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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
more SEVERE FIGHTING.
Lord Kitchener Reports More Warm
Work, Last Week, In the
Transvaal Colony.
CASUALTIES NUMEROUS ON BOTH SIDES.
Commnndant P~otgeiters Amor the
BOer k~ilIed-The British Cap-
tured Three Guns and a Quantity
of Supplies-A strong British Pa
troll Captured by Beers.

London, April 15.-News of severe
fighting in the Transvaal. at the end
of last week, has been sent by Lord
Kitchener, who reports that about
200 Beers were killed, wounded or
captured. There were about a hun
bred British casualties.
The British also captured three
guns and considerable quantity of
supplies.
Commandant Potgieter was among
the Beers killed.
Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch dated
from Pretoria, Sunday, April 10, re-
counts how Col. Colenbrander. after
locating ~Commandant Beyer's lager,
at PEEL kop, moved his force by the
principal lines of retreat. The fight
ing commenced April s, when the
company of Inniskilling fusiliers at
tackled Molipspoorts, covering the
Boer position, and by dusk had seized
a hill eastward of the poort, after
considerable opposition, resulting in
Col. Murray being wounded and Lieut..
Lincoln being killed. Another officer
and fine men were wounded. Since
then the operations continued daily.
Colenbrander's latest report, April IL,
gave the Boer losses in killed, wound
ed and prisoners at 106 men. The col
onel hoped to be able to report fur
Their captures.
The most severe fighting occurred
April II, in western Transvaal, where
Gen. Ian Hamilton has replaced Gen.
Methuen in command of the British
troops. The Beers attacked Col.
Kekewich's force near Rooiwal,
fighting at close quarters. The Beers
were repulsed, leaving on the field
A men killed, including CommandaEt
Potgieter and "a wounded. The Brit
ish captured 20 unwounded prisoners.
According to last accounts, Gen. Ian
Hamilton was pursuing the remain
der of the Boer command. The Brit
ish losses in this fight were six e
killed and SO wounded.
At the beginning of the pursuit Col.
Kekewich captured two guns, IA pom
pom, a quantity of ammunition and
a number of wagons.
A force of Beers recently over
whelmed a strong British patrol sent
out from Bulfontein, Orange River
Colony, to clear distant farms. An
officer and two men were killed. four
men wounded, and the remaining
members of the patrol were sur
rounded and captured.
Lord Kitchener mentions holding
an inquiry into this reverse.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

New York, April 14.-The Norwegian
steamer Hero, which was driven
ashore at the entrance of the Panama
canal, in the harbor of Colon, in a
norther, arrived in port, yesterday, in
tow of the Merritt & Chapman Wreck
ing Co.'S tug Rescue. The Hero had
her rudder frame carried away, but is
otherwise unchanged. The wrecking
company foated the steamer to this
port, where she will be repaired. On
the way up from Colon the Rescue
stopped at Havana for coal. The
Hero was anchored off Stapleton, S. l.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
KIDNAPPED INTO SLAVERY.
A Systematic and Wholesale Traffic In HUI
man Beings Carried on In
Mexico.

Mexico City. April 1.-THE police OF
this city have broken up a gang OF
kidnapers who have been enticin9
young boys to a house in this city
where the lads were kept prior to
being shipped to Yucatan to work on
the Henequin plantation. Complaints
have been coming to police h%eadquar-
tiers of missing boys, and the detect
ives surmised that there was system
attic kidnapping going on all over the
city. The detectives in following up
clews found a house in Peralvillo
street, on the outskirts of the city,
where IL boys who had been enticed
there were discovered. They we're
under guard day and night, INSULT
GENTLY fed and amid foul surround
ings.
The men in the house were arrest
ed and taken to prison. They denied
they were anything but clerks of one
Enrique Iglesias, a labor contractor,
engaged in securing men and boys for
work in Yucatan, where the demand
for labor is very pressing. The II
boys secured from these t~raffickers in
human beings were to have beer sent
to NeraCru and thence to go to their
long slavery in Yucatan. Subse-
quently the guards at the Peralvillo
street house confessed that they were
employed by Iglesias to entrap boys
and confine them in the house till a
convenient opportunity arose for
sending them to Yucatan. The boys
were met on the street and promised
food, clothing and spending money if
they would accompany their abduct-
Ors.
The boys so captured are said, on
reaching Yucatan, to be held prac-
tically as slaves, receiving nothing
but their food and maintenance.
Iglesias, said to be the head of the
gang, is still at large.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

