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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
VICTIMS OF THE BoER WAR.
American Horses Are the Principal Suf-
ferers by the Prolongation
of the War.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 24.-Capt.
Heygate, of the British army, IS pur.
chasing $4,000 cavalry horses and
mules for the British army in South
Africa. He came here more than a
year ago to buy horses and mules
for the British army, but he was or
dered home a short time ago because
it was thought hat the Boer wal was
over. But the unexpected renewal OF
hostilities has made the purchase OF
more horses and mules absolutely
necessary.
As fast as the animals are inspected
and bought they will be sent 10 New
Orleans and shipped to Cape Town,
Durham and New London in British
transports, some OF which are now on
their way to the United States.
One ship load of the animals will
be taken to South Africa by Lieut..
David r. Moberly, leaving New Or
leans soon after January l.. Lieut..
Moberly said:
by the time the horses and mules
are landed in South Africa they cost
the British government 1850 a head.
THAT is 4 large price for al animal
which will be fit for service only six
weeks. Most of the animals die be-
cause of the change of climate. They
must cross the equator in going to
South Africa, and the torrid heat of
the tropics kills them rapidly. The
average death rate on ship board is
50 to the 1000.
Forty days after a horse is
purchased Ill Kansas City it is
landed in South Africa. So great is
the demand for horses at the front
hat it is impossible to give them the
needed rest after landing before put
ting them into service. Consequent
ly, they go to the front in a weakened
condition and, not getting a sufficient
amount of food, they soon die.
:.Sincc the beginning of the Boer
war England has purchased over one
hundred thousand head of horses and
mules in the United States. 1t re-
quired 65 ships to carry them from
New Orleans to South Africa"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
To Pension Employes.

Chicago, Dec. ga project for pen
sioning employees and paying benefits
in case of sickness, disability or death
is under consideration by the directors
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
railroad. The plan contemplates as
sessing the employees for only part
probably half-of the funds necessary
to carry out the system, the rest OF
the expenses to be borne by the com.
pany. If it is finally adopted it will
affect $4,000 to 10000 employees. In
many respects the system will be sim
liar to a mutual benefit association.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
BoER MOVEMENTS CHECKED.
British TrooDs Surrounding the I'm.
yaders with "a Special Column
Ready to Strike Where

London, Dec. 24.-The war office hai
received the following dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, De
cember %:
LAS far as possible for me to form
cers on the spot, L think the Boel
movement into Cape Colony has beet
checked.
"Of the two forces that entered the
colony, the eastern is still north OF
the Zoutpansburg range, while the
one that entered west appears to have
beer turned in the direction of Brits.
town and Pricska.
Our troops are getting arouno
both bodies, and a special column is
also being organized which will be
dispatched Immediately when l know
where it's services are most wanted.
THE Beers have not received much
assistance in Cape Colony, as far as
my information goes. We have armed
some of the colonists, who are assist
ing our forces. Railway and telegraph
communication has been much inter-
rupted by the very bad weather.
ID Wet is in the neighborhood OF
Senekal. Gen. French, in conjunction
with Gen. Clements, attacked a force
under Beyers, south of the Magalies-
berg. The Beers broke away in a
southwesterly direction toward
Potchefstroom, and were followed by
Gen. Gordon, with a column of
French's force.
Yesterday evening about five
o'clock Clements force was engaged
south of O%liphant's Mex, but | do not
yet know the result"
A later dispatch from Lord Kitchen.
er, dated Pretoria, December %, says:
1.-THE western column of Beers oc-
cupied Britstown and cut the railway
south of De Aar junction. The enemy
is being followed up.
"Gen. French has been in contact
for two days with the commandos of
Beyers and Delarey, south of the
M~agaliesber~. He is pursuing them.
The enemy have lost considerably,
and Commandant Kreuz and Others
have been captured.
Gen. Colv:i!e engaged two separate
.commandos, December 21, near Walk
fontein. with slight losses, the enemy
retiring"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
Robbed the Mine Pillars.

