Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-06
TOPICS OF Il DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

III
ArmenianS who have be-
come na1uralized American or Rus
citizens from entering Turkey.
Mrs. L. w. St. Clair and Mrs. w T.
Moore. have presented to the trustees
of Christian college, at Columbia, No.
property valued at $4,000.
Memorial services were held on the
deck of the battleship Massachusetts,
New York navy yard, on the 5oth,
beautiful floral wreaths were
launched upon the waves in memory
of Our heroes. "Forloved ones" and
lin tender memory of all Gods chls-
dren who have persisted at sea-
Orders have been given by h wal
department to fit up the transport
Sherman as a teacher transport, with
accommodations for 125 female anG
900 or 500 male teachers. The vessel
will sail from San Francisco early in
July. The accommodations are TO be
as comfortable as possible.
In tearing of the roof of an old
Farmhouse north of Eldora, Ia, on the
Goth. Marvin Finster found a barrel
of one To his establishment he
was almost buried by a rain of silver
dollars
= is authoritatively announced
from Washington hat Associate JUS
&c David !. Brewer and Miss Emma
Ninor Mott. principal OF he Morse
school. in Washington. will be mar
ried in Burlington. Vt. within n few
DAYS. The bride-elect is about fifty
y,a r of age.
Standing on a high bluff overlook
ing the Missouri river. at Sioux City
Ia, a handsome monument 100 feet
high was dedicated, on the 3Oth, to
the of Sergt. Charles Floyd,
a member of the Lewis and Clark eX
petition. whose remains lie on the
bluff. He died near there August 20,
1904.
E P. Mcdonald was acquitted in the
criminal court at Birmingham, Ala
for the killing of Thomas f. Fitz-
patrick and Joseph Ashby, two St
Louisans. The killing occurred in the
Peerless saloon in November last. No
Donald's claim was self-defense, and
he proved it.
Parts of Australia are becoming
lively rivals to Canada and the United
States in the European apple trade
Tasmania. especially, has been found
a frSt-class ~apple-raising country
There are S.373 acres in apple or
chards there. and the product in 1S9!
was 36S.915 bushels.
Frank Reeves, a negro, vas hanged
by a mob. on the 30th. in Butler coun
ty, Ala He had attempted to assault
Miss Ada McMilIin, but was fright
ened away by several men, whO hat
responded TO the young woman
screams for help.
Mai. Leo Rassieur. of st. Louis, com
nander-in-chief of the G.. \. r.. whil'
in indianapolis, Ind. on the 30th, los
his official badge. 1t carries tire,
stars, the insignia of his rank in tn
order.
At Denver, Col, on the S1st, jaime
Dunn, a Jockey, was shot twice by Vic
tor Collins, another jockey, at Over
land park, in Il fracas that starte'
in good-natured "guying." One bulle
lodged in Dunn's skull behind the ca
and the other entered his jaw I'll
was able to walk half a mile to
doctor, ana was afterwards taken I
a hospital.
The statement of the treasury ba'
ances in the general fund, eNclusiv
of the S150.OOO.0 900 gold reserve in tn
division OF redemption, issued on tn
31st. showed: Available cash balance
s1s3. 765.S62; gold. S93,016,1 40-
The secretary of the treasury, o
the 31st bought several small lots c
bonds aggregating $4,000, all shor
term tours. The price was S113-76S3
The German government has cha
tered IS steamers to carry home III
German troops in China.
At Al5uras, Cal. on the S1st, zig
lantes took four alleged horsethieve
IA father and three sons and anothe
voung man. from the officers an
hanged them.
On the S1st r. G. Dun & Co. repor
ed: Failures for the week nun
bered las in the United States, again
loo last year, and % in Canad
against 20 last year"
ArbucElc Brothers, of New Ior
on the 2ist, reduced h price OF
grades of refined sugar Is points II
American Sugar Refining Co. made !
changes
Secretary of War Root, on the 81:
sent a c~ablegram to Gov.-Gen. Woo
: at Havana, informing him that t
! action of the Cuban constitution
convention in qualifying the Pla
amendment. defining the future rel
: tions between the United States a
Cuba. is not satisfactory to h 8
miniStration-
Director General Buchanan receiv
c q telegram. on the S1st, from G'
Yates of Illinois stating that June
e would be celebrated as Illinois day
', the Pan-American exposition. The
l. Inois state building viii be dedicat
e on that day in the presence OF G
4 Yates and mis- staff.
= A dispatch received from L6
r Kitchener at the British war office,
II the S1st, reported a heavy engat
ment between Delarey's. men a
: Gen. Dixon's force at Vladfontein,
which the British casualties M
= bered ia, including four ofhc
killed. The Beers left IS dead on
: Geld.
= L James Gordon, sales and c
tracing agent in Russia of the Bs
!. win locomotive works, disappeared
St. Petersburg last January, and
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