Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Three men are dead, four fatally IN
jured and "a others seriously injured
as a result cf a tornado striking a
train on the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad, near Owatonna, Wis, on Au-
gust 81, and blowing all the ears down
an embanllment.
DR.. A. o. Miller, of Carrollton, ILL.,,
who had been drinking heavily OF
late, shot and killed his wife, on the
31st, slightly wounded his little daugh-
ter, and then swallowed sufficient
laudanum to kill himself, dying in
the jail.
Three men left Denver, Col, on Au-
gust 81. in Big Glory n of the
largest balloons ever constructed, on
a trip in which they will try to beat
the worlds long distance record, and
ultimately endeavor to reach New
York.
The entire hosting plant, pumping
station and station and shafthousc of
the Alice Consolidated Gold and Sill
yer Mining Co., at Butte, Mont, was
destroyed by fire on August 81. The
loss is estimated at $780, 600.
Chas. A. Starkwealer, a veteran OF
the civil war, 65 years old, was found
dead in Il barn at Valley Park, st
Louis County, Mo-, OF August 81. The
%coroner's verdict was that death was
due to alcoholisW.
A detachment from the Seventeen
Virginia regiment was sent from
Richmond, on August 81, to quell a
street riot at Ashland. Va, between
blacks and whites, in which n negro
was killed.
One hundred and fifty ions of hay
and several fields of growing crops
were destroyed by a prairie fire which
ragged for II hours near NARROW, !. L.,
and which originated from a cigarette
stub.
Carlisle ID. Graham, on August 81,
swan from the whirlpool below Nj
agara Falls through the lower rapids
to Lewiston, and appeared none the
worse for his perilous trip.
A buggy containing Gus Thiele and
George Shulver was run down by a
trolley car in Kansas City, on the
night of August 81, and both men
were killed.
John Brown, a negro, who attempt
ed to criminally assault a young
white girl near Monticello, Ga, Satur-
day, was lynched on August 81.
Cholera is increasing in the Philip
pines, the totals reported up to Au-
gust 50 being 1899 cases and 1850
deaths.
The balloon in which three men
left Denver, Col, on August 81, with
the intention of going to New York,
was wrecked near Florence, Col, on
the LIST. The aeronauts had a terrible
experience, the balloon having been
three times carried over Pixies peak,
but aside from being severely bruised
and frostbitten the occupants were
not seriously hurt.
WI Doldl Ilotu tlT IIi'lNh o'I'isi
who confessed that he murdered a
man in Kansas City, Mo-, had an e
aiming trial at Colchester, England,
on the 1st. He claims to be an Amer
lean citizen and a deserter from the
United States army, and says he
killed the mar for the purpose of rob
: berry.
A train on the Southern railroad
went down an embankment near Bar
, ry. Ala, on the 1st. causing the dealt
, of 80 persons and the wounding o
many more. As it was a colored ex
%cursion train, all the dead are ne
groes, and but two white men wer
: among the injured.
Labor day was generally celebrated
r throughout the country, on the Isl
and everywhere good order prevailed
A feature of the day in some place
V was the taking of collections aloni
the line of march for the benefit o
the striking anthracite miners.
e William Troutman, of Syndervillt
Utah, who recently was discharge
It from the insane asylum, Drained hi
e two daughters, on the 1st, fatal
r wounded his wife, attempted to mul
r der the remainder of his family an
re then killed himself.
it Two stands at the horse show g
Denver, Col, suddenly collapsed, o
the LIST, precipitating the occupants
r. the ground. A few were seriously an
d a number slightly injured, but ther
were no casualties.
lie Returns from the Arkansas electio
up to midnight of the 1st indicat
a that the victory of the democrat
l., state ticket is complete. An extrem
~ ly light vote was polled t%hroughol
as the state.
" Sylvester Murphy, a farmer, Twin
I'd at Litchfeld, ILL.,, was shot and Il
stantly killed by an assassin, on Il
,e- night of the list, the shot being fire
N. through a window Of his house.
a Nanny Price and Bob Shrugg, tv
Vi negroes, were hanged by a moi mel
in Newberry, Fla, on the 1st.
ng A statue of the late ex-Gov. Roswt
Flower was unveiled at Watertow
N. Y, on the 1st.