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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
LORD METHUEN'S DEFEAT.
Gen. Kitchener Sends Further Particulars
of the Fight Cleaned From
Lord Methuen,

London, March 17.-The war Office
has received the following commnni-
cation from Lord Kitchener at Pre-
tOria: u
Lord Methucn has sent me a staff
officer with Il dictated dispatch, from
which it appears that certain partic-
ulars previously given are inaccurate,
The real screen of mounted troops
was rushed and overwhelmed at
dawn. There was a gap of a mile be-
tween the OK and the mule conveys
The mounted supports to the rear OF
the screen, with Gen. Methuen
Immediately reinforced by all the
available mounted troops and a sec.
ton of the Thirty-eighth battery,
maintained themselves for an hour.
during which the conveys were clos'
ing up without disorder.
In the meanwhile, 200 infantry be-
ing disposed by Lord Methuen to re-
sist the Boer attack, which was out.
fanking the left of the rear guard,
the Beers pressed that attack hard
and the mounted troops attempting
to fall back on the infantry, got com
pletely out of hand, carrying away
with them in the rout the bulk Of the
mounted troops. The guns of the
Thirty-eighth battery were thus left
unprotected, but continued in action
until every man, with the exception
of Lieut.. Nesham, was hit. Lieut.. Ne.
sham YVES called on to surrender, and
upon refusing to do so, was killed.
"Lord Methuen, with 200 of the
Northumberland Fusileers and tive
guns of the fourth battery, then
found himself isolated, but held or
for three hours. During this period
the remaining infantry, namely, 10t
of the La~ncashires, with some AZ
mounted men, mostly Cape police.
who had occupied the kraal near The
wagons, also continued to hold out
against the repeated attacks Of the
Beers. This time Lord Methuen wa.
wounded, and the casualties were ex
ceedingly heavy amongst his men
The ammunition was mostly expcnd'
ed, and the surrender was made al
about half-past nine in the morning.
"The party in the kraal still hello
out, and did not give in until two
guns and a pompon were brought tc
bear upon them at about ten o'clock
making their position u%ntenable.
sit is confirmed that most of the
Beers wore our khaki uniforms. Man,
also wore our badges. Even at Close
quarters they could not be distin
guished from our own men.
"It is clear the infantry fought wei
and the artillery kept up the tradi
lions Of the regiment. In addition t.
the 40 members Of the Cape police
already mentioned a few parties oil
imperial yeomanry and Cape pclic'
continued to hold their ground afte.
the panic had swept the bulk Of th,
mounted troops off the field"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
CHANGING NATURES FACE.
Fair Site TO Be Used TO
Fiji Up Valleys.

st. Louis, March 16.-Two hills on
the Worlds fair site, one 40 and the
other 80 feet high, will furnish the
earth necessary to fill the deep draw,
which breaks the grade of the exposi-
ton grounds, near its juncture with
the Washington university tract.
The work entailed in the removal
of these hills calls for the letting OF
the largest grading contract to be
awarded in the Worlds fair on
struction period. 1t contemplates h
moving of 100000 cubic yards of
earth at an estimated cost of $45,-
900. Twelve contractors, including
all of the leading firms of St. Louis,
are bidders for the work.
The gullies and hills in the western
part of the site, where formerly the
wooded wilderness" made a tangled
Jungle, are so large and deep that to
permit the laying of railway switches
and the construction of exposition
streets, grading is imperative. The
grading is so heavy here that either
steam shovels or graders will be nee
essary. Boring into both of the hills
indicates that no rock will be en-
countered. p
Earth moving is the principal work
being done just now on the site.
Great masses of earth have been
moved on the site of the Varied Inc
dustries building. Grading has been
begun for the switch which will serve
the Electricity and Machinery build
ing and the Textile building.
The problem of transplanting live
trees to their positions along the
avenue of the exposition, before
| these forest denizens shall have com
menced to put forth their leaves, is
being grappled with in earnest by
the director of works. He has let
another tree-removing contract to
the o. B. Strunk Tree-Moving Co.
This concern will transplant 100
trees in addition to those which the
Detroit Shade Tree Co. is moving,
Mr.. Strunk says that he will move
ten trees a days, and it is expected
that they will have been planted in
the next two or three weeks. Chan.
nels have been dug around the trees
now standing, to retard the growth
and enable them to be removed be.
fore the foliage begins to appear, af.
ter which they are worthless fol
transplanting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
Secretary of the Treasury shaw n

