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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-16
No Better Evidence Possible.

Mrs. Billus-John, you don't seem
very grateful for that box of cigars l
gave you for birthday present.
Mr.. Billus Tin anguish of souD-Not
grateful, Maria? Thunder. Amt smok-
ing them?-Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-16

STRANGE as it may seem, sea captain,
who are wreckless are the most popular
with companies,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-16
UNCLE AARON
A WIFE REDEEMED.
A Pathetic Story of a Woman's
Folly and a Mans Heroism.
BY MRS. ISOBEL III. FLOYD.
copyright, 1889
CHAPTER /.

fTIEaRrTnTHEf31 HE OLD house
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
THE EASEMENT BOILER.
1t Blows Out n Shop Front and Injuries
Many Persons.

CHICAGO, Jan. ll.--Shortly after
four o'clock yesterday afternoon the
boiler in the basement of the John
Morris Stationery & Printing Company,
lis to 40 Monroe street, exploded,
causing $4,000 damage but no loss of
life, though several of the small
army of employees were seriously
and many slightly hurt. The en-
tire front of the build
ing, AS pertains to glass and doorways,
was blown into the street and great
pieces of Heavy plate glass were strewn
for half a block around. Sc great was
the force of the explosion that pieces
of glassware stuck into the woodwork
of buildings across the street. A part
of three floors in the rear of the Morris
building were torn up and splin-
tered. The cause of the explosion is
not definitely known. The following
is a list of the most seriously injured:
Charles Wilson, engineer, badly cut
about face and head, hands badly
scalded; Miss. Harr;llI, cut about face
and head; w. J. Hartman, Herman
Swanson and j. II. Smith, badly cut
by flying G ass; George Burgess, team.
ster, blown across the street into an
open doorway, receiving a bad wound
OIL the head.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
TERRIBLY FATAL.
The Death Rate at New York Continues to
Mount Tn.

The Death Rate at New York Continues to
Mount Tn.
NEW YORK, Jan. S.-InfluenZa is do
ing terribly fatal work in this city.
The death rate record was broken yes
terday. The number of deaths re-
ported was 2S5, the largest num-
Der of any single day in the
city's history. Over One-half of
this number was carried off by inhuen-
"a, pneumonia and diseases akin to
them. The Board of Health met and
discussed the alarming spread of in
fiuenza. The committee appeared
baflled and seemed not to know what
action to take or recommend to check
it. They gave six weeks as the
length of the period for the influenza
epidemic to run its course. This
leaves three weeks more for its ravages
in New York. John B. Linehan, a
member of the Board of Health, was
buried yesterday. He died of influenza.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
The cRoNlM CASE.

Defendants Attorneys File Motion For
New Tr.ai-A Long List of Errors Al.
legged.
CHICAGO, Jan. 11.-Late yesterday
afternoon Attorneys Wing, DonahOe
and Forrest filed petition for new
trial in the cases of Coughlin, Martin
Burke, p. O'Sullivan and John Kunze,
convicted of the murder of DIR. Cronin,
in accordance with the order of Judge
Mcconnell, before whom the arguments
will be made Monday.
The petition assigns thirty-nine
cases Of error i'm the rulings of Judge
Mcconnell during the case. They en-
brace every point contested by the
attorneys for the defense and
range from an objection to
the court's everything the motion
to quash the indictments up to the as
sertion that the defense has, since the
trial, discovered new evidence which
entities them to new trial. The first
error alleged is that the court erred in
Overruling the motion to quash the in
dictment made in behalf of each of the
defendants. The denial of COughlin'S
motion for separate trial is made the
basis of four of the alleged errors,
there being separate count for each
of the defendants. The refusal of the
court to permit the defense to show
that Messrs. Mills, Ingram and Hines
of the prosecution we're engaged
by private parties who were actuated
by personal motives and the courts al
lowing these three lawyers to assist in
the prosecution are said to be errors.
Mr.. Hines is made a subject of a spe-
cial count, he being said to have been
moved by a spirit of hostility toward
the defendants and not lit to act as
prosecuting attorney. The everything
of the challenge for cause preferred by
defendants to Il long list of veniremen,
whose names are given in the motion,
is alleged to be an error. Side re-
marks made by the States attorney
while examining jurors are charged to
have been improper. Judge LOnge-
necker's opening statement To the jury
is cited as an error and characterized
us improper remarks of counsel for
the State, which excited the passions
and prejudiccs Of the jurors against the
defendants. 1t is charged as an error
that the prosecution was permitted to
introduce as evidence and exhibit to
the juIy the clothing, instruments and
hair of DR.. CrOnin, the false teeth, the
trunk and all the material evidence in
the case The introductiou of DIR
Cronin's knives after the State had
closed its case is said TO have been an
error Objection is made to number
of the instructions given to the jury by
the court. The verdict is pronounced
as contrary TO law and not justified
by evidence, and finally it is said that
''the defendants and each of them
have discovered evidence which entities
them to new trial"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
JUDGE KELLEY DEAD.
The "Father of the House" Dies in Wash
ingtOn-Brief Sketch of His Life.

