The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-07-09

BY the overturning Of boat in LaiSe
Massapog, near Sharon, Mass, on the
Goth, Choir-m3ster Brackett and four
choir boys of st. Johns Episcopal
church, Charlestown. Mass, who had
gone there for a weeks recreation,
were drowned. Two other boys who
were in the boat were saved.
1T is stated that Gen. Jacques Nico.
las Leger has been appointed minis.
ter to the United States from Hayti to
succeed Mr.. Clement Hietjaens, re.
signed. The new minister is expected
to arrive during July.
THE treasury deficit for the fiscal
year ended on the a0th foots up S25,.
100000; for the past three years the
deficit aggregates S13T, ,OoO.
FIDEL &. PERRA, member of the
Cuban jnntn and chairman of the Gu
ban Fair committee, called upon Gen.
TOmaso Estrada Palma in New York,
on the 3Oth. and handed him check
for $1,000, the first installment of the
proceeds of the Cuban fair. ''This is
not all" said Mr.. Perra. ''As soon as
we settle up completely, l expect tc
give you another check"
A DELEGATION of citizens of New
York and Brooklyn called on Gov. Nor.
ton, on the 3Oth, and urged executive
clemency in behalf of John Y. McKane,
the former Gravesend boss. A per.
sonal letter from McKane to the gov.
ernor was presented by the delegation.
It urged that McKane had fully atoneG
for his crime, and that outraged justice
had been satisfied.
The Confederate Veterans reunion
opened ut Richmond, Va. on the 3Oth.
with charming weather, clear and cool.
An immense throng of people was pres.
ent, and exposition grounds, where the
reunion was held in large auditorium
erected for the purpose, was crowded.
The auditorium was handsomely deco
rated.
IT is considered probable, at Havan.
ma, that Gen. Bradley johnson, who
has been acting as the correspondent
of New York newspaper, will have
to leave Cuba on account of the reports
which he has sent to the United States
regarding Cuban affairs.
The Cheyenne Indians in Montana
have dawned their war paint and are
general uprising. Several troops OF
tuS 1Suth CdSdLy AdEC OCcu W VCICu
from Fort Custer to the Cheyenne
agency at Lame Deer, Custer county,
Mont. The Cheyennes have been un.
usually indolent this spring.
CHARLES w. CLARK, son of w. A.
Clark, the millionaire mine owner,
banker and politician, and Miss Cath.
crime Q. Roberts, of Helena, young
stenographer, were married at Butte,
Mont, on the 30th. The grcom's ia.
ther presented him with a check for
500, ,OOO
BY an explosion of ammunition dur
ing fire in the arsenal near Fort
Moselle, in the German province o!
Lorraine, on the night of the 3Oth, 4:
men were killed and 100 others badly
injured.
BY an explosion of gas in man.
hole of the Edison Electric Co at Wa
bash avenue and South Water street,
Chicago, on the 1st, two men were ia
tally burned and two seriously in
jured.
A DISPATCH from Kobe, Japan, dated
June Is, received on the 1st, said the
steamer Kawanoura Maru had collid-
ed with and sank the Hozui Maru off
Hiroshima during a storm, and that I7s
lives were lost.
The Red Star packet Rahmanieh
bound from Suakim for Suez, broke
her shaft, on the 3Oth, and drifted
upon reef, where she foundered,
and 60 persons, mostly Greeks, were
drowne0