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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
JUDGE DARLING's OPINION.
Misunderstanding u Simple Crime
Compared with the transactions
of Promoter HOO1ey.

London, Aug. 9,-Att'y.-Gen. Finlay
has instructed the director Of public
prosecutions to investigate some of the
transactions of Promoter E. T. Hooley
in connection with the Sapphire Co
rundum mine of Canada. Hooley's
meteoric financial career and'the heavy
failure were the sensations of London
a few years back The bankrupt has
since been operating in his wife's
name, and has been living in the
greatest luxury. In the course Of tho
hearing, or Thursday, of a suit to re.
cover money paid in connection with
the deals, Justice Darling character.
lied the whole transaction by Hooley
and his colleagues as fraudulent anG
declared cit was a grave reflection Oh
the courts of this country that such a
thing could occur in the middle of
London. Thimble-rigging on a race
course was a simple crime compared
with the transactions of these people
with millions instead OF peas"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
AN AIR SHIP TAKES WATER.
The Langley Airship lake. n Par.
TALLY Successful Flight and
Then Takes to Water.

Whitewater, Va, Aug. ga partly
successful experiment with the 15-foot
Langley airship was made, Saturday,
from the houseboat in the Potomac
river off this point. The aerodrome
started well in u straight line south
with a velocity of 70 feet per second,
and flew for a distance variously esti-
mated at from four to six hundred
yards. Some DETECTION in the wings
loon after the launching caused it to
take a downward course, which it fol-
lowed rapidly and was impelled into
the water under the full power of her
engine. There was sufficient steam
generated for a rapid flight of a half
or three-quarters of a mile. Under the
full pressure of this force the machine
struck the water and a moment more
had disappeared from view. The ma
chine was recovered. 1t was consid.
erably damaged.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
DUA

Thirty-eight years after the civil wal
there are IA men in the United States
fsenate who served in the confederate
army and 10 who served in the federal
army during the great struggle.
Grant Alishouse, the tallest man in
Indiana, who by Bertillon measure
ment stands six feet 81 inches tall, has
applied to Chief of Police Kiely for a
position as a st. Louis policeman.
DR.. John A. Trembly, the eccentric
scientist, has just died at his home in
Hamilton, o. This home is unique, the
owner having designed the various
rooms in geometrical figures, some &C.
tagonal, Others circular, others elipti-
cal, and specimens Of every known
wood were procured from all parts Of
The world and used in the structure.
Capt. A. G. Courtney, an aged Mis-
souri, pioneer, who died at Liberty the
other day, named his own pallbearers,
selected the songs for his funeral and
hen had a rehearsal to show just how
1e wanted his ~obsequies pulled off.
Capt. Courtney wa the son Of a revo-
tutionary soldier, and commanded a
company Of Missouri home guards DUR
Ing the civil war.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY.
Apparently Happy Husband Shoots
and Instantly Kills Wife and
Then ShOt Himself.

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 11.-Kent T
Stowe shot his wife, Pauline, dead, in
their bedroom at their home in this
city Monday. Stowe then turned the
revolver against himself and sent a
bullet through his head. He was re-
moved to a hospital, where he died last
evening. The tragedy occurred short
ly after the pair arose. Mrs. Stowe
had attended to her infant daughter,
after which Stowe took the baby and
carried it down stairs. giving it over
to his mothers care. Returning to
the bedroom Stowe shot his wife
through the back of the head, killing
her instantly. He then went to the bed
and shot himself. The police can find
no motive for the crime. The married
life of the pair, their parents declare,
was happy. The family physician in
sists that Stowe was temporarily in.
sane.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

A cablegram from Zurich. Switzer-
land, received in Philadelphia. on the
It'll, announces the death there of Hem
~ s. Louchheim, of the barking firm
of H. S. L%ouchheim & Co., of Philadel
phia. He was 20 years of age and well
known in financial circles.
1t was announced, on the 18th, that
the strike of the employees of the Buff
falo Union Furnace Co. at Buffalo. n.
Y, had been settled. The company will
not recognize the furnace workers
union, but will deal with the strikers
through the various unions with which
they are affiliated.
The death list as a result of the col
lision, on the 7th, in the Grand Trunk
yards at Durand, Mich, between the
two sections of Wallace Brothers cir
Gus train, stands at 23, seven of whom
are in the morgue unidentified.
Karl Werner, a burglar, caught in
the act, and who made a murderous as
sault with a dagger on the boy who de-
tected him, was caught by a mob in
law-abiding Berlin, on the It'll, and
beaten to death.
Baron Speck Won S~teraberg, the sue
cessor to DR.. Won Holieben as Ger"
man ambassador to the United States,
formally presented Won FIolleben's let
ter of recall and his own credentials to
President Roosevelt, in the lattc"'s par
lor at Sycamore Hill, o. the It'll, after
which he became the unofficial guest
of his old friend Theodore Roosevelt.
Sheriff Whitlock at Danville, ILL.,, on
the It'll arrested Bessie Armstrong,
who is identified as the woman who
climbed into a wagon across the street
from the Jail and advised the mob to
shoot down Sheriff Whitlock during
the attack or the Jail July 25.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
GREAT BRITAIN AT THE FAIR,
Ground Broken For the British
Building Mt the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition.

