The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-08
NEWS FROM MISSOURI.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


held nj the worlds fair.
Three prisoners escaped from the
city jail AT Sedalia They are William
Austin, John Williams and Il. Bugard
strangers. who were arrested for va
grancy, pending investigation rs to
their past movements. They were
given the freedom of the corridor and
made hole with an iron poker and
Il shovel. Bo3ard was captured later.
There was surprise al Mexico when
It was learned by a brief line in a
Kansas City newspaper that Oscar
Lewis, formerly of Mexico, but now
Of Kansas City, had brought suit for di-
vorcc from his wife, Annie Lewis They
were well known young people of Mex
leo, Mrs. Lewis being the daughter Of
]. a. Potts, president OF the State Fair
association and Mr. Lewis the son Of
Judge James Lewis
In the criminal court in st. Louis
Judge Moore discharged John j. LAWN,
Il politician and the eight members
of the police force who were recently
indicted on the charge Of having in
timsatcd voters a; the primaries on
March -. The dismissal was based on
the grounds that the indictments were
defective in not naming the voters
allcged to have been intlmidatcd and in
what manner they were inundated.
i. O Maddox was taken to llanni-
bal On the charge of numbering Ricn-
nrl T. Moss At Huntington, IL miles
Suu'hTesi Of Hannibal, The arrest
was made by benjamin l.. Walker. a
passenger conductor ON the Missouri
! Kansas q Texas railroad who noticed
! Maddox beside the track. five miles
| from Huntington. Conductor Walker
| stopped thr train and compelled the
| man 10 climb on board at IN" point
| Of u revolver.
/ A significant question was sprung at
McGor prcsbytrry at Macon by the
resolution of Elder r. $. Matthews
! 10 instruct the delegates 10 the gen
cral assembly to vote 10 present tho
union proposition between the preshy-
terrain church of the United States and
! the Cumberland Presbyterian church
| 10 the several pi'"b5 ''Il'S lof hhaI
| action. The proposition elected the
! h'"nest discussion and was defeated
! by two votes
with the object Of getting sent to a
| reform school where he could learn 4
trade, Andrew Vandike. aged IT,. stole
- from patron "I ms mother S
boarding house at Macon Ihal IS
the story Il" loId judge Hh'Iioh ana inc
10y S mother roriphnra''a H. Hh" san
her son had used III" money To buy II
coat Tor poor hoy "i N"olA AnuI"T
| Said nc wanted 10 learn a TRACE 'n "-
to b" abl" to support ms mother II"
was sent 10 JaiI Tor =" uANs.
Elizabeth W. PIatt ana others flee
suit in st Louis against members OF
the brokerage firm Of y, Il. Francis,
Bro. a Co and Charles r. PlGtl in tn"
circuit court to recover the valu" Of
stocks OF face value of $l&i,0no be
longing TO the estate Of Henry T.
Plat II is stated that the stocks
were deposited In saic-dcposil hos
80 which Charles X. Piatt had access
and thai he hypothrratcd the stocks
with the brokerage firm. II is further
claimed that the firm used the stocks
in lipuidnttnG losses mad" 10y Charles
H. PialL The latter Is son oI the
LEADING plaintiff
A disappointed groom In MOkanr
Galloway county, was wondering why
his bride did no, arrive in time for
the wedding. Miss Lydia g. pot;.
asked the ticket agent in n Charles
for a ticket to Mu,sne. The agent
believed she said Macon aud gave her
ticket to Macon She arrived nj
Macon and was bit chaprjned to see
no one TO meet her. She waited IN
the depot an hour and then took .
hack to n hotel There she learned fur
the first time how far sh, had wan
dcrrd from the route She then tried
10 explain over the lunu distance tel.
cphOnc. Miss Potts has q complete
troussrau with her and was short or
nothing except groom She refused
10 give the name of her nancct She
said the Joke was on her and he
shouldn't become notorious through
her mistake.
.Iohn H. IInrl,leroflas. who is living
with relatives in TopoEa Kan. IS
now o. wears old. He came To Missouri
I'm 1870 locatinr M Lexington II,
cast his first vnte for Andrew ,Iarksor
for rr.silcrt and has sIncr voted Co,
oycry democratic ur,s,.. .,j,l adj.
date II In all In 1Siq IIor,.lprodc,
and n comnori,p Iood,I six waron.
Win uorchapdiso and crossed IN,
rIoine IN California rcturplpg in rwc
Years lilo established ard o,c,.rrl The
orst 1o,d gme,tor in I,rk,c, can't,
in 1856 He did his smelling with
in Lexington when civil war was de,