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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

The steamer Eden. when ar
rived at Castries, st. Lucia, on the
9th, from Fort de France, reported
that an eruption of Mont Pelee De-
CURED at 1915 o'clock that morning.
An enormous column of smoke
ascendedfrom the volcano and passed
to the eastward. The passengers on
the Eden were panic-stricken.
The most shocking suicide that has
occurred in Richmond, Ind, was that
of the 9th, when William A. Arm
strong, 70 years old, saturated his
clothing with coal oil and after set
ting fire to himself fired a bullet
through his brain.
Judge William Fl. Green, n Of the
leading lawyers and democratic poll
ticians in the southern end of Illi-
nois, a typical gentleman OF the old
school and for over forty years a
public man, died, on the 9th, at his
home in Cairo, Ut the age of 72 years.
The Kansas seedhouse of Barteldes
& Co., at Lawrence, on the 9th, re-
ce1ved a large telegraphlc order Tor
seeds to be sent by express for the
restocking of Boer farms in South
Africa, devastated by the recent war
there.
Alexander Long, aged 80, was mar
ried, on the 9th, at Centralia, ILL.,, to
Mrs. Mary Long, aged 81, the widow
of the groom's father and his step
mother.
The steamer Pelena, which arrived
at San Francisco from southern
ports, brings the news that the town
of Retalbuten, situated at the foot of
Mount Tacoma, in Guatemala, has
been buried under a mass of Java,
stones and ashes thrown from the
volcanic crater, and probably 1000 Of
it's people have persisted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
THE POPE AND FRIAR LANDS.
Secrecy Maintained as to the Conferences
Between the Pope and Car
dinal RampolIa.

Rome, June S.-The papal secretary
of state, Cardinal Rampolla, had his
usual private audience with the pope
Saturday morning. Naturally, the
question of the acquisition by the
United States of the friar lands in
the Philippines will be a subject for
discussion at these daily conferences,
but the alleged information on the
subject is purely surmise, as abso-
lutte secrecy is maintained as to
what transpires at these official Wis
its. Cardinal Rampolla was agree
ably impressed by the frankness of
Gov. Taft, by sending him a copy of
Secretary Roots instructions for ex-
animation.
The pope has not yet appointed the
commission of cardinals to which the
matter is to be referred. This COM
mission will consist Of five, instead
OF three members, as previously sup
posed, and probably Cardinals Van
n%utelli, Satolli and Wives Y Tuto will
be included. Cardinal Martinelli will
be excluded because he is an Angus
tinian.
Cardinal Rampolla returned the
visit of Gov. Taft at the Hotel OUR
inal.
Gov. Taft is greatly annoyed by
the inventions of the Italian news
papers regarding his visit to Rome.
The Italia, one of the chief offenders,
published an alleged interview with
the governor which was entirely
"faked."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
JAIL THREATENED BY A MOB
Militia Ordered Out and the Mol
Repulsed and Dispersed-Fur-
Their Trouble Feared.

Hattiesburg, Miss, June 9.-An at
tempt was made by a mob Saturday
night toattack the countyjail in which
was confined Walter Blankhead anegro
charged with having attempted to
assault Mrs. Garner, a white woman
living near Hattiesburg. A company
of military ordered out by Gov.
Longino, however, repulsed the mob
which afterward dispersed. Further
trouble is feared and additional
troops have been dispatched to re.
lieve the military on, duty. At the
request of the governor a prelim,
mary trial will be given Blankhead
to-day.
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EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED.
Iy and About Fifty More or
Less Seriously Injured.

