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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION
FiFTY-T HlRo CONGRESS.
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TUESDAY, Oct 24.-After discussion
of the silver repeal bill in the senate
1t was announced that the south
ern senators opposed to the measure
had decided TO give up the fight and
allow vote TO be taken IN day or
two. In the house the time was occu-
pied in discussing the bill to establish
auniform system of bankruptcy in the
United States.
WEDNESDAY, Oct 25.--In the senate
the silver repeal bill was further
discussed In the house bills were
introduced providing for the retire
ment Of national bank notes and for
the issue in their place of United States
claim heretofore or hereafter allowed
shall be hhnulled, suspended or set
aside unless it is shown that the PEN
sion was obtained by fraud or perjury
The bankruptcy bill was further con-
sidered.
THURSDAY, Oct ao.- Discussion OF
the silver repeal bill occupied the time
of the senate In the house the
death of the chaplain, Rev. 5. w. Had
daway, Of Maryland, was announced,
and n committee of seven was appoint
ed to attend the funeral. The senate
resolution extending the acknowledge
ments Of the United States to foreign
governments for their participation in
the worlds fair were concurred in.
The bankruptcy bill was further con-
sidered.
FRIDAY, Oct. 81. In the senate
Senator Pfeffers amendment to the
repeal bill pre- viding for silver coin
age ut ratio of 16 to 1 was defeated by
n vote of 80 to 90, which was taken as
meaning that the Voorhees, bill would
become law. The measure was fur
ther discussed. In the house resolu.
tion calling for information as to state
banks was the cause of animated dis.
cussion, and an attempt to pass it dis.
closed the presence of less than a quo.
rum, whereupon an adjournment was
taken until the 3Oth.
SATURDAY, Oct 2s.-. In the senate
the urgency deficiency bill was passed
Various amendments to the silver bill
were defeated, and Senator Sherman
closed the debate, saying, during his
remarks, that the further purchase OF
silver and making it the standard OF
value would, it was believed, work ire
parable injury to the business of the
whole country, to the wages and prop
erty of every citizen of the land. Ir
the house the bankruptcy bill was fur
ther discussed
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

WHILE en- route from Singapore to
Shanghai the British bark Florence
Treat was wrecked in n storm and
twenty persons were drowned.
Oh their way to lumber camp near
Parry Sound Ont, William Lynch, j.
Douglas, Narcassc Woods and John
Sweet were drowned by the upsetting
of their boat.
THE banking house of Pedro Martin
& Son. established in the City of Mex.
leo thirty years ago, failed with liabili-
ties of ST, 900, 900 and nominal assets of
1920, 900.
FIRE destroyed the Fytield church
near Abingdon, England, wi ich was
built in the thirteenth century, and
which was considered an important his
torcal monument.
Tn Spanish Gen. Margallo was shot
dead with seventy of his men in lead
ing a sortie against Rifians at Melilla.
THE Norwegian bark NordstJernen
ran into small boat and sunk it at
Hernc,and n port on the Gulf Of Both
mia, drowning ten persons.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

