Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-12
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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with her husband. A physician was
summoned and the woman was Aur-
ried to the city hospital, where it was
said her condition was serious.
The police of East St. Louis, Ill, in
their effort to locate Frank May, an
employe Of the May dry goods store,
hope at the same time to locate the
whereabouts of $575 that disappeared
from the company's safe on the 4th.
Another arrest was made at Belle
Vile, H., on the 4th, in the lynching
case, making a total of II men taken
into custody to answer for riotlng at
the time of the violent death OF the
negro school teacher, Wyatt.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Burlington railroad, held
in Chicago, IN the 4th, the outgoing
board Of directors was reelected for
another year without change.
Marshal Smith of Ashley. Ill, on the
4th, shot and seriously wounded Chas.
knight and his brother, while atempt-
ing to serve a warrant on Knight.
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marshal, was waiting for a train in
Chicago, on the 9Th, for Monmouth,
ILL.,, where Berger is accFsed of rob-
bling a bank. tie priaon M S only SIS
ter, Hattie Berger, was being AIKEN
by detectives to Milwaukee, where the
police declared three charges of burg
lury had been made against her.
William Mccullough, Of New York,
committed suicide at a boarding hous
in Bloomsbury, a suburb of London, on
the 9Th, by inhaling gas. Papers found
in his room indicated that Mccullough
was connected with the sale Of Texas
by President Miller of the National
at San Diego, Cal.
The steamer H. X. Bedford sank,
four miles south of Sisterville, W. Va,
on the 9Th, while on her way to Wheel
ing. She struck a peck during a dense
fog.
On the 9Th, James Lynchehaun, the
released Irish fugitive, took out his
first naturalization papers at Indian
apolis, Ind.
ne SLIIhG VI IttilHCIp CLlploJ W. W
the large packing houses Of Chicago
was settled, on the 5th, and the men
returned to work, on the 9Th. An Of
fer of a six-per-cent. advance for I'M
skilled and of seven per cent. for
skilled workmen was officially accepted
by the strikers.
After being dashed to the stump OF a
mast for As hours and without fresh
water for three days, Capt. Gabrielson
and nine of the crew of the Water-
logger schooner John W. Linnell
reached New York city, on the 9th
aboard the Italian ship Gabrielle DAN
The whaler Belvidere, which arrived
at San Francisco, on the 9Th, reported
that three deserters from the whalel
Bonanza drifted to sea or an arctic
foe and persisted, The MIN tried t(
reach land, but were pursued and were
forced to take refuge on the floe.
Following a trivial family quarrel
John Link, a well-to-do farmer OF Mar
ouette, Mich, went into a field, seated
himself on two sticks of dynamite ant
. lit the fuse. A searching party, on tn
9th. gathered up his remains in
: basket.
a A plot to effect a wholesale deliver,
q in the Folsom (Cal.) penitentiary wa
n discovered, on the 9Th, by the warden
The convicts planned to overcome til
prison officials, seize a locomotive an
escape. Many weapons were found.
k f. W. Whiting was bound over to tn
United States grand jury at Junctio
g City, Kas., on the 5th, on the charg
4 of completely in the post Office robber
at Morrill,, Kas.
d The president, on the 9Th, receive
# the resignation of Judge o. P. Sh1er
of the federal court of the norther
district of Iowa, to take effect Decen
Der /.
An explosion of oil occurred at tt
o1 Pennsylvania %roundhouse, at Pittsburj
81 on the 9Th. Two persons were so bad
a. burned that they died soon after tt
m accident.
s. The south-bound Chicago-Cincinha
al Monon train, which left Chicago, on Il
6th. passed through a severe snow stor
II 80 miles out of Chicago.
The store of the Cobs Clothing @
at Peoria, ILL.,, was destroyed by fl
o. which started shortly after midnigf
nj on the 9Th. The stock of goods W
he valued at Sic, 900, and the loss was G
D.. timated at about $4,000. The poll
he arrested the proprietor Of the cloth.
iff company and his clerk. They we
W. hold on a charge of arson.
Ith Justice Pritchard, Of the suprel
lty court Of the District Of Columbia,
the 9th, issued four "alias" bench We
rants for the arrest of State Senai
ate George e. Green, Of New York, who
40 under Indictment by the grand jury
the District of Columbia for compile
in the postal frauds.
ms A severe hail, rain and wind sto
TED visited Bryan, Tex, or the 9th, dol
ma much damage. The hail broke windo
and beat crops into the ground. 7
ige hail was from two to six inches de
in places and banked against fences
foot deep. The damage in cotton Y
heavy.
~ Orders were issued by Gov. Peabt
If Colorado, on the 9Th, to Compan
A and x, First regiment, to proc,
from Cripple Creek to Telluride G
as guards at the mines which the
- orators will reopen with non-un
forces.