The news boy., 1896-05-02
MISSOURI, STATE NEWS.
I Dalry Herds to DO In,pes.ed.

Dairy Herds to bc fnspecsed.
Upon call made by the secretary Of
the state board OF health the score.
harry OF the state board of agriculture
has ordered thorough investigation
81 the dairy herds of the large cities
Tor tuberculosis. DIR. T. II. White, the
state veterinarian, will probably be
iidsd by Dr.. Conuoway, Of the State
university; in conducting the examina:
lion. The secretary of the state board
Of agriculture doubts the existence OF
tuberculosis in this state, at least to an
alarming extent, but IL after a thor
ough investigation any herds should
prove to be infectedtevery provision of
the law will be invoked to protect the
consumers of milk from the contagion
and extirpatc the disease.
Death OF Capt. d. r. slattery.
Capt. Dennis Paul Slattery, aged 81
years, one of St. Louis best-tnown cit=
izens, was drowned at Kings lake, I'll.
60 miles from st. Louis
Capt. Slattcry was born at sea. During the
civil war he served with distinction in the
Union navy, being stationed with the squadron
on the lower Mississippi. He became con-
spicuous for gallantry in the Red river CAM
paign and his numerous experiences during
the war In later years afforded him an enjoy
able literary pastime. Shortly after tho CLOSE
OF hostilities he came to st. Louis and em-
barked in the business In which he afterward
amassed wealth and earned a wide prominence.
AS grain dealer he won remarkable success.
Capt. Slattery was also known MS one of the
most expert grain elevator men In the country.
Cattle Dying or.
Y. L. Victs, prominent Pettis coun.
ty stoclSman. living near Hughesvillc,
has lost five head of steers within a
few days from some disease, the nature
of which he does not know. The cat
tie were apparently well up to within
few hours of their death. Mr.. Viets
will have the matter investigated by
State Veterinary Surgeon White with
a view to determining the nature of
the malady.
Surrendered by His Father.
Hiram WilbanlSs, the 16-ycar-old boy
who assaulted Dora Bauer, aged 1o,
near Thayer, was brought in by his
father and surrendered to the sheriff.
Much bitter feeling is evident, but it is
now believed the law will be allowed
TO take its course. The girl is improv-
ing, and she and her brother have both
positively identified Wilbanks as the
one who committed the assault.
Jailed for Robbery.
Three men, supposed to be tramps,
and giving their names as Frank Cree
land, J. Steel and L. David, were
lodged i'll the county Jail at Keytcs-
vile the other evening for robbing A.
c. Eleotwood's store at Triplctt. The
stolen goods were secreted in the roof
Of an old shed near Triplctt, where
| they were discovered by the owner of
the shed the next day.
| Death of a Prominent Attorney,
Hon. j. w. Draffen, senior partner
of the distinguished law firm of Draf.
fen & Williams, died at his residence,
six miles east of Boonville, the other
evening, of pneumonia, aged II years
He was native Virginian, had prac-
ticed law in Boonville and central Mis-
souri, 80 years, aud was formerly a
partner with Senator Vest.
An Overdose OF Morphine.
| John Waclk, one of the most exten.
sive stock dealers of the northern Sec
ton of the state, came to his death at
Salisbury from taking an overdose OF
morphine the other morning. He took
the drug at II o'clock the night before,
soon after which physician was
called, but to no avail.
Hanniba, District Conference.
The annual conference of tho Han.
nibal district Methodist Episcopa!
church south convened at Monroe
City the other day, with B!sh Up Wal
lace Duncan. of Spartanburg, S. c., in
the chair. A large number of dele.
gates, including all the ministers, were
it attendance.
Suicide of j. F. Smith.
). f. Smith, well-known druggist
of TeXarkana, Ark, ended his life at q
hotel in st. Louis the other day by
taking an overdose of morphine
Smith was an inventor of patent medi
cines and was very well known to the
drug trade in st. Louis.
Death of DIR. Purkitt.
DR.. Caleb P. Purkitt, who died the
other day at his home in ST. Louis. wa.
one of the oldest physicians in st. Louis
He graduated at the Missouri medica
college in 1916, and for 81 years prac
ticed his profession in the county ant
city of st. Louis.
Sam Foster Guilty.
The trial of Sam Foster, the recrt
who was indicted with John and Pete,
Schmidt for the murder OF Bertram.A
Atwater at Webster Groves, near st
Louis, resulted in a verdict of murder
in the first degree.
| Dragged to Death.
Luther, the 15-year-old son of Joh1
X. Lewis, near Marshall, was dragged
to death the other evening by a run
away team. He was riding one hors
and fell off and got tangled in tn,
harness.
Northwest Missouri Baptists.
The Baptist Sunday-school couven
tion of northwest Missouri closed
successful session at Chillicothe. Abou
30 ministers and a large number of la,
da1apa faS xyar.a IN, aftan1onoo