Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-05
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Five persons, a mother and her four
children, were burned to death at
Gwayn station, on the WopsonoC Creek
railway, three miles north OF Altoona,
Pa, on the night of h 3Oth. The
husband escaped with severe injuries.
When the mother awakened and
the house on fire. She aroused her
husband, who attempted to extiu-
guish the flames and then went to
call neighbors. When he returned his
wife and children had been burned
t. death.
The expectation of cotton to the
orient by way of Puget sound during
the past few years has made a won
derful increase. November was a rec
ord-breaker in that line. According
to customhouse reports the ship
ments amounted to $4,000 bales OF
cotton valued at $4,000.
The report of the manager of ath.
letics at Harvard university, for the
past year, shows that the receipts
from all branches of athletics
amounted to S117,317, ana the eN-
penses $7S,23S. The receipts from
football were $55,s10, and the eX-
penses S19,6SS.
Arthur W. Soper, president of n
Pintsch Comprising Co., the Safety
| Car Heating and Lighting Co, and a
prominent figure in many corpora
tions, died after a months illness at
his residence in New York, on the
list, from a complication of stomach
troubles.
The Nitroglycerine Workers Ma
tional association met in Marion, Ind,
on the 1st, and decided to establish an
insurance feature in favor of widows
and orphans of the members who may
meet death in their vocation. Sep
arate state organizations will be
formed.
Jesse Dixon, a well-known farmer
and stockman of Platte Center, Neb.,
while watching the operation of y
corn-sheller in st. Joseph, Mo-, on the
3Oth, wa drawn in to the feeder and
lost both his arms. He died from
shock and loss of blood.
Capt. r. D. Mayo, who left Chicago,
on the 3Oth, in his life-saving device,
arrived safely at Grand Haven, Mich,
on the 1st. The voyage was made
without accident, although a strong
sea was encountered.
The establishment in Rome of al
American library has been ordered
by royal decree. The library viii
contain all publications relating te
the new world since itJ discovery.
In the senate, on the I'd, precisel!
at IL o'clock, Mr.. Frye (Me.) presi
dent pro tenn, raped to order. Ih'
chaplain offered an impressive pray
er. Credentials of new members wer'
presented and their bearers sWorl
in. The usual resolutions were adopt
ed and committees of notification ap
pointed. Recess was taken until wv
O'Clock, when, no formal notice fron
the house having been received, MI
; Gamble Is. d. announced the oeatl
. of Senator Kyle, of that state, wher
after the adoption of resolutions, tn
: senate adjourned......1n the nous
= the organization was accompllshe
according to time-honored Prece
, dents, Speaker Henderson was swor
in by Gen. Bingham, the father G
, the house, and in turn administer
the oath to m~embers-elect. The usus
committees were appointed to motif
I the senate and president that tn
house was organized and ready to q
business. The rules OF the last nous
were adopted, and the blennlal sea
drawing then took place.
With imposing ceremonies, embr'
H1o-o1 f0rnoc ctnt
militia and confederate veteran
e beautiful women and cheering co
r l~egians; a programme OF eHerclse
graced by distinguished speakers, ar
r. with words of greeting from the pre-
ident of the United States, the Sou1
h Carolina Interstate and West India
exposition at Charleston, was opent
ID officially on the I'd.
IF According to a neutrality-suspicious.
re ST. Petersburg, Germany and Russ
have reached an entire agreementco
corning the advantage of calling
international anti-anarchist COME
tv ence. These two powers have Sc
Identical notes to h other powe
20 of the world, and presumably to t
Is United States, inviting them all
al participate in the conference.
ds The monthly comparative sta
NJ ment of the receipts and expenditur
he of the government, issued on the
- shows that during November, 10
10. the receipts amounted to $45,77o,1
M and the expenditures to S4O,19S,9
Cd which leaves a surplus for h NOR
of s5.517.S $50, and 49, $50 for the +
49, months of the present fiscal year
Edward John Eyre, who was G.
"a ernor of Jamaica and its depends
"a cies. 1s62-1s66 and who put down I
mutiny of the negroes there, died
London OF the I'd. He was born
ISIS.