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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26
THE EAST.

THE publishing firm OF Charles L.
Webster & Co, of New York. of which
Mark Twain is member, made an u.s.
signment, with liabilities OF about $780,
coo.
AT their home in Boston Andrew
Spence, aged 70, and wife Hannah,
aged 60, were found deud in bed, hay
ing been suffocated by gas.
FIRE swept away the Logan iron and
steel works near Lewiston, Pa, the
loss being 100000.
THE Vermont republicans will hold
their state convention at Montpelier
June 90.
Is Massachusetts Patriots day, crc-
ated to commemorate the battle of
Lexington, was enthusiastically cele-
bratcd.
THE bill to abolish days of grace on
notes was passed by the New York leg
islature.
HANNAH CHARD celebrated her 1O5th
birthday at Glassboro, n. j. Among
the guests was one lady who will be l02
years old this summer. Mrs. Chard's
oldest daughter, aged so, was also
present.
JonN RICHARDS and Amos Waters,
linemen for the Bell Telephone com
pany, were killed by coming in con-
tact with an electric light wire in
Philadelphia.
THE Deweese Wood-Iron company's
plant at Pittsburgh, Pa, closed for an
indefinite period, throwing 1000 mem
out OF work.
AT his country residence at Tarry-
town, N. y, Ebert H. Monroe, n mem
ber Of the United States board of In-
dian commissioners, dropped dead.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26
COxEYITES WARNED.

Proclamation Issued a the SugEeEtion
NJ the President Warning Organizcd
bodies oJ Men Now On Thrir Way tn
the National E"pitnl, That Their is No
Room for Them. an" That, In IA Word
They Are Not Wanted
WAsuINGToN, April 24.---At the sug-
gestion Of President Cleveland, the
commissioners OF the District of Co
lumbia have issucd . proclamation con-
c'.rning the approach TO the city OF
several organized bodies of tncn for the
purpose of securing congressional ac.
tipn for the relief of the uncmplOyed
laborcrs throughout the country. Tho
commissioners declare that no good
cat come of such Il gathering and that
with no proper preparation or means
Of subsistence, ultimate disorder
will certainly ensuc. While the
commissioners are in entire sympathy
with ali pcople out of employment,
they are in duty bound to give notice
to those who. tempted under any pre-
text to swell the numncr. of uuem-
ployed persons already here, that shcrc
is neither work for them nor means for
their maintenance in the district: that
the law does not permit the soliciting
"f aims in our streets, and forb;d~ pa
rudcs aHscmhlagcS- or oratiunr in the
capitol grounds, and the obstruction
of any nublic grounds. streets, high
ways or avenues, and the approaches
of public or private buildings.
The commissioners give notice also
to criminals and cvil-losrs who, under
cover Of crowd Of unemployed men in
our streets, may come here for the pnr-
pose of crime and disorder, that ala
such will be apprchcuH"d and sum
marily dealt with
hnA finally they give notice /" all
who COME here against their advice
and protest, ttat the laws in force IN
the District of Columbia are adequate
for every emergency, ard wiIl he rig
idly en- icrrcd
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