st. Louis, Aug. 9.-Ground for the
British building was broken Saturday
afternoon with due ceremony.
King Edward was represented by
Mr. Western Bascom, British vice-con-
sui in st. Louis; Mr.. Lucien Serraillier
The special representative of the Brit
lsh commission, and Mr.. C.. B. Wood
Of George Trolloye & Sons, the London
contractors, for the erection of the
British building.
The exposition management was rep
resented by President Francis, Secre'
tary Stevens and a number OF othel
members of the board of directors, Al
also by Director-of-Works Taylor ant
some of the department chiefs.
1t is expected that work on the build
ing will be commenced Monday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Fighting Typhoid increase.

Owing to the recent increase in tn,
number of typhoid fever cases in St
Louis, Health Commissioner j. H. 81.
mon has directed the sanitary division
of the board of health to disinfect
all houses and buildings where the
disease appears, and to leave with the
occupants copperas and chloride OF
lime, with instructions for their use.
The officials are especially cautioned
to leave no carbolic acid.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Victim of n Trolley Chr.

Mrs. c. N. Walls, who was run
down by IN electric car, died as the re-
suit of her injuries in st. Louis. Mrs.
Walls was the wife of c. N. Walls,
well known throughout Missouri, ILL
nois Indiana and Iowa, where
he at various times during the last IS
years owned and edited daily and
weekly newspapers. Mrs. Walls en-
joyed a wide circle of acquaintance and
was beloved by all for her sterling
qualities of head and heart. The re-
mains were taken to Paris, ILL.,, for in.
torment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
STATE ITEMS.


F. A. Wise, postmaster Of Fairdeal-
ing. Ripley county, was taken TO St
Louis and placed in Jail by Deputy
United States Marshal Wild, on a
charge of being short s1,052 in his &C
counts. Wise was arraigned before
United States Commissioner O'Bryan,
at Poplar Bluff, and, in default of ST.
900 bond, was remanded to Jail. Wise
ran a store in connection with the post
Office, and the government officials say
that when he purchased goods he paid
for them with money orders made pay
able TO himself. Wise does not deny the
charge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
4 Dastardly Crime.

E. B. Scott, a negro ex-convict, re.
leased from the Pettis county Jail, af-
ter serving thirty days for beating his
wife, hunted the woman up and at
tackled her with a knife, inflicting in
juries that may prove fatal. Mrs. Scott
was at the home of her brother, Vest
Witcher, playing the organ, when Scott
crept into the parlor and, in the pres
ence Of several neighbors, cut the
womar's throat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Newspaper Man Kills Himself.

The body of A. c. Anglemeyer, a
newspaper man of Joplin and Galena
was found lying in the street in the
former city, with three bullet holes in
it. Near by was a 9S-caliber revolver,
three chambers of which had been dis
ctsrged. Every indication points to
the fact that Anglemeyer committed
suicide.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Killed by His own Wagon.

George Schweitzer, a dairyman, 40
years of age, was crushed to death
under the wheels of his own milk
wagon in ST.. Louis. Schweitzer was
trying to pull his wagon out of the
street car tracks, and the lurch threw
him from the seat. He fell to the
ground, and the wheels passed over
his body, killing him instantly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

The body of an unidentified mar
was taken out of the river at the foot
of East Grand avenue, at st. Louis,
by Edward Brady and William Kretz
The remains were that of a NAL
about about 40 years old, s feet {
inches in height, with dark hair and
eyes. The body "a taken to the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
A Bomb on Eads Bridge.

A dynamite bomb found on a grid
er of the Eads bridge, at st
Louis, was turned over to Chief OF
Detectives Desmond by the Terminal
Railroad association. The shell is
eight inches in diameter, and contains
a gallon of dynamite caps and a guam
tity of black powder.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Noah Parsons, of Webb City, was the
victim of an unknown person, who
threw acid in his face. Parsons eyes
are destroyed and his face and body
dangerously burned. He was married
a few days ago to Lula Huffman under
protest of the girls parents. No ar
rests have been made.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Took CarbOIic Acid.

Mrs. Mabel Kramp, of st. Louis, af
ter a quarrel with her husband
Charles Kramp, owe domestic differ
ences, attempted suicide by takin
crude carbolic acid. She admits that
her attempt was mostly a bluff" as
she took but little of the acid.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Drowned in the Meramec.

