Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
The Standard theater, st. Louis, adj
vertised as The Home of Folly; Two
FroIics Daily managed by Congress
man-elect James Butler, of the
Twelfth Missouri district, was Quilted
by fire, on the night of the 18th, fol
lowing a very warm" performance
by the Utopian Burlesquers.
The Coal trust is .perfecting deals
that will give it control of all h
mines in the Wyoming and Lacka-
wanna valleys, comprising a district
from Nanticoke to Carbondale, Pa. A
number of options have already been
secured.
The building, foundry and machiE-
cry of the Lane & Booley iron works,
Cincinnati, were burned, on the night
of the 18th, with a total loss of from
100000 to $4,000 They were large
manufacturers of saw mills, traction
engines and many other articles.
The mail a on the Cotton Belt
passenger train from Waco to Mem
phis was entered, at midnight of the
1-In, anu 1ODOCu ny wv
white men, under masks, near Bas-
sett, Tex, a small station about
twenty miles south of Texarkana.
Mrs. August Beck, of Milwaukee,
died in chicago, on the night of the
18th, of injuries sustained by reason
of the recent boiler explosion on the
Northwestern railroad. The death of
Mrs. Beck is the eighth to be charged
to the explosion.
Representative Brosius, of Pennsyl-
vania, on the 18th, introduced a reso-
luton for a constitutional amendment
designed to permanently fix the mem
bership of the house of representa-
tives at 357, the present number.
Frank H. Hamilton, in Jail at Min
neapoIis, Mimi, as a result of the
killing of Millionaire Day, was ar
raigned in the district court, on the
14th, on a charge of murder in the
first degree. His attorneys asked leave
to withhold his plea until the Goth,
which was granted.
The two-year-old daughter of Peter
Elder, saloonkeeper of Elwood, Ind,
fell into a ten-gallon kettle of soup,
made for lunch at that place, on the
18th, and was literally cooked before
her creams broughtassistance. Death
resulted a few hours later.
Senator Vest, of Missouri, on tn
18th. introduced a bill for the estab-
lishment, in connection with the de-
partment of justice, of a bureau of
criminal identification. The measure
is urged by the police superintendent
of the United States.
The secretary of war has cabled in
structions to Maj.-Gen. Macarthur, at
| Manila, to begin the work of return
| ing the volunteer troops from the
| Philippines in order to permit of their
| discharge in this country by the 30th
of June next. This action has been
| taken in anticipation of the authorize
ton by congress of the enlistment OF
regular regiments to replace the re-
called troops.
The statement of the treasury bal,
ances in the general fund, exclusive OF
the $3.50, 600, 900 gold reserve in h dl-
vision of redemption, issued on the
14th, showed: Available cash balance
S13s, "a ,445; gold, $100,1s6,601.
An earthquake shock, lasting nearly
a minute, was experienced in Joplin
Mo-, on the 18th, ut 7:45 a. m. The
motion was from north to south, anC
of a ~quivering nature. No damage /:
reported.
Failures for the week ended on tn,
14th. as reported by r. G. Dun & Co.
were 24O in the United States, agains
21S last year, and 26 in Canada, agains
&c last year.
The jury in the case of Jessie Nor
rison, for the killing of Mrs. Olin 6
Castle, at Eldorado, Kas., could no
agree on a verdict, and was dis
charged on the 14th. The jury stoo'
nine for acquittal and three for gull
ty of manslaughter in the fourth de
gree.
The gang of desperadoes tina
robbed Doerschuck's bank at Shane:
vile, o., arrived at Bridgeport, w. Va
on the 14th, on the Massillon accom-
mediation of the Cleveland, Lorain
i, Wheeling road. Two of the gang wer
. captured, after a desperate encounte
; with officers and trainmen. Four oil
, ers escaped.
J Henry Zeimer, charged with subo,
: nation of perjury in connection wit
3 procuring divorces on false evldenc
was found guilty in the New Yor
court of general sessions, Recordt
Golf presiding. The maximum pul
ishment for the offense is ten yea
q in state prison.
e By the burning of the FREEDOM
State Normal and Training school,
Fredonia, N. Y, on the 14th. Prime;
]. Morris, the aged i~anitor and S
t young lady pupils were cremated.
d is said that heavy wire screen we
nailed over the windows leading
the fire escapes