The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-09-10

The battle ships Families and Ira.
falgar, hagships of the British Med.
iterranean squadron, and IL other
British warships left Malta, ON the 1st,
for the Levant.
AN explosion in the nitroglycerine
house of the California Powder Co., at
Pinole, CAL, on the 1st, wrecked the
building and caused the death of ~
workmen, eight Chinese and four white
men.
RT. Hon. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN,
British secretary of state for the colo.
MES, was passenger on the steamer
Teutonic. which arrived at New York,
on the I'd, from Liverpool. His visit
will be brief one, as he intends re.
turning home in about fortnight.
The steamer Laurada, the Cuban fl.
ibuster, which recently landed at
Navassa and transferred her men and
arms to the tug Dauntless, and later
arrived at Port Antonio, Jamaica, has
been grounded. 1t is suspected that
her mishap was the result of foul play.
A DISPATCH to the London Times
from st. Petersburg says that the tour
of the czar throughout western Eu-
rope will not be changed on account
of the death of the Russian minister
of foreign affairs, Prince Lobanoff- -Ros-
tovslSy.
A DISPATCH from Lowell observatory,
Flagstaff, Ariz-, to Harvard observa-
tory, on the Cd, announced the re-dis.
covery, by DIR. Lee, of the companion
to Sirius-in position angle 2l9 degrees
and distance SO. This companion was
first seen in 1859.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Rome, on
the 81, said it was rumored there that
King Humbert will announce his alb.
dication after the marriage of the
prince of Naples, the heir apparent, to
Princess Helene of Montenegro.
The gold Democratic national con.
vcntion which met at Indianapolis,
on the Cd, held two short sessions and,
after effecting permanent organiza.
ton, ad jOurned until the Sd.
The turret battleships Navarin and
Imperator Alexander IL, the torpedo
cruiser Pocadnik and two torpedo boat
destroyers, all belonging to the Rus
sian Cronstadt squadron, have been
sent to the Mediterranean.
Mrs. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, on the
I'd, denied the published report that
her hus bands condition was precari.
Gus.
In the democratic state convention
at Concord. n. H., on the Cd, resolu.
tion indorsing the administration Of
President Cleveland was rejected over
whelmingly on rising vote, only 81
rising insthe affirmative.
The steamer Rosedale, with $50 pas
sengers on board, was struck, in the
East river off Broome street, New
York city, on the Sd, by a Twenty
third-street ferryboat, and sank in
about five minutes. The Rosedale was
on her way to Bridgeport at the time.
All the passengers, it is said, were
picked up by passing craft.
DURING the exercises at the Audi
torium at st. Paul, Mimi, on the Sd,
Col. Thomas G. Lawler, of Rockford,
ILL.,, the past commander-in-chief of the
G. A. R., was presented with gold
watch and long gold neck chain as a
token of the esteem and love felt for
him by the grand army throughout
the country.
Ex-GOv. FRANCIS, of Missouri, took
the oath of Office as secretary of the
interior in Secretary Carlisle's office,
upon the discharge of his new duties.
THE National encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic, in session
at St. Paul, Mimi, on the I'D, selected
Buffalo, N. Y, as the place of holding
the next general l'encampment. There
was practically no opposition.