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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
Her Profitable Oil Well.

Mrs. John Chris, q colored washer
woman of Ft Scott, Kansas, is realiz-
ing more direct profit from an oil we'll
recently discovered on her suburban lot
than the Standard Oil Company is get
ting from any one of its prospect holes
in that country just now For six
weeks the "well" on her lot has pro-
duced daily sufficient amount Of oil
to support her family at the price of
10 cents per gallon. She defies the re-
fining trust by straining the crude oil
through'a flannel rag, which renders it
apparently pure. and in that condition
1t burns in lamps. stoves, etc. She is
literally patronized by her neighbors.
The oil oozes out of the ground in a
coal pit at depth of fifteen feet 1t
was first discovered in the water of a
small reservoir in the pit from which
Mrs Chris took wash water. Her
first thought was that designing per-
sons had poured the oil in to destroy
the water. and then she thought 1t
came from leak in ground oil tank
across the street. but finally the flow
was discovered.
Mount Zion Baptist church is
lighted wholly by oil from this well.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
CAPITAL NOTES,

The House refused to pass the bill
validating new Mexican railway bonds,
The Arizona land leasing bill be-
came a law without Cleveland's s sigma
ture.
The Senate has agreed to take up
the proposal to investigate the recent
bond sale.
Chaplain F. F. Sherman has re.
signed from the navy to enter the
Catholic church.
The House passed the metric system
bill then reconsidered and sent the bill
back to the committee.
Congressman Grosvenor introduced
the filled cheese bill agreed on by the
committee on agriculture
The consul at Hong Kong has in
formed the state department that the
black plague has broken out there.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
Highest Of all in Leavenng PowerLaes U.s. Govt Report
RN!A!l! q! RsxlIe;s Rs%ds;a
AHSoAUTEEY PUEsE

Bethel for the past two years. has
transferred to Berne, Kansas. The
Rev Tobias the presiding elder of
the district, was sent to Kansas also,
and stationed at Abilene The charges
against the Rev b. f. Thomas, of Leb-
anon, were not sustained by the st.
Louis conference. The Rollins street
Methodist church, of Moberly, raised
last year 81, 200 which was applied to
different items Of church work A
mission has just been held at the
church connected with st. Mary's
seminary, Perry LLring the quarter
just closed total of ., GO7 persons at
tended the Columbia Baptist Sunday
School--an average of more than 200
each Sunday. The health of the Rev.
/. N. Kincaid, who has been preach
ing for the Christian church at Holden.
is so poor that he will seek relief in
California The labors of the revival
ist, the Rev. Ben Deering, have been
followed by 200 conversions in Ver-
sailles. The First CONGREGATIONAL
church, of Hannibal, was the second
church of that denomination organized
in Missouri.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
Leo XIII on Arbitration.

Cardinal Rampolia, acting for the
pope, has indited letter to the editor
of the London Chronicle as follows
"Sir-Amongst the most precious
gifts the Divine Redeemer bestowed
upon the world was that of peace, and
no better desire can exist than that
peace should reign upon the earth.
Justly, therefore, the pope, as vicar
eternal of the Prince of Peace, desires
to cooperate in every effort toward
the maintenance of the concord and
union of hearts among the nations. On
this account, His Holiness, being in
formed by me of the earnestness with
which you are promoting the institu-
tion of permanent tribunal for the
purpose of deciding international con.
troversies and safeguarding the people
from the perils of war, can not but
show his satisfaction and express the
wish that God will happily crown
these praiseworthy efforts with sue
cess. -
A dispatch says the pope has ex-
pressed his approval to Cardinals Glib
bons, Vaughn and Logue of their sign
ing the appeal for Anglo-American ar
bitration.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
To Locate a Boundary Line.

The commission consisting Of Cen
eral Harding. of Missouri, Peter A.
Dye Of Iowa. and Dwight C. Morgan,
Of Illinois, have begun work to settle
the long disputed boundary line be
tween Mercer county, Mo- and Deca-
tur county, Iowa The strip Of terri.
tory in dispute is six miles long, and
has been questioned for more than a
quarter of century.
On this particular strip the monu-
ments and landmarks were destroyed
years before the dispute began, and
from their destruction trouble arose,
which has cost the lives of many dis
putants The matter was carried into
the courts, and finally reached the
supreme court of the United States,
which decided that the question could
best be settled by commission. Ac-
cordingly the legislatures Of the two
states appointed commissioner each.
They selected Mr.. Morgan, railroad
commissioner of Illinois, as a third
member. The commission will make
survey of the disputed boundary line
and collect large volume of testi-
mony. They expect this work to oc-
cupy them at least a month.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
Clark Renominated.

