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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

the fire hose in all directions, while
tons of fiery matter were falling in
every direction, making it impossible
to foresee where the conflagration
would stop, as roof after roof caught
fire and window frames all about the
scene began to smoke.
As the afternoon wore on the dense
crowds were still further enlarged, un-
til it was estimated that many hum
dreds of thousands of people sur
rounded the big fire. These excited
masses of humanity had to be con-
stantly pressed back by the police as
the arc of the fre-swept spot increased
in size, an operation which became
more and more difficult, as the owners
and employees of the warehouses adja-
cent to the scene began the work of
saving the most valuable portions of
their portable belongings.
By dusk the picture presented was
extremely brilliant Four streets
We're blazing on both sides and there
was plenty to interest the gambling
spirit of the on-lookers, in betting as
to whether or not the tower of st.
Giles church could stand the hail of
sparks and burning fragments with
which it was enveloped. The red
flames from every point shone out
against the black sky and through the
wide-spreading mass of dull, leaden
smoke, tinged with tongues of yellow
fire, and, here and there, where the
fire had subsidized somewhat, the street
lamps, stripped by the heat of their
burners and glass frames, blazed with
big jets from the open pipes, like
monster danger torches.
There was no abatement of the blaze
before 3:3Op. m. Then the check came
in Jewin street and in Well street,
where the collapse of a wall on one
side of that thoroughfare was the
means of saving the last building in
the street. The width of Red Cross
Streets comparatively broad thorough
fare, also formed barrier there.
The constable who first detected the
flames blew his whistle loudly for as
sistance, but several minutes elapsed
before the alarm was heard by any of
his comrades. So soon as assistance
reached him an officer was dispatched
to summon the fire brigade. But here
again there was an unaccountable de-
lay of 20 minutes before the first en-
CINE appeared. Then the fearful di-
mansions of the fire became apparent,
and it was decided to issue a call
throughout the whole metropolitan dis
trict.
1t is officially reported that $50 ware
houses have been Quilted. A late esti-
mate of the damage done places the
amount at nearly s5, 00O,0 600.
Nearly all the British fire insurance
companies are involved. and fire insur-
ance shares were practically unsaleable
on the stock exchange yesterday after
noon (Friday). after the fire was well
under way.
Nearly 800 telephone wires have
been cut, thus interrupting commune
cation with many of the big provincial
towns.
The fire will cause an enormous adj
vance in the price of ostrich feathers,
which rose 80 pence last evening
(Friday). Two feather firms alone have
lost SIS, 900 1915, OOO).
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
s11S,57O, 623 81
LIABILITIES.
Murdered His Helpless Child.

William Carr, who threw his child
INTO the Missouri river and confessed
to doing the deed, was sentenced at
Liberty, by Judge E. ]. Broaddus, to
be hanged December II. The Judge in
sentencing him said:
Your confession, admissions and the
evidences show you are guilty beyond doubt.
Belle was little three-year old girl
your own child. Her mother was dead and
you had another wife. Your fimsy
excuse that the child vas quarreIsome
ana dlsagreeable to your wife's nine-year-old
son can not be accepted by the court The mo-
tive must have been a more powerful one and
II another may have had any hand in this crime,
and you, In your hours of confinement and soli-
tary meditation, find nothing to soften your hard
heart and disclose the truth, then you are simply
not human. Men and women commit many
crimes, and for many motives. You assign no
motive that is worthy of consideration. If your
confession and other statements are to be-
Heved, you stand a singular instance in the an
nails OF crime-a confessed and constituted MUIR
derer without a reasonable motive for the
srime
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
APPEAL REJECTED.

The British Government VIII Not Reopen
Gangadhar Tilak's Case.
LONDON. Nov. 2O.-The privy council
has rejected the appeal of Gangadhar
Tilal, the native member of the legis-
lative court of India, for retrial of
the case against him, which resulted
in his being sentenced, on September
il last, to Is months' rigorous imprison-
ment, after having been convicted of
melting the natives of Bombay and its
vicinity to disaffection.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
THE BOILER LET GO.

