The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-10-23
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

WILLIAM DENNY, who Is confined in
;he Jail at Ironton, charged with forg-
,ry in Reynolds County recently made
desperate effort TO escape by locking
he sheriff in the Jail, but was defeated
n his purpose by the assistance of two
,ther prisoners who went to the sher-
| ifs assistance
IN coils on in the bridge tunnel at
St Louis the other morning between
light eng ne and freight train Benja'
min fngrahdm and John Livingston,
employees OF the Bridge & Tunnel Com
pany, who were riding on the forward
tootboard of the light engine, were
crushed to death.
TIE ten-weelSs-old baby Of Mrs John
d. Foley, was discovered dead at her
residence in ST. 'ose,ph ,he etner morn
ing about three o'clock. 1t had slight
bruise on tho head snd blood was oozing
from its nose when found The coroner
upon investigation, learned that the
babe was the victim of drunken moth
er, who, in her orgies, let it drop to the
foor and then lay down upon it and
smothcred /. 10 death
T. w. GrLRUiI:, az Eat1sas ". has
filed with the Secretary OF state a Ger
tifcate nominating George II. llifinefcs
the Peoples Independent Reform candi-
date for Congress in the Fifth district.
The tapers we're accepted and filed.
ANNIE Bias and Sophia Bass, two
shop girls, armed W tn horsewhips adj
ministcrei severe fogging to Louis
Animas at St Lotus the other day. The
man worked in the sanlo store with the
girls and, it is said, crcrilatcd stories
defamatory to their character.
Soon after the Missouri Pacific pas
senger train left Kansas City the other
evening, going north, several pickpo"k.
! cts appeared among the passengers and
relieved number of small sums of
money They jumped off near the State
line and disappeared
Two boys, aged twelve and nine years.
recently got into a quarrcl at Kansas
| City when tho nine-year-old kid drew a
knife and stabbed the other in the
shoulder
r. C. ARNETT, conductor on Ptllman
palace Car upon the Missouri Pacific
running between Denver and st. Louis,
the other morning attempted criminal
sas City widow about twcnty-sx years
of age. Arnctt d d not deny his crime
but pleaded to have the matter hushed
up He is forty years Of age and has
wife and six children living in St Louis.
AT tho late meeting of the Grand
Lodge of Masons, held at st. Louis
officers we're elected as follows: Grand
master George E. Walker, of St Louis;
deputy grand master, b. Ii. Ingram, of
Sedala; grand senior warden, John r.
Parsons, Of St Louis; grand junior war
den, Harry Keene, OF st. Joseph; grand
treasurer, Samuel Kennard, of st. Louis;
grand secretary, Rev. John d. Wheel,
OF St Louis.
ANNA BAKER the white wife of a
Chinese laundryman, of St Louis re.
gently threw lye into the face of Walter
Kelly, ten years old. Both of his eye
balls were completely eaten out The
| woman was arrested
TIE visiting members of the Loyal
Legion we're received on change ut st.
Louis on the 10th, where ex-Governof
Beaver, of Pennsylvania j, Warren
Keifer and others made short speeches.
They then drove over the city, visited
the Exposition and wound up the ses'
sion with grand banquet at night.
II. L. PREsToN and Isaac LaVeen, pub
fishers of sensational paper at Kansas
City, were recently arrested and taken
to Brookfeld upon the charge OF Grim
inal libel When they reached Brook
field they were confronted with half Il
dozen other warrants and consequently
hnd 10 oil
THE wife OF Henry Oberberg, an old
business man OF Moberly, was found
dead in bed the other day
The twenty-sixth annual session of
the Loyal Legion met at St Louis on
the 18th. Ex-Presdcnt Hayes presided.
A large number Of distinguished soldiers
and prominent members of the order
were present This was the first meeting
ever held outside of Philadelphia.
GOVERNOR FRANCIS and other State
officers attended the great fair at Dali
las, Tex. Governor Francis delivered
the opening address on the 18th.
WILLIAM BECK, a boy of only sixteen
years, killed Thomas Mashburn at a
protracted meeting recently held at
Elkton. Mashburn had been married
father was paralyzed on hearing of the
murder of his son and the physicians
thought he could not possibly survive
| the shock.
o. +. DREW, who was in Jail at Gal
latin awaiting trial on the charge of
forgery, died the other morning after
few hours illness Drew represented
himself as an agent of Bucklin g. Co. +,
Chicago, and obtained money on bogus
checks in a number of towns of the
State. His father had come from Yer
mont few days previous to bail him
out, and took his sons body back home.
THE Sheffield foundry, near Kansas
City, burned to the ground the other
night The loss was 50, 1000, with small
insurance.
THE Grand Lodge of Masons, recently
in session at St Louis, decided to hold
the next annual session in Kansas City,
For seventy years the Grand Lodge has
heretofore met in St Louis
Miss SALLIE CAN'T, the seventeen
year-old daughter OF Judge CAN'T, DEM
ocratic candidate for Supreme Judge.
died at Clinton the other day.
FRANK STIcKNEY, an employee in the
nut and bolt works at Sheffield, neal
Kansas City, met with a horrible death
the other day. While attempting to cast
a belt from pully his arm was caught
and before the machinery could be
stopped the boys body was hurled
around the shaft He was terribly
manpled and almost instantly killed