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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
A WARLIKE ARRAY.

A naval gun when fired sustains a
pressure of Is to II tons to the square
inch. 1t has previously stood a charge
giving a force of 20 tons to the square
inch at the proving grounds.
The Moorish sultan's army is a won
derful affair. 1t fights by making a noise
rather than by killing the enemy. The
army consists of 25, 1000 men. Some are
armed with discarded British Martini
Henrys; others with homemade imita-
tions Of the Martini-Henry, which jam
and refuse to fire, while others have the
old fintlock muzzle-loader, which is OF
doubtful habits.
During the Boer war a British soldier,
who had been reported killed in a certain
battle and against whose name in the
regimental book a note to that effect
had been made, afterward turned up
and reported himself. Then the SER
geant made another note in the book:
Died by mistake" The mar was placed
in hospital and a few weeks later sue
cumbed to the injuries he had received.
This fact was communicated to the SER
geant through the colonel of the regi-
ment, and then a third note was made:
"Re-died by order of the colonel"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Robert Kerr, Of Moline, Ill, was held
up and robbed, On the 18th. by two
colored men neal Rockdale Mills. The
victim fought and was shot twice by
the thieves. who managed to escape.
Carrying spare plates, powerful pumps
and various other kinds of shop fittings,
the wrecking tug Storm King sailed, on
the l4th, from Boston, to assist the in
jured battleship Massachusetts,.
The London Daily Telegraph had a
dispatch from Vienna, on the 14th, to
the effect that King Peter of ServIa
had threatened to abdicate, as he was
getting tired of being virtually a pris-
oner in the hands of the military party.
A severe hail and wind storm de-
stroyed a wide strip of crops in Sac
county, Ia, on the 14th. In and about
Lytton, Ia, buildings were destroyed,
but no n was reported hurt.
Curtis Jet and Thomas White we're
on the 14th, at Cynthiana, KY, found
guilty of the murder of ]. B. Marcum
at Jackson, KY, on May 4, and sen.
fenced for life.
Betting on the Americans cup con-
tests, in New York, is rather. slow.
While a few wagers are recorded at 2
to 1 on Reliance, very little British
money is in sight.
Prof. MCGEE of the bureau of Amer
lean ethnology has resigned. He will
l1,rNA- Ill Ls- Asr.- l,,-,-- A. ---4
year to the preparation and handling
of the chronological exhibit for the
Louisiana Purchase exposition.
Dunkirk IN " fishermen are great.
ly aroused over the action of the cap-
tain of the Canadian revenue cutter
Petrol. who turned the vessels guns
on the American tug Silver Spray, and
another battle of Lake Erie may result
some day in the near future.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
CHAT AND CHATTER.

Montana now claims to stand first OF
all the states in the production of wool,
first in the production of copper, sec
ond in silver and fifth in gold.
The Eufaula Il. To- Journal boasts
that every copy of its weekly is fed in
TO the press by a fullblood Indian Won
an, whose husband turns the press.
Most Of the 1000 or 5000 parrots that
are brought to New York every year are
Of the sorts known as the "double-yel-
lcwhead" and the "%redhead." The for
mer are the best takers, and as young
birds sell for SIS or $40.
The mortality among children in
Spain is extremely great. During the
last six years the number of children
who died under n year of age in
Madrid alone was 22,265, as against A.
O6S in Paris during the same period.
Two young women in New York
have lately made a hit as stock brol-
ers. Many women would rather deal
| with a woman broker when possible;
and men in the same linesfike her be-
cause she carries On her affairs in, q
b~usinesslike way. The other woman
broker, who has an uptown Office, IL
lust as discreet and systematic. They
are both making money.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
ST. LOUIS MAY CAPTURE PRIZE.
Stands Good Chance of Securing G.
A. II. Encampment in 1904.