Fatal Explosion OF = Factory Boiler at
Carleton, Mich.
CARLETON, Mich, Nov. 2O.-The
boiler in Milton Artley's large wood
working factory exploded, killing the
fireman, Edward Graft, and injuring
Fred Artley, son of the owner, Otis
Baker and Cyrus Burrows. The force
of the explosion shook every building
in town and left the factory almost o
total wreck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
Married Thirteen Times.

Albert Kneeland pleaded guilty to
the charge of bigamy in the criminal
court at St Joseph, and was given 81
years in the penitentiary.
Mrs Orma Kneeland, OF Chicago, the only le-
gal wife of the polygamist. was in the COURT
room when kneeland was sentenced. She did
not speak to him, and he glanced at her only
once One of his numerous mother-in-laws was
there, the one who lives in St Joseph. Knee.
land married Mrs. Hattie Moon, of St Joseph
April 26, 1895. He represented to Mrs. Moon
and her daughter that he had been divorced
from his former wife. He did not tell them he
Try.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
Sentenced for Forgery.

Frank Fulton, a Farmland who
cashed a forged check for S23 Septem-
Der 2S last, and used the money to pur-
chase a wedding outfit, was sentenced,
at Sedalia, to five years in the peni-
Tertiary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

The Behring sea meeting in Wash
Gngton, in which representatives of
Great Britain, Canada and the United
States participated, came to q close. on
the 18th, the seal experts making 9
unanimous report concerning the con-
aition of the seal herds, and the diplo-
matte representatives of the respective
governments reaching an understand
Ing by which they hope at n later day
20 effect final adjustment not only of
the Behring sea question, but of other
pending border controversies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
ExCuLPATEO HIMSELF.

Weyler Alleged to Have Told n Good Story
to His InterrOgator.
MADRID, Nov. 2o.-The captain gem
eral of Galacia has telegraphed to the
government here, saying that in the
interview which he had Thursday with
Gen. Weyler, the former captain gen.
eral of Cuba. the latter completely ex-
culpated himself from the statements
attributed to him upon the occasion of
his leaving Havana, and affirmed his
devotion and adhesion to the govern
ment
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
Old PeonIa Married.

John ]. Overton, 100 years old, and
Mrs. Mary Henderson, n years old were
married at the parsonage of the Fifth
Street Methodist church, st. Joseph, by
DR.. C. II. Stocking.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

On the 18th workmen began tearing
down the many additions to indie
pendence hall in Philadelphia that
have been built from time to time,
and which marred the simplicity of
the historic structure, it being the in
tention to restore the building to as
0ear the original design as possible.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

THE monthly statement of the col
lections of internal revenue, issued on
the 18th, showed that the total re-
ceipts from all sources for the month of
October last aggregated sl4, 0S6, 5S1, an
increase over October, 1895, of 1851, S2S.
For the four months of the present
fiscal year the total receipts exceeded
those of the corresponding period in
1896 by Sc, 759 O69.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

THE president has just come out of
the hands of portrait painter, and
now becomes the subject of sculptor.
Mr.. Ferd Leimer, an artist at WASH
ington, is to make bust in bronze of
President Mckinley.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

SPECIAL dispatches receiv ed from
Paris and elsewhere, on the 18th, re-
ported that heavy rains and floods pre-
vailed in the south of France, and that
all railroad communication between
Spain and France had been cut off.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
Wade Given Twenty Years.

