Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-03
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Safe blow ers raided the department
tore of Foya g. Eckstein, at Savannah,
Ia, early on the 10Th, dynamlted the
safe and secured between Sl,7OO and
81. 800. The store was situated In the
heart of the principal shopping dis
trict, and three policemen were within
distance all night. but the rob-
berry was not discovered until daylight.
Gen. Thomas w. Scott, adjutant-
general of the state of Illinois, mi
to Washington, ID. c., on the 2Sth, for
the purpose of comforting with the Off
Gals regarding the reorganization OF
the national guard in conformity, with
the provisions of the Dick bill. He
called at the White House, and paid
his respects to the president.
TIE preliminary hearing of Secre'
tary Oscar NJ. Carpenter and II other
members of the Telluride (Col.) min
ers' union on charges of c~ongregating
for The purpose of rioting and con-
spiracy to break the law was begun in
that city. On the 2Sth, before Justice
Robinson.
James H. Evans, a Canadian county,
Okla. farmer, was found, on the 2Sth,
murdered, his body lying between two
rows If corn. The murderer shot Ev-
ans in the back while the farmer was
shucking corn. He then took pains to
tie Evans team to the fence before
leaving.
Edward Gould Richmond, one of the
south'a leading capitalists and manu-
factu1 nrs, died at Chattanooga, Tenn,
on the 2Sth, as the result OF hear
trouble. He was a son of Dean Rich
mond. who was the close friend and
conferee of Samuel ]. Tilder.
The Elkhart Qnd.) Paper Co., whose
personnel is practically that of the
%lefunct Indiana national bank of Elk
hart, was placed in the hands of a re
teiver. ON the 28th, by Judge Ferrall
bn the petition of Samuel Winer, o
Elkhart. a creditor.
Sir Mortimer Durand, the now Brit
fish ambassador to the United States
arrived la this country, on the 2Sth
and proceeded to Washington, D. e
, TO present his credentials to the pres
l tdent and formally take charge of tn
British embassy.
Secretary Hay returned to Washing
ton, D. c., on the 18th, from New Yor
city, where he spent the T~hanKsgivln
season with his daughter, Mrs. Payn
Whitney.
Earl Rogers, of Fort Scott, Kas., a
9 cidentally shot and killed himself Whl
It hunting near Sapulpa, /. T., on tt
28th.
t. The youthful self-confessed murde
o ers and train robbers, Peter Neido
g. meier, Harvey Van Dine, Gustav MAJ
and Emil Roeski, were arraigned
court at Chicago, on the 30th. Ma.
s. plead guilty to all the charges again
n him. but his three accomplices plead
~ not guilty.
" The circuit court of Hamilton, I
e. on the Goth, granted the motion for
~ stay of execution of the sentence
death passed upon Alfred A. Kna
OIL for the murder of his wife. The
VI ecution was set for the 18th, and
stay was granted for 80 days.
Chief Henry ]. Eaton, who lad be
~ at the head of the Hartford (Con'
fire department since 1868, was form
ly retired, on the 30th. Chief Eat
~ was the oldest fire chief in the co
NV try in point of service, having entel
- the department in April, 1851.
~ John, William and George Reed,
no only sons of Nellie Reed, a wild
broke through the ice on the Bla
,ed stone river, at Blackstone, Mass,
In the 30th, and were drowned. The b
or tried to cross the river to get sc
,,el fire wood.
Two men were killed and n ia
" injured in a collision between
e~ast-bound freight and a work tt
on the Norfolk & Western road,
ard of Portsmouth, o., on the 3Oth. t
engines were demolished. Loss,
q n 600.
Alfred Olson, a stamp clerk IN
a a Omaha (Neb.) post office, was ar
ed, on the 30th, by a United States
al. shall and charged with embezs
If government funds. 1t was alleged
SET. Olson's shortage would reach 81
for Charles Theison, who was ARE
, nv for writing rambling letters to T
dent Roosevelt, vas declared inS
,lled on the both, and transferred from
lrge Bellevue IN. W hospital to the
for haitian state hospital at Islip, l..
Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia
ark. the 30th, issued a call for a meetil
the the citizens permanent relief cor
less. tee, to take action on the appea
help from Butler, Pa, where an
at demic Of typhoid fever prevails.
He G. P. L. Butler, a well-known
ney of Columbus, O., committed
ILL.,. eide, on the 30th, by shooting nj
pited in the head. His act was attribut
Jerry melancholia.
e. by Fritz Trap, an old German
the hand, was found frozen to death,
the on the 30th, his body lying in a p
road just across the river in TAI
county, III.