The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-04-13
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


| ST. JosErHs policemen want pay for
overtime.
| AN even score OF new postmastefa
were appointed fot Missouri ou the 5th.
| THE president has appointed ex-Gov.
Thomas T. Crittenden TO be consul-geH'
sral at the City OF Mexico.
JosEPii BiElEp, three years old, was
burned to death at Kafisns City the
other day by his clothes talking Ere
while playing with matches.
ROBERT II. ALDRIDGE, teamster,
| tool, "trychnine ut his house in Kansas
| City the other day because his wife re.
fused to cook for him. lie raid he had
had nothing to eat for three days ilia
| life was saved
| j. HowEHn MASON, president of the
j. II. Macon Publishing CO. Of st Louis,
was recently killed by being crushcd in
an elevator at louisville, Ky. After
being crushcdher felln distance of 40
| feet. lie had gone to Louisville to es-
| tablish branch of his house
IN the circuit court at st. Louis the
| other day divorce was granted Rabbi
W. II. sonnesclcii;, cne of the most
| prominent of his race and creed In thln
country, from his wife, Rosa Some
| schcin, also prominent in Jewish and
| literary circles, and now living in Chi
| cago.
Gov. STONE has signed the bill known
as the ''coritipt practice act" Under
its provisions candidates Tor Office are
required to filc, under oath, IL state
ment of money expended in political
campaigns. The governor has also
signed the bill cxempting growing
crops from seizure when land is sold
under mortgage or deed of trust.
FIRE in Doggett's dry goods store at
Kansas City the other Afternoon caused
loss of over $1,000 Fully insured.
1t was narrow escape from IL dCstruc-
tive conflugration I he fire originated
in the upper story and was supposed 10
have been caused by one of the boys
employed in the house cGrclcssly throw
/ ing aside lighted cigarette after eat
ing his ltnch.
| Tnr Governor has Sled with the sec.
| rctary on S'qtc his veto of noise bill
| No 39j to amend the statutes of 1889 so
as to permit banhs 20 deposit bonds of
cities OF over 100, 900 iule bjtants as Sc
curity for state funds, on tn, q,ezsasaa-
| that he considers nbsoluta security fo,
| funds drpitsi,rd In ban,.s ahou,d 1,e the
| first consideration. and yoternmcpi and
state bonds are vet available.
| WILLIAM SrEBbENs, together with
other boys, attempted to rob the store
OF L. Shellenbcrgcr at Nonnd City the
other night and was fatally shot by itc
proprictor. who was in waiting for of.
| tenders of This class on account of nrc.
vious visi,,tinns Uc imnlirntcd in bis
| onfcssion tbrc. other bovs Tho
| voupcstcr IL II Years old and the son
or n rrsncctoll. farmer pc,r thr town
| Foupru.c,Ass nostnos,nra annotated
in Missouri on thr dthl I t, J,issinrnr,
| Ayilla. Jospcr co,intv; i Kpox. Gale.
| dnnio WASHINGTON county. II II nj.
more Climas Suinps Camden county,
c. williams. Houses surinp: jefferson
county: G. r. Bacon, 81 James. i!belps
| county. l. A. Hroyyn. Silcx t,inrol,
county: T. A. Paschnl Verona. Law.
renee county: W. H. FRIDAY Williams
I vile, Waype county.
| Fprn GuIr, nm cx.soldier "a voars
| old. was stranrlcd to death in nm old
| building at St Louis tbc other niybt
and his body was not found for about
| twenty. four honrs oft,r lie had bocn
lured into the room. probablv wbile
nn5cr ,hn influence of Nuuo,. for tho
| sole purpose of robbery ;d,ir,tcrcd and
| then robbed of everything of value he
| had about him. II was mystery that
| detectives are trying to solve
THE Kansas CITY presbvterv closed
an interesting session at Sclolin ON The
9Th. Rev. w. Il. Nelson. n vounr
| Baptist minister of St Louis was
licensed to preach in this prc,.
bytery and will become Pros.
| byteriau minister and fiji the puluit
at Upton. The statistical report of
| the prcsbvtcrv for. the vcar ended
| April 1, lsg3, is MS follows; Mem
bers added on examination. s3I.
ON certificate. oSs: total number of
communicates 4 Ioo. b,ntisms adults
1o7. infants a.. Sabbath school mcm-
bersbip. 500. amount p;v,n to
home missions 3.9so. 10 for
eiqn missions 81 Goo cdrc,.
| tion sa,o. Sabb,tb schooI ,vor,, sIso.
| church erection s3I5. relief fun1 s3Sp.
| Freedmen soio. svnodicol aid Sio. oij
| for colleges. sa5i: CONGREGATIONAL ex-
penses sSs 5sa. American Kihlc soc;c.
~ s47
| AN important suit will soon come be-
fore the supreme court from Holt coun-
| ty which is of interest to every other
county in the state. In 1890 the county