lT was said that Louis j. Silva, CASH
Ter for the Rainwater Hat company
in st. Louis, was dcfalilter for over
100000, and as n result of his pecula-
tions the hrni was forced to assign.
WORD was received at Milwaukee
from Rome that the Order of Good
Tcmplars had been placed under the
ban, so far as Catholics are concerned.
WITH good health Mrs. Christina
Bordner, of Lewiston, ILL.,, attained the
l04th year of her age.
IKE WILLIAMS (coloretl) was executed
at Madison, Ga, for the murder of llar-
riet Williams; DR. +. o. Vincent, a wife
murderer was hanged at Fresno, Cal,
and Marshall B Taylor was executed
at Wise Court House. Va, for killing
Ira Mullins and his wife and daughter
and brother, John Mullins.
WHILE drunk at Continental, o., 10.
seph Miller shot and killed George Nc
Donald and fatally wounded Andy
Hamilton,
MARSHALL FIELD will give si,00O,O 900
toward n fund to assure for Chicago a
Colum oian museum.
The house of representatives passed
bill prohibiting the sale of cigarettes
In Georgia.
SEVERAL tons of wild sunfowers were
made into paper at Sslina, Kan, which
was far superior to straw paper.
DELEGATIONS from fifty.four Ameri-
can cities and towns assisted at the re-
union of American cities of the nation
at the worlds fair.
- NJ
Harrison, was shot and killed at his
home at about o'clock on the evening
of the 2Sth by Patrick f. Prcndergast,
n newspaper carrier who was thought
to be insane. Mr. Harrison was 6S
years Of age, and was serving his fifth
term as mayor of Chicago. lie was a
widower and leaves four children. He
was to have been married November
16 to Miss Annie Howard of New Or
leans.
AT Columb bus, o., Rev. n. S. Holmes
created stir by declaring in his pulpit
that foreigners control the labor unions
of this country.
A DELEGATION appointed by con-
vention of negro lawyers recently held
in Chattangooga, Tenn, arrived in
Washington to urge upon congress the
recommendation of the convention, in
case the government does not protect
the negro that 81, 900, 900, 600 be appro-
priated with which the colorcd people
of this country may be colonized. They
seem to favor some part of South or
Central America.
TIE saloonkeepers at Eureka, $. D.,
angered because they were black ballcd,
set fire to the masonic and pythian
lodge rooms.
THE smallest living man. Maj.
Decker, died in Chicago. lie was A
years old weighed scventy-tive pounds
and was 81 inches high.
DURING the week ended October rs
the paid admissions to the worlds fair
were /, 1,554, ,572; total since May /, 2l,.
322 422.
5. Il. NORTH, of Carbonate, Ill.
claims to have discovered the secret for
welding copper.
The death Of Mrs. Harriet Van Der
burg (colored) occurred at Sheffield
H., at the age of 10 years,
In Philadelphia the 2llth annivers
airy of the landing OF William Penr
was cclc brated
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02
WEST AND SOUTH.

THE Illinois supreme court says the
weekly pay law passed by the last leg
islature is unconstitutional.
A PARCEL containing $4,000, con-
signed from New York to the Whitney
national bank of New Orleans, via
American express, was stolen by some
one unknown.
FLAMES in the foundry house Of the
state penitentisry at Lincoln, Neb..
caused loss of 500, 1000.
The Michigan matricide, j. lrv-
ing Latimer, was placed with the other
prisoners after nearly seven months
confinement.
PETER ADAMS and Mrs Lizzie Lee OF
Richmond, Ind, were arrested for
grave robbing. Adams was caught in
the act.
KID WILSON, Henry Starr and ALI
Clancy were found guilty of train rob-
berry at Fort smith, Ark.
The largest battle-ship in the United
States navy, the Oregon, was launched
Nv San Francisco.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02
TERRIBLE OUTRAGE
By Young Russian on an Old Lady Six
~ Years of Age.

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Oct, 3l.-In Osh-
keno. : miles west of this city, Sun
day, John Thomas, Il young Russian
who had worked for David Rhodes, re-
peatcdly assaulted Mrs. Rhodes, whose
age is nearly 60 years. She was rough
" handled. her neck and mouth be-
ing terribly cut. Her screams
brought Albert Dewales, Arthur Strong
and Cornelius Gum, to her rescue.
They captured Thomas and locked him
in room upstairs. lie escaped hy
battering the door down with piece
of timber, Strong and Gum recap
tured Thomas and started for the city
with him, but he again escaped and is
still at large. Fully 100 people have
secured the country searching for the
brute, and 8, 900 reward is offered for
his capture, No trace of him has yet
been found
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02
NUMBER AZ.
THE REPEAL BILL.


Text of the Voorhees, Substitute for tho
Wilson Blii Repeating the Silver Pur-,
chasing Clause OF the sherman Law rs
Passed by the senate. ....
WAsmINGTON, Oct 30.-Thc follow
ing is the text of the Voorhees, substi7
tute for the house or Wilson bill adopt
ed bv the senate:
That so much OF the act approved July. ~.
1896 entitled An act directing the purchase OF
silver bullion ard issue OF treasury notes
thereon, and for other purposes MS directs
the secretary OF the treasury to purchase from
time to time silver bullion to the aggregate
amount Of I5ODOO ounces or NO much thereof
as may be offered in each month ut the market
price thereof not exceeding a for S7i 2Si0t
grains Of pure silver, and TO is-
sue in paynou. for such purchases,
treasury notes OF the United States
be and the same is hereby repealed And 1t is
hereby declared to he the policy OF the United
States to continue the use of both gold ana sill
vcr as standard money. and to coin both gold
and silver into money of equal Intrinsic ana
exchangcablc value, such equality TO he Be
cured through international agreement or ny
such safeguards OF Legislation as will insure
the maintenance Of the parity In value OF tho
coins OF the two metals, and the equal power OF
| every dollar at all times in the markets aud In
| the payment Of all debts
| And 1t II hereby further declared that the
| Efforts OF the government should be steadily
| directed 10 the establishment Of such safo
system Of bi.mctnllism as will maintain at all
| times the equal power of every dollar coined or
| fs%Fndsty fic United States in the markets and
| In the payment Of debts
The vote on the final passage of the
! bill was as follows:
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02
LATE? NEWS.

