The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-10-22
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

co'he the Otner Uuy: Jhc WIS Sixty
one years old.
A. J. DEcKELMAN, Of Leavenworth,
harnessm alser, was recently found dead
in his room at Kansas City. He had
been on n protracted spree.
THE sixth annual ses ion of the Cum
berland Presbyterian synod of Missouri
commenced its session at Springfield
on the 14th. Rev. s. Finis King, OF
Kansas City, was chosen moderator.
Mrs. FLORENCE WATSON, snid to be
the wife of prominent Chicago jew
eler, was recently Jailed at St Louis
for petit larceny. Soon after she was
. found in her cell suspended from an
iron bar by her garters. When cut
down her body was cold.
Rev. DR. Bowers, called to the pas
torate Of the mberland Presbyterian
church at Kansas City dUout six months
ago, has been forced to resign owing g.
an ugly scandal in which the pastors
name and that of one of his female
Pensioners got badly mixed up.
WILLIAM EVANS, secretary OF the st.
Louis Morse Wool Securing Co. disap'
peared suddenly some time ago and an
investigation showed that he was $780,
900 short in his accounts. September 7
tho establishment was destroyed by
fire. Three days later the firm made
an assignment and began an investiga-
ton of the books, whereupon Evans
disappeared and has not been heard of
since.
j. NJ. GALLON, n stock agent for the
Rock Island road, was arrested in a
prominent dry goods store in Kansas
City the other day on the charge of
shoplifting. lie Is over sixty years of
age. lie had been the victim of con-
tidence game by sharper and an In.
vestigation showed him to be temper.
lrily demented The firm refused to
prosecute him.
FIRE at Independence the other night
destroyed Hughes Bros. livery stable
and contents Two horses and many
ine buggies and carriages were burned.
The loss was about $4,000. Insurance
light The building had quite a his
ory, having been the first depot erect
= / in the state west of the Mississippi.
1t was built in 1910 and was the depot
for the road running between Maple
avenue and Wayne City.
THE Mississippi Valley Medical asso-
citation, recently in session at St Louis,
ele ted the following officers: Presi.
lent, C. l.. Reed, Cincinnati; first vice.
president, c. S. Bond, Richmond, Ind
second vice-president, J. II. Stucky,
Louisville; secretary, e. S. Mckee,
Cincinnati; judicial council, P. o.
Hooper, Little Rock; II. N. Meyer, Chi
cago; j. NJ. Matthews, Louisville, and
D. j. Thompson, indianapolis.
The dedication of the Norris free pub
lie library at Trenton took place the
other day. The building, with its equip
ments and the 5000 volumes now con
tanned in 1t, has cost about S35, 900, ant
In addition the public school board has
at It's disposal an endowment fund oi
$4,000. The entire sum OF $50, 00o is
the gift Of the late Hon Jewett Norris,
who died some months ago in st Paul,
but who lived in Trenton forty years
THE st te board of fund commission
ers met recently and made requisi
ton on the auditor for his warrant or
the state treasurer for $3.50, 900 to pay
for option bonds OF the state called for
redemption November |. A warrant
for 81 PAS to pay fractional interest on
the bon Is redeemed from July 1 to
date was also ordered drawn. When
this lot of bonds is taken up the reduc.
tion of the state debt since January 1,
1891, will be 81, 100000
TnE seventy first annual commuuica
ton of the grand lodge of Missouri
Masons commenced at Kansas City or
18th. The report of the grand troasur
er showed the lodge to be in good con
dition. The amount on hand last yeal
was SO, 42o oG; receipts, Sl+, 4?9; disdurse
ments, Sill, 2S7. 60; cash balance, $500.
~. The St Louis home has now, ac
cording to Superintendent Leftwich's
report, thirty inmates. Twentv-one OF
the children are attending the St Louis
public schools. The net assets Of the
homo arc put at Sll0, $50 G3 and there is
Sc, 100 cash in the treasury.
A FEARFTL tragedy was enacted iu
the Kansas City criminal court about
dark on the evening of the 12th. Frank
2owlen had been on trial on the
charge of forging deed or the release
of mortgage upon farm in Kansas,
and the jury returned n verdict OF
guilty, assessing the penalty at ter
years in the penitentiary. Suddenly
Rowlen rose from his seat and drawing
a pistol shot himself in the breast, in
hic,ing probably fatal wound. liz
declared that he preferred death to tn,
penitentlary. Rowlen has q wife ant
two children at Greeley, Kan, and fou
years ago was reported to be wortl
| 500, 900, but the decline in real estat'
had Impoverished him
ELM SILvERLAAs, n young Swedt
girl, arrived at Kansas City the othel
day on her wav to relatives at Tacoma
Wash. She was noticed to n t in
very strange manner and start for thu
| Missouri river. which she reached ant
inmped in. Two men chanced to SCI
her an fishcd her out in an inSensiblt
condition. She was well dressed and
had gold watch, but only ont
cent in her pocket She had lost he
pocketboox and evidently became de
spondent at being in strange place
without m onev. A Swedish physician
in Kansas City recognized her as thu
daughter of well-to-do engineer il
the employ of the Swedish govern
mept. She was cared for and sent t,
her destination.
DRURY ADcocK, well-to-do farmel
living near Millersburg, Callaway
county, was killed the other dav in 1
rather peculiar way. He was cutting
down hollow tree for rabbit, wher
the tree split and part of it struck hin
on The head, breaking his neck. Wher
found his face was in the hole in th,