Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-08
TIE ST. LOUIS coLLEcroKsH1p.

Commissioner Miller says he is not responsible
for the report that Internal Revenue Collector
Wenneker of St. Louis will not be among the
fifteen or twenty collectors whose places are
likely to be filled in the next few days. On the
osneT hand; ne aoes not Wish TO be unoersto9 i1i
be appointed at once. 1T all depends, said
the Commissioner, whether the president will
respect the four.year term or not Ii he does;
then Mr.. Wenneker will not he molested until
Ecxt fall. He was appointed October IA and as
sumed the duties of the Office November IL.
MISSOURI PENSION EXAMINING SURGEONS.
WAsHINGToN, June Pension examining
surgeons for Missouri have been appointed as
follows; DIR. John r. Smell. Kansas City: Dr..
Princeton: Dr. w. NJ. Givens, Gallatin: DR.. G.
7. Bartlett. Poplar Bluff: Dr.. J. D: Grifith,
Kansas City: DR.. w. F. McConlkey. Bethany.
WASHINGTON June 3.--The following addi-
tional pension examining SURGEONS for Missouri
have been named: Kansas City, Or. T. D. Bed
ford: Bethany DR.. r. G. Smith Princeton, Dr..
John l. Shipley.
MANsUR WILL BE SECOND COMPTROLLER.
WASHINGTON May 30.--The second comptro1-
lership Of the treasury. to which ex-Congress-
man Mansur. of Missouri. will he appointed in
a few days. is an important division OF the lis
cal department of the government. The salary
Is 5000 d year.
The State University.
The commencement exercises of the
state university. at Columbia. We're we'll
attended by citizens from all parts Of
the state.
The addresses by the two raledictorians Miss
Jennie Adams and Mr.. Cruch d. Corllm. were
both unusually good. and the subject of much
favorable comment. Miss Adams. the valedic-
torian OF the academic department, is q n:EiVe
of Shelby county. She Is preposSessing young
lady. and very popular in Columbia. Mr.. Corum,
OF Boonville, the valedictorian OF the law de-
partruent. is, according to the words of Judge
Martin. dean OF the law school, u young man OF
ability.
N. G. Rcthwell. president of the hoard OF
cEratorS. spoke er0phatically of the power of
the press. An enterprise he said. will seldom
fail if it has the united commentator of the
press ana called attention to the manner in
versity in her time of peril after the fire. He
said that those who say the state has not given
the university proper attention speak falsely:
that Missouri has done much for her uni
versity as any other state in the Union, and
tuition alone. He closed ny predicting a bril-
liant future for the university.
Westminster College.
The fifty-frst annual commencement
exercises of Westminster college, at
Fulton, were held in the chapel.
vast audience attracted as the young
men represent different sections of the state,
and their friends came from near and far. The
speeches OF the young men were prepared
with care. and evidenced high inteiii-
Cence. power of discernment and freedom Of
thought There has not been more prOmiS
ing class graduated at this school. tkourh it's
scholars are to be found now in almost every
quarter of the world as missionaries. teachers.
professional men and those living in the mines
of science and the arts. Degrees were con-
ferred follows: Charles Roy Macfarlane,
bachelor OF arts: William George Palmer,
bachelor of literature: James S. Morrison.
Elmer Sharp. David c. Smith. Edward c..
Wkaley and Ben NJ. Yates. bachelors Of sci
ence.
There have been several large donations to
Westminster college funds: expensive build
incs have been recently erected apparatus for
scientific analysis and experiment have teen
added, and the college is now on a firm tasis.
with most fattering prospects for it's continued
growth and steady progress
Jail Delivery at Sedalfa.
Five prisoners escaped from the Pet
It's county Jail the other night.
They sawed away the iron bars of the cages
and then going through the ceiling. crawling
over the rafters and making final egress be-
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