The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-07-13
Missouri STATE NEWS.

iHERE were fOur failurcS in Kansas
City on the Gth-thc Golden Eagle
clothing store, Gunther Bros, dry
goods, Whlttcnorc Bros, books ard sta
tioncry and the Haskell Printing Co
ELI SrILLwELL got into quarrel
with negro man at Kansas City the
other night while drinking and was
stabbed to death. The quarrel was
caused br the negro showing Stillwcll
from the sidewalk. Tho murderer es-
capped.
Gov StoNh has comfhutcd tic death
sentence Jf George Scliaeffcr, of st.
Louis, to fifty years Imprisonment.
Schacffer is insane and the commuta-
tion stipulatcs that he is to remain In
an asylum until cured before being
taken to the prison.
TIE ,idvs latf thiuring bond invest
ment companies to deposit with the
state treasurer s1OO, 900 goes into effect
July 23. There are nine such companies
in the state and the first to comply with
the law was the Pettis County Invest
ment Co.. of Sedalia.
~--FHs-eolleetions at the port of Kansas
City the past year amounted to $3.50, 900.
an increase over the previous year Of
26 per cent. There was an increase of
over 80 per cent in the total feceipts
of the collectors Office from all sources,
and there were 200 more clearance pa
pcrs fled IN the Office than in 1912.
w. A. CAMPBELL, foreman of Union
Pacific wrccking crew, was sta bbed to
death in Kansas City saloon on the
night of the 3D. by a man named Homer
Baker Baker fed to Kansas City,
Kan. his home, and took rooms at the
Ryus house Next morning on learn
ing that Campbell was dead he shot
and killed himself. The tragedy was
the result of dcbauch.
Ar st. Louis the other day Joseph
Lcsmicster, & years old, met with a
horrible death The little fellow was
attending COW in pasture at his
fathers house. A rope about fifty feet
long was attached to the animals neck,
which the hoy tied around his body.
The COW became frightened and ran,
dragging him several blocks before he
was released. lie died in short time,
A TERRIBLE fight occurred at Darks-
vile in the northwestern part Of Ran
dolph county, the other day, among
seven men. Knives were used savage
ly. Three Hinton boys on one side and
IL Mr.. Michael and his three boys on the
other were the participants. Michael
was terribly and perhaps fatally cut
and his son George killed Every one
of the participants in the affair was
badly used up.
FurRrH-CLAss postmasters appointed
in Missouri July ,: Edward B. Welsh,
ut Muscle Fork, .Charitan county:
| Henry NJ. bowers, at Nettlcton, Cald-
well county; John +. O'Bannon, at
! Sycnitc, st. Francois county; J. d.
| Spikes. at EnUn, Monitcau county; IL.
II. Vohdehbosch, at koeltztown, Usage
county; W. H. Crouch, at Nashville,
Barton county; =. J. Dennis, at Pitts
| burg, Hickory county.
THE governor granted holiday par
dons" to two convicts in the pcniten'
tiary. They were: Mace Hill, Negro
sent up in 1ss? for twenty-five years
for rape. who is pardoncd because oI
meritorious conduct in preventing the
murder Of guard who was recently
stabbed by prisoner, and William
Beck, sent from Lacledc county in 1891
on ten years sentence for murder.
The youth of the latter convict was the
reason for his pardon.
NEW postmastcrs appointed in Mis-
souri, July and o: At lIighlandville,
| Christian county, w. White; at Law
rcnccburg, Lawrence county, j. f..
| Adamson: at Lohman, Cole county, J.
| II. Kautsch; at Loose Creek, Usage
county, Ford Ebert; at Orla Lacledc
county, W. l.. Dugan; at Ridgeway,
| Harrison county, II, N. Burgn; at Ala
media, Reynolds county, f. ID. Wadlow;
Mt Lurd, Dent county, r, W. Wach at
Sargent, Texas county, Minnie Palmer
c. e. PRATT and Jacob II. Crabb,
curbstonc real estate brokers of Kan,
| sas City, and "Lum' Davis, horse
trader, and Elias Davis, were recently
arrested and jailed at Kansas City for
forgery. 'Lum" Davis gave bond for
his appearance and Elias Davis was
discharged. Pratt and Crabh failed tc
get bondsmcn. The charge against
them was the forging of deed to 32C
acres of land belonging to Wayne $.
bishop, Of Lafayette county, conveying
it to Crabb.
The lone train robber, Samuel A.
Wilson, against whom an indictment
for robbery in the first degree wa:
found by the grand jury of Franklin
county for holding up the Missouri Pa.
cific train at Pacific, about month
ago, was arraigncd at Union and plead
ed guilty, whereupon the court sen
fenced him to fifteen years in the peni
Tertiary, which was a severe blow Il
him, as he had not expected more thar
ten years and had hoped that he woult
get only five years. lie was taken t,
jefferson City on the I'D and spent tn,
Fourth in the penitentiary.
OS the morning of the Fourth fish
ing party consisting of Irving Clark, Il
years old his young wife, 10 years old
Clark's sister, and Mrs. Clark's LITTLE
brother left Kansas City on a fishing
excursion to Indian creek, ten mile
south of the city. While enjoying tn
sport a storm came up and they too
shelter under a tree which was strucl
by lighting. Clark and the boy wer,
killed and Mrs. Clark and her sister-in
law were so badly stunned that the
did not recover consciousness for som
time. A dog that was with the part
was also killed, but the horses the,
had driven out were unframed.
The imprisoned St Clair count
judges, held in the county Jail at Kan
sas City for contempt of the Unite
States district court in refusing to lev,
tax to pay bonded indebtedness @
the county, were given an opportunit.
TO celebrate the Fourth by enjoyin
their freedom OH that day.
NEAR Cora the other evening Danie
Ransom, armed with a revolver, wen
to the residence OF Sidney Hoskins an
called Hoskins out. After exchangin
a few hot words Ransom opened fir,
one shot striking Hoskins. The woun
may prove fatal. There was bad bloc
between the two over pending Law
suit
An attempt was made the other piQi