Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1895-05-31
MISSOURI.
FRIDAY, MAY 81

Since the ladies have taken
hold of the work we may expect to
see a great change in the park in
a very short time.
The Devils river in Texas
rose thirty feet in as many minutes
Tuesday, and twenty persons were
drown in the flood. That river is
certainly correctly named.
When we have sufficient
protection against the labor of for
eign countries. and a proper recog-
milton of silver. our bonds will find
sale at home instead of in Europe.
The street cleaning crusade
continues, and some of the alleys
that have been carrying an un-
comfortable load of disease breed
ing filth for years, now look quite
respectable.
The gold bug and the chinch
bug have done some destruc-
tive work this spring. The rain
will settle the chinch bug, but how
ara we to get rid ef the other
pest
Coy. Altgeld's abuse of the
pardoning power caused two
lynchings at Danville, H., last
week. When an effort was made
to stay the mob by persuasion, the
leader replied that if the criminals
were sentenced by a jury, Gov.
Altgeld would pardon them.
The Metal Works" of May
-, gives the marvellous growth of
American tin plate manufacturing
in less than four years. Itpresents
one of the most remarkable indus
trial efforts in history. From
nothing it has become an establish
ed industry which gives employ
ment to 5000 hands. There are
now twenty-eight tin plants in ac-
tual operation. and ten more are
building, most of which viii be in
operation by July 1.
Only two more weeks unit
normal commencement. y gener
al trimming of lawns and terraces
and cutting the grasses and weeds
from the streets and alleys woulC
do much toward giving our city
reputation abroad for neatness an'
beauty. An example of how lawn
and terraces should be kept can b
found at the residences of i. {
Sigler and W. \. Cole. The sc
without doubt are the neatest i
the city.
THE Post Dispatch claim
that all the legislation required i
GOV. Stones message calling a
extra session, could have been &C
complished in a week had it DC
been for the railroad lobby. Tn
fact is that legislation was not dc
layed by the railroad lobby, bu
by the bulldozing tactics of Gov
Stone and he Post Dispatch, VIII
attempted to control everything i
the interest of Stones candidac
for the United States Senate
SECRETARY of State GRESHAM
is dead. the victim of overwork
Not since the days OF the rebellio
have the laboIs of the position h
occupied been so arduouS. To adj
10 his already heavy burdens, hi
lot was rendered unhappy by tn
president. who presumed to die
tate the policy of the secretary
This was CALLING to the Secretar
as ii would have been to an
true American, but he RENAME
loyal to his chief, and kept at hi
work without murmuring unit
stricken with his fatal illness.
Tile extra session of the les
islature has adjourned. The onl
legislation accomplished was I'll
election law which applies only
Kansas City and st. Loui,
1t is a very good h
il in the hands of an honest an
competent governor to execut,
If in the hunds of an incompetel
and dishonest governor il may
anything else but good. The ie
low servant law was not wante
by Governor Stone. and all h
talk about fellow servant iegislt