Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-27
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A Specl:ll Eock lSlanu trall, DeaflnS
President W.. l.. Leeds, First Vice
President II. A. Parker and Chief En-
gincer W. +. Dauchey arrived at Hor-
ton, Kas.. on the "lst. They ordered
the immediate rebuilding of the Rock
island shops. destroyed by fire two
weeks before.
\ storm of snow, followed by rain
and sleet. swept over the eastern
states, on the 2lst, producing very
disagreeable conditions. Electric
light service vas crippled, telephone
and fire alarm systems disabled and
traffic greatly delayed.
Conditions were all favorable, on
the morning of the ed, for Il break
up of the great ice gorges in the ALLIE
gheny and Monongahela rivers, and
people living along the valleys were
preparing to take to higher ground
when the resultant food comes.
Fire destroyed the Seventy-first
regiment armory in New York city,
on the night of the 21st. The flames
communicated to the Park avenue ho-
tel, and in the latter building there
were is lives lost and many injured.
The populists of Kansas, in ses-
sion at Topeka. on the 21st, after a
stormy time. decided that there
would be no a~ffiliation between the
populists and democratic forces in
Kansas this year.
Because he was required to pay $40
alimony, monthly and had to meet
$50 insurance dues, each month,
out of a salary of $40, A. ]. Strover,
Wells-Fargo express agent at Boul-
der, Col, became Respondent, and, on
the 21st, committed suicide.
After the cabinet meeting, on the
21st. Secretary Long stated that the
report that he intended leaving the
cabinet was quite true. He said he
had fixed upon no specific date for
his leaving. and he had not yet
formally sent his resignation to the
president.
Another large broom-corn deal was
consummated at Charleston, ILL.,, on
the 21st, when r. D. Flood, represent
ing the Southern Broom Co., OF
Evansville, Ind, purchased 200 tons
of brush from the Union Broom Sup.
ply Co. The price ranged from $1G0 tc
1925 per ton.
A fight occurred. on the 21st. be
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of outlaws that killed Sheriffs Smitl
and Beck, at Anadarko, a month ago
AS a result one of the outlaws, Wal
ter Swofford, is dead, and Deput,
Sheriff w. A.. Jones, of Asher, Okla
is seriously wounded.
Salvador reports that the recen
tidal waves on the Salvadoria
coast caused a loss of more tina
fifty lives and the partial destructio
of eve villages.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., accom-
panied by his mother, his sister Alic'
and DR.. P. NJ. Rixey, left Grotol
Mass, ON the evening of the 21st, b
special train, for Washington, it ha'
ing been determined to no longe
delay his removal.
At the trial of Lawyer Patrick, j
New York, on the Goth, for the mul
der of William Marsh Rice, Vale
Jones, amid breathless silence, tol
, how he had. at Patrick's dire
ton, first fed the Old man on poison
Gus drugs-mercury, choral, oXal
/ acid-and how Patrick finally induce
Gus drugs-mercury, choral, oxal
hi INTO strange the aged millionait
with chloroform.
F, President Roosevelt does not pr
pose to have further discussion
: the Schley case by the navy. BY h
direction Secretary Cortelyou, on Il
; Goth, sent Secretary Long a letter,
which he stated that the preside
; desired the Schley case treated
closed.
! A determined fight is to be wag'
against the dissertation Of the Anne
lean flag. The Grand Army Of Il
Republic, the Sons of the Americi
Revolution, and other patriotic $
cieties are at the head Of the mo,
ment.
Spain is on the verge Of revolutic
"a Already the streets of Barcelona ha
le been Redeemed with the blood
ID hundreds of rioters and soldiers. G
II Weyler is the man of the hour, a
50 is eager for the fray. At last accour
Premier Sagasta was preparing a
cree proclaiming martial law.