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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04
100000 for 1901.
Judge G. II. Pierce.

Word was received at Kansas City.
the other day, of the death of Judge
C. B. Pierce in Willis, Tex. Mr.. Pierce
lived in Kansas City. He had been
in Texas a greater part of the past
two years as superintendent of the
Fairchild ranch. Mr.. Pierce was born
in Barnard, VT, October 10, 1929. lie
was a member of the Kansas state
legislature in the early part of the
Cos, and later was municipal judge
for a number of terms in Leaven-
worth. Mr.. Pierce, in company with
William Fairchild, established in Leav-
enworth the first wholesale dry goods
store in the west. He was also large
ly interested in Kansas City real es-
tate before the boom.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

New York, Aug. 31.-Weekly re-
views have a good deal to say about
the Monroe doctrine, says a London
dispatch to the Tribune.
The Spectator expresses pleasure at
President Roosevelt's full and clear
enunciation of the doctrine, but points
out that it can not rest ON air. I'm
less it is based on power it is certain
to bs opposed, pushed aside, disre-
garded and ignored, and the power
that the Monroe doctrine mus. pri-
marty rest is on sea power. The pres
ident no doubt understands this fully.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

The betrothal ceremony Of Prince
Nicholas of Greece and the Grand
Duchess Helen occurred in St. Peters.
burg on the Goth. The marriage serv-
ice was held afterwards in the palace
church.
Joseph VIM. Jacques was assaulted
and murdered by a man named
O'Keefe. at ST. Paul. Mimi, on the
Goth, as a result of trouble growing
out of a strike at railroad shops there
some weeks ago.
Col. VIM. c. Cooper. for many years
prominent in Ohio politics. died at
Mount Vernon, o., on the goth.
The Texas fever has broken out
among the cattle of southern Hi
nois. and DR.. Tiffany, assistant state
veterinarian, pronounces it of a seri-
Gus type.
Fire of an incendiary origin de-
str0yed 20 business houses at Livings-
ton, Tex, on the Goth, causing a loss
of $13j, 900. with insurance of 50 per
cent.
George c. Rice, a prominent citizen,
was smotltered to death in a corn
hopper at lakewood, ILL.,, on the 2Sth.
The Public Alliance of Wilkesbarre,
Pa, on the Goth, sent an appeal to
President Roosevelt, asking him 20
use his influence to end the strike in
the anthracite coal regions.
John G.. Carlisle. former secretary
of the treasury. delivered the annual
address before the American Bar as
ISOLATION. at Saratoga, y. Y, on the
2Sth.,
William +. Hull. of Peoria, ILL.,, was
choser vice-prcsident of the National
| Postmasters' association. at the ON.
v"ention held at Milwaukee, on tn;
2Sth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04
~SociOlOsists Are Disturbed by the
Marked Decline in Birth Rate

London, Aug. 31.-Sociologists are
disturbed by the vital statistics just
issued, showing a marked decline in
the English birthrate. London shows
q decrease since 1881 from pa to 20.6
per 100 of married woman under the
age of As. THE DECLINE is MOST
NOTICEABLE in The FASHIONA-
BILE QUARTERS OF THE CAPITAL,
while the Stun areas, such as Step
ney, Shadwell and Bethnal Green, are
almost stationary. Outside of Lon
don the decline amounts to 1858
against 300. in 1881.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

