The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-09-17

OFFICIAL advices from Manila, on
the 9th, said that the Philippine is.
land rebels, who were intrenched at
Cavitc, had retreated to the interior,
burning tho houses along their line of
march.
THE body of R. r. Taylor. wealthy
attorney of Bloomfield, Ind, was
found in his buggy near Clay City
on the 9th. A bullet hole was dis
covered in his head, and his hands
were bound behind him.
TORPEDO boat No. was successfully
launched from the Herreshof shops at
Bristol, r. L. on the 9th.
THE great ST. Louis exposition was
opened for its thirteenth annual sea.
son of 40 days, on the evening of the
9th, in the presence of an audience
outnumbering that of any previous
opening night. The musical pro-
gramne was rendered by Gilmore's
band, under the direction of Victor
Uerbers. and feature of the exer.
cises was the presentation of a life-size
memorial picture of Patrick Sarsfield
Gilmore. done in cathedral glass. by
Mr.. Charles Balmer.
AS A preliminary to the celebration.
at Cleveland, O.. of the anniversary of
Commodore Perry's victory on Lake
Erie in 1919 the marble statue Of the
ma val hero in Wade park, first erected
in 1851, was decorated, on the 9th, with
flowers. There were appropriate cere-
monies. Ex-senator Butler, of South
Carolina, a nephew of Perry, made the
address.
the 9th, gave out his formal letter OF
acceptance of the nomination for the
presidency of the United States tend
cred him by the Democratic national
convention held at Chicago. Mr..
Bryan declares that he fully indorses
every plank in the Chicago platform.
Hon. GARRETT A. HOBART, on the
9th, sent to Chairman Fairbanks OF
the notification committee of the Re-
publican national convention his
formal letter of acceptance OF the
vice ce-presidential nomination.
TIE city of Paris was visited by q
! tornado, on the 10th. which did i'm.
mense damage to buildings, trees and
vehicles on the streets. Many per-
| sons, mostly cabdrivers, were injured
ard some lives were lost. The west
! end of the city escaped, while the
severest damage was experienced
along the River Seine.
THE president, on the 10th, granted
| full pardon to Oscar z. Hill, sen.
| fenced in Utah, three years ago, to ten
years imprisonment for making false
| entries in the books of a national
| bank, of which he was cashier. The
pardon is granted by the president
'.solely out of pity for the convict's
aged mother" recently widowed.
| Ex-Gov. JOHN YoUNG BROWN, OF
kentucky. while trying to board a
Fourth avenue street car at the Lou
isville Southern crossing in Louisville,
on the 10th, slipped and fell to the
| ground, breaking his lame right leg,
| his right arm and collar bone.
| CHARLES BRYAN, cashier of the De-
troit (Mich.( customhouse, is alleged
to be short 50 600 in his accounts, as a
result of dealing in wheat options.
Special treasury agents are examining
| his accounts.
| FIVE vessels were wrecked at Point
Judith, r. l., during the storm of the
| 9th, but it is believed that all hands
| were saved. The wind at one time
reached velocity of so miles an hour
| at Point Judith.
| A SLIGHT shock of earthquake was
| felt at Grand Tower, H., at 6:2;
o'clock on the morning of the 10th. II
came from a northwesterly direction,
and lasted 80 seconds.