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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
MERE MENTION.

The Nye family, of which the ia.
nous humorist, bill" Nye, was a
member, formed an association at
Sandwich, Mass, recently, and will
hereafter hold yearly reunions.
The new commander-in-chief of ~
Grand Army of the Republic. Gen
stewart, is but 54 years old. He en-
listed while a boy and served over four
years during the war of the rebellion.
John d. Rockefeller, who never uses
tobacco and decries its use by Others
is said to be at the head of the comb;.
nation which is endeavoring to gain
control Of the manufacture Of tobacco
in this country.
Bishop Leighton Coleman, Of the
Protestant Episcopal church of Della
ware, has just returned to his home il
Wilmington, having completed his
annual vacation tramp. Every wear
the bishop dons a rough suit Of clothes
and starts on an expedition of this
kind. His latest tour was 200 miles in
the mountains of Tennessee and
North Carolina, all on foot. He travels
incognito, stopping over night wher-
ever he finds 1t most convenient and
mlngling with all sorts Of people.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
Goat Dinner Planned.

One of the most unique banquets
ever held in st. Louis is to be given at
the Planters hotel under the auspices
of the Frisco Live Stock Co., who
have recently established an 5000
acre goat ranch near the town of Gu
ba. Goat meat cooked in every ON
ceivable manner, goat milk and ice
cream made from the same will he on
the menu card. The table will be COW
cred with mohair cloth, made from
the wool of the Angora goat. A num-
Der of the most prominent goat rails
ers and breeders in the United States
will be in attendance. Mr.. A. b. Hulit,
of Chicago, who is a member of the
goat %ranching company, has charge
of the details.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
A BELLIGERENT PRIEST
Father Coffee, of st. Louis, COunseIs
Armed Guards to Protect the
Ballot Boxes.

st. Louis, Oct. 19.--Rev. Ether Cof-
fee, pastor of st. Johns Catholic
church, preached a sermon, Sunday
on "Rum-Ridden and Rutfain-Ridden
Politics." in the course of which he
said:
Arm those who are to protect the
ballot"
"Our politics have been controlled
by rumshop keepers of notorious
character and by ruffians connected
with these places"
"On election day prominent citizens
have found their names voted before
they appeared at the polling places.
Protesting, they have been roughly
handled, often injured, by the black
guards who infest the polling places.v
"Will we stand by our respective
parties, irrespective Of the character
of the candidate, or will we break
party lines and select decent men?"
viii we stand by Mr.. Folk (the
circuit attorney and show him we
are determined to do our full dutv
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
RACE RIOT IN ALABAMA.
Three White Men and Eight Negroes
Killed In II Race Riot Mt
Littleton, Ala.

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 19.-Three
white men and eight negroes are re-
ported to have been killed in a race
riot at Littleton, Ala, a small town
rs miles southwest of this city, Sun
day night. The number of wounded
has not yet been ascertained.
A special train carrying Sheriff An
drew w. Bergin and ten deputies, left
for the scene of the riot at IL O'clock
Sunday night. The riot is said to
have been caused by a crowd of ne
groes attacking a white m who
was passing over a railroad bridge
en- route hoEe from a visit ia a
neighbor. As soon as the white citi,
zens Of the town learned Of the Incl
dent they began the search for tbe
woman's assailants. The negroes 70.
fused to deliver the woman's aseail.
ants and armed themselves to protect
their leaders. When the posse a..
rived the negroes opened fire. xiii.
ing three OF the officers. The deputies
returned the fire killing eight negroes
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


