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Iron County register., 1897-09-23
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Missouri Crops.


The weekly bulletin issued Septem-
Der Il by the Missouri section of the
climate and crop service of the weather
bureau says:
Another week has been added to the
long drought. and in most sections of
the state vegetation is about dried up.
Light showers occurred in q few scat
tered localities on the 9th, 10th and
11th. but as a rule the rainfall was
barely sufficient to lay the dust,
while the temperature during the week
has averaged from to Is degrees above
the normal, with but small percentage
of cloudiness- Except in few locali-
ties, there has been no rain of any con-
sequence for three weeks, and in many
counties. especially in the southern
sections. there has been none since the
first week in August In few coun-
ties. late corn is still green, but, as a
rule, the crop is SO far gone that the
weather conditions from now on will
affect it but little. Cutting has been
general during the week, and in some
OF the southern counties is about COM
pleted. Chinch-bugs are very numer-
GUS in some counties, and in places corn
has been damaged as much by them as
by drought. Cotton picking is in
progress in the southeastern counties,
and the crop is reported badly damaged
by the drought. Considerable wheat
has been sown in few of the north
western counties, but elsewhere plow-
ing and seeding are at standstill, and
little can be done until there is good
rain. Pastures have become drier and
water scarcer, and many farmers are
obliged to feed, while in some localities
water is being hauled three or four
miles. Apples and peaches have been
badly blistered and dried up on the
trees, and in some districts the late
peach crop has been ruined. Winter
apples are falling badly in all sections,
and in a few of the southern counties
young orchards are dying.
Iron County register., 1897-09-23

The attention of the treasury de-
partment has been called to the fact
that the universal postal congress, re-
Gently in session in Washington.
agreed upon a scheme of colors for
postage stamps to be used by all ma
tions in the postal union. The color
of the two-cent United States stamp,
IS agreed upon, was carmine, so that
the proposed change to green will not
he made
Iron County register., 1897-09-23

The Society of the United States
Military Telegraph corps, in session at
Nashville, Tenn, on the 10Th, elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: w. b Wilson, Holmesburg, Pa,
president; E Rosewater. Omaha vice
president; ]. E Petit Chicago, secre-
tary and treasurer. The convention
adjourned to meet next year in Omaha
Iron County register., 1897-09-23

The proof Of the pudding is the empty
dish after dinner.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
CARDS CAUSE A MURDER.
oUBsI DIDN,T KANT TO Bur BEER
NHBN STUCK"


Tnlatto Insisted and Curni Paid the Hcere-
Later re Crept UP Rchird Taletts aud
Plunged o. Dagger In Hia side, Killing Him
-ths Murderer Fled, but was Captured.
Domenico francesca Taletto, a laborer. Of los
Mulberry street, was stabbed and almost In.
stantly killed last evening by Franco Cursi in
the Banca Scinto, n combined bank and saloon
run by Lorenzo scinto at l19 Mulberry street.
Tho Banca Scinto Is q favorite resort for Ital.
ians. All yesterday afternoon there was a crowd
Of them In the place. drinking and playing
scuti n favorito game Of cards in Mulberry
street. Etiquette Of the Banca Scinto dictates
that the loser set up the beer after each game.
Among the players at one Of tho tables were
Tnletto' and Cursi. Cursi was stuck for q game.
but he objected to buying the beer. Taletto In
sisted that he should do SO, and hot words
passed between them. At last Cursi RrudRinely
gave up the money and left the saloon. mutter-
ing threats against Taletto. The latter remained
to play some moro scuti.
About $50 O'Clock Cursi came back to the
saloon and posted himself in the doorway on the
Mulberry street side. From whero he stood he
could see Tsletto In the rear of the place. with
his back to the rear door. Mono Of tho players
once more and slipped down q narrow hall lead
ing to the yard In the rear. on which the back
sSSr Of oa TIE s1 SS Ria S59s oos. ne Su ssda e notSInr, tho
TaIetto at the time was seated in a chair
watching the Progress Of the game and waiting
table, with. his chin resting on his right hand.
Cursi walked, up behind him. and. draw.
sank to The hilt. Taletto cried out, and there
was q great uproar. Cursi turned and fed, still
without speaking. He ran back to Mulberry
street again. then down to Canal and over TO
Mott, whore Policeman Thomas Bond. who had
seen him running. overlook him and arrested
him. He mnde no resistance, and was locked up
in the Elizabeth street station.
An ambulance was summoned for the wounded
knife had penetrated his lungs. Tho police
found the Italians very uncommunicatiye. They
arrested as witnesses Salvatore .Miccoll, John
Glea, Antonio Seka, and Rafael Siste. The lat
ter ls q brothof-in.lhw of the dead man.
Talettp was SO years old, and had o vito in
Italy. Cursi In 81 years old. SO far as could DO
learned, there was no trouble between them
prior to the row in the saloon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
TO REFUND NORTHWEST BONDS.
Tho Directors Decide TO Issue n Mort.
rage Tor 9IO5,O OO,O 900.