Secretary Of the Treasury Shaw In
nounced. on the 18th. that he would,
on the 18th, discontinue the purchase
of bonds at the close of Office hours
NJ that day.
Six thousand boys are wanted by
Uncle Sam to mar his war vessels
that are now working short handed,
and a naval recruiting station has
been opened in ST. Louis, where the
youth of the city and vicinity will be
given an opportunity to enlist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mic Matsler, aged II
and 60 years, respectively, lifelong
residents of Clement township, cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary OF
their wedding. on the 14th, at their
home southeast of Huey, Ill. They
were married within a few miles OF
their present home.
President Roosevelt, in denying n
pardon TO a man who had been CON
victed of attacking the character OF
a woman by sending obscene letters
through the mails, regretted that 1t
was not in his power "to materially
increase the sentence for this scoun-
| drel."
The formal resignation of Mr.. w.
| A. Rodenberg as a member OF the
United States civil service commits
sion was sent to the president OF the
| United States on the 18th. 1t was &C.
cepted by the president, to take eff
feet April 1.
After having spent something like
S11, 100000 in an effort to preserve
and improve the Missouri river as a
navigable stream, the government, so
far at least as the house committee
on rivers and harbors is concerned,
has decided to give it up as a bad
inh
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
woman Dead, Man DYING.

New York, March 16.-A man and a
woman, who registered last night as
Win. Thompson and wife, at the
Bridge hotel, on Third avenue, were
found in bed, Saturday, the woman
dead, and the mar dying of gas as
phyxiation. The couple were poorly
dressed. The mar had the appear
ance Of a laborer, and the woman
was known in the neigborhood Of the
hotel as Bella Thornton. The police
say that she tried to commit suicide
some time ago bv taking carbolio
acid
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
A st. Louis "BOss' Indicted.

The st. Louis grand jury has re.
turned an Indictment against Edward
Butler, of St. Louis, on the charge of
attempted bribery. 1t relates to the
garbage contract. The contract was
let last fall, for double the former
amount, and Buffers company, which
had the old contract, also got the
new. Butler was released on S 1000
bond.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
GRAND HOTEL ON MOB HILL.
The James Fair Heirs VIII Build a
Two Million Dollar Hotel in
San Francisco.

San Francisco, March 16.-The heirs
of the late Senator James Fair Will
soon erect a magnificent hotel on the
summit of Mob hill, in the city. 1t
will front on Mason street, and ex.
tend from California to Sacramento.
The style will be Italian renaissance,
the material either white terra Gotta
or bright stone, and the cost aboua
SO, 100000. Although the building will
be only five stories high, it's elevated
site commands a view of the entire
city and harbor of San Francisco and
the cities across the bay.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
DORMITORY DESTROYED.
Bryn Mawr College Meets with Serious
Loss by Fire, Caused by Up
setting a Lamp.

Philadelphia, March 17.-One Of the
dormitory buildings Of Bryn Mawr
college, an institution for the high
er education of young ladies, was
burned yesterday.
The college is located at Bry4n
Mawr, about ten miles from this
city. The fire was caused by the up
setting Of a lamp in the room of n
Of the students
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
To His Sick Child.

H. II. Culver, of st. Louis, received
word from Seebreeze, Fla, that his
daughter was seriously i'll with scar
let fever. The father chartered al
engine and pullman, and started, with
the family physician, to make a rec.
ord-breaking trip. The special cost
$3.50 per mile, and the distance is
1,o22 miles. The special was due to
arrive about five hours ahead of the
regular train.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
On Congregational Committeeman.

Congressman Bartholdt has been
chosen to represent Missouri on the
Republican congressional committee,
and Congressman Daugherty on the
Democratic congressional committee,
succeeding Mr.. Robb, who declined a
reelection.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
Left Body to Medical College.

George p. WEIGH, proprietor of the
Taylor hotel, at Pleasant Hill, com
mitted suicide at the Hotel Cosby, in
Kansas City. He was Respondent
over business reverses. He had talk
en- poison and left a note %bequenth-
ing his body to a local medical col
Iepe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
burned In His Home.

Harry Barber, a young man at
Mount Zion, Henry county, was
burned to death the other morning.
The house in which he was sleeping
caught fire and he was unable to
escape. Two brothers, Neill and Carl
Barber, were severely burned, and
will probably die.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
Camel Coal mt Columbia.

lester J. Mounts, a young miner
and m~ineralogist of Cripple Creek,
Col, has discovered within a mile and
q half of the state university build
ings at Columbia, what he claims is
one of the richest beds Of camel coal
in the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
Death OF billy" Hobbs.

William A. Hobbs, better known as
BILLY" Hobbs, the republican men,
Der of the st. Louis election COM
mission, died, suddenly, of gastritis,
aged AT. He began life as an errand
boy, learned telegraphy, became a
newspaper reporter, served as re-
corder of deeds, and at the time of
his death was editor of the Daily Ho-
tel Reporter. He was said to be the
best-known man in st. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
Ordered to the Philippines.

