The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-05-11
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

| ihAN is Delng formulated for the
building ~ an electric railroad from
Hannibal to- Philadelphia, Mo
CHARLES MURPHY. Il la horcr aJ wears
old was killed at Kansas City the other
day by derrick falling ON hiu
lHE supreme court has decided the
law constitutional which prohibits the
Keeping of pool and billiard tables in
dramshops.
DURING his recent tour of the vest
eX-fostmastcr-Gencral Wanamal<cr was
entertained by the Commercial club of
Kansas City.
FIRE at Rock Port the other. day de-
stroyed one Of tho best business bioc,is
III the town Loss about $4,000. Very
well Insured.
| w. A. PAYNE has been ndia I'd nv
the grand jury Of Howell county for
kiping his ,thirtccn-yeat-old daughter
by beating her 70 death.
The college Of bishops Of The Meth
odist Episcopal Church South recently
met in annual session at Kansas City.
The sessions were in secret.
JOHN w. PRICE; porter In n Kansas
| Wy saloon, shot and killed himself Che
other morning. II was thought he ac-
cldentally fired the fatal shot
FIRE Mt Bonne Terre the other dav
| destroyed twchtN-Onc business house,
,, s'ld dwellings. n was the most de.
itrpctive "onflagration the town ever
iial.
Is late. decision Judge Ellison; GfihS
Kansas City court of appeals, held that
contract made with an attorney by Il
ts -
promising suit without said attorneys
consent.
lIiE new arrangement between mas
ter and journeymcn briclSlavers. where
by the iourncymcn are paid 20 cents an
hour and the days work consists of
eight hours went into effect mt Kansas
City on May I,
T"E nine -ynar-pld son uf Urnrgr in.
dtrsoii, IA inihef, liyinp ~ Webb riiy.
blew his brains out the other dat H.ith
ashotgnr. lIs was cnragGd hccaiisc his
older brother rrfjised tr let him ride,
horseback and deliberately killed lin.
self a
JhtiN T.. SEGRFL warrant clerk in the
Office of State Auditor Selbert In. re-
signed. lie will he succeeded by John
-''V'''' VI iuIllpl county. VII, Ncbrpp
rctircs from the office after Il contin,-
Gus service of fourteen years at one
desk =.
7. L. tANrTrIi, 8ounty GltI1t ~
buchanan county, died at 1t. Juecph
the other morning from the effects of :,
fish bite, received eight months ago,
which resulted in blood poisoning that
spread through his system in spite of
all efforts to check it.
THE house of Patrick Bray. ten miles
north Of Marshall. was entered by
masked robbers the other night. who
bound Bray. hand and foot. and then
robbed the house Of s3l5 in cash They
gained entrance by brcdlt>rI open the
door with Il fence rail
DuRISa fight at Tiaryeill, Butler
county, the other daS, j. w. Rowe
dcrtooll to hghr II uuv '~,v.i ----it'tA
Both parties were badly cut up Eushin
is a young man, with Il family and
Rowe an old man of family.
LAST October William McIir ide shot
at his rival. John Manning aS a crowd
was leaving the theater at Joplin. He
missed the man but killed Della Owen,
Young girl. He was recently tried at
Carthage and convicted Of murder in
the first degree. II Is the first runvic'
tion of murder IN the first degree in
Jasper cctrty for twenty yta''.
MARY SMITH, "a scvcn.ycar-old riri,
was run over and fatally injured by an
electric car AZ the corner of Locust
street and independence avenue In
| Kansas City the other afternoon The
l,,, ..I,.lyS N
| front of the car and was knocked down
and her right leg fcarfullr iaanglcd
from thc hip down, and her left arm
crushed.
| THE discovery of stone in the Sni
| Hills near Oak Grove, with myst"ri-
GUS inscription upon it recently put all
the people in the yicinityto digging for
| hidden treasure. The Sni Hills have
long been famous Tor their lr@cntN
and several old pioneers claim that
n large amount of gold was buried lay
party of Americans and McNicanN about
the time Fort Usage was established ON
the Missouri river in order to keep tn"
Usage Indians from rohbing them.
The first argument made by colorcd
attorney before the supreme court of
Missouri was made recently by Walter
NJ. Farmer of st. Louis. before division
No. >. in the case of the state against
Harry Duncan. convicted of numbering
a policeman. and the case appealed on
error. Mr. Farmer is Il graduate of
Lincoln institute at Jefferson City fin
ishing "A four years course in 1851, lie
graduated from the st. L0UiS law
school, Washington university, in l,SA
FouRrH-CLAsS poStmaSterS lately APP
pointed for Missouri: Browns station
Boone county. l.. Is. Iirowney, Jr.: Cora
Sullivan county, L. NJ. Jones' Dover,
LAFAYETTE county. VI. w. Meng: iIoG,
, tonia, Pcttis county, NJ. \. Logan
Madry. Barry county, w. a. Hubbard
{ Stoutsville, Monroe county, j, +. liurl
Westvillc, Charlton county jaime
G Ellis: Johnstown, Bates county, :. W
i, Maxlcy; Stockbridge, buchanan coun
ty. c. +. Parker; Nibbard, Ray county
blanche Hay; Washington Center, Hal
] rison county, Mary Maupin.
C Mns. BERTHA EHpA, 25 years OLD
= jumped from II second-story window q
: All Saints hospital at Kansas City th
}, other day and was killed. A few week
previous she had been stricken with
S disease that resulted in blindness an
G she preferred death.
!, THREE years ago James \. Moore,
S Sedalia, who is now n years. of ag'
a was taken violently i'll with neuralgi
e and he had all of his teeth pulled II
also lost the sight of one eye. Sever;
= weeks ago new set of teeth began
h brace his gums and now all of the frol
d teeth of both upper and lower jaws a
|. full grown and as firm as those of
d young man. He is now in good hcalt
a THE state trcasurcr's statement fl
&c the month of April is as follows; Ba
ancc April /, 1898, 81, l,6oi, 1857, 81; receip
= during April, ,sa73, 100 70; disbursement
a. s34O, s42,73; balance May /, 81 Loci, ,245.s
10 FIRE ut Gillian, ld miles east of Ma
shall, lately destroyed Ben Cheathan
10 drug and grocery store and Mat Chez
lie hams general store, Other buildin
were damaged. The total loss W
X, about 81, 900.