Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-14
MISSOURI STATE NEWS,


MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
| Action of the State Board of Health.
The state board of health held q
meeting at jefferson City the other
day and adopted the following resolu-
| ton:
The state board of health being satisfied
| that smallpox exists in many parts of the
| state.
| WHEREAS, Prisoners are being constantly
| transported to the Missouri state penitentiary,
at Jefferson City, from districts infected by
| smallpox: therefore. be it
| Resotred That in accordance with the au-
| thority vested in this board by section 5420,
| Revised Statutes of Missouri, quarantine OF
| the penitentiary is hereby declared And for
| the protection of it's inmates, and of the gen.
| eral public, with whom the prisoners may
| come in contact while en- route thereto. all
| judges OF courts having Jurisdiction in such
| matters are hereby requested to delay COM
| mltment OF prisoners to the state penitentiary.
| and also sheriffS hereby notified to not
| transfer any prisoner to said penitentiary un-
| til quarantine has been terminated by action
| OF this board. The governor is hereby request
| ed to promulgate the action of the board of
health. and to instruct the warden to carry out
| such regulations as may be suggested by this
| board to prevent the Introduction and spread
| of such disease.
| Fired by Incendiaries.
At midni ght, recently, incendiaries
fired the county clerks Office, the cir
cult clerk and recorders offices and
| the courthouse at Eminence, the coun-
| ty seat of Shannon county. The court
house is a ramshackle affair, and con-
tains but a few of the county offices,
the county and circuit clerks offices
being block away in separate build
| ings and about the same distance apart.
AS Circuit Clerk Early and some friends
| were leaving an abstract Office they
discovered flames in three different di-
rections. Wood, saturated with coal
oil, was found in the circuit clerks
office, but the fire was extinguished be-
fore any material damage was done.
The county clerks Office was destroyed,
with all the records, also the recently
turned-in assessors books, which will
| necessitate new assessment. The fire
in the courthouse was in the collectors
| office, and was extinguished without
much loss.
The Missouri A. p. A.
The grand council of the American
Protective association of Missouri held
its annual convention in St. Louis.
There were about $50 delegates pres
ent, and the order throughout the state
was reported in 1ourishing condition.
During the past year over forty new
councils have been organized. Rev.
DIR. j. A Dearborn, clergyman of the
Christian denomination, was unani-
mously reelected president; vice-pres-
ident, F. Fl. Julian, ST. Louis; secre-
tary of state, J. c. Lyons, st. Louis,
reelected; chaplain, 1. II. Cunning
ham, ST. Louis; secretary, E. H. Allen,
Kansas City, reelected; treasurer, J.
NJ. katzmeier. Kansas City. reelected;
sergeant-at-arms, w. C. Armstrong,
Willow Springs; guard j. A. Palmer,
Joplin; sentinel, Il. Il. Francis, Kansas
City. The next convention will be
held in Kansas City.
Light Penalty for Adler.
The case of Bill Adler, the notorious
Kansas City tough and slayer of Post
Office Inspector Jesse T. Mcclure on
the nj ght of October in Kansas City,
was called in the criminal court at
Kansas City the other day. Adler was
indicted for murder in the first degree.
He was allowed to withdraw the former
plea of not guilty, and plead guilty to
IL
which plea was accepted by the state.
Adler was then sentenced to ten months
in the county jail. Mcclure was killed
on the night of October from blow
from Adler's fist during a carnival
parade. Post office inspectors from va
rious districts sought to bring Adler to
justice with the above result.
Springfield Fortified Man Case
The jury in the petrifed man replevin
case in Springfield returned verdict
for the defendants. This means that
the jury did not believe that the petri-
faction is the body OF Adam Kluck, a
Union soldier, who was killed at
Neosho, in 1862, when Col. Coffee raided
the town. Mrs. Sarah E. Stillions. the
plaintiff, daughter of Adam Kluck, is
not likely to appeal the case. The de-
Tense established that in 1912 a man
named West, of kentucky. died near
Neosho, and was buried about where
the petritied man was found.
Verdict for Miss Hancock.
In the libel suit of Eta Hancock VS..
DR.. James S. Blackwell, for s25. 600, on
trial at Columbia, the jury found for
VIC PAaiAtIh giving ueT So,0UO. Inc
plaintiff is the daughter of J. S Han
cock, and resides in Charlton county.
The defendant resides in Columbia,
and is one of the wealthiest citizens in
the city.
Run Down by a Train.
wagon containing J. H. William
son, Joseph Mallory and Reuben Nc
Bride, all well-known farmers, was run
down at crossing miles south of st.
Joseph, by a westbound Santa Fe train
the other night, and Mallory and Nc
Bride were instantly killed and Will
Hanson probably fatally injured
Sandbagged and Robbed.
Alexander Davis, well-known resi-
dent of Plattsburg, who was attending
the United States court at st. Joseph
as witness. met young man there
who claimed Clinton as his residence.
Davis was inveigled to the river, sand
bagged by three men, and robbed of
500. His injuries are serious.
Postoffice at Hallsville Robbed.
The store of j. \. Roberts and post
Office at Hallsville was robbed few
nights ago. The large safe was blown