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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
MORE ARMY JUSTICE.

An Unparalleled Case of Injustice as tho
Result of Permitting Army Martinets
to Sit in Judgment and Condemn Men,
in Time of Peace, on EX-Parte Evil
dence.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 1.-The IA
nous case of Dell p. Wild, who was sent
to prison for year for refusing to do
mental duty for Lieu tenant Steele, and
who was summarily released by order OF
President Harrison, is eclipsed by the
case of Lewis Carter. private in the
Twenty-fifth Infantry, who has already
served nearly five years of ninety
nine-year sentence in the Minnesota
State prison. The case is probably
without parallel in either civil or mil
itary history.
On November -. 1854. Carter, who,
by the way, is. u colored man, was sta
toned with his regiment at Fort Shell
ing. Mimi. Two or three days after
ward Carter was in st. Paul intoxicated,
and ran things with high hand. His
actions, however. were not called to the
attention of the city police, and he went
back to his post unmolested. Arriving
there, he was arrested on four charges
criminal ASSAULT on woman, simple
assault, robbery and desertion. Briga
dier-General Terry, then in charge
of the Department. of Dakota,
summoned court-martial to as
semble at Fort Smelling, January
%. 1885. This court was composed of
Captains Benzoni, Lawson, Roche and
Silver, First Lieutenants Tully and
Glenn and Second Lieutenants Phillips,
Ahern and Tear, all of the Twenty
fifth Infantry; while First Lieutenant
Lunden, of the Fourth Artillery, acted
as judge-advocate. The court after
very brief session, and apparently with
out attempting to probe the truth of the
charges, found Carter guilty Of all the
four offenses, and. with the usual army
severity of furnishing criminals, sem
fenced him to Saltwater prison for
ninety-nine years.
Attorney Fred L. McGhee. of st. Paul,
has been giving this case searching at
tention since WildS release. and what
he has found out is astounding. He
found in West st. Paul the woman on
whom the criminal assault was alleged
to have been made. and obtained from
her an affidavit that Carter had neither
assaulted nor attempted to assault her.
Then McGhec secured evidence that no
robbery had been committed, and sent
the two affldavits to Washington.
The action of the President was
prompt and decisive. He found that
Carter was guilty only of desertion. and
has issued a full and free pardon. which
is to go into effect May %, just five
years from the date of imprisonment.
The President also reprimandcd tho
rn nr+ a-,tj al
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
THE CHEROKEE STRIP.

The Invasion of the Cherokee Strip-Long
Lines of Prairie Schooners File Into the
Coveted Territory - One Company OF
Troops to Stem the Tide.
ARKANSAS, CITY, Kan, March ID
The invasion of the Cherokee Strip
from this point began at sunrise yester-
day. and all day the long line of cam
vas-covered prairie schooners drew their
lengths into the coveted land. Last
night it was estimated that from the
different points of entrance fully
twenty thousand people had passed the
border, and half that number had staked
their claims. Dispatches from Kiowa,
Kan, Caldwell, Kan, Guthrie, l. T.,
and Hunnewell, Kan, say that about
eighteen hundred boomers left each of
those points about noon for the Strip.
Captain Burbank in command of n small
force of United States regulars at Okla
homa City, marched his force into the
Strip late Thursday night to stay the
progress OF the boomers, having been
so ordered by telegraph. So far as
known this force had no effect in retard-
inc the movement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
SOUIRMlNG OUT.
The Indebt cdncsS of Henry $. Ives 6
Bib Reduced.

