The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-10-09
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

snail inc Othcr afternoon between WIZ
liam Trahumc and Justice OF the Peace
Thomas L. Woodson. Woodson was
shot in tho arm. Trahume Was hnhurt
with the exception OF q little blood be-
ing drawn from ono car.
A Man calling himself Captain Stubs,
who obta ned some notirioty in con-
nect'on with a wild West show was ro-
Gently arrested at st. Joseph, charged
with shooting a track walker for the
Union Pacific abroad while the train
wascast.bJunl fro Denver. Stubs was
standing IN the rear platform of tho
train shoot ny at obj"cts, and seeing tho
man tried his mar ;slnanship on him,
and shattered his leg. eau 'ing dealt In d
day or two,
TiiE gram Jury at Frclerickstown has
returned n b II of Indictment against
Mrs. Mary T. Gray, charging hcr with
the murder Of her husband Robert Gray,
by tho admin .stratioE OF arsenic during
his Illness in July last Mrs. Gray wa,
taken to the Pennington Jail to await
trial, which W Ii probably take place al
All adjourned term Of the c rcuit court,
next December.
TuE other day a serious shooting and
cuts ne ARRAY took place on a farm near
Carthage, between G. w.. lcback aud
his son ur ali. Bad blood had existed
between tho two since last spring, grow
ing out OF thu drinking habits of the old
man and hi'ubNsc Of the family. Tho
troubles culm mated by the old man
shooting at his son FIVE tines, only n
Of the shots, hCweycr, facing effect AS
soon Us he had emptiel his revolver at
the boy, the latter seized an axe, and
knocked his father down and struck him
several times. lcav ng him, as he Sup
posed, dead. triah gave himself Up.
Investigation showed, however, tina,
the father was not seriously hurt, and
he was allied.
THE President has nominated Colonel
Pony Royl, Of Springfield, to he Min.
lister to Sian, He superscdcs Jacob Il
chi d, who was Apo ntcd by President
Cleveland.
GEUE"E W. MCLEAN committed sal
eide at kanras City T. cent Y by shoot
inE h mSclf four times. lie boarued a
cable street ear, and when he left it Mt
the terminus gave his watch to the ron
dUCtOr, asking him to leave it at his
residence. lie then vent to n spot on
tho lndcpcn lencc roal Il quarter OF n
mile cast Of Sheffield. II suburb OF Kan
s1S City, aud there fired four shots into
hiS abdomen When found he declared
that he wanted to die. The act was due
10 i'll health. lie had suffered for years
from brain trouble, which incapac tatcd
h IN for bus ness. A few years ago he
was ch of grain inspector of the Board
of Trade and n man of considerable
means, lie and his wife have occupied
prominent pos lions in society, lie was
about fifty years of age.
JAMES II. RINGo, ex-clty treasurer OF
st. Joseph, was stricken with paralysis
in court the o.hcr day and died two
days later.
TnH census gives jefferson City a pop
u~Iation Of GT3!, increase, l,46l, and
Lou s.ana 5,0Tl, nm increase OF TiS.
1uE prcsts OF pallas parade at Kan
SIS City IN tho evening of the II was II
great success, The pageant repro
scented scenes in American history from
ColpmiuS to the present time. 1t was
estimated that fully $50, 0Oo people wit
messed the parade, All railroads enter.
ing the city ran special trains and the
jam was entirely too great to he enjoy
able.
j. II. NrowEEa, agent for D. Apple
ton d Co., 10" the States of Kansas and
Missouri and parts of Iowa and Ne
braska, lately absconled from Kansas
CITY with =, 900 Of the company's money.
lie left n note on his desk, acknowledge
ing the driic t in his accounts and stat.
ing that bHt two courses were open to
him, suicide or night. He declared that
be did not have sufficient courage for
the one and chose the other. lie has a
wife and one child.
THOMAS BARRY, Il middle-aged man,
attempted to board a moving Missouri
Tac fc passenger train at Kansas City
the other morning, fell and had his left
leg cut oil and his right foot badly
manglCl.
IiM Republicans OF the Eighth (St.
LOUIS Congressional district have nom
mated Frank NJ St.lritt to succeed Con.
gresham Neidrinhaus, who declined
another nomination.
The Mexican veterans, at their Tenth
annual reunion lately held at Fayctte,
elected c. W, Smith, Of Warsaw, presi-
dent; 7. T. Staples, OF Nelson, and w,
Il Samuc $, Of Huntsville, vice-presi-
d'nt, and T. p. Hay, of Scdalia, sccre-
tary and treasurer.
IHE reported assassination of Dr..
johnson, at Camden. was not an assas-
ination after all William Tucker, his
son-in-law, voluntarily surrendered to
tho authOrit os and went before tho
grand jury, who failed to indict him,
and he was released. lie assorted that
tho killing was in self defense.
A NUMBER of banking corporations in
tho State having failed or refused to file
statements of their financial condition
by september !, as required by law, the
Secretary OF State has directed pro.
Good ngs against d%clinqucnts under the
law. The penalty is a heavy fine.
THE prohibitionists have nominated
j {. Hughes, OF Il chmond, for SuperiI.
tcndont of Public Instructions; X. B.
Robinson, of Kansas City for Judge OF
tho Supreme Court, and w. L. Crouch,
OF Carroilton, for Railroad Commissioner
THE Rohan Bros. Boiler Manufacture
ing Company, Of st, Louis, recently as
s rnpd with assets yaluc atS75 600 and