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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
WITH ROOSEVELT.
The Pulpit, the Press, the Bar and
Politics at Presidents
Luncheon Board.
WAS OF NO PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE.
President Will VI sit Nebraska Dur"
ing Closing Days Of september
The Scramble for the On
the Board of Commissioners OF
the District of Columbia.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 3.-The pull
pit, the press, the bar and pontics
were represented Saturday about the
luncheon board of President Roose-
welt at Sycamore Hill. senator Aai-
lard, of Nebraska, accompanied by .
friend of his own state, came down
from New \ ork to talk to Mr.. Roose-
welt about his western trip, and to
make some arrangements for his VS.
it to Nebraska. The president Will
be in Nebr, ka en- dates already ten
tatively determined, although not
formally announced. His visit to Ne
braska will ne in the closing days OF
September.
Among the guests at luncheon were
Silas McBee, of New York, editor or
the Churchman; Bishop Dudley, OF
the Episcopal church, diocese OF Ken
lucky; Charles Nagel, Of st. Louis;
George Harvey, editor of Harper's
Weekly; George w. Hinn-an, OF Chi
cago, editor of the Inter-Ocean, and
Edward Kent, of New York. Assur-
ance is given that no particular sig
nifcance attaches to the calls of any
Of the gentlemen, the desire OF the
president being to entertain them So
cially at his country home.
President Roosevelt is in receipt of
scores of communications by wire
and by mail regarding the vacancy
on the board of commissioners of the
District of Columbia, caused by the
death, a few days ago, of John W..
Ross. The appointee to succeed Mr..
Ross will be a democrat. Every mail
brings letters ~ Endorsement of can
didates, or letters bearing upon the
selection of Mr.. Ross successor with
out mentioning particular names. 1t
is not known when the president may
make the app intment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
A STORM AT OYSTER BAY.
Otherwise the Day Was Quiet and
Uneventful-Mr. and Mrs. Whites
law Reid to Be Guests.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 3.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his family passed
a quiet Sunday at Sycamore hill. No
official visitors were received.
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt,
accompanied by four of the children,
attended divine service at Christ Epis-
copal church. Scarcely had they
reached home when the most sever
thunderstorm of the summer broke
over this part of Long Island, forcing
them to remain indoors during the
greater part of the afternoon.
Special Ambassador Whitelaw Reid
and Mrs. Reid, who have just returned
from England, will be guests of the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt to-mor-
row.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

The kaiser has sent a pressing IN
vitation to Lord Kitchener to visit
Germany. The imperial letter states
that the entire German army would
esteem it a privilege to be allowed tc
welcome so distinguished a soldier.
An oil gusher, the first in many
tests that r being drilled in the
Flat river valley, just over the Mon
tana line in Manitoba, was encoun-
tered at a depth of 400 feet, which is
throwing up 800 barrels of oil per
day.
With Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel
the president got into a rowboat, on
the morning of the list, placed care
fully in the stern a basket of pro-
visions, and, showing off from the
dock, babe farewell to the burdens
of state until sunset.
BY his own admission, Willard c.
Vanderlip, a prominent Boston law
yer, who has had for years the care
Of several estates, is guilty of en-
bezzlement, and the valuable estate
of the late George E. Emerson, Of
which he had charge for 16 years, has
been dissipated.
Several hundred feet of the Home
stake mine at Lead, S. D., caved in, on
the evening of the LIST, while the mi
ners were retiring from their days
work. John Fourier and Joseph
Varvaise were buried under several
tons of rock.
A Rome dispatch of the 1st says
tina the Augustinian, Dominican,
Franciscan and Recollecto friars wsSs
be unostentatiosly withdrawn from
Manila is small numbers at a time, so
that the friar question will have re.
solved Itself without necessity for fur
Their negotiation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
MAY SEND AMERICAN PRELATE
Delay in Appointment of m Apor-
tOlic Delegate to Manila Due
to Desire to lease

Rome, Aug. 3.-The delay in ap-
pointing an apostolic delegate in Ma
Mia is due to the desire of the vati-
can to please the Washington author
tiles by sending to the Philippines an
American prelate, and the vatican is
now awaiting letters from the United
States. The prelate, who it is
thought likely will accept, is thor
oughly adapted to the position.
Should the plan fall through, the
most probable candidate is Mgr.
Guidi, now in the Office of Cardinal
Rampolla, the papal secretary Of
state,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
Honored BY the Emperor.