Castries, Island of st. Lucia, B. w.
l., Sept. 1.-The British steamer Ko-
roma arrived here Sunday evening
from Fort de France, island of Mar
Unique.
She reports a terrible eruption of
Mont Pelee occurred at nine o'clock
Saturday night, and that persons who
arrived at Fort de France, at the
northern part of the island. report
that the village of Morne Rouge, near
the district previously devastated,
had been entirely destroyed and that
Carbet, a village on the coast that
was not destroyed by the other erup-
ton, had been swept away by a tidal
wave. About two hundred persons
lost their lives.
A sloop from the island of st. Vim
cent which reached here Monday
morning reports that Mont Pelee's
crater is now quiet, but that the de-
donations during Saturday night were
the loudest heard up to that time
and that the inhabitants were terri
bly, alarmed.
The %Ounta Burned Fiercely.
Mont Pelee has been in constant
eruption since August Is. There was
an enormous fall of ashes from the
volcano the night of the 25th. There
was a very severe eruption the night
Of tha OS 1uhon thn ynIannia rum
blings were heard at a great distance.
The mountain burned f~ercely that
night, and out at sea passing vessels
were covered with ashes. The night
of the Goth there were three separate
eFuptions.
ruined town of St. Pierre from the
sea. The people of the village of lie
Carbet, on the coast, are terror-strlck-
en- and flying to the interior. Hot wa
ter is pouring down on Lorrain and
Basse Pointe, villages to the north
east Of the crater. Horrible detona-
tions were heard, the ground rocked
and quaked and articles on tables
were thrown to the floor.
The governor of Martinique has or.
dered every available boat to emove
the people from the coast villages to
Fort de France.
A Gorgeous Spectacle.
At eight o'clock in the evening of
Saturday, the 3Oth, the sky was
cloudless. Suddenly and without
warning one-half of the horizon was
the center of most magnificent cleo
trio effects, the flashes of light sur
passing the most elaborate fireworks.
Flames and flashes continued to burn
from the cloud until nearly midnight.
Columns of flame shot out of the
crater of Mont Pelee to escape about
the cloud in showers of balls of
golden fire, which fell through the
darkness in myriads of sparks. Three
large ~aureoles were seen in the sky
oven the opening of the crater.
Another Shower of Ashes.
4 tidal wave rushed upon Fort de
France and the terrified inhabitants
fed in large numbers to the interior.
The wave was not severe and did but
slight damage.
At midnight of the 30th Mont Pelee
was quiet, but shortly after that hour
there came another shower OF
ashes. accompanied by vivid sheet
lightning.
In addition to the two hundred per-
sons reported to have lost their lives
at lie Carbet and Morne Rouge, many
other persons are said to have been
killed all over the northern districts
of the island.
The governor of Martinique is be-
lieved to have started for the scene
: of destruction.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04
WRECKED BY A TORNADO.
three Persons Killed and Thirty-Eighti In
jured. -Four Fatally, In & Wreck
Near OwatOnna, Mimi.

Owatonna. Mimi, Sept. LINE
wreck on the Chicago & Northwest.
ern road, five miles west of here. Sat
urday night, probably was the w"rst
that ever happened in this section OF
the state. Three are dead. four are
fatally injured and "a others received
injuries, some of them of Il serious
character. Those killed and fatally
injured are:
Dead:
Elmer Patterson. five years old,
Waseca, MINI.
Ethel Richards, IA, New Ulm, Mimi.
Unknown, woman, about thirty
years old, supposed to have come from
Lake Mills. Ia.
Fatally injured:
Mrs. Almira F. Buckford, Albert
Lea, MINI.
A. c. Mcconnell, Brookings, S. D.
Caroline McCune, Worthington,
MINI.
Conductor w. H. Kenzie, badly
bruised; head cut; may die from
shock.
Investigation shows that the storm
which wrought such damage to the
train was but 100 feet in width. From
all reports it is evident that the en-
CINE escaped the fury of the tornado
by but a Few feet, for it remained
standing on the track while the six
coaches in the train were picked up
as if they were feathers and rolled
over and over down the steep EN-
bankment. Four of the coaches
caught the full fury of the storm n
were carried much further than were
the other two. In these four coaches
occurred all of the deaths and the ma
iority of the injuries. Engineer
Mitchell apparently was OF
the approach of the storm cloud, but
many OF the passengers state That
they saw a funnel-shaped cloud APP
preaching, but had scarcely time to
move in their seats when it had
struck the train. The fact that the
brakeman on the Inflated train was
a new man was probably responsible
for the fact that the baggageman es-
caped with his life. The baggageman
was in one of the rear coaches IN
structing the brakeman how to light
the lamps when the storm struck.
The baggage car was n OF
that received the storms full force.
Conductors Heroic Work.
Great credit is given by the passen-
GERS to Conductor kenzie for his
heroic work in rescuing the injured
Although himself suffering from Sc
we're injuries he refused any aid for
himself, but set to work with great
grit and heroic courage to relieve the
injured from their p%erilous positions,
and not until the last of the passen-
gers was out of the wreck did he re-
ceiye medical attention for his own
wounds. 1t is feared that he can not
survive.
other Property Damaged.
The storm destroyed the grain
stacks of Thomas Rake, on whose
farm the wreck occurred; then passed
directly between his house and tine
barn, leaving them unframed. Il
then passed northwest through Med
ford, a town on the Milwaukee road
where a number of barns were de
molished and several houses and 9th
er buildings were overturned.
Senator T. V. Knatvol, who is op
posing Congressman James A. law
ney for denomination, was resting
easily Sunday night, and says that hi
will be able to resume his canvass a
once, but the physicians say it will b.
a week or more before he can hop
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04
Handwriting Expert Dead.

