Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-21
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM
PERSONA AND GENERAL

burg, Ill, was shot N instantly
killed, on the night of the 18th, by
Henry McCune, a sa~loonkeeper.
Charles +. Joy was renominated for
congress by the republican conven-
ton of the Eleventh Missouri district,
held in St. Louis on the 14th.
The next biennial session of the
grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, will
be held in Louisville, KY, in 1904.
Gov. Odell of New York was a
guest of President Roosevelt, on the
l4th, at Sycamore Hill.
w. j. Bryan has written a letter to
the editor of a New Orleans paper,
in which he says he will not be a
candidate for the presidency in the
next campaign.
Capt. Allen and his son, who sailed
from New York on July 9 in "A 3s-foot
Kerosene launch, arrived at Falmouth,
England, on the 18th.
James b. Bonner, superintendent of
telegraphs of the Hartman system
of railroads, died at San Antonio,
Tex, on the 18th.
A. riot occurred at a washery at
Duryea. Pa. on the 14th. when depu-
ty sheriffs fired on strikers, wound
ing two.
John and Fenton Miller were caught
by a .%cave-in at a gravel pit at Mar
shall, H., on TIE 18th, and John was
fatally injured.
Rev. Sam Jones, who was in St.
Louis the other day, in speaking Of
the house of delegates combine, said:
with such an institution in exist
ence, the only difference between st.
Louis and hell is that the people here
have a river"
Disguised, so he said, at being I'M
able to obtain a legitimate offer, in
New York, of a prize for an exhibit
rion of his airship's sailing powers,
Santos-Dumont, the %aeronaut, sailed
for France on the 18th.
The work of demolishing Newgate
Jail, the historic old prison so long a
feature of the city of. London, was be-
gun on the 18th. The prison will not
be rebuilt, the site being too valuable
for business purposes.
The engagement was announced, on
the 18th, at Coburg, Ont, of Miss
Vivian Sartoris, granddaughter of
Gen. L. S. Grant, and Mr.. Frederick
Roosevelt Scovell, a cousin of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The wedding will
take place in Coburg on Saturday,
August 90.
There was held at Binghamton, N.
T., on the 18th, a reunion of the
descendants of John and Priscilla Al
den, made famous by Longfellow's
"the Courtship of Miles Standish."
Members of the family were present
from all parts of the country.
A storm, on the 18th, caused con
siderable damage at Mound City, Ill
The cupola of the Freewill Baptist
church was struck by lightning and
the church considerably damaged.
Several buildings were unroofed.
With the exception of the great
Koh-i-noor. the jewels used in the
crown of Queen Alexandra, valued at
100000, will be replaced with paste
stones and sold, King Edward deem.
ing it in~expedient to keep so muI
wealth tied up in a bauble that will
not be used again.
"a splendid man is Russell Sage
may years be added to his age" Sc
c,,Dr eftnAn hupIraI rnp, nh;1J,,> :,
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, on the 18th
whom Mr.. Sage caused to be rounded
up and taken for a glorious days
outing at Upton Lake park.
Two men and a cou%nterfeiting out
fit for the coinage of quarter-dolla,
pieces, are the latest capture of tn,
secret service branch of the treasur,
department. They were rounded VI
at Marble Falls, near Austin, Tex.
The Allegheny (Pa.) post office wa
thrown into confusion, on the 14th
owing to a plague of feas which wa.
liberated from a sack of mail tina
had come from New York. The littl,
pests attacked everybody within tn
building.
VIM. W. Goodwin, a travelling sales
man, committed suicide by shooting
himself at Moberly, Mo-, on the 14th
Louisville, Ky, had a severe storm
on the 18th. The wind blew at tn
rate of So miles an hour, nearly al
inch of rain fell in Is minutes, whit
the temperature dropped 20 degree
in as many minutes.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to dc
nate 100000 for the establishment 0
free libraries in the borough o
Marylebone, London, on conditio
that their maintenance be provide
for.
= The Colombian revolutionists hav
captured the government gunboa
Il Boyaca, and with it two generals, &c
c soldiers and munitions of war an
provisions.
J President Roosevelt has promise
Gov. Francis that, if possible, he wi
attend the dedicatory ceremonies {
the Worlds fair, at st. Louis, whic
will take place in April, 1903.
q The democratic convention of II
Eighteenth Illinois congressional di
r trict will be held at Paris, August 2
O Several Havana newspapers hay
been making violent onslaughts upo
the chief executive Of the republi
d accusing him Of incompetency, ign,
ance and weakness in not having
5 yet done anything unusual for ii
d country.
h It is predicted that the anthraci
l. miners strike will be ended by Sc
Z, TENDER 1, the understanding beir
that the operators and miners W
- respectivelymake concessionsto bril-
:, about a settlement.
n. The uncertainty as to which di'
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