The emperor of Germany has con-
ferred a number of decorations on
Americans incidental to the visit to
the United States of Prince Henry Of
Prussia. Among those honored we're:
Rolla Wells, mayor of St. Louis, and
whom were bestower the Red Eagle
David R. Francis,a also ofSt. Louis, upon
of the third class. w. S. McChesney
and Chief of Police Kiely,of St. Louis,
were honored with the Red Eagle Of
the fourth class. j.. J. Coakley, sta
tionmaster at St. Louis Union station,
received the crown order of the
fourth class.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Salt Lake, Utah, Aug. Sat the
Salt Palace grounds at n o'clock
this morning, J. G. McCaslin, a we'll
known mining man of this city, shot
and killed Lottie Russell and Max.
Peters and then committed suicide
by shooting himself through the
head.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
A DOZEN PERSONS INJURED.
Hundred People Wrecked While
Running 30 Miles an Hour.

Cadillac, Mich, Aug. Am excur-
sion train on the Ann Arbor railway,
made up Of II coaches and carrying
700 people, was wrecked six miles
north of this place Sunday. So far
as known, no one was killed, but
about a dozen persons were injured,
some seriously.
The train was bound from Durango
to Crystal Lake and Frankfort, and
was running about t%hirty-fve miles
an hour. 1t is believed the wreck was
caused by the fiange breaking on m
of the wheels of the combination bag
gage and smoker next to the engine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.



Or. W. T. Montgomery, an extensive
cattle dealer, at his home in Roanoke.
Mrs. Jane Miller, aged 81, at Mem
phis.
Rev. Francis NJ. Green, 81, for eight
years presiding elder of the Hanni-
bal district conference of the M. E.
church, and a resident of Macon, at
Pennington, Ia A widow and three
daughters survive.
Judge Arnstead r. Kellam, former
" prominent at the st. Louis bar,
aged 49,. He had resided in st. Louis
so years
Miss Maggie Scott, II, and MISS
Grace Doan, 16, at Marshall.
DR.. Karl Horn, near Perryville.
John C. Quarles, of Columbia, at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. r. S.
MINIS, in Carrollton. He was 70, and
was brought to Missouri when two
years of age from Tennessee.
VIM. Joachim, county judge OF
Usage county, and formerly mayor
Of Chamois.
Rev. Robert Morrison, for many
years prominent in education work,
and one of the founders of the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity, near Fulton,
aged 80. He graduated at Miami uni.
versity in 1852, and while at Miami
he, with five others, founded the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity. He wrote
the bond and designed the badge.
John H. Jameson, a well-known cit
izen of Fulton, aged GA years.
Elias Davis, the best-known horse
man in central Missouri, at his home
in Galloway county.
Matheas Knabel, a pioneer river
man, at St. Joseph.
Judge James B. Brouster, of the st.
Louis county court, aged So.
Mrs. J. W.. Greenwood. aged 60, at
| Holden.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
sOcIALIsTIc DEMONSTRATION.
The Partisan Socialists Parade and Hold .
Meeting In Support of the
Government,

Paris, Aug. 4-The socialist demon
stration in support of the government
in the school question, which was
held in the Place Maubert, in the Latin
quarter, Sunday, passed without dis
order.
A procession Of 5000 persons
formed in front of the hotel de vile.
A majority of the paraders wore So
cialist emblems, a little red flower in
their button holes. They marched,
singing socialist songs and shouting
"Down with priests" to the Place
Maubert, where red wreaths and a
bouquet of roses were laid at the
foot of the statute of Etienne Dolet.
An imposing force Of police and mu-
nicipal guards preserved order.
They split the crowd into small
factions and prevented collisions with
clericals who were attending a meet
ing of protest in a hall in the neigh
borhood. Efforts of one or two an
archists to create trouble after the
demonstration were speedily sup
pressed.
Meetings I'm the Provinces.
Advices received here from the
provinces report the occurrence OF
few noteworthy incidents in connec-
ton with the closing Of the I'M
authorized schools by commissaries
Of police.
There were slight disorders at Bor-
deaux, where the clericals, who
wished to hold the schools, came into
conflict with counter demonstrators.
The police were obliged to dispense
the crowd.
The mayor of a township near
Roanne, Loire, rang the tocsin and
melted a crowd armed with pitch
forks and cudgels against the police
commissary, who was unable to ex-
pei the sisters. The mayor was sus-
pended for this action by the project.
Part of the garrison at Brest is be-
ing held in readiness to assist the po-
lice commissaries close the schools in
Finistere, where feeling is still run
ming very high. The father of a lay
school mistress at Kerlouan, in
Finistere, has received letters threat
ening himself and his daughter with
death.
ArreSted an Anarchist.
After the meeting of the place Maui
bert, a demonstration was made
against the schools of the friars in
the rue Furstemberg. The windows
of the buildings were shattered with
stones. The police arrested an an
archist named Libertad.
At an anti-clerical meeting held in
a hall in the Latin quarter M. Tourg'
mol, radical socialist member of the
chamber of deputies, declared that or
the resumption of the sitting Of the
chamber he would propose the sup
preston Of all congregations and the
denunciation of the %concordat, anC
that he hoped all republicans would
support him.
At Vienne, near St. Etienne, a Grove
Of 1000 persons opposed the police
commissary, who wished to close tht
nuns school. 1T hooted and STONED
the commissary and his escort o:
gendarmes until they retired. The eff
fort to close the school was unsuc
cesSful.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

New York, Aug. 3.-Work on .
foundation for the ways on which the
new battleship Connecticut is to be
built at the New York navy yard will
be starter shortly, 1t is announced.
1t will be necessary to drive 5000
spiles on account of the sandy soil.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
Lives with Bullet in His Brain.