New York, March 16.-Capt. A. G
Anderson and First Lieutenant II. s.
Hoker of the marine corps, stationed
at the Brooklyn navy yard, have
been assigned to duty in the Philip
pines and will leave on March 10.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
Sudden Death.

Henry Z. Niederhelman, aged %,
a w%ell-known barber of St. Charles,
died suddenly. He had spent the
evening in his shop at work. just as
he locked the door to go home, he
suffered u severe hemorrhage of the
lungs and staggered to Mr.. Ganter's
shop, sinking into q chair. Before a
doctor could arrive, Niederhellnan
expired.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

Trunk and bag workers, q%uarrymen
and electrical workers to the number
of 700 are out on strike at st. Louis.
These include many girls and boys.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
Gift to william Jewell College.

President j.. p. Greene of William
Jewell college, Liberty, has an
nounced that John d. Rockefeller, the
oil magnate, has offered to give $685.
900 to the endowment fund. The of.
fer is made through the American
Baptist Educational society and is on
condition that $4,000 more be raised
before the end of the present year. At
present the colleges endowment fund
is $500, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
A Boys Frightful Death.

Ernest Field, aged seven, of 1433
Old Manchester road, St. Louis. got
tangled in telephone and electric
light wires, blown down by a storm.
and was killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
st. Louis Postal Receipts.

During February the gross postal
receipts at st. Louis were $194,0SS,
as compared with S174,901 in Febru-
ary, 1901, an increase of $19,1S7.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

The body of Benjamin F. Stevens.
the American %Bibliophile, who died,
on the 9Th, at Surbiton, England, was
buried in Kensal Green cemetery on
the 10th. Mr.. Choate, the United
States ambassador, and the members
of the United States embassy attend
ed the funeral services.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
May Throw out Rathbone Cose.

New York. March 16.-It is reported
that the court is seriously consider
ing throwing out the case of Estes q.
Rathbone, I'M of the accused in the
postal fraud cases, says a Havana dis.
patch to the Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

The Burlington railway is survey
ing a route from Reading Switch to
Monroe City, Mo. The object of the
survey is to shorten the distance OF
the Burlington between Kansas City
and st. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
Rnin md wind at Marshall.

Marshall and vicinity was visited
by heavy rains, which were greatly
needed. Wind did considerable dam
age to telephone and electric light
poles, etc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
Pioneer silk MANUFACTURER Dead.

New York. March 16.-Jacob SLIDER
man, one of the pioneer silk manufac.
turers of this country, is dead at his
home here from heart disease, aged
rs years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

Arthur Pancott, former financial
secretary of the Marine Engineers
Beneficial association, at Buffalo. n.
Y, pleaded guilty, on the 18th, to an
indictment charging him with grand
larceny in stealing funds of the as
ISOLATION. 1t is alleged he was about
one thousand dollars short in his nc"
counts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

1t having been rumored that a
change in the German embassy in
Washington was possible, the foreign
office in Berlin has authorized the
denial that DIR. Won Holleben, the
present ambassador, would be either
~furloughed or recalled.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

Much-needed rains visited Texas,
Oklahoma, Indian territory and Kan
sas, on the 18th, in many localities
coming just in time to save the wheat
crop.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

Vienna newspapers, commenting
upon the visit to the United States of
Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia, de-
clare his visit will mark an epoch in
the relations between monarchies
and republics.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

The Danish folkething, in commit
tee of the whole and in executive ses-
sion, on the 18th, voted. by a large
majority, in favor of the ratification
of the treaty providing for the sale
of the Danish West India islands to
the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

A Washington dispatch to the st.
Louis Republic, dated March IA, says
Congressman De Almond has with
draw from the senatorial race.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

Gov. Odell of New York has signed
the bill increasing from ten to twen-
ty-tive years the punishment for at
tempt at murder.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

Secretary Root, on the 10th, spe'
officially denied that any commission
had been issued to Bishop O'Gorman
or any other person looking to the
acquisition of the friar lands in the
Philippines by the United States gov
eminent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

Doorkeeper Glenn, of the house OF
representatives, died on the 18th, at
$40 p. m, of acute inflammation OF
the lungs. He was a resident of New
York.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

Senator Hale, who is n leading MEM
Der of the senate committee on APP
preparations and also of the rcpub-
lican steering committee. expressed
the opinion, on the 18th, that con-
gress would be prepared to adjourn
for the session by June 10.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

The vacancy in the office of door
keeper of the house of representa-
tives probably will be filled by the
choice of Il. h. Lyon, superintendent
of the folding room, who was an ac-
tive assistant of the late doorkeeper,
Mr.. Glenn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