Stands Good Chance of Securing G..
A. II. Encampment in .
San Francisco, Aug. 18.-St. Louis
and Salt Lake City are the chief COM
p~etitors of Denver in the contest for
the meelIng place of the national en-
campment in 1904. All three cities are
making strong fights, but talks with
many delegates indicate that st. Louis
stands a good chance of capturing the
prize. The argument presented that
visitors to the G. A. R. reunion will
also have an opportunity of seeing the
Worlds fair has had much weight,
which may be shown when the ballot
is taken.
All of the state delegations are now
established in their headquarters, most
Of which have been concentrated with
in a few blocks of the triumphal arches
at the intersection of Market, Kearney,
Geary and Third streets.
Eastern Veterans warmly Greeted.
Meetings of old friends, many OF
whom had not seen each other for
years, were frequent during the day,
Members of California posts were espe-
cially warm in their greetings of their
comrades from the east. The stimuli
taneous arrival of a large delegation
from the Sacramento valley and of a
trainload of fasteners, Monday, caused
a temporary blockade ON Montgomery
street, but all were soon assigned to
comfortable quarters.
The leading officers aud many mem
bers of the Women's Relief Corps and
Ladies of the G.. A. r. are here, and
interesting sessions of these auxiliary
bodies are anticipated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
THE MISSOURI STATE FAIR.
First Day of Exhibition Attracts
Large Attendance-All Buildings
Filled With Exhibits.

Sedalia, Mo-, Aug. 1S.-The third an
nual exhibition of the Missouri state
fair opened here Monday morning. The
five new buildings constructed this
yearNhave been fully completed and are
nearly filled with exhibits. There was
a complete readiness this year for tho
opening, and the fair promises to be
the best one held since it became a
state institution. The stock show was
excellent last year, but it is larger. and
better this year, while the poultry show
in the new brick poultry building sur
passes anything of the kind ever seen
in the west.
The gates were thrown open to WIS.,
itors and it is estimated that 10000
persons were on the grounds.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
WARM GREETINGS
OF OLD COMRADES
Magnificent Reception to Old Vet
Grams in California.
CITY ELAB0RATELY DECORATED
Possibly Nothing Finer In America
Meetings of Old Friends, Many of
Whom Had Not Met in Years.
Many Touching Incidents.

San Francisco, Aug. 1S.-The men,
bers of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie who have been arriving by every
train for the past week to attend their
thirty-seventh annual national en-
campment, were treated to a genuine
surprise Monday night. AS they came
from the east and south they had noted
that the city was in gala attire. They
had seen business buildings decorated
in the national colors and had casually
observed the wires strung across the
principal streets. The twin Gothic
arches erected in the center of the
business section of the city also came
in for a share of appreciation.
A Vertiable Aspect of Delight.
But this gave way to admiration as
darkness fell and the electric current
was turned on. Then suddenly, as if
by the call of a magician's wand, the
city was transformed from its daily
commercial aspect into a veritable as
pest of delight. The Gothic arches
spanning the principal avenues elabor-
ate in their decorations and crowned
with flags, suddenly burst into bloom,
each a marvel of color and artistic de-
sign. Possibly nothing finer had been
seen in America, certainly nothing of
equal beauty in this city.
Old Comrades Exchange Greetings.
CHANGING along Market street, the
city's main t~horoughfare, the eye was
met at every point by fluttering flags
and lights that bore the national colors
swinging from slended waves of wire.
The evening was a perfect one, so far
as weather was concerned, and the
streets were thronged until a late hour
with visiting veterans and their friends.
The events of the day were of the
routine order, nothing special being on
the programme. Arriving delegations
we're received and escorted to the quar-
ters assigned to them, old friends ex-
changed greetings, and many excur-
'sions were made to nearby points of in-
terest. Monday night receptions were
held by several California and Nevada
posts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
Dynamite Found in Jett's Cell.

