The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-06-11

A CABLEGRAM from Ambassador Bay.
ard, on. the Sd, informed Secretary Oh
ney that ratifications of the Behring
sea claims treaty had just been ex-
changed in London. The treaty will
be made public simultaneously in
Great Britain and the United States.
ALEXANDER H. McGuFFEY, a promi.
ncnt attorney of Cincinnati, and au.
thor Of the series of school books bear
ing his dAme, which have been used by
children of several generations, died
at his late home on Mt. Auburn, a sub.
urb of Cincinnati, on-the Sd.
NJ. THIEBAUT, formerly consul for
pointed first secretary of the French
embassy at Washington.
The Kansas Democratic state con.
vention at Topeka, on the Sd, elected a
solid silver delegation to the Chicago
convention.
HERR RoHLFs, the African explorer,
died at his residence at Ruengsdorf-on.
Rhine, on the Sd.
Miss LUCILLE CALDWELL and Rev. J.
p. Halsell eloped from Danville, KY,
to Cincinnati, on the Sd, and were mar
ried. The bride is the youngest daugh-
ter of Judge Logan w. Caldwell and
the groom young minister of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church.
THE Indian widow of P Peter Seyeres,
who died at Caughnawaga, Can, re-
Gently, was, according to the Indians,
born in 177s, and was pure-blooded
Iroquois. Her great age of 11s years
gave her great prestige among her peo-
pie.
PERsIMMoN. the prince of Wales colt,
at to against, won the Derby. Leo.
pold de Rothschild's st. Frusquin was
second. and Fl. E. Beddington's Earwig
third. Persimmon's was the best Derby
time since 1867.
RESIDENTS of Eastwoods Heights, a
suburb of Syracuse, N. Y, are wildly
excited over the finding of gold in pay
ing quantities. The ore was discov-
cred by J. F. Batter, while digging a
well. at depth of 40 feet.
THE Oregon legislature. just elected,
is republican in both branches. It will
stand about as follows: Senate Re-
publicans, 25; opposition, 5. House
Republicans, &c; opposition, "a.
A DISPATCH from Athens, on the 4th,
said that a detachment of Turkish
troops, 35 in number, which had re-
turned to the recently besieged town of
Vames, for the purpose of removing
war material, was attacked by Cretans
and cut to pieces, only two succeeding
in making their escape.
AUSTIN CoRBIN, the railroad mag.
nate, was thrown from his carriage in
front of his farm house near Newport,
N. H., on the .4th, and SO badly injured
that he died few hours later. His
coachman, John Stokes, met like
fate. and Corbin Edgell, a nephew, and
Paul Kunzier, who, with Mr.. Corbin,
were just starting on fishing trip,
were also thrown out and very seri-
ously injured.
In the United States district court
at st. Louis, on the 4th, Judge Adams
sentenced Horace r. Coudy to Is
months in the Randolph county Jail
at hard labor. Coudy was a clerk in
the money-order division of the st.
Louis post Office, and pleaded gull ty
to embezzling money-order funds.
DETECTIVES McCAULEY AND EVAN.
HOE, with their prisoners, VIM. Dun.
lop and VIM. Turner, arrived at New
York from Liverpool on the 4th. Dun
lop and Turner declined to make any
statement in relation to the robbery
of the Burden family diamonds.
On the 4th the senate passed, with
out amendment, the house flled-cheese
bill, by vote of 81 to Is.