In the First Missouri district repub-
lican convention Maj. G. N. Clark,
present incumbent was nominated for
congress by acclamation. For dele,
gates to the St Louis convention Ed
W. Robinson, Of Clark, and James
Park, of Macon, were selected. with
A. L. Baker. of Schuyler, and A. T.
Freeman. Of Shelby, as alternates.
The resolutions renew allegiance to
the principles of the republican party.
favor protection anu :e"ir-ocity, favor
honest money Of gold. silver and paper,
denounce the administration Of the
affairs Of the pension bureau. de,
nounce the administration of the f.
nances of the country, favor Mckinley
as first choice for president, and in.
struct the delegates to st. Louis to
vote for him as long as there Is chance
for his nomination; indorse the acts
and services Of Hon. q. N. Clark in
congress, sympathize with Hon. G. ].
Filley In his recent bereavement. In.
dorse Hon Q. !. Filley and instruct
the delegates to vote for him as Mis-.
souri's member Of the republican ma.
tional committee.
In the matter Of deciding between
Maj. r. D. Cramer. Of Memphis. and
Jacob Sands. Of Kirksyille az candi-
dakaa for staka sudifor n haIlok ve-
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
Oregon Republicans.

The Oregon republican state conven-
ton adopted a resolution instructing
the delegates to the St Louis conven-
tion for Mckinley.
The following is the financial plank
in full:
1.-THE American people, from tradi
tion and interest, favor bimetallism,
and the republican party demands the
use of both gold and silver as standard
money, with such restriction and un-
der such provisions, to be determined
by legislation, as will secure the main
tenance of the party of values of the
metals so that the purchasing and debt
paying power of the dollar, whether of
silver, gold or paper, shall be at all
times equal. The interest of the pro-
ducers of the couutry-its farmers and
its workingmen demand that every
dollar paper or coin, issued by the
government shall be as good as any
other dollar. /"
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
AROUND THE CAPITAL.

The House passed the District Of
Columbia appropriation bill after a
sharp A. p. A. debate.
Indications are that Annapolis will
not turn out enough cadets to fill all
the vacancies in the navy this year.
The committee on claims made re-
port in favor of refunding to the city
of Cairo, Illinois, the sum of S7,976,
paid out for the improvement of the
streets around the United States build
ing at Cairo. e..-- -
Congressman Bartholdt lodged an.
other protest against Jefferspn Bar.
racks prescription against ambulances
from st. Louis 10 Quarantine.
The consul general has reporssa 70
the state department that the c0asua Y
tion Of tobacco In Germany IL II
pounds per capita per annum.
Inquiry among members Of the
House postofitea committee shows
that 1t is alrapst osytain the Senate
amepdment psphibi>tbs She consolida-
tioYof posss M IN agreed to.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
Utah Republicans.

The Utah republican state conven-
tion elected Frank J. Cannon, Arthur
Brown, G, e. Allen, Isaac Trumbo,
W. S. Mccormick and Thomas Keranes
as delegates to the St Louis conven-
tion.
The platform is confined almost en-
tirely to protection and bimetallism
and the sense Of the convention is ex.
pressed in the following language:
I'VE believe in protective tariff ;
we believein reciprocity we believe
in bimetallism. which is the full
recognition alike Of gold and silver,
and their free coinage in the mints Of
the nation at the ratio of 10 to l..
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
DoINGs OF YOUR NEIGHBoRs.

The Nevada asylum board has Sc
lected Dr. S. A. johnson, of Spring.
field to take the place recently vacated
by DR.. Warden.
The Board of Education at Joplin
will use zinc shingles on their new
building. The manufacturers of these
shingles claim they will last forty
years if properly laid.
Farmers in Pulaski and Maries
counties have been victlmized by
fakir who went around taking orders
for tive-cent sugar, and free dinners
from the agriculturists
While a large force of men were ex-
cavating reservoir for the water
works company at Tarkio, one bank
cayed in on twelve of the workmen
One man was fatally injured and an.
other seriously.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
Pardoned by the President.

