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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

By an earthquake in China 900 miles
of territory were devastated and 200
people killed.
THE insurgent brazilian warships
bombardcd the batteries at Nichtheroy
and killed fifty of the government
forces.
THE Hawaiian government has in
readiness n constitution patterned after
that of the United States.
In China two G-year-old boys, bound
together by a ligament as were the
Siamese twins, were being exhibited at
Hong Cow
COUNCILLOR WnEMAN's coffin lid was
removed previous to interment at Bur-
ton-on-Trent, England, and he was
found to be alive.
INSTEAD of war Great Britain is now
talking of the peaceful disarmament of
all Europe.
BROTHERS named Tyrrell, Of Toronto,
have returned from trip north of the
Saskatchewan in a country never be-
fore explored.
THE Hebrew leaders of Europe have
united on n definite policy regarding
the colonization OF Palestine.
MANY fishing boats were lost during
heavy gales in the bay at Bilboa,
Spain, and twenty-five fishermen were
drowned.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
WEST AND SOUTH.


THE death of Ex-Congressman Forney
occurred at hiE home in Jacksonville,
Ala. ~,
THE president nominated W. I. Bu-
chanan, of Iowa, as minister to the
Argentine Republic.
IN joint convention OF both houses of
the legislature John II. Gear was for
mally declared elected United States
senator for Iowa.
A BOY at Muncie, Ind, while drink
ing water from brook swallowed an
insect, which devoured his heart, caus-
ing death.
AT Centralia, ILL.,. three men who
robbed train pleaded guilty and were
sentenced to twenty years imprison-
| ment.
OWING to the presidents delay in
making appointments Chairman Clutch.
con, of the Minnesota state central
committee, has resigned.
The two recent train robberies in
Missouri were said to have netted the
bandits 100000.
CHARLES COLT and Milton Bond,
brothers-in-law, fought duel at Sulli.
van, ILL.,, as the result of long-standing
family troubles, and both were fatally
shot
SHERIFF HALL attempted at Prince
ton, w. Va. to arrest the Mullen broth
ers and the sheriff and both desper-
ADDE'S were killed.
MINISTER THURsToN, of Hawaii,
while en- route to Washington was in
terviewed at Omaha, and said that
there was no possibility of the queen
being restored; that matter was settled
for good.
In Monroe county, Ark, fifty negro
families have arranged with the Amer
lean Colonization society of Washing
ton, ID. c., for transportation to Liberia.
AFTER fair trial compulsory educa-
tion is reported failure in Chicago by
q committee Of the board of education.
The death of Col. John l.. Branch. at
whose command the frst gun of the
civil war was fired at Fort Sumter, oc-
Cured at Union Springs. Ala.
In session In Chicago the National
Farmsrs' Alliance denounced ]. Ster-
ling Morton, the secretary OF agricul-
turs, aud called upon him TO resign.
FeR stealing two cigars Thomas Ben
nett (colored) was sentenced at Mas
soatah. Ill, to six years 10 pr!soa
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
BOSS M'KANE'S DOMAIN.

Tho Reception Accorded Frank +. Cot-
tre11, n Deludcd Young Man Who
Imagined He Could Serve Legal Papers
at Gravesend Beach without the Con-
sent of the Boss-IIe Knows Better Now.
New York, Jan. 23. Frank =. Cot
trell n young man living in Brooklyn,
paid visit to Gravesend Beach on Sat-
urday night and, If the story he tells
be true, he was the victim of an out
rage at the hands of several of Boss
John Y. McKane's henchmen. The
scene from all accounts was similar to
that in Gravescnd on election day, when
II number of men went to that place to
perform - ~ de ! to them by
the courts and were assaulted by Me-
| Kane men.
It was in connection with election
day .securrtSnccs trrit NJ. Cottroll vis-
tied Gravesend Beach on Saturday
night. lie went there as the represent
atve of the committee of twenty-five
which is now pushing the cases against
McKanc and his indicted followers, for
the purpose of serving subpgnas on
Capt. j. T.. liincman, of the Coney
Island police force, and Isaac Ring, a
resident of Gravesend Beach.
Both of these men are wanted as
witnesses in court. On reaching
Gravesend beach Mr.. Cottrell, as he
states, stopped at the saloon of Flor
ence Donovan, eX-mem Der of the state
board of arbitration, to inquire where
the parties of whom he was in search
could be found. lie claims he
was Immediately recognized by John
w. Murphy, eX-presdent of the
Concy Island Athletic club, and
Mort" Morris, who was in the saloon.
Murphy and Morris, Mr.. Cottrell
claims, without any provocation what
ever, gave him terrible beating, much
to the amusement of the other men in
the saloon Then they kicked him
out. His subpnnTs were taken from
his coat pocket, and he was
thus prevented from carrying out
the work which he went to the
Beach to do. Besides several bruises
on his face black and blue mark
showing the print of u mans fingers,
encirclcs Mr.. Cottrell's throat.
| Florence Donovan, the saloonkeeper,
says that Cottrcll was drunk and dis
orderly and that there is no truth in
II is story. Mckaue corroboratcd DON
ovan's statement of the case.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
LATER NEWS,

