Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-14
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
To Reward Missouri Soldiers.

To Reward Missouri Soldiers.
A bill will be introduced in congress
to grant certificates OF discharge to
military organization known as
Powells Missouri battalion, an or
ganiZation raised for the Mexican war.
1t was recruited throughout the state,
and served through a portion of the
Mexican war. The bill authorizes the
granting of pensions under the Mexican
pension act 1t was introduced in the
last congress, and favorably reported,
but was not reached for action by the
house. The author of the bill is Rep
resentative Tarsney. He will also in
troduce bill to grant certificates of
discharge to Fosters battalion of Mis-
souri, cavalry. 1t was raised by Maj.
Emery Foster in johnson county dur
ing the late war, and mustered into the
service, but the original muster rolls
were never filed in the war department..
and the members have no standing as
soldiers in the official records. 1t pro-
vides for the filing of duplicates of the
original muster rolls and the recogni-
ton by the department of those who
served in this battalion.
Daughters OF the Confederacy.
The annual meeting of the Daugh.
tiers of the Confederacy was held at ST.
Louis.
The report Of the treasurer, Mrs. w. P. How
ard, showed a balance in bank of over S11 900.
Mrs. E. n. Davis and Mrs. n. D. Mcknight, Of
Clayton, brought in a check for 81 G25, realized
by their auxiliary from the dinner at Creve
Occur. Mexico, Hannibal and Paris had not
been heard from, but the auxiliary at Mont
gomery City wrote that they had a fund of 500,
and Sedalia $780, The other auxiliaries sent in
as follows Cape Girardeau, 81 600; Louisiana,
1885 IS; Chillicothe, S100; Marshall. $3.50. 70;
Boonville S2las5; Bloomfield, s127.25; Ar
row Rock, 500; Fredericktown, s113.50 The
towns of Monticello, La Grange. Newark, Lew
iston and Edna have still the sum of $2f7 Is,
after furnishing the Martin E. Green memorial
cottage at a cost of S108 The ladies of Mexico
sent the money realized from their ball on
Christmas night. The grand ball given Thanks
giving night IN St Louis cleared nearly 81, 600. A
letter from the benevolent association of the
confederate home was read, calling for assist
ance for the poor and suffering confederate SOL
diers and their families, and after some discus
sion 1t was decided to send $50. Mrs. NJ. A. f.
Mcclure, was, by acclamation, elected president
for life, while Mrs. A. c. Cassidy received the
unanimous vote of the society as first vice pres
ident. Five other vice presidents were chosen,
also recording and corresponding secretaries
and Mrs. w. p Howard treasurer
The Express Company Decision.
Acknowledgement John NJ. Wood feels
very much gratified over the favorable
decision to the state in the United
States supreme court in the suit
brought by the Pacific Express Co.
against him and Auditor Seibert, to re-
strain them from the collection of 50
on each 500 of receipts on bushes
done in Missouri.
Mr.. Wood has had charge of the case from
its inception when the fight was begun in the
federal court at Kansas City before Judge Cald
we'll in whose court decision was rendered adj
versely to the recalcitrant corporation The
Adams accepted Judge Caldwell's decision
as final, and. concluding to abide by it.
paid up their arrearages, and have
since complied with the law strictly
The Pacific. however, fought it out,
and the result is that heavy sum in the way
of penalties will find its way into the state
treasury from the Golfers Of the express com
pany. The law provides that penalty of 500
shall be paid by any express company violating
the provisions of the act of 1889. and the amount
due the state from the Pacific is SIS .1ro
This the company VIII have to pay with all the
costs in the case, which are pretty heavy. The
decision, it is understood, also definitely fixes
the right Of the state to tax telegraph com
panies something that has not been clearly es-
tablished before.
The Son Also Accidentally Killed.
George Kreis, the 6-year-old son of
John Kreis, a st. Louis cigar manu-
facturer, living in st. Louis, fell from
window in the sixth story of his
grandmothers house. at Duluth. Mimi,
the other day. and was instantly killed.
The little fellow was reaching for
icicles and lost his hold of the window
sill. The remains were taken to St
II nH h,,,. w., all
cemetery beside his mother. who was
killed by a Missouri Pacific train at
Webster Groves about eight months
ago.
An Asylum That Is Self-SustaininR.
The annual report of Superintendent
c. r. Woodson of state lunatic asylum
No. 2, made to the board Of managers
the other day. shows the somewhat re-
markable fact that the institution has
been self-sustaining as to maintenance
during the past year. The last general
assembly appropriated Sas. 600 for this
purpose and, up to date, not n cent has
been drawn from the state treasury.
There are SOS patients in the asylum.
The asylum is located at St. Joseph.
Sentence of Death.
In the criminal court at st. Joseph
Judge Silas Woodson sentenced Peter
Wright. colored. convicted of murder
in the first degree, to be hanged on
February &c. The judge was overcome
when he began to pronounce the SEN
tence and broke down and wept for five
minutes. Wright was Indifferent
Wright killed William Clark, also col
ored.
Declared Constitutional.
The supreme court of the United |
States. through Justice Lamar has
rendered n decision sustaining the de- |
cision of the circuit court of the United |
States for the western district of Mis- |
souri, that the law passed by the Mis- |
souri, legislature taxing express COM
panies on the amount of their receipts |
was constitutional.