A peculiar case where the president
was obliged to come to the relief of a
man who tried. and for time in
vain, to go into Jail to serve his SEN
tence, came to light in the routine
presentation of pardon cases. ], Reu
ben Phillips was the man, and for
working in distillery without any
sign" he was arrested by revenue
agents and sentenced by the court in
South Carolina to three months in Jail.
That was at the September term OF
court last year, and for some reason,
may be to permit the man to harvest
his little crops, the judge in the. SEN
tence provided that the term Of i'm
prisonment should not begin until
after the first of January Of this year.
The rest of the story is told in the
presidents Endorsement upon the case,
which is as follows: "Granted. This
prisoner was sentenced to three
months Imprisonment. to begin Janu.
ary 1, 1896. On that day he reported
at the Jail for the purpose Of entering
upon his term. and was refused admit
tance because his commitment papres
had not arrived For this reason he
did not begin his term until February
II, 1896. If he had been admitted on
the day his sentence required, his term
would have expired before the present
time In view Of this fact and the
pitiable condition of his family. and
upon the recommendation of the judge
and district attorney this pardon is
nrantad -
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
SCRAPS OF MISSOURI NEWS

The stock law was everlastingly de-
feated in Polk county.
In Missouri the best coal is usually
reached within 200 feet of the surface,
The Marion county toll bridge
charges bicycles the same as footmen.
The W. G. T. U. national convention
will be held in st. Louis November 13
to 1S, 1896
The Tarkio river is to be greatly
improved in the near future The
estimated cost will be $11, 978.
The new catalogue of the State Uni
versity will report 20, 900 volumes and
2s. 900 pamphlets in the library. This
is within 3, 900 volumes of the number
consumed in the old building when it
was destroyed by fire
The $50, 900 libel suit instituted by
Theodore Stegner, Of Kansas City,
against Rev. B. h Leesman. pastor of
the Lutheran church at Boonville, was
called for trial but Stegner did not ap-
pear. and his attorneys withdrew
from the case. and 1t was dismissed by
default
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16

After two days debate the House,
by vote of 100 to IS, passed the Gros-
venor filled cheese bill The democrats
voted solidly against the measure, to-
gether with IL republicans Practic-
ally the only amendment adopted was
one reducing the tax on retail dealers
from $40 to S12. The bill requires the
manufacturers Of filed cheese to pay a
tax of S400 annually, the wholesale
dealers $3.50 and the retail dealers SIC,
and for failure to pay such tax inn
posed upon manufacturers fine of
from Si00 to So, 600, upon wholesale
dealers from $3.50 to 81, 000 and upon
retail dealers from $40 to $500. 1t also
requires the branding of filled cheese"
and its sale only from original pack
ages. The penalty for false branding
is fine of from $50 to $500, The bill
requires all retail dealers to post con.
spicuously sign, "Filled cheese sold
here. "
In addition it imposes tax of one
cent per pound on filled cheese, the tax
TO he paid by the manufacture.
Imported "filled cheese is subjec
ted to duty of eight cents per pound.
The act is to go into effect on the 10th
day after its passage
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
Cuban Insurgents Recognized.


The Cuban resolutions were agreed
upon by the House, 244 to 81, having
already passed the Senate
Those who voted in the negative
were: Republican--Arnold, of Rhode
Island Atwood, Black of New York.
Boutelle, Daniels, Draper. Gillett Of
New York, Gillett Of Massachusetts,
Grout, Lefeyer, Mott Of Massachusetts,,
Moody. Poole. Simpkins. Wadsworht,
Walker Of Virginia, Wright. is; dem.
ocrats-Berry, Black Of Georgia, Gull
berson, Elliott. Elicit Lockhart.
Tucker, Turner of Georgia, Taylor, 0.
The resolutions are as follows:
Resolved, By the Senate (the
House of Representative concurring
therein). that in the opinion of con-
gress q condition of public war exists
between the government Of Spain
and the government proclaimed and
for some time maintained by force
of arms by the people of Cuba and
that the United States Of America
should maintain strict neutrality be-
tween the contending powers, accord
ing to each all the rights of belliger-
ents in the ports and territory of the
United States -..
Resolved, further, That the friendly
Offices of the United States should be
offered by the president to the Spanish
government for the recognition of the
independence Of Cuba.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
GENERAL NEWS.
Gustavus Koerner Dead.