New York, Aug. 31.-William e. Ha-
gan, one of the most noted experts in
handwriting in this country, is dead
at his home in Troy, N. Y, says a
special to the Times. He was born in
1926, in the city where he died.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.



Samnel L. Casey, So, at st. Joseph.
He represented a western Kentucky
district in congress during the civil
war.
VIM. sidenfaden, 10, who began the
undertaking business in St. Joseph
in 1855.
Mrs. Susie Sartain Kivett, wife of
Jack KaTett, a prominent farmer of
Howard county.
David Friess, Ga of Boonville, q pi-
oneer.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Mueller, ~, of
O'Fallon.
Mrs. Eleanor Knapp, st. Louis, wild
ow of the late George Knapp, who,
during all his business life, was con-
nected with the Missouri Republican,
now the st. Louis Republic. In early
days she went to school to Elihu
Shepard, a noted teacher at that time,
and afterwards was a pupil of Owen
Lovejoy, the famous leader of west
ern abolintionists. At the Shepard
school her future husband was a pu-
pill with her.
Col. George W. Borden, a we'll
known jeweler of Jonesburg, after
several months illness.
Paul Grigsby, a prominent young
business man of Salisbury, o of
Esquire A. II. Grigsby, of Fayette.
Mrs. j. NJ. Dempsey, at Huntsville.
Rev. j. NJ. Dempsey was formerly a
minister of the Gospel Of the NJ. +.
church at Huntsville.
Mrs. Marie Pauline Dickson, at the
family residence, 1913 Morgan street,
st. Louis. Mrs. Dickson was prom
inent in social circles, and was a
member of many women's clubs and
charitable organizations.
Mrs. Joe NJ. James, aged 3S, daugh-
ter of Maj. r. w. Nicolds, of Marshall,
at her home in Pettis county.
Says Government still Owns 1t.
The register and receiver of the
United States land office at Boonville
has rendered a decision in the Mem
sing island case, holding that the III
tie to the island in question is still
in the government.
The land in question embraces $50 acres
of land in the bottom at Kansas City on
which are located the Fred Helm brewery,
the Missouri Pacific railway, the Subur-
ban Belt railroad and others. The Ameri-
can national bank and Guynot Realty Co,
claim interests. The c~ontending parties
against the above claimants were the
heirs of John II. Mensing, who claimed to
nave settled 1t in 1858 and entered it from
the government. The adverse claimants
commended that the land in question was
not an island in 1921 at the time of the
admission of Missouri into the Union, and
hat Mensing had not entered it in good
faith. The opinion holds that it was ar
island in 1921, and hat while Mensing hat
settled the land in 1858, and subsequently
entered 1t from the government, he hac
not done so in good faith, but for spec
ulative purposes, and further found tina
he had not resided thereon as required by
the homestead laws, therefore he had ac
CURED no title.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

San Francisco, Aug. 31.-By the
terms of the agreemnt made between
the heirs of the late Mrs. Charles L.
Fair and Mrs. Herman Ooelrichs and
Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., the for
mer are to receive more than $1,O0O,-
600 for an entire quit claim.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04
Suunw Hurled n Spear.