Winchester, KY, Aug. 15.-The dis
covery, Friday, of two sticks of dyna-
mite in the cell in Clark county Jail
formerly occupied by Curtis Jet, the
convicted assassin of j. e. Marcum, OF
Breathitt, has given rise to a story o.
a plan to release Jet during the tina
he was confined here awaiting trial.
The quantity of the explosive was suf-
ficient to have blown the Jail to atoms.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Portland, Ore, Aug. ia. L. Craig,
general passenger agent of the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation Co., says that
the Hartman lines will appropriate
$4,000 for the purpose of advertising
the Pacific Northwest at the st. Louis
exposition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Infatuated Negro Welded a Knife.
Four persons were slashed and
stabbed with a razor in the hands oil
an Infatuated negro at Roanoke. City
Marshal Wickes Patterson and his dep.
uty, Robert Hayes, were seriously
wounded. Lindsey Pitts, a negro
youth, started the melee because his
sweetheart, Dealie Herdon, had danced
with another negro. Pitts, without any
words, began cutting his sweetheart
with a razor, and before assistance
came to her she had been mortally
wounded. Marshal Patterson wai
quickly called and tried to arrest Pitts
The negro then turned upon the Officer
and began slashing him with the razor
cutting his face and body several times
Patterson fired five shots at the negro
but this did not stop him, DepltJ
Hayes ran to the assistance of Patter'
son, but he fell a victim to Pitts, be.
ing cut about the head and neck. Othel
citizens then attempted to arrest Pitts
but he had determined not to be taken
alive. His brother, William Pitts, then
tried to quell him, but he turned upon
his brother and seriously cut him in 8
number of places about the head and
body, which will result in his death
Pitts then made a break for the woods
closely followed by a posse of citizens
both white and black, who would have
lynched him had they caught him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Mount Vesuvius continues IN aceiV.
eruption. A new crater seems 70 nave
been opened, but, on the lZth' II was
impossible to ascertain this 1act uen-
nitoly, owing to the smoke which sur
rounded the top of the mountain.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

business houses at Durand, Mich
closed for an hour, on the ll'h' WIN
The funeral services we're held over IN,
bodies of ten unknown n unciaiulet
victims of the collision between ths
Two sections of Wallace Brothers CIT
Gus train.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Vancouver, B. G., Aug. 16.-The
steamer Princess May from Skagway
brings word of a tribal war among the
Chilkat Indians of the Klukwan tribe.
For several days a reign of terror was
In progress.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN.
Advisory Warning Issued to All
West Gulf Ports by New Or
leans Weather Bureau.

New Orleans, Aug. 15-The weather
bureau Friday morning issued the fol-
lowing:
Advisory warning to all west gulf
ports:
$40 a. m. Tropical disturbance ap-
parently central in west gulf, future
course uncertain. Increasing north
east winds on coast considered danger
GUS for vessels to leave gulf ports.
[Signed. CLINE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
Fire in Cincinnati Stock Yards.

Cincinnati, Aug. 16.-Fire starting in
q shed in which stock drovers slept de-
stroyed Annex B, Of the Union stock
yards, early Saturday morning, caus-
ing a loss Of 100000. A large quantity
of live stock narrowly escaped de-
struction.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
Goes to Philippines to Wed

Miss Evelyn l.. Blood has left st.
Louis for the Philippines, where she
will wed DR.. G. B. futile, assistant
surgeon general in the army.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
Ate Strychnine Pills.

Claudia Brush, 2H years old, child
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Angus T, Brush, 2709
Morgan street, st. Louis, ate strychnine
pills and died in commissions. The lit.
tie one found the pills while playing,
having been procured when her moth
or was i'll.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
Would Not Listen to His Wife.

James A. Williams, of Joplin, was
instantly killed while working in the
Alexander mine at Webb City, by a
premature explosion of squib shot.
Mrs. Williams tried to persuade her
husband not to go to the mine, as she
had been forewarned OF death in q
dream. He would not listen to her
pleadings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

An imposing public fune'a al was ne,a
on the 18th, in Paris, OF 10 more OF .h'
victims of the tunnel catastrophe. Fre
mier Combes delivered a short address
in which he promised measures Oh re-
lief for he families OF the Vlctlms'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
She Prefers a Natural Death.

