Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-10-22
OF TIE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

lEllNG.
Murdered for purpose of robbery is
believed to have been the fate of P.
H. Konzen, a wealthy justice of the
peace of New Hampton, Ia, who dis
appeared while in Chicago during
centennial week. The police have been
asked to solve the mystery surrounding
his disappearance.
At st. James church, Picadilly, Lon
don. on the 18th, A. NJ. Myburg, son
of the late p. NJ. Myburg, was married
to Nina, the only daughter of the late
Charles A. Morrill,, of Chicago.
Missouri Pacific train No. q, from
Kansas City, a into an open switch
in the yards. at Joplin. Mo-. on the
14th, and collided with the rear end of
a freight train standing on a siding,
injurins IA persons.
A message received at Norfolk, Va,
on the 14th, reported an unknown four
master schooner in distress and ashore
on the Carolina coast, and also stated
that a body was washed up on the
beach.
Caleb Powers and Jim Howard, con-
victed in connection with the murder of
William Goebei, were, on the 14th, re-
moved from Georgeown, KY, to Louis
vile, On an order issued by the county
judge, Intercepted letters showed that
friends were planning to liberate them.
A verdict of murder in the second
degree was returned, at Denver, COL,
on the nth, in the case CT William La
Fair, charged with the killing Of Eben
7. Massey, on September ).
John Mielke and Mrs. Lille Cooper,
of Berlin, Ill. were married. on the l4th,
by County Judge Walker. The bride
is only 81 years old, and this was her
third marriage.
Repu. lican France gave a royal re-
Ception, on the 18th, to King Victor
Emmanuel and Queen Helena Of Italy.
The State Federation Of Labor con-
vention, at Springfield. Ill.,, on the 14th,
refused to adopt a resolution boycotting
the state militia.
Fire, for the third time in three
years, on the 14th, destroyed the plant
of the McKeesport (Pa.) Baking Co.
Loss, 100000.
News, on the 18th, of the removal
from office of United States Marshal
Fred A. Field, of Rutland, Vt, by
President Roosevelt, surprised the res
idents of that city, where Mr.. Field
ranked as a leading and highly-respect-
ed citizen. He was appointed marshal
by President Mckinley, and %reappoint-
ed a year ago by President Roosevelt.
With impressive ceremonies, an
equestrian statue of William Tecumseh
Sherman was unveiled, at Washington,
ID. c., on the 18th, in the presence OF
official Washington, the president at
its head, and thousands of veterans,
members of societies of the armies OF
the Tennessee, the Cumberland, the
Ohio and the Potomac.
J. L. Dielfendorf, a distributing clerk
in the post office in Lincoln, Neb., was
arrested, on the 18th. charged with rob-
bling the mails. He was caught by
means of decoy letters. Dielfendort
made a confession after being arrested,
and admitted that he had been taking
money from letters for a year.
H. H. Adkins, a prominent oil pro-
Queer and promoter. was indicted, at
Lima, O., on the 18th, on a charge of
having embezzled $4,000 from stock
holders of the Union Oil G. Gas Co.
Plans have been accepted by Com
missioners Virgins and Filcher for q
magnificent arch to adorn the entrance
of CALIFORNIA; mining exhibit at the
st. Louis exposition.
A grand jury investigation Of the
charge of boodling against the board
of education of Kansas City, Kas., is
assured. Over 400 citizens signed the
petition, on the 18th, drawn up by the
Mercantile club, asking Judge q. l.
Fischer, of the district court, to call a
special grand jury.
James Davis, a prisoner in the East
St. Louis Qll.) jail, attempted to burn
down the Jail building and incinerate
himself and fellow-prisoners, on the
18th. Davis was placed in an iron cell
1t was thought that he was insane
from drink.
King Edward has intrusted Lieut..
Gen. Lord Methuen with the mission
of investing the Emperor Francis Jos
eph of Austria with the insignia of
British marshal, conferred on the eE.
peror during the kings recent visit tt
Vienna.
About 800 delegates, from all parts
of the~state, were present, on the 18th
to attend the thirty-first annual con
vention of the Illinois Y. M. G. A., a
Rockford, Ill. The meetingS was TIL
most successful ever held.
A great strike in the coal fields o
the western states will be called. ac
cording to President Mitchell, of tn
United Mine Workers. Twenty-Five
thousand men will be called out il
Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming. TIL
reason for the strike order Is that tn
owners have refused to treat with tn
district unions.
Following the refusal Of the Pacifi
Express Co. directors to grant the de
mand for an increase Of ten per cen
in wages, 225 messengers, clerks, driv
ers and porters Of the company wen
on strike in st. Louis and at variou
agencies between st. Louis, Little Roc
and Omaha, Neb.. on the 18th.
The president of the Cotton State
growers, at New Orleans, La, STATED
, on the 10th, that the crop will be shol
at least 1000, 900 bales, on account O
the boil weevil. The association wi
ask congress to make an appropriate
! to stamp out the insect.
. A man named Clarig was arreste,
on the 10th, at Wellston, Mo-, suspect
ed of knowing something about th
q murder of Mrs. Kate Lauman, who we
killed, on the 14th. within half a mi
of har hnme near Normandy. Mo. |