Iron County register., 1903-03-26
By ELI ID. AXE.

IRoNToN. MISSOURI
The March heat record for 80 yeal
was broken at Milwaukee, Wis, o
the 18th, when the thermometer rel
istered 72k degrees.
The Arizona legislative counc
passed the equal suffrage bill repor
ed from the house, by n two-thirG
majority vote on the nth.
Jewels valued at about $4,000 en-
bellishing painting about the hig
altar of St. Stephan cathedral,
Vienna, were stolen on the 10th.
Former Speaker Henderson wa
warmly welcomed to his old home
Dubuque, Ia, on the 10th. Men of a
parties united in the ceremonies.
e-
Announcement of the coming weC
ding of Catherine Nelson, daughte
of Mrs. Frederick Nelson, to Reginal
Vanderbilt, was made on the Goth.
The private levee at Davis islant
near Vicksburg, was dynamited, o
the goth, to prevent sudden rush c
water when the levee gives way.
The Western Passenger association
on the 10Th, made rate of one far
plus 81 for the round trip for the s.
Louis Worlds fair dedication service:
Methodist women had Mormon
elected from their missionary meet
ing in Philadelphia, on the 18th, be
cause he wanted to deliver an ad
dress.
Jose Javier, the head of secret SO
ciety in the Philippines, was convicte
and sentenced to five years imprison
ment and to pay fine of $1,000 o.
the 10th.
L
apolis, Ind, was awarded the Bairc
prize, on the 18th, for the best poem
in the Princeton senior class contes
in poetry.
Maj. L. r. Waller, United States ma
rine corps, who was with the first re
lief party to enter Pekin, was pro
NOTED to the rank of lieutenant col
onel on the 18th.
The Missouri legislature, on tn
10th, submitted to voters an amend
ment to increase the salary of mem
bers of the legislature from SIS pc
day to $1,000 per year.
Judge Gray, chairman, and Carol
D. Wright, recorder of the strik'
commission, called on the president
on the 18th, and presented to him thu
report of the commission.
Frank j. Ulrich. representative il
the Sixth IN. " district, was prob
ably fatally stabbed, on the goth, b,
William Getteys, a clerk, in an alter
cation over two young women.
Secretary Root announced, on thu
18th, that he would meet the presi
dent in st. Louis April 80, on the oc
casion of the dedicatory exercises o
the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
DR.. A. A. Ames, in custody of Sheriff
Dreger, reached Minneapolis on tht
18th. Ames' defense, according to W
w. Erwin, his leading counsel, will b
insanity. He is charged with bribery
BY direction of Secretary Root tht
war department, on the 10th, began
compiling and publishing complete
roster of the officers and enlisted mel
of the Union and confederate armies
The Nova Scotia, one of the larges
mines in West Virginia, owned by th'
Gauley Mountain Coal Co., at Hunt
ington, caught fire, on the goth, ant
it's complete destruction was threat
ened
Sidney Blair, a farmer, aged g.
years, was murdered and his niece
Miss Sallie Walker, was shot three
times and seriously wounded by Johr
Broadnax, at Reidsville, n. c., on thu
Goth.
The senate, on the 18th, ratified the
treaty with the republic of Colombia
for the construction of an isthmiar
canal. The vote for ratification wa.
70 in the affirmative to in the neg
ative.
President David r. Francis of thu
St. Louis Worlds fair announced, or
the 18th, in New York, that Marconi
inventor of wireless telegraphy
would soon visit st. Louis and the
west.
Two prisoners saved the sheriff ant
his wife from drowning at Walnu
Ridge, Ark, on the 18th, and after
ward knocked for admittance at tn,
Jail door. The sheriff's baby wal
drowned.
John II. Demaree was granted a di
vorce from his wife, Pearl Thomp
son Demaree, on the ground of cruel
ty, at Greenville, ILL.,, on the 10th
Demaree claimed he had been dypno
tized by his bride.
N. c. HickoX, who was ordered com
mitted to Jail for refusing to answe
questions asked by the Missouri leg
islative bribery investigation commit
tee, on the goth, was released on hi
own recognizance until the 21st.
George Metzger, postmaster fo
Davenport Ia was removed from oi