The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-09-12
GENERAL NEWS.

One hundred and seventy repre-
sentative Choctaw Indians met a'
Atoks, I. t., listened to speeches
and adopted resolutions In favor Of
allotment of lands,
All the girl students at Mount
Union (ohio) College struck against
obeying the order which required
them to visit the gymnasium every
day and exercise before q male
instructor. The faculty, at . meet
ing, voted to accede to the demands
Of the girls for female ins tructor.
The people OF the United States
can congratuiate themselves uDusl
having - swift war vssse,6 6dl1
Insxqhe s. x5Ss1 ztz~ ls~ ! 4
gses,- ssuleps - - Z
able record for = Var -shfp travelling
across the Atlantic, ana the 81. Bout.
has attained q speed OF 22.3 knots
per hour for over four hours. By
this performance the latter has won
, mail carrying contract for ten
years at the rate Of "a a mile for
weekly service between New York
and Southampton.
For long time the West Guthrie
<Oklahoma) Congregational church
nas been In need of repairs, and,
Of the men attending to
she matter, score OF women ap-
peared with hammers, hatchets,
laws, planes, and nails, and repaired
walks, steps, belfry, roof, and floor,
while q crowd Of men looked on in
In spite of a few
mashed fingers and torn clothing the
women are pleased with their work,
ind announce that next week they
will improve the street in front Of
he church and put up hitching
'acks.
1t has been a quiet week abroad.
The investigation of the Chinese
nassacres Of missionaries is going on
nut little can be learned definitely
bout the progress Of the investiga-
ion. Developments in the Armen-
an situation are slow and doubtful
The course of events in Cuba remains
'bscured in a cloud of contradictory
'eports and predictions from the two
,arties to the contest. Recently the
'eports have been on the whole de-
'idedly favorable to the insurgent
orces, but there is yet no disposition
'pparent on the part OF Spain to
'ield independence or even auton-
my to the island.
r. B. Bowler, the comptroller of
he treasury, rendered IN opinion on
he now celebrated Oxnard sugar
county claims, In which he holds in
fleet, first, that he, as comptroller,
las jurisdiction Of the case, and sec
md, that, in his opinion, the act OF
darch Q, 1895, making the sugar
county appropriation is unconstitu-
ional. He, however, decides that
he papers in the case be sent to the
ourt of claims for the rendition of a
in order that there may
70 furnished ga precedent for the
uture action of the executive de-
'artment in the adjustment In the
lass OF cases involved in these sugar
One of the papers read before the
nnual meeting OF the American
Association for the Advancement OF
|cience enlarged on the wonders OF
modern engineering. Coal was re-
erred to as q fossil, a preserved
'lant tissue, yet a man can mine
'nough OF it in day to obtain 1873
lorse power for ten hours, equiva-
ent to the physical labor of 1900
nen. In Great Britain coal does the
york OF 100000, 900 men. By Inn
,roved mechanical appliances the
American farmer raises as much
rain as three in England, four In
rance, five In Germany and six in
AUSTRIA. In the United States one
nan can feed $50, whereas in Europe
me man feeds only thirty persons.
The speaker predicted that In the
md the advance OF engineering will
'bliterate the line between capital
nd labor in manner satisfactory to
II concerned.
Missouri will be well represented
It the Deep Water convention to be
ield in the city Of Topeka, Kansas,
IN October 1, 1895, for Gov. Stone,
It the request Of Gov. Morrill, and
'ecreta-y Tom Richardson, of the
Western states conference, has ap-
'ointed the following delegates:
Warrensburg-Senator r. M. Cockrell.
81. Louis-R Richard Barthold, O. F. Joy,
J. w. Cobb, Col. F. w. Fordyce, L. M.
sumsey, P. J. Psulev, J. Q. Roberts.
ldolphus Busch, sr., William Mcmillan,
}. o. Simmons, jerome Hill, John c.
Vilkerson, Geo. d. Barnard, John 3.
)'Msara, N. N. Bell, John scullin, M. c.
vetmore. r. @. Niedringhaus, VIM. J.
emp, N. o. Nelson.
KsnssA City Senator George G. Vest,
,haries A. Young. Peter H. Tierman,
acob Dold, 3. l. Martin, W. d. Jame-
on, Fred Helm, J. O. Tarsney, Ralph A.
,Isch, q. r. Swift, R. T. Van Horn, DR..
J. =. Edwords, Wilton Mcdonald and