The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-09-03
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

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The new Wabash hospital at Moberly
was formally opened on the 26th.
Patients in the hospital at Kansas City
were transferred 70 Moberly and taken
In charge by DIR. Clapp, the hospital
physician =
. A FIeHr between Dan KcKinzie,
white, and Joe Cooley, colored, at
Mount Vernon the other day resulted
in McKinzie stabbing and killing Cod,
,fey.a Whisky was the. cause .AlcKin-
-siesi iaEa esna hha ~ slsnB artested,
This was The second manShe mad killed.
A FEARFUL storm recently visited
Steelville. The water ran through the
streets so deep that families abandoned
their homes and sought refuge upon ell
evations. In some places it would swim
a horse. Yard fences were swept away
and in the country crops were de-
, stroyed The track of the storm was
one mile in width.
MRs B % WrKrnsoN, wife Of a
prominent attorney and an old resident
of Sedalia, died the. other morning
from the'effects, Of dose Of carbolio
acid taken by mistake for a chlorate OF
potassium solution for sore throat The
bottles were sitting side by side on the
mantel and Mrs. Wilkerson picked up
the wrong one in the dark.
WRIGHT, noted Tennessee murderer,
was recently captured in Taney county
but the next day escaped from the Off
GERS at Mansfield They had gone to
that point to board the train. The
prisoner stepped on the car platform in
front of the officers and kept on going,
escaping on the opposite side of the
car. large posse went in pursuit
The state convention Of the Farmers
Alliance, recently in session at Pertle
Springs (near warrensburg) elected Of
ticers as follows: President 'Lcverett
Leonardo yice-president Pierce IIackett;.
secretary, T. W. Long; state lecturer
Q Wise; assistant lecturer, ID. Meow
an; chaplain, II. King; sergeat-at-arms,
j. White; doorleeper, W. II. Plum
mer. The election of every officer was
victory for the sub-treasury advocates.
THE resolutions reported by the COM
mittee in the alliance convention at
-Pertle Springs -indorsed the substreas-
ury plan and land loan scheme. A
minority report was made but rejected.
The anti-Hall men also elected their
delegates to the indianapolis conven-
tion. The delegates are Leyerett Leon
ard, of Saline county: DIR, Ewing, OF
johnson county, George Williams, of
Polk county J. NJ. London, of Macon;
p. D. Kenyon, of Caldwell county.
The body of an unknown man was
found in the Missouri river the other
morning at Missouri City A brake
man on Wabash freight train, which
was side tracked along the river front,
noticed the body floating near the shore
and with some difficulty drew IL to the
bank. The forehead and face had been
crushed out of all resemblance, appar-
emily with some blunt instrument and
the theory was that she had been MUIR
dered and the body thrown into the
river
TEN years ago a man named John
Handley lived in St Lonis While
there his ten-year-old son ran away
from home and no trace could be found
of his whereabouts, The father re-
moved TO Sedalia some eighteen months
ago The other day while excavating
for sewer on the streets he was APP
preached by young man inquiring for
work. The latter almost. instantly rec
ognized the elder man as his father
The young man had just returned from
Denver, where he had spent greater
portion of the past ten years.
THE secretary of the state board OF
agriculture furnishes the following
crop bulletin for the week ended Au-
gust %; 1.-THE week has been one OF
general rain throughout the state eX-
cepting the southwestern section, where
there has been a deficiency of rainfall
In the northern, central and eastern
central portions the rainfall has been
excessive. resulting in floods and con-
siderable damage to crops On lowlands
Corn suffered somewhat from high
winds in the northeast and central sec
tions and lack of rain in south Missouri,
but on the whole the conditions were
quite favorable to the crop. Pastures
are generally excellent Potatoes have
had too much rain in the northern and
cotton in the southern part of the
state.
THE other day Travelling Passenger
Agent Baxter of the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy railroad, received. in his
mail at Kansas City sos, which had
been stolen from him at the time a
burlington train was held up and
robbed by frontier bandits fifteen years
ago The day before a man walked
into the burlington office at St Joseph
and made inquiry for Mr.. Baxter, Re-
ing told that Mr.. Baxter's headquarters
were in Kansas City the man explained
that he was one of the men who robbed
the train fifteen years ago and handed
the clerk S65 in an envelope, asking him
to forward it to Baxter He then dis
appeared and has not boon seen since.
His identity is mystery. The myste-
rious stranger stated chat he committed
the robbery under circumstances be-
yond his control; that II had haunted
him ever since; that he was now in a
condition that would prevent his ever
again committing such deed aud that
he wished to, make restitution for this
one bad act of his life.
SEVERAL "stage-struck" young Kan
sas City girls recently went TO Fort
Worth, Tex, TO join what was repre-
sented TO them TO be a reputable the
atricai company. Upon arriving there
they found 1t to be low varieties con-
cern and they appealed 10 the-police
for protection, which was given and
they were returned home.
THE petition Of Louis Bulling, the
wife murderer. for a writ OF error and
stav of execution hns been denied nv
Judge Mcfarland OF the supreme court