The "Father of the House, Dies in Wash
ington-Brief sketch of His Life.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Judge Will
lam ID. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, died
here at $40 o'clock last evening. At
his bedside were Mrs. Kelley, his
daughter, Mrs. F. o. Horstman; his
SONS, William d. Kelley, Jr., and A. b.
Kelley, DR.. Stanton, his attending
physician, and J. H. III. Werick, his
priva secretary.
His death was painless, and to the
watchers at his bedside he seemed to
have fallen into deep and peaceful
sleep. He was unconscious at the last
and had been at intervals during the
last two days. His remains will be
buried at Laurel Hill cemetery, Phila-
deiphia.
The immediate cause of Judge KEEL
ley's death was intestinal catarrh
brought on by cold contracted during
Christmas week.
For some years, however, he had
been an almost constant sufferer from
a cancerous growth in the side of his
face which was removed. about six
years ago by surgical operation. -
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Judge Kelley was born in Philadelphia on
April II, 1914 His grandfather. John Kelley,
served as an officer in the Revolutionary war.
Having lost his father at an early age he
learned the printers trade, and later served
an apprenticeship to a jeweler in Boston In
1910 he returned to Philadelphia and begun
the study of law and year later was adj
mitted to the bar and while practic-
ing his profession devoted much time
to literary pursuits. He was elect
ed Attorney General Of Pennsylvania in
1915, and in 1916 was judge of the court of
common pleas of Philadelphia. In 1860 he
was a delegate to the National Republican
convention, and in the same year was elect
ed to Congress, where he has served contin
uousIy ever since. He has been a member
of numerous committees of the House, and
chairman of some of the most important,
notably the Committee on Ways and
Means. lie has served in the lower
house longer than any other men,
Der, and for this reason is often
called the "Father of the House." He abs
for many years been known as "Pig Iron
Kelley" He was at one time a free trader.
but later became an ardent protectionista and
has written several works in opposition to
the free trade theory. Among his works are
Reasons for Abandoning the Theory of Free
Trade and Adopting the Principles of Pro-
lection to American Industry" Letters on
Industrial and Financial Questions" and
1.-THE New South
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
Kansas BOARD of Agriculture.

TOPEKA. Kan, Jan. 1.-THE State
Board of Agriculture adjourned last
evening. The following officers were
elected: President, Hon. A. W. Smith,
Mcpherson, reelected; vice-president,
Hon. Edwin Snyder, of OskaloOsa;
secretary, Hon. Martin Mohler,
of Topeka, reelected; treasurer,
Hon. Samuel L. Howe, of
Topeka. Directors: John Kelley, of
Sedgwick County; j. NJ. Potter, Of
Marion County; Joshua Wheeler. Of
Atchison County; j. F. Findley, of Ford
County, and .. +. Morse, of Linn
County.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
THE SOUTH.


JOSEPH and Campbell NOEL recently
waylaid, shot and killed ]. W. Sang
ford, near Harrisburg, KY, for running
their sister.
JOEL X. Brown, of Dayton, Tenn,
left his wife the other day and joined
another woman. Whitecaps took the
couple out and whipped them until
they were nearly deal. Brown then
effected reconciliation with his wife.
News has been received at Raleigh,
n. c., that Carson L. Powell, q Bap-
fist missionary to Algiers, killed his
daughter in a fit of insanity as she sat
upon his lap.
AN engine and tender were thrown
from the track at Finchtown, KY, the
other night and clerk was killed
while three or four others were in
jured.
JOSEPH WILLIAMS and William
Rose, at Wilmington, Del, recently
cleaned a phosphate tank and were
killed by inhalation of sulphuric acid
fumes.
HENRY WARD, the negro boy who
murdered w. III. Benson, canvasman
of French's circus, was taken out of
Jail at Bayou Sara, La, recently by a
mob and hanged to tree in the court
house yard.
FOURTEEN laborers lost their lives
at Louisville, KY, on the evening of
the 9th by the river flooding a caisson
which was being sunk for the Jeffer-
sonville bridge.
GOVERNOR STONE was inaugurated
at Jackson, Miss, on the 9th. Both
branches of the Legislature were Or
ganized. January p was fixed for
joint memorial services in memory of
the late Jefferson Davis.
THE municipal election at Jackson,
Miss, at which troubles were expected,
passed off quietly.
DIR. S. L. EVANS, a leading physician
of Union City, Tenn, committed sui
eide by shoe ing himself through the
head. He had been suffering with In
fuenza.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
LA GRIPPE'S CHIEF VICTIM.
The Aged Widow of Emperor william L.
of Germany Dead.

