Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-05

N1TRlnldn ana r6Llr6u caplCallSC.
Mrs. elizabeth Messerly, at Sedalia,
aged IS.
Capt C. c. Clay, of Sedalia, suddenly
of heart disease at Waverly, Lafayette
county, where he had gone on a busi-
ness trip.
John Lopp, of Humansville, at Paris,
Tex. He was a prominent candidate
for the appointment as United States
marshal for the western district of
Missouri.
w. f. Roberts, one of the pioneers of
central Missouri, at his home, La
monte, aged so.
Judge NJ. Oliver.
Judge NJ. Oliver died at his home in
Springfield.
He was born in 1917 and served two terms in
congress as whig, representing the St Joseph
district from 1853 to 1857. In 1856 Speaker
Banks appointed Judge Oliver. John Sher-
man, of Ohio, and William Howard, of
Michigan, to investigate the Kansas trouble.
The commission spent three months taking
evidence about the border war Messrs. Sher-
man and Howard making thesmajority report in
regard to the matter Judge Oliver, being pro-
slavery partisan, submitted minority report,
which was adopted by the house of representa-
tives after one Of the most memorable debates
ever known in that body Mr.. Sherman is now
the only surviving member of the historic Kan
saS commission and it is a singular coin
cidence that the Ohio statesman rendered his
resignation as secretary of state on the same
day of Judge divers death. In 1850 Judge Oil
yer located in Springfield and became an earnest
advocate of the Union in southwest Missouri.
He was secretary of state under the provisional
government of Missouri from 1861 to 1854. He
was appointed the first judge of the Greene
county criminal court when the Legislature
created that ONCE several years ago.
Lucky ST. Louis.
Probably no other city in the United
States is in such favorable position to
reap the benefits of war without being
subject to any of its disadvantages as
st. Louis. 1t SO happens that while
st. Louis is far removed from the sea-
coast, and is not likely to feel the shock
of war in the least, it is the closest
market to the rendezvous selected by
the war department for the mobiliza-
ton of its troops. In consequence of
this fact the greater part of the orders
for food supplies, equipment and feed
for the horses and mules carried by the
army is being placed there.
The Fifth National Receivershsip.
Says dispatch from jefferson City:
The comptroller of the currency re-
Gently sent a special examiner to Mis-
souri, to make an investigation of the
receivership of the Fifth national bank
of st. Louis. After devoting ten days
to the work, he made his report, and
the comptroller writes to Gov. Ste1fk-
ems: Il have nothing further to say
than that the report of Mr.. Rodgers,
the special examiner, is such that /
deem no further investigation concern
ing you trust necessary SO far as this
Office is concerned
Attempt to Wreck a Jail.
Ches. Allen, prize-fghter, charged
with highway robbery, filed off che
lock to his cell in the jail at st. Joseph,
released three murderers to the CORR
doris and had just placed charge OF
dynamite in a hole in the north wall
when the jailer was aroused. He fired
on the prisoners and drove them into
their cells. Enough dynamite was in
the walls to destroy the building and
kill every man in Jail.
Baptist Mission Board.
The state mission board of the Mis-.
souri, Baptist general association met
at Mexico. Treasurer J. A. Guthrie re-
ported about forty missionaries at work
in the state, and that about $4,000 or
S12, 900 would be spent in pushing for
ward the work in Missouri. He reports
collections better than last year.
Odd Fellows at Carthage.
At Lake Side Park, on the Southwest
Missouri Electric railway, Carthage,
the odd fellows of southwest Missouri
celebrated their seventy-ninth anniver.
sary, A large attendance from all sur
rounding towns was present and a 6ns
basket picnic was enjoyed.
Filling Heavy Orders.
Several of the big Kansas City pack
ing houses have received heavy orders
fer rations from the government, and
all of them are working night and day
packing up enormous quantities of sup.
plies to sell to the government.
Killed By Irate Farmers.
A desperate who broke into house
and attempted to murder a family east
of Moniteau and was later killed by a
posse of irate farmers, was identified
as Philip Handy, a negro baseball
player of Jefferson City.
Day OF Prayer.
Sunday, May 1, was observed by all
the Chistian Endeavor societies of Mis-
souriy as a day of prayer for the adj
vancement of work in the state. A spe.
cial programme was carried out in most
of the Societies.
st. Louis Sharpshooters.
The Central Sharpshooters' associa.
ton of st. Louis has decided to or
ganize company to take part in hos
tilities.. They number 500 men, and al
of them are expert marksmen.
Widow Killed BY . Train.
Mrs. Elizabeth O'Connor, an aged
widow, was struck by Frisco train, at
Joplin. and was instantly killed. She
was walking on the track.
Detective Indicted for Murder.
Detective Williams has been indicted
for murder in St. Louis. 1t is charged
that he killed an unArmed man, who
was holding up his hands.
Enlisted in the Navy.
Fred Meyers, an observer in the gov
eminent weather department at st.
Louis, has enlisted in the United States
navy as q master yeoman.
Female Masons.
Mrs. May Banks Stacey, of New
York, is in st. Louis, and as result of
her visit woman's masonic lodge may
be organized in st. Louis.