Miss Olive Bartee, one of the most
efficient telephone operators in CEN
trail Missouri, at the home of her par
ents, in Sturgeon, of typhoid fever,
aged 81.
Robert E. Lear, ~. of Monroe City.
For 20 years he had been a prominent
business man and vestryman at st.
Jude church.
j. J. Baird, a wealthy citizen of
Dunklin county, prominent in educa-
tional circles, at his home in Kenneth,
aged IS. He was one of the regents
of the normal school at Cape Girar-
deau.
John NJ. Vooris, aged 81, of Chilli
Gothic. He was a native of Ohio, served
as a Union soldier in the civil war,
had practiced law, and was prom
inent in many big business enter
prises at C~hillicothe. He was named
a candidate for supreme judge of MIS-
souri, at the recent convention of the
allied third party at st. Louis.
Benz. r. Cauthorn. ST., vice-presi-
dent of the savings bank of Mexico.
He was go years of age, and was born
in Virginia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

The United States Packing Co..
which is understood to be the beef
combine, was incorporated at Tren.
ton, n. j., on the 17th.. with an au.
thorized capital of S1.0O0,0O0. 1t is
understood that this amount will be
subsequently increased to probably
$500. 900 900.
The output of coal in Illinois for
the last fiscal year, as shown by re.
turns in the Office of the state bu-
reau of labor statistics, was a little
more than 30,OOO,0OO tons. This is an
increase of 5000, 900 tons over the out
put of the previous year, which broke
all records up to that time.
The Boer generals will not be over
burdened by their cash receipts incl
dent to their visit to Germany. They
received plenty of cheers as generals,
but mighty little money as solicitors
i'll behalf of impoverished Beers. One
American has given more than all
Germany.
Gen. Corbin and Gen. Young and
their stats sailed for home on the
American line steamer Philadelphia
on the 18th. Gen. Wood will remain
until November, visiting i'll Scotland
meanwhile.
Maj. George NJ. Barbour, who spent
four years in Cuba as sanitary com.
missioner at Santiago, entertains a
very poor opinion of the Cubans as
republic builders. He says that at
present they are in a condition of a
kindergarten without a teacher.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw is
very much pleased over the successful
bond purchase, by means of which
than $20,0 900 in currency will
be liberated to relieve the money pres
S, re.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

Robert M, Snyder, convicted in St,
Louis of bribery, has raised a rather
Interesting question for the election
commissioners in Kansas City. where
he claims he resides by registering
as a voter. When he offered to regis
ter the judges and clerks did not
Iu.cw what to do, SC they tel ephcnel
Ben F. Paxton,secretary of the board,
Mr.. Snyder is entitled to vote. A man
convicted of a felony is barred from
voting, but while Mr.. Snyder has been
found guilty by a jury, his case will
go to the supreme court, and, pending
decision of an appeal, he has all the
right he had before the trial.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
jim YOUNGER. A SUICIDE.
The Youngest of the Noted Trio of
De%speradoes Takes His
Own Life.
FOUND DEAD IN HIS ROOM At ST. PAUL.
A Brief Sketch of the Career that
Landed Him and His Brothers In
the Minnesota Penitentiary ON
Life Sentences and the Efforts for
Their Pardon.

st. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 19.-James
Younger, formerly a member of the
notorious James band of outlaws,
which infested the western country a
quarter of a century ago, committed
suicide, Sunday, by shooting. He left
= letter to the press, in which he gives
as a reason for his act, dependency
over continued ill-health and sepera-
ton from his friends. The suicide is
supposed to have occurred about eight
o'clock in the morning. Younger &C.
cupied a room in a downtown block,
and when he did not make his ap-
pearance as usual search was made
for him. About five o'clock Sunday
afternoon the door of his room was
broken in and his dead body found
stretched on the floor beside the bed,
a revolver clutched in his right hand.
lie had shot himself through the head
and evidently been dead for several
hours.
Younger, since his parole from the
state penitentiary in July of last
year, had led an exemplary life. His
hrst employment was as travelling
agent for a tombstone dealer, and on
one of the trips he made about the
state he was quite seriously hurt by
d fall from a wagon. Old wounds he
had received earlier in life also gave
MIN much trouble, and although he
'oon obtained lighter employment, his
health was extremely precarious, and
his caused him much worriment. He
vas "a years of age. The body wa
hewed by the coroner, who decided
that an inquest was not necessary. II
Is not yet known what disposition
will be made of the remains. some
ioubt arising under the terms of the
parole as to whether the body can be
removed from the state.
On a bureau IN the Don wa found
4 long manila envelope, one side of
which was written:
ITO all that is good and true I love
and bid farewell.
"JIM YOUNGER"
On the other side of the envelope
were these words:
"Oh, %lassie, good-by.
"All relatives, just stay away from
me. No crocodile tears wanted.
REPORTERS: Be my friends. Burn
me up. JIM YOUNGER"
The envelope contained a package
of letters that had passed between
\ ounger and a lady with whom he IS
said to have been much in love. Che
lady, who is prominently connected. is
sad to have reciprocated his affection,
and it was reported at one time that
they were to be married.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
Wis Farewell Messane.

