Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-23
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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The Iron Mountain freight car re-
pair shop at Little Rock. Ark. was
burned, on the 18th, including about
thirty-four freight cars and two ca
bosses; loss. 100000.
The Glen Oak and Prospect Heights
street car line was, on the 14th, at
Peoria, Ill, sold to the Central City
Co. for $500, 900.
Police Officer C. Leslie was shot and
instantly killed, on the 14th, at Jop-
lin, Mo-, while trying to capture sew
eral negroes suspected of theft.
John X. Lincoln, a distant relative
of Abraham Lincoln, died at the home
of his son-in-law in Kansas City, Mo
on the 18th, aged SO years.
The East & West railroad, in course
of construction from Leorock, on the
Mississippi river, to AltPmont, ILL.,,
was sold, on the 18th, to the st. Louis
Valley: railroad, and is now a part of
the Gould system.
Rabbi Gustav Gottheil was reported
dying at his home in New York on the
14th.
1t was stated in Wall street, on the
18th, that ]. P. Morgan would sail for
Europe on the 22d.
Thirty farms in West Terre
Haute, Ind, were compelled to aban-
don operations, on the 18th, on ac-
count of the sudden rise in the Wa
bash river.
Mrs. A. II. Eaton, of Princeton, Ind,
aged "a years, was killed by her
brother in-law, Charley Eaton, aged
II years, on the 18th.
A mob took an unknown negro from
jail at Joplin, Mo-, on the 18th, and
hanged him to a telegraph pole. He
was accused of killing Policeman G.
Leslie. The mob then stoned negroes
and burned a number of their houses.
Fire swept the oil field at Beau
mont, Tex, on the 18th, resulting in
a loss of S 1000, 900 and financial ruin
to about twenty oil companies. The
fire was caused by a careless work.
man ~overturning a lantern.
The Tennessee senate adopted reso-
lutions, on the 18th, ~indorsing the
speech on the negro question deliv-
cred by former President Cleveland at
New York.
The plant of the Pawling & Harm
ischfeger company, at Milwaukee,
Wis, manufacturers of electric
cranes and other machinery, was de-
stroyed by fire IN the 18th. The loss
is estimated at $4,000.
Gustav Gottheil, rabbi emeritus of
Temple Emmanuel, New York, died of
apopleXy, on the 18th, after an illness
of several weeks. He was rs years
old.
Mayor Trigg of Joplin, Mo-, issued
a proclamation, on the 10th, calling a
public meeting of citizens to organize
500 vigilantes to preserve order. This
was done, and quiet, which had been
disturbed by a lynching on the 18th,
was restored.
Gen. Davis reported to the war de-
partment, on the 10th, seven deaths
from cholera in the Philippines:
Frank NJ. Squires, Richard A. Morris,
William r. McGregor, Danilo A Coter,
Kinney Miller, H. o. Hiatt and Henry
M. Diedel.
Two stables belonging to Joseph B.
Vandergrift were burned at Wells
burg, w. Va. on the 10th, entailing a
loss of $4,000. Thirteen of his blood
ed horses were burned, including his
prize driving horse, Edna Cook, valued
at $4,000.
Lieut.-Gov. Lee was served with a
subpoena by a Jackson county deputy
marshal, on the 10th, just as he was
leaving Kansas City, Mo-, on a Chica-
go & Alton train. He is wanted by
the grand jury in St. Louis.
H. C. Dougherty, city superintend'
ent of schools and a former presiden1
of the National Educational associa'
ton, was thrown from his riding
horse at Bloomington, ILL.,, on the
10th, and seriously injured.
Gen. Baden-Powell, hero of MAIZE
king is travelling in the United States
under an assumed name to avoid pub
LEFTY. He called at the war depart
ment in Washington, D, c., on the
10th.
M. Diefenderfer, of Wood River
Neb., won the grand American handi
cap at inanimate targets, at Kansas
City, Mo-, on the 10th, breaking g.
out of a possible 100 targets.
Misses Phoebe and Libhie Heeley
at Bear Creek, Wis, were burned tc
death on the 10th. The sisters were
rs and 76 years of age.
w. w. O'Hara, turf commissioner
on trial at Cincinnati, charged will
using the mails for fraudulent pur
poses, was found guilty, on the 18th
and sentenced to 18 months in tn
penitentiary.
Two negro desperadoes held up
ferryboat in the Monongahela river
opposite Courtney, Pa, on the nth
and with drawn revolvers robbed tn
passengers of their valuables.
! A rumor was current in Louisville
KY, on the 18th, that Kentucky off
GERS would renew their efforts to sc
cure the custody of ex-Gov. Taylor b.
| reuuisition on Gov. Durbin of Indiana
failing which an attempt would b
made to kidnap Taylor.
Under the guise of preparing he
troops to meet internal disorders Rus
: sia is putting a large number c
troops on a war footing and prepal
ing them for rapid mobilization.
: Reports being made to the conn
! troller Of the currency, under tn
! call of April 9, show that the wester
Il and southern bankers are in goo
| condition to meet any conditions {
n demands of the present or the In
n mediate future. Their funds on d
post are larger than at any previo'