Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-09-06

TRAMPs seem to have taken posses
Hudson. Ind. on the night of the 2sth,
they fatally shot an unknown man and
threw another man from a west-bound
freight. after having robbed him of his
possessions and batteringfh his face bad
ly. Another man was forced to jump
for his life while the train was in mo-
ton.
FOREST fires. which have burned with
intermittent vigor, have pretty thor
oughly swept all of the territory lying
between Harrisburgh, Mich, and West
Branch, 81 miles distant. along the line
of the Michigan Central railway. Many
families have lost everything and are
suffering from exposure and hunger.
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONER RoosE-
WELT and First Assistant Postmaster
General Jones put in full day, on the
both, investigating the charges against
Postmaster Malone, of Lancaster. Pa.
of violations of the civil service Law
The investigation was secret and none
of the details leaked out.
THREE men arrested in Lincoln coun-
ty. w. Va, charged with murder, were
released, on the both, and allowed tc
run to the mountains to save them
selves from a mob thirsting for their
blood.
BUSINESS men from the southern
states met in convention in Washing
ton, on the 10th, to devise methods for
the investigation and development of
southern investments and resources.
INTERNAL revenue receipts for the
fiscal year up to the Goth, reached
SD. 600. 900. against $40, 900, 900 for the
corresponding period of last year.
FICE-PREsIDENT STEVENSON arrived
at Sorrento. Me-, on the 3Oth, where be
will spend the remainder of the sea-
son.
RICHARD McAyoT shot and fatally
wounded George Thomas, at Hartford,
Kas.. on the 18th, during quarrel
over chickens. McAvoy was then shot
three times and almost instantly killed
by Fred Rhodes, brother-in-law OF
Thomas.
TIE Pittsburgh Press club has organ
lied Il reception and entertainment
committee for the purpose of looking
after visiting newspaper men during
the coming G.. A. r. encampment, the
committee including all of the promi-
nent journalists of the city, and prepa-
rations for entertainment and facilities
for press work will be arranged OF an
ella bOrate scale.
HENRY c. TRENEAR, farmer. resid-
ing near Holton. kas., was robbed OF
81 900 on public street of Topeka, OF
the 30th. by stranger who played the
gold brick confidence game on him.
The stranger was promptly arrested by
officers who were watching him.
Gov. MCKINLEY and his staff were
rendered grand ovation at Ironton.
o., on the both, fully 1000 people greet
ing his address to the Society of the
Army of West Virginia. The society
reelected Gen. W. II. Powell. presi-
dent: Hon. f. 5. Wilson. secretary.
J. NELSON, of Trout Creek. Mich.
threw dishes at his wife and children
and ended by trying to empty a shot
gun at them. He was arrested. but
gang of about twenty whitecaps took
him from jail and gave him 100 lashes
on the bare back and left him tied to
tree.
POsT-OFFICE inspector arrested Rev.
G. Z. Mckinney. postmaster at McKin-
ney, Okla, on the 10th, for alleged
tampering with some registered letters
in his Office. Mckinney is well-known
preacher and a candidate for the Iegis-
lature. His arrest has caused sensa-
ton.
The authorities of Lake county, Ind,
have unearthed the existence of a fac.
tory for the manufacture of sausage
and dried meat from carcasses of horses.
Two Lake county men are the prOmot-
erS of the scheme.
GEN. SCHOFIELD issued several army
orders on the 3Oth. of which the most
pleasing to the army was one which
increased regimental bands from six
teen to twenty pieces. Army men say
that sixteen pieces are not sufficient to
make a creditable appearance.
f. ii. PARMLEE. of Bergen. y. Y, who
was arrested, on the 2sth, on a charge
of transacting a fraudulent business
and released on bail. committed suicide,
on the Both. by throwing himself in
front of the west-bound st. Louis ex-
press. He was 60 wears old