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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
LITTLE BY LITTLE.
Henry Ward Beecher.

Henry Ward Beecher.
The effects of disobedience are, to
a degree, cumulative. One flake of
snow does not make the least differ
ence on the Alps, but one atom after
another, night after night, by and by
brings the laundering avalanche
which tells what snow can do. And
penalties may be like fakes of snow
or drops of rain. There are freshets
and avalanches for pains and pen
alties. That is to say, constant
violation of law, unrepaired, unre-
pented, unrestored, accumulate in
men. Men don't know it. There is
no mark, no registration, no place
where statistics are collected. There
is nothing man knows so little
about a. that which is going on in
himself, measured by no standard.
A man knows how far he has pro-
gressed in mathematics, but he does
not know how far he has progressed
in virtue. He knows whether he is
mastering Greek or Latin, but he
does not know whether he Is master
ing himself by evolution Of conscience
applied to all affairs, internal OF
external.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17

STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
The republican state convention
has been called to meet at Excelsior
Springs August Is. The basis of
representation is one delegate for
each $50 votes cast for Maj. Warner.
in 1892, and one for every fraction of
1875. 1t is estimated that this ratio
will give the state convention about
1000 delegates. The idea advanced
for such large delegation was to
give wider range of influence, as
more could participate, and therefore
would feel more enthusiastic in sup
porting the nominees. The date and
mode of electing the delegates to the
state convention was left discretion
ary with the county committees,
provided that all delegates must be
elected not later than August II,
this latter being for the especial
benefit of st. Louis, which, it was
stated, desired to hold off the election
of delegates as late as possible.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
OUR NATIONAL WEALTH.

From Colman's Rural World.
According to the summation of the
figures of the census of 1890, the
true valuation of the tangible prop
erty in the United States was sos,
037, ,091, 1877. Compared with the true
valuation statistics of wealth of the
United States in 1880, these figures
show an increase in wealth i'm round
numbers during the last decade of
1922, 800, 900, 900. During the four prior
decades the valuations shown by
census office statistics were as fol-
lows; In 1850 it was 81, $50, 900, 900;
in 1860 it was sl6, ,25O, 200, 900; in 1870
it was $50, 900, 900, 900; in 1880 it was
$43, 900, 100000. The per capita true
valuation wealth of the country at
these different census periods is
placed at 1908 in 1850, at $514 in 1860,
at $3.50 in 1870, at $870 in 1880, and
at $1,000 in 1890. The 1870 values
are stated in terms of the deprecated
currency OF that year, and ior pur-
poses of comparison with other
periods the amount of wealth re-
ported should be decreased about 20
per cent, the average gold premium
being about rs per cent above the
par of paper during that year. The
assessed valuation of real estate and
personal property taxed during these
indicates in all the periods, certainly
during the last decade, a considera-
bic exemption from taxation of real
estate and a great evasion or omis-
sion of taxation on personal property.
In 1850 the assessed valuation of
real estate and personal property in
the country was $4,000, 200, 900; in
1860 it was $12 900, 100000 in 1870
it was $14 800, 900, 900; in 1880 it was
$17, 900, 900, 900, and in 1890 it was
$25, 900, ,000,0 900. In 1890, the first
census year in which the exemptions
and undervaluation assessments are
shown, the true valuation of the real
estate and improvements taxed in
the country was placed at $35, ILL.,
2O9, 1903, and that exempt from taxa
ton at 1888, 1886, ,225, or a total at
S39, 800, 100000, while the assessed
valuation of real estate of improve
ments upon which taxes were levied
was only SIS, 1855, ,556,675.
The true valuation of all property
in the United States, exclusive of
Alaska, in 1890 is classified as follows:
Real estate and improvements,
$39, ,544 ,544, 1893; live stock ON farms
and ranges, farm implements and
machinery, $2,7O3, ,O15, ,O4O; mines
and quarries, $1,291, ,201 $40; gold
and silver coin and bullion 81, 1885,
IA, ,648; machinery of mills and
produce on hand $3,056, ,593, AL;
railroads and equipments, including
street railroads, 1855, ,4O7, 1928; tele-
graphs, telephones, shipping and
canals, SOL, ,755, ,7I2; miscellaneous,
s7,s93, ,70s, 1921. Total, s65, ,037, ,O91,-
1877.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
CONSIDERING CoxEY RESOLUTIONS.