InS DifcCpDTh uecIuo I % ISSUE u "OFSs
cage Tor SIO5,O 900. 900.
A meeting OF the Chicago and Northwestern
directors was held in the company's office here
yesterday to receive the report OF the commit
tee appointed to consider the question OF refund
ing the bonds Of the company and its subordinate
companies shortly to mature. Upon the sugges-
ton Of the committee the directors decided to
submit to tho stockholders. OF a special meeting
to be held In Chicago on Sept. Do. a proposition
to Issue a mortgage for 1855, 900. 900 to run for
ninety years from Nov. /.
Tho directors refused yesterday to say what
rate OF interest the bonds to DO issued under the
new mortgage arc to bear. but 1t is said that a
maximum rate will bo specified in the mortgage.
In view Of the recent Rounding operations Of
other Important railroad corporations. IL is be-
loved that the first issue under the new mort
gage will not bear more than 3i2 per cent. The
aggregate OF mortgages OH tho Chicago and
Northwestern system maturing In tho noxt
thirty.ivo years is about $3.50 0O. 600, bearing
interest from per cent. up to 3 per cent; Tho
Chicago. &; Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
has about $23 00O, 600 Of @ per cent. bonds that
will mature within that time, and tho size Of the
mortgage now proposed suggests that 1t will DO
used also In extending these issues.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
NATURE CLEANING THE ST. JOHNS.
Littie RED Spiders Destroying tho uyaeinth
That ImpoAe Navigation.

Littio Rea Spiders Destroying the Wyacinths
rms InpeAc Navigation.
~JAoKsoNvILLE, Fla, July s.-For ono or two
years the water hyacinths on the st. Johns
River have been o great source Of annoyance
to navigation and have assumed such proper
tions that people began to get alarmed. and
scientists began to study ways and means Of
destroying the pest. So far no method has
been adopted. But, according to Capt. Garner,
an old st. Johns River steamboat man.a remedy
has been found and the hyacinths are fast
being ~exterminated. Tho remedy seems to DO
a little red spider which can be seen by thou
sands crawling over the weed. and wherever
they have made their appearance the hyacinth
at once begins to die and rot. Especially Is
this change noticeable at Switzerland. Hiber-
mia, Green Cove, and other places above here
where the hyaoinths n few months ago were
water. The plant there Is now nearly all dead
and the punches are breaking up and floating
down the river. 1t has cleared tho river In
Capt. Moreman of Switzerland, who has been
q traveller. says that he has paid particular at
die and also to the little spider which Is sup
posed to be the cause of the destruction. The
disenous to Venezuela and other South Ameri-
can streams, and which is known to be a deadly
enemy to such water growth: Just where the
and then ultimately destroys II. Capt. Moro
man Ia confident that the spider win do its
work well and that within a year or two 1t will
Capt. G. +. Garner viii have small punches OF
the hyacinths containing the spider taken from
Switzerland and distributed along, the river at
way assist the spider in its work.
The situation was so dangerous that the Gov
eminent had a special officer here this year to
report on 1t. At Palatka thousands OF acres
OF water front are one solid mass of hyacinths,
and the river at Jacksonville has begun to DO
crowded with them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
FOR THE BEST SUN DIAL.
A Competition, with $3.50 In Prizes. Open {
Sculptors Only.