THE National Society of the Sons of
the Revolution met in annual conven-
tion at Annapolis, Md, IN the senate
chamber where Gen. Washington re-
signed his commission asHencral OF the
army and delivered his farewell address.
THE death of q. $. N. Morton, acting
governor of the state Of Wyoming, oc-
CURED ut Cheyenne.
FIRE swept away the works of tina,
Crown Linsecd t'il company at ST.
Botiis entailing n loss Of Sl5O, 900. eiY
A PLOT was revealed by Mrs. Emma
Redpath, of Wisconsin, whereby an in
nocent man was sent to prison for life
for murder.
AT the age of lO5 years Mrs. Maria
Robinson (colorcdD died at Carlyle, Ill.
A FREE fight began during school
debate near Winchester, o., in which
Nathan Mansfield was stab bLed to death,
Edward Carroll had his skull crushed
and Henry Stcman had his brains beat.
en- out.
Ex-Gov. w. u. DAME q. aged 70, of
Idaho died nt Tacoma, wash.
For the week ended on the 2lst the
percentages of the baseball clubs in
the national league were; Baltimore.
1000! Boston, i,C0O, Cincinnati, 1000;
Philadelphia, COG; Louisville, 800: st.
Louis, 300; Cleveland, 300; Pittsburgh,
800; Washington, 1888; New York, .OOJ;
brooklyn, 900; Chicago, 900
HEART disease caused the death at
Wheeling of Daniel Lamb, aged ia, one
of the founders of West Virginia and
the original craftsman of the state
constitution.
JonN WILLIAMS, Tom Black and
Toncy johnson (negroesH. charged with
incendiarism, were taken from the Jail
ut Tiscumbe, Ala, by mob and
hanged and their bodies riddled with
bullets,
IS fog the steamer Los Angeles ran
on the rocks at Point Sur lighthouse,
near Monterey, Cal, ana sank, and
four of the passen gers were drowned.
WILLIAM DAVIS had both eyes gougcd
out by piece OF flying steel while
working at the Arcade file works at
Anderson, Ind.
AT Decatur, Ind, Mrs Frank Warner
was killed and three other persons IA
tally hurt in runaway while going to
n funeral.
r. r. RIrY, of Lawrenceburg, Ky,
the largest distiller in the state, made
an assignment with liabilities OF $780,
900.
OS the north California coast the
fishing schooner, Dauntlcss, was
wrecked and four men were drowned.
EDNA LEHMAN, white girl of st.
Paul, drowned herself in Lake Cal.
houn. because u colored waiter refused
to marry her.
Is states east Of the Mississippi near
ly l3O,O0J miners obrycd the order of
| the United Mine Workers to suspend
| work.
THE death of James w. Throclmor.
ton, who was governor OF Texas in re-
constructionist times and was removed
by Gen. sheridan, occurred at Mcltin-
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26
DROPPED DEAD.
4 st. Louis CrGo'S Saves the Court the
Expense OF "a Trial.

Expense OF u irltl'
ST, LoUIs, April ?4.--lamcs Cannon,
notoriously and widely known to tho
police MS one of the most desperate
characters the city has ever produced
dropped dead Sduday night from heart
disease lie had gone to call ON Mag
gle Carey, to whom he wa. engaged to
be married. At II little before o'clock
he complained of pains in the region of
his heart and said he would go to Il
drugstore for some medicine. lie did
not procure the mcdiciuc and returned
in II few moments, sayin" he was much
worse. lie had hardly entered the door
when he turned pale, staggered back
and fell to the floor, dead,
The dead man has had IL noted career
as n sneak thief aud picltpocket, and
lately had aNpired to higher crimes.
lie was to have been tried in the
court Of criminal en-, tctiuu this morn
ing on the charge of highway robbery.
He held up and rcHbcd II man in the
latter part of last December The case
came mp for trial last Friday, but Gan
non, who has suffered for some time
with heart trouble, tainted just AS he
entering the courtroom, and the case
WAS continued until to-day. Mean
while he was out on bond.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26
WEST AND SOUTH.

FRANK LATHAM and Dock Bishop
were lynched by the settlers living
near Watonga .. T., for horse stealing
AT Menomipee, Mich, Mrs. Mary
Cleary, widow, and her sister. Mrs
William Doyle. started fire with kero-
sene and were burned to death.
A CYCLONE swept over Summerville,
Tex, and V. M. Keels house was
blown down and his wife and three
children We're killed.
TIE South Carolina dispensary law
was practically annulled by decision
rendered by the supreme court of the
state.
GEORGE KEIM, of Deshler, O., for pay
ing too much attention to a woman
not his wife was nearly hanged by a
mob while the obnoxious female was
drenched with water and driven out of
town.
AT Mountain View mine near Butte,
Mont, Richard Huert, miner, met q
horrible d-ath. He fell 1000 feet down
the shaft
Ex.Gov. ]. 7. JARVIS was appointed
United States senator to succeed the
late Senator Vance. OF North Carolina.
THOMAS POWELL and Otto Shanamon
were killed at North Industry, O., by a
caving brickyard wall
In south Carolina every liquor dis.
pensary received orders to close imme-
diately rs the result OF the governors
acquiescence in the supreme court de-
cision that the law is unconstitutional
AT San Quentin, CAL, Patrick J. Sui
livan was hanged for wife murder.
j. j. MoRaAN and John Mason, mer-
chants Of Harris, Ark, whose business
rivalry led to personal enmity, settled
their difficulty in. u street battle with
revolvers. in which both were killed.
ADvIcEs from ingalls,, O r., confirm
the reported battle between the Dali
tons and officers, Three Of the former
were fatally wounded and two officers
were killed.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26
FROM WASHINGTON.