In the senate Mr.. Allen (pop.,
Nebraska) introduced a bill to re-
peal the act regulating the use
of the Capitol grounds under which
Coxey and his lieutenants were
prosecuted.
Mr.. PETER (pop., KAN introduced
a resolution for the appointment of a
special committee of three senators
to investigate the condition of the
country with especial reference to
the prevailing business depression
and to report what legislation if any
will afford relief.
Mr.. Aliens resolution to investi-
gate the alleged police clubbing in
connection with the Coxey demon
stration on May 1 then came up and
Mr.. Gordon (dem., Ga.) took the
floor. Mr.. Gordon said that the
Coxey movement was the child of
the paternal theory of government.
The remedies for existing conditions,
he said, were to be found in the
decentralization of power. Mr..
Teller (rep., Colo.) favored the reso-
luton. Coxey was a law abiding
citizen. He and his followers had
trudged here through the rain and
mud and were entitled to respectful
consideration. He did not indorse
the statute under which they had
been arrested. He did not think the
senate could refuse to investigate the
police clubbing. He himself would
furnish the names of witnesses.
Whether Coxey was crank or not
did not matter. His scheme was
absurd, as were many others put
forward in the hour of distress, but
it was not wicked scheme; it only
asked congress to provide work for
the unemployed.
Gen. Coxey appeared before before
the house committee on labor, and
presented a petition from the COM
monweal army that he and Carl
Browne be permitted to address the
committee in behalf of the Coxey
bills for construction of good roads
and for the issue of noninterest-
bearing bonds. Coxey supplemented
the reading of the petition with a
brief statement and then answered
questions put to him by members Of
the committee. There are, he said,
billions of dollars worth Of improve
ments throughout the country to be
made, and there are millions of men
to make them. There is but one
thing standing in the way and that is
money. The passage of his two bills
would solve the industrial depression
and set all men at work. The COM
mittee heard Coxey patiently but
took no action upon his bills.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Gus Meeks and his wife and two
children were murdered Thursday
about two miles southeast of Brown
ing, Linn county.
Meeks was recently pardoned from
the penitentiary by Gov. Stone
for the purpose of testifying against
VIM. and George Taylor, of Brown
ing, in a cattle stealing case, in
which he (Meeks) had been i'm
plicated, but had confessed, laying
the weight of the crime on the
Taylors.
Thursday night as Meeks and
his family were going by George
Taylor's farm to visit a relative they
were ired upon. Meeks was killed
instantly, his wife and two children
we're killed with an ak, and another
child, a girl, was so badly injured
that the villains thought her dead.
The bodies OF all Ave were hidden in
q straw stack on Taylor's farm,
but the next morning the little girl
recovered sufficiently to get out and
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
INTERSTATE ORATORICAL CONTEST.

INTERSTATE ORATORICAL CONTEST.
Prof. II. b. Walker, of Higgins
vile, presided at the interstate
oratorical contest held in Indian
apolis, Indiana, May 10.
The contestants We're: Fred Staff,
of Beloit college, Wisconsin; Y. p.
Whitley, of Central college, Mis-
souri,; John w. Wetzel, of South
west college, Kansas; G. F. Wishart,
Of Mammoth, III. ; i. +. Dmmitt,
of De Paw, Ind. j. +. Mcconnell,
of Delaware, o. J. S. Edwards,
of the University of Denver, Colo. {;
Adam McMullin, of the State Uni
versity, Nebraska; c. f. Burton,
of Carleton college, Minnesota. The
judges awarded honors as follows: !:
First, G. F. Wishart, Illinois; second,
L. F. Dimmitt, Indiana; third, Y.
p. Whitley, Missouri.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
ELECTED THREE SENA TORS.

From the Kansas City Times.
The claim that the Louisiana legis-
lature is the first to elect three
United States senators at one time is
a mistake. The same thing occurred
in Missouri in 1868. At that time
Squire Jackson of Palmyra was
member of the legislature and the
following is his account: sex Gov
ernor Polk, who was one of the
senators, removed to the south, and
Governor Gamble, or acting Governor
Hall, appointed Robert Wilson to
serve until the legislature met.
When the legislature did meet it
went into the senatorial business In
wholesale way, Mr.. Wilson was
elected to hold the seat to which he
had been appointed until the follow
ing March a, B. Gratz Brown was
elected to hold it from that time
until the original term would have
expired, and John B. Henderson was
elected for a full term OF six years.
All of this was done on one day in
February, 1S83."
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
THE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS.

