The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-04-09
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


'iN'' OA an tillCPr nus Dccn lucnlllleu
as Thomas Corbctt, the black sheep of
a respectable family of Sedalia.
l.. b. WOLF, state superintendent of
public instruction, advises all teachers
and scholars OF the public schools to
plant trees and otherwise bcautify
school grounds on arbor day, April 10. -
WRECK was caused on the Atchson,
Topeka & Santa Fe road near Kinks
vile the other day by the spreading of
the rails, which sent IL freight train
through bridge. The fireman was
badly hurt in the back and brake
man was also hurt seriously. Four
cars were demolished.
The governor has appointed Hon.
Frank X. Walker to the position Of pri-
vate secretary, made yacant by the
resignation of NJ. A. Tanning. Mr..
Walker was secretary of the demo.
cratic state central committee during
the las, campaign and was assistant
attorney general under Boone
lr is thought that Gov. Francis will
vet" the bill providing for sixteen holi-
days per year for the policemen If ST
LoHiS and Kansas City. There is de-
feet in the construction of the bill. the
title and the body not conforming and
in addition to thi, defect strong obicc-
tious have been filed by Chief ilarriyan
and the ST. Louis police commissioners
OWING to the future Of the general
assembly to rrarrlngo the senatorial
districts in accordance with the new
census, this duty. under the constitution
of the state, now dryJlvcS upon Il board
4A La. .
t rney-gcnrral and secretary of state.
This board will at once proceed to do
the rciistrirting, and viii it is thought,
not depart materially rom the lines
laid down in the bill which passed the
house but was lost in the senate.
An unknown prisoner, whi!c attempt
ing to escape fir IN Co. stable Donovan
was fatally SHIT at bowling Green tho
other day. lie was arrested at Frank.
tord on Il charge of petit larceny, was
tried and sentenced He was being
taken to the county ilil when the train
stopped to do some switching. The
prisoner broke and jumped from the
train, closely followed by the officer
Two shots were fired at him, the last
passing through his lung. lie refused
to tell his name
L. B. MAPLE has filed snit ut Kansas
City against Herbert Worcester for S25,-
900 for malicious prosecution. Naples
is the man whom Worcester charged
with inveigling Mrs. Wore, atcr from
home in Colorado Springs, Worcester
had Maple arrested March - on the
charge OF adultery. lie was in Jail five
days before he gave - 10 bond. At the
trial of the case he vas udiudged not
guilty. In his petition he says. the
prosecution was attempted blackmail.
CHARLES CLIFFORD, who shot and
killed ID. \. Grccver, the wealthy stock
man at a Kansas City hotel some time
since and was found guilty of man
slaughter, Was sentenced by Judge
White t. two years in the pcnitcnriary.
Clifford was surprised AZ the sentence,
expecting t. get of Xitn onlya jail sem
tcnce. lie made an impassiolcd appeal
to the court igstifying the act as de-
Tending his family from dishonor lie
hopes to be pardoned by the goycrnor.
THE state treasurer has filed his
monthly report with the governor. 1t
showed a balance in the treasury on
March 81 of S!,5Ss, ,0ll,G0, distributed
among the following funds State rcvC-
nue. fund, Slll4,3l6 81; state interest
fund.- S3lj, ,!6S.2G; state school fund,
Ssi3; state school moneys, &lS5, s2S.2l;
state seminary fund, S64T, ,053 ii; cXecut.
ors' and administrators fund. $50, ,377.43;
insurance department fund, SOL, ,5Sl.57;
road and canal tund, S3O5.39; militia
fund, Sl,4S0.5i; earnings of Missouri
penitentiary, Sll,7i7lL
w. ii. LEWIS. IA young man of Lock-
wood, blew out the gas in his room at Il
Kansas City hotel the other night when
he retired and next morning was dis
covered in an unconscious condition.
He said he went to bed at o'clock and
awoke about midnight and felt sick.
lie arose and started for the door, bat
fell in the middle OF the room in Il semi
conscious condition. lie reached the
bed and, pulling the bcdclothcs over
his head, went t. sleep again, Which
came near being his last slumbcr lie
was resuscitutcd with difficulty.
anna kAssES, Il young girl, was at
tendinga great sale of damaged goods
ut Kansas City the other day with the
cver-prcvalcnt feminine idea Of getting
Il bargain, She had one silver dollar and
two quarters in her pockctb3oi, which
thicf in the crowd surrcptitiously took
from her dress pocket. Tho young
woman gave chase, us he dartcd out of
the door, ran him me distance down
the street and finally colared him and
held him until policeman relieved her
OF her burden. She recovered her money,
and the thief, who gave his name AS
Harry Rogers, of Chicago, was locked
up.
TIE jury in the ease of Charles
Movers, charged with the murder of
James Il, Wier at the depot in Inic-
pcndence in January, lsSS, returned a
verdict of not guilty in the second trial
recently held at Kansas City. They
decided Meyers to be insane. The ver-
diet was a great surprise, as Meyers
upon the first trial was found guilty
and sentenced to death, A sixteen
year-old boy, named Bogard, is now
serving life sentence in the peniten-
tiary as Meyers accomplicc, Meyers
killed Weir, while the latter was asleep
on the depot, and he and Bogard robbed
him.
A MAN named Stephenson, 22 years
old, was recently drowned in the Chari-
ton river, near Caliao, while crossing
in boat.
The American National bank, that
failed at Kansas City over two months
ago, has been reorganized and on the
last day of March reopencd
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