Bib Reduced.
New YORK, March 15.-Holders or
ninety-fve per cent. of the indebted
ness of Henry $. Ives & Co., have con-
scented to settle for five cents on the
dollar 1t is expected that the consent
of the five per cent. will soon be Sc
cured.
Judge Andrews, in the Supreme Court
yesterday, granted a motion to reduce
the bail of Ives and Stayner from $780,
600 to 81, 600 each in the civil action
brought against them by the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad. Com
pany. They will probably be released
from Ludlow-Street jail very soon.
A citation has been granted requiring
the creditors to appear May and show
cause why the settlement should not be
confirmed by the court. Mr.. Cromwell.
assignee of the firm, says that IS, 900, 0G0
out of the SIS, 600. 900 Indebtedness has
been paid off, and in view of the in
tangible and complicated character OF
the remainder the creditors consented
to the settlement on five per cent
basis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

PHILADELPHIA, March 1.-THE final
official test of the pneumatic guns Of
the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius was made
yesterday in the Delaware. 1t is under
stood to have been satisfactory in all
respects, but the results will not be
made public until the official report has
been handed to the Secretary of the
Navy. It is said that the projectiles
travelled not only the required mile, but
one-third beyond, with firing pressure
of seven hundred pounds. The shock
when the projectiles exploded on touch
ing the water is said to have been felt
at Chester. four miles away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE Senate was not in session on the
15th.......In the House resolutions were
adopted calling on the Secretary of War
for information as to whether there are
sufficient money and facilities at the
command of the War Department to
guard the levees and other works and
plants of the Government from destruc-
ton by the present foo in the Missis-
Sippi, and, if not, to inform the House
if there is reason to apprehend unusual
danger to human life, and what steam
ers can be used by the department or
the Mississippi River Commission to
rescue those in peril. Senate amend
ments to a couple of House bridge bills
were concurred in, and the remainder
of the session was taken up in eulogies
of the late Congressman William d.
Kelley, of Pennsylvania.
THE edict of Emperor William com
manding that Entertainment Of common
soldiers by officers be punished has
borne good fruit in several recent in
stances. The most notable case is that
of Lieutenant Hockmuth, who has been
imprisoned at Breslau on four months
sentence for cruelty to a private.
A GREAT strike of English coal
miners, mum bering a quarter of mill
ion, was inaugurated on the 18th.
THE drinking houses in Liverpool
were closed, on the 18th, and the mill
tary garrison ordered to be prepared for
an emergency, in view of the threaten
ing attitude of the striking dock Ia Dor
erS.
SECRETARY PRoCToR telegraphed Gen.
pral Mer rift, on the 18th, to use troops
if necessary in enforcing the Presi-
dents proclamation in regard to the in
trusion on the Cherokee Outlet.
A SYNDICATE of Americans has pur-
chased the London Olympia, which they
purpose transforming into an ice skat
ing rink.
THE North German Gazette and the
Frankfurter Zeitung have been heavily
fined for publishing patent medicine
advertisements in violation of law.
THE Continental Gas Association.
comprising the leading gas-light COM
panies of Europe, has introduced a
general regulation securing pension
to aged and intirm employees, equal to
half the sum they may have earned
during the last five years of their labor
THE Socialist Finke, who was com.
nected with the Socialist conspirators,
recently tried and condemned at Elber-
field, Germany, has made his escape and
is supposed to be on his way to New
York.
THE London Lancet accuses the French
surgeons of malpractice in their treat
ment of Minister Lincoln's son.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

CINcINNATI, March 14.-East-bound
vestibule train No. ) on the Central
Ohio division of the Baltimore e Ohio
railroad ran into landslide few
miles east of Newark this morning. The
engine was thrown into the river and
the fireman killed. The engineer of the
train and an engineer who was riding
on the engine as a passenger were seri-
ously injured. None of the passengers
were hurt, but they all received severe
shaking up The fireman killed was
Thomas Boland, the engineer John
Moore, and John Hart, engineer, dead
heading.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

ROCHESTER,, N. H., March 15.-In the
continued hearing yesterday of the
case of Isaac Sawtelle, charged with the
murder of his brother Hiram, Isaac's
counsel complained of unfair treatment
by the court. He had expected that
witnesses expenses would be paid by the
State: that the prisoner had been de-
prived of his money so that witnesses
for the defense could not be summoned;
that nearly all objections raised by de-
PENDANTS counsel had been overruled,
while those of the other side had been
allowed. He concluded by stating that
in existing circumstances he would re-
fuse to put in any more testimony here
and would go to higher court for his
rights. Issac Sawtelle was then COM
mitted without bail to await the action
of the grand jury.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