The Aged Widow of Emperor william L.
of Germany Dead.
BERLIN, Jan. THE Dowager En-.
press Augusta had a relapse of la
grippe and died at 4:30 o'clock this
afternoon. The Emperor, the En-
press and their two eldest sons,
Crown Prince William and Prince
Frederick, and the Grand Duke and
Grand Duchess of Baden, son-in-law
and daughter respectively Of the Dow
ager Empress, were at her bedside.
Count Won Moltke left her palace at
noon, much affected by her alarming
condition. A large crowd had as
sembled in Inter den Linden before
the palace and much sympathy was
shown.
The Dowager Empress Augusta was
a daughter Of the Grand Duke
Charles Frederick of SaXe-Weimer-
Eisenach. She was born Septem-
Der 10, 1911, and was mar
ried to King William /. June II, 1929.
She was the mother of Emperor Fred
erick and grandmother of King Will
liam ii. the present ruler of Germany.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
THE LATEST.

The French Government is prepar-
ing to negotiate loan of 100, 0OO, 600
francs for the purpose of constructing
railroads in the provinces.
GOVERNOR BAJAL, of Southern Sen.
egal, Africa, has been made a prisoner
by the King of Dahomey.
IT is reported that the Cars doctors
have observed in him symptoms of
cutaneous poisoning after wearing his
German uniforms.
THERE is direct conflict between
the Province of Quebec and the Domin-
ion of Canada as to the right to lease
the salmon fisheries.
THE New York World through a
communication has started an attempt
to have the New York Life Insurance
Company's methods looked into.
By the explosion of boiler in the
brass foundry at Cuero, Tex, two men
were killed and another seriously
wounded.
A BOILER exploded in the basement
of the Morris Printing Company, Chi
cago. recently. The front of the build
ing was blown out and many of the en-
pl yes were injured, but no one was
killed. The damage was $4,000.
HOBBS, GLIDDEN & Co., building
materials, Boston, have ass gned with
$4,000 liabilities and large assets.
THoRsTON NORDENFELDT. civil en-
gineer of London, manager of the
-NOrdenfeldt Gun Company,
has failed with s25O,0OO liabilities.
THE trial of A. II. Livingston for
killing Henry Summers at West Plains,
Mo-, April 25 last, resulted in an &C
quittal on the ground of self defense.
SPECIAL dispatches report that many
farms in Southern Illinois are almost
submerged with water, the result of a
long-continued rainfall Thousands of
bushels of corn in that part of the State
remain ungathered.
THE Senate Committee on Public
Buildings has decided to report a bill
for the purchase of two squares of
ground in Washington and the erection
of Supreme Court building; also a
bill for $500 statue of Columbus.
A BILL has been prepared by General
Grosvenor, member of Congress from
Ohio, for the establishment of the
Chattanooga and Chickamauga Ma.
tional Military Park. Seven thousand
acres are to be included.
A CABLEGRAM from Zanzibar an
nounces that Bwanaheri has captured
Major Wissmann's principal and two
other officers. Details were lacking,
but it was feared the Germans had met
with another serious reverse IN Africa,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
Death of General Jordan.

