The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-10-08

LIE AAShA0ANs 8h " AOSS
decorative paintings have delighted
thousands at the New York art exhi
bition, is now Mrs Thunder Cloud
having married her Indian model, the
; handsomest warrior of the Sioux tribe
81 JAMES W. HENDERSON,, a prominen,
attorney and pus'ic official of Rich
mond, Ind, was arrested, on the night
s of the 26th, on a charge of embezzlina
about 81, 500 from Woodward lodge OF
odd fellows, of which he was the sec
retary.
PRESIDENT CLEyELAND'S suburb ban
home at Woodley, near Washington
city, was badly wrecked, on the morn.
ing of the 3Oth, by the storm that
swept over aud wrought such havoc in
the national capital. Roof and rafters
were carried away and landed SOC
yards distant
A DISPATCH from Bombay. on the
30th, said: 1.-The drought continues in
northern and central India, where
there has been no rain for many weeks.
The crops in those sections have utter
ly failed, and grain riots have occurred
in many places as the result of the
scarcity of cereals"
THE weekly statement of the asso.
ciated banks of New York city, issued
on the Goth, showed the following
changes: Reserve. increase, So. .761. $50;
loans, decrease, 81 ,22s ESQ; specie, in
crease, ss95, 900; legal tenders, increase.
g. 1854, 600; deposits, increase, s., ,392, 900;
circulation, increase, S499, 200.
Tue Vienna correspondent of the
London Daily News telegraphed, on
the 1st, that the powers had agreed
upon a pacific settlement of the east
ern question honorable to all parties.
He added that the agreement amply
guarantees the future security of the
Armenians.
A DISPATCH from Constantinople. on
the 3Oth, said: 1.-The Turkish govern
ment tribunal has sentenced to Is
years imprisonment each number of
Mussulmans who were convicted of
taking part in the recent riots. These
are the first rioters who have been
tried and found guilty since the late
nassacres."
MISS MARGARET, daughter of Charlie.
Jefferson and granddaughter of the
veteran actor, Joseph Jeffer son, was
united in marriage at Buzzard's Bay,
Mass, on the 2sth, to Mr.. Glen Nc
Donough, of New York city. The
president and Mrs. Cleveland, who are
personal friends of the Jeffersons,
were present.
A DEVASTATING storm, said to have
been worse than that of 1893, visited
the coast of Georgia, on the Goth. At
Savannah many lives were lost and
81, coo, 0OOdamage to property including
shipping in the harbor, was done. At
Brunswick loss of life and $500, 600
damage to property resulted. Many
other places suffered severely.
The Bath iron works of Maine will
build two 3Oknot torpedo boats and
the Union iron works of San Francisco
the remaining one; Wolf & Zwicler,
of Portland, Ore, the 221k-knot boats,
and of the little 2O-knot boats, Herre-
schoff will have three; the Columbia
iron works, of Baltimore, two, and
Hillman & Bros, of Philadelphia, one.
/, AT the coroner's inquest held in Mon
treal, Can, on the 29th, on the body
of Lee Tung, Chinaman who died the
day before, medical evidence was pre-
sented showing that death had result
I'D from leprosy. Lee Tung had been
living there for over a year. The jury
asked the health authorities to take
all n v,rou0nt tho dPaAA
disease from spreading.
THE will of Edison Keith, Chicago
capitalist and business man, who re-
Gently committed suicide by drown
ing. was admitted to probate on the
29th. Mr.. Keith left an estate valued
at 81, SOC. 900, of which 81, 1OO. 900 is per.
sonal property. The estate, with the
exception of SIC, 900, which goes to the
Old Peoples home on Indiana avenue.
Is divided up among the family.
LATER intelligence from the destruc-
tive storm which swept over the south
eastern portion of the United States,
on the 3Oth, tells of awful loss of
human life and property almost be-
yond compute. Over twenty towns
and villages in Florida, including
Cedar Keys, are reported to be
wrecked, and from all directions come
reports of death and devastation.
OLD Independence hall in Pbiladel
phia, from the portals of which Lib
serty was proclaimed to all the land, is
20 be rescued from the destroying hand
Of time. The Daughters of the Revo-
luton have undertaken the task of re.
ptering the building to its former
aspect, and Mr.. 7. Mellen Rogers, OF
Rhiladelphia, the agent of the daugh-
sers, has already taken the first steps
p that direction.
II her will the late Mrs. Hicks Lord,
eaee famous belle in New York
! ma Washington society, made careful
peovision for her servants. The es-
tete is valued at 5000. COO. Relatives
nceive outright about one-half. and
ssne remainder il to be held in trust for
see servants. who will participate in
sne income jointly with the testator'a
0eObew II is direcfed that the N Aphe~