IN the senate, on the 3Oth (legisla-
tive day of the 11th), the silver pur-
chase-rcpeal bill was taken up, and
after whole day spent in speech
making on the part of the repeal men.
ballot was reached at 7:30 o'clock and
resulted in the passage of the bill by
vote of i3 to 32........ln the house reso-
lutions on the death of Carter llar-
rison, mayor of Chicago and an cN-
member Of congress were passed.
A CRANK entered the office of Edwin
Gould, in New York, on the 30th, and
demanded, instantly, $1,000. Mr.,
Gould stepped into another room, tele-
phoned for assistance and then enter
tained his visitor until officers arrived
and took him into custody.
Miss ANNIE HOWARD, who, on the
10th was to have become the bride of
Mayor Harrison, is dangerously i'll,
and there are great fears that she will
never quite recover from the dreadful
shock she sustained by the assassina-
tion of Chicago's mayor.
In dedicating the new school and
sisters home of St Alphonso's Phila-
adelphia) parish, on the Goth, Arch
bishop Ryan predicted that the day
was coming in America when the pa
rochial school would be recognized by
the community.
1T is said that a secret treaty has
been signed between Brazil and the
United States by which, among other
things, the United States is bound to
support her southern sister in the event
of an attempt being made to restore
the monarchy.
OPERATIONS were resumed at the
Portage iron works at Duncansville,
Pa, on the 30th. The workmen in the
finishing mills accepted an average re-
dustion of . per cent in their wages.
The works give employment to 1000
men.
WHEN the Worlds fair was officially
closed, on the 30th, the total number
of paid admissions for the six months
fosted up al,477.212, which together
with the 2,O52, ,1ss admissions on
passes made the grand total 23,529, 400.
THE election for 147 members of the
Swiss national council, held on the
10Th, resulted in crushing defeat for
the socialists, only one of the candi
dates Of that party being elected.
SILVER continues to decline. The
London price, on the SOth, as reported
to the treasury department, was 7Oh
cents per ounce, making the bullion
value of the silver dollar about fifty
six cents.
PATRICK EUGENE PRENDERoAsr wa
! indicted, on the S0th, for the murder o
Mayer Hsrrisoa Of Chicago.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02
THE EAST.

THE house of John Cannon in Pitts
burgh, Pa, was destroyed by fire and
two children were cremated and their
mother seriously burned.
THE firm of House, Lawson & Con-
nor, wholesale dealers in dress goods in
New York, failed for $50, 900.
STARVATION caused the death OF two
children of n. p. Stone, of New Bed
ford, Mass, and the father and mother
were in precarious condition. No
work was the cause.
PETITIONS for pardon of Hugh +.
Dempsey and Robert Beatty, convicted
of poisoning non-union men at Home
stead, Pa, during the great strike last
year, were denied by the state board of
pardons.
In wreck on the Pennsylvania road
at Harrisburg, Pa, four men were
killed.
Gov. RUSSELL. of Massachusetts,. has
day.
IT is officially ann nounced that the
proposed fight between Jim Corbett
and Charley Mitchell for the champion
ship of the world before the Coney
Island Athletic association in Decem-
ber has been declared off.
A BARREL of whisky exploded in the
warehouse of the Chautauqua Lake Ice
company at Pittsburgh, Pa, causing
the destruction of over 100000 worth
of property and serious injury to eight
persons.
WITH a party of ten Capt Aaron
Kin1ston left Pittsburgh Pa In thrnc
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

