The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-11-28
ALL KINDS OF ITEMS.


ALL KINDS OF ITEMS.
1t Is proposed 10 srect . monument
In honor Of the lats DE-. 8. F. Smith,
author Of "AmSrica.''
Secretary Of State Hesdley at
tempted to stab Attorney John Brand
in courtroom at Georgetown, Ky.
Mrs. @, W. Ruckner, wife of Rev.
@. W. Buckner, pastor of the First
Christian Church Of Macon, died last
week. Mr.. Buckner was formerly of
Pike County and is well-known
through-out north and east Mis-
souri.
Reports from the Turkish Prov
inces are not reassuriug. Twenty
Villages in Northwestern Aleppo have
been burned and the inhabitants
massscrod. Aleppo is the Province
Of vhich Bshr, Peahe. snotsrions fsT
his cruelty to Armenlans, was re-
Gently appointed military COM
mander in the face of protest by the
foreign ambassadors.
The Armenians at -Marash are re-
ported to be again in great danger.
Kurds are preparing for raid on
the Christians at Syria.
The property of the Lebanon Light
and Water Company in Lebanon con-
Gisting of the Gasconade Hotel, elec-
trio light and water plant, electric
street railway, real estate, etc., was
sold under decree of foreclosure of
the circuit court. The property
represented an investment of $685.
600. Edmon E. Crebs, prominent
banker and capitalist of FairAe d,
H., was the purchaser of all the
property as trustee. He was the
only bidder and bought the property
for 100000. In his purchase Mr..
Crebs represents the present holders
Of the bonds, amounting to 100000.
Tho property probably cost 20 times
the amount he had paid for 1t. The
ssle Of the properly and reorganiza.
ton VIII no doubt prove benefit to
the city and profitable to the new
owner.
Redfern, the well known London
tailor, is dead.
Redfern was an underling in q
London dressmaking establishment
when he decided to open a shop Of
his own. He became famous for his
tailor made gowns. The original
doctrine of Redfern, which was mar.
row and did not aspire to any great
conquests outside of street gowns
and riding gowns, was taken up and
was adopted into gowns OF every de-
scriptlon, and 30 far as it's central
d ,Esass'is~cacerned,t ,thsS 10, tbs idss oi
simplicity, 1t rules to-day, in spite
Of many savage attacks from Paris
Afterwards Paris regained its su.
, premacy as q center Of fashion, but
Redfern never lost his hold.
, He had got most Of the royal high
nesses and grand duchesses and the
/. like into his order books, and fol
. certain things he kept them there
, without detection until it was for
1 gotten that he and he alone had
a thought out the tailor made idea.
\ He built up a vast business, toe
a vast and too scattered for one man
4 30 Redfern became stock company
= with practical independent houses II
4 half dozen European cities and IL
. New York, Newport and Chicago il
|. the United States. There was som,
talk Of selling the good will of tn,
American branches q few years ago
and the London company was offeret
e575, 900 for it.
Judge Reynolds, assistant secreta
Q ty of the interior, In his annual re
9 port recommends legislation whicl
n will define with more certainty tn,
: pensionable right of minor children
: under the act of June 81, 1890, il
Q those cases where the sold er die
. leaving no widow surviv ng the con
. struction OF the act on this po N
. now resting in much doubt and tn
Q title of such children being sustained
! only by implication.
d The suggestion made over yea
d ago for more Uniform rule for proc
q of marriage In pension cases Is re
d oewed.
. Stress ia again laid upon the rec
!. ommendation OF the previous yea
. for legislation which will secure TO
2 their maintenance to the wives an
9 daughters of pensioners who unlaw
! fully abandon thoss dependent upo
{ them portion of the bounty pal
2 such pensioner, and also for the leg
q islation which will remedy evil
y arising from the manner of maxim
Z the quarterly payments by check
2 direct to the agencies to certain wea
9 and In ompetent persons, who, o
! such occasions are subject to hene
= 0f the dissolute and induced to squan
e dor their pension money.
y n d also suggested that while tn
q atatues provide proper punishmer
9 for embezslement OF pension none
e ~ auardians, yet there should b
= llodged, II possible, in the feder'
-. A. y "a L~l.