The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-01-29
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

JAMES SAUNDER, burglar and thief,
recently escaped from the Palmyra jails
by tunneling under the walls.
THE bill amending the Constitution
so as To exempt from taxation $1,000 OF
Indebtedness has been tavOrably report
ed in the Senate
A BILL bzs been introduced in the
lsI.eafstatafe aprrorssss2-ll - ~ = y -
erection of a monument over the. grave
of the late Governor MarmadulSe.
TtfE ass istaslt postmaster atFt. itosePh.
1 is. .aeeuscd ofsloaninR- inoA.ny, tss.ens .
l,leye.' ossssshe efie,s -stg-1-ss7-Ilass7 -
rates of interest There are possibly
other ShXlnclss in the CITY. .
THE bill prohibiting the selling or
giving away Of tobacco and cigarettes to
minors, without the consent Of parents,
has been favorably reported in the Sem
ate. The penalty is.S59. 59.=s,-,-
l. ,IT is said that minority Of the stock
holders az theySts Jg5e1ah, 4 asFaml NJ
and division ~ tt6 UnldSf l'tieih9 @iild
once institute suit TO restrain the Union
Pacific from removing the general otl1
fee from ST. Joseph TO Omaha. Sts'
Iosephs board of trade will also assist
in the fight. o..
PHE Governor has pardoncd George II.
Adair convicted Of perjury at the Feb
'ruary term, 1890, of the Greene County
criminal court, and sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary.-. The pardon
was granted on the statement of the
Judge and prosecuting attorney that
they have grave doubts as to the prison
er's guilt.
Mrs ALIEN. G2 years of age, residing
in St Louis, retired with a handlSer-
chief around her neck the other
nipbt as was her usual custom, be
inc troubled with an infection
of the throat. She was found next
morning with the handkerchief around
the bcd-post and her neck, and had been
dead several hours.
ALLIE THrxToy, a young negro, was
recently arrested at Glasgow for rob
bling Young girl and then attempting
To criminaIIy assault her He was
taken to Jail at Fayette, where mob
took him from the Jail and lynched
! him. lie Was--a-taaHh- and
had on-several other occasions attempt
ed TO assault young women.
IT was reported on the 2Oth that the
Kansas City, Car Wheel Goinpahy's
entire plant at birmingham, on the
7 HanniEaF X st, Joseph ratiroad, nine
miles out of Kansas City, had been
closed for an indefinite period of time.
The works employed from $50 to 400
men and the town of about 700 people is
4 entirely dependent upon them- 2
NJ. J. KEYS formerly of Kansas City
but later of St Joseph, received word
the other day that the United States
Land=nfliee at Washington had passed
favorably upon his oklahoma claim
that was jumped by lot locaters. The
land constitutes one-fourth of the en-
tire city of Guthrie. 1t has rapidly
risen in value, single lots selling Tor
from s3, 900 to $1,000.
THE Supreme Court recently rendered
a decision declaring the ordinance ex=
tending the limits of Kansas City illegal.
The court also declared the park law to
be unconstitutional. The extension
which is declared illegal, took in the
town of Westport and is. matter of the
. very gravest concern, as it will more or
less affect every department of the
CITY.
FATHER A. NJ. J. HYNEs, of Peirce
CITY. the cxcommunicated 'Catholic
priest wR6 stitf performs ait the funr-
iions of prelate, has addressed Very
Rev Archbishop Kenrick, of st, Louis,
a letter which inquiries whether the
. Archbishop will grant the writ on
Bishop Hogan, of Kansas City, com
IL manding that tiignitury to appear
show cause why his order of .eXcommu'
nication against Father Iynes should
= not be anpulled,
TIM American National Bank at Kan
= sas City closed its doors on the 10th and
was placed in charge of Government
Z examiner The liabilities were placed
! at Sc 600. 900, but it was thought the as
/: sets and liability of stockholders woulC
, pay all ll.depositors iH full. The failur,
a resulted in a heavy run upon the Saw
/, inCs Banl, of Kansas City, located in tn,
+,anr. building hut all depositors wer
naid as fast as their claims were pre-
/. tsented.
TuE wife Of Anton Klos, one Of tn
, ,,ealtbicst citizen of st Joseph, wa
/. found dead in her he'd the other morn
. ino Sl,a--retirssd early in the evenini
= cnmnlaining of not feeling well and he
hpaband went 10 her room and find
~ her as he snnposed. sleepinr wouIl
not dismrb her The next morning i
,,,,s disdovered that she was dead
U - oa,t,i,in,, d,.a,,s Of morpbin
! sis',''i a., H.. sida Sbe had acc
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