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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
WITTY SAYINGS.

All well-groomed men do not DOS
sess horse-sense.
Bores rob the busy man of both
time and patience.
Fruits of modern philosophy seem
to be electric currents.
Many of the so-called gems Of
thought are nothing but paste.
1t may be easier to coax a woman
than it is to drive her, but it's more
expensive.
What a lot men would know if they
could swap their ignorance for
knowledge!
Mans inhumanity to man isn't to
be compared with woman's inhuman-
ity to woman.
We r told that the truth will
out-and it seems to be everlastinglv
out of some people.
When a man plants sunf1ower seed
with the expectation of raising rain
bows his foolishness has passed the
danger limit.
We often hear of blessings in dis
guise, but never a word about the
numerous curses that make a special-
ty OF doing masquerade stunts.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
AVER VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA.
General Counsel of Illinois Central
Railway Claimed BY Death
in Chicago.

Chicago, April 7.-B. F. Aver, for
the last 25 years general counsel for
the Illinois Central Railway Co., died
Monday of pneumonia. He was rs
years of age. Mr.. Aver was a native
of Kingston, N. H., was a graduate of
Dartmouth college and of Dane law
school, Harvard university. He prac-
ticed law in Manchester, N. H., and
was elected to the New Hampshire
legislature in 1853. He came to Chi
cago in 1857, and at one time was cor
poration counsel for this city. He
was appointed general counsel for the
Illinois Central in 1876, and later was
a director.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
COURI[D DEATH.
Fight Over His Life Insurance Brings
Out New Story in the Buff
falo Tragedy.
EMBEzzLEMeNT THE LATEST CHARGE.
He Is Said to Have Defrauded East.
ern Relatives and Friends Out of
Over $15O,OOO, and Then Sought
Deaf for Two Years, His Nerve
Always Falling at Last Moment.

Buffalo, n. Y, April THE Com
mercial publishes a story in. which it
is alleged that Arthur r. Pennell,
who was killed in an automobile acct.
dent on March 10, was a defaulter to
the extent of from $150,000 to $780,
DOC. The story, the Commercial says,
leaked out as the result of a legal
dispute over two life insurance poll
cies, and is to the effect that Pen
nell induced friends in the east who
had known his family and the family
of his wife to place money in his
hands for investment. He acted, in
fact, as their financial agent. He
would inform them of some good in
vestment which he had come across
which would pay an excellent rate of
interest, and they would send him
money. The money sent to him
for investment, it is alleged, he spent,
and when interest payments fell due
he made the payments out of his own
pockets.
Provision for Mrs. Burdick.
Wallace Thayer, who was Pennell's
attorney and intimate friend, is re-
ferred to by the paper as saying he
had suspected irregularities, but that
he had no proof of any such wrong
doing. incidentally, it has been
learned that Pennell made provision
for the payment to Mrs. Edwin L.
Burdick of $25, 900 out of his life in
cnrannn Danna1I pn ,r,aI ,yo, pOOn OnO
life insurance in order, the CONNER
cial says, that after his death the
eastern estates to which he is alleged
to have been a %defaulter, might be
able to recoup the losses which they
sustained through him. In his will
Pennell named as administrator of his
estate his brother, j. Frederick Pen
nell. He left to his administrator
sealed instructions that upon his
death he should make good in full out
of his estate all the losses which had
been sustained through his defalca-
tions.
Sought Death Two Years.
The Commercial adds that Pennell
had contemplated suicide for two
years, and says the fact is known
that "Pennell planned two years ago
to throw himself in front of a train
at PeekSkill and to make it appear
that his death was an accident. He
stopped off at Peekskill on the way
back from New York, with the inten-
ton of committing suicide in that
way, but his nerve failed him. Re-
Gently he told the story of the Peeks-
kill incident himself. During the Pan
American exposition he sought for
days for an opportunity to commit
suicide in a n that would APP
pear accidental. He had an idea hat
he could be run over in some way
while at the exposition, but he never
could nerve himself up to the point
where he could throw himself under
a train or drop under the wheels of Q
trolley car"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
"There Will Be BIood,o

Mrs. Clara Haase, of St. Louis, and
her brother, Marion Nemetz, of New
York, had been e%stranged. The other
day he visited her, and she threw her
arms around him and exclaimed:
There will be blood" The brother
tore himself away, caused her arrest,
and she spent a night in Jail. Then
it was learned that her remarks were
caused by low.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
STATE ITEMS
Sick and Poor I'm a Great City.