While temporarily insane from ma
larial fever, Thomas S. Payne, a Rock
Island conductor, shot himself in the
head, at Trenton, a 3S-caliber bulle,
lodging in his brain. Two hours af-
ter the shooting he ate a hearty
meal. Surgeons say he can not re.
cover.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
Laughed and Fell Back Dead.

Miss Hattie Armstrong, aged II, OF
Bonnie Terre, went riding with a
young lady friend and two young
men. She laughed, her companions
say, and feu back in the seat dead.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
st. Louis Leads.

According to a government report
st. Louis leads all other cities in the
United States in her building move
ments, and an increase OF more than
ITO per cent. in expenditures during
the wear.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

M. j. Mcmillan, formerly of Vernon
county, but now of Tacoma, WASH,
returned to his old home to wed Miss
Norma Turner. The groom drove to
Nevada for his wedding suit, and on
his way to the brides home, was way
laid by robbers, beaten and robbed of
the suit, gold watch and $3.50. He was
found in an unconscious condition..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
ClOudburst ut Mokane.

A cloudburst caused considerable
damage at Mokane. The lower rooms
of many houses were flooded, and oc-
cupants moved into upper stories.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Brennan, Tex, Aug. 1.-Two ne
groes, John Arnold and Wesley Davis,
fought a duel to the death near Inde-
pendence Friday night. Arnold is
dead and Davis will die.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
A Destructive storm.

Lisbon, N. d., Aug. 3.-This place
was the center of a hurricane and de-
structive hail storm Friday evening.
Crops are totally destroyed. Barns
and outhouses were wrecked, and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
Texas Floods subsiding.

Dallas, Tex, Aug. 3.-There is no
trouble from floods in Texas now ex-
cept in the extreme northeastern part
Of the state, and most Of that is ex-
pected to be overcome to-day or with
In o short time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
Public Receipts and Expenditures

Washington, Aug. 3.-The monthly
statement of the government receipts
and expenditures shows that for the
month Of July, 1902, the receipts
amounted to $49,305,6 SOL and the ex-
penditures $50, s13, 567, leaving a deficit
for the month of $7,507, 1915.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Miss Kate Board, an elderly WON.
an, was found dead in a pasture on
the farm of her brother-in-law, Will.
lam Jenkins, north of Monticello.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
Will Meet at Barnitz Lake.

The Ex-Confederate Association Of
South Central Missouri will hold it's
sixth annual reunion at Barnitz Lake,
in Dent county, for one week, COM
mencing August 16.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
Taking census Of Aged Employees.

San Francisco, Aug. 3.-Acting ON
instructions issued by President Har-
riman the heads O departments Of
the Southern raciI.- company hava
begun taking a census of the em-
ployes 65 years Il age and over.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

New York, Aug. 3.-Andrew Curtis
Ferris, of Hackensack, N. j., who Is
credited with having introduced pc
troleum as an illuminant, is dead ct
the age Of IS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
With Ammonia.

Mrs. Patrick Gregory, widow, com
mitted suicide at La Belle, Lewis
county, drinking two ounces of am.
monia. She had been an invalid 20
years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

One million dollars in treasure was
brought from Nome and st. Michaels
by the steamship Roanoke, which ar
rived at Seattle on the 2Sth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
While Sitting in His Dooryard.

Thomas O'Dell was killed by light.
ming at night while he was sitting in
his %dooryard, four miles south Of
Crab Orchard, Ray county.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

The Colombian insurgents were de-
feated in a battle with government
troops on July 20, with a loss of over
two hundred men.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Arthur Bales, a brakeman, was
killed and four persons injured at
Yorktown, Ind, on the 3Oth, by a
Union Traction car crashing into a
Big Four freight train.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

An eastern syndicate has secured
options on $4,000 acres of coal land
in the northern part of Montgomery
and Macoupin counties, Illinois, n
want 5000 acres more.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Vim. S. Devery, late chief of police
of New York, gave a water picnic, IN
the 3Oth, which was attended by be-
tween fifteen and twenty thousand
women and children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
Large Increase of Stamp Sales.

The sale of postage stamps at ot.
Louis post office during July amount
ed to $780, 1875. go, an increase Of S.
243.17 over July last year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
A Double Tragedy.