Cleveland, o., April 14.-William
Rogers shot and fatally wounded
John Turner yesterday afternoon on
the street near the home Of the form
err. Rogers was jealous of Turner be.
cause he believed him to be respon-
sible for his b%roken-up home. Rogers
stood over his dying victim until an
ambulance took the wounded man to
the hospital, where he died in a few
minutes. Rogers, his wife and four
children came to Cleveland last 0c-
tober from Chicago. Rogers is an
iron worker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

A London dispatch of the 18th said
that ten battalions Of Scotch and
English militia were being called out
for service in Ireland in the enforce
ment of the coercion act.
Gen. Wade Hampton, the famous
confederate cavalry leader and. later
United States senator, died at his
home in Columbia, 5. C., on the 18th.
of general breakdown incident to ad-
vanced age. He had recently passed
his eighty-fourth birthday anniver-
sary.
The appellate division OF the SUI
preme court Of New York. IN the
11th. affirmed the convi, tion of Jo-
ham Most on a charge of printing in
his newspaper. the Freheit. an i'm
proper article. entitled Murder VS..
Murder"
While boring for oil near Avon. ILL.,,
the drillers, at a depth of i.4So feet,
struck what appears to be II solid
vein of copper. The drill has been
sent through tie vein 60 feet without
reaching the lint. Mining experts
say it is sure enough coppsf.
Rev. DR.. T. Dc Witt Talmaga was
reported. on the 18th. as Il, WHY dying
His physicians rad no hope OF his re-
covery, as he had been unconscious
for more than forty-eight hours. TIE
congestion of The brain hai become
worse and inflammation had devel-
oped.
President Roosevelt settled the pen
sion commissioner problem, on she
18th, by announcing thar he had lr-
cided to appoint Eugene +. Ware. OF
Topeka, Kas.. 70 succeed Il. Clay Ev-
m the present commissioner. wItse
resignation was presente! on Marcf
IL.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
Fatal Encounter Over a Woman.

