Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-07-04
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Judge W. A. Woods, of the United
: States district court. dropped dead
at 1920 on the morning of the Goth,
at his home in indianapolis, Ind.
A tornado struck La Crosse, Wis,
about seven o'clock on the evening of
the 2Sth, doing thousands of dollars
worth of damage. The new Norwegian
hospital, in course of erection, was
wrecked.
1t is claimed that there is an "In-
sanity trust" in Indianapolis, Ind, the
members of which stand ready to tes-
tify to any patients insanity for a
consideration. Great indignation has
been aroused by the exposure.
Mr.. Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor, is
dangerously i'll. at his home in Wash
ington, as a result of a fall from a
trolley III as he vas returning home
from a ride with his daughters.
Senator Patterson, of Ohio, one of
the states Pan-American commission
ers, who is arranging for the dedica-
ton of the state building on July IS,
says hat President Mckinley will Wis
it the exposition on that occasion.
A terrific storm swept over st.
Paul and Minneapolis, Mimi, on the
afternoon of the 2Sth doing an i'm
mense amount of damage. Duluth,
New Richmond, Star Prairie and other
| points in the state felt the force of
the storm.
Fire Commissioner John J. Scannell
of New York city, Boss Croker's right
hand man, was indicted by h grand
jury, on the 2Sth, for m-alfeasance in
Office. He was also indicted jointly
with William L. Marks for conspiracy.
ST. Mary's Catholic church at Hun
ington, Ind, was struck by lightning
and destroyed on the 2Sth. 1t was
valued at $4,000. At Velpin, Pike
county, ten buildings were unroofed
and one stone building demolished
No lives were lost so far as known.
While seated under a tree during a
sharp thunderstorm at Meriden,
Conn, on the 2Sth, Fred Lee, of South
ington, and his young bride were
struck by lightning. Mr.. Lee was in
stantly killed and his wife was so
stunned, that her life is ~despaired of
The Louisiana Purchase Worlds
Il oil O1 III ~ObAt.
approved the selection of the Forest
park site for the Worlds fair at ST.
Louis, adopted n report of the judi
ciary committee defining in detail the
powers and duties of the commission
under the law creating the body, and
adjourned, subject to the call of the
chairman.
Lansing, Ia, bids fair to become IA
nous for the many fine pearls found
there. One recently sold for $500. 1t
was found by an old Swede named
Benson on a clam bed which produced
the famous Queen Marie about u
month ago., and although weighing
less, &C grains, is a much finer and
more valuable gem.
Marquis Tseng, at Shanghai, re-
ceived a dispatch. On the 3oth, FROM
Sian Fu to the effect that the empress
dowager of China, fearing a trap to
capture her, declines to return TO
Pekin, and has notified the grand
council that the future capital will be
Kai-Feng-Fu, in the Province of Ho
Nan.
The United States training ship
Hartford, Commander J.. II. Hawley,
arrived at Copenhagen on the Both.
The navy department reserved for
her the best berth during her two
weeks visit. The crown prince regent
entertained the officers of the Hart
ford at dinner.
During a severe rain and electric
storm at Winona, Mimi, on the 30ch,
lightning struck the Young Ladies'
zo--.- lorao~;n~ Tho roof. the
Lake street bridge was set on ire.
but was saved; some COWS were killed,
and the boy herdsman stunned. He
will cover
Mrs. Eliza Rogers Potter, wife OF
Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, Protestant
Episcopal bishop Of New York, died
suddenly, on the 30rh, at the family
residence in New York city. Mrs. o
ter's death was due to heart failure
superinduced by the intensely hot
weather.
According to the Vienna CORE
spondent of the London Daily Tele-
Igraph, a conflict has occurred between
Mussulmen and Christians at Gus
SINCE, on the acknowledgements
frontier, ten Christians being killed
and many others wounded.
Rev. DR.. byron Sunderland, OF
| Washington, d. c., died at Catskill, n.
Y, on ehe 30th, from a blood clot on
! the brain. His demise occurred at the
home of his son-in-law, Orrin Day,
president of the Tanners national
bank.
Tt is asserted in St. Petersburg that
M. De White, the Russian finance minis
| ter, will leave that capital for Man.
| churia during July.
The Meteor, with Emperor William
| on board, won the yacht ace in Luz
brock bay on the soth.