St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 8, 1897

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——NILLED HIMSELF ee Pens ~— a AN oe 7 ‘ oY! — 3 > ~ ’ “ A ES ONY STN SO _ Ican't understand his action, unless he sud- “hoping to get work in a bicycle factory, oe ae - % ee Ge aay, 4 a Ky) y ‘ % gor spt. TRS 5 OPS fi Tes oe: IE sen a = . MUCH OPPOSITION. Congressmen Up in Arms and Expect to Defeat the Plan. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8.—The effort of Secretary Francis to cut down the Pen- sion Agencies from eighteen to nine and to combine the Agencies at Topeka, Kan., and Des Moines, Ia., {In a new one at St. Louis, has created a decided stir among Republican Congressmen. The entire Kansas delegation is up in arms to-day, starting a war on the proposition. It is safe ta say that there will be no pension agency at St. Louis. The Re- publican Congressmen decided to-day to take the matter before President McKin- ley aS soon as the extra session is called and get him to rescind the order. That would leave the number of agencies as now, and as at present located. ROZELLE NAMED. Appointed Labor Commissioner of the State of Missouri-by Gov. Stephens. Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. &—At li o’clock this morning Gov. Stephens an- nounced the appointment of A. Rozelle as Labor Commissioner. This afternoon the appointment was sent to the Senate for confirmation and was referred tp the propér committee, in ac- cordance with Senate rules. Speaking of the appointment Gov. Ste- phens said: “I have every reason to believe that the Senate will congrm the appoint- ment of Mr.. Rozelle without delay. Mr. Rozelle is here and was in consulta- tion with the Governor just before the ap- pointment was announced. UNDER GUARD. A Squad of Detectives to Keep Dyna- miters Away From the Brad- ley Martins. NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—Chief Conlin last week detailed four of the most experienced men in the detective bureau to watch the residence of Mrs. Bradley Martin until after the ball she is to give in the Waldorf shall have taken place; The police, it is said, ’ are fearful that some crank mray take it into his head to regulate the family’s affairs with dynamite or by some other violent means. The detectives have been ordered not to leave the house “uncovered” for a moment, night or day. ee BURIAL PERMITS. The following deaths have been re- Ported in the city during the twenty-four bours ending at noon: CHARLES A. LISLER, 48, 2002% Dodier; | cerebral does not go, learn that the order had been approved } ——= VBDUBD = ae . ’ atte ee = e » oye = re - n 7 “ . 7 os ‘ . ss “ee Pai altercation with hl | a “get even.” Ferritt supplies 257 families with milk, in one hundred of which there are infants. While delivering milk he dis- covered a peculiar coloring in it. He quick- ly went to all the places and succeeded in seizing all the bottles before any of the milk had been used. Clancey was arrested. The milk was analyzed and found to con- tain poison. At first Claneey made a denial, but later said he had used the poison treating sick cattle. He is held for trial. Heavy Snow at the Capital. Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 8.—Jeffer- son City is fairly well enveloped in snow. Large flakes of the “‘beautiful’’ fell yester- day, and in the absence of any other Sunday amusement many of the Legislative at- taches who remained here over Sunday took advantage of the occasion to sleigh ride. The snow fall is very wet and will probably disappear soon. THE WEATHER FORECAST. —— FAIR AND STATIONARY. The Weather Bureau forecasts are as follows: . St. Louis and vieinity—Partly cloudy Mon- day night; Tuesday fair; little change ia temperature. Missouri—Partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday; stationary temperature. lilincts—Snow flurries Monday afternoon; partly cloudy and cooler Monday olght; Tuesday fair; stationary temperature. Since Saturday morning the storm in the East has passed off the coast sad another has moved across the country over the same track, causing spows and rains from the Gulf States hward; 1.44 inches of rain fell at Memphis. East of the Rocky Mountains the tem~ peratures bave fallen generally except io the Kast Guif States, and are again below} sero in portions of the Northwest. , a A nee a. Se a . ey ee * *7eeere* Z £ bi. " ine: > nt oa ies “ me fae e — ~~ © beget ee ae UNION OF TWO | DENOMIN THE CHRISTIANS AND C GATIONALISTS MAY UN CONFERENCE OF MINIS Co-Operative Plan of Local ‘ Agreed Upon With Re Changes Possible in Futu The ministers of the Congregatk Christian churches of the city, with a number of la} members of nominations, held a union meeting morn at the Central Christian on Finney avenue. The meeting result of a proposition made by Re G. Tyrrell, pastor of the Central € Church, in a recent meeting of the ( ministers. He suggested that the gational clergymen be invited by | the Christian churches to meet witt ter for the purpose of better acq) j and closer felowship. The prope with favor, and the invitatio cepted. : - There are 23 Congregational and 13 Christian organizations in | and its suburbs. The two bodies « in their system of church governm the way which we had come, who can deny steadily and with increasing | vears go by? And it is coming in way. The speed with and purposes are being unfolding pages of history inspires that the day when we shall behold a and triumphant church is not | the opening portals of the twentieth tury.” = ® At the conclusion of Dr. Garrison's the meeting adjourned for . was served in the church ce by ft ladies of the Central Church. ; At 2 o'clock the afternoon session beg At this meeting the two papers were fre discussed by the ministers present. desired to bring about, would prevent > establishment of a new Congregatio church in a neighborhood where a Ch. tian church was already planted, and v versa, and would otherwise give **< denominations greater strength thi ing independently, they now possemi LILIUOKALANI’S MI Her Secretary Mysteriously What She Expects to Do. Special to the Post-Dispatch. the opinion becomes more general that uokalani is in Washington for an i political purpose. Mr. Helelul, the Ms an secretary of “Her Majesty,” said “Now, 1 do not want you to Majesty when I say this is what I like to see Gone by the present + administration. In order that ¢ the United States may know im to the form of government in MMi think it would be wise for the Pre , 7 ; = aoe Tx EY . a. TH, ce cacwcteeres = ° nm, ven no saetee ¢ a. } errr rer reer - «+s 0s 7? . * Ye a PRE Rng TA gs OS | . ee, De Rot & that I am voicing the sentiments of | WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. §.—Each @ ?