EXPORTS OF general merchandise in
March were sI,150, 900 in excess of i'm
ports and for nine months the excess
was secs, 900. 900.
DURING the week ended on the Goth
the exchanges Mt the leading clearing
houses in the United States aggregated
5000, $50 SIS, against $500, TG9, or the
previous week. The decrease, compared
with the corresponding week in 1898,
was 200
TRADE throughout the country was
said to have been injured by the
numerous strikes in progress 800
people being made idle thereby.
lS the United States there were 2l9
business failures in the seven days end
ed on the goth, against 2is the week pre-
vious and ls0 in the corresponding
time in 1893,
FIRE losses for the week ended on
the 2ist, estimated from telegraphic re-
ports; amounted to s., 229. 900.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

The government Of Australia has de-
cided to loan money to needy farmers
from the savings bank balances.
FLAMES destroyed q quarter of n
mile of property in Yokohama, and two
American sailors .rt...yd Moore and
Wood and four Japanese women were
burned to death.
AT Coburg Prime 'ss Victoria and
Grand Duke Ernest Louis OF Ilessc
were married in the presence of an us.
semblage which included Emperor il
liam and Queen Victoria.
FLAMES at atllunt,ville, Ont, destroyed
thirty-four business places, several
dwelling houses, IA hotel, one church
and the post Office, the total loss being
$3.50, 900.
THE discovery of deserted city in
the mountains near Durango, Mexico,
was verified by explorers Its popula-
ton must have been 2j 900 people.
AT Dion, France, Augustc Larean
was. guillotincd for the murder of his
mother. his wife and his mistress.
IN Westminster Abbey in London
Princess Helena, second daughter of
Queen Victoria, unveiled n tablet to the
memory of Jenny Lind, who died on
November ., 1851 at the age of 81
years.
In Greece earthquake shocks de-
stroyed eight villages in the district OF
Atalanti and the total number Of per.
sons killed was said to be li0
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26
Epitome Of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FlFTHTHlRD CONGRESS.
REGULAR ResgioD.

TUESDAY, April IT, In the senate
motion that all petitions pro-
testing against the ratification of the
Chinese treaty might be presented IN
open session was agreed to. The tariff
bill was discussed. A favorable report
was made ch tho bill for the suppress
sion of the lottery traffic and bill was
reported TO set apart 900, 900 acres for
each Of the arid land states and terri
tories to be reclaimed In small tracts
by means OF irrigation. In the house
The luorum-counting rule was adopted
10y vote of 2l2 to AZ. The diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill was dis
cussed and large number Of commit
tee reports were presented
WEDNESDAY, April 49, - Senator
Palmer lll.) introduced a bill in the
senate repeating the state bank tax but
prohibiting the issuing of money by
state banking institutions or by any
other corporations or persons except
national banks Senator Morrill, tft.)
spoke in opposition t5 the tariff bill,
while Senator Turpie und) defended
the measure. In the house the con-
sular and diplomatic appropriation bill
was further discussed and the debate
touched a wide variety OF subjects and
was full Of personalities
THURSDAY, April lo.-The day In
the senate was almost entirely con-
sumed by speech against the pending
tariff bill by Senator Perkins, of Cali
fornia. In the house the time was oc-
cupicd In discussing the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill.
FRIDAY, April 90 In the senate
Senators Gallinger and Dolph spoke
against the tariff bill. In the
house bill was introduced for SUI
vey Of a ship canal route, connecting
Lake Erie and the Ohio river, by way
of the Ohio canal and Muskingum
river. The rest of the day was spent in
the fruitless discussion of the bill to
settle some Tennessee war claims
against the government amounting to
s22, 00o. The evening session was de-
voted to pc sion business.
SATURDAY, April 81. The tariff bill
was further discussed in the senate
and n message was received from the
president transmitting Hawaiian cor
respondcnce. In the house The diplo-
matte appropriation bill was further
considered and eulogies were delivered
on the late Senator Gibson, of Louisiana.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26
Gen. Frye's Army vaccinatcd.

TERRE HAuTE, Ind, April "a. The
health officers, under orders from the
state board of health, visited Gen
Frye's army and vaccinuted all who
did not have good marks on their arms.
They offered no resistance, simply say.
ing that the were sworn to obey the laws
Of the various states through which
they might pass An effort is being
made to secure railroad transportation
for the army eastward from here.
They have made good impression on
the people of the city, fully 1000 of
whom visited the camp Sunday, which
was washing day for the soldiers.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26
SMITH, THE UNKNOWN,
At the Coxcy Headquarters in Washing
ton.

