Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
John Terrell, a farmer near yet,

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
John Terrell, a farmer near Petro-
.eum, Ind, killed his son-in-law, Mel
vim Wolfe, On the 18th, by firing the
charges of both barrels of a shot
gun into Wolfe's head as Wolfe lay
on an operating table to have Il leg
a%mputated. The operation was COM
PEELED by a gunshot wound inflicted
by Terrell a short time before.
A terrible electrical and wind storm
prevailed in Beaver City, Neb., on the
18th, lasting As minutes, in which
time two and one-fourth inches of
rain fell. The wind blew with great
violence, doing much damage to small
buildings, windmills and to the wheat
crop just ready for harvest.
Joseph W. Cummin, at Newberg, N.
Y, was committed to jail, on the 12th,
on a charge of grand larceny. He
was secretary-treasurer and cashier
of the Cornwall bank, and is alleged
to be a defaulter to the extent of
about $4,000, wrecking the bank.
After celebrating for over twenty
hours the jurors in the trial of Mrs.
Minnie Cummings, charged with the
murder of her husband, Dennis Cum
mings, rendered a sealed verdict on
the 18th. The verdict is supposed to
be for acquittal.
Negro leaders in indianapolis, Ind :,
on the 18th, took steps to avert IA
race war. The Evansville (Ind.) riots
and conflicts between the races in
other cities have made them appre-
hensive of a similar outbreak there.
The fast mail from St. Louis, due in
Kansas City at 1880 a. m. on the 18th,
crashed into an excursion train that
had broken down at Dead Mans
Curve" three miles from Lees Sum-
nit. Mo. Three killed, 6S injured.
A strike of the freight handlers in
the freight handlers of the railroads
entering Chicago is probable, on the
18th, unless the roads declare that
they will not handle freight to Chica-
go & Alton roads.
The flood in the Colorado river,
Ariz., on the 18th, stood at 24.1S, and
is %receding at the rate of six inches
daily. The reports of extensive dam
age along the river have been grossly
exaggerated.
George Moore, a moulder' union
picket, vas shot and badly wounded
from ambush at the factory Of Z. C.
Stearns & Co., Syracuse, N. Y, on the
12th.
Frank Snyder, aged 81, and John
McDaniels, aged 25, were drowned, on
the 18th. in Deer creek. i'll.
Nicolas Pazzullo, an italian strike
breaker in the molding shop of the
E.. G. Storms & Co. factory, at SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, admitted in police court,
on the 18th, that he fired the shot
which seriously wounded George
Moore, a molder and former employee
of Storms & Co.
1t was announced, on the 18th. that
the controlling interest in the Boston
Traveller, which was recently pur-
chased through Charles NJ. Palmer. is
owned by J.. H. Fahey. Associated
Press correspondent at Boston, who
will assume the management of the
paper at one
A desperate fight occurred ear
Barbourville, Ky, on the 18th. be-
tween IA band of eight Clay county
negroes and deputy sheriffs of Bar
bourville. The negroes attempted to
rob country stores, and when the
posse pursued them they gave resist
ance.
Tom Cooper, the well-known bicycle
rider, was operated on at Grace hos
pital, Detroit, Mich, for appendicitis
on the 18th. Cooper's trouble is said
to have been developed from "A strain
he sustained on July 4 at Lexington,
Ky.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances, on the 18th, in the general
fund, exclusive of the $3.50, 000, 900 gold
reserve in, the division of redemption,
showed: Available cash balance,
1929, $50 ,996; gold, $101, SOC, 566.
The strike of the iron moulders in
several foundries in Providence, r. l.,
which was inaugurated in September
last, was officially declared off on the
18th. No concessions have been made
by the master moulders.
Chauncey Dewey, Clyde Wilson and
w. L. Mcbride left the shawnee coun-
| ty (Kas.) jail, on the 18th, free men,
| though under a bond of $4,000 each
to appear for trial later for the MUIR
der of the Berry family.
Attorney L. L. Conner shot j.. r.
| Crews, a furniture dealer of Fairfield,
ILL.,, on the 18th. Five shots were
fired, three taking effect. According
to Conner the cause was family trou-
| BILE. Crews may ecover.
Francis Granger Adams died at his
| home near ~Coxsackie, n. Y, On the
| Hudson, on the 18th. Mr.. Adams was
one of the pioneers to California in
1910.
Lieut.-Gen. Miles arrived at Fort
Sill, on the 18th, and left the next
day for d 90-miles ride on horseback
! to Fort Reno, Okla.