nHy
At o recent meeting Of the National Sculp-
ture Society tho announcement was made that
Mr.. T. Kelly of this city would give $3.50 in
prizes for tho best two designs for a sun dial.
The Board OF Directors appointed a committee,
which decided to open a competition under tho
direction Of tho society and to have the de-
signs presented at the annual exhibition in
1898. The money has been divided into two
prizes, $500 for the bcst design and $3.50 fo-
tho second best. the competition to be open to
s~culptors only.
Concerning the object Of the competition Mr..
Russell SturRis, tho yico-President OF the So
ciety, said yesterday that no doubt one Of the
main ones was to turn the attention Of sculptors
to the growing demand for lawn adornments
for country places. ''The purchase Of largo
tracts OF land for the summer homes of mon OF
wealth." he said, has resulted In making the
Italian gardens moro popular. Large lawns,
terraces, sun dials, and clipped trees about
the house with tho natural country beyond Is
the way most of the recent large estates have
been laid out. In this scheme, Of course, the
The specifications Of the design state that
tho sun dial Is TO be placed ont Of doors on a
lawn free from buildings or other objects. No
restrictions arc made as to cost. the prizes be-
ing given for the models alone. Tho designs
are to DO submitted in plaster models on a scale
Of three inches to the foot. Tho models ore
to be delivered free of expense to the society
and addressed to the Secretary, -2l5 West
Fifty;seventh stroet, some, time during the
award will be made at the time OF the exhibi.
ton.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
"THIRD DECREE" DEB TED.
O'Brien and Csnlin Declare Their want OF
Eaith In the Process-xo Action Taken.

O'Brien aud Csniin Declare Their Want or
Faith In the Proceas-NO Action Taken.
The third degree was officially discussed by
the Police Board yesterday for the first time.
There has been more or less mystery about the
alleged invention of Inspector Byrnes to make
prisoners confess. and some have gone so far
as to doubt that there ever was u third degree.
President Moss ~dispelled all these doubts. He
was opposed to the practice, he said, because 1t
had been worked on several of his clients In tho
basement OF Police Headquarters In the wicked
old day, and they didn't like 1t.
That was" said Col. Grant. 'let me see,
whenl"
'Oh, more than two years ago. said Mr..
Moss, and tho Colonel smiled, treasured.
Acting Inspector O'Bricn wa in the field with IA
report saying that all the stories about his
treated extra well, he said, and had never been
locked In a cell. when she looked at Gteldsen-
suppe's severed legs 1t was at his invitation. to
lieye in tho third degree, and had no use for II.
HIS plan was to treat his prisoners with kind
never threatened, but just told them what awful
things were In store for them il they kept de-
nying their guilt until they saw how much bet
b tss Il he was Ma. Go coG HTn sP' it " VAS to % bs g a.tI Dia Longer 8
course. prisoners must be questioned as to what
they Rpew; Put gently always; AZ. o,pu,
adding that he wouldn't stand any third-degroe
nOnsente.
clients. felt like objectins to Questioning pris.
but Commissioner. Andrews said that il In.
sGl%s sSS 81 .aSir r Sai. a ,sGS s ssid E e w Snti ! iSa e
erection. and for the board to interfere, when tho
cause for present complaint, there was nothing
10 discuss. The matter was dropped -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
CHRISTIAN
The Cenventiop Called TO Order with "rhe
Cousecrnted Cobbler's' Hammer.

The Convontiop Called 10 order with s'The
Couuecrnteo Copb,er,., ITouuer.
SAN FRANCISCO, July s.-The great Christian
End,avor conventio, on.,.d to-dsv In No.
nN"s-, ,oonH opv"o. 80
chanics' Pavilion and Woodwards Pavilion.
At Mechanics an audience of 5000 gathered.
aaareSSes vi welcome "ere mad" py mayor
Phelan, Licut-Gov. Jetcr. and Rolla v. Watt,
Chairman of tho local reception committee.
.rEoth.r,, C,or,, aol,rorod tho r,oin ,ddr,,s
o",n IVY ~ "n,
In which he outlined the work OF the year and
the growth Of the Endcayor movement. Dur
inc tho mast yoar n. soid bo had trav.,,cd
.he ~ pas' 9eor' no SA,u' ho h"o
10000 miles among moro than q score OF coun-
tries in behalf of Christian Endeavor. He
h,a ,o,,d F,a..,o, n-,,i,I.s o,orv,rh.r. tho
- u hhoee.or prnoipiee e''i9 ""of .he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
GRAPHING FOR THE HEAD.
Tho Police spend n FruItIess Nay DRAGGING
the East River.