Pittston, Pa, Dec. 21.-The cave-in
at the Ravine mine of the Pennsyl-
vania Coal Co., which commenced yes
terday, continued to-day. Before
noon the principal street of the city
for a distance of IS feet, fell into the
mines. The cave-in is the most serious
In the history of the anthracite re-
gion. 1t is feared other sections will
also sink. Water and gas mains were
broken by to-day's cavern, and
houses have been badly damaged. Tt
is stated the collapse was caused by
the robbinn of the mine pillars.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

The 5000 employees of the Crane
company, of Chicago. will receive sub
~stantial Christmas presents from
their employers this year. Every man
in the service of the company will re-
cent. of the aggregate of his wages
during the last year. The total
amount to be distributed reaches
100000.
1t cost Edward A. Cudahy, the Omaha
millionaire, $4,000 in gold to recover
his kidnapped son, and now he offers
a ike amount for the capture and
conviction of the kidnapers.
One of the main buildings of the
Stormont hospital, Topeka, Kas., was
destroyed by fire On the Goth. Inc
fire vas discovered in time to permit
the removal of the inmates in safety.
Loss on building, 100000; insurance,
$1,000.
Harry X. Weiser, teller of the Sc
curity Title and Trust Co., n bank
ing institution of York, Pa, is said
by the officials of the company TO be
short $4,000 in his accounts. Weiser
mas satisfied the bank by transferring
to it real estate valued at $4,000.
Emboldened by DeWet's bold raid
across the Orange river, the Dutch of
northern Cape Colony have created a
new crisis for Britain to face. Cape
Town is alarmed at the situation, and
a sent a thousand troops to the
north.
The Christian County Qn.) Coal
Co. struck coal at Taylorville, at a
depth of about 400 feet. The work of
sinking the shaft vas begun July %.
The vein is eight and one-balf feet
thick, and is the same vein now be-
ing worked by the Taylorville Coal
Co
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
MISSOURI A NEWS
Recent Deaths.

Col. r. W. McNeal, who had been,
since 1S43, one of the most prominent
citizens of Vernon county, at the age
of 80.
He was a pioneer in the truest sense,
and very wealthy. He at one time owned
the finest grist mill anywhere west of St.
Louis. The mill was located at Balltown,
then the county seat of Bates and YER
non counties, and drew custom from III
far as Arkansas, a distance of $50 miles.
He was practically. the owner of the chief
trading post of the southwes in the ante
bellum days. During the war Kansas
men drove away 1000 head of stock from
his ranch and he freed s15,0 900 worth of
negroes when he saw the end CT slavery
coming.
Rev. Thomas n. Sanderson, a Bap-
fist minister, of heart trouble, at his
home in Egdewood, near Bowling
Green, aged 50. He was born in Vir-
GINA, had been sixty years in the
ministry, and was a resident of Pike
county since 1870. He was twice mar
ried, and the father of 10 children.
VIM. Jones, aged so, for many years
superintendent of the Macon county
infirmary, ut his home near Blooming
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
The State Board of Health.
The Official Vote.

The secretary of state has complet-
ed the official count of the vote cast
in Missouri last November. For presi-
dent and governor it is as follows:
For President-McKinley 314,O92;
Bryan, 351,922; Barker, 4,244; Wool
ley, 1865; Debs, 6,12s; Malloney, 1924.
Total, 6s3,645; Bryan's plurality, ST.
$40; Bryan's majority, 20,199.
For Governor-Flory, 317,9O5; Dock
cry, 350,O45; Hills, 1856; Stokes, 5,195;
Lipscomb, 5,577; Fry, 1913; scatter
ing, 3. Total, 6s4,294; Dockery's plu-
rality, 32,14O; Dockery's majority, 49,
796.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
A SLAUGHTER OF INSURGENTS,
Eorty-Five of Them Found Dead or
II Field After "a Baltic
Near

Manila, Dec. 24.-Advices brought
to-day by steamer from southern
Luzon, say that a lieutenant and so
men of the Ninth United States cav
airy attacked a large body of insur-
gents last Wednesday near GUM
obatan, Province of Albay. After the
battle As dead insurgents were count
ed, together with many wounded.
The only American casualty was the
w%ounding of a sergeant, who was
cornered by several rebels and struck
on the leg by a bolo. The rebel loss
was the heaviest recorded among re-
cent
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
TIE cUDAHY ABDUCTION.
Pat Grove is Suspected by the Po-
lice of Omaha as the Leader
of the Kidnapers.
THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE HIM
Efforts Being Made q
Earn the Reward of $4,000 Of
fered by Cudahy-A story From
AprOpos of the Abduc-
ton.

