Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-18

Mrs. Edward f. Riggs, Of Flat River,
Mo-, has a daughter, who at birth. on
the sth, weighed just 16 ounces. The
child enjoys good health.
Charles Meighan, postmaster at Og-
den, Utah, on the 10th, was found
guilty by a federal grand jury Of en-
bezzling government funds.
Marcus A. Hanna was reelected
president of the National Civic FEEDER
alton, which closed it's annual confer.
ence in New York on the 10th.
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The post offices of Clyde, Elsberry,
Houston and Morehouse, in Missouri,
now fourth class, will be raised to the
presidential class on January 1.
The prosecution of Wilbur S. Sher-
well, at Evansville, Ind, charged with
killing Fannie Butler, a mulatto, was
dropped by the state, on the 18th.
Twenty laborers got into a fight on
a Rock Island train, near Centerville,
Ia, on the 18TH, and in the melee one
was fatally and three seriously cut.
Forest Wheeler, a 12-year-old boy,
of Cleveland, o., rather than go to a
teform school, to which he had been
sentenced, hung himself in his cell,
Engineer George Clark and Fireman
George Wells, of Fort Worth, Tex,
were killed in a wreck on the Rock
Island road, near Terrill, I. t., On the
18th.
Josiah M. Leeds, a former member
of the Indiana legislature, and later
a member of the Kansas state senate,
died at Turon, Kas., on the 18th, aged
70 years.
Robbers raided the town of Selma,
Ind, on the 18th, the second time in
two weeks, blew open three safes, Sc
cured $12O in cash, and escaped on a
hand car
Edward and Olin Tompkins, two
colored children, were burned to
death in q fire that destroyed a small
house in a suburb of Washington, ID.
G., on the 12th.
Fireworks and much enthusiasm
signaIized the entrance into Santiago
de Cuba, on the 18th, of the first
through train on the road between
that city and Havana.
New York and New England had
the coolest weather known for years,
ON the 9th, the thermometer at Balls
ton, N. Y, standing at 80 below, and
at Saratoga at 80 below.
A meeting of the American Red
Cross was held in Washington, on the
9th, at which Miss Clara Barton was
elected president for life and Mrs,
John A. Logan vice-president.
Fannie Beardslee, a young woman
of Kingston, Mich, was found dead.
tied in her buggy, near that place, on
the 18th, the supposition being that
she was assaulted and murdered.
The discovery of a new counterfeit
$40 gold certificate was announced on
the 10th. 1t is of the act of July IL,
1882, check letter G., Lyons register,
Roberts treasurer, portrait of Gar
field.
A dinner was given in Washington,
on the 9th, to Justice J.. NJ. Harlan,
in recognition of the completion OF
IS years of service on the bench Of
the supreme court of the United
States.
A special train bearing 1000 pill
grims from the shrine of Guadaloupe,
near the City of Mexico, was thrown
down an embankment, on the 18th,
killing three persons and injuring
many more
The National Anti-Saloon league, in
session at Washington, on the 10th,
issued an address to the public in
which it takes strong grounds
against the repeal of the present anti
canteen law.
A rejected sutton named Davis shot
and killed Mrs. Wynne, a bride of
three days, near Tyler, Tex, on the
9Th, and when the husband went to
his wife's assistance Davis blew out
his W brains.
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in testifying in behalf of Miss Jen-
ME Morrison for the murder of Mrs.
Olin Castle, at Eldorado, Kas., was
sentenced, on the 18th, to seven years
in the ~penitentiary.
Fourth-class post offices in Illinois
which will be advanced to the presi-
Dental class on January 1, 1908, are:
Greenville. Gridley, Hampshire, Maris-
ga, Martinsville, North Chicago, Ply
mouth and Red Bud.
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An unsuccessful attempt was made
On the 18th, at San francisco, 20
make connection with the shore end
of the new Pacific cable to Honolulu.
A strong unfavorable tide was the
cause of the failure.
Mrs. E. +. Burmeister, wife of the
sheriff of Dane county, Wis, hand
cuffed herself to two prisoners, OF
the 9th, and took them to the STATE
prison at Waupun, part of the tril
having to be made by stage.
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Chicago officials notified seven no
tells, on the 10th, that they must pro
vide better fire protection for theil
guests, or policemen would be sta
toned at the doors to warn new ar
rivals that the houses were un1afe.
James Harvey Mathes, a prominen
southern author and newspaper mar
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