Carbonate, ILL.,, April IA shoot
ing atfray occurred yesterday at Muir
physboro in which Zeke Morgan was
fatally, and Henry Grogan seriously
wounded. Zeke and John Morgan had
gone to the house of a woman whom
Grogan was visiting and demanded adj
mission. They were met at the door
by Grogan, who refused to let them
in. Arguments followed, and the
three men drew weapons and began
firing. Both of the wounded men
probably will die.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Mr.. Robert j. Wynne, Washington
correspondent of the New York
Press, has been offered the place of
first assistant postmaster general TO
succeed Mr.. johnson. who rendered
his resignation to the president sew
eral weeks ago. Mr.. Wynne will ac-
cept.
Protests are being received by
western congressman against the
passage of the ol~eomargarine bill as
passed by the senate. These protests
come from many merchants and
dairy interests which originally
flooded congress with petitions in ia
vor Of the bill.
The total valuation of the late Phil
ip D. Armour's estate in Chicago and
New York has just been arrived at.
1t amounts to $1+,751.105. and to n
large extent consists of personal
property. In addition to the above
named sum there is some real estate
in Illinois and elsewhere the value of
which is not given.
Herr Ferenozy, manager of the
Central theater of Berlin. has gone to
London to secure rights for the pro-
duction of Ben Hur" in Germany and
Austria.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
of the $15O,0OO 900 gold reserve in the
division of redemption. issued on the
l1th, showed: Available cash bal
ance, $177,755,571; gold, $94, 227,510.
The steamer Mechanician cleared
from New Orleans, on the 18th, for
Cape Town, with LOO horses.
X. G. Dun e. Co., of New York, re-
ported on the 18th: Failures for the
week numbered 1oS in the United
States, against 203 last year, and 10
in Canada, against "a last year"
The British admiralty court, on the
18th, awarded the owners of the
British steamer William Cliff Eli, 00C
for s%alvaging the Cunard line steam
er Etruria.
"Wild Tom" the famous Hereford
bull, winner OF prizes at innumera'
bic cattle shows, known all over the
United States and England, and fol
which c. S. Cross, of Emporia, Kas.
refused $25 900, died on the 18th.
The rioters at Ning-Po, Il city il
the Chinese province of Che-Kiang
dispersed, on the 18th, on the arriva
there Of two German gunboats.
All except the best of the horses be
longing to the American cavalry regi
nents in Cuba. are being sold at auc
ton at Havana
As the result of insanity, born o
long illness, Mrs. Edward A. Tower
wife of the millionaire furnace mar
of P~ougkeepsie, N. Y, on the 18th
killed her only child, a son 16 years
Did, and then committed suicide.
President Roosevelt, who returned
to Washington, on the 18th, from hi
rip to Charleston, S. c., espresso
himself as highly pleased with hi
Trip and che cordial hospitality ex
Tended to him by the southern PEG
pie.
Maj Waller, Of the Marine corps
On trial by court martial, said in hi
own defense: TT is impossible to con
eeive such treachery as that of tn
natives of Samar. They revel in bloc
md have an appetite for wanto:
sacrilege OF the human body. Thes
lends attempted to murder my con
nand. / shot them. / honcstl
thought then that / was right, and
believe so now"
. A dispatch from Haskell, Tex, 0
. the night of the 18th, said that a te,
. riic sandstorm had ragged all da
: n the Texas panhandle, and that tn
!. town Of Aspermont had been partia
" destroyed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

London, April 15.-There was much
excitement in England, on the night
of the 18th, over unconfirmed, but
pe~rsistently cieulated reports that an
understanding had been reached with
the Boer leaders in South Africa, and
that definite terms of peace would
soon be Forthcoming.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

Franklin, Neb., April 14.-Nicholas
Detemple, of Denver, jumped in front
of a Burlington passenger train one
miles east of here early yesterday,
and was instantly killed. 1t is be.
.ieved Detemple ended his life while
temporarily insane
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

Philadelphia, April 13.-Mrs. Joshua
%Lippincott, for many years a leader
in the social life of Philadelphia and
Newport, and widely known in Eu-
rope, is dead at her residence in this
city.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
Farmer Instantly Killed.

Martillis Holman, a farmer neal
Clifton City, Cooper county, was in
stantly killed by being struck by a
train, about one-half mile north of
that place.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

The gross receipts of the st. Louis
post Office for March were 1927, 402,
an increase of $14,230 over March,
1901; Kansas City, $S7, 416, an increase
of $0,704.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

Lord Mount Stephen, former pres
ident of the Canadian Pacific railroad
has given 100000 to the Royal in
Urinary, at Aberdeen, Scotland. He
had previously paid off a debt OF E25,'
900 on that institution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

The annual banquet given on the
anniversary Of the birth of Gen. U:
S. Grant by the Grant Monument as
ISOLATION will be held at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel, in New York, on the
evening of the 26th-the 9th being
Sunday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

Beaumont Tex, April 13.-Perry A
Hull, the Chicago capitalist and poll.
tician, died Saturday morning at 1880
o'clock from pneumonia. He came
here some weeks ago to look after
his interests and was stricken short
ly after his arrival.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
In Kansas City and st. Joseph.

The democrats elected the mayor OF
Kansas City by a plurality of 9s6, and
in st. Joseph the republican candidate
for mayor pulled through by a plu.
rality of s.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

T~hirty-fve minutes after he had
hanged Henry Flutcher, a negro,
Sheriff Dickmann of St. Louis, re-
ceived a telegram from Gov. Dockery
ordering Is days stay of execution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
Resignation Called For.