At Liberty the jury in the case
against Francis NJ. Wade for killing
Alexander Schamel near Excelsior
Springs. on the night of September s,
returned vedict of murder in the
second degree, and assessed Wade's
punishment at 20 years in the peniten-
tiery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

AT the semi-annual meeting of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Co., in New
York city, on the 18th, a dividend of
one per cent was declared, payable
December 1. The treasurer reported
81, 227, 40 available cash on hand
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

CONSUL MACBRIDE, at Edinburgh,
says in a report to the state depart
ment, that it is claimed there that
American frozen beef has a great sale
in that city, but that it is made clan
destinely, large quantities of that ar
ticle being taken TO Edinburgh and
sold to the butchers At seven cents n
pound, and retailed at 20 TO - cents as
home-fed beef.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
40 JOHN Garrett.s Free-Lore Colonr.

Says dispatch sent from Sedalia 8
few days ago:
Fifteen families have left Jayville, Benton
county, in wagons, to join Rev" L. S. Garrett,
the free-love advocate, who has located q
heaven" at Willow Springs, Howard county.
Last summer Rev" Garrett established a
free-love community at Jayville and
built two-StOry building. in the first
floor of which was the church, while in the Sec
ond story was the Office of the Worlds Creset
the organ of his peculiar doctrines. The con-
duct of Care tt and the female members of the
community at Jayville became so obnoxious
that one night in August last 200 or 800 men
visited the Worlds Creset office and threw the
press and type into the street. The quarters of
Rev" Garrett were visited, but he escaped By
flight
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

JOSEPH A. IAsIeI. formerly Turkish
sonsul at Boston, who was arrested in
New York last summer charged with
the embezzlement of large sums from
trust funds held by him, and who was
recently found guilty in the Suffolk
county (Mass-l superior court, was, on
the 10th, sentenced to serve a term of
not more than IS nor less than Il
years in states prison, with one day
solitary confinement and the rest of
the term at hard labor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
EM5EZZLED CITY FUNDS.
Ex-CIty Clerk Bogart, OF Evanston, HI
Pleads Guilty.

CHICAGO. Nov. 20.-George Bogart,
ex-city clerk of Evanston, pleaded
guilty to having embezzled the funds
of that city. After testimony had
been heard regarding the nature and
amount of the defalcation, the
case was continued until Decem-
Der 8, when sentence will
be pronounced. Bogart's embezz le-
ment was So. s9l. Mayor Dyche of the
city of Evanston testified that the abb
sconding clerk had turned over to him
property valued at S12, 900. This fact,
it is said, will be made the basis of a
strong plea for clemency in behalf of
Bogark
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

AT a meeting of the Spanish cabinet,
on the 18th, a letter from the United
States minister, Gen. Stewart L. Wood
ford, was read, expressing the salts
faction of the United States govern
ment relative to the settlement of the
Competitor case and other current
questions. The communication Great
ed good impression in Spanish polit-
ical circles.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

A GERMAN force has landed at Kia
Chua bay, China, to demand satisfac-
ton for the murder of the Rhenish mis-
sionaries near Yen Chu Flu and the mob
bling of the German minister to China
and the captain of the gunboat Cor
morant, the latter incident having oc-
CURED on November at Wu-Chang.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

THE budget committee of the lower
house of the reichsrath to which the
bill providing for a provisional renewal
of the compact between Austria and
Hungary was referred, announced, on
the 18th, that it had adopted that
measure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
RUSSIAN CROPS.

The Empires Yield of Cereals and Legumos
for 1897.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 20.-The min
istry of agriculture publishes a report
of the crops of the Russian empire for
1897 as follows:
Rye. 946, o47, 900 pools; winter wheat,
156, $50. 900 pools; spring wheat. 32l, :
$4,000 pools; oats, 515. 522, 600 pools;
barley, 2ss, 977, 600 pools; buclxwheat.
469. S77, 900 pools; millet maize and
peas (together), 155, 1922, 600 pools. "a
pood is equivalent to SO pounds in
weight.)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
Hanged Herself to . Bed-Post.

