Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-28
MISSOURI STATE NEWS
Missouri odd Felloxs

MISSOURI STATE NEWS
Missouri Odd Fellows.
The grand encampment of the ]. o.
o. F. of Missouri was held at the state
home of the order, south of Liberty.
The grand encampment elected onneers a.
follows: S. w. Hoover. OF Harrisonvflle, grand
patriarch; ]. W. g. Black. St. Louis. grand
high priest; J. G. Adkins, Kansas City, grand
senior warden: R. NJ. Abercrombie, ST. Joseph,
grand junior warden; E. NJ. Sloan. ST. Louis,
grand scribe; E. Wilkerson, ST. Louis. grand
treasurer. Henry Cadle. Bethany, grand re-
porter; C. A. Conrads, Trenton. grand mar
shall Gen. T. T. Parsons, St Louis. presi-
dent OF the department council, and o. h.
Grunden. assistant acknowledgement. hold their
positions until next April.
Department council officers elected: Lieut.
Col. NJ. T. Balaley, Joplin. vfce-president; Maj.
j. F. Weston. ST. Louis. treasurer: Col T. p.
Rtxey. Jonesboro. warden; Charles R. Wend-
Ter, ST. Joseph. guardian: Maj. Charles A.
Linck, St Louis, sentinel
Both the grand encampment and department.
council meet in St Louis next November
In the drill contest Canton Lincoln. No IL.
Joplin won the first prize. ]. s. Hire. of that
canton. captured the medal for the best drilled
chevalier.
The encampment closed with q banquet at
the home.
Important to Voters.
The supreme court has rendered a
decision on a number of important
questions as to qualifications of voters
and the validity of ballots.
1t was in the case OF Landlord tdem.) vs.
Gerhard (rep) from Daviess county, con-
tested ievalty case, in which the supreme
court decided in favor OF Gebhard. The court
holds that ballot is not vitiated by the fact
that the voter, before depositing his vote in the
6u11 lot rrft nc 10
Section 4671 of the Revised Statutes of 1879.
under which it was claimed that such allot
was invalid. is held to have been repealed by
section of the act OF 1891, amending the Aus
tralian ballot law.
The court al>o sustains the decision of the
trial court that young man is entitled to vote
who when 16 years OF age, went to Washing
ton city to live with his father, the latter Oc-
cupping government position in Washing
ton, and who remained there until % years OF
age, an d then came back to his home in this
state, the SON testifying that he had never in
tended to change his residence from Missouri.
and the trial court so finding.
Appointed Minister to Switzerland.
The president has appointed John L.
Peak. of Kansas City, to be minister
plenipotentiary to Switzerland, vice
Mr.. Broadhead, resigned.
81 can not say much except that I shall ac-
cept the appointment and await the presidents
| Instructions said Mr.. Peak to a reporter
soon after the news was received. IT will not
be able to leave before January 1. highly ap-
preciate the honor the president has done me,
and will go to my duties gladly"
Mr.. Peak will take his entire family with him
20 Switzerland. and will place his three daugh-
Eers in foreign schools.
John L. Peak is one OF the most distin-
guished members of the Missouri bar. He
graduated from the law school in 1850 at Louis
ville KY, in which state he was born in 1899.
He came to Missouri in 1868. and has continu-
ously practiced law since then. being asso-
cfated at different times with John NJ. Rogers,
now of Chicago: Caldwell Yeaman, late men,
Der OF the state judiciary of Colorado; R. L.
Yeager and R. E. Ball. He served three terms
as prosecuting attorney OF Jackson countyl
Robbed Poor Boxes in Churches
John Schmidt was arrested in ST.
Louis for robbing the ''poor-box" in a
church.
He acquired considerable money by rob-
bling the poor boxes in different churches. For
been robbed of $40 monthly. and a detective
was sent to watch the box. The detective had
been concealed behind the altar about an hour
| when man who seemed familiar with the
church entered and took the seat by the box.
As he passed in front OF the altar he knelt and
bowed. kissed his prayer book devoutly and
walked with Bonded head to the pew He had
not been knee1fng long when the detective saw
| him reach behind him and slip steel rod into
the box. After fumbling around with 1t he
drew it out and then placed in the box corset
steels which were formed into tweezers. 1t
only required few seconds for him to extract
| coin from the box. Arrest followed.
Because They Employed n Woman.
The st. Louis board of underwriters
has expelled a firm of insurance writer's
| because the firm employed woman.
The woman's husband died a year ago.
leaving a family not too well provided
for. The firm that employed her hus-
| band gave her work, and she has been
| very successful Prominent st. Louis
women have taken the matter in hand,
and it is intimated that women who
have property to insure may be heard
from.
Boone County Fowls.
The first annual exhibition of the
Boone County Poultry association con-
tinued three days, and was attended
by leading poultry growers from all
surrounding counties Over 400 fowls
and twenty varieties were on exhibi-
ton.
Prof. G. HI. Laughlfn.
Prot. G. Fl. Laughlin, vice president
and professor of English language and
literature in the North Missouri state
normal school, Kirksville, died of
typhoid fever, after an illness of ten
weeks.
Judge II. NJ. McGrary.
B. NJ. McGrary, judge of the East
ern district of the county court Of
Howard county, died the other day,
aged 20. At different times he held
the offices of assessor, sheriff and
Judge.
Despondent Farm Hand.
Jacob Heathern. aged 81, in the en-
ploy of f. w. Roll on a farm miles
northeast of California, committed sui
eide by shooting with a pistol through
the heart Dependency was the cause
Farmers' Institute at Lebanon
The state board of agriculture held
a two days session of the farmers in
stitute in Lebanon. Prominent speak.
ers were present and discussed agri.
cultural and horticultural topics.
Capitalist and Spectator.
John G. Langdon, aged SO, capitalist
and speculator, Kansas City. who had
been ill for a fortnight, died the other
evening. His death was caused by in.
fammation of the stomach.
Population of West Plains.
West Plains has been fOuDd IN con.