The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-07-23
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

by Ol3 majority, and the people OF the
two cities celebrated the event by
rousing iollidcation.
A PETITION was lately in circulation
at Scdalia asking that the sentence OF
the murderer, Tom Williamson, SEN
fenced to hang August 2l, be com
muted to life imprisonment.
CHARLES CRAwhEY, an -ex-policeman,
shot and killed his wife at Kansas City
the other day in fit of jealousy. He
held her with one hand and fired four
shots, only one taking effect, that in
her brain. He was promptly jailed
after making a feeble attempt to shoot
himself.
AN order has been received at depart
ment headquarters in St Louis from
Gen. Miles assuming command of the
department of the Missuri, locating the
headquarters at Chicago in accordance
with the presidents orders, and order
ing the transfer of all records from st.
Louis to Chicago.
THE state board of railroad commits
sioncrs propose to bring suit against
the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
road. in the name of Vernon county, to
recover a fine of 1000 levied against
that road bY the state board some time
ago for violation of the law in the Ship
ment of coal from Carbon Center.
THE governor has appointed for
worlds fair commissioners Nicholas ii.
Gentry, of Pettis county; Or. L. McD.
Coffey, of Platte county; William Daw-
son, of New Madrid county; II. ii.
Gregg, of Jasper county; Hugh Nc
Gowan, of jackson county; Hon.
Nathan Frank, of st. Louis, and
Charles W. Green, of Linn county.
SOME days since Miss Lizzie Bailie, II
years old, started to go to her home
from nctghbor's, near Nevada, but
failed to reach her destination day
or two later her body was found in the
artcsian lake near that city. The evi-
dence before the coroncr's jury left Il
strong presumption tHat the girl had
/ been murdered and her body thrown in
the lake.
EDwARDJ. FRANK, n young man from
Rochester. n. Y, committed suicide
at the police station in Kansas City tho
other evening by cutting his throat. IIo
had landed in Kansas City dead broke"
the day before and on big spree, and
had been ARRESTED in a saloon for rails
ing a disturbance. lie was less than
so years old and letters showed him to
be we'll connected in Rochester
SIX miles north of Neosho $. A. De.
happ, in recently moving last years
straw stack, found the skeleton of a
man dressed in heavy winter clothes.
| In the pockets was found eighty-eight
cents in money, but nothing to identify
the body. The coroner held an inquest
and found nothing to indicate foul play
The general belief was that the de-
ceased was tramp who had crawleo
under the stack and died
WILLIAM BINGHAM, a tramp printer,
was killed in the Missouri Pacific tun
mel, three miles east of jefferson City
about three o'clock the other morning
lie, with a companion named H. Il
Rhodes, was on top of n passenger trair
en- rout, for st. Louis The arch of tn,
tunnel is very low, and as the train en-
tered bingham was knocked off anc
Rhodes badly hurt A freight traiI
followed soon after and Bingham wa
fearfully mangled. Rhodes remained
on top of the car and was taken off a
Usage City in an insensible condition.
JOSEPH FRANK shot and killed
Francis Bermlemans at Taos, in Col,
county, the other morning, near th'
Catholic church, just after mass. Franl
met Bcrmlemans in a quarrelsome man
ncr and Bcrmlemans tried to pacif1
him. The two walked away arm il
arm. When they had gone short dis
tance Frank drew a revolver and sho
Bcrmlemans in the left breast.
second shot took effect in the brain ant
Bermlcmans dropped dead. The mur
derer then shot and killed himself
Bcrmlemans was about 60 years ol,
and Frank was a well-to-do farmer an
a member of the q. A. Il. He wa
about 20 years old.
MANY st. Louis distillers have rccen
ly got into trouble with Uncle Sam an
large quantities of liquors have bee
seized by revenue agents. The ground
upon which the seizures are being made
as reported from the office of the Unite
States revenue collector, are the chanl
ing and defacing OF the governmcn
brands and marks upon barrels c
whisky sold to retail customers and tn
discrepancy in the proof of the whisli
after its proof had been stamped an
certified to by the government. I'll
liquor dealers say the seizures hav
been made on purely technical grounc
and that no fraud or attempted frau
against the government can be showI
THE railroad commissioners recentl
cited several traffic managers of raj
roads to appear at an inquiry regardin
the rates in force for the transportatio
of grain from Missouri points to 5
Louis with the result that it was agree
that a reduction in wheat rates shoul
be made over the territory affected /
the existing rates, said reduction var,
ing, in accordance with the varying col
ditions governing, from one cent
two cents per 100 pounds, the averae
reduction being about IS per carloa'
The reduced rates are to be put in for'
US soon as practicable, the understan
ing being that ii not promptly put
force the commissioners will mall
their order compelling the reduction,
take effect on the day after the receil
thereof by the proper officer of the raj
road upon which said reductions a
made.
THE other night fire broke out in Il
rear of an old saloon in the busine
center of Huntsville and the fam
could not be checked before $500
damage had been done. j. N. Taylo
who keeps furniture and music stor
was the heaviest loser, it being SIS, 0
and his insurance $751;
The state board of railroad and war