Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-30
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Recent Deaths.

i "AAON Iu1SC cOIS.
Mrs. Mary N. Roberts, wife of Johr
o. Roberts, president of the CGfforc
Banking Co. and of the Imperial Mil
Co., at GAINESVILLE. Mrs. Roberts wa.
born in GAINESVILLE nearly % years
| ago. She was the oldest native-borr
| citizen of the place.
Alfred Chapman, a retired mer
chant, of Trenton. He was a native
of Devonshire, England, but had lived
in Grundy county, 80 years.
j. H. Potter, at his home in the
north part of Morgan county, neal
Otterville. Mr.. Potter was "a, but tC
the day of his death he could do as
much work as any hand on his farm
By many he was regarded as the rich.
est man in Morgan county, where he
owned 7,0OC acres of land, besides sew
eral thousand acres in Cooper county
While driving an enraged bull the ami.
NAL butted him in the breast, break.
ing the ribs of the left side and caus.
ing internal hemorrhage. Mr.. Potter
had lived in Morgan county about Sc
years.
Judge Frank Harvey, suddenly
ct HIS TcSIQtICC, SOuLn OF
Sparks from a passing engine had set
fire to his pasture, and he had been
out fighting the flames. Excessive
heat overcame him, and he died be-
fore a physician could reach him. He
was IS years of age, vice-president of
the Bank of Moberly, and a wealthy
farmer. He was at one time judge of
the county court.
Capt. Daniel 2. Patterson, aged sc
years, of dropsy at his home, six
miles southwest of Doniphan. He was
a pioneer citizen of Ripley county,
and was a captain in the southern
army during the civil war.
Population of st. Louis.
The population of the city of st.
Louis is 575,23S, according to the
twelfth census. The city's popuIa-
ton in 1890 was 451,77O. The increase
of population in the ten years 1890
1900 was 123, 46S, or 27.35 per cent The
population in 1880 was 35O,51s, an in
crease from 1880 to 1890 of O1,252, or
$3.50 per cent. The population in 1870
was 310,S64. There was a gain in the
period 1870 to 1880 of 1864. The pop
ulation of the city by wards as an
nounced is as follows: First, 25,139;
Second, 21,O30; Third, 22,95S; Fourth,
1922; Fifth, 12,349; Sixth, 1910;
Seventh, 1886; Eighth, 21,O12; Ninth,
21,O26; Tenth, 25,978; Eleventh, 49,
los; Twelfth, 1920; Thirteenth, 49,
s11; Fourteenth, 15,O98; Fifteenth, H.
544; Sixteenth, 12,403; Seventeenth,
1888: Eighteenth, Is, 799; Nineteenth.
first, 1918; Twenty-second, 1924;
Twenty-third, 1889; Ewensy-fourth,
97,317; Twenyy.H3:h, 2i,311; Twenty
sixth, 23,425; Twenty-seventh, 2O,599;
Twenty-eighth, 27,998.
Kan.ss City Eircmen Barred.
Says a cablegram from Paris,
France: The Kansas City fire brigade
has been disqualified for securing
prizes at the international exhibition
of fire apparatus at Vincennes OF
the ground of professionalism, the
Skd1L bC1lIS pdkA- LlLA WIZ pei
mitted, however, to give an exhibit
ton. AS regards speed in preparing
their apparatus for reaching the top
of buildings, and the height and dis
tance of projecting water, they OUT
classed all competitors.
Missouri Apples the Best.
L. A. Goodman, secretary of the
State horticultural society, received
a letter the other day from C. B.
Bracket, who has charge of the Unit
ed States display of fruit at the Paris
exposition, announcing that the Mis-
souri, division of apples had received
the first prize. The foreign demand
for Missouri apples is growing, as in
dicated byp letters of inquiry.
Assessment of Railroad Property.
State Auditor Seibert has compIet-
ed the tabulation and apportionment
of the value of railroad, bridge and
property to the several
counties and the municipal subdivi-
thereof, as fixed by the state
of equalization for the taxes of
1900. The aggregate assessment by
the board this year is an increase of
S414, 1896 9 over that of last year.
Negroes Charged With Murder.
Jim Gibson, Will Gibson, Joe Brock.
Jack Mast, Roll Burton and Henry
Jordan, all negroes, were arrested in
Howard county, charged with being
in the murder of an up~
white man at Old Franklin.
tt. Lester Crawford
United States Commissioner James
r. Gray has been appointed by Judge
Amos Thayer clerk of the federal cir
cult court at St. Louis, to succeed the
T. Lester Crawford, whose death
occurred a few days ago.
In the Missouri.
The steamer Columbia, the Mis-.
souri,, Kansas & Texas transfer boat,
sank in Is feet of water at Wilton, ON
the Missouri, loaded with wheat.
senator CockreII Robbed.
During the Sedalia rally Senator
pocket was picked of sew
eral hundred dollars. His purse and
papers were found in a mail box.
Thrown From His Horse and Killed.
Henry Brand, a prominent farmer
Benton county, was accidentally
killed by being thrown from his horse
overseeing some work.