IN the senate, on the I'D, nearly
three hours were occupied in the con-
sidcration of the resolution, previously y
offered by Mr.. PETER (pop Kas.), de-
claring that the secretary of the treas
ury has no authority in law to issue
| and sell 5-per-cent. bonds rs proposed
in his published notice. Mr.. PETER
had the floor most of the time; yield
ing, however, to other senators to in
terpose remarks. A resolution on the
subject of civil.servicc reform was con-
sidered in the morning hours and was,
after some debate, agreed TOM. In
the house the entire day was given up
to the consideration of the sugar
| schedule. Amendments striking out
the bounty feature of the Wilson bill
and putting refined sugar on the free
list were agreed to. A message from
the president on Hawaiian affairs was
| received
BURGLARS entered the Santa Fe de-
pot at Girard, Kas., blew open the safe
! with powder and robbed the money
| drawer of several hundred dollars.
They next went to G. b. Barker's hard
ware store, entered it through rear
window and stole nearly $500 worth of
goods. They then stole hand-car and
carried off their plunder.
THE report that King Alexander had
been assassinated proves to have been
without foundation. He is actively
employodin seeking to end the crisis
now prevailing In Servia. Acting un-
der the advice of his father he is en-
deavoring TO obtain a cabinet.
The British expedition under com,
mand of Col. A. B. Ellis, sent out
against the Sofas, has returned to Free
town, Sierra Leone, Senegambia, the
work Of the expedition having been ac-
complished. The interior of the coun-
/ try is now quiet.
The schools Of thirteen districts in
Lyon county, Kas., through which the
Santa Fe road passes, will be Obliged
to close on account Of the refusal OF
the road to pay its taxes, amounting
to $4,000 for that county.
NOLAN and Mearns, the men who
were arrested in Dublin on suspicion
of having murdered Patrick Reid, who
it was said, had knowledge of dyna
mite conspiracy there, started for Amer
lea on the 22d.
THE president, on the 22d, sent to the
senate the nomination of Wheeler II
Peckam, of New York, to be associate
justice of the supreme court of the
| United States.
The Marietta (o.) Chair Co, resumed
operations. on the sad, giving employ
ment TO nearly 6U0 hands, who are u
work ten hours fos eight hours psy.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
For joke friends of Irvey Harp. Of

