Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-09-10

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1851. sc, and the smallest % cents.
Severe censure of the practice OF
peonage and the persons concerned IN
the cases recently brought to light III
Alabama was contained in the message
of Gov. Jelks sent to the state leSlsia-
ture on the LIST.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts is not
coming TO the United States this au-
tumu. The alteration in his plans
was necessitated by the postponemeht
of the British army maneuvers until
the middle of September.
For the payment of $40, the Nash
Vile College of Law" has offered 10
confer the degree of Doctor Oh Laws
upon Rev. George E. Bates, pastor OF
the First Congregational church Oh
Maplewood, St. Louis.
Vermillion county, Illinois, was at
last accounts, in a dilemma. All Oh the
names deposited in the jury box by the
board of supervisors had been draw
without securing q jury to try the Dan
vile rioters.
Twentv-nine lives were lost as the
result of three explosions on BOARD Tue
steamer Vaskapu, en- route from Narna
to Constantinople. The explosions are
said to have been due to an lnsursen'
plot.
A hermit for the erection OF the lii
nois building at the st. Louis "orlu :
fair has been issued to James Law
renee Brown, the superintendent VI
the building, for the Illinois commlS-
sion.
Congressman Timothy D. Sullivan
of New York city, is now the head Oh
the fraternal order of Eagles, having
heen elected grand worthy master d
the convention III Tammany hall Oh
the 4th.
John B, Mccormick (Macon), the
sporting writer, died, on the Atm, d
Bath Beach, N. Y, from Brlghts dlS
ease. He was born in Cincinnati IL
1897. For 20 years he was connected
with the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mrs, Roland B. MolineauX has de
parted from South Dakota, and
transpires that she has secured a Ill
vorce. quietly and surreptitiously Il
one of the interior counties, on eVi
dence taken before a referee at Castle
wood.
The Upton company in England ma
raised the price of jams one penny
lar, and the story has gone out Ina
the consumers are to be compelled t
pay Sir Thomas bills in conIectio
with his efforts to lift the America
cup.
Frederick R. Coudert, lawyer, publ
speaker and lecturer, was reported, o
the 4th, to be very i'll at his summit
home on Cove Neck road, at Oyste
Bav, N. Y. He is a sufferer from heal
failure, and his physician held out n
hope for his recovery.
Acting Attorney General McReyr
Odds says that when the investigate
in Indian territory and Oklahoma,
complete. mo honest or straightfoI
ward official Of the department WI
suffer. Every dishonest man will /
dealt with as his acts warrant
Postmaster General Payne said, G
the Sd, that when the federal gran
Jury in Washington, D. C., dispose
of the post office cases now before
the investigation in Washington wi
be practically completed, leaving ma
ters in New York still to be closed.
Lord" Darlington, now in jail 1
Clayton, Mo, decided, on the 4th, tn;
he would not ask for a change OF vent
until after the grand jury has formal
indicted him for the alleged murder
James p. Mccain at Bonfils quarry, S
Louis county, on the night of June
last.
The federal grand jury in Washing
ton, D. c., adjourned, on the 4th, unit
the Sth, without making the expectt
report in the postal cases. 1t is n
certain, though rather generally e.
pected, that indictments will folio
Immediately the reassembling of Il
jury.
The comptroller of the currency
Washington, D. c., received a repo
from the Groesbeck national bank
Groesbeck, Tex, which showed the t
tai liabilities of the bank to be $16I
1894 and the estimated value of asse
to be $144 ,694, showing a deficiency
800, 465,01
In an effort to preserve from fl
Their decay the tomb and mansion
George Washington at Mount Verne
a force of men is at work treating I
limestone, of which the tomb is bu
with a vulcanizing process, which, 1t
supposed, will make it waterproof a
tmperishable.
Eugene Zimmerman, of Cincinns
vice-president of the Cincinnati, Ha
ilton & Dayton system of railroads,
Their Of the duchess of Manchester, q
one of the most prominent capital
of the country, whose name is as "
known In the cities Of the east as
the west, was reported, on the Sd,
be seriously Ill.
The Southern Pacific, Union Pac
and connecting roads took independ
action in the matter of colonist ra
to California this fall, and announ'
on the Sd, that they would put tn
into effect on September Is, and d.
until November 20 IT. ia nxuected 1