October IS.
Last night or earth, SO good-bv,
Lassie, for | still 'hink of thee. A, IT
H., forgive, me for this is nv only
chance. I've done nothing wrong. but
politics is all that Van SAINT, Wolfer
and others of their stripe care for,
Let the people judge. Treat me right
and fair, reporters, for / am a square
man. l am Socialist and decidedly in
favor of woman's rights. Bryan is
ahe brightest man these United
states has ever produced. His one
mistake was in not coming out .or
all the people and absolute Socialism.
Come out BryaT. There is no such
thing as a personal god. God is uni
v%ersal, and | know him wei, and am
not afraid. | have pity for the par
doning board; they do not stop to
consider their wives or to think of
the man who knows how to love and
appreciate a friend in truth.
"All relations just stay from me.
No crocodile tears wanted. Report
ers be my friends; burn me up.
ITO all that's good and true, l
love and bid farewell. Oh, Lassie,
good-bv.
SJINT vnJTNrrT,D IS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
He May he George Taylor.

Says a telegram from Atlanta, Ga:
George Burrus, a private in the army
and stationed at Fort Mcpherson, has
been arrested, charged with being an
accomplish in the murder of the
Meeks family, in Sullivan county, No.,
several years ago. 1t is claimed that
Burrus is one of the two Taylor
brothers, who were sentenced for the
murder of Meeks, his wife and three
children, and who later escaped.
William Taylor was afterward caught
and hanged, but George was never re-
captured. The authorities VI Snlli-
van county have been notified of Bur.
rus arrest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 21.-Every-
thing is quiet at Littleton. Ala, the
scene of the, riot of Sunday. Ira
Creel, white, reported killed, has APP
peared at Littleton, safe, having
spent the night in the woods. Joe
Thompson, white, died of his wounds.
Will Talbert, a negro, is missing. He
is known to have been seriously
wounded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
Some Facts About worlds Fair.

Total area of site, 1,1S0 acres; total
exhibit space, l16 acres; fire system
pipes, IS miles; water pipe laid, A.
TSP feet; sanitary sewers laid, 40, 9O4
feet; daily sewer capacity, 5000, 00O
yards; electric conduits laid, 81 ,O0C
gallons; water in lagoons, 10000, 900
gallons; earth moved, 1880, 900 cuhic
feet; storm water ways, $4,000 feet;
macadam roadways built, 22,339 feet;
intramural railway, 9H miles; con
struction track built. SH miles.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS CAREER,
The Crime That Landed Him and His
Brothers in Prison.