Prince Henry of Prussia sailed
from New York for Germany on
board the Ilamburg-American liner
Deutschland on the 18th. His last
day in America was spent entirely
on board the Deutschland, but it vas
well filled with pleasing incidents.
The leave-takings at the last were
hearty and genuine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

Warren S. Randall, Poplar Bluff;
Reuben N. Shanks, Clarence; Henry
Grass, Hermann; Il. D. Cramer, Mem
phis; John NJ. Glenn, Sedalia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

The report that Herbert Booth,
third son of Gen. Booth, who was
in command of the Salvation army in
Australia, has withdrawn from the
army, is confirmed. Ill-health is the
cause of Commander Booths with
drawal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
of the $50, 100000 gold reserve in the
division of redemption, issued on the
14th. showed: Available cash bal
ance, STA, 700, 402; gold 1914, S65 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

The Union Lead and Oil Co. an
nounces that it will, during the COM
ing year, erect three large lead cor
roding plants, one in New York, n
in Toledo and the third in st. Louis.
The plants are to cost a million dol
lars.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

The Windward, the Peary Arctic
clubs steamer of 1900, Capt. Samuel
W. Bartlett, which has been winter"
ing at st. Johns, N. F., sailed, on the
18th, for New York, where she will
undergo extensive repairs. She will
receive new engines and boilers prior
to proceeding to the Arctic regions
the coming summer for the relief of
Lieut.. Peary, the Arctic explorer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

j. w. Bidwell, aged 90, once a
wealthy cattle speculator, attempted
to commit suicide, at Kansas City,
BY swallowing carbolic acid.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20
killed i'm = saw.sliiI

Oscar Long, son of a farmer esr
Hartville, was thrown against a saw
In Q mill and killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

The Allis-Chalmers Co., at Scran-
ton, Pa, posted a notice, on the 18th,
announcing that a, ~half-hoidday on
Saturday the year round would be
given, and that a five per cent. in
crease in wages would be allowed to
all men paid by the hour. The in
crease will about make up for the
loss of pay that the half-holidny will
entail. 1t is about equivalent to a
weekly half-holiday with pay.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

James Dick, the so-calied rubber
king. who died at Glasgow, Scotland,
on the 18th, bequeathed e1oo,0o0 for
distribution among his employees, and
the bulk Of the balance Of his fort
tune goes to charities. His cashier
gets $4,000, his cook $4,000, and
other domestics are to receive in the
aggregate thousands of pounds. The
clerks get from $500 to $500 each.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-20

At Beaumont, Tex, on the 18th,
Matte Bennett confessed TO Sheriff
Lindley that she was at the head OF
a gang Of negro women and white
men who had for months been lur-
ing men into her house, drugging
them, beating them and robbing
them. If they died, the victims were
dragged to the river and thrown in
If they were only stunned, they we're
taken out Of the house to a remote
part Of some street and left fol
pedestrians or policemen to find.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-06-19
DENVER's DISGRACE.

Coorado Springs Telegraph The
Denver papers are now discussing
why II Is that wave of fiery indig
nation is not manifest In that city
over the corruptions OF the court
house ring For there isn't much of n
wave. and ther are not many signs
that there is going to be.
Several reasons might be alleged
for the apparent apathy Of the good
people Of Denver in the presence Of
this peculation One is. that the Den
yer papers have been crying Wolf
FOR so many years thot the readers
have got tired of IT, md pay little at
tention to II There has probably not
been a month In the past ten years
when one or more OF the newspapers
Of that town have not been going into
Typographical hts over some piece OF
alleged corruption by the other side In
politics
In the second place 1t may be that
the Denver people have got so used
TO dishonesty in the public service
that the majority of them do not real
" expect or desire anything else.
There are probably several thousand
people In Denver who really think
that Frank Bishop. or Berdel, or Phil
lips, would be fool II he did not
make something ION the side out of
the Office OF county commissioner.
There Is in Denver no organized body
of healthy public opinion. and very lit
Ne sense OF civic morality.
This has been the case especially Of
recent years. since It became the fash
ion of the various silver parties" to
parcel out the offices as SO much plum
der allotting to each OF the constitu-
ent elements In the fusion so many
placcs-with the understanding. Of
course. that the incumbents should
work those places for all they are
worth for the benefit of their own
pockets and those of their political
friends This is the way fusion has
worked in the counties, this Is the
way Il has worked in the state and
SO long as there are fusion of'icehold
ers in, nobody is surprised Mt any
amount Of grating" or at anything
else in the way OF poorly disguised
theft
This Is the sort OF thing we must
expect in this state so long as the
people keep voting for fusion. To
paraphrase an old exclamation 20
Silver. what crimes have been com
mltted in thy name!"