Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-05
OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Nearly 100 men, including siachinists
and helpers, were laid off, sn the 2Sth,
for an indefinite period, by the Erie
Railroad Co.. in it's shops at Hornells-
vile, N. Y. At the same time, shops
were put on, nine hours time, instead
Of full time.
Senator Frank Farris, of Steelville,
Mo-, was in st. Louis, on the 29th,
holding a final consultation with his
attorney prior to his trial in Jefferson
City, Mo, or the charge of bribery in
connection with alum legislation. The
trial was set for November 2.
There was a head-on collision be-
tween the Overland Limited on the
Southern Pacific and a work train at
a siding 200 miles west of Ogden, Utah,
on the Goth, and three laborers, who
were riding on the pilot of the work
engine, were killed.
Thomas Bechtel. who was held
awaiting investigation of the murder of
his sister, Mabel H. Bechtel, in Allen
town, Pa, committed suicide. on the
10Th, by cutting his throat with a knife.
James j.. Rogers, an attorney, shot
and killed himself, on the Goth, at
Boise, Idaho. About a year ago Rogers
attempted to drown himself in Chicago,
jumping into the Chicago river.
For the third time in five months,
Kansas City, Mo-, on the Goth, was
without water, owing to another break
down in the system. A large main was
pulled in two.
The losses in the Paducah (Ky.) fire,
on the 2Sth, did not exceed $250,000
Mayor Lang was slightly injuied while
aiding the firemen.
H. Chester Crouch, professor of me-
chanical engineering at the University
of Colorado, died, or the 10th, at
Boulder, Col, of typhoid fever, at the
age of 80 years.
Mrs. Thomas Hendricks. widow of
the late Vice-President Hendricks, was
reported, on the 29tt., as dying. Ply
sicians said she could live but a short
time.
Henry Hopp, aged 20 years, employed
in the Mueller coal mine, north of
Belleville, ILL.,, was instantly killed, on
the Goth, by a fall of slate at the mine.
When President Roosevelt goes to
Oyster Bay, N. Y, November 3, to vote,
he will be accompanied by Secretary
Loeb, who will also vote in Oyster Bay.
Percy Baker, aged IA, son of w. A.
Baker, of ~Stewardson, ILL.,, was dragged
to death, on the Goth, by a COW while
attempting to take her from pasture
Dora Meek, of C~entralia, ILL.,, who
caused a stir by sleeping several weeks
last winter, is believed to have begun
another extended sleep.
For the second time within two
months, Samuel j. Parks, a walking
delegate, was convicted, on the 30th,
in New York city, of the crime of eX-
tortion. 1t took the jury Just II miI'-
utes to agree on the guilt of Parks
in extorting $500 from the Tiffany
studios, a firm of contractors, under
threat of keeping them from continu-
llS WOIh Ul DulluluSS.
The federal grand jury at Portland,
Ore, on the 30th, returned an indict-
ment against T. A. Wood, a pension
attorney, and his son, Hosea Wood, 4
partner in the business conducted by
his father. The men were charged
with the procuring, making and fling
of false and fraudulent affidavfs on
account of applications for Indian war
pension claims.
One of the hottest and most stub.
born fires that the Philadelphia depart
ment has ever been called upon 10
fight started shortly before noon, on
the Both, in the grain and feed mills
operated by w. D. Woodward & Co.
The loss was 100000. One man was
killed and a number were injured by
falling walls.
BY an act of train wreckers, east
bound Santa Fe train No. 6, known as
the Colorado.Chicago flyer" in which
was one car filled with eastern bank
ers homeward bound from California,
was derailed, on the 30th, at Apishapa
creek, 35 miles east of Pueblo. Col,
Over 30 passengers were INFUSED.
While dynamiting the river, on the
30th, at Des Moines, Ia, for the body
of Miss Lilly Cole, who committed sui
eide by jumping from a bridge, the
police not only brought up the body
of the girl, but that of an unknown
man. There was nothing on the body
by which it could be identified.
The London Spectator, on the 30th
commended that as Washington, D. c.
has become the most important sta
ton In the British diplomatic service
the salary of the ambassador ought tC
be raised to $4,000. The salary
of the late ambassador, Sir Michae.
Herbert, vas $32,500.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
on the Both, to wreck a switch engine
in the Colorado & Southern yards, a
Denver, Col, and by the merest acct
dent the crew escaped death. Dyna
mite had been placed under a tie, ant
it exploded as the locomotive passed
owe it.
On the both, the submarine torpedo
boat Plunger was accepted by the gov
eminent.
The secretary of the interior, on tn
Both, gave directions to the Dawes In
dian commission to prepare a revised
roll Of the Delaware Indians, with
view of allotting lands to them. TIVE
rolls have been prepared, and boil
have been found incorrect.
American Secretary of War Root
who was one Of the the American com
missioners of the Alaskan boundar.
tribunal, left London for New Yorl
on the Goth. Ambassador Choate AM
a number Of other prominent Amer
cans babe him farewell.