The Rosenau family, father and
mother and eight children, at 1853
Elliot avenue. st. Louis, have been
unfortunate. Six months the father
was in bed, and the other day he died
at 3 p. m, just a few hours after mis-
youngest child passed away. Father
and child were buried in one grave.
The mother is i'll, and but for the as
sistance of kind neighbors there
would have been no fire or food in the
house for DAYS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
PROCLAIMING A REVOLUTION.
Macedonian Committee Plans to
Startle EurOpeaa Provinces of
Turkey About April 20.

London, April 7.-According to an
agency dispatch from Constantinople,
advices had been received there from
Monastir that the Macedonian revolu-
tionary committee intends to pro-
claim o general insurrection in the
European province of Turkey about
ADril %
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
A Widows Struggle.

Mrs. Fannie Roberts, a widow, was
removed to the city hospital in St.
Louis. She has five children, and her
illness was caused by overwork in her
efforts to secure a living for her chill
dren. During the winter they lived in
one room, and the children say that
when it was cold, and they had no
fire. they huddled together to keep
warm.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Senator James p. Clarke and ION
gresham s. B%rundige fought on TIE
streets of Little Rock, Ark, on the
I'd. The trouble arose over a news
paper interview given III by the con-
gresham. Neither was seriously in
iured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Col. Henry NJ. Cooper Dead.

Chicago, April 7.-Col. Henry M.
Cooper, at one time a figure in ma
>tional politics, died Monday at his res
idence, the Delprado hotel. Cooper
was a republican and for several years
United States marshal at Little Rock,
Ark.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Mrs. Annie Uhl, st. Louis, died from
burns caused by an explosion of oil.
She ran into the street e%nveloped in
flames, and Dan Smith, a negro, car
ried her back into the house and tore
the burning clothing from her body.
Mrs. Uhls husband, Charles Uhl, has
gained considerable fame for rescu-
ing people from the river.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Gone to a Higher Tribunal.

When the case Of James Nolan,
charged with election frauds, was
called in court, in st. Louis, it was
stated that he was dead.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Died Wealthy.

Robert S. Chandler, n Of the
prominent citizens of the neighbor-
hood of New Florence, died recently.
He was quite wealthy.
Thwarted Plot to Blow Up Jail.
1t is said that the sheriff frustrated
a plot to dynamite the Jail at st. 10.
seph, to release Chas. May, sentenced
to be hanged, April ~.
A Pioneer of on County.
Joseph McPheeters, aged IS, n OF
the Oldest settlers of Marion county,
died recently,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Thomas Adams, aged nine, has been
arrested in St. Louis. According to his
relatives, Thomas has started out on
the roal to Hades, and is a debauchee
and a thief. He will rest in the re-
form school.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

The vote of bituminous miners in
Indiana on the ultimatum of opera
tors that last years agreement le
signed, was canvassed at indianapolis,
on the 30th, and showed a majority IN
favor of rejecting the ultimatum.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Hon Leslie NJ. Shaw, secretary of
the treasury, was the principal speak
err at the Kickapoo club banquet in
Peoria, ILL.,, on the 31st. He advo-
Gated laws encouraging the associa-
ton of capital on legitimate lines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Victor Murdoch, of Wichita, Kas,
was nominated by the republican con
vention of the Seventh Kansas dis
trict, on the I'd, to succeed Chester [.
Long, who resigned the office on be-
ing elected to the office of United
States senator to succeed William A.
Harris.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Col. Nicholas Sem, of Chicago, sur
geon general of the Illinois national
guard, was appointed, on the 1st, by
the federal government to represent
the United States at the International
Medical congress, to be held April 20,
i'll Madrid, Spain.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

A resolution to investigate the Chi
cago & Alton Railway Co.'S tax as
sessments was introduced in the Hi
nois legislature at Springfield, on the
LIST.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Kingdom and Jay Gould, aged IS and
IA, started from st. Louis, on the I'd,
over the railway' lines controlled by
their father, George Gould, for the
purpose of studying railway opera
ton. Tie father accompanies them
or their novel trip.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Ten thousand bituminous miners in
Indiana went on strike on the 1st. The
point in dispute is the provision for
the employment of shot firers in the
six mines in the Clinton district.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Three Summer Schools.

The board of curators of the state
university has decided to establish
three summer schools beside the one
maintained at Columbia. They will
probably be located at Houston, Tex
as county, Joplin and St. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Joe Toll, chief clerk of the Mis-
souri, house of representatives, has
been named as Senator Stones pri-
vate secretary. Salary, $1,000 per an
num-.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

The czar of Russia, on the Goth, re-
ceived Thomas w. Cridler, representa-
tive of the st. Louis exposition, and
expressed his personal interest and
sympathy with the objects of the ex
position.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Indiana miners agreed, on the 31st,
to refer the principal point in dis.
pute, the employment of expert shot
firers in certain mines, to President
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
and Walter S. Boyle, the Chicago OPP
orator. The feeling is that a strike
will be averted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Starting Out EARLY.