THE SOUTHERN BAPTlSTS.
The Southern Baptist convention
was in session this week in Dallas,
Texas. The convention reports n
constituency of 1,346,ll7 white
membership and colored contingent
membership of 1887, 7,O8S, total of
1888, 234, the largest body of Baptists
in the world.
The Southern Baptist conference
at Augusta, Ga, in 1845, This is the
fourth meeting within twenty years
Of the convention in Texas. Presi-
dent Jonathan Haralson, of the
supreme court of Alabama, presided
with Gov. w. ]. Northen, of Georgia !;
Hon. Joshua Levering, of Baltimore,
Md; Prof. William II. Whitsett, of
Louisville, KY; DIR, Samuel H. Ford,
of st. Louis, Mo-, vice president; DR..
Lansing Burrows, of Augusta, Ga,
and DIR. o. F. Gregory, of Baltimore,
Md, secretaries; George w. Norton,
of Louisville, KY, as treasurer.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17

opinion that the democrats have
ditched themselves, while the bill,
he says, cannot be defended by any
democrat on the score of principle,
and the defense they offer will not
be accepted by the country. His
examination Of the new amendments
shows that 1928 of them provide for
increase of duties ranging from 10 to
300 per cent, and only six of them
provide for decrease from the bill
as amended by the conservative"
caucus. Mr.. Aldrich is prepar-
ing to attack the bill on this
line, also on the line of the
power shown by the sugar trust.
The extension of the time until
January for the sugar schedule to go
into effect, will, he says, put at least
put $40, 100000 into the pockets of
the Louisiana planters, and about
forty millions into the pocket of the
trust. The trust will buy enough
raw sugar between now and then,
while it is still on the free list, to last
for a year, and thus escape for that
length of time paying any tax to the
government.
Senator Harris (dem., Tenn.) has
passed his resolution for longer time
to consider the bill in order that it
may be earlier disposed Of.
The republican side of the cham
Der will certainly resist the Harris
resolution. Senator Aldrich, in
speaking of it, said that the present
hours were sufficiently long, be-
ginning as they do at IL O'Clock and
closing at 8, and that he for one
should decline to yield to the request
to lengthen them.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17

In 1874 the division of the NJ.
+. church took place, and thence
forward there were two Methodsms
in Missouri. According to the "Plan
of Separation" in all conferences
bordering on the line of division,
each local church decided by vote
whether it would go with southern
and northern church. Missouri was
border conference, but when the
vote was taken IN lS45 by the
conference which met that year
in Columbia, the vote was SO nearly
unanimous in favor of adhering
south, that not a single 'society
or station in the conference gave
a majority in favor of adhering
north, and in very few of them
was there division at all. In several
societies along the border and in
a few in the interior, however,
organizations of the NJ. E. church
were effected. Both churches grew,
and in 1860 the M. E. church, South,
had so, 765 members and two hundred
and forty three travelling preachers,
while the M. E. church (North)
had 6,619 members and sixty nine
travelling preachers.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
IN WASHINGTON.
THE AMENDED TARIFF BILL.


The tariff bill as amended in the
democratic caucus met sharp criti-
cism when presented to the senate.
The republicans denounced as a
cowardly makeshift arranged to
catch votes. Senator Hoar (rep.,
Mass.) said that no self respecting
democrat could vote for it. The
debate was bitter at times. Mills
(dem., Texas) declared he would
not be bound by caucus action and
would vote against every one Of the
caucus amendments that did not
lower the duty. He would, how
ever, vote for the bill IL it lowered
the tariff to point less than the
Mckinley bill. The bill should be
called, be said, the German or Brice
bill. He said the bill was sell-out
to the protectionists.
Senator Jones (dem., Ark.) was
asked what foundation there was for
the intimations or statements that
the amendments recently proposed
by him, as is understood, in behalf
Of the democratic members of the
finance committee are not materially
below the rates in the Mckinley bill.
"They are," he said, "utterly with
out foundation in fact. A very vivid
imagination or a reckless disregard
of plain facts must have suggested
these statements. Take, for exam
pie, two of the most important
schedules in the bill-wool and iron.
! have made careful comparative
statement of the rates in the Nc
Kinley bill as we propose to amend
it, both reduced to ad valorem rates
for better comparison" The rates
upon wool as shown by Senator
Jones' statement are as follows:
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17

