The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-07-18

may enter tho church wearing theil
uniforms and insignia, and may
conduct funerals in At cordance will
their ritual in Catholic Cemeteries
Controversies on this subject Rave
been frequent within the past fev
years, and many a cortege has fount
its progress abruptly blocked By
some priest who would not allow the
procession to enter tho church OF
cemetery wearing the uniform ant
insignia Of the order, claiming that
1t would be an infraction of the rules
and principles Of the Catholic church
The question assumed such proper.
tions that some of the leading officers
and members OF the Grand Army
decided that an understanding
between the church and the order
should be reached, that the veterans
might know how to govern them
selves. The decision os.-the al sh
Sishop resulted
The venerable Rev. d. r. Mean
ally, senior editor of the st. Louis
Christian Adrocote, one Of the most
prominent men in the Southern
Methodist church, died in st. Louis,
July IL. DR.. McAnally was over SO
years Of age, and has for some time
been in delicate health. He is OF
Scotch descent, and was born in
Granger county, Tenn, February 10,
1907, and was educated at private
schools. He entered the ministry
August 81, 1929, and in November,
1881, WAS ordained with full powers,
and preached in Virginia, Tennessee,
North and South Carolina until 1843,
when he became president of the
East Tennessee Female Institute at
Knoxville. This place he held until
1851, wht IL he came to st. Louis and
assumed the editorial management
Of the st. Louis Christian ADVOCATE,
which position he held contia lously
until the time of his death, except
for the years 1869 to 1872, when he
was superseded by DR.. Thomas M.
Finney. During the civil war he
and his paper were suppressed. The
doctor was imprisoned part Of the
time, and the rest kept in the city
on parole. He founded the First
Church at Carondelet in 1857 and
remained its pastor for many years.
He was also the author of quite a
number Of religious and biogra phical
works.
The new scholarship law passed
by the recent legislature will be of
interest to students, school teachers
and newspaper publishers. On the
5.h day of next August at the court
house in every county in this state
examination will be held
and the person passing the best and
most meritorious examination will
be awarded free scholarship In the
S5ate University. This scholarship
tEis year will carry no money pay
ments with 1t, but it will save to the
successful applicant all his tuition
fees. This in any department OF the
will be quite an item, and
in the professional schools IL will
save $50 during each o. the two or
tree years OF the under graduate
curse. The law provides for the
OF three examiners who
v ii naturally be school teachers
These exam.L ers are to bo appointed
in every county and paid reason
ale com pe nsation for their services.
n Jtices of the exam nation are
re quirei by tho law 10 be published
in two n wsrapers OF each county OF
political faith, which of
C, urse will be acceptable to the pub
Ii: hers throughout the state. Any
county court which has neglected to
promptly comply with this law should
now do 30 without further neglect.
Tho law will be found in the new
session acts Of 1895, at page 278, by
any person who may be interested In
further details.
DR.. CHARLES r. Keyes, director of
tho Missouri geological survey, has
just issued from the office of the
bureau of geology and mines an
exhaustive report Of the lead and
zinc resources of the state, by
Messrs. A. Winslow and J. D. Rob-
ertson. This work Is in two large
volumes, ,aggregating some 800
pages, and is amply illustrated.
From 1t 10 learned that The metals
lead and zinc form Missouri's most
prominent mineral products. The
real Importance Of these metals Is
further comprehended when 1t il
known that as a producer of the first
named ore the state ranks second
among the states of the union, and
of the second metal first, supplying
more than two-fifths of the entire
amount of mineral OF the United
States. The rapid growth Of the
lead and zinc industry of recent
years made the subject one OF the
first demanding the attention of the
survey. The magnitude OF the work
with it's constantly increasing devel-
opments can only be appreciated by
one who has gone carefully over the
ground. - The investigation was first
haoup In couuaction with the limit ad