A boy ten years old was sent to the
reform school from St. Louis county
the other day. He stole a horse, sold
1t, and was having a good time" with
the money when found.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Judge Murphy, in handing down a
verdict in the Burdick murder inquest
at Buffalo, N. Y, on the 31st, censured
Mrs. Burdick for bad conduct, con-
Guiding, "but great as her wrong has
been, great is her punishment"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

President Roosevelt spoke to 5000
persons at Chicago, on the I'd, in adj
vocacy of the Monroe doctrine. He
advised Americans to speak courte-
ously of other nations and carry a
big stick-meaning the navy-thereby
insuring peace. =
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

The transport Thomas arrived at
San Francisco, from Manila, on the
Sd, and landed her passengers. Among
them were Brighten. F. D. Baldwin
and Brig.-Gen. NJ. c. Foote.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

St. Louis wholesale merchants re.
port an increase of trade during
March. The territory tributary to
st. Louis is in a prosperous condition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Gustavus F. Swift, president of the
Swift Packing Co., died at his home
in Chicago, on the goth, of internal
hemorrhages resulting from a surgi-
cal operation. Mr.. Swift was 60 years
old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

A Salisbury girl, engaged to a Kan.
sas City man, eloped with a Sails.
bury lover to Marshal and married
him. She left just before her Kansas
City lover arrived to marry her.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Ninety-Two Years in the open"

Harry Hammond pleaded guilty to
the charge of murder in the second
degree at Springfield and Judge
Gideon assessed his punishment at 70
years in the penitentiary. He also
pleaded guilty to four charges of rob-
years for each offense. For breaking
Jail he received two years, making his
entire sentence 90 wears.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

American marines, on the I'd, were
landed at Santo Domingo City to pro-
tect American interests, a revolution
being in progress at that place.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Won Ogden Vogt, of Beloit, Wis,
was selected secretary of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor, on the
31st, to succeed j. Willis Baer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
The Lathrop Mule Market.

The Lathrop mule market, once the
largest in the world, is soon to be
abandoned, the English government
having Cancelled a contract for 7o,010
mules.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Consul-General Maxwell cabled from
Santo Domingo, on the 1st, that the
government warships were engaging
land batteries which were in posses
sion of the revolutionists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Surgeon Allowed a Bic Zee.

The probate court of St. Louis
county allowed a doctor $4,000 for a
surgical operation on a mans head.
The doctor wanted $4,000. The man
il dead; but it was a difficult opera
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

The warm weather in March great.
" benefited wheat and pastures. Re-
ports received at the state farm, CO.
lumbia, say wheat is in good condi-
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Keen Off the GrnKs.

The park commissioner will not al
low school picnics in the parks of st.
Louis this summer. He says it in
jures the grass and trees. The pro-
prietors Of beer gardens wear a broad
smile.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Judge Stimson decided, at Terre
Haute, Ind, on the 31st, that unvac-
cinated children can not be barred
from school. The case will be APP
pealed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Business was Suspended and bells
were tolled in st. Joseph, Mo, on the
31st, at the hour during which Gus
tavus F. Swift, the great packer, was
laid to rest in a Chicago cemetery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

John Porter, j%anitor at the Peoria
(lll.) high school, was murdered by
burglars on the Sd.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

The lower house Of the Illinois leg.
islature passed the convict labor bill
on the 20 1t prohibits the employ
ment Of the conyicts on contract and
provides that a board Of prison indus
tries shall see that the products Of
the oonvicts do not enter into compe-
tition with the products of free L.
Dor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Shot Himself.

Daniel Daniels, aged %, a miner,
committed suicide on the front perch
of the residence of VIM. BateS, AZ
Richmond, by shooting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
All the Jones Were in Court.

John Jones, a negro, was on trial
in St. Louis the other day. The charge
against him was assault to kill. Mrs.
Minnie Jones was the complaining
witness. Jones was defended by At
torney Lewis c. Jones, and he had
for witnesses in his own behalf John
J. Jones and Mrs. Melvina Jones.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Facts came to light in Berlin, Ger
many, on The 51st, showing that the
cashier of a bank had robbed the In
stitution Of $4,000 because he had
not been made a director. He subse-
quently restored the money for &c.
$50 cash and a life pension of 5000 a
year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Special trains bearing troops were
dispatched into Macedonia, on the
list, where a rebellion has fairly be-
gun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Bold Burglars.

