Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-06-01
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

1900
other States, and 80 from foreign countries.
In July the American Central Insurance
Company of st. Louis increased its paid
Louis Mutual Fire Insurance Company, the
successor of the St. Louis Mutual Fire and
Marine, began business in July, and was the
first company organized under the general
insurance laws of the State since the estab-
lishment Of the Insurance Department. The
Home Mutual Fire and Marine Company
have made voluntary contribution OF per
cent. on the amount of premium notes, and
have paid the Indebtedness and released the
notes. Since the 1st of March, 1881, the
date of the last annual report of this depart
mept, ten companies have Withdrawn from
the State and nineteen have been admitted.
The following tables give recapitula'
ton of the condition of all the companies
working in the State and of the business
done here both in 1880 and 1881:
CONDITION.
Dec 81, 1880. Dec. 81, 1881.
Assets. .Sl5l 352 5O4 90 Sl64 $3.50, $50 90
Liabilities. 5l625,53l 90 5e,517 ,62S 90
Surplus. ........-.. 81, So, S66 90 54.629,64 OO
BUSINESS IN MISSOURI.
1880. 1881.
Risks written. $50 49l 90 S31l.o4s,519 90
Premiums taken. g. $50 0l2 90 a,330,7SS 90
Losses paid........ !, 49,, 439 90 2,43f,343 90
The figures presented by the companies
show that in the aggregate their condition
has greatly improved. Twenty-three life
companies are now authorized to do BUSH
ness in Missouri.
w. T. McGlothlin was waylaid and
assassinated near Linn Creek, few nights
ago, by some unknown person. coroner's
jury ELECTED the following particulars: The
deceased had been engaged in rafting ties on
the Usage River, about two miles from his
residence. After his days work he stopped
and took supper with his mother, who re-
sides about one.haf mile from his home.
Shortly after dark he started home; when
about half way his body was riddled with
buckshot, twenty-four entering his shoulder
and right side, from some unknown assas-
sin in ambush. The murderer, it seems,
from examination Of the ground, had delib-
Grated on the deed, for he had cleared away
the underbrush so that he would make sure
of his victim. A neighbor residing about a
half mile from the scene heard the report Of
the gun, and heard deceased exclaim: "Oh,
God!' four times distinctly, but from some
unknown cause gave no alarm. Mrs. Nc
Glothlin, becoming uneasy at her husbands
absence, sent little son to look for him.
The boy had not gone far when he suddenly
came on his father cold in death in the mid
die of the road. The assassin left the print
of his knee in the ground where he knet
while taking the deadly aim. Mr.. McGloth-
lin was a peaceable, hard working citizen,
and had no known enemies, and leaves a
wife and four little children in destitute Cir
oJ,S hos nsrI0
years old.
By order of Acknowledgement Wad.
dill, the Saxton Rifle Battalion and the
Second Battalion are consolidated and ies-
ignated the "Fourth Regiment, National
Guards of Missouri" Company A, Capt.
VIM. G. Osborne; Company B, Capt. John
Donavan, Jr.; Company C. Capt. Joseph
A. Corby; Company D, Capt. August
Saltzman; Company E, Capt. VIM. H.
Dove; Company F, Capt. Chas. Hyslop.
The Governor has commissioned the follow
ing officers of the National Guard: Chas.
II. Pearson, Captain California Guards, to
rank from April IS, 1882; D. j. Holcomb,
Captain Queen City Guards, to rank from
April q, 1882.
Burt Smith and George Dale, negroes.
quarreled in Kansas City saloon the other
night, and the former was fatally stabbed.
Dale was arrested.
The Governor has decided not to ap-
point any more notaries in St. Louis until
the number now commissioned falls below
the maximum fixed by the act of 1881,
the Supreme Court having declared
section four Of said act unconsti-
tutional, leaving the remainder of the act
In full force. His Excellency thinks the
court did not go as far in regard to the
whole act rs it will when the points are
properly raised, and that under the recent
decision the old notaries are reinstated and
those appointed under the act are in full
power.
Another murder has in all probability
been added to the many that have occurred
in Kansas City and vicinity within the past
year. The victim this time in "Little Moon
light Golden," a negro newsboy and boot
black, 10 or IA years of age. A few days ago
he got into a quarrel with another colored
bootblack of his own age, about backing
box. The other boy terminated the dispute
by seizing club and striking 'Moonlight'
on the left side of the head. The blow did
not seem to cause serious trouble at first,
but physicians pronounced it dangerous, as
the skull was fractured. The urchin
ran away Immediately after striking the
blow, and has not been apprehended.
In the Circuit Court of Scotland
County last week, in the case of The State
VS.. Ellen Cody for selling liquor without Ii
cense, the jury returned a verdict of guilty
and assessed her fine at 5000, the full extent
of the law. In seven other cases against the
same defendant, fines aggregating 5000 were
imposed.
The new Episcopal Church at Rolia
is an edifice which, in architectural design,
finish and appointments, reflects credit up
on the society. A single aisle leads from
the door-wa to the chancel, fanked on
either side by twenty-four slips, giving a
seating capacity for IA persons.
The Kansas City Cattle Company re-
Gently filed forrecord an increase of its cap
ital stock from 1925, 900 to $250,000.
st. Louis had 81 homicides last year.
The ceremony of laying the corner
stone of the Cathedral in Kansas City, May
IA, was attended by thousands of interested