The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-06-12
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

WHEN the TAILOR went into the Jail AZ
Springfield the other day to give tho
prisoners dinner he was overpowered,
locked in a cell and seven prisoners
escaped. They were, s. b. Berry, Under
sentence Of five years for felonjous as
sault, Ton Morgan, Henry Pealy, George
Scott, j. w. officer and 7. w. Berry,
robbery, and Ben Howard and Albert
Hoffner, burglary. q
The State Treasurer recently pur-
chased $50, 900 Of State bonds for the
purpose Of making up $3.50, 900 to be re-
deemed this year.
AT the late diocesan convention OF
the Episcopal Church, held in st. Louis,
the State was divided into two dioceses.
The Bishop of the new diocese, to be
elected, will reside in Kansas City.
The Eastern Tor old) diocese contains
ifty-four counties and has $500 commu-
nicants, and the Western Tor new do
cese contains sixty counties and $500
communicates.
MAY PATTERSON, five years old, was
killed by a cable car at Kansas City the
other day. The child was with her
mother, who was carrying a baby, when
the accident happened.
A HEAD-END collision of a fast freight
train on the Hannibal from Chicago and
a through Rock Island freight train
bound for Chicago occurred the other
morning on the Hannibal track, near
the Milwaukee bridge, about two miles
east of Kansas City. No n was Sc
riously injured, but about $40, 900 worth
Of property was destroyed, zach COM
pany sharing the loss about equally.
THE alleged accomplices of Fletcher
Kirby in the murder of School Teacher
Rogers in Stone County have been traced
to Arkansas and it Is said will soon be
arrested.
AT Moberly the other day Alexander
McKensie and his son were convicted Of
the killing of John Emery last fall. -hc
son was sentenced to flfty-two and the
father to ten years Imprisonment.
THE five-year-old son of L. C. Clinli-
scales fell from a tree at Columbia, the
other day, and injured his head so that
he died a day or two later.
THE convention of the Episcopal
Church for the new diocese met at Kan
sas City and christened the new division
the West Missouri diocese. After n
spirited contest Rev. L. r. Atwell, of
Toledo, o., was elected Bishop.
THEWonthly report of the State Boarl
of Agriculture, just issued, shows the
wheat crop of the State not to be in as
good condition as at the last report.
The yield per acre will probably be be-
low the average for the past two years.
The dry weather that has prevailed for
the most part during the last month in
Northwest Missouri has materially les
sened the prospects in that section
where one month ago the outlook was
the most promising. There has been a
decline in condition in all sections of
the State. Many fields which one
month ago seemed to be quite promis-
ing are, since heading, proving to be
nearly all chess. A considerable arcs
has been plowed up since this has be.
come known. The Hessian fly is work.
ing quite seriously in Southwest Mis-.
souri,, while in Southeast Missouri the
grain apis is threatening to do SOM
damage.
SENATOR PLUMR has introduced in the
Senate a joint resolution providing fol
the settlement of the claims. of officer,
and enlisted men of the various mititi;
organizations of Missouri for horses ant
equipments lost while engaged in tn,
military service of the United States il
1861.
I. II. VINE, operator for the Western
Union at st. Louis, fell or threw him
self from the fourth story of his board
i-- ga th1 DtlA- -.-s- .-l ..., l..
stantly killed. He was arrested a few
days previous In the Merchants Elk
change on suspicion of having been i'm
plicated in the wire tapping in Dono
vans pool room. He was 'swcated'
twenty-four hours and then released
Finding himself discharged by the West
ern Union he went on n spree.
The Democratic Congressional con
vention for the Fifth district, held a
Holden, unanimously renominated Hon
John c. Tarsney for Congress.
MARTIN M%EIsTER, one of the oldes
residents of st. Joseph, committed sui
eide the other day by taking a dose G
morphine. He had been drinking heay
lily of late and had several times thrcat
encd to cut his throat. He had me
with a small business reverse, whic
is supposed to have been the primar
cause of his action.
WHILE playing with a Smith e We!
son pistol at Poplar Bluff the othe
evening Hermis Walker accidental
shot Thomas Mccain in the abdomen
Mccain could not ecover.
GOVERNOR FRANCIS has honored
requisition for Mansfield King, the Der
yer bank robber in Jail at Clayton, a
=; though he is under Indictment in S
: Louis County for burglary and ~larcen,
: In the Supreme Court Judge Sherwoo
= recently filed an opinion reversing an
=: %remanding for a new trial the case {
(: the State VS.. John Miller, appealed fro,
; the circuit court of Audrain Count,
Miller was under sentence of death f,
: the murder of Samuel Apgar in MexiC
two years ago. Judge Sherwood r
maIded the case on the ground tn,
George Mortimer, Miller's partner
the crime, was permitted to plead gull
to murder in the second degree, and
consideration Of this testified again
v Miller, but should not have been pc
mitted to testify under the condition
t WILLIAM STEERS, of Wellsville, w
drowned in Salt rivor, in Rails Count
4 the other day. While bathing he W,
,n;ual ,uith ,oy,o