Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-23
MISSOURI AND THE FAIR.
The State Worlds Fair Commission APP
pointed by the COMMEMORATIVE They


The State Worlds Fair Commission APP
pointed by the Governor-Who They
Are.
Governor Francis has appointed tho
Missouri Worlds Fair commission The
last legislature made appropriation
of $50, 900 for Missouri exhibit at the
Columbian exposition in 1898. The act
provides for the appointment OF com
mission of seven men, There We're
about seventy-fve applicants for APP
pointment. Every interest, every local
ity and almost every class of people
have been clamoring for recognition.
The members were selected come from
northeast, southwest. southeast. nolth
west and central Missouri, with one
from st. Louis and one from Kansas
| City. Five of the seven are democrats,
| or thought to be, and two are republic
| ans, but the governor disclaims having
| had any political qualification in view.
| He says his effort has been to appoint
| representative men from the different
sections of the state and that he has
| endeavored to see that no interest
would be neglected. The members of
| the board are:
| Nicholas H. Gentry, of Pettis county.
| INF Gentry is president of the Interstate
| fair at Sedalia. He has a national reputa-
! ton breeder of berkshire hogs. fine
| sheep and thoroughbred cattle
| DIR. E. Med. Coffey. of Platte county.
TDr. Coffey is we'll known throughout the
| state a prominent ex confederate, and
| represents one of the richest agricultural
| sections OF the state He is said to be a gem
| tleman OF excellent address. of public spirit,
| and his recommendations have come from
all quarters of the state.
William Dawson, of New Madrid coun-
ty.
An member of congress. Mr.. Dawson
| is atpresent engaged in The lumber trade,
| and Will. no doubt, see to it that timber,
| which is one of the great interests of Mis-
| souri,, is not neglected i'll the state exhibit
| He halls from IL section which grows cotton
| as well as all the cereals
II. I'll. Gregg, of Jasper county.
| INF. Gregg has doubtless been appointed to
| represent the mining interests of the state,
as he has been actively engaged in that in
dustry since his retirement from the secre-
| taryship of the board of railroad commits
| sioners of Missouri. He was warmly in
dorsed by the mining exchanges of south
| west Missouri, and is known as man of in
| teIlgence ana cultured
Hugh McGowan. of Kansas City.
'[NIr. MCGOWAN was strongly urged by tho
| live stock interests and the packing houses,
as well as the manufacturers and jobbers-
| He for two terms marshal of Jack
county, and is one of the most energetic and
| progressive citizens of western Missouri
Hon. Nathan Frank, of st. Louis.
MIR. Frank was in the Fifty first congress,
| and on the joint committee on the Worries
| fair. He was an ardent supporter of st.
| Louis in the contest for the location, and
| member of the committee appointed at the
| last session of congress to Investigate at
| Chicago the expenditures of the National
commission. Mr.. Frank was the only mem
Der of the commission recommended by the
citizens of St. LOuis.l
Mr.. Charles w. Green. of Linn county.
| Editor of the Brooktield Argus. and is the
| youngest member OF the commission Mr..
| Green may be said to represent the press
| well as agriculture. He raised
farm, and is familiar with the horticultural
interests of the state, to the promotion OF
which the columns of his paper have in
| large part been devoted. He started in the
newspaper business at Brooktieid about
seven years ago, without fame or fortune,
and to- day is the editor and publisher of one
of the brightest weeklies in the state.
Capturing Alleged Illicit DistiIlers.
The ST. Louis Republic recently gave
an account Of the capture of Theodore
and Thomas Hatton, in Pemiscot coun-
ty. on the charge of illicit distilling, by
Deputy United States Marshals Nall
and Mcclure. The deputies were ac-
companied by Sheriff Aberill of Penis
cot. Says the Republic in it's account:
| In their search through the swamp they
| had located the cabin home of one of the
| parties and learned from his wife that her
| husband was at aneighbor's. some two miles
away. Acting on her directions they at
tempted to find the house but in the intense
| darkness of the forest they lost their way.
| Fortunately, however, they discovered q
light in the distance. Approaching they
found log cabin and were just In time to
| o.erhear a conversation between boy and
an old man, in which the former told the
latter that the United States marshals were
up at his house hunting his father and his
| Uncle The. just have expected" re-
| mark ed the old man, land / have warned
those boys time and again that they would
get into trouble if they did not stop that
| business. Now YOU fly to YOUR Uncle
| Thc's and tell them
| The bow, pale and breathess though he
was, needed no second bidding, and tn
| ing, shot out of the cabin into the darkness;
| but Marshal Nall was alert, and before the
| boy had made dozen yards nabbed him
| and told him he must keep quiet and lead
the way to his unces, which he did. While
| watching the men and debating in under
tone what they had best do, they
| startled to see the opposite door of the room
! fly open and the young wife of Thomas Hat
! ton rush in among the men, with her hair
| streaming and her face deathly pale.
| Throwing her arms around the neck of ono
| of the men, she exclaimed: con, Tom the
| for your lives"
| All the men instantly crowded around,
| asking. excitedly: whats the matter?" At
| this instant Marshal Nall exclaimed to his
| compani ons: "Now or never, boys!' and
| drawing their revovers, they sprang into
| the room. "llll hands up, and the rst man
| moves will bite the dust" shouted Marshal
| Nall They all Obeyed in logged sort of a
| way and were speechless with surprise.
| "Theodore Hatton, you and Thomas step
| out here" commanded Marshall Nall. They
| reluctantly did so, ana in twinkle were
| handcuffed together and disarmed.
The prisoners We're taken to St
| Louis.
| Appointments by the Governor.
Gov. Francis completed the state
board of agriculture by the appoint
ment of three additional members.
They We're Mr.. Norman j. Colman, of
St Louis. for the Ninth congressional
district: Mr. w. T. Hearne. of jackson
county. for the Fifth congress ,ional dis
| trict. and DR.. J. j. McGowan of Butler