Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-31
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
b 1tissourisns On committees.
Missopri eongressf1en Jared well az
to committee appointments in the new
house.
Mr.. Dockery is almost at the head OF the APP
mopriations commlttoe. probably the best
thing 2A1lSSoan gets within the gift of the
speaker. Mr.. Hatch hos his old place at the
head OF agriculture. Mr.. Bland is chairman Of
the coinage committees, and Cobb and Hall 60
to banking and currency. Mr.. Cobb Is also ON
railways and canals. Burns Is on militia. and
Arnold is on education. Mr.: Heard is chair
man of the committee on the District OF Co
lumbia. THAT position is next to being mayor
of the national capitall Champ Clark is on
claims and pensions, and Bartholdt Is on natu-
radiation and immigration. Mr.. Joy is on pat
ents and levees and Improvement of the Mis-
sissippi. THE latter committee meets about
once in two years.l Judge Fyan is on invalid
pensions and immigration. D, Almond is on
committee on election of president and vice.
president and naval affairs. THE former COM
mittee has practically nothing to do. Mr..
Morgan is military affairs. an important
committee. s.,
His Career Ended.
Fred Neff, one of the most noted des-
peradoes in central Missouri, died with
his boots on near Portland, Galloway
county.
He drew . revolver ON Geo. Martin and &C
cused Martin of appearing before the grand
jury against him, WHICH Martin denied. Men
had accosted Martin on the highway. and when
Martin denied the accusation Men began to
beat Martin over the head with his revolver.
Martin wrenched the weapon away from Nen
and shot him dead. Justice of the peace held
an inquest and rendered verdict that the kill
Ing was an act Of self defense. The sheriff Of
Montgomery county with . warrant to arrest
Men for killing man Mt Morrison. In G0scon-
sde county. and the sheriff of Galloway, with
. capias to arrest him for gambling, both ar
rived In Portland . few minutes after the kill.
Ing. Men was raised near Portland, was IS
years old, and had always been wild and woolly.
and a terror to the people in Portland and vi
cfnity when drinking. He vas credited with
having killed three men, with probability Of
several others.
New Postmssters.s q l. w
The following now: tpostmasters of
the fourth class have been appointed
for Missouri: &. ,sstr- es.l.-;s
Downing. Schuyler county Alex. Mccan-
dless. vice II. F. Minimum, resigned.
Ponder, Ripley county. W. c. Hulen. vice L.
C. Dalton, RESIGNED.
Gaylor City. Nodaway county, S. A. Allen,
vice S. E. While. resigned. f4
GRANGER Scotland county, n c. Boyer, vice
.Middletown, Montgomery county. c. J. Ray.
vice R. M. Hendershott. removed.
Smithville Clay county, L0ttie Shoemaker,
vice S. Fl. Read, resigned.
Drury. Douglas county, VIM. F. Mcmahon,
postmaster. E.G EH
Lss.I5 NEW POST OFFICES.
Simcoe. Mcdonald county. Pleasant T. Fry,
postmaster.
ai Visitation Tour Completed.
State Superintendent of Schools L. E.
Wolfe has completed his tour of vista
ton. a.sre.
He started out early in June, and in all WIS.,
tied and addressed seventy-two institutes.
Some OF the counties not included In this total
were visited last year and in some of them the
Institutes had adjourned before he could reach
them. The tour necessarily involved good
deal of hard travel especially In the southern
part of the state, where in some instances. he
was forced to cover as much rs 80 miles In
twenty-four hours by team in order to fill ap-
pointments. He found the Institutes, as rule.
largely attended and working smoothly, with
great interest manifested by teachers and PEG.
pie. The largest institute was that of Jasper
county. which was attended by $50 teachers,
and the next largest was that of Nodaway, with
An attendance Of 256
W. C. T. q. at Springfield.
The w. C. T. U. convention at Spring
field was well attended.
Mrs. McIntire, of Springfield. gave her ex-
perience in Jail and prison work. The condi-
ton of the womens department of the Spring
field Jail was described in detail. and the claim
set forth that it was inadequate to the require
ments OF comfort and decency. Ten female
prisoners. eight white and two black. were con-
fined in one CELL the speaker said, where there
was not room enough for the poor creatures to
lie down at night The Springfield industrial
home was adopted by the convention as an in
stitution of the district w. C. T. u. The fran
chise symposium showed that the convention
stood almost q unit in favor OF unlimited suf-
frage for woman. DR.. G. w. Hughey of the
Grace NJ. E. church, championed warmly the
claims Of woman for equal political rights
Dropped Dead.
DR.. W. n. Williams, editor of the st.
Louis Central Baptist, dropped dead on
the depot platform at Alexandria the
other evening. 80
He was waiting the arrival of the train Tor
St. Louis. He had just gotten in from kahoka.
where he had been attending the meeting OF
the Baptist association. He preached SER
mon before that body during the afternoon.
His family has been spending the summer at
La Grange.
Pension Boards.
Washington special
The following pension examining boa rds have
been appointed for Missouri:
PIERCE City-Doctors h v. Wiley, W. J
Rutledpe E. p. Harsard
Mount Vernon-Doctors w. II. Means. r. w
Paris, j. A Harris.
Marshfield-Doctors Thomas Flowrence Sey
mour w. H. Bolinger. David Williams.
Louisfana-Dr. D. M. Pearson.
Carthage-Doctors L. G. Chenworth, J. r
Freed j. T. Berry.
Obituary.
Sheriff Samuel NJ. Ayres, aged 81, died al
Marshall of typhoid fever after three weeks
illness.
Oscar Koehle. educated as n civil engineer IN
Prussia. and who went to Kansas City in 1864
where he was we'll known among the Germans
died the other day. aged g.
Mrs. RhodA L. Monroe aged 95, died in the
Memorial shome in st. Louis. She was re
markableg for her Rtentive memory, and wai
able to describe events Of pioneer days
Brass Works Burned Out.
The building 615-17 Walnut street
st. Louis. occupied by the Western
Brass Manufacturing Co, was destroyed
by fire. Loss, s125, 900; insurance, sos,
900. The Standard theater adjoining
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