The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-02-20
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

plant will be constructed at Neesho by
outside capitalists II the people vote
for 1t.
ABOUT five o'clock on the afternoon Of
the sth Ed. Finley, well-known gam
bier of Kansas City, saw his wife walk
ing on the streets with Joseph Carr, a
man OF unsavory reputation. Finley
followed them up and upon overtaking
them drew pistol and shot Carr five
times, killing him almost instantly.
Finley was promptly arrested. The cor
oner's jury exonerated Finley, the tes-
timony showing that Carr had frequent
ly made threats upon Finley's life, and
that he had also sustained criminal rela-
tions with his wife. After the inquest
Finley was taken before Justice
Worthen and admitted to bail in the
sum of $1,000.
THIRTY-FIvE conductors and drivers
on the electric road in st. Joseph struck
recently for shorter hours and against
box with slot in it for collecting
fares.
IN the court Of criminal correction at
st. Louis the other day Mrs. Agnes
O'Brien drew cowhide from under her
cloak and struck her husband, Charles
OBricn, dozen times, cutting one ugly
cash in his cheek. The trouble arose
over charges Of inhdelity preferred by
the husband. Mrs. O'Brien was fined
$50 for contempt.
THE other evening man named
Thomas Summers was arrested at Jeffer-
son City who is wanted at Sacramento,
CAL. for extensive forgeries. Summers
admitted that he is the man wanted.
Miss EDNA Busch, the eighteen-year-
old daughter of Adolphus Busch, the
famous st. Louis = Her, recently left
for New York to meet and marry her
cousin, Hugo Reisinger. The parents
of the young lady objected to the match
solely because of the close relationship
OF the couple.
ID. Y. PANKEY has been appointed col
lector of Dunklin County.
THE family of c. Johnson, of Mexico,
recently left home, leaving the baby in
his cradle near the fire. The clothing
caught fire and the baby was badly
burned and was not expected to live.
CHARLES NJ. MELVIN, formerly prom
inent young man of high standing at
Kansas City, but who about year ago
removed to Seattle, Wash, recently dis
appeared from the latter place some
what under cloud in business trans
actions.
A FREIGHT train on the Chicago, Santa
Fe & California railroad recently broke
in two about mile east of Carrollton
and the engineer stopped the front Sec
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it being down grade it travelled at
greater speed than he had calculated
upon and six cars, four refrigerators and
two oil tanks, were thrown from the
track and badly wrecked.
ELKANAM w. KEITH died recently at
the insane ASYLUM at st. Joseph. 1t has
not been many years since Mr.. Keith
was considered one of the brightest
Young literary men in Missouri.
p. II. MCNuITY, of Boonyille, has
peen appointed to = clerkship in the
Census Bureau.
JouN NJ BETHEL. ex-marketmaster
and brother-in-law of Alderman Martin
Regan, of Kansas CITY, was shot at an
early hour the other morning by Ben
letter. an ex-policeman and keeper of a
saloon at Fifth and Walnut streets.
Bethel will recover but had an almost
miraculous escape from instant death.
, The shooting was the result of n DISPUTE
over a small account
THE Macon Conservatory of Music was
recently DESTROYED by fire. The loss on
musical instruments and sheet music
belonging to Miss Eggleston, Miss Mer.
rihew and others was g.. a6o; insurance,
5000. Loss on building and stock of
paints and wall paper. owned by n. L.
Thompson. was 81. 500: insurance. g. 900
In recently giving her Young child
medicine the wife of State School Super.
intendent Coleman picked IN n bottle OF
tincture of iodine and gave it ten drons.
The mistake was quickly discovered and
antidotes administered and in n fcv
hours the child was out of danger.
Josrpu LEWIS. who is MINING on
Sucker Flat. Webb CITY. recently made
his first turn in. which was los. 25C
mounds of lead ore. It brouebt owe,
s., COO.
Uryny KprGG. Sp.. has nresented III;
citv of St. ,yosenh with Erup Park. |,
contains twenty acres of beautiful land
and ia covered with improvements thai
cost the Union Railway $40, 600. The
rift is valued at 500. 900.
% K.nsou C;tv rocortI,, rurcb osod
,;aco ~ lond a. tbot nlaoa for v,hiot
he Maid sac OOo Tho nnrnose of his npr
chase is to locate an immense nubli,
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