Stella Hill, 1843 Biddle street, St
Louis, drank turpentine and tried to
die. At the hospital Stella said she
preferred natural death TO the turpen-
tine route.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
A Good Appointment.

The appointment of Dr., George v
Buchanan as superintendent Of educa.
ton for the Missouri Worlds fair COM
mission has been announced. The doc
tor is superintendent OF the Sedalia
public schools, and was recommended
for the position by many prominent
Missouri educators. Be ;ause of his
scholarship, executive ability, person.
al popularity and wide acquaintance,
ship, his appointment is looked upon
as assuring the success of Missouri's
educational exhibit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
Oregon's First Naval Cadet Deaa.

Portland, Ore, Aug. 16.-Capt. Ros-
we'll H. Lamson, U. s. N. retired, died
here yesterday, aged 65. He was the
first naval cadet to be appointed from
Oregon and was a native of Iowa
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
Discussing the Wage Schedule

st. Paul, Mimi, Arg. 14--A griev-
ance committee Of The engineers and
firemen of the Great Northern are in
session here discussing the wage
schedule. All parts of the system are
represented at the meeting
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

The combined North Atlantic fleet
under Rear-Admiral Barker, sailed, on
18th, for Long Island sound, where,
after tactical exercises, President
Roosevelt, the secretary of the navy
and Admiral Dewey will inspect it, on
the 18th, off Oyster Bay, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

v. o. Saunders has been elected mar.
ager of the Interstate Merchants as
ISOLATION at st. Louis, to succeed for
mer Lieut.-Gen. John A. Lee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

The report OF Secretary Coburn o.
the Kansas board of agriculture, issued
en- the 18th, shows the wleat yield &c
be 90,27O,00O bushes. the greatest in
the states history by $4,000 bushels.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
st. Charles Representative Dead.

DR.. ]. H. Stumberg, aged s., died a.
st. Charles Of heart disease. D. Stun.
berg represented St. Charles county in
the F~orty-first and Forty-second gen,
eral assemblies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

After kissing his wife and baby more
than the usual number Of times, and
supposedly going to his work, H. G.
Diestelkamp, 2233A Indiana avenue, st,
Louis, went to Forest PARK, and shortly
after ten o'clock ended his life by
shooting through the heart with a re-
volver. His wife knew 10 reason for
her husband taking his life. Diestel-
kamp held a good position, and was a
steady worker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

At a meeting in Chicago, on the lStn
of general passenger agents Oh 'hs
roads west OF Chica o II was recom'
mended that for the Chicago centen'
NAL, September &c to October l, a rate
of one and one-thi,d fare for the
round trip be made.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

A contract was awarded at Balti.
more, Md, IN the 18th by the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad CO. for addi-
tional passenger equipment, involving
an expenditure OF about $500, 900, and
with this new rolling stock the com
pany will be equipped to handle the
Worlds fair business to and from st
Louis next year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
Old Resident of St. Louis.

DR.. Washington West, who was born
In st. Louis u years ago, died from
the effects of an apoplecti, stroke at his
home, rs North Kings highway, St,
Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

The effects of the hurricane upon the
island of jamaica, on the 18th, were
greater than at first believed. Port
Antonio, on the north coast, was. COM
pletely overwhelmed. Only six houses
were left standing there. The United
Fruit Co.'S wharyes, offices, hotel and
plantations were utterly demolished.
Loss placed at $40, OOO, O0O.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

1t has transpired that Willard S. Al.
len. the embezzling treasurer Of the
Methodist Preachers AID society OF
New England, in addition to the funds
of the society, took $4,000 of the funds
of the Methodist Historical society, and
also borrowed 1000 from friends be-
fore leaving Boston.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
The Kansas state board of sanitary