For joke friends of Jrvey Harp. OF
Malvern, Ark, placed powder In n
cigarette and gave it to him, and in the
explosion that followed both OF Harp's
eyes were put out.
THE first white woman in Porter
county, Ind, Mrs. Nancy Adainson,
died In Valparaiso, aged os years.
The following executions were re-
ported: Ernest Lacore at Joliet, ILL.,,
for the murder of Nellie Byron; John
Hardy ut Welch, w. Va, for killing n
railway employe; wills Howard at J -
anon, Mo-, for the murder OF 'r' 80
McMichael, and Albert L. ..henas hoas
at Cando, N. d., for the .,,,.Snn - ~ s s;x
ar , Ina;arome T., ne h .ider fumily.
cioted PEGS Ills the Indiana Asso-
" ~ tho :. was organized as branch
~ ..ssociated Press
Sae Louisville city council has an
1 neSed all suburbs, including five towns,
thus adding 20, 0OO to the population
| FLAMES wiped out half the business
portion Of Lewiston, Ill.
A MOB lynched a negro named Will
liams, suspected OF robbing corn crib,
| III W cSb cllCluIld DuTlSu,
OVER 5000 articles lost at the worlds
fair are still in the service building at
Jackson park.
| A TORNADO swept over Oak Cliff and
south and east of Dallas, Tex, destroy
ing property to the extent of 500, 900
and killing n boy.
A MOB lynched NJ. G. Gamble (eol-
ored), who criminally assaulted the lit
tie daughter of Bedford France, OF Cen
trail Jellico Mines, Ky.
THE election of Mrs. Annie L. Austin
us mayor of Pleasanton, Kan, caused
gamblers and saloonlscepers to fee.
WITHIN three days William Henry
Stegner married one st. Louis widow,
promised to wed two others and swim
died all three.
For cause unknown Mrs. j. Plummer,
living near Pawuska, o. T., drowned
her two children and then killed her
self.
By the bursting of his balloon L. N.
odcll, an @ronaut, dropped 800 feet to
his death at Washington, N. c.
In private tram road accident near
Camden, Ark, three men were killed
and eighteen injured.
FIRE ruined the terminal and opcrat-
ing rooms Of the Louisville Ky) Tclc-
phone company, the loss being $780, 0OO
AT Denver William Gilpin, aged so
first territorial governor of Colorado
was found dead in bed. He was ap-
pointed governor by President Lincoln,
March ~, 1861.
lNagrade crossing accident at Find
lay, o., William Rodecker and his wife
and Henry Russell were Killed and
three others were hurt.
IL the Hooking valley and other Ohio
coal-nining districts there never was
more distress than at present
In Kentucky and Illinois hundreds of
negroes were swindlcd by Charles Por-
ter Grove on equities in Montana mines.
Ar Birmingham, Ala, the Interna-
tional Emigration society was incor-
purated, the object being to send nc
groes from the southern states to
| Africa.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
Tho Japaneso God of War.

In the Japanese capital there is a
gigantic image of woman, made OF
wood and plaster, and dedicated to
Hachiman, the god of war. In height
it measures fifty-four feet, the head
alone, which is reached by winding
stairway in the interior of the figure,
being large enough to comfortably hold
twenty persons. The figure holds a
huge wooden sword in one hand, the
blade of the weapon being twenty.
seven feet long, and ball twelve feet
in diameter in the other. Internally
the model is fitted up with an extraor.
dinary anatomical arrangement, which
is supposed to represent the different
portions of the brain. A fine view OF
the country is obtained by looking
through one of the eyes of the figure.
The admission to all parts of the struc.
ture is two cents. Y. Sun.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
A MlSER ROBBED,
But Not Untll He Had Been Hanged Did
lie Tell Where the Money Was.

GALIIroLIs, o., Jan. 23.-A daring
robbery took place about 8 miles from
the mouth of Crab creek Sunday night.
Two men by the name of Dewitt and
their sister live near that point. Dur
ing the evening one of them, Peter De-
witt, attended church, leaving lis
brother James and sister Susan Mt
home.
Between and o o'clock three men,
either negroes or white men with their
faces blacked, knocked at the door
and asked admittancc, which was de-
MED them. They then took a block
of wood and broke in the door and
demanded money, which was refused.
While one of them covered Miss De-
witt with revolver the other took
James upstairs and hung him with u
piece of BEDFORD to n joist until he was
black in the face. When they let him
down he told where they would find
some money.
The burglars then proceeded to open
u tin box which contained $3.50 in gold.
They secured the money and then de-
camped. Dewitt is miser and very
wealthy
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
LOYAL AMERICANS.
Enlistment Begun for the New Grand
Army In Kansas.

TOPEKA, Kas., Jan. Sin compli-
ance with the orders issued from
Lansing, Mich, by Commander Rey-
nolds of the Grand Army Loyal Amcri-
cans, the officers of the order in Kan
sas are busy enlisting recruits. Maj
Gen. Il. 5. Osborn, who is known to
fame as the secretary of state
of Kansas, has charge of the
work. He has appointed briga-
dicr-gencrals in nearly every
county in the state, and while he has
not heard from all of his appointees,
he says that he believes they are nearly
all engaged in the work of enlistment.
j. G. Samuelson, n prominent labor
union man, has accepted the commits
sion of brigadicr-general for this coun-
ty, and has appointed fifteen captains
for as many companies to be organized
in Topeka. All, he says. have begun
the canvass for enlistment, and
by Tuesday night he expects each
company to have its full quota. He es'
Inmates that Topeka alone will fur
nish sixty companies, with a total of
between 1000 and 5000 men. Secre-
tary Osborn is confident that two
thirds of the voters of the state will
be enrolled in the new order, and that
it will be strong enough to insist upon
its demands being placed in all party
platforms in Kansas this year.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
FROM WASHINGTON.

