Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-14
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

other patients Under treatment in Liv.
erpool are out of danger.
The proposed extradition treaty be-
tween the United States and Servia
has been submitted to the Skupshtina,
the Servian congress.
After a desperate fight, on the 7th
between a gang of convicts and
guards, on the site of the new federal
prison at L~eavenworth, Kas., during
which one of the convicts was killed
and some of the guards wounded, &c
of the ~convicts succeeded in making
their escape.
There is every prospect of a bread
war in New York city. Rival corpora
tons, backed by millions of dollars
in capital, are planning to absorb
the business of hundreds of small
bakeries, and serve the public with
bread produced amid hygienic sur
roundings.
Arguments in the Schley court Of
inquiry were concluded, on the 7th,
Judge Advocate Lemly making the
closing speech. The sessions covered
40 days and the record will V 2,GGU
printed pages, which the court will
now proceed to digest.
A party of 1875 Modern Woodmen,
with 90 teams went, on the 18th to the
farm of Ben Busha, six miles south
of Arcola, ILL.,, a brother who has
been sick for some time, and husked
65 acres of corn for him and hauled
it in.
Charles Thompson, supreme finance
keeper of the supreme tent Knights
of Maccabees, by his own confession,
is an embeZzler of the funds of the
order to the extent of $4,000. The
order is protected from loss by a bond
of $4,000 o
First Lieutenant Robert T. Craw-
ford, of the First infantry, a sergeant
and five men, while attempting to
cross the Babylon river in Samar is
land, P. L., recently, were drowned.
Mrs. Belle Everest, of Atchison, Kas,
has been nominated by Senator John
NJ Thurston, of Nebraska, of the ma
tional Worlds fair commission, as a
member of the board of lady man.
ayers for the Louisiana Purchase CEN
tennial exposition.
AAbO AoA LCo lis Nv
fifth birthday anniversary at Cen
tralia, ILL.,, on the 18th. A feature of
the dinner was n watermelon he al
ways has preserved. Mr.. Clark's most
severe ailment in years was caused
by falling Is feet from an apple tree
while climbing to trim it.
Miss Kate Greeaway, the we'll
known artist, whose dainty work has
been appreciated both in America
and Europe, died, in London, on the
morning of the sth. She was a menu
Der of the Royal Institute of Painters
in Water Colors.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
of the $15O.OG0, 900 gold reserve in the
division of redemption, issued on the
Sth, showed: Available cash balances,
SITS, 271, 1O7; gold, S~111,417,s70.
Judge Cheltain, of Chicago, on the
Sth, refused to grant n temporary or
der against the International Associa-
Robert Tarrant, a machinery manu-
f%acturer. The court said that Mr..
Tarrant would have to show that the
pickets were using force against non
union men before he could enjoin the
strikers.
Charles Dunn, aged 60 years, was,
one the 7th, found guilty, at Fort
Wayne, Ind, of the murder of Alice
Cothrell, a ~ten-year-old girl, and his
punishment was fixed at imprison-
ment for life. The conviction was
based solely upon circumstantial evil
dence.
Senator Hanna, of Ohio, on the Sth,
made his first visit to the White
House since the death of the late
President Mckinley. He was accom-
panied by John G.. Milburn, of Buffalo,
at whose residence Mr.. Mckinley died.
The jury in the case of James Gala
han, at Omaha, Neb., after being out
Sc hours, brought in u verdict, on the
sth, finding the defendant not guilty,
and the prisoner was discharged.
On the sth r. G. Dun & Co. re-
ported: Failures for the week num-
bered 243 in the United States, against
POI last year and 33 in Canada, against
is last year.
The duke of Cornwall and York was,
on the sth, created prince of Wales
and earl of Chester.
A ledge of free milling gold ore
was struck, at Helena, Mont, on the
sth, while grading the foundation fer
the United States federal building
now under construction. The ledge
is a very stong one of iro~n-stained
quartz. containing free milling gold.
Mrs. Armstrong, aged 55, and her
daughter, aged 25, were found dead
on the prairie near Gage. Okla. They
on the prairie near Gage, Okla. They
had recently come from northwestern
Illinois and settled on a claim. They
had started out to hunt their cows
got lost and persisted from exposure
The Fidelity and Deposit Co., OF
Maryland, which carried the bond OF
Charles D. Thompson, the defaultine
supreme finance keeper of the
Knights of the Macabees, announce.
that it will make the loss good. Thu
company will prosecute Thompson.
Twenty-one faithful employees D
the Carnegie company, at Pittsburg
Pa, have received in the past weel
81, 900, 900 in bonds of the Carnegie
company, bearing five per cent. inter
est. The gifts range in value from
$4,000 to $4,000, according to posi-
ton and salary.