Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
MISSOURI A NEWS.


'NhN
circular to superintendent of public
schools:
The state school department has no re-
Of securing any this year. In 1899 the laws
were revised and 1000 copies have been
distributed. There should at present be
from two to four copies in every school
district in the state.
The last general assembly passed only
three acts changing the school laws.
These concern ~ duties Of county
boards of education. 90 consolidation OF
school districts, go authorizing school IL
braries. The laws of 1899 remain In all
other respects unchanged.
These recent acts were compiled and
distributed last year in leaflets, to be in
serted In the law as published In 1899.
They have been printed this year in the
institute Outline, copies of which were
recently shipped to the county commits
sioner, from whom they may be obtained.
There can be no legal changes in the
text books now in use until authorized by
a future general assembly. The present
law provides for the continuation of the
use Of the books adopted in 1887 for five
years and until otherwise provided by
law" No other provision has been made.
The earliest possible change in use will be
September, 1903. and that depends on
what the next general assembly may do.
In addition to the summer schools In
connection with the state institutions and
colleges. there will be approved summer
schools in Atchison, Barton, Bates; Chris
tian, Clark. Clinton, Franklin, Gentry,
Greene, Jasper, Livingston, Monroe and
Texas counties. The attendance on all
these schools will be largely increased
this year.
Please call attention to the duties of d.
rectors in regard to school libraries. NO
school can do good work without supple
mentary and reference books. They are
better than charts. maps globes and
mathematical blocks.
The teachers' reading work for the COM
ing year, as recommended by the state
Teachers association will be, Art Of
Study" Mature Study and the Child
and 1.-THE Old Northwest"
recent Deaths.
Capt. William F. Cunningham, one
of the leading citizens and farmers
of Howard county, at his home near
Steinmetz, from the effects of a
stroke of paralysis. He was Is.
W. C. P. Taylor, aged 81, at his
home near Prairie Home, Cooper
county.
James J.. O'Fallon, SO years old,
member of a family that has been
identified with the history of st.
Louis for almost a century.
As a result of sickness contracted
while attending the funeral of her
brother, Richard Lake, in Farber,
Mrs. j. S. Minor, at her home in st.
Charles. She was the wife of James
S. Minor, formerly recorder of Au-
drain county.
Mrs. Casper Proetger, at the home
Of her son-in-law, Anton Ortiz O'Fal-
Ion, at the age of 70.
James B. Pence, aged rs, a Lewis
county pioneer, from heart disease at
the home of his son, DR.. C. N. Pence.
at East Alton.
st. Louis Has 63s,O15 People.
The new directory of St. Louis con.
tains 255,2O6 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 was 575,-
1888. The 1902 directory contains y
796 pages, as compared with 1851
pages in the 1901 edition.
M%ethOdists 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 or
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.
Came o Late.
Thirty-five 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.
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.
Has 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.
In Kansas City and st. Joseph.
The democrats elected the mayor o
Kansas City by a plurality of 9s6, ant
in st. Joseph the republican candidate
for mayor pulled through by a plu
rality of 8.
Farmer Instantly Killed.
Martillis Holman, a farmer nea
Clifton City, Cooper county, was in
stantly killed by being struck by
train, about one-half mile north o.
that place.
Post Office Receipts.
The gross receipts of the St. I.oui:
post office for March were 1927 ,4O2
an increase of $14,230 over March
1901; Kansas City, $S7, 416, an incIeas,
of $0,704.
Southwest Normal Burned.
The Southwest Missouri state nor
NAL school building, at Cape Girar
deau, was destroyed by fire early OIL
the morning Of the 18th. Insurance
$4,000.
Missouri Winter Wheat.
The condition of Missouri winte
wheat is reported at 80 per cent, AM
that 2,499 900 acres were seeded las
fall. Favorable weather continues.