The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-02-19
MISSOURI STATE NEWS

L HE DtODio VI DpIlikhtiN hAO NchhT
dent that the Fort Scott T. Gulf Rail.-
road Company will baitd q. branch from
that city into rthetn-Arlansas dur
ing the present year.
Ed HALE, a brakeman on the Frisco,
was caught between colliding cars at
Nichols Junction, four miles west of
Springfield, the other. morning and
crushed 10 death. lie was about "a years
old and formerly resided at Fayetteville
Ark.
MRS VAUDEvER,l who was arrested
some days ago at Poplar Bluff charged
with murdering hex .Aass md. ilsfs made.
a confession that one Marion Long shot
her husband and that it was plot be-
tween them, Long was subsequently
arrested Bud alsuconfessed
- 1Hf 5thGr day ;Nifs G. w. Weisssr. Of
St Joseph, by mistake poured a guam
tity of gasoline into kettle Of soup,
supposing the auid to -'be water The
result was an explosion by which she
was seriously II not fatally burned and
the greater portion OF her home de-
stroyed. "a
WAITEH s. BRooKs, travelling sales
man for the Herman & CHrd Conip2uy,
~rlsoleealo tfrnber aealcrs of Hannibal,
was instantly killed by leaping from a,
fourth story window of the Hotel
Thorne, at Kansas City, the other
morning. No reason could be given for
the desperate act
WALTER KENNEY, a well-to-do farmer
living near Cameron, got intoxicated
the other day and drove his family out
of the house, except a son o years old
At night the house took fire and was
burned. The little boy being unable 70
arouse his father and no help being near
the old man pcrished in the flames.
WILLIAM MEssIcK's livery stable at
Clinton burned the other morning, in
cluding fifteen horses. This was tho
| lafgest FIRE in the history of Clinton.
Messiclx's loss was SO, 600 with $1,000 in
surance, and Salmon & Salmon's loss
on building IS, 900, insurance $1,000.
The fire was thought TO be incendiary.
-..TuE- body. of Joseph freeman, editor
| of the Independence Progress, was
! found the other morning In cornheld
near the Blue, about half a mile from
the independence avenue road and a
mile east of Sheffield. 1t Is supposed
he Jumped from train, and faifing''i
1 was frozen to death while unconscious.
BY a recent collision between a Wa
bash engine and a KeolSuk & Mil
vaukee freight train seven miles from
st. Louis Brakemen William Bush and
Keefer,- of the Northwestern, were
killed, Conductor John Broderick ard
Fireman John Conley, bf the Wabash,
were seriously hurt and Engineer
Hoeffle and brakeman Hill, of the Wa
bash, slightly injured.
GEORGE STARKEY, a gambler, was ar
rested at st. Joseph the other day upon
a Warrant charging Him with the mur-
der of State Senator Gillhnu, Of Alton,
Ill, on March IS last StarlSey had
been in St Joseph for six months, and
made his money exclusively by gam
bling. Upon-being arrested he ex-
pressed great surprise, and denied all
knowledge Of the crime.
THE special committee Of the House
appointed some time ago % confer wftir
like committees from other States on
uniform interest rates, received com
munications from the Nebraska com
mittee alone. Chairman Davis stated
that the correspondence demonstrated
there could be no successful co-opera-
ton between the States on the interest
1 questian, and that each State would
have to look out for its own rate.
Mrs. LYDIA Brown committed suicide
at St Louis the other morning by
, shooting herself while in bed. The af-
fair was very mysterious, as only few
days-bcfore- her husband -had-beeH
, poisoned, the drug having been put in
his food, and he, at the time Of his
wife's suicide, was sick in bed from its
effects, The only theory advanced was
that of insanity, as the couple lived
happily together,
: J. W. TURNER, residing near Oak
5 Grove, made desperate and probably
5 successful attempt at suicide the other
: morning. While he and his wife and
: son were in the sitting-room, he sud
5 denly became demented and procuring
( a shotgun, placed it under his chin. In
. pulling the trigger it is supposed thai
he turned the gun TO one side and tn,
7 load tore Off almost the entire left jaw
5 He then secured an axe Nand attempted
D TO complete his work. This was takeI
Q from him, and he continued his effor
e with a razor which was also takel
I from him.
I OK the 18th Governor Francis sem
n the following appointments to the Sen
Q ate and they were promptly confirmed
: Drs. NJ p. Post and J. T. Vale, Of St
e Louis, trustees of school for the blind
: four Years; Drs. P. ]. Kirschener and J
W. Heddens, OF 81. Joseph, managers o
State Lunatic Asylum No. at 81
Joseph for four years; Charles A, Pilley
e of st. Francois County, and Moses Why
e bark, OF Bollinger County, regents g
e Normal School No. at Cape Girardea
II for six years; DR.. John II. Homady,
o Galloway, and DR. Gustave Etmueliei
c Of GascRnade County, managers OF Stat
# Lunatic \Asylum No. 1 at Fulton &c
II four years.
n The boiler in the Touring mills 4
" Windsor exploded the other day KILN
;. instantly Engineer Walter Beamai
&c Fireman Charles Sturdivant, Machinii
4 Hugh L. Smith and his assistan
It Thomas Tilberry. Both the latter wei
e from Sedalia and had just complete
l, repairs on the exploded boiler. IN
Is mill was damaged to the amount
$4,000
A SENSATION was created in St Lou
+ the other day when It became general
70 known that the overcoat of Charl'
a Vail, on trial for the murder of his wifi
,r had been stolen from the police.
g was the most important piece Of ey
Is dence In possession of the prosechtio
n as they expected to prove by 1t that Il
h shot was fred by Vail out of his owe
coat pocket and that 1t was not acc
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