The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-12-07
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GE,,rRAl.

AT Eau Claire. Wis. n negro tro,ns
erawlcd .i.,to car Of lumber b6Nna
.ae s'"FiSh d W. Ss III asls.s Ss SGM% sD% ,Ss Gs
iHrhscr tr'A55 wet swelled up, crushing
him against ;,ne roof OF the car. when
the Car arrived at its destination, an
the nsth, the dead body waA fcN&d.
MEMBERs of TN New York cotton cx-
change had their annual guessing
match, on the 2Sth, on the cotton crop
for the year ending next September.
Estimates were submitted by 14O mem
bcrs. They ranged from 0, 75o, 900 ha'ss
to 1906, O0O bales. Tho Average was
1854, ,70s Naieb.
UNITED STATES MINISTER BAKER has
requested the government of San Sal
vador TO arrest Louis Il. Menage, the
Minneapolis (Minn.) cmbezzler,
ON an average there are Atty cd5ts ~
cholera and fftrer deaths daily in
Pcra, Tuekey. The disease is still
masr severe in Constantinoplc.
TIE great ship canal connecting
Manchester, England, with the sea,
will be opened to traffic on The ',h.
THE quarantine AZ Constantinople
against wcstcrG arrivals has been re-
dneed To twcnty.four hours.
THE situation in Madagascar is re-
ported to be serious France has sent
an inspector to Tamatave to watch
French interests.
JUICE EDWARD Coxn MtiiSus, OF
the United States "curt for the East.
ern district ~ Louisiana, died, on the
Isl, ~ Mis- summer residence in New
Haven, Conn, aged O..
TnE IIotchkiss Ordnance Co, started
up its two factories nj p,uvidcncc, II.
l., on the Goth, oH 2l-hour time, the
orders IJf torpedocs having been
largely increased.
THE Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad Co. has contracted with the
Baldwin locomotive works of Phila.
dclphia for the building of scvcnty-ore
locomotives.
THE public debt statement issued on
the list shows " mel Increase in the pub
lie daht, less cash in the treasury, dur
Ing November of sG,7lG.l .l3s.47.
THE Eric Railroad Co. defaultcd OH
its second consolidated mortgages, on
the list, but paid the intc~sl bn its
funded iivcs
TnE duke of ieinster died at Carton,
county kildare, ireland, on the LIST, ef
typhoid fever. lie was born August
10. 1881.
Hon BARTLETT TRIpp, American
minister TO Austria. Hungary, gave n
banquet in Vienna, on the evening Of
tho 3o,h, iii celebration of the American
Thanksgiving day.
The steamship New York, OF the
American line, sailed from Southamp-
ton, on the I'd, for New York having
on board. in custody of United States
officers, Philip Schcig and Frank
| Floyd, charged with robbing the bank
of Minneapolis, Minn of 10000.
AMONG the passengers on the steamer
La l!rctagnc, from New York for lIavrc,
| on the I'd, were l.. q. Stevenson, the
son of the vicc-prcsident. and his wife,
who are bound for Europe on their
wedding tour.
The Fifty.third congress asscmblcd
in regular session on the Ith at ID
| o'clock Tho session Is expected TO bt
the most active and probably the most
exciting that has been held in many
years
lloS. WILLIAM Z. OWEN, OF Scott
county, Ky. has stated positively that
he is unconditionally n candidate for
congress in opposition to Col. w. c.
p. lsrec!<nridge.
THE attempt of the London annrch-
lists to hold mass meeting in Ira
falgar square, on the Sd, proved dis
NAL failure,
SENATOR liAwLEY says the rcpub'
licans in the senate will make no fac
tious opposition to the Wilson tariff
bill.
THE trial of Patrick Eugene Prem
dergast. the assassin of Mayor llarri
son of Chicago, was begun on the ith.
LAKE navigation Mt Buffalo, N, Y,
was practically closed on the I'd
The carl of Warwick died, on the I'd
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