Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-30
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

1 1ue hnlgntS anu Ladies OF honor nOl0
grand anniversary celebration in st.
| Louis September 6.
Mr.. Rafe Delano, St Louis lawyer,
| distinguished himself recently by saving
| young St Louis lady from drowning al
| Rye Beach.
| A. h. Ramsden, a prominent Kansas
| City architect, was found In his Office
| few evenings since with his skull crushed
and fatally injured. Much mystery at
| taches to the cause and method of the
| assault.
| Henry Moore and Mrs. John W. Norton,
the couple who caused such sensation
by clipping from ST. Louis recently, are
now living together as husband and wife
| in a private boarding house at Toronto
| Ont
F.. NJ. Tufts died at his home in st.
| Joseph, few days ago, Of paralysis. MIR.
| Tufts was City Auditor of St Joseph fol-
| four years, his term of Office expiring last
| April. He was owner of the Gazette from
| 1873 to 1878, and moved TO st. Joe from
Platte County where he was collector for
| a number of years.
Another of the old st. Louis landmarks
| has passed into the hands of an outside
| capitalist The old McCune mansion,
| situated at Taylor and Duncan avenues,
| was purchased recently by Mr.. Ii. E.
| Robinson, of Gardiner, Me-, who has
| made extensive investments in St Louis
| realty within the past few months. Mr..
| Robinson paid $30, 900 cash for the house
| and grounds.
Frank James was the center of attrac-
| ton for several hundred pairs of eyes al
| the Union depot in Kansas City, q few
days since.
The fact became known recently that
General James A. Craig, Of st. Joseph,
oRH in<n A unit Yah vcs-
| clans say he can not live moro than q
/ couple of months. UP to within few
| weeks ago he was treated at his home for
and enlargement Of the gland, and poul-
| tees were applied to his neck. This gave
! no relief, and he left for St Louis to be
| treated by specialists. There he was in
| formed that his treatment had been
wrong. and that he had a cancer. They
| refused to treat him. aud he left for Phil
| ade1phia-
Unknown parties entered the residence
OF Patrick Curtin. in St Joseph, few
| nights ago, and stole jewelry and money
to the amount of almost 5000.
Young Martling is holding up remark
ably well under the charge of killing
Architect Ramsden at Kansas City.
Benjamin Wiley, a teamster. was
thrown out of his wagon on the Boulevard
in Kansas City, few nights ago, and a
kick from one of the runaway horses
broke his neck. His body hung suspend
ed over the tongue of the wagon and was
carried in that way until the team was
stopped.
Henry Appel and Robert Geiger enter
ed saloon in St Louis few nights ago,
and rendered Henry Pohlman, the bar
tender, $10-bill Of Confederate money,
which was accepted after some argument
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discovery later that the money was
worthless, and the two young men were
arrested. They made the bill good and
were released,
The Lafayette County Fair was held at
Higginsville last week. Great interest
was manifested by farmers and stock
raisers. More fine blooded horses aud
cattle were on tho grounds than were
ever before displayed in the county. The
racing contests were unusually interest
ing, many horses of wide reputation
being among the entries.
An unknown man about thirty years
old, and clothed after the style Of a labor
er, was run over and ms family killed by
ST. Louis g. San Francisco passenger
train in st. Louis, a few days ago., The
wheels of the cars passed over his body
and mangled it in frightful manner.
Della Revelle, young woman from
Kansas City, was arrested in Hot Springs,
Ark, a few days since. at the instance OF
her brother, who telegraphed the chief of
police, on the charge Of stealing 81 600
from her father. She attracted consider.
able attention in Hot Springs by carrying
the money, which was all gold, about with
her. Her brother went there and took
the money from her and returned to Kan
sas City, telling lher as he left that he
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wept bitterly and pleaded with him to
forgive her. She said she took the money
because she was sick and wanted to visit
Hot Springs and they would not give her
money to go on.
Charles johnson, aged twenty-eight
years, and the son of wealthy farmer,
was arrested in st. Joseph, few days
ago, charged with being the leader of an
organized gang of horse thieves which
has been operating for year past
Johnson's arrest was brought about by
the confession of Al Dreis, one of the
gang, now confined in the Plattsburg jail.
Dreis is the son of widowed mother,
living in st. Joseph. His mother owns
considerable property, and few days
since, with Miss Blankenship, her sons
sweetheart visited PIattsburg and in
duced the boy to turn States evidence.
The officials believe they have the leader
of the gang which stole twenty three
horses in one month in the vicinity of
Johnson's home last fall.
The colored Masons had the most large
ly attended session at St Joseph last
week in the history Of the order. The re-
port of Rev. Amos johnson, secretary of
the board of relief of the Grand Lodge,
shows that more than 81, 800 has been coll
lected, of which amount 81. 400 has been
paid out to the widows Of deceased mem.
bers. The election of officers for the
Grand Lodge resulted as follows: Prof.
]. H, Pelham, of Hannibal, G. NJ; DR.. M.
o. ricketts,, of Omaha, G. d. M; Sandy
Mix. of st. Louis, G. s. w.; James Cor
don, st. Joseph, G. j. W.; A. r. Chime.
Glasgow, G. L.; w. H. Jones. st. Joseph,
G. T. Rev. Amos johnson and s. g.
Wording, both of Hannibal, were ap-
pointed members of the relief board.
This closed the Grand Lodge session.
The Grand Royal Arch Chapter having
closed also, there was q parade given by
the three lodges, and excursion trains
carried crowds from Atchison, Topeka
and Kansas City. The Grand Conclave
of Knights Templar subsequently con-
vened and closed with the election Of
officers.
October weather in August
The Governor has offered four rewards
of 500 each for the apprehension of MUIR
derers, as follows: Unknown murderer of
r. L. Smith, killed in Butler County last
July; Charles Casebolt, who killed Jas
per Robertson in Gentry County; Peter
Renfrow, who killed C. B. Davis in Texas
County, and John Turner, an Iron County
murderer.
A young English lady residing in st.
TO he Of he