Omaha, Neb. Dec. 22.-It is stated
this morning that Pat Grove, well
known in local police circles. is the
man whom the police suspect of being
the leader of the gang who abducted
young Edward Cudahy from his
home, in this city, Tuesday night.
Posses of officers in citizens clothing
are looking for Grove, but SO far he
has not been arrested.
No Fresh Developments.
Beyond this there are no develop
ments in the cas- The police and
detectives who are working on the
matter are inclined to believe that
men not well acquainted with the
city and surrounding country would
have been unable to manage the af-
fair as it vas carried out. For this
reason they were searching for sew
eral local men who are known to
bear a bad reputation.
Pinkertons at Work.
An extra force OF Pinkertons have
arrived and have been put to work
on the case. The only clew they
have to work on at present is a copy
of the letter thrown on Mr.. Cudahy's
lawn, naming the conditions On which
the boy would be returned. The orig
inal copy was returned with the
money, this being one of the consid-
e~rations demanded by the despara-
does.
Mr.. Cudahy has confirmed the offer
of a reward of $4,000 for the arrest
of the abductors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
QUIET MARRIAGE IN LONDON.
Forbes Robertson and Miss Ger
trude Elliott Quietly Married
mt the British Capital.

London, Dec. 23.-Forbes Robert
son, the actor-manager, and Miss Ger
trude Elliott, sister of Maxine Elliott,
were married at All Souls church,
South Hampstead. The ceremony was
most quiet. There were no brides
maids, but the bride vas supported
by Mrs. Madeline Reilly, the play
right. Norman Forbes was the best
man.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
A R D
Edward W. Higgins C0nfesses the
Murder of His Mother and VIM.
Sheehan i'm California.

Los Angeles, CAL, Dec. 23.-Edward
v. Higgins, who resides in Coldwater
canyon, has confessed that, on Decem-
Der 4, he murdered his mother and
VIM. Sheehan, a sheep herder, with an
ak. A body has been found in a grave
on the hillside, where Higgins says
he buried his victims. The self-ac-
cusedmurderer shows signs of demen-
tia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
Independence First.

London, Dec. 24.-"Russia offered
Roumania u oar of sixteen millions"
Gays the Vienna correspondent of the
Daily Express, ito assist her in the
financial crisis, but the offer was dar
clined because there were conditions
attached undermining Roumania in
denendenca."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
Dynamiters at Dalfon city,

Dalton City, ILL.,, Dec. 23.-Between
$4,000 and 1000 was secured by a gang
who dynamited the vault of the Dali
tor City bank. Although a posse was
quickly formed, no trace of the rob
beers has yet been found.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
Large Los. of Life Feared.

London, Dec. pa dispatch from
Aberdeen says that five Shetland fish
ing boats have been missing since the
storm began last week, and it is
feared that 81 fishermen have been
drowned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

A dispatch to the London Daily Elk.
Lress from Vienna reports recent Mos
lem excuses against the Christian
population in the central provinces OF
Turkey, in which ~ Christians have
been killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

Serious loss was suffered by the
navy in a fire al the Norfolk navy yard
on the 10th. The fire destroyed valu-
able records that a not be replaced
and many necessary plans which can
only be reproduced at much expense
in time and money.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

Prof. Carl Becker, the German his
torical painter, whose eightieth birth
day anniversary was celebrated on the
18th, and who was then the recipient
OF a congratulatory address from the
Berlin academy of arts, died, on the
Goth, of influenza.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

Mayor Rodriguez of Havana has de-
cided to interpose an absolute veto
upon Mr.. Michael j. Days "Tanteo''
rights under h Havana sewering and
paving contract, which will open the
competition to all bidders, unless
Washington interferes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

Chicago, Dec. 22.-The three lower
floors of Sears, Roebuck & Co.'S nve-
story warehouse were burned out Fri
day afternoon. The loss amounts to
$4,000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
BY ELI D. AXE.

