The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-02-05
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

the State Senate a resolution withhold
ing any appropriation for the lWorlds
Fair tin the elections bills fate is de-
cided.
THE Supreme Court has refused a
new trial in the case Of burlington, the
murderer Of Sheriff Cranmer OF Boon
-ville-and fixed the date of his execution
az Marchti.
+. FIVE thousand boot-blacls and news
boys Of ST. Louis sent a-petition to the
Legislature demonstrating against the
passage OF the cigarette bill now pend
ing in that body.
'Wu.soN lIowARp, the notorious Mis-
souri, and Kentucky murderer has been
paryloued by the GQverDar of CALIFORNIA;
fei.s,sr5bIs. .npshl ! y -, q ~ Z
Sonft' td be tried for mIsrder.
liz the case Of Lew Buling. the wife
murderer Of st. Joseph, the supreme
Con t has affirmed the death sentence
passed by the lower court and the day
Of exnci1iian is,fxed for March 9.
THE home Of Charles B. Leach, vice
president uf the North Arkansas l.um-
Der Company. nt KANSAS City. was eps
tercd ,,y u si,cait-thief thq other efeH-
ing and Acknowledged jeNslgy st2I!sn =. !! =,
valued atss00. - Z
Fi,r Mon Investment Company Of
KANSAS t{ty n IN the hHHdSUf thrFsiiurtitz
br virtue Of a writ Of attachment The
company had capital stock OF $1,000
900. and its failure is attributed to the
suspension Of the American National
Bank. Assets and liabilities not given.
A COMMITTEE of hotel men from st.
| Louis lately visited jefferson City, to
secure the passage of "a law t. protect
hotel keepers from dead beats In the
revision of the laws two years ago this
statute was unaccountably left out II
is thought the omitted law will be re-
enacted.
A FAi,NER named Ridden was Instant
ly killed by a Missouri Pacific train on
the Lexington branch, near Wellington,
the other morning. Ridden was walk
ing on the track when struck and his
body was knocked over fifty feet into
-tifr- tfiie--l,sslt, -liia4ass when
picked up
= CHAUNeEY D. HELM, OF Joplin, the
other day was placed in the buchanan
County Jail to answer for an attemptto
dcfraud Smith, Blasland K Co, Of st. jo7
seph, out of merchandise worth -, 400.
Helm was captured. at Denver. Helm
claimed that he had no intention of de-
frauding the firm, but that his failure
was brought about by bad business,
r TIE third trial OF Percy II. Kent,
cashier Of the Hannibal q st, Joseph
Railway Company, charged with the
r embezzlrmcnt of $1,000, was concluded
at Kansas City the other day, the jury
returning a verdict of not guilty. Kent
was indi ted two years ago next April
,, by special grand jury. In both for
mer trials the jury disagreed.
, Two attempts have lately been made
j 10 burn the House Of the food Shep
herd at Kansas CitY.-The last attempt
! was made on the night of the 25th, but
sisters on watch saw the fire before ii
gained any headway and it was put
out before any damage was done. Two
: men were seen to run away and then
tracks were piainfy -visiiifr riesst-iifeFf'-
= ing
e THE other morning the dead body OF
: hall Norris, hack driver for Maupir
G &. Moffatt, was found in a room
I at the Union Depot Hotel II
: Kansas City. On a chair by his side
c was an empty laudanum bottle, whicl
. ! showed lne cdL q VI hf'NAi' ~ ""' "
4 dicted to the use of liquor and for TIM
I reason his wife had left him. lie wa
u Al years old
e Mas. 7. j. LoFrUs, Of st. Joseph
G willie recently cleaning her gloves will
L -BFnZint ,It the residence of Matt Il van
6 mt Leavenworth, Kan, was tcrribl.
u burned The benzine took fire from
l. small lamp and envelopedathe lady il
= dames. Her brother Eph- Ryan, save
her by wrapping her with his overcoa
Is and smothering the blaze, nots how
&c over. until she was badly burned ubou
u neck and face-s
n Tup bndv of a vell-dressed mar
N obont ss vc,,/-rI.s- was taken from tn
n Nissouri-<fvcr at Kansas City the othe
5 afternoon. It was identified as that c
-..f,y,rl, T. Shireman clerk in W. w
~ Nt,ro,n.H clotbinq store, in that cit,
IN IN, ,,.,.,. ,,,, marks of violence on III
r -. md a niece of original poctrv o
as dna,h fnnpd in ono of his pockets, il
le dic.tad suicide. fondness for iiquC
s. h,5.carscd him n lose his situation
'n Mn Jouxs ~ Greene. has introduce
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