Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-31
LATE NEWS ITEMS,

LATE NEWS ITEMS
Frank Carlson and George Baldwin,
two young men of Portland, Ore,
quarreled about two girls and fought
a fist fight on the 27th, lasting about
twenty minutes, when Carlson was
knocked down by a blow IN the stom-
ach. When picked up he was dead.
Senator Harris, of Kansas, who will
go to Europe as a special commissions
er of the Worlds fair, will make an
effort to bring to this country for e.
hibition at the fair the famous herd
of cattle of the late >.ueen Victoria,
now owned by King Edward VII.
The clericals and anti-clericals OF
Paris made another demonstration
on the 27th. The forces seemed to
be about equally divided. Many fights
occurred, but no serious casualties
were reported, as the ponce pre-
served order.
Walter Kilner, a wealthy retired
business man of Mattoon, ILL.,, who
cut his finger with a blade of grass
while moving his lawn a short time
ago, died in great agony on the 27th,
from blood poisoning.
"Black Jack" Mcdonald, a noted
desperate, was shot and killed in his
saloon at Juarez, Mex, opposite FL
Paso, Tex, on the 18th, by an Ameri-
can whose name is unknown.
Charles Weyley, of Norwood, Mo-,
dan at her home, nea Springfield,
NO., on the Goth, and then blew the
top of his own head off.
The officers of the United Mine
Workers will institute .aoeas corpus
proceedings for members of the r.
der arrested under the recent edict
of Judge Jackson.
Annie Cousart and Jennie and
Mamie Nelson, young girls, were
killed by a railroad engine at Char
lotte, N. G., on the 27th, while ross
ing a t~restle.
DR.. Eugene Grissom, the noted
North Carolina alienist and neurolo-
gist, committed suicide by shooting
himself at Washington, D. c., on the
2Sth.
Homer Seekford shot at a Mrs.
Fleck, at Springfield, o., on the 27th,
and missed her, but the ball struck
a Mrs. Gebauer in the back, killing
her.
Mrs. Everett Spence shot and killed
her husband and herself at Woods
field, o., on the Goth.
Fifty-two fresh cases of cholera
and SO deaths were reported at Cairo,
Egypt, on the 9th.
Very ~disorderly scenes occurred at
a primary election in New Jersey on
the 26th. One man was killed in Cam
den, and "Joe" Goddard, the pugilist,
vas shot and probably fatally wound
ed. A number of others were shot or
stabbed.
A marshal left Okmulgee, I. T., on
the 27th, to dispense Crazy Snake and
his followers, who had been creating
a disturbance, and returned next day,
having shot and mortally wounded
n Indian and taken ten prisoners.
Earthquake shocks were felt on the
9th in points in California, and on
| the 2Sth shocks we're felt in Nebras.
ka, western Iowa and South Dakota
No damage was done except in Cali.
f%ornia, and there it was only slight.
William Crawford, a bellboy at the
Barnett house in Canton, o., was ar
rested on the 2Sth on suspicion o.
having murdered Vincent Hill, whe
was found dead in his room at thu
hotel on Sunday morning.
The Cuban government has com
planned of Consul-General Bragg!
criticisms of the Cubans, and the pa
pers in the case are now in the hands
of President Roosevelt, and some ac
ton is expected soon.
A. M. Rothschild, until a few day
ago the head of the Chicago depart
ment firm of A. M. Rothschild & Co,
committed suicide at his home il
that city, on the 2Sth, by shooting
himself in the head.
VIM. J.. White, cashier of the Sal
Francisco board of public works, ha
disappeared, and it is officially an
nounced that his accounts are severa
thousand dollars short.
An association was incorporated i
Baltimore, on the 2Sth,. whose objec
is to erect a memorial arch to CON
memorate the deeds of Admire
Schley.
A severe storm of thunder, light
ming and rain passed over Pittsburf
Pa. on the 2Sth, killing three person
and doing much property damage.
AS a result of the race wal follow
ing the killing of Chief-of-Po Police Wi
moth, negroes are leaving the vicinit
of Womelsdorf, w. Va, in scores.
One million dollars in treasure wa
brought from Nome and st. Michael
by the steamship Roanoke, which al
rived at Seattle on the 2Sth.
Robert Morrison, aged 80 year
prominent in educational work fc
many years, is dead at his home nes
Fulton, Mo.