WAsHINGToN, April 2i.-"Smith,
the unknown" CoXey's cashicred lien.
tenant, put in an appearance at the
CoXcy headquarters here yesterday,
and created somewhat of n sensation.
lie wore "a brown velvc,ecn coat and
vest, n pair of white riding trousers
and black leather lcggins and fine
shoes. \ heavy blue ovrrcoat thrown
back displayed a massive gold chain
that encircled his neck and was an
chorcd in his pocket by heavy
gold watch, which he ostcntatiously
consulted as he walked into the Com
mOnwcal headquarters. lie asserted
that he had just ridden in from Knox
vile, Md, where he had left his wife.
and that he had five or six hundred
followers encamped in that neighbor-
hood who were ready to join the army
as soon as his differences with Com
mander-in-Chief CoXey had been an
ranged. lie stated that "Col." Red
stone was 'endeavoring to arrange
matters, and that he should return TO
Rockville last evening.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26
Believe They Have Got the Leader OF
the London Ana chists.

LONDON, April 24,-'rhe police be
lieve that in Carnot they have arrested
the leader of the London anarchists.
Polti is reported to have made full
confession, in which he acknowledges
Carnot's leadership, and Carnot him.
self made similar admissions His con-
fession that he intended to blow up
the royal exchange and his recital OF
the story of his visit TO Bow street
while Meunier was being examined In
order to recognize Inspector Melville,
whom he intended to kill, created
great sensation in court.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

Mrs NELLIE GRANT SARToRIs will
take a house in Washington and hopes
her mother will also make her home
there. Mrs, Sartoris is wealthy and
enjoys an income from property left to
her by her father-in-law OF $50, 900 a
year. Her eldest son, Algernon, is still
in England, and will! remain there until
after his graduation at Oxford, when
he will return to this country. Mrs.
Gen. Grant is also well off. She makes
liberal allowances to her children, and
aside from this is reported to have
t24,0 annual income She is at
present living with her family in Cali.
fornia
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

IT seems that the Sunday night en-.
tertainments recently SO popular in
London are beginning to pail upon
those for whom they We're intended.
Out Of five clubs which used to give
orchestral or other concerts on Sunday
nights In the west end only one re-
mains. The Sunday discussions upon
theatrical matters are also, 1t is al
legged, not nearly SO we'll supported as
the Thursday night smoking concerts.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

THERE was good deal OF common
sense, as well as worldly wisdom, In
the plan resorted to by the managers
OF troupe of dancing girls who were
arrested at san Francisco for giving an
immoral exhibition. The girls were
brought into court and gave an exhi
bition of their gyrations which SC
pleased both judge and jury that the
prisoners were discharged forthwith.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

trip to Europe, treated his countrymen
to the following description of the
piano: The Europeans keep large
four-legged beast which they can make
sing at will. A man, or more frequently
a woman, or even a feeble girl, sits down
in front of the animal and steps on its
tail, while at the same time, striking
It's white teeth with his or her fin
gers, when the creature begins to
sing. The singing, though much
louder than birds, is pleasant to
listen to. The beast does not bite,
nor does 1t move, though it is not
tied up"
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

A LiEuTENAST in the United States
army has asked to be relieved from
duty as military instructor at the
Massachusetts institute OF technology
because the students guy him. lie is
willing to face Indians on the plains,
hs he has bravely done, but he shrinks
from cncountering the jibes of the
"civilized savages" called students,
W who cruelty snper ut him.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

The three-or-four- crown
prince of Bulgaria has been made
prince of Tirnowo, duke de Sake,
knight Of two orders and honorary
chief OF the Fourth infantry, the
Fourth cavalry end the Third artillery
regiments.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26
DIR. SARAH IiACKETT STEVEN

DIR SARAH HACKETT STEVENSON says
that when she obtained her diploma
to practice medicine, in .1s7a there
were very few women physicians in
the country. Now thereuaro at least
one hundred In the city of Chicago
alone, and DR.. Stevenson says she
knows Il number of women doctors who
make $40, 900 or more year.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26
Two Children Probably Murdered by q
Half- Witted Man, Who shielded.

