The news boy., 1894-09-22
MISSOURI srArr NEWS.
MissSuri KdItdrs.

MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Missdari Editors.
The Missouri Press association will
meet In Lebanon, September 20, and
will be in session three days Prepara-
tions are being made to entertain the
editors and their wives. A large at
tendance is expected, and from all indi-
cations 1t will be the largest gathering
OF newspaper men ever held in the
state. The Republican State Editorial
association and Democratic State Press
association will meet at the same
time, and the meeting of these
political associations will bring many
who are not members of the
State Press association. Entertainment
is being provided for 300 or 400, and the
attendance will no doubt reach that
number. A banquet and ball will be
given at the Gasconade hotel on the
night of September 81, the second day
of the convention. Other features of
entertainment are on the programme.
At the close of the meeting, Septem-
ber 90, an excursion will be given to
the association by the Frisco road to
Eureka Springs, Ark. A special train
will be run from Lebanon to the Ar
kansas resort.
Pathetic Court-R Room Scene.
According to Sedalia dispatch o
pathetic scene was witnessed in the
Pettis county probate court the other
day. The habeas corpus case of Frank
Denny, of Benton county, VS.. Albert
Wilson. Of Sedalia, in which the for
mer sought to obtain the custody of
his 6-year-old daughter, who had
made her home with the Will
sons for several years. was de-
cided in favor of the plaintiff by
Judge T. 2. Hoy, but the child refused
to accept the verdict of the court. She
hung upon the neck of Mrs. Wilson,
and her cries rang throughout the
courtroom, nor would she leave the
Wilson's until force was used. Her fa-
ther is kind, indulgent parent, but
the child had been with the Wilson's so
long that the childs former affection
for him was transferred to them.
A New Fraker story.
A new story, and sensational one,
has been given to the public about DR..
Fraker, of Excelsior Springs, who dis
appeared a year or so ago. 1t was
claimed that the doctor was drowned,
but the body was never recovered, al
though diligent search was made. 1t
soon developed that the doctor carried
S55, 900 insurance on his life. in various
companies and lodges. The companies
contested payment, and the case has
grown to be famous. The new story is
that DR.. Fraker was a woman, and that
he Tor she) is now alive and in female
attire somewhere in the country, and
that the whole scheme-insurance and
drowning-wasc concocted to swindle
the insurance companies.
Tor Alleged Slanter.
Eli Miller. prominent Pettis county
farmer. has instituted suit in the cir
cult court against Isaiah Cornine, a
neighbor farmer, for $4,000 damages
for alleged slander. Plaintiff alleges
that on August : last he was arrested
on complaint of the defendant, who
sworc out warrant charging plaintiff
with the theft of SIS. The case came
up for trial on August 49, when it was
dismissed by the county attorney and
has never been revived. Because of
these alleged facts plaintiff says he
has been damaged in the sum of S., 900.
Died.
Thomas Arnold, of Sedalia, died, aged
"a years.
Mrs. Will Naylor died at Marshall.
Harry Cheatham. a hotel clerk al
Marshall, died recently.
John Dunno. a Kansas City con.
tractor. died the other evening. Mr..
Dunno was brother-in-law of Bernard
Corrigan and of the late Thomas Corri.
gan, having married their sister. Pat
dunno. the turfman is his son.
Finale of Spree.
Thomas Dunphy wound up spree at
Nevada by taking heavy dose of NOR.
phine. He told the two doctors who
were called in that he had taken the
drug to see how much it would take to
kill him. The doctors prepared to re-
lieve Dunphy of the drug, but he held
large butcher knife and warned them
to keep away. He did not take enough
to kill him.
A Reduction.
The reduction of salaries of employees
at the state lunatic asylum at Nevada,
which was made in August by the
board of managers, is now in force.
1t affects almost all the smaller-sal.
aried people. Higher-salaried officers
were not affected.
In Defense of His Daughter.
Fred Kranz. a farmer near Maysville,
accused Bud Wilson of making disre-
spectful remarks about Kranz's 16-year-
old daughter. Wilson struck Kranz
and the latter shot and almost instant.
ly killed Wilson.
Donnelly to Hang.
The trial of Joseph Donnelly for the
murder of a woodchopper, Sam Tur-
ner, in Mexico in July, 1893, ended by
Donnelly being convicted of murder in
the first degree, and sentenced to be
hanged.
Charges Against Warden Pace.
A discharged employe of the peni.
tentiary charges Warden Pace with
malfeasance, which the warden de-
nies. An investigation by the proper
ont horitiaS ;c ,,roypiSad