The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-12-28
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

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tdeat association at Kansas City, by
stn.Yll subscriptions, reached the sum of
,eprly s2O, 900.
IaE mill in East Moberly owned by
Bpliock ~ Stevens burned the other
nWht together with $1,000 worth of
htp TX. The entire oss was $4,000.
NE Chinese Of Kansas City have de-
1 cidi d to man, upon the advice of the
Sih Companies, to register as soon as
the collector Of the port is ready for
| tam
~ .SRY Fox, 1s years old, shot and
\ dd,...5sd hims II ut Ava the other night.
| No cause known for the act as he left
lcttcr in which he commenced to give
his reasons, but never finished it.
| REV. A. w. CHAMBIIss ID. D., died at
Montgomery City recently at the age
OF 81 years. He was the organizer OF
Calvary Ba ptist church at Kansas City,
being one of the pioneers of that town.
He continued in the work of the minis
try mp to the time of his last illness.
| I. w. HARL, Il st. Joseph attorney,
the other day attempted to throw u
| young bill collector ont of his office
window when the latter presented IL
bill for collection, and Deputy Sheriff
Finch, who came in, ordcrr him to
desist, whercupon Ilarl assaulted and
seriously beat Finch
The postmastcr-gencral has awarded
contracts for carrying the mail until
June SO, 1894, in Missouri, from Light
foot to Shawnee, to j. e. Wclln. of
Lightfoot; Avenue City to Crosby John
Cox of Avenue City; Burtvillcto Knob
noster, to John Smith: Ncathcry to
Alta Vista, to James G.. Lcard, Of
Neathcrly.
JUDGE BARCLAY. of the supreme
court has issued call for Il meeting
of the judges of the state in st Louis
December $3.50, for the purpose of
making suggestions on "uncerta mites
and incongruities in the statute law Of
the state, and reports Of singular cases.
or novel points in practice, which huvc
arisen during the year"
THE grand jury at Springfield sprung
surprise upon the people by in,lic,ing
f.. ID. Parcc, mayor of tho cit5 and vice
president of the drfunct Bank of Com
mcrce, for approving of the continu-
ance of the banks business when h.
knew the bank was insolvont 1t had
been supposed that the mayor was not
su icct to Indictment rs he did not rive
the bank his personal attention.
DESPERATE attempt to escape from
| Jail at st. Louis was mad" TIA" other
morning by Marion iIcdgcp'th the
train robbcr recently sentenced to
twenty-five years imprisonment for rob.
| lin,r ha 'E',.i..,,, ,,, I,,I,
had filed the bars of his cell door and
entering the corridor. attempted to cs-
cape from window, but was captured
by guards. The Jail officials think
lledss.pcths wife conveyed the tools TO
him.
The board of railroad and warehouse
commissioners recently annullcd the
previous order in regard to train gates,
and henccfnrth any railroad company
in the state of Missouri may operate
train gates and compel a passenger to
show his ticket ut the gate before en-
tering the car The commissioners
were desir1us to maintain their pre-
vious order, but lengthy opinion from
Attorncy-Gcnrral Walker declared the
order to b. Illegal
AT Kansas city the other night
footpad WAS holding up and robbing II
man near the Home Telegraph Office
when hack driver and Jacob Hlrncr,
night clerk in the telegraph Office, ran
out with pistols The robbcr shot the
hackman in the leg. when Barncr, who
is only Is ysrr. nf nrn, shot and NOR
tall, ,youndn1 tho rnI,I,,r Tho latter
rave his mama ,s Thomas r. Harnctt
- Ch,tI,,,n y u IJo y,,s lad and
u;,;o,,s a,.',, ,,r,fl., d,.in,.
Iouy sr,xnp, a f,,,o,r ,iyir,
.ho,,, t,,,, ,,;l.. nnr,h nf Kansas Citw
in plat o,rn,,, nnl hi. san F,,ni,
a ua,rs ~ ,ro van, l,iIInI hv , r,lIiu,,
tras ,,,, OH. f,nrno,n St,r.,,I v,,s
cle,r;np n niece Of rrouud and had his
cb;Id ,yi,h him II. hod cbonnrd , trnc
dr,,,r ,rd n fan In tho onnnIitr dircc-
t;on from, vh,t h, had cxn.cted ms the
,,;nd ,y,s lI,viur Sna;ng tbnt n
would .tril,, his bov he mad, dos.
norato efrnrt to save him and bo,b
,yor, l,i,lod
Az Uorm,,r tbo other dnv Samuel
Rohartson thr last Of thc sand IIiu
g., 4, ,,i,i,',,. vas so,to,cnd :, fft,on
years In thn ncnitcntiarv. He WAS
CHARGED with burglary and robbery.
September ! Robertson, Muncie Wray
and James Pcnnocb held up n Frisco
train in st. Jouis county, directly east
Of Pacific and attemptcd to rob the
Wells. Fargo EXPRESS, but were rcpulsrd
and soon aftervnrd captured. Wray
and Pennock have already received
fourteen.vear sentences,
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ruling in regard TO bylaws of corpora-
tions that is a new departure. The
Missouri Pacific railroad owns II CON
trolling interest in the Rich Hill Coal
Co At a special meeting of three of
the directors in New York Edwin
Gould represe nted majority of the
stock as trustee, and the other two,
who held but few shares, contracted
to purchase tract of coal land valued
at $4,000 The bylaws of the corpora