The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-03-30
ALL OVER H STATE.


JeiIeTbOn Clty-h tdDuiutiOn vi Juo
work done by the Missouri supreme
court during 1905, by John II. Green.
clerk, shows 563 cases to nave been
disposed Of In the two divisions and
by court in banc. Division No. 2. the
criminal branch, led, with 232 cases;
division No. 1 came next with 1873. and
court in banc disposed Of 1873. Five
hundred and thirty-nine cases we're
fled during the year, showing n gain
Of t~wenty-four cases In the work per-
formed. All the criminal cases have
been advanced, and every case sub
mitted has been decided. 1t Is esti-
mated that on the civil docket tho
court Is q year and q heif behind.
These figures give the number of opin-
ions written by the several Judges: Per
curtain, 2; Brace, p. j., rs; Marshall.
6s; CAN'T, 80; Burgess, a: Valiant,
40; Fox, II; Lamm, 81, making a total
OF $50. The seeming discrepancy in the
figures showing the number of cases
disposed Of and the opinions handed
down Is explained by the fact that
many were dismissed for failure to
comply with the rules, INT for other
reasons.
Jury Acquits Policeman.
Springield-A verdict of justifable
homicide was returned by the ~coroner's
jury in the case of Thomas Murphy,
alias Moore, of Vinita, l. T., who was
killed In a pistol duel with Policeman
John Wimberly. John McMartin, the
old man who Is thought TO have been
a companion of Murphy, and who was
taken into custody Don after the kill
ing, is held for investigation. Frank
Riggs, a young man who said his
home is in st. Joseph, and who was
seen in company with Murphy a short
time before the tragedy, is also being
held.
Missouri Mining Land Sells High.
Joplin-Announcement is made Of q
sale of 40 acres of mining land located
north Of Webb City for 100000 to
eastern capitalists. The tract was
owned by John Wise and John Ma
lang, both Of this city, and is one of
the best developed tracts I'm the dis
trict, having a number of paying miLe
now in operation.
Becker Cases Set for April 10.
Springfeld-Transcripts nf the rec
ord in the three cases against Louis
Becker, of st. Louis, charged with brib-
cry and perjury, sent to the Greene
county criminal court on change of
venue, were filed here, and, by agree
ment, the cases were set for hearing
before Judge A. w. Lincoln on Mon
day, April 16.
Supreme Courts New Home.
Jefferson City-The supreme court
commission held a meeting 20 consider
the furnishings of the new building,
is as nearly fireproof throughout as 1t
can possibly be made. The commission
declares its belief in keeping within
the original appropriation of $tSo,000.
Kansas City I%nterurban Charter.
Jefferson City-Articles of incorpora-
ton were issued to the Kansas City &
Lees Summit Railway Co., of Kansas
City, capitalized at $3.50, 900. The COM
pany proposes to build a standard
gauge railroad from Kansas City to
Lees Summit, a distance of Is miles.
A Terrible CoastfnG Mtshap.
st. Joseph-Annie Veosky, II years
old, will die, and her sister Rosa, Ag-
gle Burkowsky and T. j. Seaford, aged
rs, were pre- badly fatally bruised about
their heads and crushed internally by
the collision of a bobsled with a tree.
Bnnke George Wilson.
LeXington-George Wilson, aged GO,
died, after a short illness. For years
he was president of the Lafayette
county bank, had written several books
on finance, and was prominent in poll.
tics.
Sentenced For EmhezxlinE Letter.
Jefferson City-In the federal court,