The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-12-07
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

longing TO Farmer Walden, OF Howard
county
THE Michigan university team badly
defeated the Kansas university boys IN
late game Of fostbnli plSyC at Kan
ans ei't.
THE city marshal of Salisbury at
tempted to arrest an unknown man the
other night when he resisted and was
shot dead.
BENsAMiN LAvIGNE, n prominent coal
dealer of st. Louis, was recently killed
by an, electric Vile falling upon him
and his horse.
THREE members of the late Boone
county grand jury died at Columbia
within twcnty-four hours and a fourth
was critically i'll, :.
In the federal crurt III tiaiisas city
Judge Philips sentenced Maurice alias
"Pinky" Blitz, the vote repeater to
two years and two days in the peniten-,
tiary for fraudulent voting at the gen-
cral election held Novcmbef s, 1899,
IT Is stated that the life insurance
companies have positive evidence that
DIR. G.. Fralter of Exec sior Springs,
who was reported drowned last spring
with s50,OOJ insurance on his life, is
alive and will be produced at the
proper time.
ELHIS LiGilTFo0r, pioneer farmer
cf Jackson county, committed suic.de
at Kansas City the other day by taking
! strych1ne. lie left note stating that
he had been drugged before reaching
| the hous, Of the friend where ho corr
mittcd the deed. The coroner was in
vestigating the matter.
THE fve-year-old daughter of George
Wells, near Doniphan, was burnedto
death few days ago. The mother left
her little one sitting in chair by the
fire while she went aftcr n pail of
water, and when she returned she
found her in the middle Of the floor
with her clothing in flames,
Ar recent dance In Marics county
o young mln named Dolph Mahancy
shot James TresS in the right side. the
ball going clear through the body.
Trcss died few days later. Mahancy
skipped, and 1t is thought las gone to
Texas lie intended shooting another
man, but shot Trcss instead.
TIE most destructive fire in the his
tory Of the city occurred at Hannibal
on the night Of the 25th, the total loss
being estimated at over S300,0O0 The
fire originated in the large store of the
William Voorhees, Dry Goods Co and
spread rapidly. until eleven buildings
were burned. The total insurance was
about si6D, ,0)). The Couricrpost print
ing Office lost $40, 900, with $500 in
surance
THE State Roads Improvement asso-
citation will hold convention at Car
rcllton on Tuesday and Wednesday,.
January and 10, and the State Dairy
association on Thursday and Friday,
January If and IL. A large attendance
is expected at both meetings Reduced
hotel and railroad rates will be se-
curcl Those wishing further infor-
nation can secure the Same BY ad-
dressing Levi Chubbiick, secretary, Kid
der, Mo-
w. II. llAtDEMAN, until recently
agent of the Kansas City, Pittsbury &
Gulf road at Joplin, committed suicide
ut the latter place the other afternoon
by shooting himself through the head.
lie was courteous AMI obliging to the
public, but was a hard drinkcr, and his
eXcesscs in that way led to such neglect
of business that he was relieved from
duty. In checking up his accounts a
shortage of less than 500 was revealed
and lIaldcman went direct from the
office to his home and shot himself. He
was about 80 years old and leaves a
wife and two children,
JUST rs the fast express on the Bur-
lington rond was pulling out of st Jo-
seph for Chicago the other night n
crash was h ard and the engine camo
to n standstill A coupling pin hal
Ecen placed on the drawbar of the
driving wheels, bending that part Of
the machinery ard rendering the en-
gine useless An hour later another
coupling pin was placed in the same
place on an engine about to pull pas
scngcr train to Atchison. This was dis
covered in time however, to prevent
damage. A numi cr of bolts were loos-
encd in ii Burlington & Missouri en-
gine in manner which would have
caused disastrous wreck had the en-
gine been under full speed. The en-
gine broke down, however, before 1t
got out Of the yards. There was no
clew to the perpetrators OF the deed.
CRANK armed with revolver, and
with murder in his soul, appeared in
the federal building at St Louis the
other afternoon, and but for the note
of warning, which he himself wrote,
would have killed Secret Service Oper-
ator John Mccullough. The crank,
who lives in distant part of the state,
wrote Mccullough letter, in which
he told him when he would call to kill
him, and Mccullough was prepared for
him. When he opened the door he was
politely invited to come in and make
himself at home. lie was completely
taken by surprise and walked In, wiien
Mccullough suddenly sprang upon ano
disarmed the would-be murderer
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