Alpena, Mich, June 9.-An excur
sion train on the Detroit and Macki
nav railroad, which left here yester
day morning for Saginaw, consisting
OF an engine and 10 coaches and
carrying owe five hundred passen.
gers, was wrecked at Black River
while running 40 miles an hour. One
man was instantly Killed, three were
probably fatally injured and nearly
fifty others received injuries of va.
rious degrees of severity, ranging
from bruises and cuts to broken
limbs.
The excursion was under the aus.
pieces of the German Aid society OF
Alpena. When the train reached
Black River the tender jumped the
track. Engineer Hopper instantly set
the air brakes and reversed the en-.
CINE. The sudden stop threw the
first three coaches of the train of
the track and into the ditch. The
first car was thrown half around and
the next two coaches plowed through
it and cut it in two.
August Grosinsky, the only person
killed, was seated in his coach with
40 other exc%ursionists. His body was
terribly crushed and death was in.
Simultaneous.
The escape of the others in the
car was wellnigh miraculous. Gro.
sinski's little son occupied the same
seat with him, but the lad was un-
injured. The three wrecked coaches
we're piled up in a heap, and 200 feet
of track was torn up. AS soon as
the occupants of the uninjured
coaches recovered from the shock
and surprise, they rushed to the
wrecked cars and began aiding the
injured. They were extricated from
the wreck with frantic haste and Civ
en- all possible relief, pending the ar
rival of the relief train. This train
brought eight surgeons from Alpena.
After temporary dressing had been
made of the most serious wounds, all
the injured were brought back to this
city.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The first Oklahoma prohibition con.
vention, held at Guthrie, on the 9th
nominated L. 7. Van Cleve for dele.
gate to congress. Resolutions were
adopted denouncing the two Did par.
ties and indorsing statehood, prohibi-
ton and woman suffrage.
The supreme court of Minnesota
has decided that a girls beauty is
not to be counted against her and
that if a jury is influenced by the
comeliness of a fair plaintiff it is not
for the courts to deprive her of her
natural advantages.
Bjornsen Bjornstjerne, the Nor.
wegian poet, dramatist and writer,
has completed a new, modern drama
for Sarah Bernhardt, who will w.
pear in Christiana, Norway, in Ham
let" and other plays in October.
On the 9Th r. G. Dun & Co., of New
York, reported: Failures this week
in the United States were 21S, against
1874 last week, 1872 The preceding week
and 1s5 the corresponding week last
year, and in Canada IS, against 20
last week, - the preceding week and
20 last year"
A ~cloudburst, on the night of the
5th, destroyed the greater part of
CORTLAND, Neb., a small town near
Beatrice. Seven inches of water fell.
Fields were devastated. 1t is impos-
sible, as yet, to tell whether any
lives have been lost.
Gen. Maxine Gomez asks his
friends in the Cuban congress to de-
feat the resolution granting him a
pension of $4,000 a year, saying it
would be unfair to him to accept
money so lond as the other Cuban
soldiers have not been provided for.
One of the great social functions
Of the week will be a dinner by Am.
bassador and Mrs. Choate to KIM
Edward and Queen Alexandra. There
will be about fifty guests. Mr.. Choate
will be the first diplomat to enter
tain their majesties.
The massive new building occupied
by the National Biscuit Co. and the
Crews-Beggs Dry Goods Co., at Pu-
eblo, Col, was partly burned out on
the 9th. The total loss is 800, 900,
of which half falls on the biscuit
company.
Advices from Kansas, Nebraska
and Iowa show that wheat and grow.
ing crops of all kinds have suffered
heavy damage from the t%orrential
rains. In some instances large fields
Of wheat ready for the harvest have
been utterly ruined, and thousands oil
acres Of growing corr washed out.
Former President Simon Sam OF
Hayti has arrived in Paris, where he
is said to have declared his intention
to rest, enjoy life and spend money
Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from
Pretoria, dated the 9Th, announced
that the British commissioners in
the various districts report that 1885,
Beers laid down their arms on the
5th. Afterward the commissioners
addressed the Beers, who gave three
hearty cheers for King Edward.
A Dresden dispatch of the 9th an.
nounced the approaching demise 81
the venerable King Albert. His mai
esty had suffered for two weeks from
violent hemorrhages, to which he had
been subject Of late years.
..HnI' LLHN
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
GETTING INTO THE WAGON.
Surrender of Beers Reported From
Various Points in War-Swept
South Africa
C0AR0Y'S MEN SAID: "GOD SAVE KING"
Forgive and Forget the Past
Kruger VIII Not Return in an
En1fsh Ship, But Will Travel to
His Old Home in a Dutch Vessel.

