The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1896-07-11
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Readjusment of Salaries of Postnasters.

MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
keadjusment of Salaries of Postnasters.
The post office department has an.
nounced the adjustment of postmas-
ters' salaries for the next fiscal year.
The St Louis receipts during the past year
have increased largely. but St Louis reached
the salary limit OF 5000 many years ago. The
biggest jump in Missouri was that OF Kansas
City, the receipts there during the past year
justifying an increase OF $1,000 The readjust-
ments for Missouri was as follows:
Adrian and Breckinridge advanced from
fourth TO third cla>S
Increases-Albauy, Si.40O to $500: Appleton
City 81 300 to 81, 400; Bethany. S,4O0 to Sl,5Oo;
Bolivar, 81 800 to 81 400; Clarksville, SLIGO to
81 400: Clinton, 200 TO $500: Columbia g.
800 70 S2.4g0. Dexter, $1,000 to SI,l0J: Ell Dora
do Springs, 81 ,2OJ to sl.4OO; Excelsior Springs,
81 ,3OJ to Sl,iO0; Pennington, $3.50 to sl.iOOi
Fayette, 81 900 to Sl.7OO; FredericktOwn,
sl1Oo to $1,000; Glasgow, $1,000 to si,i0O;
Grant City, si,l0O to $1,000; Green
field, s1lOO to $500; Harrisonvile,
$500 to $1,000; Higginsville, sl,500 to sl.6OO;
Holden, 81 500 to Sl,e0J; HumanSville. $1,000 20
sl.lO0; Independence, s., 100 to $500; Jackson,
81 100 to $1,000; Kansas City, SI,0OJ to 5000;
Kirksvi lle s. to 3 100; Lamar, IL 100 to ST.,
sOO Louisiana $500 to s2.4O'; Macon, sl.S0o to
to 81 100! Maysville, s., 900 to SLIGO; MontgOm-
cry City 81 800 to 81 400; MoundCity 3OG to ST.,
400. Mountain Grove, 81 800 to 81 800; Neosho,
81 600 to 81. 700! Nevada 5000 TO $500; Odessa,
81 209 to 81 AGO. Osceola, 81 100 to 81 200; Platts-
burg, 400 TO 1880; Pleasant Hill, sl.irO to
81 500 Poplar Bluff, sl,7O0 to l,sO0; Princeton,
slOO to 81 800; Rich Hill, 81 700 to 81 S00 Rock
port 81 20 to 81 $50: Savannah, 81 800 to Sl4O0;
Sedafia, $500 to S2,7JO; Unionville. sl,4OO to
81 500; Vaudalia. SLIGO to 81 200: Versailles,
LOO to $1,000; Warrensburg, 5000 to t2.lOO;
Wellsville, sl,OlO to sllOO.
Decreases--Aurora. $500 to $500; Hunts
Fille 81 800 to 81 200: Norborne, s1@OO to 81 100
Missouri School Fund.
A meeting of the state board of fund
commissioners was held the other day
and a transfer of the public school
fund for the present year made This
fund is made up as follows:
One-third the entire revenue. s1as, So "a
Interest on school certihcateS-....... lojGG %
amounts refunded. ed................. $40 II
Total. ........----Sy Sy2',53o ~
This is an increase over 1895 of 54,-
2.2i, and is consequently the largest
in the history of the state.
This money will be apportiored
among the various counties by State
Superintendent Kirk during the pres
ent month, and each county will re-
ceive pro rata based on its school
population.
State Treasurer's Report.
State Treasurer Lon V. Stephens has
filed with Gov. Stone his monthly
statement, showing the transactions
of the treasury department for the
month ending June 30 as follows: Bal
ance in the treasury on June l, 81, 625,-
435. As; receipts during the month of
June. S142, AIS. &c; disbursements, Sa1S,-
ABS. "a; leaving n balance in the treas
I ury at the close of business June so of
S1,249,47S.
There was transferred from the in
terest fund to the sinking fund the
sum of S337, 200, and this amount will
be used for the redemption of per
cent. bonds due July l. Earnings of
the Missouri penitentiary paid into the
treasury in June were Sl6,64S.02.
Bold Moonshiner Captured.
Locked up at the four courts, in st.
! Louis, awaiting arraignment for run
ming an illict distillery, is a man whom
+ the federal authorities look upon as
the ''king bee" of moonshiners. The
/ man is A. L. Wheeler, and he, with L.
Lee Macarthur, was taken to st. Louis
from Texas county, Mo-, by United
States Deputy Marshal o. ]. Synder.
For about a year Wheeler had eluded
/ the authorities, although several times
he was almost within their grasp.
Bond Robbers Captured.
James O'Brien, alias Red O'Brien,
and Jake Weber, alias Dutch Jake,
charged with robbing the state bank
at Savannah on the night of February
7last, have been captured by the Pinker.
tons in British columbia. None of the
1000 bonds was found with them. VIM.
Loughridge, another of the men who
was arrested on the same charge in
San Francisco some time ago. is con
fined in Jail at Savannah. Mrs. B:eck.
inridge has, so far, recovered eight oi
her stolen bonds.
The New Frisco.
The reorganized st. Louis & San
Francisco Railway Co. has filed articles
with the secretary of state; capital
stock, $4,000, 900 The incorporation
tax was 25,O25, and what is known as
the university free scholarship tax,
amounted to Sl2, 800. The tax, imposed
by the law enacted by the last legis-
lature, imposes an additional % cents
on each $1,000 incorporate capital stock
sought to be incorporated. IL was paid
by the company under protest.
Heavy Mortality.
There were 3O5 deaths in St. Loui!
during the week ended June % Thi:
is the largest weeks record in the his
tory of the city, barring the time of the
cholera scourge. OF the number 12
were children under one year of age
wouId-Bc Suicide Jailed.
Antoine Welty, aged 65, was sen
fenced to prison for 200 days, in st
Joseph Welty has a mania for at
tempting suicide with revolver, ant
ut such times is a nuisance. He ha
several bullets in his head.
For a Stowe Monument.
The members of the Kansas Cit,
board of trade have decided to start
popular subscription for the erection
of monument in honor of Harrie
Beecher Stowe at her grave. 1t is t.
be national in its scope.