The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-11-02
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


of MARSHALL, 'tas recently run over and
killed by frightened horse.
a yorSG man named Myrick. en-
ployed in logging camp near Dexter,
was recently drowned in the st Francis
river
AT St Louis, the other night, ex-
IricSt Slatterly delivered an anti-Cath-
Ollie lecture and was beset by mob
that threatened him with violence.
The police got him away from the mob
with difficulty.
THE live stock sanitary commission
of Texas has issued a call for conven-
tion of state live stock sanitary boards
to meet ut Kansas City, Mo-, November
IL, for the purpose of agreeing upon
new quarantine line.
THE president sent to the senate on
the 27th nominations of the following
Missouri postmasters: James X. Nc
Alister, at Bowling Green; Sloan NJ.
Young, Savannah; Joseph A. Black,
| Carrollton; John Daley, Monett
Gov STONE has ordered that T. b.
| Anderson, "A convict, who was recently
transferred to the insane asylum at
! Nevada, be returned to the penitenti-
ary to resume serving hts Nsentences
Anderson has been cured of his in
sanity.
THE other night blacksmith named
Smith was killed at Iincite, a mining
town near Joplin, by Kid Cowan. 1t
was reported that Smith was under ar
rest and resisted. when Cowan, being
requested by the consta ble to stop him,
shot him fatally.
About 100 beef boners at Armour's
packing house iii Kansas City struck a
few days ago, claiming that they had
been working under reduction of
wages for some time, and that the old
scale was to have been restored at the
beginning of the canning season.
RILEY EVANS shot and killed Peter
| Fine while the latter was gathering
corn on his farm in Cooper county the
other day. Fine was living on a rented
farm and Evans wanted to rent it him
self, which led to the terrible affray
that resulted in the killing. Evans
was jailed at Boonville.
ABoUT o'clock the other night
james c. Miltkelsen, Dane. 81 years
of age, bid his wife daughter, son-in-
law and grandchildren good-by, at
Kansas City, went out and hanged
himself. Domestic trouble the cause.
lie left a note telling his wife that if
she ever married again he hoped she
would treat her second husband better
than she had deceased.
The dead body of John T. Murphy, a
well-to-do farmer, aged about A. years,
al, bn al In ~,
the road half mile from his home,
five miles northeast of Marshall. Muir.
ply was returning from Gillian in his
road cart, and it is supposed in crossing
rut in the road he was thrown out
His neck was broken. He had been
drinking during the day. lie was un-
married.
ON the farm of Mrs. Bette Gentry,
four miles northeast of Sedalia, the
other day spark from passing loco
motive set fire to a tifty-acre field o.
timothy and soon the whole tract wa!
in flames. One hundred and fifty heat
of sheep that were in the field were
burned to death, two miles of hedg,
fence was destroyed, four large rick'
of hay were burned and the timothy
was killed.
For Some years past Mrs. JOSEPH
Tahlmann, of Vernon county, had beer
saving up money and storing it in an
old coffee pot for the purpose of paying
off mortgage on her farm. She had
saved up about $500 from the sale oi
butter and eggs and the other day
when she went to get the money to
free her farm she discovered that II
had been stolen. 1t represented the
savings of years
PENSION examining surgeons wert
recently appointed in Missouri, as fol
lsws: At Tarkio, Drs. w. +. Chamber
lain, James NJ. lIamlin and j. A. Pos
tlewate; at st. Joseph, Drs DAME
Morton, Is. +. Dowell and I. II. Doyle
at Marysville, Drs. William Wallace
W. p. Moore and Charles d. Koch; a
Boonville, DIR. p. +. Williams; at Bge
low, Drs. Joseph c. Tracy, II. NJ. Viii
son and John r. Butler; at Louisiana
DIR. J, o. Ducker
AT it's closing session in st. Loui
the state grand lodge, knights o
Pythias, elected officers as follows
James A. Reed, grand chancellor, Kan
sas City; James A. Frink, grand vic
chancellor, Springfield; Rev. Dr. Gier
low, grand prelate, st. Louis; Adam
Thies, master of eXchequer Hannibal
John II. Holiness grand keeper O
records and seals, st. Louis; Sam W
Davis, grand master-at-arms, Rich
mond; DR.. j. W. Salston, grand inne
guard, Cape Girardeau; John B. Davis
grand outer guard, Willow Springs
! Edward NJ. lIayber, supreme repre-
sentative, Ironton.
THE state conclave of the selec
knights, a. o, l.. W., in session a
Boonville, elected officers for the mex
two years as follows: j. S. Sterret q
ST. Joseph, past grand commander
, William NJ. Maxwell, of Trenton, gran
commander; o. J. Miller, of Nevada
grand vice commander; W. w. Chevel
| ton, of Rich Hill, grand lieutenan
| commander; ID. II. Shields, of Ham
: bal. grand recorder; Richard Hadelicl
Of Boonville, grand treasurer; jaime
4 Peet, of st. Louis, grand standar
: bearer: j. l.. Preston, of Pleasant Hill
: grand senior warden; j. H. Reed,
y BRYAN. grand junior warden; G.
: Truber, of California, grand guard;
= c. Holland, of Sedalia, trustee, and d
Craven Jackson, of Independence
s grand medical examiner.
Q THE cattle killing record of the wor
r was broken at Armours packing hou
o in Kansas City on the 2lst, when 80
I cattle were slaughtered in elevt
@ hours. The average was five stee
slaughtered every minute. No pac
e ing house in the world has ever kilt
). the same number of cattle in the san
q time.
= .PINNocK, Ray and Robinson, the ro
:. bers who held up the Frisco train
O Pacific last summer, were recent
arraigned for trial at Clayton, al
v Pinnocls and Ray pleaded guilty al
r were given fourteen years. Robi
$ son pleaded not guilty and was l
p manded for trial
n FIRE at Rocheport the other mig
}. destroyed an entire business bloc