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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

IN the senate, ~on the oSth, according
to programme previously agreed upon,
the hours up to four o'clock were oc-
cupied in debate upon the Cuban ques-
tion. senator's vieing with each other in
praise of the Cuban patriots and in de-
nunciation of Spain. At four o'clock
the vote was taken on the resolution
of the committee on foreign relations,
as amended by the addition of Senator
CamerOns resolution for the recOgni-
tion of Cuban independence, and it
was passed by a vote of 81 to 6.-....... In
the house the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill was
considered in committee of the whole,
II pages of it being disposed of. The
conference report on the general PEN
sion appropriation bill was agreed to.
The house committee on reform in
the civil service ordered a favorable
report, on the 28th, on bill making it
misdemeanor to discriminate against
any person on account of political af-
filation for appointment to any posi-
ton under the civil service The law
is also made to apply to persons after
appointment, and violation is made
punishable by fine or imprisonment or
both.
JUDGE GRosscuP, on the 2Sth, de-
clined to change the sentence of Jo-
seph Dunlop, editor of the Chicago
Dispatch, convicted OF sending obscene
matter through the mails and fined
81 900 and sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary. The court informed
his attorneys that an appeal might be
made TO the president.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

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The market for textile goods is dis.
appointinr. Material reductions In
cottons have not brought out the
needed demand and a further decline
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

HENRY C. Bowen, editor and proprie
tor of the New York Independent, died
: at his home in Brooklyn on the oath.
Mr.. Bowen was s2 years old last Sep
tember. He had been in poor health
for e long time, and during the last
three weeks his condition grew steadily
worse until the end came.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

MINISTER ANDRADE, of Venezuela,
received a cablegram from his govern
ment. on the 27th, announcing that the
original documents, maps and records
obtained by the historical commission
appointed by President Crespo would be
. sent forward at once. for delivery to
: the American high boundary commits
sion.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
IN. Agricultural College.


-ol. N. f. Murray, of Holt county,
author of the Murray bill to remove
the Agricultural college from Colum-
bia, recently delivered series of lec-
tnres before the college students. At
ter examination Of the work, he has
come to the conclusion that the college
shoald be retained at Columbia.
Saws Col Murrav: II nnd the following
changes md improvements have been made
within the past year: The short course In agrf-
culture has been entirely remodied and re-
constructed, and now has "a students. COM
pared with last year. In the long course .
largely-increased attendance, more enthu-
stastic interest and better work. hnd .
complete modern dairy equipment added.
and arrangements made for giving all
students in agriculture practical experi-
eace In the best method of handling and max
ings htgh-grade butter. Instead Of teaching
agriculture by means OF lectures alone, tho
students now have actual practice, under tho
personal supervision of the teachers-in stock
feeding. dairying, grating. budding pruning.
blacksmfthfng and carpenter work. The agri-
cultural and horticultural libraries have been
more than doubled, indexed and made
available to the students. A new department
OF entomology, fully equipped that will be OF
vast good to the farmer, gardener and fruit
grower of our state. Arrangements are now
made for several herds OF thoroughbred stock
to be added soon to those now on the college
farm. On the horticultural grounds find q
new greenhouse nearly completed, at q cost Of
$500"
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

:. The pest Office appropriation bill for
the coming fiscal year, as agreed to by
the house appropriations committee,
ON the 25th, carries an appropriation
of SOL .565, ,443, being $3,25e, ,452 less than
the estimates, and s2,519,44 over the
amount carried by the bill of the cur
rent fiscal year.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

CUBAN revolutionary clubs in New
York city celebrated their first anni-
versary. on the 24th, by a grand mass
meeting at Chiclxering hall, and the
place was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity. Many of those in attendance
were ladies. There was large CON.
tribution to the cause.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

THE amount of coffee of the new crop
received thus far at Colon. Colombia ,
is much less than is usually received at
this time. and indicates that the coffee
crop of Central America is not up to
the average Weld.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

The Orange grand lodges of Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick have passed
strong resolutions against any inter
ference by the Dominion government
with the Manitoba schools, and calling
upon all Orangemen to support only
the candidates for parliamentary hon
ors who pledge themselves to support
non-interference with the Manitoba
school question.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05
4 DESPATCH from st. Petersburg. on
che Esd, stated that Russia had no IN
tention of acquiring Corea, but that
she regards it TO be her right and duty
10 guarantee the freedom Of the coun.