Washington, April 13.-The secre.
tary Of the treasury has sent a letter
to Assistant Commissioners of Immi-
grafton M~cSweeney, in New York,
calling for his resignation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
Money in Nail Kegs,

Fifteen thousand silver dollars in
tightly-closed kegs are said to be
buried near the home of Judge Henry
C. Wright, who died at Ivory, st. Louis
county, recently.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

The first complete electric plant
for lighting a city to reach Mica
ragua, arrived at Managua, on the
sth, in charge of Senior Ramirez, the
electrician who supervises the tele-
graph and telephone systems of that
country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
Southwest Normal burned.

The Southwest Missouri state nor.
NAL school building, at Cape Girar-
deau, was destroyed by fire early on
the morning Of the 18th. Insurance.
$50, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
Hps Removed to St. Louis.

Att'y.-Gen. Grow has removed his
family from Jefferson City to st.
Louis to take up his residence. He
will be in Jefferson City the greater
part of the time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

The London chamber of commerce
has accepted the invitation of the
New York chamber of commerce, n
will send a delegation to the opening
of the latter's new headquarters.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

Among the teachers certificates re.
Gently issued in Ozark county was
one Glennie Harrison, aged IL, a pupil
Of the Gainesville public schools.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
No Bonded Debt in Cooper.

The katy bonds Clear Creek
township, Cooper county, have been
paid, thus clearing all townships as
well as Cooper county of debt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

A Wisconsin syndicate has pur-
chased 10000 acres of redwood tim
Der land in southeast Oregon. The
land was sold by Isaac Minor for
nearly one million dollars. The land
sold includes the harbor of Cheeto.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

kilograms received from Birming-
ham, England. say the scarcity OF
American meat and the consequent
increase in the price, have obliged
many retailers there to close their
stores.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

William Marconi sailed from New
York. for England. on the 9th, on the
Majestic. He said he was going home
for rest and that he would remain in
England about two months.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

Amid an immense throng Of SOL
diers, civilians and natives the body
of Cecil Rhodes was, on the 10th, com
mitted to it's rock temb in the Matop-
DO hills, in Matabeleland. The coffin
was shrouded in a Union Jack, and
the wreath SEN by Queen Alexandra
was laid upon it as it was lowered
into the grave.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
Missouri Winter Wheat.

The condition of Missouri winter
wheat is reported at 30 per cent, and
that 2,499 900 acres were seeded last
fall. Favorable weather continues.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

The cornerstone of the new M. Z.
church, south, was laid at Mexico.
All of the preachers in the city took
part in the ceremonies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

The house committee on labor, on
the 10th, referred to a subcommittee
status Of the colored race. Hearings
will be given, and it is understood
Booker T. Washington will be among
those heard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

Mai.-Gen. S.. b. NJ. Young recently
relieved from command of the depart
ment of California. at San Francisco,
reported at the war department, on
the 9th, and was assigned tU duty as
president of the army war college
to be established in Washington.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

The youngest mother, probably, in
the United States is now in Putnam
county-Ina Ogle only IL years, 6
months and 81 days old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

The last rail OF the double track of
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad
between Omaha aud Chicago was laid,
On the 18th, between Missouri Valley
and Denison, la. 1t gives the Wander
bilt interests a double track between
Omaha and New York, and completes
the first line of this kind between
Omaha and Chicago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

Enrico Malatesta, the Italian an
archist, was, on the 18th, sentenced
by a court of justice in Rome, to
five months Imprisonment for con-
tumacy on accoun ofcertain articles
applauding the murder of President
Mckinley which were written for and
published in an anarchist newspaper.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
MethOdists Won Spelling Match.