Gustavus Koerner, ex-lieutenant gov
ernor of Illinois, died at his home in
Belleville, Illinois. He was born at
Frankfort. on the. Main, in 1905, and
came to this country and to Belleville
in 1883. He was member of the leg
islature and judge Of the supreme
court prior to 1856. In 1859 he was
elected lieutenant governor as dem
ocrat In 1854 he took decided stand
against the extension Of slavery and
came in touch with Lincoln, Trumbull
and other leaders Of the republican
party. He was in the war as a mem
Der Of the staff of General Fremont
and General Halleck was minister to
Spain and occupied several other prom
inent public positions.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16

The people of Boonville mean bust
ness about the construction Of a wagon
and motor bridge across the Missouri
at that point. Last Saturday night a
company was organized for its con-
struction, with capital Of SO, 600, and
application will be made at once to
the secretary Of state for a charter.
ssusf5x Vest. and Congressman Hub
!. sl+8 y sssster irnfnediateiy INTRO
duSt iHEsAsch branch Of congress an act
authorfzing the building of the bridge.
The corporation will be called the Boon.
vile and Howard County Bridge Com
pany! with the following board of di-
rectofs J. f. Gmelich, president J.
s. Elliott, vice president I. A. John
son, secretary; A. II. Sauter, treas
urer II. T. Hudson, Charles Meir.
hotter, f. W. Michell W. NJ. Will
liahs and c. f. Leonard
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16

Illinois. Undoubtedly" replied Mr..
Dockery cit is economical as to each
individual contract but the result has
shown that wherever the government
enters upon the policy of giving its
note instead Of paying cash, the ex-
penditures become recklessly extrava-
CANT Members in this way get
small appropriation for some local
improvement to start with and mort
gage the treasury for completing the
work -
Mr. Hepburn's (republican, of
Illinois), speech in opposition to the
measure was sensational. There was
he began, nothing in the bill in the
way of "pork" for his district but he
added that there was enough in It for
other districts to insure its passage,
and he felt that nothing he would be
able to say would stop 1t In its stately
march to the statute books He read
the amounts that would 60 to the
various states enumerated above, to
!, s,spry bow tae t'porkg was distributed.
and then proceeded to make an attack
on the appropriations in the bill for
the Mississippi River Commission.
The bill carried 1926, 900 for the COM
mission, he said, and authorized con-
tracts aggregating So, 875, OO0
Right here, Mr.. Speaker, he said,
"I want it understood that / do not
object to legitimate appropriations for
the great waterways Of the country.
What desire to rebuke are the
methods adopted to secure the passage
of this bill. In most cases in this
bill there is q fragrant bestowal Of the
largeness of the government -
Proceeding, he said that in the last
10 years there had been expended
through the Mississippi River Com
mission 500, 600, 900. Most of 1t was
money thrown away. The scheme of
the Mississippi River Commission, he
declared, had been a fraud from its
inception. Its real purpose was to
reclaim swamp lands given to the states
on condition of their reclamation
Since the scheme had been devised
two.thirds Of the appropriations had
been applied to this purpose and but
one-third to the work of deepening
the channel.
MIR. Catchings democrat, of Mis-.
sissippi), replied to Mr. Hepburn's
attack and paid high tribute to the
bill.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
Allen Wants II Not.

United States Senator w. v. Allen
has sent letter to Governor Holcomb
declining to be a candidate on the pop
ulist ticket for presidential honors.
He explained that others in the party
deserved the recognition and his busi-
ness would not permit of such an ar
rangement In Nebraska it has been
generally understood that Allen was o
presidential candidate.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
Rivers and Harbors Bill.