ArroRSEy-GENERAI. SIrroN's resolu
lion protesting against contemplated
federal interference in Manitoba school
matters was carried in the Manitoba
legislature, on the 2Sth, by vote of 81
to z
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

THE commencement exercises at the
Indian Industrial school at Carlisle,
Pa, began, on the Goth, and were
largely attended by people from all
sections of the country. On the 27th
Gen, Fitzhugh Lee made an address to
the Indian rraduates.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05
His Brain Gave way.

John Turner, highly-esteemed citi-
zen Of Bowling Green, who was taken
to the insane asylum at Fulton not long
ago, died from softening Of the brain
He was 20 years old, and had been a
resident of Pike county for over 60
years. He leaves large family.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

NJ. r. SHANKLAN, executive clerk Of
The senate, died at Round Hill, Va,
on the night of the e6th, from the eff.
fects of an attack of the grip last win
ter. He had been connected with the
executive Office of the senate for "a
years.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

TIE suit in Philadelphia Of the United
States against former Postmaster-Gen-
eral Wanamaker. to recover a penalty
of 81 600 for violation of the contract
labor law, ended, on the 26th, in yer.
dict for the government
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

IT was said ut the state department,
ON the cath, that the Waller incident
had been formally closed by an ex-
change of notes to that effect between
Ambassador Eustis and the French
minister for foreign affairs.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05
A Had Playthine.

The four-year-old SON of Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Gust, three miles below
Portage, st. Charles county. was shot
and instantly killed by Louis, his
eight-year-old brother. The death was
the result of an accidental discharge Of
shotgun, with which they were play
ing.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

A CUBAN nag waving over the Office of
the Petit Partisan, in Paris, ON the 26th,
attracted crowd of angry Spaniards
who cheered for Spain. They were
dispersed by the police. and some Of
them were arrested.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

A DISPATCH from Havana of the gath
states that according to returns made
to Gen. Weyler<from the various COM
,nanders in Cuba, there are fully 10000
Spanish troops, with their arms, equip
ments and ammunition, unaccounted
for.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05
An Unusual Chain

A Washington special to the St. Louis
Globe Democrat says:
An unusual war claim bill recently intro
duced In the house OF representatives author
ICES and directs the secretary of the treasury
to pay James Lindsay. late Of Iron county,
Mo-. the sum of s1S.0oi for losses alleged to
have been sustained by him by the raid Of Gen.
Price and his rebel forces on the 9Th day of
September. 1884"
Millions Of dollars have been appropriated for
the payment OF damages done by the Union
troops. but the government has not yet begun
to acknowledge responsibility for damages.
done by the confederates. The committee has
reported adversely on the Lindsay bill. saying
that the government is not prepared to pay
such Claims etc.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

On the 26th the high court of the
South African republic confirmed the
introductory proclamation issued by
President Kruger regarding the min
ing shares and other property held in
the rand by the persons who were ar
rested at johannesburg and taken to
Pretoria for trial. The proclamation
declares the property mentioned for
feited in the event of tho conviction Of
the owners thereof.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05
yandais In n Church

Vandals entered the Epworth NJ. e.
church in Sedalia, just completed at a
cost of 10000, and cut all the electric
light wires. damaged the woodwork
and committed other depredations.
The building committee has offered q
liberal reward for the apprehension Of
the guilty parties.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

The funeral services over the re
mains of Theodore Runyon, late am
bassador to Germany, were held in st.
Paul's Methodist Episcopal church in
Newark, N. T., on the c4th. The cas-
ket was draped with . silk nag, on
which reposed . laurel wreath, the
gift of the city of Hoboken. The
aoral tributes were many aud beauti-
ful. The remains were placed In q re-
ceiying vault in Mount Pleasant cem-
<taey.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

THE body Of Lamiari Ruth Morse
Phelon, a niece of Prof. Morse, inven-
tor of the telegraph. was cremated in
Chicago on the 25th. Twenty-one years
ago she founded the Occult and Mys-
teal Order of the Hermetic Brother
hood Of AL. and E. for the study of
occult literature. The order is closely
allied to theosophy, and has now be-
tween two hundred and three hundred
members in this country.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

s. e. johnson, aged 40, . farmer near
Little Rock, Saline county, attended
church, was taken i'll soon after nnd
died ip . few hours; paralysis.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-05