During the Elks' antics carnival, at
st. Joseph, Harry Blume, taking part
in an Indian show, was fatally hurt
by a blow with a spear administered
by M%onatotsy, a 6~0-year-old squaw of
the Kiowa colony. 1t happened dur
ing the sham battle in the stockade.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

Winona, Mimi, Sept. IA tornado
passed over Cochrane. Wis, Sunday
night, destroying a dwelling house
and six barns. No n was killed, but
q number are reported injured. (
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 31.--H. H. Mar
maduke, reported in Washington dis
patches as having started for the
coast to take command of a vessel
being QUILTED for the Colombian
government, denies that he will take
such a command,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04
Cheaper Meats.

Says the st. Louis Republic: Retail
prices of meat, especially beef, while
not materially decreased on fancy
cuts, have fallen considerably on the
average quality within the last six or
seven weeks.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

The state board Of equalization has
completed its labor of assessing rail-
way, telegraph, telephone and bridge
property in the state of Missouri for
state taxes and adjourned sine die.
The total assessment in round num-
bers is $11S,OOO,O 900 for 1902 and $110,-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04
Draws His sword for Colombia.

Capt. Marmaduke, brother of a for
mer governor of Missouri, has sold
his sword to the Colombian govern
ment, and has stacked his future an
the success of his attempt to wipe
out the revolution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

W. K. Young, a plumber, has sued
the Kansas City Master Plumbers as
ISOLATION for 100000, Hlleging that his
business has been ruined by members
of the combine who refused to sell
him supplies because he was not a
member. The suit is brought under
the Missouri antitrust law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

Lieut.-Gen. Miles will probably be
accompanied to the Philippines by his
wife and married daughter. The party
will visit Europe on their way back
to America.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

John Tsit, a farmer living near
Lewiston, Mont, shot and killed one
man and fatally wounded another. his
neighbors, who were preparing to tar
and feather him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

Two ocean steamers collided in
New York harbor, on the 27th, in
broad daylight, and a dreadful calam-
ity was narrowly averted, as m of
them carried over eleven hundred
passengers. There were nc casualties
on either ship, but the hull of n of
them was cut to the waters edge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

Severe earthquakes have occurred
on the island of Mindanao, in the
Philippines. Twenty persons, all
Moros, were killed by falling walls.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

At the meeting of representatives
of the American Window Glass Co.,
the Independent Glass Co. and the
Federation Cooperative Glass Co., at
Columbus, o., on the Goth, it was de-
cided to reopen the factories on Oc-
tObpr l.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

According TO the Chicago News,
William j. Bartholin is closely related
to a noble Danish family, his father,
who was a younger son, having de-
serted his wife in Denmark to elope
with the late Mrs. Bartholin, who was
found murdered.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

Col. VIM. II. Hubbell. commander-in-
chief of the National Army of Span
Ssh War Veterans. and a veteran OF
the civil war, died in Brooklyn, y. u
on the goth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

William Burdeck, 2201 South Elev-
enth street, st. Louis, in apparent
good health, arose from a rocking
chair to walk and dropped dead.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

DR.. Geo. c. Pardee was nominated
for governor by the California repub-
lican convention, at Sacramento, on
the 27th. His principal opponent was
the present incumbent, GOV. Gage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

The department of agriculture, at
Washington, will take a leading part
in the good roads convention to be
held in connection with the Minnesota
state !6ir, September l, 2 and 3.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04
pike County's Wheat Crop.

