Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-30
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LAiE NEWS IIEMS
vacherot, head gardener and de.
signer of the magnificent gardens of
the Paris exposition exhibition Of
1900, was asked, on the Goth, by the
commissioner of the St. Louis Worlds
fair to design and lay out gardens
there.
Mrs. C. L. Thorpe, Miss Annabal
ROBBERS and Samuel Bohel were
drowned in the Thames river at Few
London, Conn, on the 26th, by tn.
capsizing of a pleasure boat, while at
tempting to cross the river.
Congressman Robert ii. Foerderer,
of the Fourth Pennsylvania district,
died at his home in Horresdale,
Pa, on the Goth. He had been ill for
some time from a complication of dis
eases.
Bishop Hoban, in Scranton, Pa, on
the Goth, vigorously denounced Sum
day excursions and commanded all
Catholic organizations to desist from
conducting them in the future.
Cyrus Ford, of Ridgely, Ill, brother
of Constable Gabe Ford, was shot and
fatally wounded, on the Goth, by John
McCue, a youth whom he had assault
ed a short time before.
G. Z. Lonnecher, of Bartlett, Kas.,
who was injured in the wreck caused
by a collision between Santa Fe and
Missouri Pacific trains at Hutchinson,
Has, died on the goth. =.
The advance guard of the witnesses
in the senatorial bribery cases to be
heard at this term of court are ex-
pected to arrive in Jefferson City,
Mo-, on The goth.
Several thousand of the faithful
crowded st. Peters, Rome, on the
e6th, to pay tribute before the sar-
copagus containing the remains OF The
late pontiff.
An Atlanta (Ga.) physician claims
to have discovered the secret, of pre-
serving human bodies by turning
them into stone in a short space of
time.
The Santa Fe limited, out of Chi
cago for the west, was wrecked neal
P~rinceville. ILL.,, on the Goth. The ac-
cident resulted from an open switch.
Conductor r. M. Brooks was shot on
a running train at Terrell, Ark, by a
rowdy negro, on the Goth, who re-
fused to pay his fare.
Two persons were killed and half a
dozen others injured in a wreck of a
limited train at Princeville, Ill, on
the Goth.
Solemn services in memory of Pope
Leo NH. were held, on the Goth, in
all the Catholic churches Of Chicago.
1t was ascertained by the attorneys
for the defense in the Doodle cases
at Jefferson City, Mo-, on the 27th,
that John A. Lee has now come to
the conclusion he does not know
whether it was Matthews or some SEN
ator from northwest Missouri who re-
ceived a bride of $1,000 from the anti
baking powder manufacturers.
Congressman Champ Clark pledged
himself, on the 27th, to support SEN
ator Cockrell for the senate in the
event he does not receive the demo-
cratic nomination for president or is
defeated at the polls. 1t is thought
by Missouri politicians that Cockrell
will consent to run if he is assured
Of his old place in the senate.
A telegram received at Springfield,
ILL.,, on the 9th, by the family of for
mer Mayor Charles f. Hay, who is at
Harbor Point, Me-, and who is quite
ILL.,, says Mr.. Hay is worse and that
an operation will be necessary. Mr..
Hay is a brother of Secretary of
State Hay.
Two failures were announced in the
stock market, on the 27th. one at
New York and one at Boston. After
wards the market recovered, and the
close was at considerable improve
ment.
In the federal court at Montgomery,
Ala, on the 27th, James II. Todd and
Anderson Hardy pleaded guilty to
charges of peonage and were SEN
fenced to pay a fine of $1,000 each.
Every printer enjoyed by the Spo-
kane (Wash.) Review quit work owing
to a strike. For the first time in
nearly eleven years no paper was pub
lished on the 9th.
Reports from personal inspection Of
the condition Of corn in Kansas and
Nebraska, on the 27th, indicated a
need of rain to saw expected Upper
cent. crops.
Thirteen convicts escaped from the
penitentiary at Folsom, Cal, on the
27th, and, with several of the guards
as captives, have headed for the noun
tains.
Two cashiers of a private bank at
Pisgah, Ia, disappeared, on the 27th,
and accounts are found 1928, 900 short,
with only $71 in the vault.
Negroes are fleeing from Danville,
ILL.,, and vicinity on accounts of the
recent "a riot on the 27th. The ne
groes depart for the south.
The boiler Of a threshing engine ex-
ploded at Brockton, ILL.,, on the 27th,
instantly killing two men.