Were Not Surprised.
Says dispatch sent from Neosho:
The news of the bank robbery at Wichita
Falls, Tex. in which Elmer Lewis, formerly of
Neosho. was implicated, and for which he was
lynched caused no great surprise. Lewis was
o SON OF. James Lewis. of Neosho. and about
year ago went to the Territory. Later he re-
turned and left last fall, taking with him his
cousin, Mss Lula Hunter He was never known
to be engaged in lawlessness of any conse-
Quence, but always wanted to convey the idea
Of being o bad man.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
Encounter With British Troops
in Which the Blacks
Are Routed.
LoBENGULA's SON A LEADER.
Meanwhile the Boer Government Is
Secretly Preparing to Re.
sist England.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, March
ga dispatch from Buluwayo under yes.
terday's date presents the situation as be-
ing of the gravest character.
A thousand women and children burned
a store forty miles out from Buluwayo on
Thursday and performed a dance around
the flames.
Many murders of whites OF the most
iendish character are reported. 1t is
learned that the native police induced the
Matabeles to revolt and joined them with
75O rifles and large quantity of ammuni-
ton.
A force of British troops under command
of Captain Spreckeys defeated large body
of Matabeles on Thursday, killing large
number of them. The British force los
no men.
LONDON, ENG, March 2s.-Slr Hercules
Robinson, Governor of the Cape Colony,
has telegraphed to the Colonial Office that
the reports of the murder of the police in
spector, Jackson, and the desertion of the
native police to the Matabeles is con-
irmed. The native police took their
Martini rifles with them. The dispatch
states that Mabel, son of the late Matabele
King, Lobengula, who was banished in
1895, has returned to MatabeleIand, and
that he melted the uprising.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
READY FOR THE FESTIVALS

inch steel. Step within this citadel and
there upon it's curved walls are speaking
tubes, mechanical telegraphs, electric but
tons and a steering gear. all leading below
through an armored tube on their several
missions of communication and control.
A pressure on one of these tiny buttons
will start a mass of steel and powder from
those mighty guns, or, perhaps, let loose
a destructive torpedo on silent errand of
death; or, again, at signal, the massive
machinery will begin to turn and pres
emily, when the great engines have reached
a maximum of 112 revolutions q minute
and churn, with the two sixteenfoot
screws, the water aft with an energy of
II, ,0OO-h horsepower the great ship, a mass of
IL ,4IO tons, will force herself and an equal
bulk of water at the rate of sixteen knots
an hour. To stand in her way and stop
her then means to take a blow of 130, 900
foot tons from her murderous ram, before
which the toughest armor must bend like
meadow grass in summer storm.
With her bunkers filed with 1900 tons of
coal she could steam at ten-knot rate for
thirty-one days and cover a distance of
1000 miles. and at full speed would have q
radius of action of 5000 knots in six days
time.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
GREATEST IN THE NAVY.
Tho Fourth Battteship to Be Otrned b.
the United States.

The Fourth Battteship to Be Otrned by
the United States.
The Iowa, the keel of which was laid
two and a half years ago, is the fourth
battleship to be owned by the United
States.
She has been constructed for sea pur-
poses, the first three built-the Indiana,
Massachusetts and Oregon-being coast
battleships. The Iowa is of 1000 tons
greater displacement than her sister ships,
and several feet longer and broader. The
hull is of steel, with a double bottom and
close water-tight subdivision to ten feet
above the water line. Her battery is to
consist OF four 12-inch, eight S-inch and six
4-inch breech-loading rifles. 26 Founders,
four / Founders, four Gatlings and one
field gun.
Compared with the Indiana the Iowa
has greater length, greater breadth, in
creased length of outer line belt and
greater coal endurance and speed, to-
gether with the ability to work the forward
twelve-iDck guns in almost any condition
of sea. The magnificent electric lighting
plant. weighing forty five tons, will afford
means to discover the enemy or guard
against the attack OF torpedo-bo She
will require complement of nearly 500
men, or greater than that of any preceding
warship of the new navy.
The Iowa is constructed under the act OF
I July 10, 1892. which made provision for one
seagoing battle-ship of about 5000 tons
displacement, to cost, exclusive of arma-
ment and speed premium, not more than
81, ,oeO 600. The details of the construction
l. e
structor Wilson and Engineering Chief
Melville, the famous Arctic explorer.
Excepting her armor, the Iowa is cum
ming structural evolution of steel plates
and angles. in all the delusive lightness OF
white paint. She is $50 feet long and 4
feet wide, drawing "a feet of water. Her
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
KRUGER FORMS ALLIANCES.
The English Will Not Conquer the Trans.
cddI With Ease.

