Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-25
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

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At Lacon, ILL.,, on the 18th, an at
tempt was made to murder r. NJ.
Barnes, an attorney. by exploding a
25-pound can of powder under his
bed room.
Two negro soldiers quarreled at
Fort Mackenzie, Wyo., on the 18th,
when one stabbed the other through
the heart, instantly killing him.
A republican convention will be
held at Hampton, Ia, on the 25th, to
nominate a candidate for congress to
succeed Speaker Henderson.
Twenty people were hurt, three of
them seriously, by a collision Of a
street car with a freight train at
Marion, Ind, on the 18th.
The submarine telegraph cable,
which is to join the United States and
Hawaii as the first link in the system
to the Philippines, has been COM
pleted, and is now on board the cable
steamer Silverton, which sailed from
London on the goth.
Thenew Scottish Rite temple at Lit
tie Rock, Ark, was dedicated, on the
18th, by the Albert Pike consistory.
Prominent members of the masonic
fraternity from all sections of the
state witnessed the ceremonies.
A large representation from bench
and bar and other professions attend
ed the funeral of former Justice o
ace Gray, of the United States SUI
preme court, which was held in Bos-
ton, on the 18th, at the Emmanuel
Episcopal church.
The forces of the Haytian provision
al government, 5000 strong met with
defeat at Limbo, on the 18th. After
three hours fighting they ~retreated,
leaving their guns and ammunition,
dead and wounded, including several
generals, on the field.
Louis A.. Gourdain, lottery promo
ter. startled New Orleans, on the
18th, by going before the attorney
general and charging two bank presi-
dents and another prominent banker
with being officers and operators of
the Honduras lottery, the headquar-
tiers of which, he says, are in that
city.
Acting Pension Commissioner Dav-
export a Y the bureau expended for
pensions, the last fiscal year, $5,000,-
900 less than was appropriated, a
fact that shows how rapidly the pen
sioners are dropping off.
The officers of the American board
of foreign missions announced, on the
18th, the receipt of 1888 through
the state department at Washington.
The amount is 25 per cent. of the
award made to the board on account
of the Boxer outrages in 1900.
Every coal-carrying railroad in the
strike district may be tied up by a
great strike of trainmen and tele-
graph operators if any attempt is
made to send a substantial supply of
anthracite to the markets.
The Colombian insurgent gunboat
Padilla. a formidable craft, manned
by Americans and Germans, and
armed with four rapid-firing guns, is
fitting out to intercept and, if posi-
bic, destroy or capture the Colombian
steamer Jessie Banning, about to sail
from San Francisco.
The New York police succeeded, on
the 10th, in clearing the mystery sur
rounding the death of the woman
whose body was found in the Morris
canal, near Jersey City, on the 18th
They allege that she was murdered
by a man named Hooper Young, wht
disappeared Immediately after the
commission of the crime.
One Mexican was killed, two Others
fatally injured and another severely
hurt by a premature explosion OF q
blast in a railroad construction camp
near Ell Paso, Tex.
Hon. VIM. j. Bryan spoke to al
audience of 10000 people at Dexter
Mo-, on the 10Th.
A severe earthquake shock was ex
perienced at Adelaide, South Austria
liza, on the 18th.
Two Northern Pacific freight trains
collided in a tunnel in the CASCADE
mountains, on the 10th, killing on
man and seriously inJuring two 9th
ers.
The barbed wire department of thu
Oliver plant of the American Stee
and Wire Co., at P%ittsburg, Pa, wa
destroyed by fire on the 10th, tn
loss being $15O,0O0.
Only two persons are. known t
have been injured by the collapsin
of the post office building at Mino-
S. D ION the 10th.
Judge Joseph McCulloch, formerl
county judge and treasurer of Wood
ford county, ILL.,, is dead at his HON
in Clearfield, la.
Charles +. Murphy has been electe
! leader of Tammany Hall, New York
Mrs. Katherine F. Hallett, wife
United States Judge Moses Hallet
died at her home in Denver, Col, Q
the 10th. She was born at Galena, II
Charles Neigenfind, the Pierce coul
ty (Neb.) murderer, was taken to tt
> penitentiary at Lincoln, on the got
to save him from lynching.
Aeronaut Stanley Spencer success
fully navigated his airship from tt
a Crystal Palace, sever miles out
. London, on the 10Th, around st. Paul
cathedral and then westward to Es
ing, the western boundary of Lo
don.
It A balloon, being navigated by tv
officers of the Swedish engine
s. corps, collapsed, at a height OF t'
miles, on the 10th, and dropped at
d terrific rate. Fortunately, as 1t near
k the earth the balloon opened out a
to acted as a parachute and the ael
" nauts landed safely. King Oscar W
messed the incident.