The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-04-23
MISSOURI sTATE NEWS

MISSOURI STATE NEWS
Bank ut Maitland Looted.
Three masked men looted the Farm
srs' bank, at Maitland, Holt county,
the other night. They secured 1000
silver dollars, which they dumped into
= wagon, and escaped. Il Ii believed
that the robbery was executed by st.
Joseph crooks.
The bandits made their appearance
In Maitland at IL p N: Everybody in
the quiet little town had gone to bed:
Fred Collision; young man who clerks
In one of the stores, occupies room
on the second floor of the bank build
ing. The robbers evidently knew this,
for their first movement was to break
into Collisions room. bind him hand
and foot with ropes and put gag in
his mouth. Then they carried him
down the stairway and forced an en-
trance into the bank by breaking tho
Fear door. The robbers then took theif
time in opening the outer chamber Of
the safe, where the money was found.
Capital Removal Guarantee.
A delegation Of Sedalians visited JET.
ferson City and fled with Gov. Stone
the guarantee bond required by provi-
sions of the capital-remaval resolution.
Hon. ]. II. Boutwell,, as spokesman for Seda-
1ta presented the papers, and in q brief speech
spoke OF the character OF the bond and the
solvency OF the sureties thereon
The Sedalia delegation filed two bonds,
aggregating e615,000 One bond In the sum Of
$4,000 is to cover the cost Of the ground and to
carry out details In case the removal amend
mens Is carried. This Is signed by bankers and
real real estate owners Of sedalia. The
3 Co... contractors OF St. Louis In the
sum Of ScOo0 guafanteeing the erection of
capitol buildings free OF cost to the state:
This bond is signed by the American Surety
gent vlce-president; OF ST. Louis. The Amer.
tcan Surety Co. is undoubtedly good security;
the nSs Of sea for
when It has not that amount OF assets in the
state. is question likely to be raised by
ferson City.
An Important Test.
A rue herds of cattle of the Mis-
souisoFate agricultural college have
been treated for tuberculosis by means
Of Koch's lymph.
The test was conducted by DR. John W. Con.
way. professor OF veterin ary science in the
Missouri state university, and J. K. Hickman
assisted by the students In veterinary
medicine. None Of the animals showed
the slightest indication of disease, and oil
were pronounced entirely healthy. -Four herds
of thoroughbred cattle are kept by the college
for instructional and experimental purposes,
to-wit: Jerseys, shorthorns, Herefords and
Aberdeen Angus. The foundation stock OF
these herds was produced In 1887. and since
that time opportunity has been offered for the
Introduction Of disease among the cattle This
Is the first public test for tuberculosis con-
Quoted In Missousi. and It Is gratifying to the
university authorities and the consumers of
dairy products to learn that the herds are free
from contagion.
Found Big Money In . Boot.
Jim Edwards, farm hand working
for Frank Vincent, in the southern
part of Stoddard county, found $500 in
an old boot Under vincent's house. Ed
wards let Ave Of his companions into
the secret. and With them lived in
such luxury as 10 arouse the sus.
picidns Of the community. Harry Watt
son, one of these, went to Bernie few
days ago and got drunk, and while in.
toxicated gave away the secret. Vim.
cent had $500 in the boot, and had not
missed it till Watson's spree at Bernie.
About one-half of the money was re-
covered.
struck with = Bottle.
J. Mil ton Turner, Of St. Louis, col.
ored politician and ex-United States
minister to Libeaia, went home recent
ly under the influence of liquor, and
assaulted his wife and married daugh-
ter, Mrs. William Mason, and attempt-
ed to cut the latter with q knife,
whereupon she struck him on the head
with bottle. The injured man was
taken to the dispensary, where his
condition was pronounced serious, and
he was then forwarded to the city hos
pital
Shooting Of banker Russelrs wife.
Circuit court convened in special ses-
sion at Palmyra for the purpose of try
ing Teddy Kenny, charged with enter
ing Banker Russell's house some two
years ago and shooting his wife. Tho
states witnesses were found to be
weak in their evidence, and the prose-
cutting attorney nolle pros'd the case.
A cellmate of Kenny's in the Chester
ul) penitentiary caused Kenny's ar
rest as the perpetrator of the crime ON
his release from that institution.
Important Crimlnsl Cases.
The criminal court docket of the
present term In johnson county is tho
heaviest for years Several noted cases
are to be tried, among them George
w. Colbern, George A. Colbern and
Theodore Youngs, officers of the de-
funct johnson County savings bank,
for receiving deposits after the bank
was known to be insolyent, and Mill
lard Robert, alias James, father and
two sons, for murder in the first de-
gree, for killing James Evans.
A Good ShOwing.<s.
During March the post office rcceipta
at st. Louis were $3.50, SEQ 81; March,
1898. 1896, 1925; increase, 354, ,4e3.Oo.
The receipts at Kansas City were $780,
$50. 40; March, 1895, $12l ,657. ~; in.
crease, $l3, ,77s.61. The post Office de-
partment regards the Kansas City
showing as especially favorable to that
city. ST. Louis leads baltimore, her
nearest rival in population, by so per
cent. In gross postal receipts
Shot Hinself In the Mouth.
VIM. BerRhauscr, one Of the best-
known hardware merchants in central
Missouri. while at home in North FuI-
ton. shot himself IN the mouth sud
died.
New UnIversIsy Aeh4emy Brisdtne.
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