Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-09

Missouri School Fund.
A meeting of the state board of fund
commissioners was held the other day
and transfer of the public school
! fund for the present year made. This
fund Is made up as follows:
| One-third the entire revenue s7ss s72 IA
interest on school certffcates........ lS6,OS0 90
amounts refunded. $40 II
IOtaI. 1925 33S IS
This is an increase over 1895 of 54,-
o32.24, and is consequently the largest
in the history of the state.
This money will be apportioned
among the various counties by State
| superintendent Kirk during the pres
| ent month, and each county will re-
| ceiVe pro rata based on it's school
| population.
State Treasurer's Report.
State Treasurer Lon v. Stephens has
filed with Gov. Stone his monthly
statement, showing the transactions
of the treasury department for the
month ending June 30 as follows: Bal
ance in the treasury on June /, 81, $685.
435.45; receipts during the month of
June. S142, 1886; disbursements, sAIs,-
435. 81; leaving a balance in the treas
49, SAcDS VI DuSihESo ulc Oh Oh
81, 249, 1851.
There was transferred from the in
terest fund to the sinking fund the
sum OF 1897, 900, and this amount will
De used for the redemption of 6 per
cent. bonds due July /. Earnings of
The Missouri penitentiary paid into the
treasury in June were Sl6,Gls.O2.
Bold MoonshIner Captured
Locked up at the four courts. in st.
Louis. awaiting arraignment for rum
ming an illicit distillery, is man whom
the federal authorities look upon as
the liking bee" of moonslliners. The
man is A. L. Wheeler, and he, with E.
Lee Macarthur, was taken to St. Louis
from Texas county, Mo-, by United
States Deputy Marshal o. J. Synder.
For about a year Wheeler had eluded
the authorities, although several times
he was almost within their grasp.
Bond Robbers Captured.
James O'Brien, alias Red O'Brien.
and Jake Weber, alias Dutch Jake,
charged with robbing the state bank
at Savannah on the night of February
7last, have been captured by the Pinker.
tons in British columbia None of the
AIOOS DCidS was Will LnGn. w m. |
Loughridge, another of the men who
was arrested on the same charge in |
San Francisco some time ago. is con-
fined in jail at Savannah. Mrs. Breck- |
inridge has, so far, recovered eight of |
her stolen bonds.
The New Frisco.
The reorganized St Louis & San |
Francisco Railway Co. has filed articles |
with the secretary of state; capital |
stock, S50,O00,O O0. The incorpora ton |
tax was S25, 025, and what is known az /
the university free scholarship tax"
amounted to $4,000. The tax, imposed |
by the law enacted by the last legis-
lature, imposes an additional 25 cents
on each $1,000 incorporate capital stock
sought to be incorporated. It was paid
by the company under protest.
Heavy Mortality.
There were 305 deaths in ST. Louis
during the week ended June 81. This
is the largest weeks record in the his.
tory of the city, barring the time of the
cholera scourge. OF the number I27
were children under one year of age.
wouId-Bc Suicide Jailed.
Antoine Welty, aged 65, was sen.
fenced to prison for 200 days, in st.
Joseph. Welty has mania for at.
tempting suicide with a revolver, and
ut such times is a nuisance. He has
several bullets in his head.
For Stowe Monument.
The members of the Kansas CITY !
board of trade have decided to start e
popular subscription for the erections
of monument in honor of Harriet
Beecher Stowe at her grave 1t is &c
be national in its scope
Indian Raid in Mcdonald County.
Four Indians rode into Noel, small
town in McDonal county, and robbed
the town. No lives lost The marau-
ders started towards Sulphur Springs,
Ark.
An Old Resident of Webb City.
5. n. Hardesty, an old resident OF
Webb City, died the other day. For
nearly quarter of a century he was
prominently identified with mining.
Long Fall.
ID. c. Lichty, ST. Louis carpenter,
fell through an elevator shaft, dis
tance of about sixty feet (six stories),
and escaped without serious injury.
COurted Through the Mail.
L. +. Forester, Norfolk. Mass. and
Nelia Richardson, of Macon county,
met for the first time and married al !
Macon. They courtcd by mail.
Could Not Give Bail.
Alonzo Rembaugh, charged with kill. :
ny his brother, waived preliminary
hearing at Sedalia, and was commit
ed to Jail in default of bail.
Jefferson City Gets Even.
jefferson City put on her baseball
'lothing and went for the Sedalia ball :
cam and hammered out 81 runs to Sc !
iaIias score of goose egg. !
Baby strangIed BY Collar Button.
sherman, the 17-months-old son of
Adolph Giede of 2202 North Ninth | b
treet, st. Louis, was strangled to O
Ieath by collar button.