Cape Town, June s.-The surrender
of more than $500 Beers has already
been reported, covering various
points. Commandant Fouche brought
into Craddock, Cape Colony, his COM.
mando, consisting of 36 Free Staters
and PA rebels. Fouche is ill.
Commandant Conroy's men, ON
hearing that peace had been conclud-
cd, threw their hats in the air;
cheered for King Edward, saying:
GOD SAVE THE KING"
These incidents dissipate the fear
expressed that the Cape Colony com
mandoes would refuse to accede to
the peace terms.
Gen. Christian Dewet is personally
experimenting the surrender OF the
Beers in the Vredefort (Orange River
Colony district.
Gen. Schalkburger, former acting
president of the Transvaal, who is
the guest of the governor of Natal,
Col. Sir Henry Edward McCallum, at
Pietermaritzburg, in an address ia
the burghers in the concentration
camp, asked them to make the best
OF the situation, and to forget and
forgive the past. He pointed out the
hopelessness of continuing the strug-
gle; urged the Beers to accept and
act in accordance with the terms of
the surrender, which he intended to
uphold, and desired them to work
for the good of South Africa.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

While prospecting for copper on the
shores of Prince Williams sound Leeds
and a party of natives discovered a
large cavern in which they found ia
wooden canoes, each canoe containing
a body. Stone implements were found
beside the bodies and stone slabs COW
cred the canoes, everything indicating
that the bodies had been placed there
during the stone age. Leeds carefully
marked the location, and an expedition
is being organized by Capt. Storey, Of
the Alaska Packers association, to
thoroughly explore the cavern. Leeds
is delighted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

One of the advantages of the king
business has been eXemplitied by
King Edward, who, though he was
born on November 9, has ordered
that his birthday shall hereafter lie
celebrated on May 30, thus securing
a reasonable assurance of fair wealth
Ell for festivities. Unfortunately for
his majesty, though he may change
the date of his birthday, he cannot
prevent it from coming around once
u year just as it comes to the rest
of us,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

The terms by which the war in South
Africa is ended are creditable to both
sides. England assumes the entire
cost, pledging itself net to levy a war
tax IN the Transvaal, and agreeing to
allow the Boer combatants SIS, 00O, 600
torestore theirfarms. The Beers give
up the arms and munitions they have
in the field but are permitted to keep
rifles in their homes for protection.
Prisoners will be returned at the cost
OF the British government, and none
punished unless for violation Of rules
OF wal. The Beers must recognize the
sovereignty Of King Edward.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
BARON ELICIT SCHIBUSAWA.
Noted Japanese Going to the Corona
ton of King Edward-WiIl
Make an Extended Tour.

Chicago, June 9.-Baron Elichi
S~chibusawa, n Of the foremost
tinanciers and bankers of Japan, ar
rived here yesterday from the west
on his way to London, where he will
represent the Toxic chamber of COM
merce at the coronation of King Ed
ward. The baron and his party will
remain in Chicago several days be-
fore resuming their journey east. Be-
fore he returns to Japan it is his In
tention to make an extended tour of
this country, Great Britain, France
and Germany.
The steel manufacturing plants and
shipbuilding plants will occupy his
attention, especially while in the
United States.
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Not . Passenger Escaped.

st. Louis, June S.-Twenty-five per1
sons were injured, none seriously, in
q collision between an electric car
and an engine on the Creve Occur
branch of the Missouri Pacific rail-
way at Brentwood, a suburban vii
lage about two miles west of the city
limits. Not a passenger on the cleo
trio car escaped injury. The car was
running at high speed, and the brake,
1t Is said, failed to work. The engine
was just coming to a stop.
The electric road extends between
Webg5er Groves and Clayton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

1t turns out that Severe, the Paris
aeronaut who met such a terrible
death by falling 1,500 feet one day
last week, had spent all of his for
tune, as well as his time, in perfect
ing his airship, hoping that it would
be a grand success and would make
him rich. His family gets nothing
but a small amount of insurance,
which he took out the day before the
accident. The confidence these big
schemers have in their ideas is child.
ish and pitiful.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
Exercises mt bin.