William S. Balson, a well-known st,
Louis architect and contractor, was
drowned while bathing in the Mera'
mec river.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

The committee investigating alleged
bribery in the Georgia legislature have
unearthed evidence of bribery in the
defeat of the child labor bill, the
school book bill and the bill to abolish
the convict lease system.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Fender Saved Her Life.

Lizzie Kaber, aged 5, was run down
by a street car in st. Louis, buht the
by a street car in st. Louis, but the
fender worked and saved here life. The
motorman was complimented on his
presence of mind.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Old Settlers of Vernon.

The old settlers of Vernon county
heir their annual reunion at Lake park
Nevada. The meeting was addressed
by Congressman NJ. E. Benton and l.
L. Scott, of Nevada, who is a candi-
date against Benton for the congress
sional nomination next year. No poll,
tics were talked, however. Moses
Summers, of Metz township, was the
oldest settler in attendance, he having
moved to what is now Vernon county
In 1880.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Death Of a Forty-Niner.

Catskill, N. Y, Aug. Capt. Charles
Egnor, formerly a well-known Hudson
river boatman, is dead here. He took
part in the stampede of 1849 to the
gold fields of California, and later was
the first mar to offer smoked sturgeon
for sale in New YORK.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Hedwig LEM, an S-year-old girl, was
knocked down by a transfer wagon in
st. Louis, the other day, and probably
fatally hurt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Theodore Geising was found in a dy.
ing condition in the Ewens hotel. in st.
Louis, having taken morphine. No hope
for recovery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Her Maiden voyage.

New York, Aug. 9.-The new steam
er Prinz Sigismund, on her maiden
trip from Hamburg by way of Boulogne
and Dover, arrived in port Friday night.
The vessel is the latest addition to the
feet of the Hamburg-American line.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Justice James Cronin, of st. Louis
.'ormer member of the house of dele
gates and saloonkeeper, has departed
with his family, for Europe. A few
months ago, when an attempt was
made to collect a forfeited bail bond
which he signed, he declared Il ain1
got nothin'."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Meteor Fell During Thunder storm.

Chickasha, |. T., Aug. 10.-During a
heavy thunder storm, Sunday night, a
meteor fell in the north part of the
city with a blaze of light and a show
er of sparks which lit up the country
for miles around. The aerolite struck
the earth in the back yard of Mrs.
Sarah Sibley, Mrs. Sibley was severely
stunned. A terrific explosion occurred
as the meteor struck, and i%ncandescent
fragments few in all directions. The
telephone system was wrecked.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Mrs. Sadie Terrier, of st. Louis, cap
tured a mad dog just AS the animal
was about to prounce upon a crowd
of children. She then held the dos
until a policeman came and shot 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Adolphus Busch is said to have pur'
chased the Kaufman residence in St
Louis; consideration, $500, 900. 1t cost
$600,0 900 ten years ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
American Machinery for Russia.

Pekin, Aug. 10.-An American firm
has contracted to furnish Russian -four
mills with $500, 900 worth of machinery.
The output Of the mills will be in
creased within a year to 1900 barrels
a day, s%uperseding the supply Of -four
from America.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
May Go to Washington.

DR.. Runge, superintendent of the st
Louis asylum for the insane, is an ap'
plicant, for a similar position in a gov
ernment asylum at Washington, d. q
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Domestic troubles and loss of his pc.
sition prompted Hunt Crawford's at
tempt to commit suicide, in st. Louis
by slashing his throat with a razor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Took CarboIic Acid.

Despondent over i'll health, Edward
Geigec, 81 years Of age, ended his life
in st. Louis, the other day, by taking
carbo lie acid. Z
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
wealthy Farmer Killed.

While walking on the Kansas City
Southern track near Joplin, j. III
Stadden, a wealthy farmer, aged 70
was run down and killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
After Three Years.

After three years, during which time
he served in the Philippines, Moni
Collar was arrested in Lawrence coun.
ty on the charge of forgery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Negro Run Down and Killed.

While driving a wagon in St. Louis
William Day, colored, aged so, was
run down by a street car and u
taired fatal injuries.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

It is said that Miss Ella Ewing, the
Missouri giantess, is to wed a French
Canadian giant, Edward Beupre, al
Butte. Mont.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

A scolding by her mother because
she persisted in working at a cloal
factory against the wishes OF her par
emit caused Jennie Scopilite, a prett.
Italian girl, IA years old, to drink car
bolic acid, in st. Louis, in an attempt
to commit suicide. Tightly clutched in
her hand was a newspaper clipping
telling of the attempt of Maggie Cav
liner to end her life with carbolic acid
IN Forest park.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Portland, Me-, Aug. 10.-Four young
men lost their lives, Sunday night, by
the sinking of a gasoline launch off
Ash Point. The launch was sunk by
nm explosion Of the gasoline tank.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
To Build Water Plant.

