Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-13
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
How Tony Hoene Died.

How Tony Hoehe Died.
| Tony Hoehe. aged 25. met with an
awful death at Arsenal island, OPP
| posite the southern part OF st. Louis.
few days ago.
Prof. G. Barson, an neronaut. was to makean
ascension and descend with q parachute.
| Hoef1e was assisting in initiating the balloon,
] and requested the professor to allow him to
| ascend with him. The request was denied. but
when the balloon started Hoefe held on. When
up about 500 or COO feet Hoefie let go, and went
| whirling till he struck the ground with hor-
| rifying thud. The incident was Witnessed by
| many people. Hoefle struck in pile of sand,
| but was mashed to a pulp. 1t is believed that
| he took this method to commit suicide.
| School for the Blind.
/ The forty-fourth annual exhibition
| Of the Missouri school for the blind
was very interesting.
The audience was highly entertained by the
| sightleSs pupils. The graduating class was
| composed OF Homer Roberts. ST. Louis: Hamil-
| ,on Ogiesby, Cooper county; Jennie Goodin.
| Mercer county; Susie Jones, Bates county, and
Mary Newman, st. Louis.
The audience was invited to inspect the
| handiwork of the pupils, and large number Of
| persons viewed the mechanical productions,
| needle work, the printing department, in
| which books for the blind are produced, the
broom shop, etc.
| No change was made in the faculty.
| A Woman With q Gun.
George w. Dashman was shot, and
probably fatally wounded, in st. Louis,
by Mrs. Susan NJ. Foster.
| Several years ago Dashman gained unenvia-
| BILE notoriety through the death of Laura Fits.
| He got out of the scrape, and became attached
| to Edna Miller, daughter OF Mrs. Foster. Dash
| man and the Miller woman were preparing to
| leave town together, it Is said. when Mrs. Fos-
| ter appeared on the scene and put several 3s-
| caliber bullets into Dashman. He gave poor
| Laura Fits mother the laugh, but he couldnt
| do it to me-" was Mrs. Fosters remark after
she had been locked up.
Big Land Deal in Butler County.
| The largest land sale in the history
of Butler county was made the other
day.
| One hundred and one thousand acres were
sold to Lowell NJ. Palmer, OF Brooklyn, N. Y.
for $50 9sl, under three deeds OF trust given by
| the F. G. Oxley Stave Co. and the American
| Stave and Cooperage Co. to Lowell NJ. Palmer,
| to secure the payment of s79, 32S The average
price received for the real estate about
| sixty cents per acre. part of the land sold was
| the Chouteau tract. over which there has been
| so much litigation for the last three or four
| years.
Supposed to Have Been Murdered.
| Squire Smith held an inquest over
| the body of a foater found in the Mis-
souri, river near Sledes Landing, War.
| rem county.
The body was that of a white man. probably
20 or 4o years of age, smooth face, in the neigh
| borhood of feet and 10 inches in height, and
| would weigh perhaps 155 pounds. He was
| clothed only in pants and shirt The body was
| in bad state of decomposition. having been in
,IlspI1 ION
| is supposed to have been murdered. as the
| skull was crushed above the right eye.
A Murdeaer's Hiding Place.
John D. Shea, the murderer of Po-
! liceman patrick Doran, of st. Louis,
has been located at last.
| He is in the Ohio penitentiary at Column
| bus. where he was sent on May %, 1894.
| from Stark county, under the name of Charles
| Sweeney. for three years for burglary and lar
| ceny. Shea'S record forms one of the most in
teresting chapters in the annals of the St.
| Louis police, and determined effort will be
| made to have him returned to ST. Louis. ano
| where he is under sentence of ninety
years for murder.
| Monet Flour Mill and Elevator.
| The large Touring mill and elevator
of E. w. Roop & Son, of Monett, were
destroyed by fire. Over 80, 600 pounds
|
wheat were consumed. Estimated loss,
$50, 600; only partially insured.
Wholesale Jail Delivery.
| All prisoners in the jail at Ava, eight
in number, escaped the other evening.
Ben Trott. the most notorious of them.
was captured by Collector John w. Sim
| gleton before he succeeded in getting
| out of town.
Caused by a Horse.
William Shafer, aged 81, in the north
ern part of Vernon county, died from
the kick of horse. An autopsy
| showed that his liver had been rup-
tured from the kick.
A Blind Man Killed.
Nathan Plummer, blind, who re.
sided at Schell City, was saving down
trees and was caught and crushed to
| death. He leaves a widow and five
children.
Knaup-Pace.
Mr.. Charles KNAPP and Miss Ada L.
Pace, daughter of Col. James L. Pace,
were married at jefferson City. It was
a society event, and was largely at.
tended.
Joseph e. Carter.
Joseph E. Carter, for thirty years
resident of Pettis county, and a we'll
known attorney of Greenridge, died
few nights ago of pneumonia, aged IS.
Charged With Safe Blowing.
VIM. Little, a resident of Lock wood,
Dade county. was arrested on the
charge of having blown open safe in
railroad Office. He secured nothing.
A New Archbishop.
The pope has deposed Arch bishop
Kenricls of st. Louis and elevated
Coadjutor Kahn. Arch bishop Kenrick
has grown very feeble and childish.
Found Dead.
The dead body of Albert Kemper,
aged 20, was found at Forest Green.
Charlton county. He was an engineer,
and well-known in the vicinity.
Drowned While Washing Wool.
Mrs. Means. a widow, aged IS. who
resided with her son mile north of
Warrenton. fell into pond while wash
ing wool and was drowned.
Fatally Injured.
Christian Young, aged 20, a wealthy
resident of Andrew county, was thrown
from buggy during a runaway and
received fatal in uries.