The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-07-03
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

ly killed the other day while in room
with another boy at the house of
neighbor. The matter l. being invests
gated
JOHN MoRToN. highly esteemed
young man, twonty-eight years old, and
pi oprietor of a transfer and express
wagon, was accidentally drowned while
bathing in Eden Park lake, at Independ-
encc the other night
JOHN SMARI,, an aged and respected
citizen OF Independence, dropped dead
the other evening while in the act Of
watering COW at a pump lie had been
complaining of the heat during the day,
and it was thought that tho sultry
weather had brought on an attack Of
heart disease with which he had been
afflicted for some years past
FRANK BLAIsLEY, who Is charged
with being ono of the murlcrcrs Of
Sheriff Cross and party in No-Man's-
Land, was recently arrested by deputy
United States marshal at Waverly and
taken to Texas for trial
THE young man found dead beside the
railroad track near Iliattsvillc. Kan,
has been identified as Arthur Adams,
the son Of H. Il. Adams, of Carthage.
He had been to tho fircman's tourna-
mcnt at Fort Scott W thout the know
ledge of his parents and was beating his
way home.
DIR. II. p. DAVIS, of DeKalb County,
was recently tried at st. Joseph and ac-
quilted of the charge of murder. Two
years ago DR.. Dav S attempted to coll
lcct bill from William Hutton for pro-
fessional services. Hutton became en-
ragged and rushed toward Davis in
menacing manner. Dr. Davis undertook
to defend himself with an umbrella and
struck Hutton in the eye. Hutton died
from the effect Of the injury in n short
time.
THE DAILY Printing Company, of St.
Louis, which has held the contract for
furnishing stat oncry and printing pa
per to the State since 1871, has again
been awarded the contract for s., 9S6. 80
for paper and 81, 4sG.24 for stationery.
WILLIS ALLEN, acolorcd saloon porter,
recently shot and killed John Williams,
another -colored porter, at Kansas City
the other evening. Bad feeling had OK
listed between the two for some time and
at the time of the shooting Williams
was advancing upon Allen with knife
and threatening to kill him. Allen
was discharged upon preliminary exam
ination on the ground of self-defense.
MoRRIs GRIFFIN, Chicago & Alton
brakeman, was fatally injured near
Louisiana the other day by falling from
a train while running down heavy
grade.
PATRICK WELcn, of Breckinridge, was
killed and two other men injured by tho
caving in of the Wabash railroad gravel
pit near Chillicothe the other day
| THE business men OF Carthage,
have raised $500 to aid in the building
OF big zinc smelter.
! A MOB of twenty men and boys col
lected at what is known as the Starrett
neighborhood, nine miles northwest Of
Cameron, the other evening and went
to the house of Watt Squires with the it-
tention of tarring and feathering his
son, Bud Squires, who they claimed had
seduced a young woman under promise
of marriage and refused to fulfil his OBJ
1 legations. A fight was the result in
which the elder Squires and younh
man in the assault.ng party named
, Lewis holland were shot, it was thought
/ fatally.
/ THE State Bar Association recently
held an interesting meeting at Excelsior
Springs. Colonel James o. Broadhead,
of st. Louis, delivered an able ad-
dress in opposition TO the recent decision
of the United States Supreme Court re-
garding original packages, which ho
characterized as being contrary to the
theory of our Government. He was fol-
lowed by Frank NJ. Estes, of ST. Louis,
in a spirited argument in favor of the
decision.
THE five children of G. w. Easley, of
Blue Lick Springs, near Marshall, were
poisoned the other morning by eating
bologna sausage. Two OF them were
seriously i'll, but no fatal results fol-
lowed.
JOHN MAsTERsoS, a teamster was
shot and killed at st. Louis the other
morning by Andrew Helm, foreman OF
the Street Sprinkling Company, for
which Masterson worked. Tho shoot
ing was said to be in self-defense and
was the result of a quarrel over the late
teamsters' strike in that city.
In the case of the shooting of thir-
teen year-old Bert Thomas at Nevada
recently, the coroner's jury brought in
a verdict of accidental death. He was
shot by James Roberts. aged thirteen,
who ''did not know it was loaded"
JAY GOULD recognizes the worth OF
Missouri horses as we'll as Missouri ra l.
roads. A beautiful span of bays was
recently purchased for him at Carthage.
THE State convention of the Farmers
and Laborers' Union of Missouri will be
held in Sedalia August ~, continuing
four days.
A LITTLE child of Lawrence Lowe late
ly walked into an open cistern at Bonne
Terre, and though its mother heard il
splash in the water when it fell it was
beyond her reach and drowned before i
could be rescued.
THE census gives St. Louis popula
tion of 432, S42.
THE aggregate valuation of railroad
bridge and telegraph property assesse
for taxes Of 1890, as reported by thu
State Board Of Equalization, it is esti
mated will reach $50, 900, 900, or an in
crease over that of last year of abou
g., 500, 900.
LEWIS SUss, three and half year
old, was recently playing on bridg
over Bush creek near Kansas City, whe
he accidentally fell into the creek an
was drowned.
DELIY SMITH, aged twelve years, wa