Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-17
AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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ground of self-defense.
A mob at Eldorado, Saline county,
Ill.,, on the night of the 10th, made an
attack on the home of Rev. Peter A.
Jackson, a colored man. They stoned
his house and fired several shots, but
the preacher returned the fire and
the mob dispersed, after warning him
to leave the vicinity. Gov. Yates or
dered troops to the Gene.
As a result of the strike of freight
handlers at Chicago, the prices of
fruit and vegetables have materially
risen.
Fort de France, Martinique. vas
thrown into a panic, on the night of
the 9th. by a violent eruption of
Mont Pelee. Many of the inhabitants
fed, terror-Stricken, with little or no
clothing. The rumblings continued
until 9:30 on the morning of the 10th.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Neither
lands has fully recovered her health.
The news of her recovery is hailed
with JOY throughout the kingdom,
and the people are preparing a hearty
is yet at the castle of Schaumburg,
Germany.
Queen Alexandra, who opened the
coronation bazar in London, on the
10th. visited the American court and
carefully examined the articles on
sale, selecting a volume of Theodore
Roosevelt's THE Strenuous Life"
which she purchased.
The Red Cross depot at Pretoria,
which acted as a casualty office for
the Beers during the war, estimates
that the total number killed on the
Boer side was 300.
One of the largest globe pearls ever
taken from a Mississippi river clam
shell was found by Frank Ferguson,
of Calmar. la. The pearl is BLUSH
white. nearly round, and weighs 1874
grains. Ferguson sold it to J. w.
Burd. of Black Rock, Ark, for 81, 750.
Though the vatican positively de-
clines to order the withdrawal of the
friars from the Philippines, on the
ground that such action would bring
it into conflict with Spain, the Unit
ed States will not alter its attitude
in this respect. Public order demands
it
Five firemen were killed at Toron-
to. Ont, on the 10th, in a disastrous
fire which destroyed the building oc-
cupied by P. Mcintosh & Sons and
the wholesale hay and straw ware
house of Gadsby & Mccain. The
fremen were caught under a falling
wall.
The wife of Fred l.. Reuhmann, a
well-to-do citizen of Evansville, Ind,
confessed, on the 10th, that she loved
Potts Miller better than she did him,
and asked his permission to elope
with Miller. Reuhman consented,
and went to the station to see them
off.
George Amin, aged 10 years, son of
Postmaster Joseph Amin, of Column
bia. ILL.,, was accidentally shot in his
right leg by Frank Fiege, his friend,
while squirrel hunting, and bled to
death before medical aid could arrive
to him.
Preliminary returns to the statisti-
clan of the department of agriculture
on the acreage of corn planted indi-
cate an increase of about 3,520,00O
acres, or $40 per cent. on the area har-
vested last year. The average con.
dition is given as s7.5 percent.
A headless body was found on the
beach near Fort Baker, Cal, on the
18th. 1t is believed to be the body OF
Capt. Ward, of the steamer Rio de
Janiero, which sank at the entrance
to the Golden Gate, February %, 1901
A gold watch found on the body ha:
been identified as the captains.
The United States training shil
Mohican,b bound orSan Franciscofron
Yokohama, was out AZ days on TIN
18th, and nothing has been heart
from her since she left Japan.
1t is officially announced in Londol
that the coronation Of King Edwar'
will take place between August s ant
August II.
Len Hickman, a negro, who !
charged with the murder of his wifi
at Springfield, ILL.,, and who escaped
from the officers there July 1, vas ar
rested at Kansas City, Mo-, on tn
18th.
The Kansas river at Topek
reached Is feet above low waite
mark on the 18th. A number of fam
lilies were obliged to leave thei
houses.
The Raw river broke through it
banks at Lakeview, a resort nea
Lawrence, Kas., on the 18th, filled tn
lake rapidly and overhowed the Sui
rounding country.
The village Of Bear Creek, Wis, wa
almost totally destroyed by fire o
the 18th. About fifty persons ar
homeless. The insurance was small.
William d. Hickey, a soldier of tn
Eighth cavalry, was drowned at For
Riley, Kas., on the 18th.
1t was known, on the morning O
the 18th, that of the 600 men SUI
posed to be entombed in the Rollin
Mill mine, at Johnstown, Pa, 143 ha
been taken out dead and 20 rescued
Illinois militiamen have been patro
ling the streets of Eldoradi to pr
down any further demonstrate
against the negroes.