Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-05-02
MISSOURI STATE NEWS
Too Much speculstlon.

The discovery is made that Collector
He'll of buchanan county is short in
bis accounts with the county SIS. 400.
The shortage was made up by the National
Bank OF ST. Joseph and the First national Of
Buchanan county, each paying in @. eco Il was
supposed that the bond OF Mr.. Hall for his sec
ond term in ONCE would be approved, as it
would be made by these banks, and he would
be permitted TO serve out his second term with
deputy in charge OF the ofice. who would be
selected by the banks. Mr.. Hall was forced to
resign, and Edward ]. Breen was appointed as
his successor. The money was lost in specu-
lating.
GROWING WORSE.
Five hundred and twenty -eight false entries
have been discovered In the books which are
said to represent a shortage much larger than
the $4,000 put up by the banks. The county
court has issued a notice to holders OF tax re-
ceipts to present them for comparison with
figures on the books Hall has disappeared.
The ONCE was declared vacant by the county
court. and Sheriff Andriano was directed to
take charge OF the books and property I'm the
office until further orders OF the court.
EN- ROUTE TO JAPAN.
A recent dispatch from st. Joseph says:
County Collector George Hall is believed to
be en- route to Japan. He was seen in Omaha
by Burlington conductor. and denied his
identity. Ofcsrs are trying to have him
rested before sailing. Meanwhile the shortage
in his office continues to grow. It viii run up
to 900 or more.
DEPUTIES ARRESTED
ST. JOSEPH, April IA sensation was Gre
ated yesterday by the arrest Of Hollis BRANDON
and Thomas w. Rogers, deputy county collec-
tors under George Hall The deputies protest
their innocence, but the county court claims to
have strong evidence against them. They are
specifically charged with embezzling $1,000.
and were admitted to bail in S, 600 each. Hall
wrote a letter to Rogers, dated here, and say
ing he for good. More SHORTAGES
we're discovered yesterday.
Created Row.
Christian Endeavorers aud Epworth
Leaguers in st. Louis and other towns
and cities are stirred up over an attack
made on the orders by Father Phelan,
Catholic priest who conducts paper
in St. Louis. The father intimates
that the young people of these So
cieties are not wholly actuated in their
work by desire to do good, and that
they Dung ladies take too many liberties
when not accompanied by their moth
ers; and then they have no father con-
lessor. The attack has brought de-
nunciations on the head of the writer,
not only from Protestants, but from
Catholics.
Claimant Co the benSeley Estate.
Edward A. Mcmahon, business
man of Kansas City, has brought suit
to recover 100000 worth of property
left by John Benseley, who died in San
Francisco in 1889. Mcmahon claims to
recently have secured evidence that
shows his real name is Greenville; that
his mother married Benseley after the
death of her first husband, and that he
is now sole heir to the property, both
parents being dead. The estate is sit
uated at San Francisco, Cal, and Gem
tralia, Wis.
Edmund W. Bishop.
Edmund w. Bishop, the founder Of
the city of Rolla, died at his residence
in that city. aged "A years.
Mr.. Bishop was one OF the firm of Owens
southwest branch Of the Pacific railroad from
Pacific to Rolla the work being completed to
Rolla just at the beginning of the war. He then
sold his interest in the railroad contract and
purchased tract of land and laid out a town,
now the city Of Rolla. Mr.. Bishop was native
of Duchess county, n. Y. and began his rail-
road life on the New York Central and Great
Western Of Canada
To Demolish Pope's Theater.
The work of tearing down Pope's
theater building, st. Louis, will begin
soon. The Chicago company which
owns the GROUND will proceed to erect
another building on the same site. It
is expected that the new building will
be ready for occupancy in September.
Missouri Grape Pest.
Julius Rautenstrach. grower of small
fruits near Sedalia. states that the
grape crop of central Missouri will be
seriously damaged by a little steel-blue
bug that has made its appearance, and
is boring into the buds on the vines,
just as a weevil bores into pea
Appointments by Gov. Stone.
Gov. Stone made appointments the
other day as follows: A. M. Hurty, to
be census-taker of the city of Carthage;
Edward T. Eversole, to be probate
judge of Washington county, vice An
drew Casey, resigned.
Grocers May Sell on Sunday.
Judge Murphy of the ST. Louis court
of criminal correction says he will dis
charge every baker, butcher or grocer
arrested for selling on Sunday. He
says the articles they deal in are nee
essaries.
Lost Her Sparklers.
Mrs. Celia, wife of kouis Celia, a rich
Italian of st. Louis, placed a pair of
earrings, valued at 5000, under her pill
low while she took a nap. When she
awoke the ornaments were gone,
Missouri Experiment Station.
Prof. A. j. Walters has resigned as
professor of agriculture at the Pennsyl-
vania state college to accept the direc-
torship of the Missouri experiment sta
ton located at Columbia.
To Construct q Dormitory
The trustees of Missouri valley col
lege, at Marshall. will begin immedi-
ately the construction of three-story
dormitory on the college campus, to
cost about $1,000.
Weighed Four Hundred.
Mrs. Kate Hanmore, wife of John
Hanmore, a St. Louis fireman, was
buried the other day. She was one of
the largest women in the city, weigh
ing 400 pounds
Had Narrow Escapes.
The Singleton house, a two-storv
structure in ST. Joseph, was damaged
by FIRE the other night and two score
people had narrow escapes from heath.
Missouri Missionary Society,"