Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-30
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
D.,ry Herds to be Inspected.

Upon call mace Dy tne SECRETARY OK
The state board OF health the secre-
sary of the state board of agriculture
mas ordered thorough Investigation
Of the dairy herds of the large cities
for tuberculosis. DR.. T. e. White, the
state veterinarian, will probably be
aided by DIR. Connoway, of the State
in conducting the examina-
lion. The secretary of the state board
Of agriculture doubts the existence of
tuberculosis in this state, at least to an
alarming extent. but if after thor
ough investigation any herds should
prove to be infected every provision of
The law will be invoked to protect the
consumers of milk from the contagion
and eXtirpate the disease.
Death of Capt. ID. p. Slattery.
Capt. Dennis Paul Slattery, aged 81
years, one of st. Louis best-known cit
liens, was drowned at Kings lake, Ill.
80 miles from st. Louis
Capt. Slattery was born at sea- During the
civil war he served with distinction in the
Union navy, being stationed with the squadron
On the lower Mississippi. He became con-
spicuous for gallantry in the Red river CAM
paign, and his numerous experiences during
able literary pastime. Shortly after the close
Of hostilitieS he came to St. Louis and en-
barked in the business in which he afterward
amassed wealth and earned q wide prominence
AS grain dealer he won remarkable success.
Capt. Slattery was also known as one of the
most expert grain elevator men in the country.
Cattle Dying on.
V. I. Viets, prominent Pettis coun-
ty stockman, living near Hughesville,
has lost five head of steers within a
few days from some disease, the nature
of which he does not know. The cat
tie were apparently we'll up to within
few hours of their death. Mr.. Viets
will have the matter investigated by
State Veterinary Surgeon White with
view to determining the nature of
the malady.
Surrendered by His Father.
Hiram Wilbanks. the 16-year-old boy
who assaulted Dora Bauer, aged IL,
near Thayer, was brought in by his
father and surrendered to the sheriff
Much bitter feeling is evident, but it is
now believed the law will be allowed
to take its course. The girl is improv-
ing, and she and her brother have both
positively identified Wilbanks as the
one who committed the assault.
Jailed for Robbery.
Three men, supposed to be tramps,
and giving their names as Frank Cree
land, j. Steel and F. David. were
lodged in the county Jail at Keytes-
vile the other evening for robbing A.
c. Fleetwood's store at Triplett. The
stolen goods were secreted in the roof
of an old shed near Triplett, where
they were discovered by the owner of
the shed the next day.
Death of Prominent Attorney.
Hon. j. W. Draffen, senior partner
of the distinguished law firm of Draf-
fen & Williams. died at his residence,
six miles east of Boonville, the other
evening, Of pneumonia, aged II years.
He was native Virginian, had prac-
ticed law in Boonville and central Mis-
souri, so years. and was formerly a
partner with Senator Vest.
An Overdose of Morphine.
John Wack, one of the most extern
sive stock dealers of the northern Sec
ton of the state, came to his death at
Salisbury from taking an overdose OF
morphine the other morning. He took
the drug at II o'clock the night before,
soon after which physician was
called, but to no avail.
Hannibal District Conference.
The annual conference of the Han
nibal district Methodist Episcopal
church south convened at Monroe
City the other day. with Bishop Wal
lace Duncan. of Spartanburg, s. c., in
the chair. A large number of dele
gates, including all the ministers, were
it attendance.
Suicide of j. F. Smith.
J. F. Smith. a well-known druggist
of Texarkana, Ark, ended his life at a
hotel in st. Louis the other day by
taking an overdose of morphine.
Smith was an inventor of patent medi-
cines and was very well known to the
drug trade in st. Louis.
Death of DR.. Purkitt.
DR.. Caleb P. Purkitt, who died the
other day at his home in St. Louis, was
one of the oldest physicians in st. Louis.
He graduated at the Missouri medical
college in 1s45, and for 81 years prac-
ticed his profession in the county and
city of st. Louis.
Sam Foster Guilty.
Tie trial of Sam Foster, the negro
VINO was indicted with John and Peter
Schmidt for the murder of Bertram.A.
Atwater at Webster Groves, near St.
Louis, resulted in a verdict of murder
in the first degree.
Dragged to Death.
Luther, the 1.-year-old son of John
K. Lewis, near Marshall, was dragged
to death the other evening by run
away team. He was riding one horse
and fell off and got tangled in the
harness.
Northwest Missouri Baptists.
The Baptist Sunday-school conven-
ton of northwest Missouri closed a
successful session at Chillicothe. About
80 ministers and large number of lay
delegates were in attendance.
New Police Commissioners.
Gov. Stone has appointed Patrick J.
Kelly as member of the board of po-
lice commissioners of st. Louis. Mr..
Kelly was born in Ireland. but has re-
sided IN st. Louis since 1852.
Epworth League.
The third conference of the Epwcrth
League, Clinton district, NJ E. Church.
south. held its session in Clinton. Over
100 delegat eS were present.