In the House Mr.. Hooker, of New
York, chairman Of the river and harbor
committee, moved to suspend the rules
and pass the river and harbor bill
He asked that the reading Of the bill
be dispensed with, but Mr.. Richardson,
of Tennessee. objected to passing bill
carrying millions Of dollars without
the formality of reading II. The House
voted to take up the bill under sus-
pension of the rules Objection was
made to extension of time for debate
and after thirty minutes debate the
bill was passed by rising vote of ai6
to 40. the opposition not being strong
enough to secure yea and nay vote
Mr.. Dockery democrat Of Missouri, }
In his speech in opposition to the bill,
said that he favored just appropria-
tions for the great waterways of the
country but he did not believe such
appropriations should be obtained by
the improvement of unimportant
streams. He added that even though
he might favor every item In this bill.
he would oddose its passage under a
motion to suspend the rules, which
would prevent debate and amendment
An explanation OF this unusual pro-
ceeding was that some of the members
were clamoring for larger appropria
tions. and IT was not safe to trust the
bill In their hands. lest its items
would be largely increased.
That might be the correct explana-
iton. This bill carried liabilities
amounting to over $5i. 0o0. 600, which
with the amount actually appropriated
made 1t aggregate over 500, 000. 600.
Such an enormous appropriation. he
submitted, was entitled to the careful
consideration Of the House under the
ordinary rules, which would allow the
debate and amendment Of each para
graph. He denounced 1t AZ high.
handed proceeding. Proceeding. be
reviewed the rapid growth and de-
velopment Of the continuing contract
systsm inaugurated BY the Fifty,Arst
c0ngresA
Has not experisncs shown that
This system is economicalr e. inter
rnpted NJ. Hopkins (republican. Of
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
Verdict for the Telegraph Company.

Some time ago j. H. Nelson, of
Shelbina, had chance to sell out his
interest in race horse for $500. B.
p. Rutledge, of Clarence, Mo-, had a
lien on the animal and it was necessary
for him to get the latter's consent be.
fore selling He accordingly sent the
following dispatch "B. p. Rutledge,
Clarence, Mo. IF possible. come to
Shelbina in the morning. J. II. Mel
son. " The agent of the Western
Union Telegraph Company at Clarence
postponed the delivery of the message
for three days. Meanwhile the horse
buyers enthusiasm cooled off Mel
son was compelled later to take only
500 for his interest in the stecd. He
brought suit against the telegraph
company to recover $500 damages.
The appellate court reverscs this de-
cision for the reason that there was
nothing in the telegram to Indicate to
the agent. that there was any import
ance attached to it.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16

J. A. Morler, of company d.. Thirty
first Missouri infantry died in 1864
from wounds received at Vicksburg.
Several years later his widow relin-
quished her pension to marry another
ex-soldier X. A. Walker. She was
loft destitute ,,y walkers death suur
years ago and sought to obtain another
pension by virtue of being his widow.
In accumulating evidence she dis
covered wife of Walker by a prior
marriage Her next move was to file
an application for restoration to her
rights as Morler's widow.
By ruling of the pension depart
ment she was required to obtain a
decree Of divorce from Walker, which
she did, and has received notice that
her pension has been restored. She
gets So, 200 and S12 month.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
Rhode Island Republicans for Gold, !.

The following were elected delegates
at large from Rhode Island to st
Louis at the republican convention
Edward Freeman, Central Falls, Ed
Mayre, Providence; Albert Liecbter
Waverly, and S. W. Allen, East Green.l
wich. The alternates are Senator And-i
rev ], Currier, Cumberland ; Laurian,
Sharps, Jr., Providence; Williams s
Stearns, Pawtucket, Col qhhxIe,,
Childs. Pawtucket. x Z
The delegates, ,sser@x SRA
The only platform adopted vas q res5s
luton presented by the Providence
board of trade, which declared in favor
of gold as monetary standard, in
favor of q national court Of arbitra-
tion and denounced the free coinage Of
silver.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1896-04-16
NEWS in BRIEF.

Ballington Booth and Mrs Booth
Tucker. his sister. had conference,
but the situation is unchanged.
The inhabitants Of British Guiana
have suspended business pending the
outcome Of the boundary dispute.
Louis Derlacher. known as Attila.
the strong man. was married to Rosa
Sanders by Mayor Strong at New York
The mayor was afraid to kiss the
bride
BY vote Of 80 to 80 the New York
Methodist Episcopal conference de-
cided against the amendment recon-.
mending that lay delegates to the gen.
eral conference be either male or fs-
mala