the East River.
The work OF dragging tho bottom of the East
River for Gieldsensuppe's head was begun by
the police yesterday morning, when Capt.
Schultz detailed for the undertaking four
launches in charge OF Roundsmen Mccarthy,
Kinnemore, and Mccormack and Patrolman
O'Connor. The police have no definite idea of
where the head in its plaster of paris covering
was dropped into the water, but on the chance
that they might pick it up with graphing
hooks, four expert grapplers were hired, one for
each Of the launches. As the upper section Of
the body was found at the foot of East Eleventh
street after being dropped overheard from n
Greenpoint ferryboat near its slip at the foot of
East Tenth street. Capt. Schultz concluded that
IL was likely that the head had been dropped
over at the same point.
The basin between the piers at the foot Ct
East Eleventh and Twelfth streets, In front OF
the Mutual Gas Company's plant, is a noted
place for the finding of bodies. The tide, at tho
flood, sets in tho direction of the basin swirling
around from the ferry slip, and even on the ebb
there is an eddy there, 80 it seems quite prob.
able that II the head were ever in this basin it
at which to begin the grs pplins. The grnpplers
stood in the bows of tho launches and worked
their irons while the policemen held the stems
hooks are like leo tongs. except that they have
Ject they come into contact with. They are at
tho end Of two long ropes, a pull of ono rope
opening the tongs and a pull OF the other clos
ing them.
The little launches darted in and out all day
as the fcrryboa's passed in or left the slip. The
work was watched with curious interest by
crowds that gathered on the piers and by tho
passengers on ferry and excursion boats. The
police steamer Patrol was moored to the pier
at the foot of Twelfth street until 5 O'Clock In
the afternoon; when the grapplers quit for the
day; They VIII go at IT. again this morning..
the police was an old coat discarded by q tug.
boat engineer and a lot Of scrap iron and rope
ends.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
THROWN FROM A BREAK.
sister-in-Law or n. Rittnnhouse Miller .InJured
In q Runaway Accident.

IN runaway accident.
PHILADELPHIA. July s.-Miss Nellie Frazer,
sister%n-law Of K. Rlttenhouse Miller. a we'll
known four-in-hand coach owner and club man.
Is suffering from n fractured arm and painful
decorations Of tho face as q result OF n runaway
In Germantown this morning. Mr.. Miller. with
Miss Frazer and George Garrett, aged seven
years, had left Mr.. Mnler's residence on Gorgas
avenue in a break for II drive through the coun-
try. As they passed along Westview avenue
one of the brides broke, and Mr.. Miller. hand
ing the reins 70 Miss Frazer, dispounted to
the horses they took fright and started on.
pulling the break on TO the sidewalk and into a
field which LODI 10 u steep declivily.
Down this tho horses ran ut u high speed. The
vehicle struck a hitching post and threw Miss
Frazer put, and when she was picked w II was
found that she had sustained n fracture OF one
Of her arms and severe decorations of her face.
Young Garrett remained seated until tho break
struck q rut, when he was thrown ont, hut not In
tnred;, The horses continued their career along
Phn-Ellena street TO Quincy, thence to Main
street, where they were stopped by a coachman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
PnlLADrLPHIA,s WArER pRoJECr.
Tho roc 600. o schene Of the schuyiEin
water Company Coca Over.

The 600, 900, 900 bchrue OF the bChuHtHtu
water Company Coca over.
~PmLADELsHIA, July s.-The $50, 600, 700 prof.
ect to furnish an improved water supply to the
city Of Philadelphia has gone over until the fret
regular meeting OF City Councils In Scptem-
Der. 1t was thought that Councils adjourned a
week ago until September, but q meeting Of the
upper branch of the municipal legislature was
unexpectedly automatically and interest was
at once awakened in tho great water bill pend
ing in Councils, which has thus far taken preco-
dence OF the throo or four other schemes OF tho
same typo, but oflosser dimensions, also pending.
The proposition 10 that OF the Schuylkin VAL
ley Water Company to furnish the city Of Phil
adelphia with n filtered water supply for a term
Of fifty years, at tho expiration OF whioh the
entire plant is TO become the property Of tho
city. The project involves an investment OF tho
round sum Of 500, 900. 900 on the part Of its
which they look for u return Of $57, 900, 900 In
the. same period, according to the calculations
Of those who seem interested in The plan. This
calculation 10 without the computation Of in
tnry win inerease the returns to something
The sehuyiEiii valley, Water Company was
Incorporated under the laws OF Pennsylvanie
am Snd o hasi spe Of saso e go 3 sw Siem ssate% a. dr I poin,
pany American line, is a director Of 4; Tho
aotiye existence Is represented here by Nelson
his headquarters Of tho Hotel Walton when in
this city. The officers Of the company are
Justice OF the Supreme Court OF Pennsyl-
vania, President; c. Winfield Pratt, New
York city, Secretary. and Cornelius 8.
The incorporators are c.. Winfield Pratt,
Derwln Dc Forest, and J. f. Jarrett OF New
and H.. W. Clark, II. A. Sage, and g. F. Coffin OF
Easton, Pa. Mono OF the incorporators 10 known
to the members OF Councils. To-day the bill, by
resolutions, was referred TO the Director OF Public
Works to make a detailed report on its pro-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
MURDERED ON THE ROADSIDE.
A Nine-Year-OId Girl Assaulted ana KILLED in
Central Rennsylvnntn

