Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-13
MISSOURI STATE NEWS,
The SchOoI-Book Question.

State superintendent of Schools
Wolfe gives out the following, which
just at this time, when the school text
book question is on, is of interest to the
people in all sections of the state:
In response to numerous inquiries I give
the following opinions of the attorney gen.
eral for publication: Inquiries are coming
from all parts of the state to when the
commission will conclude a contract, and
whether this contract will be made IN time
Tor the schools to use the books contracted
for the coming fall and winter. OF course, it
is impossible for the state superintendent to
answer the last question. The authors of
many of these letters have the erroneous i'm
preston that the law intrusts the appoint
nent of local book-dealers to the state su-
perntendent to the commission. AS it
Will be impossible for this departing nt (with
its present clerical force) to answer all these
letters, respectfully refer those seeking in
formation to the text book law itself. Ten
thousand copies of this law in pamphlet form
have been sent to the teachers and 10000 to
the directors of the state. This gives four
copies to each school district.
'tJEFFERsON CITY, Mo-, Aug. 8.
Hon. L. E. WoLfe, Superintendent Of Public
Schools:
DEAR SIR-In answer to the questions sub
mitted by you, wit: % After what date
may the textbooks to be adopted by the
Missouri school book commission be used in
the public schools of the state? (2) After
what date must the text books to be adopted
by the Missouri scho oil book commission be
used in the public schools of the state? l
beg to reply as follows: Section of the act
ablishing a uniform course of text books
to be used in all of the public schools within
this state, and to reduce the srice thereof,
approved April 4, 1891. follows: If
any of said bids be satisfactory to the COM
m ssion, then it shall proceed to select the
cheapest and best course of text books so
offered as follows. wit: Chart, reading,
spelling, English, grammar, arithmetic.
geography, history, civil government, phys
iology and penmanship. Provided always,
that all of said books selected shall be
printed in the English language BY sec
ton ii of the same act it is further provided
that from and after the LIST day of Sep
TENDER. 1891, no text book upon the subjects
named in section 5 of this act. except those
contracted for by said commission, shall be
used or taught in any public school within
this state: Provided, that this act shall not
apply to any city or district which now con-
tans may hereafter contain more than
1O0, 900 Inhabitants
From these provisions l understand that
the school text books contracted for by the
commission may be used in the public
schools during the school year, and that
they must be used to the exclusion of all
others ON the subjects mentioned in section
S, after September l, 1892 In order to en-
force this latter requirement, 1t is provided
by section ~ of said act, that Any school
director or board of school directors of any
school district within this state who shall
sanction permit any other text book or
books in the same branches of the same
grade as those hereinaboYe provided for to
be used in any public school of such district,
after the date hereinbefore specified in sec
ton IL, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than s. nor more than
SIS for each offence Very respectfully.
John NJ. WOOD, Attorney General"
Caused by an Empezzling Employee.
Daniel w. Haydocl1 don't get this
COMPOUNDED with the Haydoclz Carriage
CO.. st. Louis carriage manufacturer,
has made an assignment. Mr.. Haydock
says his failure was caused solely by
an embezzling employee, foreman.
The company employed large lot of
blacksmiths, and Mr.. McKenna, the
foreman, had the employing and pay
ing of the men. He would have sew
eral fictitious names on the payroll.
receive and pocket the money, the
firm all the time believing they were
paving for work. Mr.. Haydock
said in an interview: The
amount of Mckenna's entertainments
in hard cash foot up $4,000, and repre-
sented the profits and a part of the cap
ital in the business said Mr.. Haydoc1.
Trade is dull, but it always is ut this
season of the year, and if | had not been
robbed | could have pulled through
with ease and had money in the bank.
But it is all gone. and 200 employees,
who are thrown out of employment, to-
gether with myself and family, are
really victims of pool alley, as that is
where Mckenna squandered the money
he stole from me. S}5. 900 in nine years
Chaldean Priests from NesopOtamia.
Three unique characters arrived i'll
Kansas City the other day They are
Father Grcgorius, Father Elias and Fa-
Their Elijah, Chaldean priests from
Mesopotamia, travelling through the
country collecting money for schools
under their charge in their native dis
tricts. They wear long black surplices
reaching to their feet; over these over
coats of unusual length, and hats and
shoes of modern style. Their hair and
boards, worn long, are grizzled and I'M
llempt. They smoke cigarettes and
talk bad English They sought Bishop
Hogan's residence, but found only Fa-
Their Glennon there. At noon they went
downtown, entered a restaurant and
seated themselves at ia BILE without re-
moving their hats. The proprietors
objected, and they left the place.
CIubbed to Death.
Ike SEWER a Joplin miner, became
engaged in quarrel with a circus
roustabou after a performance given
by the Forepaugh show, and was struck
over the head with a club. He was APP
parently little hurt, but the next morn
ing he died, and an examination dis
closed that his skull had been fractured.
The roustabout has not been arrested,
and his name is not known.
Fell Sixty-Five Feet.
John Mcmillan, a millwright. was at
work on the top of wheat bin in the |
Merchants elevator, in st. Louis. when |
he missed his footing and fell from the |
top to the bottom. a distance of sixty |
five feet. Almost every bone in his |
body was broken and he died instant
ly. Mcmillan was SO years of age and |
married, and leaves a widow and chill |
dren