From estimates gathered by the
Louisiana Times the wheat crop of
Pike county this year is estimated at
more than 1900, 900 bushels.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

The Boer generals, now at Amster-
dam, have issued a statement declar-
ing there is no truth in the reports
of differences between themselves and
MIR. Kruger, DR.. Leyds and the o
delemAtes in EurOpe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

Wright county farmers will cut the
largest crop of corn ever raised there.
Throughout the county it is estimated
yield will be 40 bushels per acre.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

The peoples party of Illinois held
a convention at Springfield. on the
goth. and nominated a state ticket
headed by W. w. Scott, of Marion
county, for clerk of the supreme
court.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

EX-President Cleveland and Joe
Jefferson, the actor. were among the
speakers at the town dinner, during
the observance of Old Home week, at
Sandwich, Mass. on the 2Sth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

The body of the man found on the
river bank near Burlington, Ia, on
the 25th, has been identified as that
of Jordan Stamer, a retired merchant
of Davenport, who has been missing
simon pnrlN in .IllN.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

Congressman r. c. De Graffenreid,
of Texas, died at Washington, d. G.,
on the Goth, of apopleNy. He had
been three times elected to repre-
sent the Third Texas district in con-
rreSS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

R. J. McBryde, st. Louis, has filed
suit for divorce against Lyde Nc
Bryde, making the third divorce suit
between the couple.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04
Lost a sackfuI of Money.

John Snyder, an old inspector, on
his way from Sandusky, o., to Port
Arthur, Tex, stopped in st. Louis,
and wa robbed of $1,135 in a saloon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

Democratic congressional conven-
tions held in Illinois, on the Goth,
made nominations as follows: Eigh-
teenth district, Fl. c. Bell, of Mar.
shall, Clark county; Twenty-first dis
trict, Benjamin +. Caldwell, of Chat
ham, Sangamon count Twenty-fifth
district, James Lingle, of Union coun-
Nv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04
.P[LE BELCHES AGAIN.
The Martinique Volcano Has An
other Violent Eruption Sat-
urday Night.
IT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A TIDAL WAVE

The Village of Morne Rouge. On the Noun
tain side. Destroyed by the Eruption
and Carbet Swept Away by the Wave
Two Hundred Lives Said to Have Been
Lost.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

Mrs. Kate B. Aultman, who died at
Canton, o., on the Goth, left an estate
valued at S35O,OOO. most of which she
distributed in public requests. $780,
600 going to establish Il home in Can
ton for aged and homeless women.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

Mrs. Kimball, a Kansas waman, IS
dead from 'lumpy jaw caught from
cattle, and Mr.. Cochrane, of the Pratt
(Kas.) Republican is in a hospital at
Ihat place suffering from the same
disease, contracted by lying down in
a pasture where diseased cattle
grazed. Another man caught it by
chewing straw.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04

Miss Myrtle Baird, St. Louis, took
poison before her five-year-old neph-
ew, and died.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-09-04


The United States court of appeals
at st. Paul, Mimi, on the 2Sth, denied
the application for writs of habeas
corpus or relief in the cases of Thorn
as hewitt and Samuel c. Peden, judges
of the county court of st. Clair coun-
ty, Mo-, who are in custody for re-
fusing to obey the orders of a federal
judge, made about two years ago, in
cases affecting the validity of bonds
issued by st. Clair county soon after
the close of the civil war.
The sixth annual convention OF the
League of American Municipalities,
held at Grand Rapids, Mich, closed
on the goth. Officers were elected at
follows: President, J. A. Smythe,
Charleston, S. c.; first vice-president,
M. NJ. Stevens, East st. Louis, ILL.,;
second vice-president, Richard J.Barr,
Joliet, ILL.,; third vice-president, j. M,
Head, Nashville, Tenn; treasurer
Thomas P. Taylor, Bridgeport, Conn;
secretary. John NJ. MacVicar, Des
Moines, la. Next years convention
will be held at Baltimore.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-07-04

The annual reunion of Confederate
Veterans for South Carolina will be
held this year in Greenville on August
9Th. 7th and Sth. The rate from New
berry for the round trip will be only
s1.35. This puts it within the reach OF
every old veteran to take this trip and
once more mingle with his brethren
who with him tread the weary march
for four long years. The crops will be
laid by and trip to Greenville will be
pleasant at this time. Let every one
who can make the arrangements begin
now and be ready to go once more and
meet his comrades and retail the stories
of the camp and the march. The fur
ther we get removed from the days OF
81 to '65 the more precious the re-
unions become.