"This plain statement Of facts"
said Senator Jones, Sought certainly
to put q quietus upon those absurd
statements. have not had time to
extend this comparison to all the
schedules, but I will do SO without
delay, and risk nothing in saying that
the friends Of tariff reform will be
satisfied with the showing when
made"
Hill and Murphy (dem., N. W re-
main non -committal. Murphy's sup
port Of the measure is hoped for on
the score Of the protection accorded
the Troy manufacturers, but HIPS
fight against the income tax 10 10
incorporating that his name as a
supporter Of the bill appears ss yet
on nobody's list. He 10 still keeping
his own counsel, and finally what his
Intentions are, and when and how he
will manifest them, nobody knows.
The republicans are full Of taunt
and hght, and Mr.. Aidrich (rep.,
r. ~ in particular expresses the
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
OF MISSOURI.
METHODISM IN MISSOURI.
DIR. NJ. b. CHAPMAN, or THE ST. LOUIS
ADVOCATE, WRITES OF THE HISTORY
OF A GREAT CHURCH.


written Specially for This Paper.
The first Protestant minister tC
preach in the territory which is
now called the state of Missouri,
was local Methodist preacher
named John Clark, who resided in
the American bottom, where now
stands the city of Alton, Illinois
and who in 1893 began to preacl
monthly to few Protestants VIII,
had settled near Florissant, in st
Louis county. This was only thirty
four years after the founding 0
st. Louis, six years before tn,
purchase of what was known a
the "Louisiana country" by tn,
United States government, ant
twenty three years before the ad
mission of Missouri as n state.
1t is stated that Mr.. Clark preached
his first sermon in this mission
standing on rock in the Mississippi
river, near the western bank not
far from Herculancum, and this
was the first Protestant sermon ever
heard on the western side of the
"Father of Waters.n He probably
organized the Cold Water church,
which is still intact, being a part
of the Beliefontaine circuit, st. Louis
conference, and which was the
first class organized west of the
Mississippi river.
The first regularly appointed
Methodist preacher to Missouri was
in 1906, when at the session of
the western conference held at Ebe-
nezer church, in Greene county,
Tennessee, John Travis was read out
for Missouri circuit The circuit
was only one in name, but the
heroic young itinerant travelled
nearly seven hundred miles on
horseback, large part of his jour
ney being through a wilderness,
to reach his appointments. William
McKendree, afterwards bishop was
his presiding elder, and Mr.. Travis
labored so faithfully that at the
succeeding conference, held at
Chillicothe, Ohio, he reported two
circuits, with one hundred and six
members. These circuits were called
"Missourin and "Maremac,n the
first embracing all the territory
north of the Missouri river, and
the second all south to New Madrid.
Jesse Walker and Edmund Wilcox
were respectively appointed to these
works. From this time preachers
were regularly appointed to Missouri
until 1916, when by the authority
of the general conference, which
met in May Of that year at Balti-
more, the Missouri conference was
organized and held its first session
Sept. %, 1916, at Shiloh meeting
house, Illinois circuit, Illinois terri
tory. The total membership reported
at this conference was ,lS2, with
twenty two preachers. In 1925 the
Missouri conference was divided
by striking OFF Illinois and confining
its territory west of the Mississippi
river; and in 1896 it was agein
divided by striking off Arkansas and
organizing separate conference.
Prominent among those who
founded Methodism in Missouri,
were Andrew Monroe, Jesse Green,
Benjamin |. Ashby, William Redman,
Nathaniel Nj. Talbot and j. G. Berry
man-the latter still living in Area
dia, which was included in his
first appointment in 1928.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
A GREAT CoLoNIZER


One Of the most remarkable men
now living is MI Cecil Rhodes, the
prime minister of Cape Colony, and
the virtual leader of South Africa.
Under his leadership, Bechuanaland,
Matabeleland, Mashonaland, and
other immense regions, have been
brought under the control of the
English, the separate British colonies
have been led to unite their forces,
and even the Dutch interests have
been welded into one with the Eng
lish. Mr.. Rhodes is a man of lofty
ambition, and dreams, it is said, of
British empire extending as far as
Lake Tanganyika. He is planning
to run telegraph line from Cape
Colony to Cairo, Egypt. He is mas
ter of the rich diamond and gold
mines of South Africa, and every
where is recognized as virtual SOW
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17

