The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-12
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

THOUSANDS greeted the Yelled
Prophet at his recent appearance in St
Louis.
THE Alma creamery Mt Marshall was
recently bufIed. Loss, 1000; no in
surance.
The public schools at Lutesville have
been closed owing to the prevalence of
diphtheria.
Tue fourth annual convention OF the
Missouri state federation of labor met
at St Louis on the I'd.
PATRTCK BARLOW, an eccentric and
wcll-knowh character about ST.
Joseph, and man who has met with
more accidents in the past two years
than half the people in Missouri, was
killed by a motor car in that city the
other day.
Rose, IL years old, were out nutting
near Columbia, the other day, Rose
playfullt pointed target rife at Con-
ger when it was discharged, the ball
taking effect in the boys brain and in
flicting fatal wound.
g. G. RoGERs, night operator at the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas depot, in
Fayette, was held up by highway
man the other night while seated in
the office, and robbed of s44 of the rail-
road conpany's money, and II gold
watch and chain valued at $50
WHILE recently hunting near Arrow
Rock, Aaron Connors, aged 9years, was
shot by his brother Harvey, aged 12
years. The boys were walking side by
side when the gun was accidentally
discharged, n part of the load enter
ing the boys temple and killing him.
A PASSENGER train on the Frisco
road run into an open switch near
Springfield the other night resulting
in the death of Engineer Hall and Fire
man Robinson. The switch had been
opened by some party undoubtedly
with the intent of wrecking the train.
A CAR of circus train was capsized
near Milan the other day and the cages
containing lions, tigers and panthers
burst open and the animals took to the
woods, For several days women and
children staid indoors and men went
to their work with guns, but the ami
mails were finally captured. A farm
er's bull dog licked panther in fair
fight and became the hero of the occa-
sion.
THE fourth annual session OF the
Missouri federation of labor met at
st, Louis on the 9th. The report
of the president declared sympathy"
strikes impracticable in the present
condition of organized labor; that more
care was needed in the exercise of the
boycott, and that the eight-hour work
day and labor day were not legal
holidays in Missouri. Eighteen new
unions were added to the federation
during the year.
THE governor recently made the fol-
lowing appointments: AS members of
the board of regents of Lincoln insti-
tutc, John r. IIenrichs, vice William
$. Dawson, resigned; Il. u. Cahoon, vice
ID. B. Neazv, term expired. George II.
Green, vice Alex II. Chinn, resigned.
As member of the Missouri school book
commission, John C. Piersol, vice L. s.
Hail, resigned AS member of the
board of managers of the state indus.
trial home for girls, George +. Crutch.
by vice Nat NJ. Shelton, resigned
THE secretary of state has certified
to prosecuting attorneys throughout
the state the corporations within their
various Jurisdictions which have failed
to comply with the provisions of the
antitrust law. In St Louis 800 cor
porations have not reported, and in
Kansas City 600 are delinquent The
remainder are scattered over ninety
L., h., t,t., A 1,,,,,
cent. of the delinquents are probably
dead, but there is no way to find out
the exact number at present The
penalty for noncompliance with the
law is II fine of $1,000
THE eleventh annual meeting of the
w. c. T. L. of Missouri was recently
held at Sedalia. Mrs. Clara Hoffman
presided, with Miss Ellen Morris sec
retarv: Mrs Kate +. Newton, record
ing secretary, and Mrs. Julia A. Glazicr,
treasurer. Twenty-one district vice
presidents responded to roll call and
all of the thirty districts were repre-
sented For the first time in several
years all of the state officers, superin-
tcndents and organizers were present
at the opening session. Many interest
ing papers were read. The election OF
officers resulted as follows: President,
Mrs. Clara Hoffman, Kansas City; vice
president, Miss Lillian Wood, Mary
vile; corresponding secretary, Miss
Ellen ID. Morris, Kansas City; recording
secretary, Mrs. Kate +. Newton, Boil
var; treasurer, Mrs Julia A, Glazier,
Savannah.
A WOMAN and her two children had n
mira aculous escape from death near
Rich Hill the other evening, The en-
gineer of Missouri Pacific train, which
was approaching a bridge, discovered
them just as they stepped on thirty
foot trcstle. He sounded the whistle
and put on the brakes, but the train
was too close upon them. The woman
jumped and escaped with sprained
ankle. A brakeman ran out on the
pilot of the engine and eudeavored to
seize the children, one little girl of i
or g years of age, but his effort was
unavailing and they were knocked
down by the pilot and fell between the
sleepers, lodging just under the rails.
The entire train of thirty-six cars
passed over them, brt when the train.
men went back to pick up their re-
mains, both children We're found un-
hurt, being upon n projection of tho
trests just under the slcepers and not
twelve inches from the wheels as they
passed over the rail
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