The spelling match between the
Methodist and Christian churches. at
Monroe, was pulled off at the opera
house. There were 20 experts on
each side. The Methodist won out
and had three spoilers left on the
floor. The receipts, 10 cents per head,
were divided between the two
churches.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

The largest quarterly receipts in
the history of the postal department
are reported for the three months
ending with January, figures fo1
which have just been completed. The
receipts were $32, 0o5. 621; expendi-
lures, $30,047 .131; excess of receipts
over expenditures, $1,05S, 400.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

The London Financier and Bullion
Ist published a dispatch from Pre-
toria, on the 18th, declaring that the
Boer leaders had accepted the British
terms, that peace had been arranged
and that the terms of peace had been
cab1ed to the Boert agents in Europe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

A gang of burglars, who use cnlo.
reform to put people to sleep, are
working in St. Joseph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

Secretary Root, after consultation
with the treasury authorities, has Is
sued instructions to Acting Civil Gov
ernor Luke Wright of the Philippine
islands to give effect to that part of
the Philippine tariff act which pro-
vides for a rebate of the export du-
ties on goods shipped from the Phil
ippines into the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

The presbyterian committee on
creed revision continued their ses-
sions at Washington on the 10th. The
discussion was entirely over the
third article of the statement of doe
trine. This relates to what is ]ecclesi-
astically termed "The Divine Pur-
pose"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
st. Louis Has 63s,O15 People.

The new directory of St. Louis con
tains 55,2O6 names This number
multiplied by 2h which is the direc'
tory company's system of statistics
in arriving at the total number of the
city's inhabitants, equals 63s,015. This
is taken to be nearly correct, as the
directory system heretofore has been
generally found to be almost accu-
rate. The population of St. Louis at
the time of the last census a $751;
1888. The 1902 directory contains p
796 pages, as compared with 1854
pages in the 1901 edition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

Miss Ellen NJ. Stone, the missionary
who was captured by the brigands in
Bulgaria and held for ransom, arrived
at New York, on the 10th, on the
Deutschland. She looked pale and
worn, and said the sea voyage had
made her very i'll. She was met at
the steamers pier by her brother,
Charles A. Stone, and by many other
relatives and friends.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

Count Matsukata, former prime
minister of Japan, who is now in this
country, visited the financial district
of New York, on the Sth, with M.
Uchida, the Japanese consul in that
city. The count denied that his visit
had any official significance. Reports
that the Japanese government con
templated negotiating a loan here
are declared to be untrue.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17

Stuart Robson and the students of
the Chicago Musical and Dramatic
college INDUCED in what the come
dian termed an Interchange of talk"
on the sth. Some 500 persons were
present. Mr.. Robson said he believed
the stage was capable of exerting
greater good than the pulpit,and that
the more progressive clergymen OF
the day agree with him.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-13
FORGAVE THE OFFENCE
MRS. CAMBRIA DID NOT WISH TO
PROSECUTE.
Relented But Judge Wilcox Had Her
Husband Tried and Convicted Him.
Other Police Court Cases.

Mrs. Rosa ). Cambria did not wish IN
prosecute her husband this morning ON
d charge OF assault and battery but as
she had been so vigorous i'm her de-
HlandS last week for q warrant. Judge
WILCOX thought the case should be pro-
secuted. The woman was quite an I'M
Wiling witness. She said that she and
her husband had had a quarrel. during
the course of which, she had left the
mouse. He had followed her to a
helghDOrs place and struck his wife
once and threw her on the floor Tho
court fined the defendant Sc and warn
ed MIN to cease getting into domestic
quaTels.
Mrs. Mary Francis and two other
portuguese witnesses who had failed
70 appear in court last week when or
uered 10 do so, We're called before the
| court and severely lectured by Judge
Wilcox He told them that If thew had
oeen men he would have committed all
for contempt.
The assault and battery case against
L"'ii ZIP charged with hitting his wife
was nolle pressed, as the Chinese ba6
patched up their domestic difficulties.
The case against Mrs. NJ. H. Manuel
and M. H. Keawe charged with adul-
terry was continued until Wednesday.
Nine Chinese faced Judge Wilcox to
answer to charges of having been pres
| ent where gambling was conducted.
fleas OF not guilty were entered Mon
/ war appeared as counsel for them and
announced that he was ready to pro-
| ceed. The prosecution had not anti
| clpated being opposed by such formid-
able talent so a continuance was ask
ed until tomorrow.