HoLLIpAYsBURG, Pa, Oct. 3l.-Opera-
tions were resumed at the Portage
iron works, Duncansville, yesterday
morning. The management and the
employees adjusted their differences,
and the workmen in the finishing mills
accepted an average reduction of .
per cent. in their wages. The works
give employment to 1000 men.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

MORAL suasion failing, opponents of
the use of tobacco are this season fur.
nished out of hand with powerful
argument for abjuration of pipe and
quid. The health commissioner Of New
York has information that much of the
tobacco coming to that market from
the south is so mpregnated with paris
green, busted upon the plant to de-
stroy worms that were attacking it, as
to be unfit for use.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

ARRANGEMENTS are being perfected by
officials of the United States immigra-
ton bureau to establish an immigrant
bureau on the border They will act
as inspectors and be stationed at Quebec
and will furnish passports to desirable
immigrants who want to cross the
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02
Assaulted by Roughs.

MADRID, Oct. 3l.-While the civil gov
ernor of Madrid, accompanied by a
servaht, was walking, Sunday, in the
Puerta del Sol, the principal promenade
of this city, he was set upon by gang
of roughs and severely beaten. The
servant attempted TO defend his masf
ter, whereupon the roughs gave him a
bad drubbing with sticks which they
carried. ~
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

UNDER a law passed by the Pennsyl
vania legislature last winter no license
for marriage will be necessary in that
state until October /, 1895 A great
rush TO Pennsylvania has already com.
menced from adjoining states, and
couples within the state are Fastening
into matrimony. 1t is like spreading a
free lunch and inviting the public in.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02
Tho Midway Plaisance Ordered Closed.


New YORK, Oct sl,-The shooting Of
Mayor Harrison in Chicago has fright,
ened all the prominent officials of this
city, and they are all on the alert for
"cranks." Even plucky Police Super
intendent Byrnes, who has hunted and
captured murderers and desperate
rogues for nearly thirty years, is affiict-
ed with the crank fever. He recalls Nor
cross bloody work with dynamite in
Russell Ssge's office, and the cool as
sassination of a surgeon committed by
James NJ. Dougherty, Mary Anderson's
insane brother. Hereafter craNks will
be arrested on sight
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

MRS NELLIE GRANT SARToaIs has re-
ccived large increase of income since
the death of hor husband. She was al
ready rich, as her father-in-law ON his
death three years ago left her an in
come of $4,000 year and the London
house
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

JOSE FRANCISCO CoRTEs, who died re-
Gently in Morelia, Mexico, is believed in
tina. town to have been 1893 years old
and they point to an entry In the local
court register to prove it, but rs he left
u son so years old the probabilities are
that Jose and the register and de-
ceased father or grandfather of the
same name have became somewhat
mixed up.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

The receipt books of the United State,
treasurer show that there are ten Gus
tom houses in the United States which
collected less than 500 each last year. Al
Kennebunk, Me-, the total receipts were
fifteen cents St Marks, Fla, returned
q. 20. The port of Alexandria, Va, col
lected SIS. 45. but the collector was paic
s214.s and his deputy $1,000. At Gas
tine, Me-, which returned sl45.56, the
collector received $50 salary, besides
fees and commissions. This looks like
waste, but these collectors and deputies
serve as a police force against Snug
glers, and probably save the govern
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

THIS is the time of the year when the
farmer pauses in his work of turning n
twenty-inch furrow and listens gnyly to
the lay of the Poland-China biddy as
she finishes her task of eating ten
cents worth of noxious insects and
brags about it by dropping a cent-and-
n-half egg in the slot.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

IN cxcavating for the foundation Of
the new Methodist church and publish
ing house in Rome the workmen had
to go 40 feet below the street level, and
in doing so they came upon the re-
maius of an old Catholic church,
which in its turn had been built upon
a heather temple.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

DIR. CARL PETERS, the African ex-
plorer, says he never mot in all his
travels parlor car porters so insolent as
those on our railroads 1t is surmised
that he tipped only the chair US he
came through.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

THE latest statistics OF the Salvation
Army show that their work is estab-
lished in twenty-three countries, in
twenty-one different languages, has
forty newspapers with an annual circu-
lation of 43, 900, 900 copies; they also re-
port 3,0,O stations, 1886 officers, and
estimate that they reach not less thar
1000, 600 persons every week.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