The Kansas state board Of sanitary
commissioners were informed, Friday,
of Texas fever at Carbondale, Kas.
About the time of the Kaw river flood
a train load of Texas cattle was side
tracked and remained for several hours
in Carbondale, and it Is the opinion
there that the "ticks' were left there
then.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

At the meeting of coal operators at
Parliersburg, W. Va, on the 18th, who
were appointed to prepare the West
Virginia coal exhibit for the st. Louis
exposition, it developed that the Fair
mount coal field alone will spend $15..
900 on its coal exhibit, and that the
whole exhibit will be 20 times as large
as that at Chicago's Worlds fair.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Princess Radziwill, who was sen,
fenced to two years Imprisonment by
the South African supreme court On
April 30, 1902, for forgery, in connec
ton with notes purportirg to have been
Endorsed by the late Cecil Rhodes, was
on the 18th, liberated from prison al
Cape Town.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Albert and Lyman Friedrich, broth.
ers, IA and 16, drowned in a pond near
Bobringville, st. Louis county. Father
farmer near MELVILLE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

A 81, 900, 900 combine was effected in
Chicago, on the 18th, by the consolida-
ton of the Hammond Refrigerator,
Anglo-American Refrigerator, Kansas
City Refrigerator, Omaha Packing and
ST. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision
companies car lines under the name
of the National Car Line.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Pope Plus X. had a lainting fit OF
the morning of the 18th, while cele.
brating mass, but o o revived The
pope has been over-exerting himself to
such an extent that his naturally.
strong constitution was unable to beal
the strain put on by the recent cor.
onation ceremonies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
ny ELI ID. AXE.

By arder OF the president, on tn.
18th, Col. Robert L. Meade of the Unit
ed States marine corps, will be retired
October 3, next, in his present grade.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Judge Douglas, at st. Louis, on thu
14th, passed sentence on Harry A
Faulkner, ex-member of the house OF
delegates, convicted Of perjury in con
nection with the Suburban Doodle deal.
F%aulkner's punishment was fixed al
three years in the p~enitentiary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Gen. Chas. Fftzsimons a prominent
contractor, formerly brigadier-general
of the First brigade illinois national
guard, WIS reported critically i'll, on
the 18th, from a recent fall. 1t was said
that his trouble, which bafi.ed the ply
s~jcians, must result in his death in a
short time unless spee-y relief was
found.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Gilbert Twigg appeared on the prin-
cipal street at Winfield, Kas., on the
night of the 18th with a double barraled
gun and fired several charges deliber-
ately into a crowd Of 500 people who
were listening to a band concert. He
killed three persons, fatally injured
three and shot 20 others. Of whom si1
may die. Twigg was himself killed by
q policeman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20
Woman killed BY Lixhtaine,

During a heavy rainstorm Mrs. Sa-
rah Lair, wife of s. +. Lair, south OF
Dixon, was struck by lightning and in.
stantly killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

John Schroers, director of the st.
Louis Worlds exposition, At a confer.
ence with Secretary Shaw, at Wash.
ington, d. c., on the 11Ch, assured the
secretary that the exposition will be
opened to all visitors in May, 1904, all
reports to the contrary notwithstand
ing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

The Farmers and Merchants bank
of Montgomery, plinn., was not opened
for business on the 18th, and the where.
abouts Of the cashier, B. A. B~rainerd, is
unknown to the depositors. The de-
posts run from $4,000 to $50, 900, and
the liabilities are estimated at S150,000
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Richard E. Moore, a Burlington
brakeman, was run over and killed in
the yards at Brookfleld. Leaves widow
and one child.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

The coroner's inquest into Wallace
Brothers circus train wreck, in which
q large number were killed, began at
Durand, Mich, on the 14th. Chas.
Probst, engineer Of the second train,
admitted that 1t was his duty to watch
his air guage and that II he had looked
ct 1t he would have known that there
was a deficiency Of air and the accident
would not have happened.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-20

Felix Sherry, st. Louis, walked out
OF a third-story window in his sleep.
and suffered serious injury.