Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-09-27

an order. on the Goth, closing all gam
bling houses in the city. The order
had its intended effect. Deputy sher-
ifs, acting on warrants issued by the
superior court, raided the notorious
House of David and the Newport club
at 2:30 a. m, but at neither place was
gambling in progress.
DICK GOODMAN, the leader of the
guilty at Anderson, Ind, on the Goth.
He asked a delay of one day in pro-
nouncing sentence, SO that he could
plead for mercy on account of physical
ailments caused by bullets from a dep
uty sheriff revolver.
JAMES NJ. WHITE, a well-known mem
Der of the New York cotton exchange,
died, on the Goth, at his home in Brook
Ign. The cause OF death was consump-
ton, combined with gastric fever.
THE federal grand jury at Birming-
ham, Ala, on the Goth, returned in
dictments against four ex-postmasters
on the charge of embezzlement of post
office funds.
OFFICER PETER DILLON, of the Allie
gheny (Pa.) police force, was instantly
killed, ON the Goth, at 2:3O a. NJ, by
| catching hold of live wire which
heavy windstorm had blown down.
POSTMASTER HARRY MARIETTA and
| four other Connellsville pa citizens
who were recently convicted of unlaw-
| full assemblage in connection with riots
| in the coke region, were called up for
| sentence, on the Goth, before Judge
| Ewing. Marietta was sentenced tC
pay fine of $500 and costs of prosecu.
| ton. The other defendants were fined
| in proportion to their ability to pay.
GEORGE SCHMoUsE, who murdered his
wife and children in order to obtain the
insurance on their lives. was executed
| in Pittsburgh, Pa, on the Goth.
| EDMONIA ANDERSON and Irene Wash
| ington, two beautiful octoroons of
| Swift, Ala. fell out on account of rival
claims to the affections of Ben Olson. a
| Swedish sailor, and fought with
| knives. on the 21st, until the Washing
! ton woman fell to the ground fatally
| wounded, when the other stabbed her.
| self to the heart and fell across tbs
body of her dying rival.
| CORPORAL ID. j. MORGAN, United
| States army, who committed suicide in
| Detroit, Mich, on the Goth, was once
| the wealthy husband of beautiful
| woman who deserted him in 1854 for a
| life of shame which she ended by sui
| eide in a house of ill-repute. After his
| wife's desertion Morgan sold his prop
| erty. gave the proceeds to relatives and
| enlisted in the army.
IN the supreme court of Massachu-
sets Judge Barker. on the 21st. denied
the application of Acknowledgement
knowlton for preliminary injunctions
| to restrain the American Sugar Rein
| ing Co.. known as the Sugar trust,
| from doing business in that state until
it should file a statement of its finan-
| cial standing up to March 1 last.
GUARD w. c. GOETHE was stabbed
three times in the neck and probably
fatally wounded, on the 21st. by con-
vict in the Ohio state prison, whom he
had threatened to report for some
slight violation of the rules.
NORRIS NIELTENBACK, a Russian, be-
ing returned from Boston as Il desti-
tute immigrant, jumped from the
steamer Philadelphia in Boston harbOr,
on the 21st. and was drowned.
FAILURES in the United States for the
week ended the 31st were 212, against
321 last year, and 4s in Canada against
40 last year.
PRESIDENT NUNEz of the republic OF
Colombia died on the 18th.
DR.. d. J. DECK was found guilty of
manslaughter, at Akron, O., on the
night of the 20ti,, for the poisoning of
his wife to get possession of her prop
erty and to enable him to marry again.
Mrs. BUELL., sister of Rev. w. L.
Slutz. and the latter's two daughters,
Mabel, aged IS, and Helen, aged 3,were
run down and fatally injured at a Big
Four crossing five miles east of Lon
don, o., while taking a carriage ride in
the country on the 21st.
WHILE squirrel hunting, near Buff
falo, Pa, On the 21st, John Tarr, pro
prietor of the Central hotel of that
city, was probably fatally shot by his
companion, w. d. Sloan, who mistook
Tarr's brown hat for squirrel and
sent full load of shot into his head
and neck.