IItW7y II. NItHtY. UnIIVW FdTUVU IttIII-
lilies. / have rescued those who were
in sore straits. l have borne the young
and aged and placed them once more in
their loved land of Egypt l have
brought the beleagured Governor out of
his threatened bondage. Wherefore, as
these were the aims of the work, and
they have been accomplished, l say the
end crowns the work. True, l am
blanched and white, but what matters
it? have naught to regret, and If any
mission of like nature presented itself
should still wish to do it. For whether
here or there, life stays not, but rushes
on apace, and men must work and strive;
but let us do it bravely and fifty with
all orr STRENGTH
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
Opening of the Los Angeles. Pasadena &
Glendale Railroad.

PASADENA, Cal, March 13.-The OPEN
ing of the Los Angeles, Pasadena &
Glendale railroad was celebrated here
yesterday by the running of excursion
trains, parades and other festivities.
About five thousand people assembled
to witness the opening ceremonies. The
road is looked upon as the southern
terminal of the line to Salt Lake City.
A large number of prominent people
participated, among them Governor
Waterman and staff and ex-Govern ors
Pico and Stoneman. 1t will take at least
two years to get through the Sierras.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

The Governor has issued pardon to
Arthur J. Jennings, who was convicted
in April, 1889, in the st. Louis Criminal
Court of embezzlement and sentenced to
the penitentiary for four years. The
pardon was granted on account of the i'll
health of the prisoner, and certificate
from the physician that he could moi
live out his sentence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

WHITEHALL, Wis. March 14.--At ten
o'clock this morning Charles Johnson,
Ole soletto, Ole Jansen and Bertha Olsen
were sentenced to life Imprisonment
and three days solitary confinement
each year for the lynching of old man
Hans Jacob Olsen last fall. The rest of
the lynchers were let of with fines,
which aggregate $1,000
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
kincaiI Indicted.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-The grand
jury of the District late last evening.
after examining number of witnesses,
directed the district attorney to prepare
an Indictment against kincaid, who
shot Congressman Taulbee, for muir
der. 1t is expected that they will sub
nit their report to the court to-day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
Killed in a Coal Mine.

ALMA, Kas., March 14.-Frank NJ.
Legget and VIM. L. Crockett were
instantly killed, and Arch Urc fatally
hurt yesterday, by the falling of cage
on them while the were ascending the
shaft in the coal mine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
Death of John Farrell.

John Farrell, the wel1-known head of
the game-dealing firm of w. W.-Judy &
Co.. of st. Louis. died a. few days ago.
Mr. Farrell was an honored resident of
st. Louis for thirty years. He was born
in Ireland. but lived in Cincinnati be-
fore his removal to st. Louis. The de-
ceased was eighty-one years of age, and
widely known and respected
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
Three Persons Killed,

As Rev. David McGrew, pastor of the
colored Baptist Church at Armstrong,
Howard County. Mrs. Andy Bigman and
Will jackson, members of his congrega-
ton, were returning home from prayer
meeting the other night, they were run
down by freight train on the Union
Pacific and instantly killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

PARIS. March 14.--The Steele saws
that France will not enforce blockade
on the Dahomian coast. The Steele
adds that the situation in Dahomey is
favorable to France. and that the recent
tumults in the interior of that country
compelled the retreat from Godomey OF
the King of Dahomey and his amazonian
guard
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

In 1888, the last assessment Of both
real and personal property. the aggre,
gate valuation was S13S. 40. 9S3, which
compared with the figures above. shows
an increase of Ssh. 0S9. 967. The valua-
lions of taxes of 1890 are yet to be equal.
lied and adjusted by the State Board OF
Euua liZatiOn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
Wants Damages.