cddI Hith Ease.
LONDON, ENG, March 2s.-The situa-
ton in South Africa is decidedly serious,
though the Government has not yet
abandoned hope of an amicable dust
ment. President Kruger has notited
chamberlain that he cannot visit London
until the Volksraad meets in April, and
then only if England will consent to
recognize the independence of the Trans
vaal:
In the meantime Kruger has formed
alliances in South Africa, so that if war
comes 1t will be war with England on one
side and all the Dutch population on the
other-a war that will need for its sup
preston more than the 10000 that Eng
land is reported to be ready to send there.
1t is not known accurately at the War
Office what the strength of the Boer forces
alone is that is now ready to take the
field. The representative of The United
Press learns from an official source that
within three months $500 Germans are
estimated to have entered the Transvaal
as immigrants, and these are known to be-
obtaining Transvaal money. The force Of
Zulus trained and commanded by Boer
and German officers, is estimated to num-
ber $4,000. Though their tribal fidelity to
the Beers is doubtful, they can be trusted
| to fight against the British.
Viewing the whole situation. including
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

But still more trying on the eardrums of
every one in the vicinity, tugs screeched
and whistled and people cheered, and
those on the christening stand congratu-
lated each other on the success of the
launch.
The men aboard the Iowa let go two
bow anchors when the momentum she
had received in the passage down the
ways died away and brought her up head
down the stream.
After the launch luncheon was served
in the mold-loft. There was no speech
making, as the crowd in the room where
the lunch was served was so great that the
formalities had to be abandoned. After
the luncheon the Washington party re-
turned to the capital in their special train.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
UNCLE SANS TREASURE MOVED.
Mon With Guns Guard the Money During
the Transfer of Sixteen Million
Dollars

CHICAGO, ILL, March 28.-This was
the most important of the moving days
for Uncle Sam at the crumbling pile
known as the Government building, $16,-
SOC, 600 in gold. silver and copper being
safely transferred from the old sub-treas-
ury vaults by an express company to the
second floor of the Rand d-McNally build
ing, where the sub-treasury will be located
until the 100000 Federal building is
completed. The treasure weighed over
Ill tons. Officials of the treasury counted
and placed the coin in sacks and packages
which were passed along line of men
guarded with guns to the iron safes of the
express company in the wagons at the
street door. Four wagons were kept going
back and forth all day.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29
Ia Greater Ne.c York.

NEW YORK. N. Y. March 2s.-Dr.
Roger s. Tracy, Registrar of Vital Sta
tistics, has made the following estimate OF
the population of Greater New York
Total population, 3,195,o59; population Of
New York, 1,9l6695; Brooklyn and Kings
County, 1,105, 600: Long Island City. AZ
57s; Newtown. N,557; Flushing, 22, 2,4e6
Jamaica, 17,765; Richmond County, 81.
96S; part of Hampstead, 5000.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

weight is 11.410 tons, BIO of which is wisely
distributed In the shape of armor protec-
ton, varying in thickness from IA inches
along the water line and sides, 81 and 15
around the guns, 234 and 3 over the vitals-
as the engines. boilers and magazines are
called-to 10 about the fighting position or
coming tower, just above and abaft the
forward large turret.
The Iowa carries but eighteen guns; but
such guns! Four of them, in the two large
turrets, peering out through 15-inch walls
of hardened steel, proof against the sharp
est drills. are 12-inch breach-l loading rifles,
firing combined mass of 3400 pounds of
tempered steel. From the four smaller
turrets, each of which houses two S-inch
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

each shaft, will constitute the motive
mechanisms of the ship. while auxiliary
engines for hundred purposes will reduce
the tax upon the crew and add to the eff
cheney of the craft by lifting and lowering G
the boats and the stores. raising the
anchors, loading the coal, discharging the
ashes, pumping and draining the various
compartments, bringing the shot, she'll
and powder from the storerooms and
magazines to the gun stations and turning
the turrets; and, but for the guiding
hand, manual labor is practically needless.
The captain no longer stands the inspir-
ing center of his officers and an animating
example for his crew, but is housed within
the shelter of his coming tower of ten.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

rifles, can be discharged shells of $50
pounds each, capable of penetrating eight
inches of steel two miles away,
with possible range of one mile for every
inch of caliber. From any one of the
Iowa's five tubes torpedo can be dis
charged bearing 12o pounds of guncotton
and speeding on its errand of demolition
at the rate of thirty miles an hour. No
ship, past or present, could Withstand that
blow if fairly struck.
Away beneath the water, the protective
deck of steel and many feet of coal, thirty
two roaring furnaces will develop in those
five ponderous boilers a constant pressure
of 160 pounds to the square inch. Two
separate triple-expansion engines, one on