The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-07-16
FORSYTH, MO-, THURSDAY, JULY Is, 1896

THE grand lodge Of tho Benevolent
and Protective Organization Of Elka
met in Cincinnati on the 7til. A final
settlement of old factional differences
was expected to be effected during the
session.
THE two big sailing ships Santa
Clara and City of Philadelphia, which
sailed from New York in February
last for San Francisco, are believed to
have been lost, with all on board, in
the neighborhood of the Falkland is.
lands.
E. NJ. COOPER, general manager of the
Wells-Fargo Express Co. at Oakland,
Cal, died at his home in that city on
the sth. . He was one of the oldest ex-
press officers in the country.
MAURICE GRAU, of the firm of Alb.
bey, Schoeffel s. Grau, the well.lknown
operate and theatrical caterers, will
succeed Sir Augustus Harris as man.
ager of the Covent Garden theater,
London.
TIE New York republican state con-
vention has been called to meet at
Saratoga, August 25, to nominate cam
didates for governor, lieutenant-gov-
ernor and justice of the court of ap.
ceals.
lete, was called to the door of his
home at Detroit, Mich, on the morn
ing of the sth, by an unknown man,
and shot dead as he appeared on the
threshold.
CUBAN messengers who recently ar
rived at Runaway bay, island of ia.
maica, say that the Cuban generals
are preparing to force matters, and
that Havana is practically at their
mercy.
The South Dakota repu blican state
convention at Aberdeen, adjourned, at
six o'clock on the morning of the 9th,
after a continuous session of IL hours,
during which r. s. Gambel and Cole
Crawford We're nominated for con-
gress. The entire state ticket was
nominated by acclamation. Twenty
Sioux Falls delegates withdrew from
the convention, rather than to SUBJ
scribe to the gold plank OF the plat
form.
OK the night OF the 9th, while the
nominations for president were being
made by the National Democratic con-
ventiOn in Chicago no news of the pro-
ceedings were sent from the Bland
headquarters in Lebanon, Mo-, to the
home of the candidate for nomination,
and all the members of the family had
retired before ten o'clock.
The International telegraph con-
vention, held at Buda-Pesth, decided
on the 9th, not to compel the use of
the official voca bulary for cablegrams
in code to and from countries beyond
Europe, known as extra European
business, in which, of course, is in
cluded the United States.
A DISPATCH to the Madrid Impartial
from Havana, on the 9th. said it was Off.
cially stated that Jose Maceo, the rebel
leader, and brother of Antonio Maceo,
the second in command of the rebel
forces, was killed in recent fight in
the province Of Santiago de Cuba.
THE Ancient and Honora BILE Artil-
lerv company of Boston gave a BAN
quet in London. on the night of the
9th, to most distinguished company,
the.prince of Wales and his
brother the duke of Connaught.
AT the Catford track, London, on
the 9th, johnson. the American bicy-
clist, made a mile, with flying start,
in minute a 2-5 seconds, breaking
the record.
The free silver platform was adopt.
ed by a more than two-thirds ma jority
by the National Democratic convention
in Chicago, on the 9th. At the night
session the nominating speeches for
president were delivered.