The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-04-30


The other day Alexander Benton, a
mine owner, was shot and killed at
Napoleon by Hugh Garrett, d Saloon
keeper. The shooting was the result
OF quarrel over Garrett refusing TO
charge drink 10 Benton.
SOME four ycars,ago Col. CELSIUS Price
disappeared from St Louis, and the
other day he reappeared in that city as
suddenly and unexpectedly as he had
left. He offered no explanation of his
action. II was reported that he would
aleetpge on spiritualism, .1..
Tax e2eddiive cnmmiftee Of the state
bar association recently met at. Jeffer-
son City and fixed September ,. 3 yRdA
ms TIC date of The annuai -sucyti.o1. isA4e;
committee will name the place at an
other meeting. Ex.Gov Proctor Knott,
Of Kentucky, was selected TO deliver
the annual address.
The governor has approved the bill
which provides that corporations or
individuals who have received dona-
uons of land or money for lorating and
t,uIMrnilng railt0ad shops IN niHnnfnet-
orics n places, in the state shall refund
tht saine when s,,eh pfnnts IN factories
afe dlsconti9n0a' or rgEpltgaR i-.ls
lTslN Suvembers iSsa, Wy ifiliam- II. Lee
| shot dnd killed his cousin. Thomas Mad
dox, near Forest Green. Young Lee was.
tried last January, but the jury failed
! TO agree. On the second trial Q dury
the other day returned verdict fixing
the punishment at two years in the
pcnitrntiary. The victim of the tragedy
had a wife and three children.
WHEN the Missouri Pacific train
from the east reached Kansas City the
other morning Mrs. Hannah Overland
err, a passenger, was found dead in the
chair car. She was from Pennsylvania
and was on her way 10 visit daughter
at Chapman, Kan. She had a check for
500 and $50 in cash in her pocket and
was about 80 years of age. She had
died of heart trouble.
TIE Kansas City & Southern railway,
enc ef-,IelfH- III }laiEs,s- -rnads,-zy sold
4 at public auction the other day at fore
closure sale The road was sold TO
satisfy deed Of trust given 10 secure
$3.50 900 Of the roads bonds. The road
is Ill miles long and runs from Kansas
Cityto Osceola, IN St Clair county. The
property was sold TO John /. Blair for
so5O,OOO, he being the only" bidder
| ALLEN BAILEY, an employee Of the
Whitman agricultural works at st.
Louis, met his death in a horrible man
ner the other afternoon. lie wns grind
ing some tools on an emery wheel,
which was going at al high-fate OF
speed, when the wheel burst One
part about the size of brick struck
him in the head carrying away the en-
tire right half of the skull. lie ex
pired instantly.
f. B. SoPER, butcher of Archie re
Gently killed his wife and two children
and then left for parts unknown, .aftel
writing a note saying that he Xxi led hi'
wife and children because he could no
support them and it would be bette
, than if he should leave them in needy
circumstances. The weapon used wa
, an AK and the deed was not discovered
for several days The man was though
10 be insane.
I AT its recent annual meeting in Kan
l sas City the Missouri institute of homeo
pathy elected the following officers: A
Cuvier Jones, of Holden, presidents; I
; II. Hudson, of Kansas City, first vice
president; II. W. Westover, of St Jc
seph, second vice-president; w. 7. Cut
Ter, of Kansas City, secretary; NJ. I
Runncls, of Kansas City, provisiona
secretary; w. b. Morgan, of St. Louis
! treasurer, st. Louis was chosen as tn
! place for the next meeting.
DICK LIDDIE, a former member c
the notorious Jesse James gang wa
arrested at Richmond the other day III
der an indictment found by the Ra
county grand jury in 1884 for the mui
der of Wood Hite, lie was indicte
Jointly with Bob Ford for the murde
of Hite, who was killed at the-For
r farm and his body hidden in an ol
G well. Liddle, who has become quit
: wealthy as an eastern turfman, was o
a visit to old acquaintances when a
s rested. He promptly gave bail.
AT Keytesville the other day the jur
o returned verdict against Mario
: Moxley and assessed his punisf
d ment at fourteen years in III
1 penitentiary. The crime of which h
h was convicted was wife murder, CON
r mitted in October, 1855. The case ha
= been tried three times At the fir'
trial the accused was sent up fC
a thirty-three years, but obtained
n second trial on the ground of defectiy
y Indictment The second resulted in tn
e prisoner being sentenced to imprisol
4 ment for twenty years, and the thin
l. resulted as above. =
d Gov. FRANCIS has approved the Sc
ate hill known as the tlSurv bill