GAINESVILLE, Tex, Jan. S.-Intelli-
gence has reached here from Clay
County, fifty miles west, of the finding
of General L. c. jordan, dead in his
stone house on his ranch where he had
lived alone for some years. 1t is sup
posed he died of heart disease. Gen
eral Jordan was prominent officer of
the Confederate army and after the
war he was Attorney-General of Ar.
kansas several terms. He had lived ill
Clay County about ten years, during
which he had accumulated fortune
in land and cattle. He has no relatives
there.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
THE EAST

A wEsT-BoUND mail train on the
Pennsylvania road killed two men at
Tyrone, two more at Ben's Creek and
ran into an omnibus two miles further
on, almost killing a woman.
A LOCAL freight train on the South
Cheshire railroad collided near East
moreland, n. H., recently with wild
freight running north. Engineer w.
Slate and Fireman Gibson, of Bellows
Falls, were killed and others injured.
RI a collision between a construc-
ton train and an extra freight near
Belvidere, n. j., the other day, both
engineers and fireman were hurt and
the road badly blocked.
GOVERNOR BRACKETS message to
the Legislature of Massachusetts, speaks
in the highest terms OF the workings of
the Australian system of voting.
THE city building of Lewiston, Me-,
was destroyed by fire recently. The
loss was 100000. The property de-
stroyed included valuable library.
THREE men were crushed to death by
the sudden collapse of the north wall
of an old railroad machine shop at
Long Island City, n. z, recently.
PowDERLY, of the Knights OF Labor,
was reported quite sick at Scranton,
Pa, on the 9TH, and not fit to stand ar
rest at Callaghan's instigation.
JACK Rowe, the bali player, was re-
ported extremely sick with pneumonia
at Buffalo, n. Y, on the 18th, but not
dead as certain reports had it.
FIVE men were imprisoned in
the Nottingham mine at Plymouth,
Pa. by an explosion the other day
which set fire to the bratticing. Res
euers bravely dashed through the
flames and brought out the men, one
of whom was seriously hurt.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
Senator Gillette.

TorEKA, Kan. Jan. l1.-Not salts
fed with denying that he received
money from the Topeka Insur-
ance Company or that any
pc son was authorized to receive
it on his account Senator Gillette has
procured of +. l.. Fuller, eX-secretary
of the company, an affidavit in which
the eX-secretary takes back every thing
he swOre to in court concerning the SEN
ator except that he did pay $3.50 to a man
whom he supposed represented the Sem
atOr, but did not see the money paid to
the Senator and has no personal knowl-
edge that any portion of tie money
ever reached him.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
Hosting Works ON Fire.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 10.-At an
early hour yesterday morning the hoist
ing works Of the Anchor mine in Park
City was discovered to be on fire and
in short time all the building, con-
sisting of the hosting works, machine
shop, blacksmith shop and saw mill ;,
were entirely consumed. In addition to
the buildings, the machinery and en-
CINE ars total wreck, as also the drill
ing apparatus. The loss can not be
estimated, but it is many thousands Of
dollars. The plant was one of the best.
in the country, being complete in every
respect.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
WASHINGTON NOTES.

JUDGE BREWER was sworn in as As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court
at Washington on the 9th.
In the Supreme Court at Washington
on the 9th the Neagle case, arising out
of the killing of Judge Terry in Cali
fornia last summer, was set down for
argument on March l, as was also the
case of the San Tulare Railroad Com
pany, of California, involving the right
of States to impose special taxation
upon railroads.
The United States Supreme Court
has decided that Mormon officials of
Utah who claimed to have been elected
to the places were not entitled to the
positions under the organic act Of the
Territory.
OFFICIALS in the photographic office
at Washington place no credelce in
the report that the Gulf stream has
changed its course.
GENERAL SCHoFIELD has fixed the
hours for meals in the army. Twenty
minutes each are given for breakfast
and supper ami thirty for dinner.
MEAN ADMIRAL w LILLIAN pADf OhD.
U. S. N, retired, died in Washington
the other evening after brief illness.
The cut tobacco manufacturers of
the country recently met in Washing
ton and organized a trade mark asso-
citation.
DIR. BEALL, of Washington, has been
sentenced to six months Imprisonment
and fined 500 for robbing a grave in
the Congressional cemetery.
THE entire st. Louis Worlds Fair
delegation called at the White House
and paid their respects to the Presi-
dent
VICE-PREsIpENT and Mrs. Morton
gave dinner in Washington the other
evening in honor of President and Mrs.
Harrison.
THE Senate committee has decided
to favorably recommend the nominal
ton of Indian Commissioner Morgan,
notwithstanding the charges brought
by Father Stephan.
JUDGE WILLIAM d. KELLEY. the
well known Congressman and father of
the House of Representatives, died at
Washington on the 9th. He was born
in Philadelphia April u, 1914.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
He I.au~he ed at La Crime.

