The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-02-08
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

fatally shot William Lloyd Mt Kinks
vile the other day.
FRUIT growers in the vicinity Of
springfield report that the late blizzard
killed most Of the fruit.
A. T. HARLOW, president of the st
Louis Merchants exchange, died re-
Gently Of pneumonia, aged "a years.
j. III. FARBER was recently arrested
Mt St. Joseph for perjury in falsely
swearing to pension papers. Other ar
rests are expected to follow.
Two of the Missouri delegation,
AIcssrs joy and Bartholdt, of st.
Louis, voted against the Wilson bill
upon its final passage in the house.
JOHN RIDER, of Cape Girardeau coun-
ty, was out coon hunting the other
night, and while looking up a tree for
a coon an owl dew down, striking him
in the eye with its claw, tearing out
the ball and carrying 1t away.
THE commission Of George A. Neal
as United States attorney for the west
ern district of the state expired on Jan
uary 2T, and Justice Brewer, OF the Gu
preme court of the United States, has
rcapponted him to fill the position un-
til the president names a successor.
THE grand jury at Kansas City, in
dictcd j. II. Bemis and his son, lumber
dealers OF jefferson, Tex, upon the
charge of obtaining money by false
pretences from Kansas City bank by
means of drafts which were falsely
represented as covering sales of lum-
bcr.
THE residence of Charles Owens near
Dichlstadt, Scott county, was discov-
cred to be on fire the other day and
was extinguishcd by neighbors. The
remains of Ovens wife and child were
found in the ruins and he was charged
with numbering them and firing the
house.
Az attempt was recently made to
blow up the reservoir Of the Spring
field Supply Go. on the Sac river. Dyna.
mite was the explosive used and
the perpetrators of the deed sue
ccdcd in looscning large lot of
earth. but no damage was done to the
masonry.
The trial of J. V. Mcnamara, tex
priest" at Independence, on the charge
of uttcring a criminal libel against
Rev. w. j. Dallon. Catholic priest, in
late lecture at Kansas City, resulted
in a verdict of guilty. The jury as
sessed the punishment of one year in
the county Jail ana $500 fine.
FRANK BRILL, an employe of the
Doslodge Lead Co at Bonne Terre,
while recently leaning over the railing
l, I -, gly on
the heal by the cage and killed. The
power of the blow jerked him over the
railing and he fell $50 feet, where his
body crashed through floor of two
inch plank
w. Y. WALKER, a merchant of Shaw
neetown, Cape Girardeau county, and
his wife were mysteriouslv poisoned at
the supper table the other night.
Walker died next morning and his wife
would probably not recover. The
poison is supposed to have been admin
istered in their coffee, but how, there
was no clew.
THE supreme court has affirmed tn
sentences of death passed upon Jacot
| Brown, n negro convict who, August 3
1892 stabbed and killed Frank MacSin
foreman in the Strauss saddle ant
harness shops at the penitcntiary, ant
Charles Wisdom, of st. Louis, con
victed of murder, and fixed March Il
for their execution.
THE governor has appointed DR. Pau
Paquin, of Lebanon, member of the
state board of health for Il term ending
July ,, 1894, in place of DIR. George
Haman, resigned; he also appointed DIR
Thomas II. Hudson, of Kansas City, fol
term ending April IS 1896, in place o
DIR. Thomas Doyle, who was reappoint
ed, but declined to serve.
JAMES Kirby. an old citizen of Jop
lin, was recently poisoned by drinking
carbolic acid by mistake, lie asked
his little daughter to hand him n bot
tie of brandy, and she picked up in
stead bottle of acid. The two bottle
were alike, and he took draught o
the contents before discovering tn
mistake. lie died within an hour.
THE board of associate charities tina
canvassed Sedalia during the lat
cold snap found a surprising numbe
| of people in absolute need of fuel am
food. Upwards of fifty families wer
found on the verge of starvation an
made comfortable Besides these, IS
persons were also supplied with cloth
ing and food. The Salvation arm
took care of number of the destitute
CHARLES DREnER, a young clerk
called at the residence of Mrs. Berth
| Huneka at st. Louis the other nigh
| and asked to see the woman. A feS
minutes after being shown into tn
room several shots were heard lnve'
tigation showed Mrs. liuneka wa
dead and the man was wounded, hay
ing two revolver bullets in his heat
1t is said the girl refused to MARI
Dreher. The woman had separate
from her husband.
The Gillis estate at Kansas City
again in trouble. The other day Al
tome Gillis, who claims to be SON l
an Indian marriage, filed suit in ejec
ment against all persons holding pro-
erty, directly or indirectly, under I'll
Gillis will Antoine Gillis claims h
statutory rights as a legitimate child
William Gillis, who died about twent
i've years ago. The present claiman
it is said, has been in lunatic asylu
for some time. The property involve
includes the Gillis opera house, Il
county court house and other valuab
property, amounting at present to abo'
81, 900, 900.
THE residence of Dr. o. p. Kermodl
at Knob Noster, was entirely destroys
by fire at midnight the other nigh
The doctor was awakened during II
night by plaster falling upon his be
The upper part of the house was
flames and he had barely time to sa
his wife and two children from crem
ton The loss ON dwelling and co
tents was SO, 900; insurance 5000.
. AN old grudge led to bad shootiI
scrape at Waynesville the other day,
which John Robinson fatally wound'
James Vaughn and stray bullet h
ting William Bates in the thigh. 4
the parties are prominent farmers
Pulaski county.
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