Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-06-25
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

. LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Sandford Northrop, well known in
St. Louis business and social circles,
committed suicide, on the 21st, by
shooting himself in the head at the
residence of William Clark Kennerly.
He had been Respondent for several
days. He was 4 nephew of the late
Jay Gould.
King Peter of Servia gave an audi
ence to the Servian deputation at
Geneva, on the 21st, and in the course
Of the proceedings expressed his APP
proval of the programme for his re-
eeption in Belgrade. which includes
gala performance at the theater.J June
IS.
White Eagle, the aged chief of the
Poncas. resigned at White Eagle,
Okla. on the 21st, and conferred his
title upon his son, Tahgy, The event
was made one of great festivity. In
honor of the new chief 700 ponies
were given away as presents.
Amanda De Lartigue confessed, at
Pomeroy. Wash, on the 21st, that she
killed her husband on the night of
September 23, 1902, with an AK and
buried the remains in the front yard
of their farm near there, where they
were found recently.
Judge Hargis, of Breathitt county,
Ky, left Lexington, where Curtis Jett
and Tom White are in prison charged
with the murder of ]. B. Marcum,
after giving the jailer orders to give
the prisoners anything they wanted
and charge to him.
Maj. James b. Pond, well-known
manager of lecturers and singers,
died on the 21st, at his home in Jersey
City, n. j., as the result of an opera
ton on June II, in which his right
leg was amputated.
Maj. Stephen johnson. 81 years old,
died at Piqua, o., on the 21st, of paral-
ysis. He drafted the charter of the
Columbus, Piqua & Indiana railway,
now the Pennsylvania line, to Chicago
and st. Louis.
King Peter of Servia has promoted
several officers who aided in the assas-
s%ination of King Alexander and Queen
Draga. Announcement of the promo
tons was made at Belgrade on the
e1st.
Textile workers at Lowell, Mass,
voted on tha Dict 70 rntnp,, tn yrrr1r
Ehe vote admitting defeat was unani-
NOUS. In wages 81, 100000 were lost.
At Homron's Lick. Ky. on the 21st,
James Rogers killed Bud Ledford.
They were brothers-in-law. Rogers
claimed that he shot in self-defense.
A mob, led by a Virginian, burned
a negro at the stake at Wilmington,
Del, on the 22d. The victim was
George +. White, who was accused OF
having feloniously assaulted and
stabbed to death Miss Helen S. Bishop,
the 17-year-old daughter of Rev. DR..
E. A. Bishop.
Edward Heath, a Muncie Qnd.)
printer, admitted, on the 22d, upon
being questioned, that his uncle, Per
ry S. Heath, formerly of Muncie, had
transferred to his name property val
ued at fully $50 1000. No reason is
known why the transfer has been
made.
Mrs. Lockkey Perry, 1O1 years old,
died, on the 22d, at the home of her
son in Waverly, la. She was born May
s, 1902, at George, VT. Her husband,
who died 25 years ago, was a first
cousin of Commodore Perry, hero of
Lake Erie.
Judge Redwine, of the Breathitt
(Ky.) circuit court, agreed, on the
|22d, with Gov. Beckham that a special
term of court be held in July to in
vestigate the charges of arson and
bribery made by Capt. Even and 9th
ers.
Mrs. Henry Siegel was seriously
hurt by being thrown from a carriage
in a runaway accident near New York
city on the 22d. She lost a handbag
containing jewels valued at over one
thousand dollars.
The supreme lodge A. o. U. w. adj
journed, on the 22d, at st. Paul, MINI.
The readjustment of the assessment
rates provides for an increase in death
benefit assessments beginning at the
age of "a.
Capt. B. j. Even, leading witness in
the trial of Jett and White for the
murder of j. B. Marcum at Jackson,
KY, left Lexington, on the 22d, for a
secret destination on the advice of his
friends.
Prof. A. +. North, one of the best
known educators and writer's in Wis
Iconsin, died at Pewaukee, on the 22d,
aged sc years.
Louis Hammerslough, pioneer dry
goods merchant of Kansas City, Mo-,
died on the 22d, of dropsy, aged 6s
years.
Two freight trains collided at Coles,
near Jefferson City, Mo-, on the 22d,
and four men were killed.
Samuel B. Evans, a pioneer editor,
Go years old, died in Ottumwa, Ia, on
] the 22d, Of a~poplexy.