The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-03-01
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

western district OF Missouri
ALBERT BATES was recently killed in |
n saw mill at Wheeler by pulley strik-
ing him on the head while raising logs. |
The democratic central committee
met AZ St. Lonis the other day and de- |
cided to hold the state convention in |
Kansas City May 10. The convention |
will nominate candidates for the SUI
preme' bench, railroad commissioner
and superintendent OF public schools
In tho St Louis circuit court Judge |
Valiant hns given Judgment for the
defendant in the case Of Nicholas NJ.
Ball fexcise commissioner, against the
st. Lonis club. This was the suit which
put to Che test the right of the excise
commissioner to exact liquor tax from
clubs.
SIX robbers broke into taller shop
ht st. Louis the other night in which
r!eorre Edet slept. Eder met thchi at
Tie door and fought them desperately
with hatchet lie drove them away
but was found in n dying condition
afterwards. Two OF the gang were
arrested.
The senate has confirmed James ii.
Clark as register and Mann Ringo re-
cciver of the land Office at lronton;
William johnson, rcceivcrat Boonville,
and the following postmastcrs Frank
A. Dessert, at Macon; George C. Or
chard, at Poplar Bluff, and Luther G.
Adams, at Aurora.
Mrs. EIIzAt'EtH PACE, Of Michigan,
who had been defeated in securing n
home in Oklahoma, arrived at Kansas
City the day, having walked from st.
John, Kan, distance of 800 miles She
learned that her sixtcen-year-old son
was destitute in Karsas city and with
| heroic courage went to his ieliCf.
| A STRANGER entered the store OF w.
| A. Allen e Son at Hancock the other
day in which were the proprietor and
five other men. Drawing II revolver
he ordered the party to hold up their
hands, which they did,and the stranger
coolly robbed the money drawer, took
such other articles as he wanted and
left the half dozen mer holding ur
their hands.
THE republican league clubs met in
convention at Springfield on the 22d
and inaugurated the proceedings by a
great procession in which representa-
tives OF 500 clubs took part. The rcso-
lutions adopted indorscd the course of
the republican party, carraigncd the
democratic party for tariff tinkcrng,
DENOUNCED the Wilson bill and invited
young democrats to rcnounce the old
party and Join the republicans.
THERE are locked up in the vaults of
the state treasurer several hundred
thousand dollars of cash and bonds de-
posted with him by the bond invest
mcnt companies last spring when the
Legislative enactment requiring the de.
post went into effect. Six of the nine
companies doing business in the state
prior to the taking effect of the law
were driven out, as they could not
oollr 81, time with the deposit The
deposits will be held for the protection
of the innocent investors
MRS kENsMAN; wife of Dcdricf
Kensman, a tailor. left her home in
Kansas City the other day with a sum
of money supposed to have been about
s7OO. Several days later her body was
found in vacant house several blocks
distant She had been murdered and
robbed. She and her husband kept
Iya,,a, ,,l. :, ,,.i,L ho. ,,horo,,or
- ,,.,,. rh,r, ,,as M ,l,u, 10 III,
perpetrators of the crime. She was 10
years of age and had her life insured
for IS, 900 in favor of her husband
THE Ancient order United Workmen
elected ,he follo,yinr officers at tho
late meotino of ,ba Grand lodpc in ST
Iou;s. " IL Miller Grand master
,yorl,mor.J II Vincf rrond receiver.
Uanr, uue rr,rd foreman. w A.
Williams Grand oyersecr; w. +. Bohn,
grand recordcr.Dr d. II. Shields, grand
,nod;o,, ov,mincr. W p NcCov. Grand
Guide. Adam Thir, truste,. 1 Bossart.
;ns;do ,v,tchmou and T.. Hickman.
outside wot.hmnn The delcrntes tc
tho sunremn lod,rr urc I. II Vincil w.
H. Miller and II. 4. Miller
Nr,p midrirht the other nirht MS.
tol shots were heard in the Atchison
derot at st Joscnh. and when the no
lice rushed in th,y found a well.drcsscd
stranger living on the floor with blood
flowing from CHASTITY hole in the side
of his head, while his hand still graspcd
n smoking pistol. There was nothing
on his person, except the letters "Ci K
c." on his shirts, to offer any ndicat ton
of his identity. on the floor beside
him was a note reading: "ro Mary
I bid YOU good by forever. Forgiv,
me if YOU eau. George" The man wa
later identified as George Koedding
Chicago printer.
A SERIES of systematic forgeries an,
irregular financiering at the expense o
business men and the Chemical nation
al bank of St, Louis resulted in the ar
rest of BENJAMIN E. Holiday, n youn.
Chieapoap. and the escape of lIerme
Franche, said to be one of the smooth
est forgers in the west. Franche an,
Holiday were old friends and meeting
in St. Louis renewed their acquainl
nnce and at once set on foot n schem
to get money by means of bogus check
with forged Endorsements Holiday
who was arrested, said he had bee