TO MEET IN WASHINGTON.
The police chiefs, in session in
st. Louis, voted to hold their next
annual session in Washington, ID.
O., May Ia, 1895.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17

give the alarm. officers know who
did the work and are making ar
rests. The surviving child is about
6 years old. Feeling is running high,
as this murder is the elimination
of an old trouble.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17

WILL OPPOSE BRECKINRIDGE.
The women of Ashland (Ken-
tucky) district are determined to
wage a vigorous fight against Con-
gressman Breckenridge.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
IN FOUR YEARS A PAUPER.

The dead body of Caleb Munson
was found in the rear of a little
stand at st. Joseph Thursday. He
had died Sunday from asphyxiation.
Munson went to st. Joseph four years
ago worth 100000. His property
rapidly left him and he had to be
cared for by friends.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17

The war made sad havoc in the
ranks of the M. L. church, South,
and in 1866 the minutes only re-
ported 2O,177 members. But since
that time the church has had
very great prosperity and there
are now three conferences in the
state: the Missouri, the Southwest
Missouri, and the st. Louis, with
an aggregate membership reported
in 1898 of 95,642. The large number
of revivals and additions to the
church during the present year
will bring this number up to fully
100, 900. The increase in 1893 was
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17

WILSON ALMOST WELL AGAIN.
Congressman w. l.. Wilson h
returned to Washington great
jmproved in health.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17

MAY MAIL LETTERS ON TRAINS.
The post Office department has
sent to all railway mail service
employees circulars calling attention
to the postal regulations requiring
postal clerks to accept all prepaid
mail matter offered them at their
cars and forward them to its desti-
nation. Inquiries have been re-
ceived at the department from
almost every section of the country
indicating a general misunderstand-
ing, due, it is stated, to the
publication of number of articles
incorrectly intimating that the
section of the regulations making
the requirement has been repealed.
The rule is declared to be still
in force and refusal to comply will
render clerks liable to dismissal
unless special authority has been
given.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
OHOWCHOW.

From the Petersburg Index Appeal.
Washington papers note the mar
riage there Of Edward M. Mix and
Katherine Pickell.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
OLD FARMERS SUICIDE.

Oliver Cooper, 85 years old,
wealthy farmer, killed himself in
Johnson county. He drove a nail in
the fence, tied a string to the nail
and the trigger Of the gun, placed
the muzzle to his head and fred.
No cause for his suicide is known.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
IN OUR OWN STATE.

CHAMP CLARK.
The democrats Of the ninth district
renominated Champ Clark for con-
gress unanimously.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
sEDALIA BANK FAILURE.

sEDALIA BANK FAILURE.
The failure of the First National
Bank was worse than first supposed.
The cashier, James @. Thompson,
who is charged with embezzling
$100, 200, has fed.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17

"Boss' CROKER RETIREs.
Richard Croker has retired from
the hardship of Tammany.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17

THE iNDusTRIAL "ARMlES.o
At Washington Gen. Coxey was
fined for trespassing on the capi-
tol grounds. His daughter has re-
turned to Ohio and says her father
will soon begin lecturing tour,
In Scdalia Coxey company of
1863 men has been organized by
Capt. Frank McAllister, president
of the Sedalia Equalization Society
and one of the proprietors of the
Lodge Saloon.
a Colorado division captured a
Santa I'e train and travelled into
Kansas hotly pursued by government
officers. They were finally captured
near Salina.
Sacramento Coxeyites gave an
entertainment and raised 5000. Then
their treasurer ran away.
Commonweal Commodore Kelley
started with his feet of $50 barges
down the Des Moines river.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17

The st. Clair county judges have
decided to withdraw their resigna-
tions, but Governor Stone has not
decided whether or not he will allow
them to do so.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
TRAINS WRECKED.

Washouts wrecked trains in sew
eral Missouri localities last week.
At Peno creek near Bowling Green
train on the Hannibal & st. Louis
railroad went through a bridge
injuring Express Manager Cobb and
Mail Messenger Harris.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-05-17
GENERAL NEWS.

CONGRESSMAN r. +. BRATToN DEAD.
Congressman Robert f. Bratton,
Of Maryland, is dead.