Mrs Nangarett 4. Quirk. formerly
forewoman in the carpet working de-
partment of j. i. Brady & Co., of st.
Joseph, has commenced suit against the
firm for $500 damages for injuries
which She alleges to have received by
falling down the elevator shaft while in
their employ last May. Her thigh and
three ribs were broken
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
The Kane County (ilI.) Court-Housc
burned.

GENEVA, Ill, March 1.-the Kane
County Courthouse was destroyed by
fire last night, together with its con-
tents. The county records in the vault
are believed to be safe. The eighteen
prisoners in the basement were rescued.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
Death Of a Well-Known Pennsylvania Iron
Master.

LANCASTER, Pa, March 15.-Joseph
Eckman, one of the best-known iron
masters in the State and for nearly
forty years manager of the Grubb fur.
naces at Mount Hope and Columbia,
died yesterday morning, aged seventy.
six years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
MISSOURI STATE NEWS
MISSOURi'S WEALTH.

State Auditor Seibert's Statement of the
Taxable Wealth of the Commonwealth
a Good Showing.
State Auditor Seibert has given out
the following statement of the taxa BILE
wealth in the several counties of this
State, as shown by the abstracts of as
sessment for the taxes of 1890, exclusive
of railroad, bridge and telegraph COM
panioS:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

st. Louis merchants view with dis
may the gradual falling off in the local
corn receipts. Thousands and thou
sands of cars of grain have gone through
that market to interior points in Hi
nois, where they were reshipped to the
Eastern seaboard. This course is not re-
gardcd as busineSS-liIze, and is not iusti-
fled by the prices prevailing in the diff
ferent markets at the time. At the
published freight rates corn could not
be handled except at loss, and the i'm
preston is general that the railroads
are discriminating against st. Louis tc
the great injury of local business.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
\ Rag-Dealer's Beuuest.

a Sedalia rag-dealer named Fischer
died recently, leaving to the city $500 tc
be invested in real estate, interest to be
compounded every year, the whole to
run at six per cent. until the aggregate
shall reach So, 900, then to be applied tC
a boSpita1
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
Took the Wrong Bottle.

DR.. James Carter, for twenty years {,
practicing physician in Sedalia and Pet.
tbs County, died a few mornings since
from dose of aconite, taken by mis-.
take for medicine he had prepared for
heart trOu HES
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

BosToS, March 15.-The House Of
Representatives yesterday passed the.
bill to prohibit the coloring Of oleomar.
gerine to initiate butter,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
Badly Managed by Fire.

The warehouse of the Is. c, Clark
Crockery Company of Kansas City was
damaged S1o2, 600 by fire, a few days
ago; fully insured. The cause of the
fire is unknown.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

tracts from a letter
written by Henry
NJ. Stanley to a st.
Iohnsbury friend,
ated Cairo, Feb
,"uary IA: The end
crowns the work.
lid / say December
10, 1856? l say it
again this date of
1890. | have brought
'axiles back to their
homes. l have re-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

Fhncis NJ. Wright. who was on trial
for murder at Clinton, is free man, the
jury on the first ballot having acquitted
him of murder in both the first and
second degree. The killing occurred at
a chariyari in Bates County,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

THE election to fill the vacant seat
for Stolle-upon-Trent, which took place
on the 18th, resulted in the return of q.
Levesen-Gower, GladStonian. who re-
ceived 4,577 votes to 1926 cast for w.
", Allen. UniOniSt
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

PErOsKY. Mich. March 1.-THE L.
Baurlee Company's woodenware fac
tory, situated one mile south of this
city, burned early this morning. Loss
81 90, 600: insurance $50, 600.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
Attempted Murder and Suicide.

