The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-03-13
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


turbance in colored church at st. Louii
by drawing knife and chasing negrt
down the aisle of the edifce willis
religious services were in progress, by
which the congregation was demoral'
lied. He was locked up.
In recent interview John O'Day,
vice-president Of the st. Louis & San
Francisco road, said he had rendered his
resignation and would retire from active
connection with the company, He was
reticcnt as to the reasons for his actions
and intimated that other surprises would
follow.
TIE wholesale boot and shoe house of
Noyes, Norman & Co.. at st. Joseph was
totally destroyed by fire the other day.
The stock was valued at $3.50, 900, and
was total loss. There was S135, 900 in
surance on the stock and $4,000 on the
building.
THE body of Samuel II. Reynolds
Springfield nurseryman, was found on
the streets of West Plains the other
day. There were no marks of violence
and it was not known whether death re-
suited from murder, suicide or natural
causes.
THE total east-bound shipments from
Kansas City for the month of February,
as shown by the report of the Western
Freight Association, were 1920 cars.
or these SO cars were of wheat, S,siS Of
corn, oats and other coarse grains, 2,2S6
of cattle, 30s Of hogs. POS of horses and
mules, 800 of packing house products,
T13 of dressed beef, hogs and sheep, 42l
of milling products, 25s miscellaneous,
Sc of broom corn, 1903 of fertilizer and oil
cake, 10 of zinc, l20 of hides and wool,
of castor beans and 30 OF lead and
bullion.
THE Wabash Depot at Brunswick was
burned the other night at 1890 o'clock,
together with all of its contents, in
Guiding some stored freight and the
company books and papers. The fire
started in the oil room, whore it was
supposed some one had carclcssly
thrown lighted match, and the entire
building was in a blaze in few minutes.
IN special election at st. Louis on
the 4th, Emil Thomas, Republican, was
elected city marshal over Captain Will
liam Mcclellan, Democrat, by about
/ 1000 majority. Less than one-third of
lut reBlSltrCu NOlD was pOllcu
In the criminal court at st. Joseph
when the March term commenced sew
eral keepers Of disreputablc houses Of
fered to pay fine of $3.50 usual in the
past but Judge Woodson would not re-
ceive their plea of guilty and informed
/ them that they would have to be tried
/ by "a jury. lie announced that he would
from now on do every thing in his power
to rid the city of these houses. The
keepers were defiant and said that they
co6ld not be run out of a city the size of
st. Joseph. Instead of allowing them
to give bond for $3.50 the Judge raised
the amount to $1,000, which several Of
them we're unable to give.
SILAs BARTLETT and John b. Stewart
have been arrested and Jailed at Leb-
anon, charged with the numerous burg
laries which have terrorized the citi-
zens of that community for the past six
months. Bartlett confessed.
NJ. A. NoI.Es was recently arrested at
Lebanon upon the charge of embezzling
500. Noles was a constable in Newton
County and used his Office too much too
his own advantage.
TIE man recently found dead in the
street in West Plains proved to be 5. IL.
Reynolds, of Osceola. His death was sup
posed to have been caused by heart dis
ease. His pockets had been rifed by
some one who found him lying dead.
THE Missouri Pacific railroad depot at
Dover was robbed the other night of a
small sum of money and some tickets.
n. A. WATTS was killed at Joplin the
other day while oiling the machinery at
the Whitsett Mine Company's works.
The sleeve of his blouse was caught by
the star wheels and the right arm,
shoulder and side of his face were drawn
into the cogs. lie leaves wife and
three children.
TIE fourteen-months-old child of
/ James Hellinger, near Stanhope, fell
into tub of boiling hot water the other
morning and was SO badly scalded that
it died in a few hours.
JUDGE WoGpsoN rendered decision
IN the criminal court at st. Joseph the
other morning in the pool table case:
that sends to higher court the question
of the right of the State to prosecute sa
loonkeepers in that city under the New
berry law.
PERT You've. aged fifteen, while re
Gently coon hunting in Dade County
fell from thirty-foot bluff into tbs
creek. lie was found next morni ng Gea(
and frozen fast in the ice.
A MEETING of the State Board of Agri
culture and the State Veterinary SUI
geon was recently held at jefferson Cit,
for the purpose of fixing such rules ant
regulations as may be deemed advisable
to guard against Texas fever and othe
diseases dangerous to livestock during
the summer season.
JOHN BECKETT, blind man of Joplin
has been granted pension of S72 pc
month, with arrearages of nearly $40,
600. He served in the Tenth Missour
cavalry
WALTER CARRoIToN, of Canton, ha
be come insane from poverty. ii,
imagines that vigilantes of that city ar,
trying to kill him.
PENDING the investigation of his &C
counts, State Treasurer holland tenderc,
his resignation to Governor Francis
SOME remarkable rich strikes of min
eral ore have been made in the vicinit
of Seneca, in Newton County, lately
and the people of that place are jubilan
over the promies for the future.
Miss LAvINA HICKMAN, seventeen
years old, drank the contents of half
dozen phials in physicians medicin
case at Nevada the other night wit
/ suicidal intent. Her lover had mailc
bar n lattar duripo tho lav annnnnpir II