Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-10-29
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Missouri Pythixns.

year the total receipts of the grand
lodge were S14,4006O. There are 600
members of the Pythian Sisters in the
state. At the recent session of the grand
lodge at ST. Joseph the following offl-
GERS were elected:
Grand chancellor, Edward Harpc-, OF
Trenton. There were three candidates Tor
this position, and the contest was spiriteo.l
Grand vice-chancellor, Geo Wagner, 81.
Louis; grand prelate, Rev. John Gierlow, 81
Louis, reelected; grand master OF ex-
cheuuer Adam Thies Hannibal, re- elected !;
grand keeper of records and seal, John ID.
Holmes, St Louis, re elected, and salary III
creased to $1,000 per annum; grand master
at arms, a. r. Lee. Springfield: grand inner
guard, A. W. Mckenzie, Sedalia, grand outer
guard. S. w. Davis, Richmond; supreme
representative, r. H. Maybury, Kansas CITY
reelected.
The officers were installed with Past
Grand Chancellor Hawthorne acting as
supreme chancellor. The Pythian Sis
tiers elected the following officers:
Mrs. Emma d. Wood, Kansas City, grand
chief Mrs. G. f. Sharp, st. Louis, grano
senior; Mrs. NJ. E. Bost. Hannibal, grano
Junior; Mrs. Thomas Murphy, ST. Louis,
grand manager; Mrs. Kate Smith, Kansas
City, mistress of finance; Mrs. Jennie "A.
Clary, Kansas City, grand mistress OF rec
ords and correspondence; Mrs. H. Ciarpp,
Moberly, grand protector of temple; Mrs.
Arthur r. Lee, Springfield. grand ouoer
guard.
The next meeting of the grand lodge
will be held at st. Louis.
State Sunday School Work.
The officers and committee of the
Missouri State Sunday School assocla-
ton met in ST. Louis a few days ago
to hear reports from sections of the
state where Sunday school conventions
field secre tary, Mr.. j. w. Semroth, and
his subordinate workers
From Webster county came a favorable
account of the formation of the first'county
convention. In Cabool, Texas county, and
at Pertle Springs the work was progressing.
At Houston there were fifty four school and
twenty mine township delegates. AT Birch
Tree, Shannon county-saw- mill town-a
rousing mass meeting was held, with D. d.
Billie presiding, and hundreds in attend
ance. At Winona similar work was ac-
complished. In Mayer, Oregon county, but
% per cent. of the children were in sunday
schools. Affairs were but little better in
Howell. Glorious work however, was re-
ported from other localities. Communica-
tions were read from l.. NJ. Murphy ana
George Ii. Mitchell, agents in this field, say
ing that st. Louis was bound i'll 1893 to be
the nrSt instead or tlllru III Stntdy -SclOoi
work, and that, generally speaking, the
whole state seemed to have that object in
view
Insurance in Missouri.
Missouri. as appears from the census
returns, carried last year 1896, 644, 927 in
insurance in 235 companies. The
amount paid in premiums and assess
ments for this insurance was 81, 793. 341.
The losses paid in cash amounted to
S3.O14,29S From this it appears that
for every dollar the companies received
for Missouri risks last year they were
were obliged to pay back on losses go
cents Tornado insurance, what there
is of it in Missouri, is of the most
profitable character. The six COM
panies giving tornado insurance in Mis-
souri, last year received in premiums
S74, $50 and they paid out $1,732 in
losses. The business was nearly all
velvet.
Died at Her Sons Bedside.
Mrs. Newton Smith dropped dead at
her home in East Moberly the other
morning. The cause of her sudden
death is supposed to be heart trouble.
she was nursing her II year-old son, who
was accidentally shot through the right
knee few evenings previous bv a boy
named Elgin Hern, when she fell dead upon
the floor. At the time that her little boy was
shot Mrs. Smith ran out and caught Hern
and gave him a good thrashing. As soon as
he gained his liberty he loaded his large gun
and drew q bead on the woman. and only for
the timely arrival of another bov. who took
the gun away from Eigin, he would have
shot Mrs. Smith, too. The theory is ad-
vanced that her death came on account of
the fright At school time she washed and
dressed her other two children and sent
them to school as usual She was the wife
of Newton Smith, a Wabash fireman.
A Sheep Ranch.
w. w Weiman, of Michigan, has pur-
chased LOCO acres of land in Hooker
township, Laclede county, on which,
with other gentlemen from the north,
sheep ranch is to be established. He
will ship 500 head of sheep to his ranch
Immediately.
1.-THE tract is mountainous in its formation
and scarcely susceptible of cultivation, but
is admirably adapted to the purpose for
which it was purchased. Blue grass is in
digenous to it. and it is splcnddly watered.
When the excellent price of mutton sheep
command in st. Louis and Chicago is con-
sidered it seems strange that sheep raising
is not given more attention in the mountain
Sudden Death.
A. Loveall, an old citizen of johnson
county, died very suddenly the other
night. During the day he had been at
work in his orchard. ate a hearty sup
per and retired as usual. Between
and 10 o'clock he was found to be dead.
The cause of his death was heart dis
ease. He was about 20 years old.
Changed Its Name to HYDE Park.
The city council of Westport, one mile
south of Kansas city, has passed an or
dinance changing the name of that mu-
nicipality to Hyde Park
TWestport is an historic point. In former
years it was the terminus of the old Santa
Fe trail. 1t quite village when Kan
sas City was known as Westport landing.
knights of Pythias.
The twenty-ffth annual session of
the grand lodge of Missouri knights of
Pythias was held at st. Joseph. The
session continued four days, and was
largely attended.
Cut His Throat.
Timothy O'Connor blind man, COM
mitted suicide at Plattsburg, by cut
ting his throat with Il razor. He was
in good circumstances.
Died at His Desk.
E. L. Polkowsl>y, aged 81, employed
in a railway Office at st. Louis as
clerk, died at his desk. He had resided
in st. Louis since 1929.