The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-05-01
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

Kan, on the Chicago, Kansas & Ne
braska railway, was run over and killed
by switch engine on the Fort Scott
road at Kansas City the other evening.
The young mans home was in Atchison,
Kan.
A MEETING OF college presidents was
held in Moberly the other day, its OBJ
ject being full and free discussion of
| Christian education.
LEM GOLDEN, aged twenty-seven,
o local Napoleon" of finance and stock
and bond broker and high flyer in st.
Louis financial circles generally was
arrested the other night for defrauding
a jewelry firm out Of diamonds valued
at SO, oo0 lie got the diamonds ostensi-
bly, to show to his wife, it is said, but
failed to return them and they were
found in pawn shop II he has wife,
none of his friends we're aware of it He
is nephew of Moses Fraley, the great
speculator who recently got caught in
the big wheat deal.
Miss MAGGIE Boris, the St Louis
young lady who had received numerous
anonymous letters telling her to beware
of April Is, as it would be her last on
over the matter and fears harm may
come to her although the day has passed.
Every effort to discover the author Of
the threatening letters have proved un-
availing.
WILLIAM T. LAIRD, booltkeeper for
Flesh & Monk, house and sign painters,
OF st. Louis, was arrested the other
day for embczzlcment For the past
seven years he had been making false
entries to cover up his thefts, and a
short time since the firm discovered his
dishonesty and discharged him. An
expert was put to work and discovered
his shortage to be SIS, 533. ~.
GOVERNOR FRANCIS has appointed the
following delegates to tho Mississippi
river improvement and levcc convention
to be held at Nicksburg Miss: Frank
Gainnie, st. Louis; Michael McEnnis,
St Louis; Marshal Arnold, Benton;
George w. Carleton, Gayoso; Frank
Green, Hillsboro; Joseph Russell,
Charleston; Charles c. Roster, Sto.
Geneviove; George White Cotton, New
London; j. c. Mittel berger St Charles,
and William Dawson, New Madrid.
These gentlemen will represent the
State of Missouri and will meet dele
gates appointed by the Governors of the
States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Mississippi
JUDGE BURKHARDT, of the Second
Judicial Circuit, died at Huntsville the
~" 'ay. He was a native of Randolph
?. and sixty-seven years of age.
vwenty-eight years he had not
missed single term of court.
THE State Board of Equalization met
at Jefferson City on the 21st for the pur-
pose of equalizing the assessment Of
railroad bridge and telegraph property
in the State. Tho meeting was only
preliminary and the members discussed
programme for hearing arguments
from citizens, from county officials and
from representatives Of railroads A
resolution was adopted requesting the
secretary to procure reports of boards of
adjoining States.
TIE Governor has appointed Hon
John A. lIockaday of Galloway County,
as Judge OF the Second judicial circuit to
succeed Judge Burckhart, deceased.
GEORGE BECKMAN, a machinist by
, trade and crank on patents, attempted
to kill his wife at st. Louis the other
morning by striking her a heavy blow
on the head with a hammer which rem
dered her insensible. He then shot
himself in the head with revolver and
died almost instantly.
The long and bitter controversy for
the postmastership at McFall between
o. f. Axtell and w. R. Jones has been
settled by the rejection of both these
contestants and the appointment of Mrs.
Mary Williams.
IN an attempt to elect a permanent
chairman at the organization of the new
City Council in st. Joseph a deadlock
was formed which was not broken after
seventeen ballots, the vote standing s
to s.
WILLIAM MULLEN and William Pink
erton, jointly charged at st. Louis with
having murdered All jim, Chinaman,
in 1888, will probably escape the gallows
through lack of the testimony OF Az
Quong, who returned to China shortly
after the murder and married. When
he returned to this country the
customs authorities at San Francisco
would not permit his wife to land, and
he threatened to return to China with
her.
SAMUEL JOHNSON, alias Dick Finncy,
who murdered q colored man named
Strather at Dalton January /, 1890, was
arrested at Keokuk, Iowa, the other day.
AT the late meeting of the Missouri
Institute Of Homeopathy. held in st,
Louis, the following officers were chosen,
President, DIR. III. c. Baker, Kansas City;
general secretary, A. c. Jones, Holden;
provisional secretary, L. c. McElwee,
st. Louis; treasurer, w. B. Morgan, st,
Louis; board of censors, w. A. Edmonds,
of st. Louis; A. w. Williamson, OF
Springfield and w. G, Hall, of st. Jo'
seph. 1t was unanimously decided tc
hold the next annual meeting at Kansas
City.
AL. GODDARD, an omnibus driver, was
fatally injured at Webb City the other
day by his team running away and dash
ing him against the barn door.
1T is stated that number of st. Loui,
capitalists propose to purchase ths
Cleveland, st. Louis & Kansas City rail
road, which is to be sold at st. Charles
May 10 to satisfy Judgment, and tha'
John o. Day will be placed in charge.
JAY GOULD and party were recently il
Joplin viewing the mines and manu-
facturiug interests of the locality Hi,
visit inspired the citizens of the town with
the belief that the Missouri Pacific peo
Pile are awakening to the Importance OF
that city as manufacturing as well as
mining center, and they confidently lool