Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-21
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
VIII Call an Extra Session.

Will Call an Extra Session.
The Globe Democrat, in special
from Jefferson City, dated January Is,
stated that Gov. Francis would call an
extra session of the legislature, and
gave the following synopsis of what the.
call would embrace:
Redstricting of the state into congressional
districts and into state representative districts.
and. perhaps, to reform the judicial circuits
and Ak the salaries of the judges thereof. I
shall also call the attention of the legislature
to the destruction of the state university build
lngs, and urge prompt provision for rebuilding.
them. 1t is possible the legislature viii be
asked to cede jurisdiction of Jefferson barracks
to the federal government, as am under prom
Use to the secretary of war to SO recommend,
provided he would agree to the altera-
tons in the original bill sent me
by the war department during the
last session of our general assembly, with re-
quest that recommend its passage. declined
to do so, the bill did not meet with my ap
prevail My objections were given to him in
full, and after repeated correspondence my sug-
gestions were complied with. In order to Sc
cure for jefferson barracks the $4,000 appro-
priated by the Fifty first congress and the sl75,-
COO in the estimate of the war department for
appropriations for the Fifty second congress-
for the construction of a military post
at jefferson barracks, the federal gov
eminent requires that Missouri should
cede to it jurisdiction over the Jeffer-
son barracks reservation The first bill
submitted contemplated the cession of jurisdic
ton over the Platte county reservation of 1.2O0
acres also; and the national cemeteries in JEFF
ferson City and Springfield. 1t did not reserve
to the state the right to tax and regulate rail-
roads running through these reservations. The
conditions of cession of jurisdiction over Jeffer
sor barracks have, however, been agreed to, and
think the bill in its present form will meet
with opposition The $4,000 appropriated by
the Fifty first congress will revert to the
Federal treasury if not used before June 80,
1892 Jurisdiction over the Platte county
reservation and the cemeteries is not asked fol-
in the present bill.
Removal Talk.
The ST. Louis Globe-Democrat Of the
10th contained the following specials:
APPLETON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 15.-Hon. Ava E
Page, master of the state grange, went around
in this city day with subscription paper to
raise money to be paid on the condition that the
university be moved to Appleton City. In less
than two hours he had $4,000 pledged. The
people here are in favor of rebuilding the uni
versity, but not in Columbia Mr.. Page said
that every one he has approached on the SUBJ
ject expressed himself opposed to Columbia,
and some are in favor of moving it even if the
state must lose all the property that was not de-
stroyed by the fire.
CLINTON, Mo-, Jan IA committee of ten of
our most prominent citizens was appointed to-
day to devise plan for this vicinity to work by
in order to secure the rebuilding of the State
university in Clinton. Dr. G. Y. Salmon, John
L. Voolfolk A. p Frowein. II. P. Farris G. II.
Watkins. R. c. McBeth, w F. Carter j. G.
Darmon, John H Britts and Joseph P. Lands
compose Ghis committee, and are for the uni
versity first and location second. They will
look well to the interests of Clinton. The gen.
eral public of opinion here, and that is
that the new buildings should be built at the
most accessible place. and where fire protection
will 1,a fJ,-v, chn1 Of fhn ol11 Of
vicinity say move the university to a more &C
cessible place, and leave what there is left at
Columbia there as an agricultural college and
manual training school.
The Governor Talks.
Gov. Francis is quoted as saying on
his return from Colum bia, where he
was called by the burning of the state
university:
The loss will aggregate 1900 and that much
destroyed can never be replaced. The apparatus
of the manual training school was all saved and
has been set up in a shop, and some thirty boys
are attending the school. OF the 600 students
attending the university only two have left
since the fire. The interest in the institution
and its rehabilitation is manifested by all classes
and sections of our people and the friends OF
the institution throughout the state feel greatly
encouraged
DR. jesse" said the governor, has gained
golden opinions from the faculty and students
and the people, and / confidently believe the
university will open in September next with an
attendance of nearly or quite 1000. The Agri-
cultural college has seventy five pupils, as COM
pared with nine or ten the previous year.
st. Louis Banks.
The st. Louis banks. at their last Of
fetal report, had aggregate liabilities
of SIS, 27O, 500. of which S13, 356, O51 was
bank deposits, S37, 7O7, 622 demand de-
posts, Sl3, 226, 1877 time deposits, S7,22e,
Osy surplus, $40, $50. 900 capital and S4O5.-
900 circulation. The banks had S12,-
1876. 666 cash on hand; S1l.O21.314 cash. |
checks and exchange; 500, 4s1, ITO loans,
discounts, bonds; 81, ss1, 2O9 real estate,
furniture and fixtures, and $3.50, 700 |
bonds deposited to secure circulation
making the aggregate resources $751; |
27O, 500.
Henry County Circuit.
Circuit court began at Clinton the |
other day, with Judge James II. Lay |
On the bench. In his charge to the |
grand jury the judge paid Henry
county very high compliment on the |
good behavior of her citizens. He |
stated that there was but four criminal |