The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-10-24
GENERAL NEWS.
Atlanta entertained the Pre-
and cabinet Tuesday and wedn<

and cabinet Tuesday and Wedn<
Postal receipts from 30 citi{
the first quarter OF this year shl
increase of 10 per cent. ove4
same period Of last year.
The scheme for reforms In AFtp<
submitted by the European Tow i
have been accepted by the Tbr1
Minister of Foreign Affairs. &X
Joseph Ramsey, Jr., now genej
manager Of the st. Louis TermiIG /
Railroad Association, has been y Y
pointed general manager Of
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The Loyal Lseion's 3fsn
iusrde u al ts ~ a Z -!
biennial session IN e.
John Gibson coznmAnder over GSnf
eral Miles.
Mrs. Clara Doty Bates died at her
home in Chicago, after long illness.
Mrs. Bates was q we'll known author,
being particularly prominent ss a
writer OF juvenile fiction.
It is officially announced that since
the beginning of the campaign against
the insurgents Of Cuba, the Spanish
forces have lost one brigadier gen.
eral, two superior officers, 159 other
officers and 1911 soldiers, who have
either died Of disease or have been
killed by the enemy.
Mrs. Alexander, the poetess, is
dead. Mrs. Alexander was Miss
Cecil Frances Humphreys, and was
the wife of Right Rev. VIM. Alex
amer, D. D., B. o. L., Bishop Of
Derry and Rappoe. She was we'll
known as the author of "Moral
Songs" "Hymns for Children" and
"Poems of Old Testament Subjects"
signor Michele Raffaya alo, the cele-
brated euphomium soloist, died Of
Bright's disease at his home in
Bayonne, N. j., last week. Raffayalo
was known the world over and be-
came endeared to the American pub
lie through the tours Of Gilmore's
band. When Gilmore died and the
told baud'was reorganized Raffayalo
went with Sousa and remained with
him until illness incapacitated him
for work. When sousa received the
news of his death at the st. Louis
exposition, the band played dead
march In honor of the deceased mu-
sician. s%
Minister DENLY and the BritiSh
Minister TO Chins have succeeded N
overcoming the obstacles which
threstened to make the Ku- Cheng
commission failure, SO far as 1t wa
intended to secure the punishment
OF the Chinese who were guilty oi
participating in the riots at Ku-
Cheng wherein much damage wai
done to missionary property and
great indignities heaped upon the
missionaries. At each stage OF the
commission has been hindered ir
prosecuting its inquiries by the local
Chinese officials, and the Viceroy oi
the Province OF See Chuen himself
has stood in the way of the punish.
ment of the guilty parties. Finally
appeal was made to the Tsung-L.
Yamen directly, and that body hal
acceded to the demands of the min.
listers. W
The advisory council of the Amer.
lean Protective Association, in ses,
sion, perfected the organization O
the national advisory board by elect
ing j. X. Stevens Of Detroit presi
dent, G. W. Van Fossen OF Tacomi
WASH, vice president and the Rev
DR.. James W. Dunn of Boston sec
retary.
The following report and resolu
tions we're adopted:
To the officers and members OF th
national advisory board Of the A. p. A.
Your committee on plan OF work an,
resolutions beg leave to submit the fol
lowing report:
We recommend that an executive com
mittee be created, composed of thirteel
members of this board, the chairman
secretary, treasurer and vice president 4
be officers and nine members to be ap
pointed by the chairman.
We recommend that the advisor,
board, through its executive COMMITTEES
collect all possible reliable information
concerning the views, affiliations an,
record Of all presidential and vice presi
Dental candidates, and possibilities" Il
all political parties, and after collectin
and formulating the same, to furnish tn
information to the executive boards Q
the states to be by them disseminate
among the subordinate councils and ad
visory boards Of their jurisdictions an
to the councils Of the order.
Resolued, That the board advises tn
members OF this order to vote for nomi
nations to office on the party tickets Q
the party they affiliate with, and to yot
for the election Of candidates only VIII
are In thorough aosord with and will,
elected, support the following principles
Reduction OF immigration; to debab q
undesirable persons; extension OF tim
for naturalization; an educational quail
feation for suffrage; the maintenance (
one general non -sectarian free publ
school systetn; no public funds or publ
property for sectsrian purposes tAxAtio
Of all property not owned and controlle
by the public; the opening TO publ
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