Charles Wiley shot and killed Jose.
phine Sheridan, at Springfield, and
then sent a bullet through his own
heart. Jealousy prompted the crime.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

The distribution of vegetable and
flower seeds by the agricultural de-
partment at Washington will begin
this year on September /.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Bernard Maylan, arrested for at
tempting to deposit in New York
four $10)-bills of a bank in Shelby
vile. Ill, the bills not being signed
by the cashier, was discharged, on
the 3Oth, no complainant appearing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

A tree measuring over fifty-one feet
in diameter has been discovered in
the Sierras, California, and is be-
lieved to be the largest in the world.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Mayor Low of New York will make
an effort to properly deal with those
who were responsible for the riotous
conduct at the funeral of Rabbi Jo-
seph on the 30th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Indianapolis dealers have ordered
an advance of so cents a ton on an
thracite and 25 cents on bituminous
coal, to take effect August l..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Andrew Carnegie has presented the
late Lord Acton's library to 1t. Hon.
John Morley. 1t contains about 1Oo,.
900 volumes
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Twelve hundred state troops
reached Shenandoah, Pa, on July 81,
and encamped on a hill overlooking
the town. All was quiet there, and so
long as the militia remains there will
be no more rioting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Paul Van Der WORT, past com
mandcr-in-chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic, died at Puerto Prin-
cipe, Cuba, on the goth, of paralysis
of the heart.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

An explosion resulting in a heavy
loss Of fife occurred at a colliery in
Wallongong, New South Wales, on the
31st. T~wenty-seven bodies were re-
covered, but a hundred remained in
the mine, with but little prospect of
rnSrnH.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
IT Cost Him Ten Dollars.

W. r. Brown was fined $40 in a st.
Louis police court on the charge that
he had used profane language on the
street. Two policemen arrested him.
They said he was cursing ~passer-by.
When Brown took the standinhi III own
behalf he pointed at the policemen
and said: 81 have spent considerable
time in the saloon on that corne
myself, but I don't live in it like
these 'coppers.' I got a can of lob
sters and placed it On the bar where
they were standing and remarked: "A
can of Holsters for two lobsters.'
They chased me into the street and
arrested me-"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Rev. W. Fl. Leatherman, pastor OF
a Methodist church at De Graft, o.,
was drowned, on the 29th, while at
tempting to save the life of Earl
Needham, a boy 10 years old, who
went Town with him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Conductor Frank Pomerosky was
killed and two brakemen seriously in
jured by the giving way of a bridge
over the St. Francis river 50 miles be-
low Cape Girardeau, Mo-, on the 1str
by which their train went into thu
river.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

The London Daily Mail asserts that
the oil interests of Rockefeller, Roth
schild and Nobel have entered into
a working agreement, thus forming
the greatest trust the world has ever
seen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

The grand jury, on the 31st, re-
turned indictments against the village
officials at Harlem, Ill, for malfeas-
ance in office, conspiracy to allow
gambling on the races being alleged.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

The outlaw Tracy has been seen
again, this time in eastern Washing
ton. He was well armed and provi-
stoned. in good health and unwound-
ed, and crossed the Colorado river on
July 81, supposed to be going into
Wyoming.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Senator Plat, of New York, visited
the president at Oyster Bay on the
Goth. He says that Roosevelt will
have a solid delegation from New
York at the next national conven'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

A severe wind, rain and hail storm
passed over Saline county, doing con-
siderable damage to corn, wheat
oats and gardens.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
Ten YEARSM MISSOURI
Census Bulletin Shows Farm Prod.
ucts Increased oo.8 Per Cent.
In a Decade.
VALUE FARM PRODUCTS I 1893, III, 1872.

There Were 2S4,SS3 Farms In n
State, June l., 1900, and Their
Average Value Was o. ,063-Of n
White Farmers SOL Per cent
Own All or Part of the Farms
They Operate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07
Killed the Bill.

The bill to govern the operations Of
street cars was killed in the st. Louis
house of delegates. What is known
as the ecombine'' did it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

John Bangart, 10 years old, was
stabbed and instantly killed at Bonnie
Terre by Andrew Farr-ir. a negro.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

The reports published in regard to
the enormous damage done by earth
quake shocks at Los Alamos, Cal,
have been greatly exaggerated. 1t is
said that the property damage will
not exceed $4,000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

A duel with pistols between two
negroes in Kansas City, Mo-, on the
night of the goth, resulted in the
death of Milton Bowers, of Parsons,
Kas., who was hit by a stray bullet,
although he was in his room in a
lodging house q block away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-08-07

Mrs. N. B. ing, owner of a Colo
RADIO angora goat ranch, a portion OF
her hocks on which were recently
killed by masked men, has placed a
guard of armed men around her
camp to resist another attack which
she has reason to fear will be made.