The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-03-27
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Seven fine two.story buildings, includ-
ing the journal and Democrat, were
burned. The total loss was about $780,
900, with about ST5, 900 insurance.
AT Fotsythe the other day the wife Of
X. w. Cunningham tainted and fell into
the fire and was burned TO death. She
was fifty-three years old.
GOVERNOR FRANCIS has forwarded to
each of Mr. Noland's bondsmen formal
notification Of the amount of the late
Treasurer's deficit, with request that
the shortage be Immediately made good.
ELIzABETH RENFRo, of Mexico, com
mitted suicide the other night by taking
strychnine
AT the Palmer House in Louisiana the
other night A. +. Messenger, detec-
tive, OF Muscatine, Iowa, was arrested
for having burglarizcd cigar store the
previous night. In searching his bed
room the constable found general as
sortment OF pipes, cigars and tobacco
which were identified as the stolen
property.
Mrs. JENNIE TwEEDALE, Kirkville
widow, had been missed by her neigh
bors for over week, but no attention
was paid to the matter until thinking
something was wrong, they went to the
house to examine and found her seated
in rocking chair that was propped up
by stick of woou, with her ieet resting
on another chair. Tho woman had con-
mittcd suicide by cutting the arteries in
each arm Just above the elbows. She
left note saying that she had com
mitted the deed because she was tired
Of living alone.
HUGH KING, a ten-year-old boy, died
at st. Joseph the other evening from in
juries received from kick on the head
by horse.
An official order has been issued by
the War Department transferring the
headquarters of the Department of the
Missouri from Fort Leavcnworth, Kan,
to st. Louis.
TiiE Burlington & Missouri River road
has joined the Memphis in refusing to
bring cattle into Kansas City locally on
the weighing system of adjusting rates.
THE wife of j. W. Dayboll, of st.
Louis, recently smothercd her infant
child and then attempted suicide by
severing an artery in her arm. TimG}y
discovery saved her life. Temporary
insanity was the cause.
THE prosecuting attorney of Cole
County has filed complaint charging
the late Treasurer holland with embez-
element Of State funds. Mr.. holland
appeared before justice of the peace
and gave bonds in the sum of 5000 to
appear at the May term of the circuit
court of Cole County to answer the
charge
Miss VIoLETTE, aged eighteen, re-
Gently hanged herself in her fathers
smoke house at Centralia. No canse
Known ss%s'ss - W
HENRY KUsEL was recently arrested
at Kansas City and taken to Blue Earth
City, Mimi, to answer an indictment
charging him with grand larceny in TAX
ing away So, 900 belonging to Blue Earth
City, of which he was treasurer before
he left. He was also charged with TAX
ing other large sums of money.
AT the opening of the st. Louis con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Rolla the otherday the report
Of the book committee was read show
ing that the sales of books and periodi-
Gals during the past year amounted to
S2,OO0,0O0. The aggregate circulation of
its various advocates" reached 10, 900.
BEN WOODWARD was lately arrested at
Carthage for the murder of George Horn
in that city last October.
FRED JONES, nineteen years old, was
arrested at st. Joseph the other day for
counterfeiting and passing five-dollar
treasury notes.
THE Governor has pardoned an insane
convict named Stevens, sent to the peni-
tentiary from Rails County in 1883 for
twelve years for burglary.
LUCKY" MORGAN, an old bachelor
who occupied small house of his own
and kept a billiard hall and restaurant
at Dadeville, was missed the other morn
ing, and, search being made, the body
was found in an old we'll near the house.
He had been murdered and thrown into
the well. He was supposed to keep a
large amount of money, but the muir
derer only got a small amount No clcw.
THE warden has removed Mrs. j. Gun
deltinger from the position of matron of
the woman's department Of the peniten-
tiary, and installed Mrs. Jameson in her
place. Mrs. Gundelfinger has held the
position about year, and she was APP
pointed at the instance of the late State
Treasurer, holland.
PRESIDENT L. w. STEPHENS has called
q meeting of the executive committee
of the Missouri Press Association at the
day, April 3, for the purpose of fixing
the time and place of holding the next
annual meeting of the association, and
preparing programme for the same.
MISSOURI postmasters lately appoint
ed C. G. Noll, Edmonson, Benton Coun-
ty; d. H. Middleton, Fleming, Ray
County; w. II. Watson, Judson, Sullivan
County; W. R. Pace, Scott Station, Cole
County.
THE Republicans of Kansas City re-
nominated Mayor Davenport for mayor
and the Democrats nominated Ben.
Holmes.
The body of negro, mangled beyond
recognition, was found on the Missouri
Pacific railroad track near Independence
early the other morning
THE other evening two barns and their
contents, belonging to Lon Kelly at
Bates City, were completely destroyed
by fire. 1t is supposed they werS fred
by two tramps to whom he had refused
lodgings.
EDWARD BENNs, section hand, was
killed the other morning by being
struck by moving engine in the rail-
road yards at Kansas City, He was n
married man.
THE distribution of the revised stat
utes of 1889 has been completed by Sec