Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-27

IRONTON. MISSOURI
First Assistant Postmaster-Gener
Wynne left Washington, d, c., on the
18th. for Cushings Island, Me, where
he will spend his vacation.
The Office of the Eagle Distilling Co.,
in Cleveland, O., was raided by federal
officers, on the 18th, and Max Hart
placed under arrest charged with run
ming a scheme to defraud through the
mails.
The fence about the Fort Belknap
(Mont.l Indian reservation, which is
40 miles long and six miles wide, was
finished on the 18th. 1t probably is the
longest fence in the world, and has Ia
ken years in building.
Shamrock III. and Reliance were OF
ficially measured, on the 18th, with the
result that the cup defender will have
to allow the challenger one minute ana
forty-fve seconds in a 30-mile race on
account of her greater sail area.
Capt. ]. P. Sutton, a civil war veter'
an and a member of the staff of the
governor OF the National Soldiers
home at Leavenworth, Kas,, died at
Kansas City, Mo-, on the Goth, aged ~
years. He was buried at his old home
in Michigan.
A granite monument marking INT
site of the birthplace Of Chester A.. AT
thur, twenty-frst president of the Unit
ed States, at Fairfield, Vt, was I'M
yelled on the goth. Former Senator
William E. Chandler, of New Hamp-
shire, delivered the Grafton.
The Nebraska republicans held theiT
convention, on the 10th, at Lincoln,
Neb., and finished all business in three
hours. They launched a v~ice-presl-
dental boom for Gen. John l.. Web
ster, of Omaha, naming him as Nebras-
ka's choice for Roosevelt's running
mate.
The Mason & Hamlin company, man
ufacturers of organs and pianos, hay
ing their factory at Cambridge, Mass,
assigned, on the 18th, for the benefit
of their creditors. No financial state
ment was made public. The company
had a mercantile rating Of from $780,
600 to $500,0o
Frank j. Schrieber, said to have
served longer than any postmaster il
the United States, died, on the goth, al
Kruger, Woodford county, ILL.,, aged Il
years. Schrieber was appointed post.
master during President B%uchanan's
administration, in 1859, and served
continuously for Al years.
The action Of the Colombian senate
in refusing absolutely to ratify the
Panama treaty providing for an 18th,
milan canal strip has virtually killed
the project as far as that route is con
cerned. There now seems but one
course apparent to the president, and
that is the Nicaragua route.
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j. W. Glenister, the New York ath.
lete and swimmer, successfully swan
the Niagara rapids. on the 18th. He
was taken from the water in a badly
battered and bruised condition, and fol
several hours was unconscious. He wa
badly gashed on the head, arms, back
and limbs from coming in contact with
the rocks,
Believing that he would not be able
to be impartial in the second trial OF
Lulu Prince-Kennedy, at Kansas City
Mo, for the murder of her husband.
which has been set for November Is
Judge John W, Wofford, on the 21st
swore himself off the bench, and named
Judge Joshua w. Alexander, of Gala
tin, to try the case.
Alfred Crosby Owen, % years old
who said his home was in Washing
ton, D. c., was locked up at New York
police headquarters, on the goth
charged with passing two worthless
checks. The police believe he is thu
man who has been in the west, charter
ing special trains and posing as the
son of Stephen b.. Elkins.
Gov. Lanham of Texas went into
camp with the Texas national guard,
at Austin, on the 18th. His personal
military staff numbers So men, each
having the rank of lieutenant-colOnel.
The law fixes the number of appoint
ments on the governors staff at eight
men, but Gov. Lanham appointed rs
more than the law authorizes.
The oil field fire, which started al
Sour Lake, Tex. on the Goth, was re-
ported to be still burning on the Dist
Not a derrick was standing in the
Shoestring district. In addition to the
destruction of the derTicks many oil
wells were destroyed and several hun.
dred thousand barrels of oil stored il
earthen warehouses were burned.
In a letter received by the parents
of Mrs. James C. Donnett, wife of a
British army officer in India, at their
home, rvington-on-the-H Hudson, N. Y.
Mrs. Donnett tells of having killed, al
one shot, a Bengal tiger ten feet eight
inches long, the largest tiger eve
killed in India, besides another tiger
three bears, two panthers and numer,
GUS smaller animals.
Judge d. B. Redwine, of Breathit
county, KY, arrived at Louisville, KY.
on the 21st, from Jackson. He said
There is no more danger to human
life in Jackson now than there is il
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