 900. The
guests OF the hotel escaped in theil
night clothes.
IrIIE Catholiemissioh in Brussels ha'
Chinese adviees that n thousand natiy'
Christians were -massacred during the
recent disturbance in northern China
The belligerents all escaped d.
LoUtsE LEE BAYARD, youngest
daughter OF ex-Secretary OF State Bay
ard, was married. on the 2Ist, at hci
fathers home, Delamore place, nea
wilmington. Dei.,to Dr. Frank Angell
professor at Cornell university.
OWING to the tightness of the none,
market the bank of Waynesboro, Va.
has suspended payment. It is no
thought that depositors will lose any
thing.
OVER Fifty cadets and about twent.
: officers being one-ffth of the Who'll
= number of cadets and officers Of tn
naval academy at Annapolis, Md, ar
In the clutches Of the grip.
r THE treasury balance, on the Els
r was s32, Ol6, COS, the lowest poiu
reached since the new form of Stain
} the balance was adopted.
5 THE duke of Devonshire died in Lor
don, on the 2lst, after a long illness
: His successor in the peerage is the MAJ
t quis of darlington,
= A DISPATCH from Cairo says that Fa
I ther Oherwalder and Sisters Catrin
= Chincarina and Elizabeth Venturin
, who recently escaped from Khartoun
5 reaching Korolso, near Wady-Ilalfa, l
: safety. have now reached Cairo. Fl
: ther Oherwalder and the two sister
4 mentioned formed part of the Austrian
Soudan mission, who were made pri
: oners when Kardofan was captured b
A the rebels in 1859.