Mrs. Ed Summers, of Prices Branch,
Montgomery county, committed suicide
by hanging to bed-post She had
been demented for some time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

Ex-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND authorizes
the following: 1.-THE number and heart
mess Of the congratulations we have
received at the birth of our son are so
gratefully appreciated that 1 wish you
would convey our thanks to all the
kind people who have thus given proof
of their kindness
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

THE yellow fever having been ended
by the recent cold wave and quaran-
tines raised generally the Southern
railway announced the resumption of
through Pullman service between New
York and New Orleans, via Atlanta,
Montgomery and Mobile, beginning on
the 18th
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

Mrs. TERRILL and her nephew. Ed
ward Mason, were burned to death on
a farm a few miles from Peru, II. Y,
on the night of the 18th, by the explo-
sion of an oil lamp.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
CONTRACT LET.
Rich Gold. Silver and Coal Fields to BIO
Opened Up.

OFVM0u Up,
Ell PAso, Tex, Nov. 20.--Yesterday
the contract for the construction Of
the 81 Paso & Northeastern road was
awarded to George s. Good & Co.. Of
Lock haven, Pa. This road opens up
to I'll Paso the rich gold, silver and
coal fields Of the White Oaks country,
and one OF the finest agricultural and
stock districts in the state. The vast
quantities of material for the new road
are arriving and the contractors will
begin throwing dirt Monday
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

THE secret service bureau announced,
on the 18th, the discovery of a new
counterfeit ten dollar silver certificate
and also q counterfeit national bank
note. The silver certificate is a photo
graphic production printed on two
pieces of paper pasted together. The
note is badly printed and the lathe
work is blurred and indistinck and is
on the First national, of Joplin, Mo-,
series 1882.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

; The Missouri river improvements at
and near Miami, Saline county, have
been completed. Most of the money
S22, OOO-was paid to local labor in the
neighborhood.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

GEN. SAUssIER, the military governor
of Paris, has appointed Gen. Pollieux
to inquire into the charges brought
against Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy,
former major of French infantry, who
has been charged by Matthew Dreyfus
with the crime for which Capt Alfred
Dreyfus, Matthews brother, is now un-
dergoing a sentence Of imprisonment
for life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

IT is understood in Paris that the
late DIR. Evans estate is even greater
than at first stated, and will probably
be valued at nearer 5000, 600 than
$40, 600. 900. The bulk of the money
will go to endow educational institu-
tious in the United States
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
AErn, Amanda Rurckhar.t.

Mrs. Amanda Burckhartt aged SO,
widow of Hon. George 81. Burckhartt
died at Huntsville, Randolph county, .
few days ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

THE japanese government has de-
manded the sum Of $1,000 in gold
from Hawaii, by way of indemnity in
connection with the immigration at-
fairs. The sum includes losses suf-
fered by the immigrants to whom ad-
mission was denied.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

IT is estimated that about 1,sO0 per-
sons living in and around st. Peters
burg were rendered homeless by the
rising of the waters of the Neva, on
the 10th, and the flooding of the canals,
the suburban islands and the outlying
portions of the city.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
Couldn't Convict Him.

Geo. Davis, colored, saloon-keeper,
who shot and killed Hayden Vaughn,
at Sedalia, has been discharged, be-
cause the evidence was not sufficient to
convict.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
Stabbed in the Heart.

Merritt Smith, colored, was stabbed
and instantly killed at Huntsville by
James Dunn, also colored. One cut
penetrated the heart
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

Thirty-six accessions to the Park
Methodist church, at Hannibal, have
been made as a result of the revival
inst closed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

Says az item sent from sedalia a few

Says al item sent from Sedalia a few
days ago:
A P. Crowell carpenter, has in his yard
pear tree that has produced the second crop of
fruit this season, but only small portion of it
has reached the normal size. He also has an
apple tree in full bloom, after having produced
crop at the usual time. Frank A. Sampson
who lives at Tenth aud Ohio streets has in his
yard two peach trees that produced liberal
supply OF peaches in season, and are again in
full bloom.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
AN Talk with Many Towns.