h" EhSohs
st. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 19.-James
Younger was the youngest of three
brothers, Robert, Coleman and James
Younger, who, between the years 1866
and 1878, gained great notoriety
through their association with Jesse
James. The band, headed by Jesse
James, was charged with innumerable
robberies of banks and railroad
trains, in the execution of which MANY
desperate encounters took place, and
a number of men were killed. The
members of the band had served
through the civil war, fighting on the
side of the confederacy with Guam
trell and his guerillas. The scene of
the most of their alleged post bellum
d~epredations was the state of Missou-
ri and territory adjacent thereto, but
in September, 1876, the band entered
Minnesota, traversing the state as far
Us the little town of Mortified, in
Rice county. There, on September Z,
after terrorizing the people on the
street, an attempt was made to loot
the First national bank. Cashier j. L.
Haywood, who was in charge of the
bank, made a plucky fight to pre-
serve the funds Of the institution
from the robbers, and during the en-
counter was shot and killed, not,
however, until he had wounded n or
more of the raiders.
Pursuit of the Raiders.
The citizens Of Mortified, quickly
recovering from the panic into which
the advent Of the raiders had thrown
them, armed themselves and started
in pursuit Of the desperadoes who,
baffled at the resistance they had en-
countered, had mounted their horses
and were attempting to escape. "A
week was spent in their desperate re-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
The End,

A few days ago a girl of II years
old was found dead in her room in St,
Louis. Only a few weeks before she
and two sisters left home, in a coun-
try town in Missouri, and sought
work in the llg ely. They failed to
find employment were without money,
and-their downfall. They secured a
room, in a house where good people
never abide. The younger girl could
not reconcile herself to the life, and
70 end it all she drank carbolic acid.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

Earl Roberts, commander-in-chief
of the British army, having been cor
daily invited to do so by the Ameri-
can generals while in London, said he
had practically decided to visit the
United States in 1903.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

w. B. Whistler, circuit clerk OF
Cooper county, on a visit in st. Louis,
was run down by ii street car and his
left collar bone broken.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

The Sons of Confederate Veterans,
of Mississippi, on the 18th, bought
from Mrs. Jefferson Davis the old
home, known as Beauvo4r. to be used
as a home for confederate veterans.
The price paid was $4,000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

The boat in which ten men left the
%foundered steamer c. b. Lockwood,
near Ashtabula, o., on the night of
the 18th, was picked up, overturned,
in Lake Erie, on the 10th, thus dis
polling all hope that any of the party
might still be alive.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

The United States consul general at
Christiana, Norway, has reported to
the state department that the crops
in that country this year have been
very poor and a large amount of
grain must be imported.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

John G. Skinner, so, of Macon coun-
ty, and Mrs. Elizabeth Brock, So, Of
Randolph county, were married at
Huntsville.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

President Roosevelt will be enter
tanned at the home of eN-President
Cleveland, at Princeton, \. j., on Oc-
tober 25, the occasion being the in
auguration of a new university presi-
dent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
Bad Storm in KeOta.

A severe storm visited keota, Macon
county. Two men, n woman and
two children were killed and a num-
Der of citizens critically injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

The volcano of La Soufriere vas
again in eruption OF the night of the
18th, and the sand thrown out had a
stronger sulphurous odor than here
tofore.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

John L. Young, a writer for the
Post Dispatch, was instantly killed
I'm an elevator accident, at the Plant
ers' hotel, St. Louis, on the night of
the 18th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

p. r. Ladd, formerly of St. Louis,
and who fought in Cuba as a captain
of a Missouri company, Joined the
Colombian army, under Gen. ~Salazar,
on the 14th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

A fortune of $1,000 900 in cash, jew.
elry and bonds was found in the desk
of a New York police captain, on the
18th. The officer had dropped dead
at the desk a week before.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

The Oklahoma Central & st. Lon
Railroad Co. was chartered at Gut
RE, okla, on the 18th. with a capita
stock of $15, 700. The road is to
extend through Guthrie to Joplin, Mo,
then northeast either to jefferson
City or st. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

By the purchase of a plant in West
Virginia, the Pennsylvania Glass Sand
Co. has secured a practical monopoly
of all sands used in the manufacture
of glass.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

Admiral w. S. schley, of Santiago
tame. was in st, Louis, a'few days
ago, on his way to Fort Smith, Ark,
to attend a street fair.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

Two men who were arrested at
Minneapolis, Mimi, On the 18th. on
charges of forgery, are believed to
have defrauded the banks of that city
out of $40, 1000. They had been pos
inp as brokers'.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

The New York Yacht club, on the
10th, accepted Sir Thomas Lipton's
challenge for the Americas cup, the
conditions of the race to be the same
as last wear.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

Delegates to the number of $50, rep
~resenting nearly every state and ter
ritory, met in Kansas City, Mo-, On
the 18th, in attendance on the TWEEN
ty-tirst annual convention of the
Woman's Home Missionary Society of
the Methodist church.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

A library erected at Hawarden,
England, as q national memorial to
the late William +. Gladstone, and
which cost $4,000, was opened on the
I4th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
Newspaper Man Killed.

