Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-14
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In a fight between Italians in New
York, on the 10th, one of them cut
another with a knife, severing the
iugular vein and killing him instant
ly. The dead mans wife and children
and other relatives bathed their faces
in the blood that flowed from the
wound.
A bulletin issued in London, on the
10th, the day after the coronation,
says his majesty bore the strain of
the ceremony perfectly well, and ex-
perienced but little fatigue. He had
a good night, and his condition was
in every way satisfactory.
While digging for water near Mass
City, Mich, on the 9th, a vein of oil
was uncovered which gushed out in
large volume, and soon covered sew
eral acres to a depth of some inches,
no apparatus being on hand to stop
the flow.
Forty-one American cruisers and
gunboats, the largest number of
American warships ever together in
Asiatic waters, assembled at Cavite,
P. l., on the 10th, and fired 21 guns
in honor of King Edwards corona
ton.
A wind and rain storm that broke
over Kansas City, Mo-, on the morning
of the 10th, is said to have been the
most severe in Is years. Considera-
BILE damage was done, but no lives
were lost.
On and after Tuesday, August IL,
the Public Ledger and the Philadel-
phia Times will be consolidated, and
will thereafter appear under the title
of "Public Ledger and Philadelphia
Times"
John Dodge and Henry Hughes,
well-known farmers of Calvert City,
Ky, near Paducah, were fatally in
iured, on the night of the 9th, by
jumping from a moving passenger
train.
At Webb City, Mo-, early on the
morning of the 10th, City Marshal
Rich was shot and instantly killed by
Joe Gideon, who was in turn killed by
q policeman.
Senator James c. Mcmillan, of Mich
igan, died suddenly of heart failure,
on the morning of the 10th, at mis-
summer home at Manchester-by-the-
| Sea, Mass.
King Edward has made a gift to the
nation of Osborne house, Isle of
Wight, one of the favorite residences
of the late Queen Victoria.
S. L. Sewer, a farmer, at Utica,
Mich, on the 10th, killed his wife
with an ak and then hanged himself.
A mob of $50 men took Charles
Salyers, white, and Harry Gates, col
ored, from the Jail at Lexington, Mo-,
at two o'clock on the morning of the
12th, and lynched them. The prison
ers confessed to the authorities soon
after their arrest that they killed
George Johnson on the nighv of the
5th, in Lafayette county, while steal
ing his chickens.
Three robbers broke into the house
Of DR.. Stoneburner, at Valparaiso,
Ind, on the 18th, and after overpow-
ering, binding and gagging the serv.
ant, secured money, jewelry and ne.
gotiable securities to the amount OF
| $1,000. The doctor and his wife were
absent at the time.
Five buildings were fired by an in.
cendiary at Peoria, ILL.,, on the 18th
entailing a loss of $685. 900, with an in.
surance of about $4,000. Edward
Flanagan, 20 years old, was arrested
on a charge of arson.
Justice Gray resigned his position
on the supreme bench of the United
States, and on the 18th, President
Roosevelt appointed Judge Oliver
Wendell Holmes, of Massachusetts, to
succeed him.
Mr.. Yerkes, commissioner of in.
ternal revenue, has rendered a deci.
sion that palm oil, even in very small
quantities, must not be used in the
manufacture of oleomargarine.
An electric a on the i%nter-urban
line at Dallas, Tex, on the 18th
struck a section crew, killing one
man, fatally wounding another, and
slightly w%ounding two more.
Gen. Jacob III. Smith arrived at his
home in Portsmouth, o., on the night
of the 18th, where he was given 9
magnificent reception by the citizens
of the town.
AS a result of a severe earthquake
at Skaguay, Alaska, on the 10th, the
water in a canal very suddenly rose
five feet and then as suddenly sub
sided.
In a storm at Allentown, Pa, on
the 18th, Frank J. Schroth was blown
from the roof of his house to the
ground and killed.
The body of the late Senator Nc
MILAN will be taken to Detroit, Mich.
where the funeral will take place OF
the 18th.
The business portion of the little
town Of Reedly, CAL, was destroyed
by fire on the 18th.
Richard Glenn, a newspaper man Of
Detroit, died at Denver, Col, Of drop
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