Nevada has connection with the long
distance telephone system. People in
that town can talk with people in s.
states.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

Douglas Wright, of Nevada, has been
appointed United States commissioner
for the western district of Missouri by
Judge Phillips.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Condition of Missouri Banks.

Secretary of State Lesueur has COM
pleted the tabulation of the financial
statements of Missouri state banks,
made October 4. Statements were made
by 4S9 incorporated and IS private
banks The tabuIation is as follows:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25
RESOURCES.

RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts undoubtedly
good on personal or collateral
Securities. 81 95S eG9 Il
Loans and discounts undoubtedly
good on real estate secu. ity...... 7,II9 092 So
OVerdraftS by solvent customers. l,045, 295 50
q. s. bonds hand -.-.-..-.. ia ,e6S 30
Other bonds and stocks at their
present cash market price. 5674S6S 20
Real estate Banking house, at
present cash market value. 1884 800 O.
Real estate other than banking
house at its present cash market
value ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l.a5s, 99s %
Furniture and fixtures ...-......... 622 20 So
Due from other banks, good on
sight draft Is. 799. 200 81
Checks and other cash items $500. , I43254 Is
National bank notes, legal tender
Q. s. notes and gold and silver
certificates ..................... 56S1 $3.50 81
Gold coin g. 1877, $50 q
Silver coin, including pennies. SIS 593 81
ALI other resources. ............... 9O2aO SO
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-25

BY ELI D. AXE.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-23
Eer beautiful Arms.

Mrs Jack Gardeners arms are the most
beautiful that have ever seen, and it Is
no wonder that they are celebrated on both
sides of the sea, writes a girl visiting Bos-
ton. You can forgive her for being go
plain when you see her arms. The upper
part of them is large, full and well round
ed, the forearm is not fat or bony, and
there is dimple at the elbow which is a
soft she'll pink in color. They taper from
the we'll nodded shoulder in long, graceful
curves to symmetrical and slender wrist
Then in color they are white-oh, so deli
ciously white and soft and 80 full of ex-
preston that you watch them fascinated.
They are like Spanish arms, always in
motion, always poetic, and only little
bunch of sleeve is ever worn in the even
ing by Mrs. Jack, for she knows the power
and beauty of her white arms better than
any one else, and she doesn't propose to
hide them away from admiring eyes If she
can help t.-Philadelphia Press.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-23
Proposals for Printing the
Code of Alabama.
Office of the Secretary of state,

Sealed proposals will be received at this
Office until IL o'clock noon, April /, 1897,
to print the Code of Alabama as provided
In an act approved February IT, 1897
The maximum prices for printing and
binding the Code has been fixed at 1925
for the two volumes.
Each bid must be in sealed envelope
addressed to the Secretary of State, en-
dorsed bid for printing and binding the
Code of Alabama" and must be accom-
panied by a bond in not less than $4,000
with resident sureties.
The right to reject any and all bids Is
reserved.
J. K. JACKSON,
Secretary of State.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-23
DAILY BULLETIN.

birmingham, Ala, March ~, 1897
Local observation curing twentyfour
tours ending at p. m. central time:
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-23
THE WEATHER.

a-Threatening weather and
showers with thunder storms; edsterly 10
outherly winds; cooler in Northern Geor-
gia Tuesday night.
MISUNDERSTANDING weather and
showers with thunder storms; easterly to
southerly winds.
ississippi-Threatenin weather and
rain, clearing and cooler Tuesday even
ing; winds shifting to northerly.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-23

"Come now," said creditor to man
who had just filed his petition in bank
ruptcy, "you aren't going to do anything
mean, nowr'
mo, no!'' said the other. ~ mean to
pay 10 shillings In the pound, If have to
pay 1t out of my own pocket. "-Household
Words.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-23
Great Money Savers Sale

Prices that will create a sensation. w
solid cars high grade household necessi
this grand assortment of magnetic money r