The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-06-05
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

wrongfully convicted.
MARsnFIEf.D KING was recently ar
rested at st Lou's S for horse stealing
and afterwards identified as Wells, the
Denver bank robbcr who compelled
President Mofatt of the First National
Bank Of Denver to hand over S2l, 900 in
cash in March, 1882 at the point of ro-
volver.
THE Governor has appointed c. H.
Jones' of st. Louis, and T. b. Bullcne,
of Kansas City, Worlds Fair Commits
sioners for Missouri. It is spec fed in
tho World Fair bill that each political
party shall have representation in the
Commissidnership
GOVERNOR FRANCIS has pardoncd Bert
Ward, who was sent to the penitcntiarv
in June, lSS2, for twenty-five years for
| participating in the robbery of the
bank at Brookfeld in Juno 1sS'.
Ward was twcnty-four wears OF ace
when he entered the pcnit"niiary and
was robust in health. Confinement
told on him and nine months ago ne
was sent to the hospital sulTn inr with
incurablc pulmonary phthisc He has
but short while to I've and it was in
consideration of this fact that the Coy
crnor freed tho dying bank robbnr.
The robbery was bold one, Ward and
his confcdcrates robbinr the ban; of
$50, 900 in broad day light
THE largest walnut tree in North Mis-.
souri, was sold recently by H. II. Crumr,
of Monroe County, to a wa nut lumber
dealer of Shelby County. The 5 ~ Of
10 t,,nf, 10, tt.
ence at the stump, and about seventy
feet to the first limb. Itlrought the
owner handsome sum.
THE State Board of Euualiz ition
at recent meeting adopted Il rcao-
luton which, it is thought will lea
to the States securing taxes on over
$1,000, 600 worth of railroad property
which had heretofore escaped va uation
by the board on account of the claim set
up that the road in question-thc kCo-
kuk ~ Western-by rcas n of a special
clause in its charter, granted by an act
of the General Assembly in 1866, was
exempted from county and other taxes.
The resolution calls upon the county
clerks of Clark, Scotland and Schuyler
Counties. and also upon tho manage
ment of the road, to appear before the
board to have a hearing in regard to the
assessment Of the road for 1881. 1852,
1888 and 1854 The collector Of Scot
land County some years ago sued the
road for taxes and won the case in doth
the State Supreme Court and the United
States Circuit Court.
THE other day Miss Sue Richardson,
:, aeedt ttwepty-four, residing with her par
/ ents five miles northwest of Laddonia,
took dose of strychn'nc and died with
in fifteen minutes. She was to have
been married the same evening to u
young man named William Daud"rman.
He had some bad habits and her mother
endcavorcd to dssuadc he from marry
ing him. Arraying herself in her we'd
ding robes she took the fatal drug Tho
affair so affected young Daudcrman
that it was feared he would kill himself.
THE other morning Mrs. Willingham,
aged eighty years, who lived with her
son on a farm near Mexico, and who was
barely able to move her hands, was
placed in an easy chair in her room and
given a pipe to smoke while tho family
were at work. Half an hour later smoke
room and the family rushed to her res
cue. 1t was found that the bed cloth
ing wrapping her was ablazc and both
legs had been horribly burned from the
knees down. She died in short time.
TIE Laclede -four mill, a large five
story building at Ninth and Soulard
streets, st. Louis, was entirely destroyed
by fire carly the other morning. ! he
origin of the fire is a mystery, as the
mill had been idle for some time and
was being remodclcd for the manufact-
ure of roller process flour. The loss is
estimated at Sl25, 900; fully insured
A PURSE was found the other night on
the Hannibal & st, Joseph track, near
Lathrop containing many valuable pa
pers and moro than $1,000 in cash and
checks. The checks were all drawn in
favor of James Mexican, on banks at
Parsons, Kan, andPrince ton, III.
c. II. CRENsuAw and George Harris,
two negro hod-carricrs, recently quar-
relied over woman at st, Joseph and
settled the matter with ShOtguns. IIar-
ris was mortally and Crenshaw badly
wounded.
clerk of the Austin Investment Com
pany, of Kansas City, who recently
drew $4,000 of tbs company's money
from bank and absconded, was recently
arrested at Chicago and taken back to
answer for his crime. Correspondence
with a woman led to the discovery OF
his whereabouts. Most of the money
was recovered.
THE Missouri State Press Association
will meet at Hannibal August 10. An
excursion to Helena, Mont, and other
cities in the Northwest is on the pro-
gramme.
THE Cole County grand jury has in
dicted E. t. Noland, the defaulting
State Treasurer. Tho first indictment
charges him with having embezzlcA
81, 1875 of the States money, the second
charges him in three counts with having
embezzled the balance of the deiic t.
and the third charges him with having
unlawfully loaned $40, 900 of the State'a
money to ]. s. Fleming, banker OF
jefferson City and one of Noland' s
bondsmen.
FRANK X. SHoMBEAU, a switchman en-.
ployed in the yards of the Kansas City,
st. Joseph & Council Bluffs railroad a.
st. Joseph, was crushed to death VIII lie
making a coupling the other night.
Shombeau leaves a wife and four chill,
dren. He had been railroading fuI
twenty years.
WHILE recently attending barbecue
at Franklin, A. +. Willis, principal OF
the Glasgow public schools and candi'