The Taney County republican., 1901-03-07
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.



The Missouri-Kansas zinc-mining
district is to have a new inter-urban
electric railway system or a road OPP
Grated by compressed air. Work was
begun in Joplin on the new road. 1t
is to be called the Mineral Cities Elec-
trio railway, and will connect Joplin
with number of mining camps and
towns in the zinc belt. some of which
are not on the line of the Southwest
Missouri Electric railway. which las
been operating successfully for sew
eral years, connecting Joplin with
Webb City, Carterville and Carthage,
Mo-, and Galena and Empire, Kas.
Sentenced to Be Hanged.
In the Hannibal court of common
pleas Mrs. Alice Nessenhener, convict
ed of poisoning her husband, Frank
Nessenhener, by means of morphine,
was formally sentenced to be hanged
on Friday, April II. 1901. Attorney for
the defendant filed an affidavit for an
appeal to the supreme court and it
was granted The defense was given
until June 1 to file a bill of excep.
tions.
Fire Destroys Dormitory.
Park Hall, one of the four Parh
College dormitories for young ladies,
at Parkville, was burned to the
ground. None of the 25 young ladies
who were sleeping in the building
were injured, but many lost their
clothing and personal effects. The
building carried $1,000 insurance.
saloon safe Robbed.
The saloon of Oscar Kruel, of Union.
was burglarized and 1921 in silver and
two silver watches were taken from
the safe which the thieves found easy
TO open. The post Office was also en-
tered by the rear door and a new
overeoat belonging to post Office
employe taken.
Sale of Hereford Cattle.
A sale of imported and American.
bred Hereford cattle from the herds
of X. B. Armour and Jones Funk
houser was held at Kansas City, with
cattlement from many parts of the
country present. Nineteen cows ard
bulls were sold at an average of $3O4
2 head.
MortgagestO Secure Bonds.
The Cherokee-Lanyon Spelter Co..
filed for record at Nevada, mort
gage on it's 13 zinc spelter plants IN
this state, Kansas and Arkansas for
100000, given to the Mississippi VAL
ley Trust Col, to secure six per cent.
bonds to that amount and due in 1926.
Visited st. Louis Schools.
Prof. William Jameson, associate
superintendent of the New York pub
lie schools, was in ST. Louis recently,
inspecting the high school. In COM
pany with Superintendent of st. Louis
Pub licSchools Louis Soldan he spent
an entire day in the building.
President Hay VIII Resign.
Rev. George F. Ray, president OF
St. Charles college, has rendered his
resignation, to take effect at the end
of the scholastic year in June. He is
at present in Ray county, where he
intends locating in the future.
For Whipping Post.
A proposal to establish the whip
ping post in Missouri was broached
in the house of representatives
Whipping is to be applied for misde-
meanors as an alternative to fine and
imprisonment.
Convicted of Murder.
Robert Faucette was convicted OF
murder in the second degree and SEN
fenced to As years in the penitentiary
in the Lawrence county court at Mo-
NETT.
Sold to the ssKaty."
The Missouri Midland railroad, a
branch connecting Columbia with the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas at McBaine.
has been sold to the latter company.
Clover-Trew.
Mr.. Frank NJ. Trew, of ndepend.
ence, and Miss Katberyn Glover, OF
Odessa, were married at the brides
residence in the former town.
Failure at BOOnville.
Arthur Young, Boonville grocer.
has made an assignment in favor of
his creditors. Judge j. II. Zollinger
has taken charge of the stock.
Farmer Killed I'm q Runaway.
John Walters, well-known stock.
man of St. Joseph. was killed while
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