At a special meeting of the Mis-
souri, university chapter of the Phi
Beta Kappa fraternity, at Columbia,
three distinguished members were
elected-"Mark TWAIN" the humor-
fist; Hon. James Wilson, secretary of
agriculture, and Hon. C. A. Hitch
cock, secretary of the interior. A
banquet was rendered the new mem.
bers by the Phi Beta Kappa at Cor
don's hotel. The honorary degree of
LII. D. was conferred upon mark
Twain" and Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson during the graduating exer-
cises of the university.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

The last of the American soldiers
who occupied Cuba have returned to
this country. That is a short and sim
pie statement of fact, but it indicates
I'M of the most remarkable incidents
in the worlds history. The peaceful
withdrawal of the United States from
Cuban soil after placing that island.
freed from a foreign yoke, in the hands
of its own people, will remain one of
the brightest pages in the records of
time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
MISSOURI a E w


Miss August Erickson, Of Usage
City, kas., while visiting relatives at
Butler, of heart disease.
John Brown, near Fayette, aged 70.
Mrs. Will Payne, of Fayette, at a
st. Louis sanitarium. She was a
daughter of the late John Walker,
former state auditor,a and one of How
ard county's most estimable women.
Mr.. Alexander Ewing, aged IS, at
Guthrie, Galloway county.
John X. Miller, father of Rev. John
II. Miller, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church of Nevada. He was
SO, and had lived in Kansas City 81
years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
Fatal Ending of Old Grudges.

C~hillicothe, Mo-, June 9.-In a street
fight HarveyGibbons was shot and ia,
tally wounded by his brother-in-law,
John Calvin, the result of an old
grudge. Calvin recently secured Glib.
bons' arrest on the charge of stealing
a Bible from him. Calvin is under ar.
rest.
Osceola, Mo-, June Civilian T
Moore, a furniture dealer of Lowry
City, near here, was shot five times,
yesterday, by Thomas J. Prosies on
the streets of that town and fatally
wounded. Prosies was arrested. An
old quarrel had existed between the
men.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

Although the late Lord Paunce-
fote received a salary of $4,000 as
British ambassador at Washington,
and he had been in the service of the
British government all his life, he
left a very small estate to his family,
and it is said that his unmarried
daughters expect to have to find
some way by which they may support
themselves on their return to Eng
land. One of them contemplates be-
coming a trained nurse.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

The sprightly young gentlemen of
the University of Vermont may de-
lude themselves with the notion that
they have established a new record
in the hazing line by drowning a
freshman. They will be mistaken
however. 1t will be remembered that
the sprightly young gentlemen of &
New York institution drowned a can
didate for initiation to one Of the
Greek letter societies three a
ago. In order to attain desirable
distinction in the hazing line the stu
dious youth of the Vermont estab-
lishment must try again.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
AT THE TOMB OF LINCOLN.
The Misunderstanding Association
Visits the Tomb OF Lincoln
and Holds Exercises,

Springfield, ILL.,, June S.-Five hun
dred excursionists arrived here Satur-
day in attendance on the second an
nual pilgrimage of the Lincoln-Mc-
Kinley association to the national
Lincoln monument, in Oak Ridge
cemetery. All the members Of the
association voted for both Lincoln
and Mckinley in the presidential
campaigns.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

The one hundred and twenty-second
renewal of the English Derby at EPSON
Downs was of great interest to Amer
leans. American owners were repre-
scented in the race, American horses
ran, American jockeys rode, and an
American jockey was upon the winner.
There are other features of general
interest, aside from the race itself.
The winning owner, P. Gubbins, is
Irish, and so is the winning horse, Ard
Patrick.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
Barker Case Dismissed.

