The Holt County sentinel., 1900-11-09
MISSOURI ITEMS CONDENSED.

souri,.
, Mr. and Mrs. +. J. Stanberry cele-
brated their fiftieth wedding anniver-
sary at Belton recently. about 10
guests assembled to do honor to an
old and highly esteemed couple.
Collector of Internal Revenue kel-
logG. of the Kansas City district. dur
ing last month collected SiS1,095.25
for internal revenue. In October,
1899. SI.i..lS..2 was collected by Mr..
Kellogg.
Shoes made in jefferson City. L. =.
a., are ROW regularly sold in con-
siderable quantities in Dublin. Down
patrick and Belfast. Ireland: GLASGOW
and Edinburg. Scotland. and in vari-
Gus cities of England.
Henry T. Burkhart mas sold his
half interest in the Columbia StHtes-
man to his partner. l. H. Rice. who
will continue il as Il democratic paper.
The Statesman is the oldest demo-
cratic newspaper in Missouri.
Mrs. Clara {. Hoffman. for the
eighteenth time. was elected president
of the state ". {. +. L. by the 1913
delegates attending the annual con-
vention at Kansas City. Mrs Hoff-
mans election WAS unanimous.
The public improvement committee
of the Kansas City council aw led
contracts in one day recently for
planting 10000 shade trees on differ
ent residence streets in that city. The
prices ranged from S2.i9 to S2.44.
II. II. Nanhooser is .Iefferson City
man who. after successfully dod@ing
fame all his life. now suddenly finds
the public eye moro or less focused
upon him as the owner of the cham
pion pumpkin vinc-1S feet in length.
The following is the report of State
Treasurer Pitts for the month of De-
tober: balance September -. Sl.152,-
1851: receipts for October. Sl67. .23i.-
Ac: disbursements. S59S. 20; bal
ancc October 81. S.2o.5>2 %. Dis
bursements include paymen, on bonds
and interest.
The cornerstone of the new Uniyer-
sity hall of Washington university,
west of Forest park. ST. Louis. was
laid recently. The gift of $3,000.00O
from Robert s. BrookinGs and Samuel
Cuppies to the University made this
new hall possible.
The home of Elizabeth VI. Schlater.
3G5 Westport avenue. Kansas City. was
broken into the other night and
robbed. Miss Schlater had $500 in a
purse under her pillow and the
thieves managed to take the money
without awakening her.
Il. l.. Edwards. of New Florence.
former county school commissioner OF
Mont gomery county and eX-principal
of the New Florence public schools.
disappeared at an early hour the other
morning. leaving notes to different
parties that he intended taking his
life.
Maryville's street fair. besides hav-
ing been particularly successful in
the purposes for which it was especial
" intended. resulted differently. from
n financial point of view. than did many
of those at other Missouri points this
season. After all the bills had been
paid the management found Il cash
surplus of more than 5000 on hand.
At Kansas City. Thomas Davis. Jr..
sued Rettie Davis for divorce on tho
ground of desertion. They were mar
ried i'm st. Louis December "a. 1S9S,
and he says she deserted him -imme-
diately thereafter wholly without
cause" He told his lawyer that she
had left him an hour after the mar
riage ceremony and that he had not
seen her since then. He is a railroad
conductor.
The body of Jacob Grossenbacher.
of California, Mo-. WAS found by a
hunter in a ravine near Sioux City.
Ia. Beside it lay revolver. one
chamber of which had been discharged.
4 bullet had passed through his brain.
The first theory was of suicide. but
further evidence showed positive muir
der, and that the murderer tried to
cover his crime by suggesting the sui-
eide theory.
At Kansas City. Peter Regnery. five
years old. was playing at his home.
when a grain of corn became lodged
in his windpipe. At $3.50 in the after
noon a doctor operated on the boy
The right bronchial tube was exposed
and opened and attempts were made
to recover the corn. These efforts,
however. were unsuccessful. The
grain of corn had become lodged in
such a manner that il formed valve,
so that. although the child could ex-
hale. il could not draw breath. 4
condition of pneumonia resulted. both
lungs filling up. After "A hours OF
suffering the boy died.
James y. Bonine. of Morgan conn
ty. was arrested and convicted in the
circuit court of the charge of SANDER
ing his sister-in-law. Docia Lawrence,
and his mother-in-law. Mrs. Sam Mer-
riott. He was accused of saying in
public words that were intended to
convey the idea that he had been in
innate with them. The ease was APP
pcalcd to the court of appeals on the
grounds that the state had given !!o-
mines language Il different meaning
than that which he had intended 10
convey. Judge Gill in an opinion
held that Boninc's language was of n
slanderouS nature and the ease was
affirmed. I;oninc was fined and or
drred imprisoned bv the lower court.
Fred EarIc. charged with murder,
and Frank Murray. an alleged robher.
escaped from the Andrew county Jail
nj savannah the other night. They re-