Marshall Nelson, the famous scou.
OF the late Gen. Lawton, has been
Summoned by Gen. Wood to Cuba for
services under secret instructions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
object to the Pesthouse,

The Wallace family at Kansas City
has sued out a restraining order to
prevent the city authorities from
erecting a smallpox hospital on land
adjoining that owned by them. The
city owns five acres near the Wallace
property.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
On an old Murder Charge.

Geo. Haggerty, a paroled prisoner
of the Chester (Ill.) penitentiary, is
locked up at ST. Louis on a charge of
killing a ST. Louis policeman 20 years
aCo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
Two. Proposed Bridges.

House committee on rivers and har-
bors will report on two proposed
bridges across the Mississippi, one at
Cape Girardeau, the other at Gray's
Point,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
1t Was Too Much.

A ST. Louis woman was overcome
in court and had to be led out when
an attorney in the case in Which she
was interested intimated that she
was the head of the family and wore
the pants"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
RuraI Free delivery.

Rural free delivery will be estab-
lished at Trenton, Grundy county,
with three carriers; length of routes,
1874 miles; population served, 1890
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
Pardoned by Gov. stephens.

Gov. Stephens has granted a pardon
to Louis Wilson, whose real name is
w. C.. McIndee, convicted at the Oc-
tober term, 1898, of the Barry county
circuit court, for larceny, and sent
enced to four years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

The senate committee on finance, on
the 18th, authorized a favorable report
on the house bill giving the superin-
tendents of coinage at minis the right
to exchange gold bars for gold coin
free of charge at their discretion. The
present law makes the change manda-
tory.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
Policemen Indicted.

Several ST. Louis policemen have
been indicted by the grand jury for
receiving brides. A gang of notorious
negro women have been robbing
white men and dividing the spoils
with policemen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
Died Of Heart Failure.

Nashville. Tenn, Dec. 24.-Samuel
W.. Murphy, perhaps the wealthiest
citizen of the state, died of heart fair
IRE here yesterday. aged 73 years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

In the Porto Rico house of dele
gates, on the 18th, Mr.. DescarteE in
PRODUCED a bill granting unrestricted
suffrage TO women on the same terms
as men
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

1t is reported in Wichita, Kas., that
Frank Rockefeller is negotiating for
the purchase of 10000 acres of land
in Kiowa and Clark counties with a
view to stocking it with horses and
high grade cattle, sheep and hogs, es-
specially horses, for which he sees a
profitable future.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

The taking of testimony in the case
of Oscar L. Booz, the West Point ca
Diet, who died recently from injuries
which his parents allege were inflicted
at the West Point military academy,
was begun, OF the nth, by the board
of inquiry appointed by the secretary
of war.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

"Great Britain's proposed altera-
tions in the preamble of the joint note
have been practically accepted by all
the powers says the Pekin CORE
spondent of the London Daily Mail.
Both Russia and Japan, whose sup
port was regarded as doubtful, have
agreed"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
A Request From Ministers.

~
The Southern Methodist ministers
of st. Louis recently adopted the fol-
lowing:
Resolved, BY the preachers meeting of
the st. Louis district of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, That we do here
by respectfully request Hon. A. M. Dock
appoint at an early day a new excise
commissioner and a new board of police
commissioners for the city of St. Louis
who are in no wise allied with the liquor
interest"
The resolution was adopted by a
vote of sixteen to one, the minister
who dissented saying that he did so
because he had not sufficient infor-
nation for such a resolution.
The State Board of HeaIth.
The state board of health will hold
il sannual meeting at Jefferson City.
January 3.
In addition to examining a number Of
applicants for license, the board will
gency appropriation for the purpose of
suppressing smallpox in various parts of
the state. DR.. L. c. McElwee, secretary
of the board, said: The board has ample
ever 1T breaks out, but on account of the
lack of funds we have been compelled to
turn the matter over to the county courts
in the various counties, and it has not
should be. Local physicians, upon whom
there Is q tremendous pressure from the
business interests, dislike to diagnose q
case as smallpox unless they have to.
Thus 1t is we hear of cases of Cuban Itch
which Is nothing in the world but small
DOX.'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

