Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-12
1rcn County Ie9ister.
BY ELI ID. AXE.
MISSOURI.

BY ELI ID. AXE.
LRoNToN. MISSOURI
o. the 9th, the United States recog-
nized the new republic of Panama as
de facto government.
The Sheldon State bank, Of Sheldon,
Ia, closed on the 4th, The officers said
depositors would be paid in fun.
Without the firing OF a shot and amt
of great enthusiasm, the indie
pendence of the isthmus and the de-
partment of Panama was declared, on
the 4th.
President Roosevelt, on the 9Th, re-
ceived the members Of the executive
board of the Women's Foreign Society
of the Methodist Episcopal church
which had just concluded its annua!
convention in Baltimore, Md.
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Minister Powell cabled the state de-
partment at Washington, d. c., oD the
9th, that the insurgent army was
marching on the city of San Domingo.
He asked that an American man-of-
war be sent there. The Baltimore was
sent.
King Edward, in the presence of sew
eral thousand people, on the I'd, lad
the foundation stone of the King Ed
ward VII. consumption sanitarium, at
Midhurst, Sussex, for the erection OF
which Sir Ernest Cassel gave the king
1000, 900.
The cadets Of the Western military
academy, at Alton, H., constituted a
part Of the reception committee which
met Gov. Richard Yates, on the 3D.
The governor addressed a mas meet
ing of the citizens in the Spaulding
auditorium.
The first trainload of returnin:
DoWie "restoratiOnists" arrived at Zio1
City, Chicago, on the Sd. Later, a
intervals of an hour OF two, train aftel
train deposited it's travel-stained cru
saders. The day was devoted to praye'
and thanksgiving.
The First national bank of Victor
Col, was closed, on the 4th, by direc
ton of the acting comptroller of tn
currency, the examiner having report
ed the bank to be insolvent. James I
La2oar, national bank examiner, wa
appointed receiver.
As showing the depth of the resent
ment over the success of the Unite
States in the Alaskan boundary mat
ter, during the performance of a min
strel troupe at Vancouver, B. G., on tn
9Th, the music of the American anthel
was vigorously Kissed.
Final burial services were held owe
the remains Of Emma-Booth Tucke
on the 4th, in New York city, and tn
body was placed in a vault at WOOD
lawn cemetery. Later it will be in
tered in the army plot, where two
the commanders children are buried
Congressman Slemp, in Bristol, Va
on the 9Th, confirmed the rumor tn;
Edward l.. VENT, the young Philade
phia millionaire who disappeared, W;
in the hands OF abductors in the mou1
tainS of southwest Virginia, and TIL
a ransom of $lO0, 900 was demanded fl
his release.
President Roosevelt was asked,
the 9TH, to forbid the United Stat
Marine band to accept engagement
to play for pay. The request was MAJ
by President Miller, OF the Nation
Federation OF musicians. The preside.
indicated his willingness to consid
the question if presented to him
writing.
Rev. Ezekiel Light, aged 70 veal
who for nine years was German Pre-
testant chaplain at the Soldiers hon
at Dayton, O., and who was prOmine
before the beginning of hostilities
the civil war as the preacher who IL
his pulpit to assist the slaves to {
cape to the north, died at Dayton,
on the 9Th.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth G. He
bricks, widow Of the late Vice-Prei
dent Hendricks, was held in India
apolis, Ind, on the 9Th. Mrs. He
bricks left an estate of several hu
dred thousand dollars. Among
beautiful oral offerings was a lar
bunch of American Beauty roses fro
ex- President Cleveland.
Naval Constructor William J. Ba
ter experimenting construction wo
at Cramps shipyard, ~Philadelph
was. On the Sd, ordered to take char
of tie department Of construction a
repair at the New York navy va
He succeeded to the duties perform
by Rear-Admiral Caps, the new oh
of the bureau of construction and
pair.
Senator Frank Fl. Farris, Of Crawf'
county, Mo-, indicted on the charge
having accepted $1,000 from forr
Lieut.. Gov. John A. Lee, in ,onside
ton Of his vote against the anti-al
law during the 1901 session of the N
souri, legislature, was placed Oh tt
at Jefferson City, Mo-, on the I'd,
fore Special Judge w. W. Graves,
Butler, Mo.
The request of Gov. Chatterton
Wyoming on the federal governm
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