The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-10-29
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

lowed portion of 1t with fatal results
GEoReE Balm, q prominent business
man of St Louis and chairman of the
republican city committee. died sudden
ly in that city the other day at the age
of fifty-fve years. .i. ..t
William Ii. INGRAM, charged with
the murder of his step-father, Andrew
Hodges, April Is, 1890, In Hickory
county, was recently acquitted by a
jury at Warsaw.
THE International Health association
recently held an interesting meeting at
Kansas City. Prominent health scient-
lists were present from all parts OF the
country, and many interesting papers
were read.
TWENTY miles south Of Poplar Bluff
the other day locomotive on the
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern rail
way blew up while In motion, serious
ly injuring Engineer Kirk and Fire.
man Jorday and killing Ed Dukes, a
brakeman.
A COLLISION between a passenger
and freight train on the Council Bluffs
road occurred in a fog at Murray's
switch, north of Kansas City, the other
morning, resulting In great destruction
to property and the death of Engineer
Saeger who was buried beneath his
wrecked engine. Several trainmen
were injured.
ABOUT FIVE o'clock the other after
noon the colored janitress at the union
depot at Kansas City found boy baby
two weeks old in the ladies' toilet room.
He was well and cleanly dressed, rather
good looking and seemed strong and
healthy. Where the baby came from
was a mystery. This was the seventh
one abandoned there within few
| years, and in nearly every case the
mother was never found
SOME time since the twelve-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Smith. OF
Moberly, was shot in the knee-cap by
| play mate with target rifle Mrs
Smith was very solicitous about the
boy and for forty-eight hours watched
him continuously, when she fell from
her chair corpse, never speaking after
she fell. 1t is thought by the doctors
that her death was'caused from mental
anxiety and long continued watching
by the side of her child.
THE Kansas City Interstate Fair as
sociation is about 81, 900 behind, accord
ing to its secretary. This is somewhat
of surprise as it was generally be-
levei that the receipts and donations
would be ample to pay all expenses
and leave the association in good con-
dition for next year. The total gate
receipts during the fair were about S27,-
900, but the expenses were greater than
the managers had anticipated.
L. E. WOLFE, state superintendent of
schools, has appointed November 81 as
library day, on which each Of the
10, 900 school districts of the state are
requested to raise a library fund. The
choice of books in this proposed library
is to be particularly suited to school
children of the first, second, third and
fourth readers. Teachers and ipfluen-
tial people of each district are asked to
hold conferences to devise plans for
library entertainment or for private
subscription. .... .,. ..-
| The weather crop bulletin of the
state board of agriculture for the week
ended October II reported the rainfall
for the seven days below the norm al
for the state. Light showers fell
throughout larger portion Of the
state on the 18th and 14th, but the pre-
cipitation was generally insufficient.
Frost on the morning Of the 18th was
the heaviest Of the season, and in some
counties reported the first, Wheat seed
ing, delayed by the drought, is now
nearly done. Much of the early sown
came up unevenly. The acreage will
Loh he act
THE report of the grand chancellor
to the grand lodge, X. of p, recently
held at st. Joseph, showed that during
the past year forty three new lodges
have been organized, with n member
ship of over 3, 900. The membership of
the 1sl lodges in the state numbers H.
925. The growth of the order during
the past year has been very fiattering.
The total amount of receipts during
the year was S14, 10000, and cash on
hand at the time of the last report, 81,
5sl 81, making total of S2l, ,9s2. Al.
The total disburse ments were S10,-
100. 0s. leaving cash on hand, Sl1, 1878
MISSOURI, as appears from the census
returns, carried last year 1906, ga, OPT
in insurance in 235 companies. The
| amount paiu III pTeihiuIis anu usSess-
ments for this insurance was SI, 703 34l.
The losses paid in cash amounted to
S3,Ol4,29a From this it appears that
for every dollar the companies received
for Missouri risks last year they paid
back on losses SO cents. Tornado in.
surance, what there is Of it in Missouri,
Is of the most profitable character The
six companies giving tornado insurance
In the state last year received in premi.
ums s34,sso and pahi out sl,7as for
losses.
THE supreme lodge X. of p. at its late
session in St Joseph elected the follow.
ing officers: Grand chancellor, Edward
NJ. Harber, of Trenton; grand vice.
chancellor, G. C Il. Fagoner, of St.
Louis; grand prelate, Rev. John Gier'
low. of St bouis; grand master of the
exchequer, Adam Thies of Hannibal;
grand keeper of the records and seals
John II. Holmes, of St Louis; grand
master-at-arms, Arthur E. Lee, OF
Springfield; grand inner guard, A. w.
McKinsey, of Sedalia; grand outer
guard, Samuel M. Davis, of Richmond;
supreme representative, r. H. Nav
bury. of Kansas City.
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