The French government has refused
the petition of the American and Brit
ish ambassadors, requesting that the
Passionist Fathers and chaplains of
the English-speaking Catholic church
of st. Joseph, in Paris, be exempt from
the heavy tax which the special law
imposes on religious bodies.
j. G. Stowe, consul general of the
United States to South Africa, with
headquarters at Cape Town, arrived
at New York, on his vacation, on the
new Red Star liner Vaderland on the
goth. He had not been in America for
three years. He left for Kansas City,
Mo-, on the 21st, to spend Christmas
with his family.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

Three carloads of postal cards, 49,
900, 900 in number, were received at st.
Louis the other day. St. Louis is the
distributing point for several states.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

Justice Henry r. Beekman, of the
New York supreme court, died in
front of his residence in New York
city on the nth. lie had just left his
house to go to court. 1t is thought
that death was due to heart disease
caused by overwork. Mr.. Beekman
was 55 years old. He was born in New
York, and lived there all his life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

Millions of Postal Cards.
Three carloads of postal cards, 49,
600, 900 in number, were received at st.
Louis the other day. St. Louis is the
distributing point for several states.
Irwin j.. Sims Found Dead in Bed.
Irwin J. Sims, a rich Audrain county
farmer, was found dead in bed at his
residence, five miles west of Mexico.
Heart failure h supposed ause.
BY the CarboIic Acid Route.
Christopher Jennings, 81 years old,
q brewery worker, committed suicide
at his home in st. Louis by swallow
ing a quantity of carbolic acid.
Exhibition Of Fine Poultry.
The second annual poultry show of
Holt County Poultry association was
held at Oregon. There were $50 coops,
or 600 fowls, on exhibition.
In a Runaway.
Miss Hazel Burkhardt, of Chester
field, ST. Louis county, was so badly
injured in a runaway near her home
that her death is expected.
Death Did Not Part Them.
John Fleming and his wife Cecilia
died at ST. Louis on the same day,
after a married life of as years. he
was so ami she was 20.
Killed His Brother.
In Stoddard county John and James
Henson, brothers, q~uarreled, and John
stabbed his brother, causing almost
instant death. In jail.
by the Strychnine Route.
Mrs. w. B. Looney. wife of w. b.
Looney, a prominent manufacturer at
Nevada. committed suicide
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

Capt. B. F. Horn, one of the oldest
Missouri river steamboat men, died at
his residence in Pierre, S. D., on the
goth. Capt. Horn made his first trip
10 the head of navigation OF the Mis-
souri, in 1866, and has navigated the
river continuously since then, with
the exception of one year, when he
served as a pilot on the Yukon river.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

AT the request of the secretary of
war, the house committee on insular
affairs, on The 18th, reported a bill in
creasing the salary of the commission
er of education of Porto Rico from S3,-
600 to $4,000. Prof. Brumbaugh relin-
quished a position paying $4,000 a
year, from a sense of public duty, to
accept the Porto Rican commissioner
ship.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27
KiIled Hfs Rrother.

In Stoddard county John and James
Henson, brothers, quarreled, and John
stabbed his brother, causing almost
instant death. In Jail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

The Deutsche Colonial Blatt of Ber-
lin publishes an order of Emperor
William ~forbidding officers and Off
Gals, including those on the retired
list, in the colonial service TO print
anything about the colonies without
the consent of the minister of war or
the minister of marine, who must first
obtain permission from the imperial
chancellor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

The German training frigate Gneise'
nau foundered off Malaga, IS miles
northeast CT Gibraltar, on the 10th.
The vessel was overtaken by a violent
storm, and went to the bottom, the
masts only remaining above water.
From shore the cadets could be seen
clinring to the rigging and calling for
help. but rapidly fell off and disap
peared beneath the waves. The cap
tain and. it is believed, lao of the peo-
ple on board were drowned.