The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-01-23
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
Cardinal Satolli has been ordered
o Rome.
General Drake has been Inaugural
ed into the offloe Of governor OF
owa.
Asa 8. Bushnell has been inaugn-
ated as governor OF Ohio, to succeed
dsjor William Mckinley.
It was announced on Wall street
hat the administration was assured
hat the popular loan would be a
uccess.
J. B. Foraker has been elected
United States senator from Ohio by
he two houses Of the legislature in
oint session.
John P. Grantger, aged 81 years.
at. Naw Cambria .:undel
-leveland's first term and promi.
nent merchant died last week.
Steps have been taken for the
centennial celebration by the cit
Izens Of Wisconsin, of the admission
Of that state into the union, in 1893
Senator Allison, Of Iowa, has beer
to succeed himself b.
the unanimous choice of the republi
cans Of the state legislature In I
Joint caucus.
The postof1ce safe at Nevada
Texas, was blown open and about $15t
taken. One hundred and nineteel
dollars and seventy Ave cents be-
longed to the postoffice and mono.
order department and the remainde
was individual deposits.
The national democratic commit
tee in session at Washington, D. O.
after twenty nine ballots, selected
Chicago for the holding Of the mex
national democratic convention
The vote was: for Chicago, 2e; TO-
st. Louis, "a; for Cincinnati, 1. Th
conven tion will be convened Of
July 7.
A poll Of members of the demo
cratic national committee on presi
dental preferences has been taken
with the following result:
For Cleveland and third term, 8
opposed to a third term, 8; TO
Whitney, 4; for Morrison, of Illinois
8; for Matthews, Of Indiana, q; 70
Vice. president Stevenson, 2; for
silver man, on-committal.
Mr.. Hubbard, OF Missouri, In tn
house followed his measure appro
priating "a, ,00O,0 for the Missoul
river by another bill providing ~,
600, 900 for the Improvement Of tn
Usage. MIR. Hubbard proposes !
his bill to have $500, 900 expende
every year for period Of four year
OF this amount $3.50, 900 Of the fri
$500, 900 is to be set apart for th
completion Of locks and q dam I
Benecke Shoals. The bill will 60 +
the committee on rivers and har
bors and there Mr.. Hubbard wi
urge its merits. His strongest argu
ment In favor of the Usage river ap
propriation ia based on the recel
disastrous floods along that stream.
The last report Of the treasury sti
tistician shows the exports for d.
cember exceeded the imports |
$50, 1858, 148. The total Of exports {,
the month was s92, ,585, ,5O3, and tt
imports $82, ,2o7, 1857, of which sS2
1853, $50 was dutiable. As compare
with December, 1894, expor
gained tS,OOo,oO0
The total Of exports for the ye
1895 was 1924, ,se6,522, and of in
ports, 1901, ,82e, 1888, givinga balan
of trade In this country's favor
ga, ,269,8 1884. In 1894 the balance
trade was s14s, 7s9, 1907. The @
ports for the two years were abo
the same, but the imports OF l8
were si25, COO, 900 less than In 1se
That accounts for the drain OF gol
The net export OF gold in Decor
ber, 1895, was t14, ,170,299, and I
the year of 1895 IL was s72, 2,065, 81
The net export Of silver for the ye
was s42, 2,55s,s7e.
The immigration for 1895 was 80
b42, against 248, 1888 for 1894.
Ex-senator Geo. g. Wright,
Des Moines, Iowa, died January
He was born at Bloomington, In,
March "a, 1890. He was gradual
1t the state university In Bloomin
ton In 1889, and was admitted to t
bar in 1840. He removed to Keosa
qua, Iowa, tho same year. He "
chosen by the Fifth General Assel
bly,, In 1855, chief justice Of the sta
This office he held until the reorgs
lzation OF the supreme court In Jan
, ary, 1850, when he retired. In I
following June Gov. Kirkwood q
, pointed him q Judge OF the court,
take the place of Lscon d. Stoc
ton, deceased. In 1850 he was
whig candidate for congress In
first district, but the democrats eli
k-S na.aha IN rt Damn Tba 1ssk ktv,x.