In ballot taken in Boston to decide
upon the most popular names for babies
Helen led the list for girl, 1873 votes
out of the $4,000 cast and Harold was
first favorite for boy.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

New books are issued in this country
at the rate Of about 5000 year. The
chief value of some 4,s75 Of them lies in
the fact that they make business for
paper mills and printers.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02
The prize given to the worlt

The prize given TO the worlds fais
salesman who sold the largest number
of tickets on Chicago day-the rather
modest one of box of cigars--was
won by Charles Decker. an old circus
ticket-seller. He sold 1880 tickets
that day.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

IT is said that the United States gov
ernment is about to make overtures to
Canada for reciprocity treaty between
the two countries.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

PERIrATETIc hynotizers are the latest
European sensation and terror. They
go around making defenseless men tell
their family secrets in public bar
rooms and sending to sleep with their
fascinating eyes the beautiful young
Partisan women they meet in omni-
buses. The most alarming part Of it is
that there is no law under which these
examples of the Evil eye can be pun
ishcd. And even II there were what
good would it do so long as they could
fix their glittering optics on the judge
and put the jury to sleep with wink?
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

ADDISON HAMLIN, who holds a POI
sition in the melting and refining de-
partment of the Philadelphia mint, is u
grandson of the late Vice President
HamIin
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

New CHESTER, Pa, Oct. 3l.-Davia
G. Donohue, associate judge of Adams
county, died suddenly Sunday night.
He was As years old.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02
YEAS

The following pairs were announced the first
named OF whom would hay' voted in the AZ.
irmative Allison with Nit hell Of Oregon,
Chandler with White Of Califo rnia, Wilson
with Colquitt. Gordon with Morgan, Palmer
with Hans brUugh
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02
THE FINANCIAL END.

The Part Of the Fair that Most Interests
Those Having the Bills to Pay-The
Total Paid ADMISSIONS Nearly Twenty
One and Half Miliions-Three and n
Half Millions of Dollars Received from
Concessionaires- VIII Likely BE n
Small Dividend to Original Stockholders.
CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-With the grand
total of 81, Az ,212, paid admissions the
Worlds fair was officially closed to-
night. Though these figures repre-
sent the paid admissions during the
time allotted by congress in which
the exposition should be kept
open, yet it is calculated that
at least 100000 tickets will be
purchased before the beautiful White
city is dismantled and leveled to the
ground. When the fair closed Sunday
night, the total paid admissions up to
that time were 2l,2G9, ,O39. When the
receipts were counted to-day it was
found that the total was 2l,477,2l2.
The total number of admissions on
passes was 2,O5a, 1873, making Il grand
total of 90, SEQ, 400.
After every debt of the Worlds fair
has been paid there will remain at
least 81 200, 900, and perhaps much more,
to be distributed among the stockhold-
ers. Treasurer Seeberger made this
pleasant announcement yesterday af-
ternoon.
Since it's organization the Exposition
company has paid out $50, 55s, ,s45.0l, or
three tunes the amount the managers
expected to spend when they com
menced building the fair. The gate
&c tha avnnSitipn fa,.inI
proper were little oversize. 900, 900. To
to-day $500, 900 had been collected
from concessionaires by Mr.. Brick
mars department and nearly 5000, 900
|. were paid before he took hold.
The returns from concessions was
one of the big surprises of the fair
Nobody was reckless enough to pre-
dict that that sum would be realized.
The PARIS exposition got but $500, 200
from that source, while the Centen-
nial people, being better managers
than the Frenchmen, got sl, 100000.
Tho Midway PIaisancs Ordered Closed.
WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS, CHICAGO,
Oct. 31.-Midway plaisance with its
motley array of attractions more or
less moral and instructive and amusing,
will cease to exist tomorrow night as
part of the fair Direotor-General Da-
Wis made an order this afternoon order
ing every concessionaire to close the
doors of his attraction tomorrow night
and keep them shut to the public.
AS the exposition closes officially to-
night, the concessionaires on the mid
way have no legal right to complain OF
the closing order under the terms oi
their contracts.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02
pr..,deut carnot win Run Assi,

PAms, Oct 30.-It is reported that
President Garnet has finally decided 70
become candidate for rs'elseti9n. :.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02

The total cost Of the deportation of
Chinese laborers under the Geary act Is
estimated at s7, 800, 600.