The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-10-01


Gov. FRANCIS has appointed Hon. E.
]. Broadus Judge of the Seventeenth
judicial circuit to succeed Judge j. NJ.
Davis, resigned.
A DISASTROUS collision took place be-
tween two freight trains on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad at Centertown the
other night by which seven cars were
destroyed and brakeman Parrott
killed.
RECENTLY Mrs DIR. Camp went to the
house of Mrs Laura Meyer in the cast
part of Springfield and, calling her out
fred two shots at her from small
pistol, but neither of them took effect
The shooting, it is said. was caused by
jealousy on account of reports that Mrs
Camps husband was too attentive to
Mrs. Meyer.
j. r. VARLEY, clerk in a Kansas City
dry goods store, recently yielded to the
temptation of kissing pretty young
lady clerk in the house against her
will. She reported the matter to her
brother, who laid for" the trans
gressor and gave him thrashing.
Varley had the big brother arrested,
but jury of married men promptly ac-
quilted him.
On Sunday, September 90, three men
met with violent deaths in Kansas City.
John Roth fell from the "L" road at
Ninth and Wyoming streets and broke
his neck. At the worlthouse Thomas
j. Steele, confined for disturbing the
peace, cut his throat with razor At
n F.l In al
mis- killed himself by taking poison.
He had been without food for several
days.
THE funeral of ex-Gov. Morehouse,
which took place at Maryville on the
Goth, was largely attended by friends
from all parts of the state. A special
train was run from ST. Joseph and Gov.
Francis and all the state officers at
tended the funeral. BY direction Of
the governor flags on the state build
ings were placed at half mast and state
offices were closed at noon on the day
of the obsequies.
THE late suicide of ex-Gov. More.
house calls to mind others who have
filed the executive chair and who died
at their own hands. Gov. Thomas
Reynolds, who was elected in 1910, shot
himself in 1914, eleven months before
his term expired, and Thomas c. Rey'
nolds, who was elected lientenant'
governor just before the war, few
years ago suicided by throwing him
self down the elevator in the govern
ment building at St Louis.
ABOUT two o'clock the other morning
three masked men suddenly appeared
in the lobby of the Pacific hotel at st.
Joseph and. covering the night clerk
and two guests, who were present, with
revolvers, compelled them to throw ur
their hands. One man made the clerk
open the safe from which he took $3.50
He then forced open the counter cast
drawer and took out about S75 more
In the meantime the other two robbers
relieved the two guests and barten
der, each of gold watch, jewelry ant
small amount of money. The bolt
bandits then escaped.
THE bulletin issued by the secretar,
of the board of agriculture for the weel
ended September 10 says: "Absenc,
of rain, high temperature and excess o
sunshine has hastened ripening of tn,
corn which is, for the most part, matur
ing well, and now practically beyont
all danger of frost Wheat seeding i
is progressing in the northeru countie
where the area will be greatly in
creased, but in the central nnd south
ern counties plowing and planting hav
suspended on account Of the drought
Pastures are drying up, water gettinl
scarce and stock being reduced in con
dition. Drought is affecting late pota
toes and winter apples"
A FEW days ago the shanty belong
ing to Lizzie Richards, a colored woma
mt Kansas City, was burned, togethe
with two pet dogs. The next day tn
woman took poison and died, allegin
that she could not live without he
pets,
ABOUT noon on the 22d the engine @
the first section Of through freigh
train on the Kansas City, Fort Scott
Gulf roai was thrown from the tracl
near West Plains. Fireman Foreste
was killed and Engineer Roleman SC
verely but not fatally scalded. TIL
wreck was caused by coupling pi
placed on the traea BY some wretch W
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