The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1892-01-21
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

hOOuJ tHe mluule OF feDruary.
A LATE fire at Clarksville destroyed
the Elgin opera house, tho "K' line
depot, the Sentinel office, Turner's
clothing store, l.. N. Moody's drug
store and E. c. Carrolrs hardware
store. The loss was $4,000
BECAUSE Mrs. Laura Gilliland, Of
Kansas City, sent grocer postal
card, whereon she freely addressed him
as chicken thief" Commissioner
Parry bound her over to await the
action OF the United States grand jury
for making an improper use of the
mails.
THE governor has ordered writ for
d special election in Newton county to
be held February to elect successor
to the late representative Fulkerson.
This is regarded as an indication that the
extra session of the legislature will not
be called for an earlier date than Feb
ruarv 10. 4l.
ThE Kniclerbocker Trust Co., of
New York, owner of the Chillicothe
wntor works plant, has sued the latter
city for $1,000 for water rent. The
city claims rebate Of several hun
dred dollars for the bad quality of
water furnished during the floods Of
last year. .1E ...
A MOVEMENT is on foot in st. Lofts
to fight the cigarette trust. A. De-
Young, Of the Drummond Tobacco Co.,
Is father Of the movement. One mill
lion dollars will be the new company's
capitalization and 100000 worth of
new cigarette machines have already
been purchased.
j. W. GENTLE, who opened drug
store at Hannibal about the first of the
year, has turned over his stock to his
creditors. He claimed that his pocket
was picked on a railroad train and he
was relieved of about $1,000 in bills,
and to save his creditors he turned over
his store to them.
ALLEN DoUatAss, city salesman for
Beckham, Mercer & Co., of Kansas City,
and heretofore trusted employe, was
recently discovered to have embezzled
several hundred dollars from his EN-.
ployers Although young married
man he neglected his home and squan.
dered his money upon a courtezan.
THE grand jury OF st. Louis county
has indicted Adelbert Slye, Florence
Waterman, alias Maggie Hedspeth,
Marion Hcdspcth, "Dink" Wilson and
G. L. Wilson, for the Glendale train
robbery of November 3D. The two
latter are still at large while Hedspeth
was lately reported as having been ar
rested at Otterville.
In the circuit court at Poplar Bluff
Mrs. Vancouver the other day pleaded
guilty to being acces ory to the mur-
der Of her husband in February last.
I he murdered man was shot, while in
bed, by Marion Long, the woman's
paramour. Long was one of the nine
prisoners who escaped from the county
Jail last August.
TIE Missouri worlds fair board met
at Kansas City recently and appropri-
ated $4,000 in premiums for the best
display of live st ,ck, open to every one
for building and equipment The
board was pleased with the site offered,
No II, and the secretary will SO notify
General-Drector Davis Appropria-
ti,. were asked for a mining, educa-
ton, agricultural, horticultural and
fishery displays, which will be con-
sidered.
The state university's loss by the late
FIRE included the geological cabinet,
$4,000, containing many rare speci-
mems; physical laboratory apparatus,
-, 900; military department, IS, 600; nat
ural museum, S., 900. Among the fac
ulty on books, et.., the losses were:
Dr. Blackwell, $1,000; Prof. Burnam,
o., n
tin, $4,000; Prof. Purrinton, $1,000
Complete aggregate, $3.50, ,0o0 Insur-
ance, @l36, 800 upon main building, S10,.
900 upon library, $4,000 upon museum
and ST. 600 upon furniture.
FIRE in five-story building on Wal
nut street in Kansas City the other
night caused quite a panic for a time.
Students were in attendance at the
business college on the second floor
md the German lodges of the Knights
of Pythias and Knights of Honor were
in session on the third floor. Many of
the girl students in the college were
carried out by firemen and others. and
several persons jumped from windows.
One man had a leg broken. The loss
by the fire was about S35, 900.
ALL the arrangements have been
completed for the resumption OF uni.
versity work interrupted by the de.
struction OF the main building by the
late FIRE. President Jesse has turned
ever his residence to the young ladies
OF the school and with his family 10
domiciled at hotel. The professors
have all been equally self sacrificing.
The president and faculty OF the uni.
versity issued circular, declaring that
no effort will be relaxed to maintain
| the excellence of the institution to the
end that the real university will suffer
no loss, and that it will be provided
with even better buildings and have
every department equipped in a far
more modern and effective way than
ever before. The circular. further de-
clares that lit is of the highest impor-
!, tance that the whole body of students
be held firmly together. Most OF them
have already pledged themselves with
| great enthusiasm to stand by us as we
| by them, and with a like good will and
| corporation from the patrons of the
university we shall go forward with all
, OF its work successfully and without
any sacrifice of the interests Of any Of
| its students"
| OSCAR JOY, tailor, aged thirty-six
l years. was thrown from his sleigh at
Kansas City the other evening and re-
! ceived injuries which resulted in death
| in q few hours. ........
Il, Mosr of the roads have announced q
rate OF one fare for the round trip to
the national convention OF the peoples
1 party to be held in St Louis February