Frank Barker, who was jointly
charged with Rebecca Boothand Ida
Mccormick with having attempted tc
poison Mrs. Malissa McAlester, was
discharged by a jury in the circuit
court of Butler county. The case
against the Booth woman was also
dismissed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
Iron County Register.
by ELI ID. AXE.
IRoNToN, \

Another airship has taken just two
minutes to wreck the work of ten years
in its building. The inventor was hurt
in the smash-up, and, strange to say,
he says he will abandon his efforts to
fly and go back to his old work on the
railway. Airship enthusiasts are not
usually so readily cured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
Kansas seed for Boer Farms,

Lawrence, Kas., June s.-The Kan.
a seedhouse Of Barteldes & Co. re.
ceived a large telegraphic order fol
seeds to be sent by express for the
restocking of, Boer farms in South
Africa, devastated by the recent war
there.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
Gomez Opposes His Pension

Havana, June S.-Gen. Maxine Co.
mez asks his friends in the Cuban
congress to defeat the resolution
granting him a pension Of $4,000 a
year, saying it would be unfair for
him to accept money so long as the
other Cuban soldiers have not beer
provided for.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
Killed by Drunken Husband,

Mrs. James Mcmillan died in Kan.
sas City from injuries inflicted two
months ago by her husband, who,
while drunk, struck her with a chair.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
He Was Once u millionaire.

Jonn W. Howry, once a millionaire
lumber dealer of East Saginaw, Mich,
n who had Boston connections,
died at a hospital in Kansas City
from the effects of a dose of NOR.
phine taken with suicidal intent in a
lodging house.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

Almost a billion more postage
stamps of all kinds have been issued
since July l last to the post offices Of
the United States than were issued DUR
ing the entire past fiscal year. The
total issue during the present year up
to this time is 4,02s, 514,645 stamps,
against 3.174,74s, $50 for the entire fis-
cal year ending June 81 last.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

If all the land planted in corn in the
the area would exceed the British
isles, Holland and Belgium combined,
or four-fifths of the area of France
or Germany. In spite of drought the
corn crop last year fell but little
short of a billion dollars in value.
The favorable reports from the corn.
fields is good news for the country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

With Mount Redoubt, Alaska, emit
that rise for hundreds of feet, and
rumbling noises in Mount Tsukaba.
Japan, and Mount Pelee still belch-
ing, and the volcanoes of st. Vincent
in action, and Vesuvius due to arrive
at any moment, it may be said that
there is something doing in the in
terror of this old sphere.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
Farmer Given Three Years.

John Swafford, a w%ell-known farm.
er residing near Poplar Bluff, was
sentenced to three years in the pen.
itentiary for assault with intent ia
kill. Swafford shot Dennis Smith,
aged 16, in the leg with a shotgun
loaded with buckshot.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

Italy still keeps up its reputation for
having more anarchists in proportion
to population than any other country
in Europe, Two or three demonstra-
tions against the king have been made
in the past few months. Happily, all
were harmless. Young Victor En-
manuel is al able and popular ruler,
but the anarchists feel toward him as
they did toward his father, whom they
removed
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

Lloyd Thompson, a farmer residing
six miles south of Memphis, was
thrown from a horse and received in
juries which are probably fatal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
Boy Dies Under Anesthetic.

The ~two-year-old sol of L. Grain,
OF West Plains, while playing about
a bonfire, was severely burned. PLY.
sicians administered chloroform to
relieve the pain, but the boy never
recovered consciousness and died.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
May Denied Change of Venue.

Judge Casteel, of the criminal court
at st. Joseph, denied the application
of Charles May for a change of venue
from the county. May is charged
with the killing of Robert Martin in
the south part of the county, a year
and a half ago, and has been twice
convicted of murder. The case was
reversed by the supreme court a
short time ago,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

James Window, aged AZ, colored,
of st. Louis, was instantly killed by
a stray bullet while watching a fight
in which revolyers were used.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
Farmer Killed by Lightning.

During a storm Daniel Wallace, a
farmer who lived four miles west Of
Marshall, took refuge under an elm
tree near his home. Lightning struck
the tree, killing him instantly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12
A Shocking Suicide,

Richmond, Ind, June s.-Willian.
"A. Armstrong, 10 years old, saturated
his clothing with coal oil, Friday.
and after setting fire to himself fired
q ballet through his brain.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

1t was reported in financial circles
in st. Louis, the other day, hat the
capital stock of the Mechanics ma
tional bank will be raised from ST..
900, 900 to So, 900, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-12

Joseph Barth, of Boonville, and
Robert Anderson, of Blackwater,
were instantly killed and several 9th.
ers severely injured in a wreck on
the Missouri Pacific at Nelson.