The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-09-04
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Wnlch the post-oflce was located, was
fred by an incendiary tho other night
and totally destroyed. The loss was
about S. 600.
ii. II lIIBLER, prominent citizen OF
EldoradG Springs, died at Lamar tho
other night as the result OF being acci-
dentally thrown from buggy.
A t.EwAnp OF $500 has been offered for
the capture and conviction of tho un-
known person or persons who on the
night of August ~ placed strychnirc in
tho feed boxes of two horses in tho
livery stable of A. Shock at Oak Grove.
TIE other morning boy was passing
the farm of Charles Thomas, colored
ten miles northwest of Ncosho, when q
dog ran by him carrying the leg ot
human being, crossed over the fence
into the fed and buried tho leg. The
boy summoned the neighb bors ard q
general search of the farm was made
and resulted in tic fEding of the head
of Thomas buried ont in tho field in n
sack and his arms and legs in the thick
brush near the house, and his body was
found buried near where fire had been
built The murderer or murdercss had
attempted 10 burn the body and tho
parts found were literally roasted.
Thomas was thrifty colored farmer.
The mans wife ani daughter were are
rested on suspicion, and the daughter
Confessed that her mother and father
had quarrced and that her mother had
killed Thomas with an axe and after
ward attempted to burn the body.
THE wife OF Dominicll Junker, Of St
Louis, was recently killed while alight-
ing from train at Crevc Cuur Lake
She was twenty-five years old.
WHILE DIR. W. II. Steele was recently
out driving with a lady at Kansas City
he was held up and robbed of a gold
watch and a small sum of money by
foot-pads.
In response to requests from the
UHited Labor organizations Of St do
seph and the Industrial Council Of Kan
sas City Governor Francis has sent the
president of each a letter stating that
the laws OF the State would not permit
him to declare Monday, September
Labor Day., public holiday He
quoted the action of the Legislature
making public holidays, Of which Labor
Day was not one and states that proc
lamation of the character asked could
only cause complications.
X. III. SIILLwELL has offered a. reward
of $4,000 for the arrest of the person
who entered his fathers house at Han
nibal on the night of December 80, 1883,
and murdered him.
A BTlLETIN from the Census Office
gives the following as tho coun ty in
dcbtedncss of Missouri: bonded county
debt in 1850, Sl1, 751 ioJ; in 1890, 50, 334,-
IT'S. or 2l per cent. decrease, floating
debt in 1850, Sl24,9l0: in 1890, SGiD, $50,
or 81 per cent increase; gross county
debt in 1880, Sl2, 12t, 403: in 1890, 50, 974,
7O4, a decrease Of IS per cent.
AT the recent meeting of the Grant
Encampment Sons of Veterans, held at
st. Joseph, Leland ]. Webb, of Topeka,
Kan, was elected Commander-in-Ch Chief.
TIE Republican State convention at
jefferson City re-electcl Chauncey l.
Filley chairman of the State Central
Committee by acclamation.
THE Republicans of the First district
have nominated Frank NJ. Harrington,
TIE Sixth district Republican conven-
tion nominated f. II. Redman, editor of
the Boonvillc Republican, for Congress.
JonN II. WEST, of Kansas City, aged
siXty-cight years, recently wandered
away from home while suffering from a
long standing disease, and was found
some days after hanging from a tree at
Bonner Springs Kan. Intense suffering
had caused him to take his own life.
A NINE-YEAR-oLD boy, giving the name
of Willie Runglc, was found at the
Union Depot at Kansas CITY the other
morning crying, and when taken to the
police station said he had come all the
way from st. Louis and was hungry.
He sa d some boys had put him on tho
train at st, Louis and he had remained
there until Kansas City was reached the
following morning.
c. d. BRYANT Of Kansas City a brake
man on tho Santa Fe, was found dead
in Colorado the other day, having evi
IDENTIFY been killed by train unob
served. There was suspicion that his
death was due to a tramp that he was
putting off the train, He left wife
and two children in destitute circum-
stances.
GEORGE EDWARDS, aged fourteen years
accidentally shot himself in the left side
near the heart with revolver while il
a skiff at Louisiana the other Afternoon
with two companions.
ABOUT three o'clock the other morn
ing fire was discovered in the Crist res
idence at Pleasant Hill. Every efrort
was put forth to save it, as Crist was sup
posed to be in it. Later he was found
unconscious in an orchard near the
house, with two wounds in his side
Investigation showed that he had Sc
the house on fire and then attempted
suicide. His wife had left him and suet
for divorce, and this with strong drink
was the cause. He will recover. lie is
a carpenter and ffty-seven years old.
IT Is said that Fred Wittrocls, ALA
"Jim Cummings" the famous Pacific ex
press robber, is dying in the peniten
tiary.
THE district conference committee
in whose hands rested the selection o
a location for the proposed Southern
Methodist high school for the Plattsburl
district, met recently and decided tha
Richmond was the place for the school
she Offering the most money for it. il
addition to other inducements.
ABOUT forty delegates of tho United
Labor party met at jefferson City OIL
the 25th and nominated State ticke
as follows: For Supreme Judge, A. Har
rington, of Christian County; Superin
tendent of Schools Burwell Fox, of Irol
County; Railroad and Warehouse Com
| missioner Patrick Shnnnon of Kansa