BRMlNGuAM, Ala, April 2l.-George
Sinclair's two children, girls, aged 2
and @ years, disappeared from their
home near Tuslsogee Sunday. After a
search lasting all night, morning re-
vealed their dead bodies in the woods,
their skulls having been crushed with
u bloody club which lay beside thom.
Near by, in q pond, was found the body
of Howard jackson, a half-witted old
man. Whether jackson murdered tlse
children while crazy and then suicisked
or all three were murdered Is netlyst
known.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

A JUDGE in Missouri sentenced two
men to prison, one being illiterate till
he learned TO read, and the other till
he taught the uneducated offender.
Their Imprisonment lasted three wcete
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

STRINGENT efforts are being made to
refores, Switzerland. More than forty
million young trees, it is officially re-
ported, have been planted in that coun-
try in the last seven years.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

HERMAN GRAruES, the oldest bell
boy In the United States who has been
for more than twenty years in San
FrAhcisco, has returned to Germany
with $4,000 saved from his wages and
tins
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

II is reported that an English officer
named Harrington has discovered in
India IA working telephone between the
two temples OF Paul about a mile apart.
The system is said to have been in op.
eralionat Paul for over-two thousand
years Egyptologists have found unmis.
taxable evidence of wire communicn.
tions between some of the TEN pies of the
earlier Egyptian dynasties but wheth-
cr these served IL telegraphic, telephone
Or other purpose is not stated.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

IN Japan the children are taught to
write with either hand. The average
Japanese communication looks, how.
ever, rs II it had been written with
both feet
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

The United States rivers have
navigable length of 16,96O miles; those
of Brazil, 22,2io; of Russia, pe,eaS; of
Germany, 10, 100, and OF France, $3.50.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26
LATER NEWS.

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dcn,inis % ~ o ran,, , ' I,',,. WY
pointnd ~ an ,hn rn..,nnr oarsnI ,,i Ip r.,
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fer's resolution for ,hn onnoirt,rort ~
a COMMITTEE to ,,irn hc,r;nns 70 ,I,a
Coxev nr,nv W.. roiontoL SoronaI
matters of M g,n.r,,I interost wnr.
considor.d and ,ha torig ,jn ,.as
taken up,.,,,,In the house, if hcinr dis.
trict of CoLnml,io J,v thn ,oss;on ,.,,
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e',rner. tn nossas ms' 'oO p''t''' ''' 'o''
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1,i m" nes,.' olncers OF lerre iianle'
haan, 80 aers rom lne Sl".e
'iS'.e" ven riSes
,,'I,r S IA 1' VIC .s'u' an. V"cc'hateo an
., mo VI" ,rha ',o. ',aso eooo nnarks on 'ne'r
"" % Ivy ~. o'.eIeu no resistance SIM
ps 9.i '"i u""' ."ey were sworn 10
,h's, UDus .,e ,s nms oi 'he various states
'"r""s" r' ""lon ''oy might pass
EMILE oAhNor alias Guisseppo Far,
i''r, 'ns u'iarcnist' VINO was arrested
IN i'onuoh' on tue I'D was arraigned
IN 'he ,'ow-street police station on the
@'o' lie confessed to plot, in con
heet'oh with roiti, to blow up the royal
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

A RECENT Advertisement in news.
paper read thus "For sale, bull-ter-
ricr, two years old. VIII cnt anything;
very fond of children. Apply at this
office
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

THE loaded cigar is responsible for
the loss of another eye This timo IN
Nebraska. Verify the loaded cigar is
as dangerous as the gun which Is not
loaded.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

A FEMALE physician testified in Chi
cago court the other day that she had
been div breed from three husbands and
deserted by a fourth. She did not
despair of finding happiness in the mar
ried state, however, and was deter
mined to try it again. Perhaps, how.
ever, she will find men n little more
shy in the future than in the past.
There is evidently something the mat
ter with woman who has achieved
such record in the matrimonial way.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-04-26

The announcement Is made that the
seventcen-year locusts are due again
this year, and that we may expect
formidable invasion. If we remember
correctly, this announcement has been
made almost yearly for the last twenty
years. There appears to be successive
generations of these locusts, and each
chooses Il different year for its wan
derings- They have ceased, however,
to be a terror, for their enemies in
'clude every species of birds from fly
catchers to hawks, the chipmunks and
squirrels, and last but not least the
fisherman, who finds in them the ideal
bait