The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-06-25
MISSOURI srArE NEWS.

/ MISSOURI STATE NEWS,
The Health Commissionsr OF ST Loszs
The people of St Louis sre proud Of
their health commissioner, DR.. Stark.
Ion. His fight on filthy dairics At
tracted attention throughout the coun-s
try, and he did not cease his efforts
until the people of the city were reason
ably sure of pure milk. There Is NO
| question but hundreds IT children
have been killed annually in St Louis
by being fed milk from COWS that
were diseased or stabbed in disease-
breeding holes. He stood up for
the children, and won the admiration
and respect of every mother In the city.
When the cyclone swept St Louis, and
hundreds were injured, and many
dead and dying, the doctor displayed
that quality that all true men and
women admire, heroism- His arm was
broken by flying debris, but notwith-
standing that fact, he remained in
charge Of his department night and
day. The city hospital was wrecked.
new quarters had to be secured, tho
| people were demoralized, but St. Louis
l
suffering great physical pain, with his
own home in ruins, was cool and coli
lected, tireless and brave. Many owe
their lives to his noble work. Yes. St
| Louis is proud Of her health commis-
sioner. proud of his ability. proud Of
his courage.
| Cyclone Loss In st. Louis.
| The board of assessors of st. Louis
has made the following returns Of
damages caused by the cyclone:
The number of buildings considers.
bly, damaged were according to
Mr.. Frederick's figures. 7,26s.
The number of houses only
partially damaged, or to an extent not
exceeding SIS each, was 1r24o. making
. total of s.512 buildings damaged by
the storm. The losses apportioned by
Mr.. Frederick fall considerably short
of what was generally supposed they
would he. His figures are as follows:
toss % peIsonsi properly housenoid' -
Loss i on machinery, stock. merchan. .'
disc and oil other property not in
Guided In the above. 7...--........- i.Soec0o
Of the buildings mentioned a2l were
| entirely destroyed: 2,651 cost less than
! 5000 each, and LII cost less than
| d, 500 each
If all the buildings that were consid-
| erably damaged ae feet front and were
placed adjoining each other they
would occupy 33 miles front If all the
| buildings that were totally demolished
occupied 25 feet front and were placed
adjoining each other they w0uld oc-
| cupy one and one-half miles front.
Anti-Female Suffrage.
Mrs. w. Winslow Crannell, chair
woman of the executive committee OF
the Woman's Anti-Suffragc association
of New York made strong protest to
the committee on resolutions of the
National republican convention in ST.
Louis against the insertion of female
suffrage plank in the republican plat
form. When questioned in regard to
her mission in st. Louis she said:
"You are not aware, perhaps, that in our
| state the woman suffragists are remarkably
| active. though numerically weak. When the
l New York constitutional convention met In
| 1894 they had o powerful lobby urging that tho
| word male be omitted from the provision de-
flnfng legal voters. At that time their claims
OF success were loud that they attracted
| Fuuch attention, and o fear that suffrage might
| be forced upon the women OF New York caused
| the organization OF an antl-sunrage movement.
which afterward amalgamated into our asso-
| citation. We opposed the suffragists before the
convention and assisted In defeating them-
This done. we thought the matter disposed OF
for another 20 years-the interval between
constitutional conventions-and rested on our
oars. still maintaining. however, ous organtxa-
lion"
Maid OF Honor Appointed.
DR.. s. s. Haine, of Cape Girardeau,
has appointed Miss Christine Wheeler
as maid of honor for the Fourteenth
congressional district to the confeder.
ate reunion at Richmond, Va, on june
| TO- Miss Wheeler is a daughter of tho
] late Gen. T. F. Wheeler, and is q highly
accomplished and handsome young
lady, who will do honor to the district
she expects to represent
A Young aaan Drowned.
John McClenny. aged 10, SON of J. R
McClenny, who resides just west Of
Nevada, was drowned in Little Dry
wood river. He had gone bathing
with several companions He made .
dive and did not rise to the surface.
and it Is supposed he was taken with
| cramps.
| Pike County Rebuilding B.idgss
! The county court of Pike county has
contracted with st. Lonis firm for
| two iron bridges, one over Indian
creek and the other over Grassy creek,
to cost 81, 800. Pike county has suffered
greatly in the loss of bridges by the
recent floods
| Tcachers' Academy.
The eleventh annual session OF tho
Missouri teachers academy opened At
Pertle Springs the other day. The or
ganization of the academy took place
ct Sweet Springs during the session Of
the State Teachers association, June
10, 1885,
Their Benefactor o nknown.
A friend of the Young Mems Chris
tian association. who does not want
his name to be known, has just given
| $5, 600 to the South Side branch, St
Louis, for the purpose of extinguish-
| ing its Indebtedness.
| Made An Assignnent.
| T. G. Harley & Bros, of Paris. have
made an assignment for the benefit OF
| creditors Liabilities supposed to b