Pleasant Hill was thrown into fever
of excitement few days ago by the at
tempted murder of Constable a. ID.
Prater and the suicide of his assailant,
Eli Stahlnaker. Stahlnaker, who is a
man of seventy years. with a wife and
several children, has been regarded as
insane for some time. Recently he
served three months Gin Jail, having
threatened the lives of his family. He
drove his wife and family from home,
and Constable Prater had gone to the
house to arrest the old man when Stahl-
maker assaulted him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

a NEW crusade has been inaugurated
against the Germans in Paris, and they
will have very uncomfortable time I'M
til the periodical alarm about them dies
away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

LORD SALISBURY, in accepting the in
vitation of Germany to send a delegate
to the Berlin Labor conference, refused
to in any way lend his influence to the
proposed legal restriction of the hours
of labor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

A DECREE was issued, on the 18th. dis
solving the municipal government of
Lisbon and appointing commission to
administer the city affairs pending re-
forms which the Portuguese Government
is considering.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

THE High-License bill for the City
of Baltimore passed the Maryland Leg
islature on the 18th. 1t places the
license at $500 for whisky and $500 for
malt liquors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
HENRY M. STANLEY.

Extracts from "a Letter Written by the
African Explorer to Friend in st.
Jol,nsbury, Nt.-.The End Crowns the
Work.
ST. JoHNSBURY, Vt, March 1.-THE
oil 81
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

THE Massachusetts House of Repre-
sentatives, on the 18th, passed the bill
to prohibit the colOring of oleomar-
CRIME to initiate butter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

GERMANY will shortly notify the Pow
ers that she has taken the islands of
Manda and Patta off the coast of Africa
under her protection
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

CHARLES L. FOSTER, of Henry ClewS
& Co, was, on the 18th, suspended from
the privileges of the New York Stock
Exchange for six months, for offering
New England stock down to 49, at a
time when another broker was bidding
49, for the stock.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

THE International labor conference at
Berlin will convene in the main hall of
Prince Bismarck's palace where the
congress of 1878 conducted its delibera-
tionS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

THE George II. Chance, a steam
schooner owned by the deep-sea fishing
feet, which left Astoria, Ore, for Il
short cruise month ago, is reported
lost. She carried crew of fifteen men.
The revenue cutter Corwin has gone in
search of her.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
Forty.Seven New Doctors.

Forty-seven new doctors were turned
out of the St. Louis College of Physi'
clans and Surgeons at the recent com.
mencement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

THE anti-English feeling is subsiding
in Portugal. The league which was
formed in Oporto for the purpose of as
saulting the British Minister, Mr..
Glynn-Petre, has been abandoned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

For all kinds of stock Montana and
the Northwest Territory have not had
so favorable season for the past ten
years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20
Pawnbroker Schwartz Arrested.

Joseph Schwartz, an ex-kansas City
pawnbro1er. was arrested at Ogden,
Utah. a few days ago with so, 600 worth
of diamonds on his person. 1t will be re-
membered that Schwartz failed in bust
ness last November. his liabilities being
something like So, 900, and his assets
n nntbipU
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

inc into the charge against Commander
bowman III. McCalIa of the United
States steamship Enterprise, was
opened at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on
the 18th. About dozen members of
the crew have complaints to prefer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

HoN. THOMAS DAVIS, the patriarch of
the Rhode Island Democracy, has an
nounced that on account of his advanced
age (eighty-three) he will retire from
political life at the end of the present
session of the Rhode Island House of
Representatives, of which he is mem
Der.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

IT is estimated that 10000 people
entered the Cherokee Outlet, on the
18th, in search of homes, under the
erroneous impression that it was opened
up 70 settlement under the Homestead
law by the passage of the Oklahoma
bill by Congress on the 18th. 1t was
the Public Land Strip that was so
opened.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-03-20

GREAT excitement was OccaSiOned dur
ing the municipal election in Biddeford,
Me, on the 10th, by the attempted ar
rest by Republican deputy sheritfs of
alleged illegal voters, and the arrest of
the sheriffs by Democratic policemen
for interfering with voters at the polls.
a serious outbreak was narrowly es-
caped.