Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02

She reached a wire fence separating
her from the house, and, clinching a
wire in her tiny hands, hung there
until every thread of her clothes
burned from her body. Her mother,
who was on a sick bed, heard her
screams and a to help her, but,
overcome by weakness, she fell be-
fore she reached the burning child. In
sheer desperation she dragged her
self to the fence, but could only
reach between the wires. The moth
er was badly burned, without being
able to help the child, and is in a
critical condition.
She Fell Asleep.
Bette Bailey, colored fell asleep
in a little old shanty on the river
front, in st. Louis, and when Annie
Young, with whom she lived, went to
awaken her, she found b old oma
was dead. Bette Bailey was very old.
When the French flag was hauled
down where the great city of St. Louis
is, and the Stars and Stripes unfurled,
Bette was a little girl. She said she
was ITO; and while she may have been
younger, her weatherbeaten and wrin-
killed. face and snow-white hair testi-
fed that she was very old. When L
die, just don't have any services, and
let the city bury me, and if it won't,
then go down and tell them to put
this old body in the river and let it
float away" She said this a few hours
before her death. The city buried the
-amainS in the D0ftRrSfeld.
Recent Deaths.
Mrs. Cecilia A. Rankin, widow of L.
j. Rankin, deceased, at De Soto. Mrs.
Rankin was born at Herculeneum,
Mo-, April Il. 1928, and was a sister OF
ex-Gov. Fletcher.
Mrs. T. j. harrington, wife Of a
prominent merchant of Laddonia,
Audrain county.
Judge W. H. Murphy, of Pulaski
county, aged 81. He served in the
| civil war, and lost a leg with Sher-
man near Atlanta, Ga. He was the
only republican eve elected to eX
ecutive office in Pulaski county, and
at one time was the republican nom
inee for congress against r. 2. Bland.
| The funeral was largely attended.
Bank RObber Arrested.
Chief OF Police Love of Sedalia has
been appraised of the arrest OF IRWIN
Gambal, at Vincennes, Ind. Gambal,
| together with a nephew named Free
| man., are alleged to have robbed the
| Bank of Commerce of Sedalla of SlO,'
600, on the afternoon of August 1
| 1898. Freeman is now serving a IA
| years sentence in the Indiana penl-
Tertiary.
Attempted Bank
Bank robbers attempted to blow
open the vault of the Butler county
| bank at Poplar Bluff, but were fright
ened away before they secured any
booty, The officials of the bank were
| given information six weeks ago tC
| the effect that an attempt would be
made to rob the bank.
To the State Board of Health.
The governor has appointed the fol
| lowing physicians on the state board
| of health: 3. G.. Dysart. Paris, Mon
roe county; A. w. McAlester, Column
bia, Boone county; w. E. Morrow
Kansas City, Jackson county; j. L
| Thatcher, Oregon, Holt county
Called to q Fayette Charge.
Elder Edgar NJ. Richmond, of Ma
ron. who was a candidate for con
press from the First district last
wear. has been called to the passionate
of the Christian church in Fayette
and will begin his labors he f.rs1
Sunday in May.
commissioned Lieutenant-CoE0Hea
V. J. Kaiser, of Jefferson City, hal
been commissioned a lieutenaH8-coi
onel on the military staff, by Gov
Dockery. Mr.. Kaiser was also a mem
Der of the staff of Gov.S Stephens
Grave Instead of the AltHs-
VIM. d. Bender, 1910 Rutger street
St. Louis, took carbolic acid and die
a few hours before the time set fol
a double wedding, of which, he WAS to
be one of the grooms.
Farmer Charged With Arson-
Grant Gipson, an extensive taT1fe1
int he southern part of Macon coun
" has been arrested on the eharg'
of arson. His barn burned seNera
months ago.
The Gaylord & Blessing Failure.
GAYLORD & Blessing, ST. Louis bro
kers. who failed several weeks ago
have liabilities of bout $550,o0O, am
creditors will receive about nine pc
cent.
Additional Rural Delivery
Additional free rural delivery VII
oe established May L at Chilllcothe
There will be five carriers, length O
route 14OA miles; population S'4oo-
wants $4,000
Conrad Klippert, a Macon count.
farmer. has filed a suit for $500
against J.. II. Coleman, a real estat
1ealer. of Iowa, charging libel
Burglars Wreck a saloon
Burglars entered a saloon at Cor
der. Lafayette county,, TN
safe with n~itroglycerine, secured STU
IN cash and made their escape
Fire at Sweet Springs
Fire in the business portion o
Sweet Springs, Saline county, dc