The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1892-12-22

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speech in culogy Of the deceased
tor, and closed by Offering the usual
resolutions which were adopted; after
when, the senate as Il 1urther MARK
ot respect, nn1ohrned'.''lh the mousse
"mong t"e ol's passed. was one ior une
removal vi lhe remains OF the iate En-
3 ~ /, tcrr''' from ''''a, Aihsta'
10 'rySlai springs MISS, ana announcer
Increasing inc monthly st'pen Oh
MeNican war pensioners from olght TO
'"clVe uollors per Ihohth'
IHE funeral OF the late Capt John
u. Merritt, assistant doorlteeper OF the
United States senate. tool place, on the
18th. from the inmiiy residence in
washington Kew. Dr. Butler, chap
lain OF the senate, performed the fu-
neral ceremony ana delivered n very
touching address upon the career and
last hours ot deceased
TIE Now York Herald dominates
Mr.. Charles y. Dana, Of the Sun, for
minister to England under the Cleve-
land administration, styling him n of
the brightest of Ainericans-onc of
recognized standing and character
with the intellectual equipment of II
statesman and a~dip(ontatist of the first
rank,
Ir is again rumorcd in London that
it is the intention Of the prince of
Wales to visit the Chicago Worlds fair.
1t is said that he may make the trip
across the ocean early next ummer In
the royal yacht Osborne, and that he
will discinbarli either at Montreal or
Quebec. proceeding thence to Chicago.
GEN. JoHN A. WILEY, of Franklyn,
Pa, and a party Of capitalists, arrived
In Chicago, on the 10Th. after an ex.
tended tour Mexico. Con. Wiley was
in command of the troops Mt Home
stead, Pa. during the Curnegie-Fricl
lockout.
nIpnriERIA and scarlet fever have
broken ont among he Dutch ~colonists
Mt AlalnoSa, Col. Three deaths had &C.
cured mp 10 the 10Th, and three little
ones were then down with d%iphtheria
End fifteen with scarlet fever.
WARRANTS were issued, on the 10th.
for the arrest OF Hugh Dempsey, dis
trict master workman, Knights of
Labor, and j. NJ. Davidson, for com-
pIicity in the Homestead (Pa.) poison
rase.
\ COLLISION resulting in the sinking
Of the Norwegian bark Naibcrg by the
British steamer Lord ONeill was re-
ported in LoudoD ON the lGth.
GAIT X. u, BoRur, who was recalled
from France fur spving on the military
establishment of that government, will
be detailed for duty at the worlds fair.
BESIDES the SIS, 900 stolen in two
packages from Wells, Fargo & Co. In
transit from New York to Texas, other
amounts were also stolen, making nm
aggregate of 1888. 900. There is as vet
no clcw.
EUGENE CRAMPoN, who murdered two
men, was guillotincd recently at Paris.
He begged piteously for life.
CHARLES DE LEasEps and others con-
ccrncd in the Panama scandals have
been arrested in France. Excitement
was reported intense.
SECRETARY NOBLE that
there is plenty of money available to
pay all pension demands.
THE Mexican government will soon
make pressing demands that the gov
ernlnent or the Jnltcd states take de-
cisivc steps to crush out the bands of
revolutionistS which infcst the border.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended December IL showed an average
increase of 81 compared with the cor
responding week OF last year. In New
York the increase was SIS. The large
shipments OF gold caused some appre-
hcnsion in trade.
The missing banker Post, of Tacoma,
Wash, has been traced to a steamship
en- route TO Europe.
WHGIE CuEsTERrIELp, aged II, wan
dercd away from home ut Pratt City,
Ala. y week after his body was found
in the woods several miles away. He
had apparently died from exhaustion.
ALFRED BAECKER, of Remscheid, in
Rhcnish Prussia, an imperial bank di-
rector, has been sentenced to three
years hard labor for forgery and cm-
bezzlcment.
AT Ii big fire in brooklyn a number
of tircmcn were badly hurt by falling
walls
IL the public schools of Cleveland,
O., the examination system has been
done away with,
I~REAsuRER NEEEKER condemns the
present methods of keeping account of
the issue Of paper currency as unsatis-
f]icL"r;,
RoE&Er BEATTY. charged with the
Homestead ~poiscnin~s, was held for
trial il Tic sum of 5000.
TwENI,-r We immigration inspectors
have been Dismissed: also a reduction