Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
MISSOURI news.
Ruskin Hal. at Trenton.

Walter Vrooman, a St. Louis boy,
whose establishment of Ruskin hall,
a workingmen's college, at Oxford,
England, has given him a worldwide
reputation, has made arrangements
with the trustees of Avalon college,
at Trenton, an institution which has
hitherton been under the auspices of
the United Brethren church, whereby
the name of tine institution is changed
to Ruskin college, and it becomes the
center of the American system of
Ruskin halls, with branches in every
state in the Union, and a~ffiliating
with the English institution.
1.-THE labor unions of Great Britain
raised $40, 600 to establish such an institu-
ton in America and sent two delegates.
c. w. Bowerman and James Sexton, of
New York for that purpose. Lord Dun
raven and other English noblemen tooK
an interest in the matter and swelled the
contribution to $4,000, and also con-
tributed to a loan FUND of 500, 900. which
is to be used in assisting deserving young
teed that every 800 would keep some
young man or woman in school for four
years. There is a. fine SAC, 600 building at
Trenton and a 1,600-acre farm has been
secured for the carrying out of the plan.]
A SchOOIboy's Tragic Death.
Eddie Litzinger. Is years of age,
was killed by an electric car near his
home in st. Louis county. The coro-
ner's jury returned a verdict to the
effect hat death was caused by acct
dent, which could have been avoided
by a proper watchfuIness on the part
of the motorman.. Eddie was the son
of August L~itzinger, a well-known
farmer north of Clayton. In company
with his sister, Florence, aged seven;
a brother, eight years of age, and
Lulu B~ecker,the efght-year-old daugh-
ter of a neighbor, he was returning
from school. Where the road crosses
parallel with the track around a
curve, a small slot being left between
them. Into this slot the boys foot
slipped as he was crossing. The re-
sulting fall wedged his loot into the
crevice 81 tightly that he was unable
to extricate it. His companions en-
deavored to stop the electric car that
was coming, but it ran over the boy.
Her Life for a Pet Dog.
A pet dog was directly responsible
for the death of Mrs. G. A. Barker. of
No. 361s Easton avenue, ST. Louis, VINO
was struck by a street ear, sustaining
injuries to which she succumbed. Mrs.
Barker was the wife of G. A. Barker,
a clerk in a department store, and
was a first cousin of Gov. Stephens.
She was sweeping the pavement in
front of her home, when the dog ran
on to the car track. An east-bound car
was approaching at a rapid rate of
speed, and Mrs. Barker believed her
pet would be crushed to death. She
rushed upon the tracks and tried to
catch the dog. just as she did no the
car struck her, knocking her dowr
and passing over her.
Disastrous Attempt MT Suicide.
w. 7. Horn attempted to kill him
self with a shotgun at his boarding
house on South street, Springfield. He
and his wife were on the bed together
when the attempt was made, and she
grabbed the u to take it from him.
charged, the contents crashing
through her right forearm, ~necessi-
tating amputation,and destroying the
thumb on his right hand, which also
had to be taken off. Horn is regard
ed as partially demented through the
use of opium. The house where the
shooting occurred is historic, it hav-
ing been the headquarters of the I'm
ion army in the civil war.