The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-12-09
MISSOURI STATE NEWS


aobbcrs Shot Him Through usuth.
Shot through the mouth. Frederick
l.. Drake crawled a quarter OF q mile
from his home near Klmmswick. aud
al the house Of his ncighbor. Michael
rierney. wal barely able 70 scrawl this
word upon a sheet VI paper: Rob
lers." Drake moved TO Kimmswick
about two years ago. and has been Nv
Ing alone In a house a mile from the
llttlr town on the river. His friends
regard The shooting a. u mystery.
Whether he was shot In the house OF
outside IL not known. When he
reached Tierncy's residence he was al
most exhausted from the loss OF blood
and the desperate exertions caused Yy
his Journey Of a quarter Of a mile with
a bullet wound In his head. The ball
having passed through his mouth, no
was unable TO speak. and when he had
finished writing the word robbers on
the scrap Of paper he lapsed into un-
consciousness. The wounded man was
removed to the AleSian Brothers hos.
pital in 81. Louis.
AatAfl - w ANs - W.
the victim Of an assassin. who had
waited q long time for an opportunity
10 commit the dastardly deed.
DocLrry Appoints Delegates.
Gov. Dockery has appointed the fol-
lowing delegates To the national cotton
convention. Shreveport. la. December
" to Is. 1904. W. D. shelton. Joseph
! \. Wickham. T.. T. Caruthers. Of Ken.
nett. - X. Cook. Maiden. e. Schutt.
Caruthersyillc. To the National Live
stock association. Denver. Col. jan
uary 10 10 n. 1895: n Clay Duncan.
Osborne; Charles =. Leonard. Belle
Air. y. n. Gentry Sedalia.
%srriou-i, uur, In Football.
IN Iron Mountain passenger train
aud a Cotton Belt freight oolllded
hcad.on near summit. and 20 persons
we're moro or less injured, Of whom
the following sustained the more seri.
GUS hurts. Joseph Mo,sop. fireman.
head hurt. o svihk, dlring ,ar con
iuctur. face and head bruised. the Cot
ron bolt engineer. les brokcp t. &C.
we're bruises.
D-ru .f . wcii-,, "ovn rrint-r.
William Henry Woodward. president
OF tho Woodward q TisrLan Printing
Co. one OF the largest printing es,ab-
lishments Ia the west dicd Of heart
failure at the 81. Louis club In ~.
Louis. Mr.. Woodward started hts bu-l-
ness career a. q printers apprentice.
aud rose to wealth and a%iiucnce.
s~raHss WIN iiira tor Probate.
The will OF the late K VI. Scrisgs
has been hlcd for probate In 81. Louis.
L.eaciss a%ggrcgaiins sii1,sop are be-
queaihcd for religious. benevolent and
charitable purposes, the ~. Louis
proyident association receiving f2t.-
oo0. Relatives and friends are literally
remembered.
Jopiin brewer, '."-s 10 T~xas.
The Middle West brewery. of Joplin.
haa been sold 10 Wilhelm Grie-ser. OF
ri Paso. Ten, for $4,000, by William
tehrenbach. trustee In bankruptcy.
The outstanding claims on the prop
crty amount to !si.ori. but the pur-
chaser gets It free Of all incumbrances.
report Of state Treasures.
Following II the state tr-asnrcr's re-
port for the month of November; Bal
ance on hand October ~. 81 .s6s. i35 W;
receipts for November. see. l06. 90. dis
bursem.nts for November. s3is. $50 SO:
halanc. on hand November 30. 1850.
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V.,t L.t.tr Via, >~.pb,.I.,.d,
Charles u. Webster. a Kansas city
real .stai. man. WINS oun asphysI-