Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-08
MISSOURI A NEWS.
recent Deaths.

Fair Commissioner Marshall, at b
family residence in Morehouse New
Madrid county.
Mrs. Martin Piper, at her home neal
Marshall.
Edward Denber. one % Tipton's
merchants.
NJ. L. Smith, New Franklin.62 years.
Hon. w. w Warren, representative
In the legislature from st. Clair
ty. He had been suffering for some
time from Bright's disease, but death
was caused from heart failure. Mr..
Warren was a minister of the Chris
tan church, and vas a Freemason.
Hiram Morez, aged SIS, ex-mayor of
Taddonia.
George Rohlfing, a w~ell-known citi-
zen of De Soto, and prominent in the
[. o. o. F., aged 81.
William Feeback, a prominent farm
sr, at Butler, from heart disease.
M. C. White, a Mexican wal veteran,
1T his home at Appleton City.
Mrs. j. d. Powers, at her home at
Butler, of heart failure.
Unprecedented Number.
There were 446 deaths certificates
filed with the ST. Louis health depart
ment during the week ending at noon,
July 81, the heaviest record for such
a short period in the history of the Of
fee. During the week previous there
were 227 deaths, and that number
was unusually large for the season of
the year. Based On the official census
returns of 575,238 bitants, the To-
cal death rate was 40 per 1000 per
annum. Tie heat claimed a large
percentage of the deaths for the last
week mentioned, Jas persons succumb-
ing to it directly. The weather was
also given as a contributing of
death in a great many other cases.
Seventy-eight of the total number of
deaths were of children under one
year of age. The number of births
recorded during the week reached 207.
Secretary Cooks Report.
Secretary of State Sam B. Cook re-
ports having received and paid into
the state treasury taxes and fees dur
ing July, 1901, as follows: Notarial
commissions, $3.50; domestic cor
poration tax, SIT .720; foreign cor
poration tax, $305; miscellaneous
fees, s546.25; land department fees,
$11.s0; recording railroad contracts,
$112.50; bank inspection fees, $953.35.
Total, S~3O,S7s.90.
Says are After Him.
President Gates. of the lower house
of the St. Joseph city council, has
made the announcement that a plot
was afoot to bride the council into
the passage of what is known as the
Twenty-second street sewer ordinance.
President Gates says he has beer Of
fered a large SUM Oh money for his
vote and influence in securing the
passage of the ordinance.
Death Probably Due to Wounds.
Jake Logan, who was shot at Mary
vile, June /, by A. Walker, because
Logan was talking to his daughter,
died the other day. 1t is believed the
death was due to his wounds. Walker
is serving a year in Jail for assault
with intent tc kill. There is much
interest as to whether he can be
tried for murder in case the wounds
caused the death.
New Corn O Novelty.
Says an item from Holden: David
Nichols, a farmer residing on Big
creek. about nine miles southwest of
here, brought to the Connor Mill and
Elevator Co Is ears of this seasons
corn that measured from IL inches to
IA inches in length. This is the first
corn that has been brought to this
city this season and was a novelty to
the people.
She Was Sick and Dependent.
Miss Anna Wood, "a years old,
daughter of James Wood, a farmer
residing about three miles northwest
of Odessa committed suicide by shoot
ing through the heart with a rifle.
The deed was due to dependency on
account of sickness.
State Treasurer's Report.
The report OF State Treasurer Will
Hams for July is as follows: Balance
June 20, 1901, $2,05S,575.9O; receipts
for July, $357.465.34; disbursements
for July, $~2T5,231.50. Balance, July 81,
S. ,140, s06.74.
Russian Whea for Seed.
Fifteen car loads of Russian hard
wheat arrived in Kansas City, the 9TH
er day, and will be distributed for
seed. 1t cost 1928 per bushel laid
Town at Kansas City.
The Gasoline Stove.
Mrs. G. w. Liggett, of Hannibal, was
burned to dealt, by the explosion of
a gasoline stove. She was engaged in
filling the reservoir while two jets
were burning.
Golf and Old Men.
A well-known physician of st. Louis
warns old men to beware of golf, ar
guing that the exercise is too violent
especially mel with tendencies to
corpulency.
Two Frefghts Come Together.
Two Chicago & Alton freights col
lided bead-on at Grain Valley. En-
gineer Jacques vas killed and En-
gineer Walsh and Fireman Pulliam
injured.
EIks Planning a Horse Show.
The Order OF Elks of ST. Joseph are