The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-01-25
MISSOURI STATE r.,EWS

Kansas r.. lied by switch engine nj
Tn. 1ity the other day.
n, ~ senate on the 18th rejected the
.Jmination of j. Scott Harrison to be
surveyor of the port at Kansas CITY, bv
six majority.
@ WHILE lately fixing some machinery
OF saw mill in Douglas county, David
Jenkins was caught by the saw and
cut to pieces.
PAUL MARRAN, one of Kansas City's
humane officers, is charged with specu-
lating in reduced railroad tickets sold
TO poor people.
InE governor has appointed Charles
'l1 Dtbson judge of the circuit court at
Kansas City to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Judge Gibson.
STERLING BRAsEUR and his wife have
been arrested charged with attempting
to murder, with poison, the ComstoclS
family, near Jerico, about October is
last Among the intended victims was
Braseur's own mother.
j. G. JOHNSON, of Benton City, was
the successful contestant for the cadet.
ship to West Point from the Ninth
congressional district. ID. d. White,
of Danville, was alternate. There
were twenty-four contestants
Hon. G. +. RoTnwELt, formerly
member of congress from the old Tenth
district, died at Moberly the other day
of Bright's disease, aged IS years lie
was president of the board of state uni
vcrsity curators at The time OF his
death.
WITHIN one week recently two at
tempts were made to wreck the Frisco
night passenger train at Aurora. The
first attempt resulted in the derailin;. OF
Il freight train and the second threw the
engine, tender and mail car off the
track No one was injured.
Miss ALICE PETERSON, milliner 90
years old, committed suicide at st.
Louis the other night by taking NOR
phine. Shc had been a victim of the
morphine habit, but thought she had
cured herself. Before taking the fatal
drug she burned all her letters and
wrote one to her sister bidding her
good-by.
ANOTHER train robbery occurred at
Rays branch, two miles north of st.
Joseph, on the Kansas City, st, Jo seph
&c Council Bluffs road early on the
morning of the 18th. Five men held up
the train and looted the express car
IL is thought the robbers made rich
haul, but no particulars could be gotten
out of the officers.
THE governor has appointed the fol-
lowing coal oil inspectors: j. +. Ken
nedy for Carrolton; w. Is. 1Iager, for
Webb City, and B. +. Sheppard, for
Saline county. He also appointed l..
+. Luthey, of Laclede county, member
of the state board of agriculture for
the Eighth congressional district, vice
F. NJ. Russell, resigned.
CHARLES PEIFFER, an electric light
; xir,mer, was killed the other morning
while trimming one of the lamps used
to light up the Union depot yards at
st. Louis, These lamps are on poles
about forty feet high. Peitfer had
climbed up to the top of the pole, and
was engaged in trimming the lamp
when he was seen to fall.
WLsoy HOWARD, was hanged at
Lebanon on the 10th for the murder of
Francis McMichael n deaf Iuute, in
Marics county, in 1889. lie had been
notorious in connection with Harlan
county (ky.) fcuds and for his many
crimes in that state fled to Missouri,
where he committed the murder that
brought him to the scatfold
THE "ex-priest," j. V. Mcnamara,
who denounced Catholics in a lecture
at Kansas City and caused n young riot,
was subsequently arrested and Jaile'
in that city upon warrant chargir. .g
him with the malicious slander o
Mother Rose Vincent, Rev. Father
Thomas +. Lillis and Father WIZ IAN
j. Dalton. There was also Il charg o.
circulating lcwd and obscene Ii terra
ture
THE st. Joseph News received let
ter through the post Office on thu, 10Th
signed with initials of four men, who
claimed to be the robbers of the Coun-
Gil Bluffs express the night before, in
which the parties stated that they
were in good health, had made money
by the raid, that they would not soon
disturb the road again, and that It
would be impossible to identity and
capture them.
WHILE attending church the ouIel
night at the Pritchett schoolhOnse
three miles north of Wet Glaize, Can lder
county, Charles Deberry and James
Oursbourne, aged FL and is. re spect
lively, engaged in quarrel, which re
suited in the killing of the former
Deberry attempted to defend a boy thai
Oursbourne threatened to whip ant
on the way home the two became in
volved in a quarrel when Oursbourne
sneaked up behind Deberry and cut hi.
throat, killing him almost instantly
Oursbourne then fled.
SEVERAL robberies have recently
been made from the canning factory al
Springfield, which has been closed for
some time, and u constable WAS put or
duty to guard the property. The other
afternoon farmer named Johnson
who lived ten miles north, drove to the
factory, entered ana carried off large
belt The constable and two citizens
soon followed. When johnson was
overtaken he tried 10 run over the con
stable and then fired twice at him
The officer returned the fire, killing
him instantly. The dead man ha:
heretofore borne q good reputation,
He leaves family.
FIRE at Unionville tho other day
burned the post Office block, the two
story brick block owned by Marshall &
West, q branch store of the Monroe
Drug Co., and the entire stock of j. w.
llarkins, dry goods and groceries. To
tai loss on buildings and merchandise