WASHINGTON, Jan. George Mar
ton, Washington correspondent of the
Pittsburgh Times and of other Western
journals, died su ldenly at his home of
paralysis. He was at the capitol IN his
usual health yesterday, but after din
ing in the evening and while laughing
over his immunity from la grippe he
suddenly fell back in his chair uncon-
sciOus and expired within an hour.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
COLLAPSE OF A CHURCH.
Several Persons Killed and Injured By tn,
Falling of u Church In Brooklyn.

Several Persons Killed and Injured By the
Falling of u Church In Brooklyn.
BROOKLYN, n. Y, Jan. 9.-The
heavy winds of last night shook the
new Presbyterian church at 298
Throop avenue to its foundation, and
at 4:30 this morning one of the walls
fell with crash on a three-story frame
building adjoining, which was tenant
ed by the Mott and Purdv families.
The dwelling seemed to part in twain
and instantly the shrieks and groans of
the injured startled the residents for
blocks about.
The house had been torn in such a
manner that a bedroom was exposed,
and in the bed, in plain view of the
street, lay the dead body of Miss
Purdy, borne down with a mass Of
debris. t
When every thing had been cleared
away it was found that Mary Purdy,
aged nineteen, and David Purdy. aged
fifteen, wers instantly killed and half a
dozen injured.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
SHOT DEAD.
Ex.PrOsecuting Attorney Sheets Kills
John LuytOn at Liberty, M0.-The Cause
OF the Tragedy . Mystery.

Ex.Prosecuting Attorney Sheets Kills
John LuytOn at Liberty. M0.-The Cause
OF the Tragedy . Myssery.
LIBERTY, Mo-, Jan. 8.-James L.
Sheetz, representing attorney of Clay
County. shot and killed John LuytOn,
a stranger, at seven O'Clock last even
ing. The cause of the murder is q
mystery.
The proprietor and the few citizens
in the drug store of T. T. Allen on the
south side of the square at seven
o'clock heard several shots in rapid
succession in room over the store.
All fastened to the front door and saw
James L. Sheetz, representing attor-
ney of Clay County, rush down the
stairway and west on Kansas street,
saying nothing to any one.
In very short time Sheetz returned
in company with Sheriff Oscar Thoma-
son and they went to Sheetz' office in
the rear Of the building. No one fol-
lowed, but the Sheriff soon appeared at
the head of the stairway and sent for
Deputy Sheriff W. II. WymOre, and
City Marshal Alexander Courtney, who
arrived shortly. None of the citizens
who had congregated at the door were
allowed to come up.
In about thirty minutes Sheetz was
brought down and taken to the sheriff g
office and placed under guard.
The cause of the tragedy is a mystery
as Sheetz could not be induced to give
any reason for the shooting. The real
facts will only develop at the inquest.
LuytOn is a stranger, having arrived
here short time ago with his wife
from Illinois, en- route to California, it
is said. He was about thirty years of
age with light colored mustache and
hair. He weighed about 165 pounds
and his occupation is thought to have
been brick mason. His wife has not
been notified up to this time, as it is
not known in what part of the town
she is.
James l.. Sheetz is a young man, un-
married, about thirty years of age.
He is a native of Clay County, having
been born at Missouri City. His
mother and a brOther-Dr. William
Sheetz, a prominent physician-reside
at Orrick, Mo. Another brother, Frank
Sheetz, one of the best known lawyers
of Northwest Missouri, lives at Chilli
Gothic. James Sheetz has always been
considered Il law-abiding citizen, and
not by any means dangerous charac-
ter. His term of Office expired at the
last election and he was defeated for
reelection.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
Tho Dead Empress.

BERLIN, Jan. 1.-THE body of the
Empress Augusta is lying in state in
the chapel of the schloss and the
public is viewing the body. In
her will the dead Empress be-
queaths her palaces at Berlin and
Babelsberg to Emperor William
To her daughter, the Grand Duchess
of Baden, she gives the sum of four
million marks and she leaves legacies
to her servants and to a large number
Of charitable and religious bodies. En-
press Frederick. accompanied by her
daughters, arrived in Berlin this morn
ing from Rome.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-17
Range Cattle suffering.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 9.-There
are three feet of snow in Sweetwater
and Uintah Counties and feed has been
covered five days. The range cattle are
becoming weak and emaciated, and if
a blizzard should come hundreds will
succumb and if the snow remains as
many will starve to death. There are
many sheep in that region, but these
suffer less than cattle. This snow seri.
ously interfered with the railway,
though Superintendent Ryder has man.
aged to keep Wyoming division trains
moving with slight delays.