John L. Young, a newspaper writer,
a killed, in st. Louis, a few days
ago, by falling into the elevator shaft
at the Planters hotel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

Orders are TO be issued at once by
the war department for the reduction
of the United States army to the min
imum size allowed by law, $1,000 men.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

The executive officers of the United
Mine Workers of America issued a
call. on the 10th, for "A meeting of del
egates from the local bodies, to lie
held at Wilkesbarre, Pa. on the Goth,
to act on the proposition submitted to
them by President Roosevelt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
Fuel Problem in st. Louis

Scarcity Of anthracite coal in st.
Louis, it is said, will probably last
six weeks longer. Soft coal is from SO
to rs cent per ton dearer than last
year at this time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
A Big Sweet Potato.

A sweet potato weighing nine
pounds, raised in Saline county, Mo-,
lis ON exhibition at Marshall. 1t will
he sen to the Worlds fair exhibit.
Five of them weigh half a bushel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

Rear-Admiral Thos. f. Selfridge:
Sr- U. S. N. retired, died. on the 18th,
at the Mclean asylum. Waverly,
Mass.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

The sheriff of N%acogdoches county,
Tex, eluded a mob that was trying
to lynch a prisoner he had, and sue
ceeded in getting him to the Jail at
Shreveport, La, on the 18th. The
prisoner, a negro, confessed to the
killing of the Hicks family on the
18TH.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
Negro Breaks a White Mans Back

Mandell Eisen, aged 25, at work
with a negro, in st. Louis, quarreled
with the Afro-American, who struck
Eiser with an iron bar, breaking his
back.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23
A Foolish Girl.

Gertrude LaTrace, a young sales
girl, in st. Louis, because she was not
allowed to stay out late at night, took
poison. She fought the physicians,
and it was necessary to strap her to
Il table before the poison could be r.
moved from ker stomach.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

A st. Louis barber has invented q
machine which runs perpetually by
force Of gravity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

The steamer c. b. Lockwood
foundered in a gale in Lake Erie, IS
miles from Ashtabula, o., on the night
of the 18th. The captain and crew
launched two boats, and one of them
was picked up on the 14th, but the
other one, containing ten people, was
being searched for by life-savers and
tugs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

The anthracite coal strike was set
tied at a conference at the White
House, Washington, which began on
the night Of the 18th and lasted un-
til after midnight. BY the terms OF
the agreement President Roosevelt
appointed a commission Of six per
sons who will adjust the difficulties
between the operators and miners,
and work in the mines win be re-
sumed In a few days,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

In a quarrel between three men in
New York, on the nth, over an al
legged shortage in the accounts of one
them, VIM. c. Turner shot and killed
w. J. Mallard and Robert Hamilton
and then killed himself with the game
weapon. All the parties were promi-
nent in business circles, and Turner
was a cousin OF Gov. Odell.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

Miss Ida Craddock committed sui
eide in New York, on the 18th, by in
haling gas. She was known as high
priestess and pastor of the Church
of the Yoga, in Chicago, whose adj
herents entertain a peculiar belief,
and had been convicted in the United
States court of sending obscene mat
ter through the mails. She was to
have been sentenced on the day she
took her life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-23

unde the terms of the parole, the
brothers were not to leave the state.
and since their release they have been
engaged in business of various sorts.
James Younger has suffered much
from old wounds, and several months
ago an operation was performed for
the removal of a rifle ball from his
haa1y
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1902-01-29

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