Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-09
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The trial of Robert NJ. Snyder. the
wealthy banker, for bribery in con-
nection with the passage of the Cen
trail Traction bill by the st. Louis
municipal assembly, came to an end
late on the night of the 4th, the jury
finding him guilty and fixing his
punishment at five years in the peni-
Tertiary
Another conference w the coal
strike situation was held at the White
House, on the 5th, between the presi-
dent and a portion of his cabinet. No
statement as to the conclusions
reached was given out after adjourn.
ment, the participants absolutely re-
fusing to divulge what had taken
place.
The Operative Plasterers' Interna.
tional association, in session at Mil
waukee, on the 4th, elected John Z.
Cavanaugh, st. Louis, president;
James Coffey, Chicago, vice-president;
WIN. A. O'Keefe, St. Louis, secretary
and treasurer. The association will
meet in Philadelphia in 1904.
Mrs. Frank B. Townsend and her
husband were overcome by fumes
from a heater in the bath room of
their home at Peoria, ILL.,, on the 5th,
and Mrs. Townsend fell into the par
TALLY filled tub and vas drowned. Mr..
townsend will recover.
The funeral of Emile lola took
place in Paris, on the 5th, and an inn
mense of people of all
classes took part. Capt Dreyfus OBJ
tanned permission from the police and
marched in the cortege. There were
no disturbances.
A sheriff at Cripple Creek, Col,
levied on a Pullman car for taxes of
1868 which he claimed the Pullman
company had lailed to pay, and
chained the car to the track in roe
to prevent it's
Claiming that he had ~insulted his
wife, a negro barber of Grand Rapids,
Mich, on the 5th, felled a white man
with a blow on the jaw, from which
The died almost instantly.
The worlds record for putting the
shot has been broken by Ralph l..
Rose, of California, who threw it 40
feet 6 inches, the previous record be-
ing 4S feet Z inches.
The body of John B. Price, an old
fisherman, was found in Horse creek,
neal Rochester, ILL.,, on the 4th. He
is supposed to have fallen in the wa
ter in an epileptic fit.
Ignatz Burger, one of the oldest
musicians in St. Louis, died at his
home in that city on the 5th.
The twenty-sixth encampment Of
the Grand Army of the Republic
opened at Washington, or the eth.
The only work of the first day was
the dedication of Camp Roosevelt,
which will be headquarters, at which
ceremony addresses were made by n
number of men of national reputa-
ton.
Albert Runge, a former member of
the St. Charles (Mo.) city council, dis
appeared from a ferry boat on which
he was crossing the river at that
place, on the 9Th, and is believed to
have committed suicide. He was a
sufferer from a nervous trouble.
The report of the secretary and
| treasurer of the American Federation
of Labor, made at a meeting of the
executive council at Washington, on
| the 9th, says that an increase of more
than 200, 900 members has been gained
in the last four months.
In his speech at Steubenville, O., OF
the 9Th, Senator Hanna challenged
Tom L. johnson to a debate on thu
tariff, which challenge Mr.. johnson
accepted, and said he would debate
the subject at any time Senator Han
ma might name.
In a statement, on the 9Th, w. j
Bryan commends President Roose
welt for his efforts to settle the strike
but thinks that, as the operators re
fuse to arbitrate, he should call al
extra session of congress.
The president has appointed Col
VIM. M. Quinton, First infantry, t
be a brigadier in the regular army
his age limit for retiring occurring o
the 18th inst. Col. Quinton is a ma
tive of Illinois.
Three hundred and twenty boys an
girls from the DR.. Bernardo homes
in England, arrived at Portland, Me
on the 9Th, and were forwarded t
homes in Canada and the west.
One hundred and eighty shocks G
earthquake were experienced on til
island of Guam, September %. Tw
: natives were killed and much damae
was done.
: Gov. Stone of Pennsylvania, late o
the night of the 9th, ordered out a
: entire division Of the national guar
for service in the anthracite coal r.
: gions.
DR.. w. Fl. Fl. Dunn was dragged [
I death at Mangum, Okla, on the ST.
by being thrown from his carriag
. !, the lines catching around his feet.
The st. Louis fair opened on IL
y 9th, with a large attendance.