Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-08-23
MISSOURI! STATE NEWS.
A Noted Fire-Bus Under Arrest.

Francis NJ. Logan, an incendiary
with a remarkab BILE record, is under ar
rest at Kansas City.
He set fire to lumber yards in Kansas City,
and was arrested. The story told by Logan
has no parallel in the history of criminals.
He left home when a boy of 10. and early IN
his wanderings was arrested and imprisoned
on the charge of vagrancy. When he regained
his liberty he began, for revenge,
career Of crime, vowing to destroy as
much property as possible. That was
over thirty years ago, and since
that time he has burned buildings in many
states, and has served seventeen years in peni-
tentiaries. A few days ago he went to Odessa,
Mo-. and met his father, whom he had not seen
since he quit his home in 1864. From Odessa
he went to Kansas City to kindle blaze and
pave the way for another term in the peHl-
Tertiary. outside of which he feels lost. and is
unable to make living. He says of himself:
Il served four years and four months in the
penitentiary at Michigan City, Ind. for setting
fire to train of at Indianapolis. On the
9TH of June, 1892, 1 went to the Provincial
prison at Kingston. Ont, on q seven-year sem
tence for firing canal-boat lock at st. Cath
crime, Can. l set fire to the lock at night,
and when it was blazing good l ran
down the wharf a short distance and
fired big lumber yard. They caught
me for this, and 1 served full sentence
OF seven years. During the big strike in Penn
sylvania in 1877 1 set fire to train Of cars on
the Pennsylvania Central. That's one of the
biggest jobs ever did. 1 fired a big barn in
Manchester, n. H., and another in Rhode
Island. They were both full of horses. 1 set a
pile Of cotton bales on fire in New Orleans and
got four years in Baton Rouge for the job
The State University.
There has recently been organized in
Columbia a new school, known as the
university academy.
The academy is the connecting link between
the public schools and the state university. In
accordance with the action of the legislature,
the preparatory department of the university
was abolished a year ago. and as there was no
articulated high school in Columbia at that
time many students found it impossible
to enter the university. and were
compelled to go elsewhere to make
up their preparatory work. This year
the university academy will be ready to take
charge of all students who can not enter the
university, and will fit them for the freshman
classes of that institution. The members OF
the faculty of the new school are graduates of
the Missouri university, and all are teachers of
experience. The college building is located in
the university addition. just west of the uni
verSity campus, and is the site of the old Co.
lumbia college. The new school will open
September 10 this year, simultaneously with
the Missouri university. The outlook for the
academy seems bright, and a large attendance
is expected.
state have in view the establishment of i Bible
college in connection with the state university.
4 financial committee has been appointed, and
before many days the funds will be raised.
None but the best talent will be employed in
the intended college. Rev. t. p. HALEY. of
Kansas City, who is now in Europe. will devote
his time to enlisting the help OF mOneyed men
in the enterprise when he returns to this cOun-
try The church has one Bible college at Can
ton. Mo-. but the Columbia movement is in
Ind to no mir
istry the advantage of the higher education 10
be acquired in the ministry.
Nominated For Congress.
The democrats of the Eighth district
have nominated Hon. r. =. Bland for
congress. Mr.. Bland is now serving
his eleventh term. The republicans
have nominated Joel d. Hubbard.
1.-THE Eighth district is composed of the
counties of Galloway, Camden. Cole,
Cooper, Dallas, Laclede, Maries, Miller.
Moniteau, Morgan, Usage, Phelps and
Pulaski. and was carried at the last
congressional election by Mr.. Bland
over w. II. Murphy by vote of 1927
to IS, 453
The republicans of the Third district
have nominated Judge G.. Fl. orion, of
Princeton, to oppose Mr.. Dockery. The
Third district consists of the counties
of Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Eekalb.
Davies, Gentry, Harrison, Mercer, Ray
and Worth. Last congressional cleo
eion the vote was: Dockery, dem. 1s, 749:
Birch, rep, -, 2sS; Reece, peO.. 4 500.
Swamp Land Sale Held to Be Legal.
Judge Wear of the Butler county cir
cult court, has denied a suit in equity
for INTUITION to restrain the county
judges from making patent to over
10000 acres of swamp land to Geo. Il.
Wheeler. at the price of S1.65 per acre,
filed in behalf of Butler county by the
prosecuting attorney. The petition
alleged that the transaction was fraud
ulent, the sale being made in the alb
sence of, and without the knowledge
of, higher and better bidders. The
court held that the sale was to all in
tents and purposes private one, and
was bona-fide. A number of ST. Louis
and other capitalists have been nego-
tiating for it's purchase.
Veterans Get Together.
The grand army veterans of Bates,
Cedar, ST. Clair and Vernon counties
held a reunion at Fair Haven Springs,
Vernon County. The supper was re-
past of beans, hard tach and black
coffee Ten bushels of beans were
cooked. Fully 1000 people were pres
eHt.
Arthur-Malone.
Rev. S. T. Arthur, rector of st. Johns
Episcopal church Of Cape Girardeau,
and Miss Daisy Malone, of the same
city, were married at Eureka Springs,
Ark.
Death of a Soulard.
Mrs. James G. Soulard. member of a
well-known st. Louis family. and for
many years a resident of ST. Louis,
died at Galena, at the age of 90 years
Lost an Arm.
Jack Campbell. section hand, went
to sleep on the track of the Missouri.
Kansas & Texas near Clayton. Vernon
county. and his arm was cut off.
Identified.
The remains of the suicide found in
the Meramec river near Pacific. August
4. were identified as those of Edward
Hird, of jefferson county.
Paid in Full.
A run was made on the Farmers and
Merchants bank of Piedmont by its
depositors living at Greenville All ac-
counts were paid in full.
Mules and Horses Cremated.
A. B. Hensley. residing about miles
| northeast of Montgomery. lost his fine
| barn by fire. Five mules and three
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