Burglars forced an entrance into
the residence of VIM. Barber, 4OO7
Page avenue, st. Louis, stole ,jewelry,
and attempted to carry off a safe
within which valuables were locked,
but were frightened away. The Bar
Dor family were absent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

An explosion of gas occurred, on
the Sd, in a mine at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
and 100 men were barely saved from
death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Death Of an Aged Railroad Agent,

Capt. G. H. Mason, who had been
the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad
Co.'s agent at Chillicothe since 1878,
died the other morning,aged SO years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Judge Elmer B. Adams, at st. Louis,
on the LIST, dissolved the temporary
restraining order against Wabash en-
ployes, holding that no evidence of
conspiracy was found and that the
employees had a right to quit work.
The court recommended arbitration.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Wabash Will Expend Millions,

The Wabash railroad will expend
fully 100000 in st. Louis increasing
its facilities to handle freight. A
large freight depot will be erected OF
Third street, between Franklin ave-
nue. and Collins street, with cold stor-
age and commission house facilities.
The ground occupied by this struc-
ture will cost $1,000, 900, and the build
inc another million.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

St. Louis boss BARRIERS will advance
the price of shaves in ten-cent shops
to Is cents. The legislator who made
such a roar in Jefferson City, last
winter, because he had to pay S cents
extra to get his neck scraped, will
doubtless shun the Worlds fair.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Webster county fruit-growers have
effected an organization TO make o
large exhibit at the Worlds fair.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

The st. Louis Suburban Railway Co.
(@street carr has filed a mortgage for
$500, 900, to redeem indebtedness and
make betterments.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Justus Gross, a wealthy farmer
near Boonville, climbed a tree. tied a
rope to a limb and then around his
neck and jumped. No cause known.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09

Mrs. Anna E. Meyer, who became a
bride in St. Louis, the other day, ap
peared in mourning attire. She was
married to Ben Meyer, her brother-in-
law. Her first husband has been dead
less than a year. He asked his broth-
er on his deathbed to look after his
wife, and Ben decided the best way
to fulfill the promise he then made
was to marry her.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Wet weather and Labor Scarce.

The wet weather and scarcity Of la
Dor greatly retarded farm work, and
in some neighborhoods last years
crops wee ungathered March 30.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Col. BiOdgett's Letter,

This was handed to Mr.. Judson,
with the following, from Col. Blod-
gett:
st. Louis, Mo, April 4.-Hon. F. N. Jud.
son, Attorney, Rialto Building, st. Louis,
Mo-: Dear S~ir-Inclosed | hand you letter
OF this date, addressed to me by Mr.. Hem
ry w. Ashley, assistant to President
Ramsey, In which he states the terms on
differences between the Wabash railroad
company and its employees.
As the letter of Mr.. Ashley is in SUBJ
stantial accordance with the proposition
agement, I assume that the terms will
be satisfactory to the men waom YOU
represent; and if so, the whole matter
may be considered as closed on the basis
kindest personal regards, / remain, very
truly yours,
[signed.l WELLS H. BLODGETT.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Grants Cabin for W orId,s Fair.

Gen. Grants log cabin In st. Louis
county is being removed to the
Worlds fair site. 1t has been at Old
Orchard, a st. Louis suburb.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Farming Operations Under Way.

Farming operations r well ad-
vanced in southern Missouri. Corn is
being planted in the lower tier Of
counties. Cotton in the southeast.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Court of Appeals for Springfield,

The governor has vetoed the bill
creating a new court of appeals at
Springfield. The governor says there
is no need for the court, and that it
would have been a heavy expense.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Death of u SeduIia Teacher.

Miss Mary Francis Logan, daughter
of j. M. Logan, who had been a teach
er in the public schools of Sedalia for
The past IA years, IL Of which she was
principal of the Franklin school, died
a few days ago, aged As years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
Stone Will Live In Jefferson City.

Senator w. j. Stone will remove his
family to Jefferson City, and that
town will hereafter be his home. The
senator has been residing at Fer
guson, a st. Louis suburb, for some
time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-04-09
A NEWS.
Missouri Finances.

Treasurer Robert P. Williams has
died with the governor a report of
the business of his office for the
month of March, which makes the
following showing:
Balance, February Is, 1902. .....s 49, PSI, 4s3 "A
Receipts for March, 1903........ 500, O56 80
LotaI S,5SS, 5i0 IL
Disbursements for March ...... 160, 666 SO
Balance. March 81, 1906. ..... SO, 427, S73 "a
MIR. Williams also submitted a re-
port for the first quarters business
OF the office, which closed March 81,
and this makes the following exhibit:
Balance, December 81, 1907. ..... 81, 1895, 4O2 II
Receipts, including transfers.. 2.S65, 271 10
Total ........ 81 1863, 673 80
Disbursements, including trans
fers ........... ................. 1,4S5, 500 &C