The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-10-08
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


BURGLARS entered two business
houses at Carthage the other night,
drilled the safes and secured about 5000
in money and jewelry.
The governor has appointed ffty-one
delegates 10 represent Missouri Mt the
commercial congress that meets at
Omaha on October 10
Mrs KATE WILLIAMS, who swore
falsely in the Huntsville circuit court
for IS cents, was recently sentenced to
the penitentiary for two years.
HARDIN PIATT, one of the largest
farmers Of Stoddard county, was re-
Gently severely whipped by whitecaps
lie was formerly deputy sheriff.
CHARLES GRAHAM. a farmer, recently
committed suicide near Mexico, after
which 1t was learned that he not only
had several names but several wives.
CHARLES +. VAIL, charged with the
murder of his wife, has been reindicted
at St Louis lie was tried for wife
murder last February and the trinl re-
suited in hung jury, since which time
he has been out on bail.
THE Plant mills at st. Louis burned
recently, together with 1000 barrels of
-four. The loss was S225, 900; insured
About the same time the Mansur-
Tibbitts agricultural warehouse was
burned, the loss being about $3.50, 900.
SEVERAL days ago Mrs Otto He eberer,
of st. Louis, gave poison to her three
children and then disappeared. The
next day her body was found in va
cant lot, she having also taken poison.
1t was thought the children would re-
cover Cause not stated.
THIEVES recently about banlsrupted
the village of San Antonio, Buchanan
county. They robbed the store and
post office kept by Henry Kloss and
several other houses. They loaded their
plunder into wagons and started for
Iowa. A posse was in pursuit.
c. c. DEFFENBAUGu, of Springfield,
was shot at Nevada the other day by
Thomas Hutton, of the latter place.
Deffcnbaugh died few days after the
shooting. The shooting was reported
to be the result Of some indignity Of
fered to Mrs. Hutton by Deffenbaugh.
THE other night while the colored
people were assembling on side street
In Boonville to attend dance in the
country, Charlie Nav had an alterca-
ton with William Grant when the lat
ter's threat was cut and his head
crushed in near the temple by blow
from stone thrown by some one in
the street.
Hon. j. LADUE died at Clinton on
the I'd, aged fifty eight years. He was
one of the best known politicians in
the state. In 1888 he was a candidate
for the democratic nomination for licu-
tcnant.governor, and last year was a
prominent candidate for the democratic
congressional nomination in the Thir-
tcenth district.
ZACH HARRIS, of Lewis county, was
arrested the other day for passing
counterfeit silver dollars and bound
over to the December term of the
United States district court at Hanni-
bal. Harris is gambler, and while
play ing game OF might've paid his
losses in counterfeit silver dollars. He
had also changed nu mber of bills for
his fellow-gambcrs, giving in exchange
the spurious coin. When arrested he
had a large lot of the bogus coin in his
pockets.
S. NJ. BROOKS, express messenger and
baggagemaster on the run between
Jefferson City and Mexico on the Chi
cago & Alton railway, was handling n
revolver the other day on his run when
it was accidentally discharged and the
bullet passed through the left lung and
entirely through the body. 1t was
thought the wound might prove fatal.
Brooks is a brother Of Rev. John A.
Brooks, who was the nominee of the
prohibition party for vice-president in
1885,
TEN prisoners, some of whom are
desperate criminals, escaped from the
Jail ut st. Louis in broad day light on
the afternoon OF October while the
guards were taking other prisoners to
supper. The prisoners who escaped
were: Jack Shea, the murderer of Po-
liccman Doran; John Amick, under
sentence of death for the murder OF
Hiram Anderson at Gad's Hill; George
Walsh, John Morgan and Pat Jones
leach with numerous aliases), bank
robbers, and others charged with dif-
ferent crimes.
THE report of State Treasurer Ste
phens for September showed the bal
nnce in the treasury July to be sl34o,
1885, SO. Receipts during July, August
and September, Sl,2sS, 5l3. 40; total, 81
B29, ,349 o. Disbursements during July,
August and September, 81, 274, 352. AZ;
balance in treasury at close of business
September 80, 1854, ,99T. so. Total reduc-
ton of the bonded debt of the state
since January /, 1891, Sl,260, 900; school
money apportioned, ss6s, $50 80; earn-
iugs of the peniteutiary for July, Au'
gust and September, S47, ,03Ls5.
SECRETARY OF STATE LEsUEUR reports
receipts of the department of state for
state fees and Incorporating taxes for
Scptembe as follows: Notaries' commits
sions, $500; miscellaneous fees, So 05;
tax on domestic corporations, S5.0i5;
tax on foreign corporations, Sl,9l5;
total, SIS, 800. O5. Fees and corporation
tax received in September, 1890, S.,
O26. SIS; total tax and fees received In
first nine months of $780, Sss,0+a. 20; to.
tai tax and fees in first nine months of
1891, sl1S,74l 80; excess for nine months
in 1891 over nine months in 1890, S24,
| T99. go
JOHN TopPEN, an old German farmer
residing near Kansas City, recently dis
covered Charles Gibbons, q huckster
stealing apples from his trees and ir
defending his property struck Gibbons
with whip when the latter shot Top
pen dead. Gibbons flcd but was soor
after arrested.
In division No. Q OF the supreme