Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-21

committee Oh TIC oCJIOCI III
Mines from 1889 to 1893. Gen. Mitch
Ill was well known throughout the
state, and was honored and respected
oy all WIFI knew him.
Furniture Men Meet.
The St. Louis furniture board of
trade met at that town, and after re-
the report of the excursion
on the recent trip to south
Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and
territory, a resolution was
adopted urging congress to admit Ok
and Indian territory to the
Union as the state of Oklahoma. A
consider and report on the advisa-
bility of providing a trademark for
St. Louis furniture.
Missing.
L. P. Manning, manager of the
Johns & Sons lumber yards at Hughes.
vile, Pettis county, disappeared un-
der a claud. Before leaving he cashed
two checks drawn by himself on q
Sedalia bank, in which he had no de.
posts. An examination of the books
of Johns & Sons has disclosed a short
age of $500 up to date, and the tota
amount is estimated at from $700 tc
81, 1000. Manning is IS, and has beer
manager of the lumber company for
number of years.
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Solution copyrighted.
Miss Gertrude Cutcheon, the youns
lady graduate of the Lebanon higl
school who created quite a sensation
in mathematical circles a few week
ago by announcing that she hadsoive'
the difficult geometrical problem o
~"trisecting an angle" has succeeded
in obtaining a copyright of her solu
ton, and it has been proved to b
correct beyond the possibility of
doubt.
Daughter Seeks to Break a Will.
Georgia Dsnham,of Kansas City,ha
filed suit at Liberty to break the wi
of her father, the late Judge l.. v
Leavell. The estate is worth $4,000
She claims that she should be give
one-eleventh of it, alleging that otl
er children unlawfully and undul
influenced the father in making tn
will while he was feeble and infirl
in mind.
Injured While Being Initiated.
Max Dorsch, while being Initiated
. poa-ohn- oG N1IIonI To~D NT01nr
Woodman of America, at Kansas Cit,
says he was strapped to the axle
two big cart wheels and rolled aroun
| the floor. AS he was blindfolded /
became frightened as he revolved, an
; got his left hand under the wheel
crushing it. He has sued the Woo
men order for $4,000.
Fulton Gazette Changes Hands.
The Fulton Gazette has been pu
chased by J. w. Tincher, ~prosecutint
attorney of Galloway county. The p
per was owned by J.. /. Nichols, wi
has been the editor for nearly
years. The paper will continue dem
cratic, and will be under the editori
management of o. K. Bell.
ALLEGED Murderer Arrested.
Edward Diller, who for more tn;
three years evaded the police, wi
sought him for the killing of Edwa
Toomey in ST. Louis on January
1895, was arrested by detectives
the farmhouse of Harmon Hendricl
Ave miles north Of Harvel, Christi;
county. ILL.,, where he was employed
4 1aborer.
Women Committed for Fraud.
Hattie NJ. Mcbride and her gra
haired mother, Lucinda Parker, CO
victed of making false affidavit
pension papers and fined $1,000 ca
bv Judke Phillips, were locked IN
cell at the county Jail at Kansas vi
Stabbed in q Quarrel.
Henry Bauer was fatally wound
at st. Louis in a quarrel with Hen
kaufman, a bartender, who used
knife, A Mrs. Hess was also stabt
while playing the roll of peacemak
1t Ratified DlSheS.
Poplar Bluff was visited by anear
quake shock the other night. The c
turbance lasted several seconds, a
was of sufficient force to shake hou
, and rattle. dishes.
> Bonds Called In.
, The Monet school directors ii
called in $4,000 outstanding sch
, bonds. They will pay off S6,Ooo
them and refund the balance.
t Saruck with a Ratchet.
|, Thomas Ward, of St. Louis,
nrobably die as a result of a III
with Myrtle Hays, in that city, v
struck him with a Ratchet.
h Smallpox Ina Barry
y Smallpox prevails in Barry cou
and rs families in the eastern part
e the county have been quarantine
, Little Boy Burned to Death.
e Edward Mccarthy, the three-y'
old son of Mrs. Peter Mccarthy,
= fatall- burned during his moth
:, absence from home at st. Charles
v tn Erect Conferedate Monumen
10 The United Daughters of h I
federacy will erect q monument
,e confederate dead buried in Forest
p cemetery in Kansas City.