Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-27
DIR. w. HI. GeiGer Killed.

| entire charge entered the doctors left
| side below the ribs, causing frightful
| wound. He lived but 20 minutes. He
was 81 years old.
University Attendance.
DR.. r. III. Jesse, president of state
| university, states that the enrolment
at Columbia has reached 500, and that
| the enrolment of the school of mines
at Rolla has reached 125, making a
| grand total for the university of 925.
| This is the largest enrolment in the
| history of the university. DR.. Jesse
says the enrolment will probably
reach 1000 next year.
Kansas City May Get 1t.
Says a special from Washington, D.
c.: Inquiries go to show that a move
ment to hold the next republican ma
tional convention at Kansas City will
meet with degree of favor in infiu-
entail quarters. If Kansas City can
| satisfy the national committee of her
ability to entertain the convention she
will receive serious consideration.
Large Dressed Beef Contract.
One of the largest contracts for
dressed beef ever placed by the United
States government has been arranged
with Kansas City packing house. The
contract is for 100000 pounds of best
exported dressed beef to be shipped to
the Philippine islands for the govern
ment troops The beef will all be fur
nished in Kansas City.
The Wheat Outlook.
Wheat has improved with the adj
vent of warm weather, and in some
of the southern and southeastern
counties the early-sown is very prom
Using, but in most of the northern and
western, and many of the central
counties. the condition of the crop is
far below the average.
Denounced as Sacrilegious.
There is trouble over an orang-
outang christening at Kansas City.
The Episcopal ministers have de-
ncunced the act as sacrilegious. The
ceremony was performed by the ele-
plant trainer at the Zoo.
In the Presence of His Wife.
While standing beside his wife on
his front steps, Hon. John A. McCor-
mack, aged "A years. and one of the
most widely known men in the vicini-
ty of Irondale, fell dead.
a Young College President.
John Henry McCracken, aged PA, has
been elected president of w estminster
college, Fulton. Prof. McCracken is
the son of the chancellor of the New
York university.
Oldest Mason and Minister.
Rev. Josiah McCary, the oldest Free
Mason and the oldest minister of the
Gospel in Missouri, died at his home
n Nevada. The deceased was 90.
Found Dead i'm Bed.
Mrs. Wharton, the wife of Bayless
Wharton, Il contractor, was found dead
in bed at Knobnoster. Death probably
was the result of heart failure.
In the Northern Counties.
In many of the northern counties
the soil is still too heavy and cold to
work, and little has been done, except
in the most favorable localities.
Gunboat Corning to St. Louis.
The United States gunboat Nash
vile arrived at New Orleans from Gu
ba, few days ago. She will ascend
the Mississippi to st. Louis.
The Apple Outlook Promising.
Early fruits are coming into bloom |
in the central counties, and the pres |
e2t outlook for a large apple crop is |
excellent in all sections.
Bought by New Workers.
The Hannibal street railway system
has Deen sold by j. II. Garth to Haynes
Brothers of New York, who will at |
once extend the road.
The Brewers May Fight.
It is probable that the Missouri
brewers will contest the Farris beer
bill on the ground of technical irregu-
larities in its passage.
A Polk County Pioneer.
John Winton, one of Polk county's
pioneer settlers, died near Morrison
vile. of pneumonia, few days ago.
He was So years.
Cyclone in Holt County.
A cyclone passed through southeast
ern Holt county. Several thousand
dollars damage was inflicted on
houses and barns.
Assaulted by His Son.
Joseph Byhia, So years old, was as
saulted and seriously injured by his
young and vigorous son. in.S st. Louis,
q few nights ago.
Corn Planting.
Considerable land has been prepared
for corn, and planting is in progress
in the central and southern sections.
Of the state.
Bud Meadows Found Guilty.
At Ozark, Bud Meadows, was found
guilty of killing Steve Bilyeu, and he
was sentenced to ten years in the pen
tentiary.
Flax and Melons.
Flax is being sown in the south
western counties, and some melons
nave been planted in southeast Mis-
souri,.