Central pennsylvania.
WnL1AMsPoRT, Pa, July s.-The discovery of
the mutilated body Of nine-year-old Clara Order
along the public road near Hyner, this county.
this morning disclosed a murder. Besides hav-
ing been choked and beaten TO death, there were
evidences that the child had been assaulted.
The body was found just of the edge OF tho
road, partially hidden by q clump of bushes.
The spot showed evidences OF q struggle. A
short, stout club, found close by, had hair and
blood on 1t and a splintered end.
Clara Order left her home at Haneyville,
seven miles northeast of where her body was
found, early yesterday morning to go to Hyner,
q small station on the Philadelphia and Erie
Railroad, on the mountains between this city
and Remove. The road along which she had to
travel is little used except as q route to reach
the lumber woods of Potter county. 1t is a IA.
vorite route for woodsmen going TO or coming
failed to reach her destination last evening .
message was sent to the home of Isaac Lebo.
with whom Clara, who was an orphan, resided.
Nothing was known Of her, and n posse was
formed to search the woods along the Haney-
willie road.
Soon after daybreak this morning n white gar
ment was seen in the bushes, near the roadside.
1t led TO the discovery of the body. Tracks In
the moist earth about the spot showed that
the assailant wore large. heavy shoes, thus
giving rise to the belief that the murderer was
a woodsman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
MR.. WASHINGTON KILLED By COLT
Some Folks Asserted That he was Related to
Our First President.

SEpAIIA, Mo-, July s.-Mr. Frederick w.
Washington, whose neutrality-suspicious.. 10
is reputed hereabouts, was q brother of John
Washington. the latter the father of the first
President Of the United States. was killed this
forenoon. He was driving in n cart behind a spir-
tied colt when the vehicle was overturned. Mr..
Washington was caught and dragged three
blocks and was kicked several times by the
horse. Hc died three hours later.
He was only 81 years old, and leaves a, widow
and ono child. He was of a modest, retiring dis.
position. and never spoke Of his ancestry.
The unfortunate gentleman seems to have
asserting his relationship 10 George Washing
ton. At least the above genealogical assertions
do not agree with the facts relating to the
family of the Father of his Country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
BosToN,s THEATRE HAT LAW.
IL Has Como Into Enect without General
knowledge by the Public.

BOSTON, July s.-The ordinance forb,ddinG
women to wear big hats in the theatres went
into effect something over "A week ago. Mayor
Quincy, who is unmarried, allowed 1t TO be-
come a law without his signature. and al
though IL had TO be advertised in tho nowspa-
pers, It attracted little notice. Gen: Mar;
tonight that he did not even know it had
become n law. Many OF the theatres are closed
for the summer. but the men in charge OF two
of the leading ones open tonight told II SUN
reporter that they, didn't know anything about
any such law. The enforcement of the law
will DO made one of tho conditions upon which
licenses-wil be granted 10 the theatres and 1t
will, therefore, be incumbent upon the mana
gers to enforce the ordinance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
FOR HEAD OF THE PAuLIsrs.

Father IIowit's Successor Probably Not TO ne
Elected Until September.
The successor of Father Hcwit as head Of the
Paulist orders has not as yet becn chosen. and
1t WAS stated at the convent last night that in
all probability no election would take place
until September. Father Deshon, tho pastor of
the PAulisL. Church, is Assistant Superior. and
will act In Father Hewit's place until the new
two surviving members of the original order,
the other being Father Walworth, pastor OF st.
Mary's, Albany. The election will be held by
the General Chapter, the five members Of the
San Francisco Convent being represented. The
choice will probably fall upon Father Deshon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-09
Major Coilum or tho Marines Rstires.

PHILADELPHIA, July S.-Major II. S. Collum
of tho United States Marine Corps, who has
made his home in this city for many years, In
charge of the depot supplies, has been retired. at
his own request. He BIAS been thirty-siN years
In the service and although not n graduate OF
the Naval Academy, attended thore for nearly
three years, reSiRnlng on account of Ill health.
He had u prAiSeworthy career IN the civil war
and atterwArd.