Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-10-25
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
The Penitentiary.


Warden j. L. Pace of the state peni.
| Tertiary, while in st. Louis the other
day, talked as follows to reporter:
..One hundred persons in Missouri are dom
| ming the convicts stripes every month now,
| and the lamentable fact is that only sixty to
seventy convicts are being released each month.
Now, there is statement which our humane
and all the various phases OF penology can pom
| der over to their hearts content.
When the mills of justice begin grinding
| out their sentences and verdicts in the fall
| then the busy season commences at the state
prison. The new conyicts then begin coming
| in by the twos, threes, quartettes and some
times a dozen day. During the summer,
while the courts are having vacation, but Few
new convicts arrive: but when the fall terms
| of the courts open then many new faces OF I'M
| fortunate persons peer out from behind prison
bars for the first time. Also, many old faces OF
| hardened criminals come back to dine at our
| table. We now have 2.036 convictS in the
| state prison, and We expect to have at least
| 900 by spring.
| THE appropriation of $780, 900 made by the
state legislature for the Missouri penitentiary
| is sufficient to have been needed for several
years. We have just put in battery OF four
| boilers. having 1.5O0-horse power. which plant
will furnish heat for the entire penltent1ary.
| Formerly there were lot of 50-horse power
| boilers scattered over the prison. and they
were unsatisfactory. The new smokestack
built of brick, and which is 2l2 feet in height.
has been finished, The new heating plant will
| be in operation by November l."
Missouri Odd Fellows Home.
The trustees of the Odd Fellows
| home met at Liberty the other day and
| voted for the location of the home
| there. The Winner hotel and grounds
| at Reed Springs will be converted into
| the home The transfer of the property
| was made. Twelve acres of land go
| with the hotel. The original cost of
the property was $780, 900 and it sold for
| less than a third of that amount. The
| grand lodge of Missouri paid $1,000 out of
| its treasury and the subscriptions of cit
| liens of Liberty and vicinity made up the
rest of the purchase money. The
| building is furnished throughout and
will soon be ready to be occupied by
widows and orphans of odd fellows in
the state. for whom it is provided. The
| grand lodge has an option on nearly
200 acres more around the home. But
Ter, Nevada, Marshall and other towns
| in the state made warm fight for the
| home, and the citizens of Liberty are
rejoicing over their victory. The
location of the home at Liberty is
largely due to the influence and efforts
of Maj. NJ. Goldman, one of the most
prominent odd fellows of the state.
Still Held.
| Last March w. A. Clark and Myrtle
Jackson hired buggy and team at a
livery stable at Van Buren,, Ark,
which they failed to return. They
were arrested at Joplin, and indicted
for horse stealing by the June grand
| jury. The indictment was quashed
and the couple ordered held for fur
| Their proceedings. They We're indicted
| by the September grand-jury, but
| the other day the indictment was
| again quashed and the pair ordered
| held. Sheriff Purcell has telegraphed
| the Van Buren, authorities to procure
| requisition papers and take the prison
| ers to Arkansas for further proc edure.
Father and Son Buried.
The funeral of L. P. Lyman, aged 67,
and A. w. Lyman, aged 81, father and
| son, took place at Monet the other
| day. On the Goth of September L. P.
Lyman died, after an illness of several
weeks, in Tacoma, Wash. just twenty
four hours after the death of the father
the son passed away, death resulting
from heart disease. The remains were
placed in a vault and kept until a few
days ago, when they were sent to Mo
nett for interment. A. w. Lyman was
a prominent odd fellow, that order
taking charge of the ceremonies.
Lively Election Promised.
Upwards of ZOO voters have regis
tered in ST. Louis, the largest number
ever known in the history of the city.
The total vote polled in st. Louis in 1899
was 20, 139, with the registration in the
neighborhood of 10000. The indica-
tions are that tremendous vote will
be polled in the city this fall.
Sent to the Asylum.
Fritz Lampe, aged IS years. was
taken to the insane asylum at Fulton
from Hermann recently. About year
ago, it is said, he received severe
beating over the head with a club. He
has spells about every two hours. when
he labors under the delusion that some
body is trying to kill him.
Head Split Open with a Spade.
James d. Dawson and Jesse Abbott,
near Ashley, Pike county, quarreled at
a molasses making, which resulted in
the death of Abbott, who was struck
on the head by Dawson with spade.
Struck His Brother.
Chas. Gallup, blacksmith at ST. Jo-
seph, fought with his brother Bert,
| thraShing him. Bert soon after struck
| Charles on the head with a stone, in
| ficting a fatal wound.
The Battle On.
The democrats and repu blicans have
nominated their tickets in st. Louis.
| and one of the hardest fought cam
paigns in the history of the city is be-
ing waged.
Used a Shotgun.
Walter Angel, a prominent young
| farmer, who lived a few miles south
west of Washington. committed suicide
by shooting his head almost off with a
shotgun.
Murrell-Hurt.
Leonard d. Murrell. young capi-
talist of Saline county, and Miss
| Dovie. daughter of w. II. Hurt, a
Marshall merchant, were married re-
| Gently.
| A New Move.
The advisory board of the Peoples
| Central church, st. Louis. is consider
| ing the advisa bility of opening dis
| pensary in connection with the church.
! Declined Call.
Rev. F. w. Sneed, pastor of the Pres
IL, 81 L. l.,