The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-09-21


report mo disease of an epidemic
nature"
Miscellaneous.
THE people of Aurora believe a gang
of robbers has headquarters near there
somewhere and the business men, fear
ing raid on the banks, have organized
to prepare for any attack by bandits.
WHILE Moses Mansur, so years old,
was recently crossing the Missouri Pa
cific track at Webb City south bound
train crashed into his team and wagon,
killing both horses, literally dcmolish-
ing his wagon and fatally injuring
him.
THE postmaster at Nevada has re-
ceived orders from Washington not to
pay out any money through his office
on orders or give out registered letters
to the Guarantee Investment Co., and
to return such letters and orders to re-
mitters.
FIRE at Schell City the other day
destroyed twenty-nine buildings, in
cluding three hotels, the Missouri, Kan
sas e Texas depot, three large ware
houses and other buildings The loss
was about SIS, 900, with only ss,650 in
surance.
THE strike of the boilermakers, which
had been On at St. Louis since early in
July, has resulted in defeat and the
strike was recently declared off. Three
hundred strikers, however, are still
idle, the shops being practically full of
non-union men.
DENNY, the negro who was arrested
at Moberly last winter for the murder
of viii Wiley at Huntsville, was crushed
to death the other night while at work
in the coal milne of Caffrey & Baker,
between MOberly and Huntsville. Den
ny was about 20 years old.
BESSIE BoLEN, IS years old, was so
badly burned at Kansas City the other
day that she died soon after. She was
cleaning some furniture with gasoline
and stepped upon a match which was
| ignited and set fire to the fluid and be-
| fore the flames were extinguished she
was horribly burned.
WHILE passengers were waiting for
the various trains in the Union depot
at Kansas City few days ago an old
man bought a ticket for Butler and sat
down to wait for his train. He appar-
emily fell asleep Soon after it was
discovered that he was dead. No pa
pers on the body positively identified
him.
THE grand jury at Kansas City in
dicted John Clark, Harry Jones and
John A. Bartchey for murder in the
first degree for the killing of Madame
Wright for her money the Saturday
night previous, Bartchey, who by his
own confession was an accessory to the
robbery before and after the fact, is in
cluded in the same indictment with the
other two men who actually committed
the crime.
OLIVER j. HALLAR, man well known
throughout Jackson county, shot him
| self with suicidal intent at Kansas
! City the other night He will probably
die. IIallar was Jealous of his land
lady. About ten years ago Hallar
killed his wife and her paramour, a
barber named Morris, at Pueblo, Col.
They eloped from Kansas City and
were followed by Hallar, lie was tried
for murder and acquitted.
ABOUT o'clock on Saturday night,
the 9th, Madame Wright, who kept an
employment agency near the junction
on Main street, In Kansas City, was
murdered and robbed in her rooms, by
three toughs. One of them, John
Clark, who had but recently been re-
leased from the Kansas penitentiary,
made such botch OF hiding watch
taken from the woman that he soon
fell into the hands Of the police. He
| IL xrttcb la1 IN, thn -
rest of the others, Jim Robinson ant
John A. Bartchey. The three mer
were all cooks, as well AS crooks.
The seventy-seventh annual session
of the Missouri conference of the NJ. Il
church (south) convened at Monro'
City on the 18th, Bishop Haygood, o
Georgia, presiding. There was yer.
full attendance of clergy and laymen
Dr. John ID. Vincent was elected secre
tary for the thirty-first time, having
served continuously since 1858. J. ii
Pritchett was again elected financia
secretary, and enters on his twenty
sixth year in that capacity, while p. II
Ellis was made secretary and treasure
of the board of finance for the twenty
second time. Thirteen new men wer,
admitted to the ministry on trial.
Gov. STONE is reported as having re
Gently said: 81 am Inclined to believ,
that il would be n wise thing II on
legislature would make train robber,
a capital offense in this state. 1t tshoul'
be broken up and believe heroic meas
urcs should be resorted to to accom-
plish it. would most cheerfully sig
such bill"
THE box factory of M. Downey a
Kansas City WAS lately burned. Los
s25, 900; insurance, $1,000.
THE third robber who recently al
tempted to hold up Frisco train a
Pacific, has been arrested, His nam
is Muncie Ray, sS years old, and also
brakeman.
CHARLES MEYERS, one of the men ell
gagged in robbing a Missouri Pacif
train between Lamar and PleasantoI
Kan, several months ago, was recent
captured in Texas and brought back I
this state for trial
The story telegraphed from Jefferso
City that the ST. Clair county judge
would petition the supreme court for
release on writ of habeas corpus
denied by later dispatch.
Mrs. ADDE SMITH, alias Craven
was recently arrested in Bonham, Tex
upon a requisition from Gov. Ston
charging her with the murder cfan ol
man In Adair county IN lsss