A CIRCULAR was issued by Secretary
Carlisle inviting proposals for $50, O0O,-
600 per cent. bonds, redecmable in
coin at the pleasure OF the government,
utter ten years from the date of ISSUE
THROUGHOUT the country the ma
tonal bank note circulation, which
reached s2O9, 100000 during the money
stringency, has declined to 1904. 800. 900.
In the United States there were 4O7
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 10th, against 4si the week
previous and 200 in the corresponding
time in 1898
In 1905 it cost the government $780,
$50 to pay the bounty on sugar.
AT the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 10th aggregated
1924, 925, 525, against $1,000, lsl, 45l the
previous week. The decrease, CON-
pared with the corresponding week in
1903, was 3G.s
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
THE EAST.

In New York city seekers for dcsti.
tute persons found Catherine Patton, a
colored woman aged 1Os, and her two
daughters, aged "A and 10 respectively,
on the verge Of starvation.
In the vicinity of Mercer, Pa, thou
sands Of coal miners struck because OF
a l2 per cent reduction in their wages.
WORK train went through trestle
near Fairview, n. j., and one man was
killed and nearly thirty injured.
For the murder of Emanuel Monn
nearly year ago Henry IIeist was
hanged at Gettysburg, Pa
In 1893 there were 1873 fires in Phil.
adelphia, the losses incurred being
81, ,030, ,2?p.
The master workman of the Knights
of Labor will ask an injunction to re-
strain the contemplated issue OF bonds
by Secretary Carlisle.
On account of poor health Judge C.
p. Thompson, aged G7 years, commit
ted suicide at Gloucester, Mass. In
1874 he was chosen congressman from
the Gloucester district
THE peoples party in convention ut
Harrisburg, Pa. nominated Victor A.
Lnpier, of Danvillc, for congressman at
large.
Ex-Gov. WILLIAM GAsroN died in
Boston, aged rs years.
In Brooklyn Rev. I. De Witt Tai.
mage announced to his congregation
that he would resign on the twenty.
fifth anniversary of his pastorate,
which occurs in the spring.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
FriehtfuI Accident to Coasters.

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Jan. GA
fearful accident happened Sunday
night to party of twelve boys while
coasting on Grand avenue. When the
sled was half way down and going
eight miles an hour it crashed into u
horse and cutter. All the boys are
badly injured. The most serious are
the l5-year-old son of L, Zeigvist, who
had the scalp and side of his head torn
off, exposing the brain; he cannot live;
Harry Web, leg broken and internally
injured; Zenobris Bose, flesh torn off
leg from ankle to hip; Dan Perring,
head and face smashed and internally
injured. Murphy, the driver, it was
supposed, was drunk
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FlFTY-THlRp CONGRESS.
Regular Session.

TUESDAY, Jan. 1S,-In the senate
to-day the federal election bill and the
tariff measure were discussed. In
the house several amendments to the
tariff bill were offered and adopted
acted upon.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 17..--After discus
sion of civil service form until the
close OF the morning hbur the senate
resumed us "the unfin' shed business"
the house bill to repeal the federal
election laws, and the lebate continued
until the close Of the Legislative day.
In the house Mr.. Wi'Aon's amendment
to the tariff bill Bxing the date an
which free wool s. 'aould go int. 6ba.,
as August was de Heated, md ,hn enst' ash'
stitutc making it go '..Ato effect immo.
aiateiy on inc yf,s,sage of tho bill was
adopted Inc rest of the day was spent
discussing th q amendment Of Mr. Rnr.
',,, rom " dbstitute the print wool
se'nu,' se., p,,i 1r that proposed by the Will
s.n inuf AnAY, Jan. is.-In the senate
i;s,sl nen' RS. PETER and Allen (popu-
Ss' faa and Senator's Morgan and Daniel
foorats( condemned the bond policy
daoe administration. The announce
ment was made OF the resignation of
senator Walthall, of Mississippi. Ad-
1ourned to Ne p2d. Almost the entire
uay IN the house was spent in the con-
tihua'p'.n OF the debate on Mr. Bur-
lo~'. amendment to restore the exist
ny duties on wool, with the result of
Us defeat by strict parry vote.
FRIDAY, Jan. 10 The senate was
not in session to-day In the house the
time was occupied in discussing the
tariff bill and the proposed amendment
to put steel rails on tho free list was
| lost by vote of 100 to 10.
SATURDAY. Jan. 2S.-Therc was no
seSSJon in the senate. In the house
lot tariff bill was discussed, and mes
sagcs were received from the president
vetoing the New York and New Jersey
bridge bill and transmitting the lates t
correspondence from Hawaii.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25

