Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
TOPICS OF Il DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Maru.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was placed in
the rotary cell of the county Jail at
Wichita, Kas., on the 25th, for in
subordination and fighting with her
fel!ow-prisoner. Mrs. Lucy Wilhert.
The rotary is the same as a dungeon.
and she will get nothing but bread
and water while confined there.
Henry Huffman, an animal trainer
with a circus, met a horrible death,
Charley" a monster elephant, while
the animal was bathing in the river
near Peru, Ind. The animal was sub
sequently killed.
/ The National Louisiana Purchase
Worlds Fair commission has finished
it's work in ST. Louis for the present,
having adjourned, to meet again in
St. Louis between June L and Is.
Nothing affecting the location of the
fair was considered.
It is reported from Manila that the
ins,lrgent general, Cables ordered
eight American prisoners to be shot,
April 81, the same day on which he
condemned to death Col. Sancio, one
of his staff officers, and Senior de la
Rosa, a wealthy native, who had re-
fused to contribute to the insurgent
fund. Sancio escaped.
D.. D.. Thompson, Of Chicago, the as
sistant editor, was, on the 25th, elect
ed editor of the Northwestern Chris
tan Advocate, by the Methodist book
committee, to succeed DR.. Edwards,
deceased.
The bsnking house of Leroy c.
Partridge. of Ovid, n. Y, made an as
signment ON the 25th. The liabilities
and assets were not made public. The
bank was capitalized at $150,OOO.
The comet first seen at Cape Town,
Cape Colony. on the 25th, is visible on
the eastern horizoL. 1t is brilliant
and tripIe-tailed and is rapidly APP
preaching the sun
The entire plant of the Lookout
Distilling Co. at Chattanooga, Tenn,
together with 631 barrels of whisky,
was seized by Revenue Collector Null
link, on the 25th, by orders from the
Washington authorities. Duplicating
wholesalers stamps on original pack
ages is the charge.
Oscar" the well-known maitre
d'hote of the Waldorf-Astoria, in New
York city, who has earned the graft
tude of every woman patron by his
assiduous attention to their wants, is
credited with having accumulated a
fortune of nearly 100000 by judicious
investments in stocks on tips given
him by pleased patrons.
Mark Thomas Hayes was hanged at
Uniontown, Pa, on the 25th. Hayes
crime IA committed July 4, 1899, at
the Ell farm, near Dunbar, Pa. His
victim was William Lowden.
Miss Helen NJ. Gould gave S1O,OOO
last January, to build a Young Mems
Christian association headquarters at
Fort Monroe. under condition that the
name of the giver be kept secret. The
fact has leaked out however.
Over twenty banks AVE suspended
payment at Ooawa and in the south
ern and central provinces of Japan.
The Bank of Japan has assisted them,
but further trouble is apprehended.
A financial panic prevails.
Thomas f. Ketchum, alias 'Black
jack" the notorious outlaw who had
A(ON IN ISoDAS Vi JIG Ou64
west for the past IS years, was
hanged at Clayton, n. NJ, on the Goth,
for train robbery, and in the drop his
head was severed from his body by
the rope as if by a g%uillotine. The
headless trunk pitched forward to-
ward the spectators, and blood spat-
tered upon those nearest the scat
fold.
Charles NJ. Switzer, of New York
city, filed a petition in bankruptcy, on
the goth, with liabilities of $50, 167, and
no assets. The petitioner was formerly
a member of the firm of MCPHERSON
Switzer Il Co., of Chicago.
The carr and czarina viii privately
visit England and London during the
coming season. They will attend the
Glasgow exhibition.
L. L. Hummer, on trial at Alma, Wis,
for illegal banking, pleaded guilty, Cd
the goth, to the charge of receiving
money after knowing the bank was
insolvent, and was sentenced to one
year at Waupun ~penitentiary.
The Filipino committee in Madrid
has adopted a resolution calling upon
their countrymen in the Philippine ISL
ands to continue their struggle
against American sovereignty to the
bitter end.
An ~anti-clerical demonstration in
Lisbon was dispersed by the police on
the goth. The figure of a Jesuit was
burned IN efigy by the mob, who,
meanwhile, INDUCED in anti-Jesuit
cries.
On the 27th r. G. Dun & Co. report
ed: Failures for the week numbered
215 in the United States, against 204
last year., and 26 in Canada, against
% last year"
George H. Bridgeman, the United
States minister to Bolivia, who ha6
been on a visit to the United States
arrived at La Paz, Bolivia, on the
e6th.
George H. Phillips, the Chicago
Corn king, has again demonstrates
that there is nothing of the Shyloc:
in his makeup. Before b session
was an hour old, Of the Goth, he ha'
relieved a couple of shorts in Ma
corn, and that without any demon
stration.
J.. NJ. McCracken, representativ
in the Arkansas legislature frol
Pope county, a arrested by Deput
| United States Marshal John I. Blu
ris, on the 26th, on a warrant chargin
him with defacipg two doors in