The Taney County republican., 1899-06-01

FORSYTH. 5: MISSOURI
The steamship St. Louis, sailing fol
Europe on the 23d, took out 49,, ,O0t
ounces of silver.
Bermudas Reina, former Spanish
minister of war and military governor
of Madrid, died in that city on the
oath.
The London Daily Telegraph an
nounced, on the oath, the discontin'
uance of its Sunday edition. No com
ment accompanied the announcement
Mr.. j. r. Garrison, of Washington
city, has been appointed auditor fol
the Island of Porto Rico under the
war department, and sailed for Sar
Juan, on the oath, on the transport
Mcpherson.
Brig.-Gen. Funston, at the head OF
his troops, drove 1000 FilipinOs from
their trenches near Santa Arita. T. l..
on the cath. and put them to flight
with heavy losses. The Americans had
20 men wounded.
Sir Charles Ross, representing an
American syndicate, has offered to
purchase the municipal electric light
plants of Shanghai, on condition that
the purchaser is given the right to es-
tablish tramways in that city.
The steamer Danube, the finest
steamer of the fleet in. the northern
trade, went ashore on Cape Nudge, on
the northeastern coast of Vancouver
island on the ED. She was resting
easily, and it was expected she would
probably float with the tide.
Representative Norton, of South Car
olina, was in Washington, on the ED,
urging the re-establishment of the
Lake City Is. c. post office, which was
closed by the government Immediately
after the lynching Of it's negro post
master, Baker, more than n year ago.
The navy department is laying in ex
,tensive new stocks of naval ordnance,
end the bids which are being opened
frCm day to day show that one of the
effects of the recent war has been to
build up large number of small fac
tories capable of producing war sup
plies.
The celebration of the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the American Sunday
school union took place in Philadel-
phia, on the 24th and 25th. n large
number of members of the union and
many eminent clergymen from differ
ent sections of the country were in at
tendance.
The main feature of the cabinet
meeting, on the 23d, was the reading of
a detailed report from Gen. Otis re-
garding the military operations in the
Philippines. The report carried the
operations up to April, and is consid-
cred satisfactory. 1t was decided to
make it public.
Secretary Gage has issued an order
to the collector of customs at San
Francisco directing him to permit the
landing of $50 Chinese upon satisfac-
tory proof that they are employed by
exhibitors or concessionaries of the
Philadelphia exposition to be held dur
ing the coming autumn.
A party of scientists of the depart
Hart Merriam, biologist, and Messrs.
Fisher and Stocks, assistants, to be
joined, in day or two, by Chief Botan-
ist Coville, left Washington, on the
22d, for Alaska, for an investigation of
it's agricultural resources.
The British embassy in Washington
has been informed of the appointment
of William MaXmuller as second secre-
tary of the embassy. He is n son of
the well-knOwn author and scientist,
Prof. Maxmuller; is an Eton and Ok
ford man, with a diplomatic expert
ence at Constantinople and The Hague.
There was rumOr in Washington,
on the 21st, that there had been hos
tile meeting at Bluefields between the
Nicaraguan gunboat San Jacinto and
the United States cruiser Detroit,
which is looking after the interests of
Americans in that vicinity. The report
lacked confirmation SO far as official
were Obtainable.
On instructions from the comptroller
of the currency, u tenth dividend of
ten per cent, in favor of the creditors
of the National Bank of Kansas City,
Mo-, making in all 100 per cent. on
claims proved, amounting to sSO7 1922,
will be paid by Receiver John Perry,
of Kansas City. The bank voluntarily
closed it's doors in 1895.
long message from President
Schurnan of the Philippine commits
sion, received by Secretary Hay, on the
Gath, illuminated the situation in the
Philippines. 1t showed that SO far as
the civil commissioners were con-
cerned there was no friction between
them and the military, and that the
work of pacification had been greatly
advanced.
Some of the late Cuban insurgents
aver that they will not give up their
arms; but Gov.-Gen. Brooke has no
present intention of making a house
toulouse search in order to seize them.
IF the Cuhcn soldiers are not willing