For grease spots, equal parts of ether
and chloroform.
SPRISILIso the inside of damp gloves
with violet powder.
KEEPING dish of water on the back
of tight stove, to purify the air.
DARSISa gloves In buttonhole stitch,
repeated till the hole is filed up.
A TEAsPooNFUL of ammonia to one
teacupful OF water, for cleaning jew
elry,
A STRIP OF wood back OF the door
where the knob hits the paper In open
Ing.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Secretary
Carlisle yesterday called for the resig-
nations of Andrew L. Drummond,
chief of the secret-service division. and
8. G. Robertson, chief Of the redemp!
ton division, coniptroller's ofties,
treasury department. ;
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25

New ORLEANS, Jan. 23.-Simon E.
Marks, a prominent cotton broker,
went to Audubon park last evening,
about o'clock, and, placing the muz.
zle of a revolver in his mouth, blew
the top of his head off.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
The Boss Potters' Oror May be Rejected.

WHEELING, w, Va, Jan. 23.-Yester-
day was the time set by the boss pot
ters of this city and all other points
where the manufacturers are members
of the United States Potters' associa.
tion for the new scale of wages to 90
into effect. 1t calls for a cut of 10 per
cent. in the wages of all but laborers
and girls, and for the retention of 20
per cent of all wages till it shall be
discovered what disposition is made of
the Wilson bill. The workmen are
out and will not go to work under the
new scale until their organization de-
cides what shall be done.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
BY the BertiIlon system of identifl

BY the Bertillon system of identifl.
cation the length and width of the
head are taken, also the length and
width of the left middle and little fin.
gers, the length Of the left foot, of the
left forearm, of the right ear, ths
height of the figure, the measurement
of the outstretcbed arms and of ths
trunk when seated. 1t is said that no
instance Of all these measurements co
inoidiug In two persons has ever besp
kRowp
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25

"Why, how is this, my dear sirP" In
quired Harlem doctor. ''You sent
me letter stating that you had been
attacked by smallpox, and l find you
suffering from rheumatism"
"Well, you see, doctor, it's like this, ="
said the patient, "thero wasn't soul
in the house who could spell rbeuma.
tism. Texas Siftings.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25

Another strip of Indian lands, the
northern part of the Coolville reserva,
tion, in Washington, will probably be
thrown open to settlement next fall.
Government surveyors completed their
survey of the strip several weeks ago.
The reservation is bounded on the
north by the British Columbia boun.
dary line, on the west by the Okanon
gan river and on the south and east by
the Columbia river. The portion to be
thrown open for settlement extends tho
whole width of the reservation and
from the British Columbia boundary to
about thirty-six miles south. 1t has an
approximate area of two thousand five
hundred square miles. There are few
Indians on the strip, who will receive
each one hundred and sixty acres be.
fore the land is thrown open to the
whites,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-03

The following rules are established
In Great britain for selecting hOraea
for tho public service;
Reject horse whose forelcgs are
not straight; II VIII not stand wear.
stand behind the horse un Il wallSa
away from YOU. and you viii be able
10 notice those defects II they oNlst
Reject a horse that " ight below the
knee, especially n Immediately below
the knee; the conformation ~ essen
tally weak; or horse With long or
short or upright pasternH long pas
tcrna are subject TO apraina; short or
upright pastcrns make horse un-
pleasant to ride, and, on account OF
extra conCusnlona. are apt to cause
oarlilc deposits; or a horse with toas
turned IN or out The twist generally
occurs ~ tho tetlock, Toes turned out
are more Objectionable than toes turned
In When toes turn out the fellooks are
generally turned In, and animals SO
formed are apt to cut or brush. Roth,
however, are very weak formations.
Reject o horse whose hind legs are
too FAR behind good propelling power
WIN be wanting. and dlueaae as a re.
suit may be expected IN the hooks
Aud u horse which goes either very
wide or very close behind, and one
with Very straight or very hont hoolsH.
the former cause undue conclusion. Tho
lNttor are npt 60 give way.
Reset a Horse that ~ "spllt up"-
that Is, shows much daylight from be-
tween ihe thiuhsi propclling power
noleni In horses without due muscular
development between tho THIGHS.
Reject nurse @ith nat or overly
largo feet, or With very small feet.
medium RlEed are best; also a horse
with one foot smaller than the other,