Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-18

name of Cooper living in the vicinity
OF Pilot Knob 1t is thought the barrel
was uuloaded there by mistake. A
special agent of the company was here
last week trying to find out who got
the whiskey.
Jack Cramer, a brakeman, was
killed at Poplar Bluff Monday at 1890
A. NJ. He had coupled the hose, and
as he stepped out from between the
cars on a side-traek q switch engine
ran over him killing him instantly.
A remarkable story is told in connec-
ction with the accident-and a true
story, too, About 10 o'clock Sunday
night Conductor Semands at Arcadia
dreamed that he saw Cramer killed in
substantially the manner OF its sub
sequent occurrence. A short time
after-about 10:90-he boarded his
pusher to help No. 5 over Tip-Top
mountain, and then told Engineer
Bethel OF his dream. A most singular
coincidence it was, and makes one in
deed to think that there may ''be more
things on earth, Horatio, than are
dreamed of in your philosophy"
Tuesday was circus day at Piedmont,
and was marked by disaster. A special
to the Republic says: "An old sus-
pension bridge oyer Mckenzie Creek
collapsed, n of the cables parting,
this afternoon, under the. weight of
a hundred persons who were rushing
to the circus grounds. The bridge,
which is an old one, settled sideways,
throwing its burden to the gravel bar
fifteen feet below. The seriously in
jured are: Miss Alice Malloy, leg
broken and %dislocated; Miss Jennie
Graham. injured same way. but less
seriously; Sam Wallace, wife and
daughter Ollie; j. K. Graham, Mrs. A.
Monroe. Miss Emma Bergman and
Mrs. White. At least twenty others
sustained severe bruises and cuts.
The bridge cables we're old and have
long been regarded unsafe. The in
jured were given medical treatment
here and sent home"
Home! How that thought swells
the heart! What magic power enfolds
US as we recall the full meaning Of that
word as realized in our own lives. A
man may win honors on the battle
field, he may wear the victor's laurels
and the conqueror's crown, he may
WELD the monarch's scepter and hold
within his grasp the destiny of m
pires, but if he hnoWs not home, | say
to you he is not the victor, he is not
the conqueror, he ia not the king that
that man is who, by the power of his
own great heart, builds and maintains
in purity and love, one honest, happy
home. Take from mankind that one
word and you raze him to the level of
the brute; take from our civilization
that one word and you rob it of all
that is worthy of the name. The real
strength of our nation lies in the num-
Der of our happy homes. l would |
had the power to make all the world
understand this.
Bro. A. ]. Thrower OF the Stoddard
County Democrat is in hard luck. lie
was in St. Louis Monday and Tuesday
attending the convention of Democratic
editors, and, according to the Republic,
'twas assaulted and robbed while on
his way to Union Station after the
banquet at the Jefferson Club. Mr..
Thrower alighted from an OLIVE street
car at 18th street about 2 o'clock in
the morning and al passing an alley
between Pine and Chestnut streets,
when two men assaulted him. One of
them struck him in the face with a
billy, and split his lip. When he fell
the highwaymen took 81. SO and several
railroad passes from his vest pocket.
When the thieves departed Thrower
went to the %dispensary and had his lip
sewed up" Four dollars and a half
I remember, about twenty years ago,
Geo. H. Kelley, a Poplar Bluff editor
OF then, while on his way to the State
Press Association, lost a fve-dollar
bill. He went around inquiring If any
one had seer the missing greenback.
Gene Field was with the crowd, and,
when George came to him with his
tale of woe, Indignantly exclaimed,
"That's the way with you country
EDITORS! Five dollars! Will you never
learn that it's not safe to carry all
your possessions with you on your
~travelsm
A special to the Republic last Friday,
from Piedmont, contained the follow
ing: "James Morris, AZ years old,
residing here, was KILLED this afternoon
about 4 o'clock. He had been drink
ing and playing cards with parties in
E. w. McDonald's saloon and started
home. Ten minutes later he stag
gered into W. P. Toney's drug store,
covered with blood, his jugular vein
} severed and hands badly lacerted. He
lived about five minutes, dying with.
out speaking. The trail Of blood be-
gan in q rear hall of E. W. McDonald'e
saloon. The whole affair Is a mys.
, terry, as he was not known to have an
enemy. Coroner Banks has been
notified and will arrive tomorrow
and hold an inquest. No arrests have
been made, but the officers have sew
eral parties under surveillance.
Morris was the son of John Morris, a
highly respected farmer, living at
Patterson. He was married and had
four children, all grown. A knife was
found in an open lot near the saloon,
which the officers are holding as a
clew."
The latest news Is to the effect that
nothing more definite as to who did
the killing has developed. ''Prose-
cutting Attorney Munger, Of Piedmont,
is still at work trying to solve the
mystery surrounding the murder,
Charles Beatty and Charles Laxton