At its regular monthly meeting the
Nevada city council passed a resolu-
ton asking Mayor Wight to call a spe-
cial election for the purpose of voting
$50, 900 in bonds for the city to build
Its W water plant with. The council
voted unanimously for the resolution,
The franchise of the present water
company will expire in a short time
and a proposition to renew it was de-
feated a year or more ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Two heavy rains, accompanied by
wind, did great damage to crops al
Greensboro, Ky, on the 5th. George
Birk's store was blown down at Yelv-
ington, in the eastern part Of the
county. A heavy hail fell, beating
down corn and tobacco.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Mrs. Conger visited the dowager EN-
press of China at the summer palace
on the 18th, for the purpose of introduce
ing Miss Kate Augusta Carl, an Amer
lean artist from Paris, who is to paint
the dowager empress portrait.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Circuit Attorney Folk of st. Louis
has accepted an invitation to deliver
an address at the confederate reunion
at Palmyra.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Reports coming in from the farming
region of northern Colorado show such
great destruction of crops by the recent
terrific hail storms that the total dam.
age is ~conservatively estimated at more
than $500 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Col. R. G. Sharman Crawfold, vice
commodore of the Royal Ulster Yacht
club, who will represent the club or
the Shamrock III. during the races fol
the Americas cup, arrived in New
York, on the 7th, on the steamship
Germanic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

King Edward has approved the ap-
pointment of Lord Northcote, now gov
ernor OF Bombay, as governor-general
of Australia in succession of Lord Ten
nyson, who has resigned that post. The
appointment will take effect in Decem-
Der.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

The post Office department has is
sued orders against the Cooperative
Turf association of New Orleans, which
is said to have been using the mails
to defraud bettors by making false
promises and failing to keep agree
ments with investors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Jeff Sterrett, editor of the Plain Deal
err at H%awesville, Ky, for S5 years, died
on the 9Th. He was II years old and
acknowledged to be m Oh the greatest
wits among Kentucky editors. He was
one of Morgan's men in the civil war.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

DR.. r. R. Ramsay has resigned as
instructor in physics in the state uni
versity at Columbia. to go to the In
llama university.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

The cotton mills of the China, Web
ster and Pembroke manufacturing
companies at Sunsook, N. H., an
nounced, on the 5th, that they would
shut down until August "a On account
of The high cost of cotton and the In
satisfactory condition Of the market
tor print cloths.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Many prominent citizens of st. Louis
are improving their homes for the en-.
tertainment of prominent visitors dur.
ing the Worlds fair.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

John F. Carnell, GO years old, a vet.
r clerk of the Office of auditor fol
the pest Office department at Washing
ton, d. c., formerly of Iowa, was ar
rested, on the 9Th, by post Office in
spectors on the charge of opening let
tiers addressed to the auditor and ap
propriating the contents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

The jury in the case of Harry Faux
ner, former member of the st. Louis
house of delegates, returned a verdict,
on the 5th, finding the defendant
guilty of perjury and fixing his pun
ishment at three years in the peniten-
tiary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Congressman Richard Bartholdt,
who Is working in the interests Of the
st. Louis exposition, arrived in Berlin,
Germany, on the 9Th. ne will attend
the nter-parliamentary peace confer
ence to be held in Vienna, September
2 to 8, and try to have The next peace
conference meet at st. Louis durinp
the exposition
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Annie E. Shapley. who was arrested
in New York, on the 9th, and taken te
Philadelphia to answer the charge oil
raising United States postal orders
confessed that her operations had beer
carried on since May 20.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

President Roosevelt received a call,
at Oyster Bay, l.. l., on the 4th, from
Bishop Dougherty, who was recently
appointed to the see of Nueva Caceres,
P. /. The bishop decided to pay his
respects to the president before sailing
for Manila, p. l., and to talk over the
situation in the archipelago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Thomas Davis, 4s years Of age, was
struck by a Wabash train at Moberly
and killed, the body being thrown in.
to the tank pond.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13
Stricken with ParnIysis.

George Southwell, the well-known
music composer, has been stricken
with paralysis at Excelsior Springs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

John Alexander Dowie, general over
seer of the Christian Catholic church,
was made a citizen of the United
States at Chicago, on the 5th, upon re-
nouncing in the superior court his al
legiance to the sovereign of Great
Britain and Ireland.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Mrs. Ida Cutler, of Bunker Hill, H.,
who is charged with the murder of lit
tie Ewart Checksfield, filed habeas cor
pus proceedings, on the 4th, for her
release. Her attorney proposes to
show that she is too i'll to leave her
bed, and it would be death to remove
her to jail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-13

Harry A. Faulkner, former member
of the st. Louis house of delegates
was found guilty of perjury in the
third trial and sentenced to three
years.