Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-21
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS
A grave near Orlando, Okla, in
which C. S. Morris, of Madison, kas.,
who was reported to have been killed
in a runaway accident, was supposed
to be buried, was opened on the 18th,
and the coffin found to contain moth
ing but a small piece of ice. Suspl-
cion attaches to a man named Cox,
who claims to have been with Morris
at the time of the alleged accident.
Mrs. Jessie Tuman was found dead,
and her husband MORALLY wounded
at their home, near Muscatine, Ia, on
the 18th. The couple were known to
have had considerable money, and
signs about the house indicated a des-
perate struggle with the murderer.
Frank Knoll, suspected of having
been implicated in the murder of Po-
licemen Devine and Pencil, in Chica-
go, a few days ago, died in a hospital
in that city on the nth, asserting his
innocence to the last.
Levi Reed and Bud Wingo, outlaws,
were taken from the Jail at Cordell,
Okla, on the night of the 10th, by a
mob, and strung up to trees until
they revealed the whereabouts of
their leaders.
Prominent Chinese officials have as
sured Mr.. Barrett, commissioner gen
eral for Asia of the St. Louis eXposi-
ton, that China will make an UNI
precedented exhibit at the Worlds
fair.
The Boer generals, De Wet, Botha
and Delarey, visited King Edward on
board the royal yacht Victoria and
Albert, on the 18th, and were highly
pleased with their reception.
1t has been practically settled that
a Filipino band connected with the
First United States infantry will DE
one of the principal features at the
St. Louis Worlds fair.
A little boy named John Krisko was
accidentally shot and killed by Capt.
Walton, of the Minnesota national
guard, on the 18th, while shooting
at a target.
The dead body of Frank Griswold.
recently from Illinois, was found by
his mother on the prairie near Lo-
gan, Okla. The cause of his death is
not known.
Lieut.. Ralph T.. Mcdowell, of the
Twelfth United States cavalry, was
drowned near Fort Clark, Tex, on the
18th, while bathing in a creek.
Charles Farris, of Melrose, ILL.,, was
killed and his brother probably fatal
ly injured in a railway accident at
Hammond, Ind, on the 18th.
Robert Reading Remington, a we'll
known business and society man o
New York, committed suicide by
shooting, at Newport, r. l., on thu
18th. Disappointment over a broker
matrimonial engagement with Miss
May Van Allen is believed to have beer
the cause.
At Geering, Neb.. on the 18th, Mr.
McComsey attempted to light a fir
with kerosene, when the oil exploded
with the result that himself and al
infant child were burned to dealt
and his wife and two children of
neighbor were fatally injured.
j. FL. Boatner and A. B. Schlitz
baum, charged with completely in
conspiracy to defraud the American
Express Co., had a preliminary hear
ing at Fordsville, Ky, on the 1Stl
and were held to bail in the sun 0
10000.
At the session of the supreme lodg
of Knights of Pythias, at San Fran
cisco, on the 18th, the proposition t.
erect a sanitarium at Hot Springs flo
sick and disabled knights was defeat
ed by a vote of 96 to 30.
jesse Tuman, the man who wa
found nearly dead Sunday night in
wood near M~uscatine, Ia, with hi
wife dead a short distance away, die
on the 18th, unable to reveal anythin
!, concerning the tragedy.
The Central Labor union of Topek;
Kas., has filed suit against the Amer
= lean Book Co. to prevent the compan
from carrying out it's contract t
. supply the Kansas schools with tex
books.
A severe storm of lightning, win
and rain ragged in the vicinity of Ke'
kuk, Ia, for the "a hours ending MOI
| day, doing considerable damage in |
2 %linois, Iowa and Missouri.
Torishima, an island of Japan, wa
4 overwhelmed by a volcanic eruptio
some time between August 10 and l
and all it's $50 inhabitants were III
doubtedly killed.
The French authorities met wit
s desperate resistance in Brittany, @
r the 18th, in their attempts to clos
the sisters schools, but they final
succeeded.
Mrs. Frederick w. Prentiss, of G.
lumbus, o., was robbed of diamond
a valued at S 1900 by a man who Ell
a tered her home in the guise Of a Ga
n inspector.
y Hon. G. L. Link, a well known a
' torney, died at his home at Litchfiel
Ill, on the 18th.