Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-02-14
MISSOURI STATE NEWS,
Some Legislative Gossip.

Some Legislative Gossip.
Among important matters receiving
attention in the legislature are the fol-
towing:
Senator Davsson has introduced concurrent
resolution providing for a constitutional
amendment requiring the state fund commits
sioners to self 3-per-cent bonds sufficient to
take up the certificates of Indebtedness repre-
sented by the seminary and school funds and
bearing interest at and per cent OF these
certificates s2.sO9, 600 bear per cent. interest
and S231 eco per cent, and the combined an
nual interest amounts to sls6O0O. According
to the requirements of the resolution the in
terest saved is to be prorated to the various
counties for common school purposes. Mr..
DAWSON estimates that the state is paying
Sol $50 more of interest annually than it should,
and that under the proposed change s43 26O
schools.
THE PHARMACY LAW BURIED.
The house has buried the pharmacy law be-
You'd all hope of resurrection. When it was
taken up for third reading and passage. Mr..
Short of Phelps. secured the floor and made a
long and bitter speech against the bill. He
was followed by Mr.. Tubbs. of Osage who
went to even greater lengths in denouncing the
measure. Mr.. Spencer, of St. Louis. made a
great effort to turn the tide, and said and did
everything possible to save it from defeat. and
he was ably seconded by Mr. Short. of Cole.
But the house was obdurate. and defeated the
bill by vote of S8 to 81. Not satisfied with
this victory, Mr. Tubbs induced the house to
table motion to reconsider to vote. This bill
was recommended by the State Association Of
Pharmacists. and by manv physicians and
druggists was regarded as measure of merit.
THE TRAIN RoBBER BILL.
The house has passed Speaker Russell's bill
making the crime Of train robbing punishable
by death. The vote nearly unanimous
Under the present law the maximum punish
ment is twenty-five years Imprisonment un-
less, of course, some one is killed
His Accounts Were Straight.
1t was telegraphed from Nevada to
st. Louis paper that Assignee Pin
nell of the late Citizens bank of Ne
vada had been dismissed by Judge
Dobson at Kansas City for alleged dis
crepancies. Nothing farther from the
truth, it seems, could have been ut
tered. Mr.. Pinnell's final report was
approved by the judge, with the ex-
ception of expense items of $1,000,
which Mr.. Pinnel1 paid himself Mr..
Pinnell says: Il gave a bond of $780,
600 upon assuming this trust, and l
point with pride to the record made by
me in closing up this very complicated
affair."
Samuel Carson Pardoned.
Gov. Stone has pardoned Samuel Car
son. This is the convict who escaped
from the penitentiary December Is,
1879. and who gave himself up in Chi
cago, December Z, 1894, and was re-
turned to the prison. He was sent to
the penitentiary in 1878 under sentence
of seven years for cattle-stealing in
Nodaway county. Carson is in the last
stages OF consumption, and the pardon
was recommended by the inspectors
and the physician of the prison.
Were Drowned Accidentally.
A special was sent from Old Monroe
not long ago that L. Phillips had been
arrested charged with having muir
dered Misses Mollie Rodgers and Ida
Trinkley. the two young ladies who
were drowned. This seems to have
been without any foundation what
ever. Phillips was not arrested, and
was not even suspected of crime in this
or any other connection. The girls
were undoubtedly drowned acciden-
tally.
Quarreled About the Weather.
NCoISC w d1hSI anu dACS IEISs
young negroes, got into an argument
in ST. Joseph on the subject of the
weather. Harris. who had one or two
more drinks than his companion. de-
clared it was not below zero, while
Walker. who was shivering until his
teeth chartered, swore it was at least
Is degrees below. When two police
men arrived Walker had carved Harris
so badly with razor that he will die.
Discharged.
The preliminary examination of Gus
Blumenthal, charged with embezzle-
ment by his former employers, Coin
three days, was concluded, and the de-
PENDANT discharged. Blumenthal was
arrested in Cincinnati.
A Bachelor In Trouble.
Benjamin F. Lysle. a bachelor and
prominent resident of Easton, was ar
raigned at st. Joseph the other day on
the charge of opening mail addressed
to Mrs. Mamie Atchison, a widow. He
was released on bond for $500.
David Conkling.
David Conkling died at Louisiana a
few days ago, aged 90. He was cousin
of Roscoe Conkling, and was promi-
nently connected with the uprising
against the Mormons at Nauvoo, Ill.
Killed While Hunting.
Samuel Rayhill and Lyman West
were hunting turkeys in Holt county,
when Vests gun was accidentally dis
charged, killing Rayhill instantly.
Rayhill leaves a family.
Burned to Death.
The 4-year-old daughter of J. II.
Thompkins, a farmer u miles north of
Fisk, Stoddard county, was burned to
death while Mrs. Thonpkins was visit
ing a neighbor.
Shot Himself.
Is. c. Rea, cashier of the Carroll Ex-
change bank, committed suicide bv
shooting. No cause is known, as his
relations, financial and domestic, were
pleasant.
Almost a Wipe-Out.
The defunct Citizens bank of Nevada
has paid depositors 12 per cent, and
there is said to be little or nothing left
for the commissioners to distribute.
A Bad Night for Fires.
There were five alarms of fire in Sc
dalia during the cold spell, and Tom
kaler, fireman, had both feet badly
frozen while fighting the flames.
Held Cp the Wrong Man.