The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-02-06
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL. NEWS.
Chief Justice Baker, Of Arizona, d
charged BY his clerk with malieas-
ance in office.
M. Olson, tho inventor Of the grip
car in use on cable railways, has
been adjudged insane In Chicago.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood has been
barred from practice before tho
Pension Bureau for wrongful accep-
tance OF fees.
A sensation was created in New
Haven, by the announcement that
thefts amounting to SO, 900 and
probably more had been made in the
Peabody Museum OF Yale University,
and that the thief is the son Of .
professor.
A church at Leavenworth, Kansas,
has adopted . novel schsms to sd
|ths poor. A ssHpnnd uInnl ~
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re- and duss. "
Tho Chicago University has 1000
students and 178 teachers, OF whom
twelve are women. 1t has received
$40, $780, 600 Of which 100000 are
In buildings. Fourteen Of its twenty
one directors are Baptists. About
half its teachers including all Its the
illogical teachers are Baptists.
Chicago is vigorously at work to
prevent, II possible, the national
board Of trade taking any action ia
vorable to Mr.. Bartholdt's bill to
prevent pollution Of the waters of
western rivers. It is armed for fear
the convention may approve the bill,
and It has nearly the entire con-
gressional delegation at work to
prevent such possible action. But
with or without this indor enent the
bill 10 to be earnestly pushed, and the
Missouri delegation, headed by Bar
tholdt, is uniting against tho Chi
csgo contingent, which wants the
way left open for dumping Chica-
go's sewage in the Mississippi riv-
or. The fight in the board Of trade
convention, while carried on quietly,
is none the less vigorous.
United States Post Office Inspec-
tor W. T. Fletcher has just COM
pleted an inspection Of the post
otfce at Georgetown, Ind, and has
put 1t n new hands. tits . village Of
600 Inhabitants. The post office for
more than quarter Of century has
been administered by the Motweiler
family, father and daughter. The
father died 10 years ago. The
daughter now 60 years old, has been
in charge ever since.
Inspector Fletcher found the floor
OF the Office CO. cred Eve feet deep
with mail. 1t required two days
hard work to sort it out. The old
postmistress had made lanes through
this matter. Forty car loads Of
newspapers, some dating back to
1876, were dumped out where the
villagers could pick out their own
mail. Over 1000 undelivered let
ters, with unbroken seals, some Of
them postmarked 20 years ago, we're
delivered. Miss Motweiler lived In
the same house, of two rooms, and
had for her companions ten cats.
Thirty -three pounds OF copper cents
which, with silver coin, amounted to
t1O0 were in tho office.
At the recent meeting Of tho Ma
tionsl Editorial Association, at
st. Augustine, Florida, Chsutau-
qua, N. Y, Asbury Park, Salt
Lake, Denver, Galveston and New
Orleans sought the honor OF the
next meeting place. Galveston wa
unanimously selected. The follow
ing officers were elected for the ON.
suing yesr President, R. II. Thomas,
"Farmers' Fr 'end,u Mechanicsburg,
Fa.; vice presidents, Lozis Holt
man, Indiana; 8. r. Craig, Cali
fornia; ]. w. Gilmore, Louisiana,
corresponding secretary, J. M. Page,
illinois; recording secretary, A. b.
Pierce, Colorado; treasurer, James
G. Gibbs, Ohio.
j Executive committee ~. A.
| Roundtree, Alabama; Ed Land
,iSerght, Kansas Wallace O. Brown,
lphsxies A. Gardener, California; x.
4 b. Gocpsz, (Joicrsdo5 INK O. ehsrp,
| Conns cticut; CT Bittonser, Flor.
Ida; w. .. Coleman, 0sorgis, E. a.
snively, George w. Cyrus, J. J.
Fenny, Mrs. =. J. Abbott, Illinois
A. J. Dipboye, J. 3. Sutton, q.
valer, W. Bent Wilson, J. W. Cock.
rum, Indiana; N. q. Milford, Indian
Territoryi Matt Parrott, J. Murphy,
, Sam @. Sloane, A. A. Adams, Iowa.
J. r. Smith, 8. H. Dodge, J. 3.
/ Judkin. Kansas; George 9. Rosser,
, Kentucky; L. 8. Scott, Louisiana; J,
M. Hunter, Maine; Fred Sasscer,
Maryland; O. d. Belden, Minnesota
/ J. W. Buchanan, Mississippii 'R. NJ
, White, John W. Jackson, H. q,