Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-09-20
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Missouri Editors.

Missouri Editors.
The Missouri Press association will
| meet in Lebanon, September 90, and
| will be in session three days. Prepare
tions are being made to entertain the
| editors and their wives. A large at
| tendance is expected, and from all indi-
| cations it will be the largest gathering
of newspaper men ever held in the
state. The Republican State Editorial
| association and Democratic State Press
| association will meet at the same
time, and the meeting of these
| political associations will bring many
who are not members of the
| State Press association. Entertainment
| is being provided for 300 or 400, and the
| attendance will no doubt reach that
| number. a banquet and ball will be
given at the Gasconade hotel on the
| night Of September 81, the second day
| of the convention. Other features of
entertainment are on the programme.
| At the close of the meeting, Septem-
| Der %, an excursion will be given to
the association by the Frisco road to
Eureka Springs, Ark. A special train
| will be run from Lebanon to the Ar
| kansas resort.
Pathetic Court Room Scene.
According to a Sedalia dispatch a
| pathetic scene was witnessed in the
| Pettis county probate court the other
| day. The habeas corpus case of Frank
| Denny, of Benton county, VS.. Albert
Wilson. of Sedalia, in which the for
| mer sought to obtain the custody of
| his 6-year-old daughter, who had
| made her home with the Will
| sons for several years. was de-
| cided in favor of the plaintiff by
Judge T. 2. Hoy, but the child refused
| to accept the verdict of the court. She
| hung upon the neck of Mrs. Wilson,
and her cries rang throughout the
| courtroom, nor would she leave the
Wilson's until force vas used. Her IA
| ther is a kind, indulgent parent, but
| the child had been with the Wilson's so
long that the childs former affection
! for him was transferred to them.
! A New Fraker Story.
| A new story. and a sensational one,
has been given to the public about DR..
Fraker. of Excelsior Springs, who dis
| appeared a year or SO ago 1t was
| claimed that the doctor was drowned,
| but the body was never recovered, al
| though diligent search was made. 1t
soon developed that the doctor carried
$50. 200 insurance on his life, in various
companies and lodges. The companies
| contested payment, and the case has
| grown to be famous. The new story is
| that DR.. Fraker was woman. and that
| he Tor she) is now alive and in female
| attire somewhere in the country, and
| that the whole scheme-insurance and
| drowning-was concocted to swindle
| the insurance companies
For Alleged SANDER.
Eli Miller, prominent Pettis county
| farmer, has instituted suit in the cir
| cult court against Isaiah Cornine, a
| neighbor farmer. for So 900 damages
| for alleged Islander. Plaintiff alleges
| that on August last he was arrested
| on complaint of the defendant, who
| sworc out a warrant charging plaintiff
with the theft of S25. The case came
up for trial on August -. when it was
| dismissed by the county attorney and
| has never been revived. Because of
these alleged facts plaintiff says he
| has been damaged in the sum of S., 900.
Ga years.
Mrs Will Naylor died at Marshall.
Harry Cheatham. a hotel clerk at
Marshall, died recently.
John Dunno. Kansas City con-
| tractor, died the other evening. Mr..
Dunno was a brother-in-law of Bernard
| Corrigan and of the late Thomas Corri-
gan, having married their sister. Pat
| Dunno, the turfman. is his son.
Finale of a Spree.
Thomas Dunphy wound up spree at
Nevada by taking heavy dose of NOR.
phine. He told the two doctors who
were called in that he had taken the
drug to see how much it would take to
kill him. The doctors prepared to re-
lieve Dunphy of the drug, but he held
| large butcher knife and warned them
to keep away. He did not take enough
| to kill him.
A Reduction.
The reduction of salaries of employees
| at the state lunatic asylum at Nevada,
which was made in August by the
| board of managers, is now in force.
| 1t affects almost all the smaller-sal-
| aired people. Higher-salaried officers
| were not affected.
In Defense of His Daughter.
Fred Kranz, a farmer near Maysville,
accused Bud Wilson of making disre-
| spectful remarks about Kranz's 16-year-
old daughter. Wilson struck Kranz
| and the latter shot and almost instant.
ly killed Wilson.
Donnelly to Hang.
The trial of Joseph Donnelly for the
murder of a woodchopper, Sam Tur-
ner, in Mexico in July, 1898, ended by
Donnelly being convicted of murder in
the first degree, and sentenced to be
hanged.
Charges Against Warden Pace.
A discharged employee of the peni-
Tertiary charges Warden Pace with
malfeasance. which the warden de-
MES. An investigation by the proper
authorities is promised.
st. Louis as a Grape Market.
Last year ST. Louis handled over 500
cars of grapes. This fruit is now being
shipped in from Ohio and New York.
but is not as good as home grown.
Central College.
Central college, at Fayette, leading
educational institution of the NJ. E.
church, south. in Missouri, opened for
the year with large attendance.
Apples In st. Louis.
Apples are being received in st. Louis