Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-12-31
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
ZEN. Macarthur arrived at San Fran

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Gen. Macarthur arrived at San Fran,
cisco, Cal, on the 7th, on the steamer
Siberia, from the Hawaiian islands,
where he had been making a military
inspection. The general was in good
health, enjoyed his trip and was great
ly pleased with the islands, which he
termed IA most valuable acquisition to
the United States"
The Burlington railroad, on the 18th,
announced a reduction of the freight
rate on grains from points in Nebraska
to Omaha, Neb.. of from two to three
cents. The rate applied both on corn
and wheat, and provided also for a
differential on shipments destined tt
Chicago and points beyond Omaha.
One of the unique exhibits at the
st. Louis Worlds fair by an Indiana
man will be several bushels of corn
that were harvested in 1864. L. j.
Pence, n Of the pioneer settlers or
Grant county, Ind, has nearly a hun
dred bushels of the grain that Is in
an excellent state of preservation.
While the train was running at good
speed, Clarence Dansby, a negro pris-
oner being taken to the penitentiary
at Jefferson City, Mo-, from Jasper
county, jumped through a car window,
on the Goth, and escaped. He was
| sentenced to serve four years for
burglary.
The number of fatalities resulting
from the wreck of the Duquesne lin
| tied, on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
at Laurel Run, Pa, on the 23d, is G5.
Only two of the injured remained in
the hospital, at Connellsville, Pa, on
the 9th, and they may die.
Stewart Mitchelrs book store and
Harry Clark's book store burned, on
the 26th, at Oklahoma City, Okla. The
| stock of the Herald Shoe Co. was dam
i aged by the flames. The loss was
about $4,000. The origin of the fire
was unknown.
George J. La~ngsdale, father-in-law OF
Senator Albert J.. Beverage. died at
Indianapolis, Ind, on the 9th. He
was until recently auditor of the In
dianapolis post office. For 20 years
he edited a republican paper at Green
castle, Ind.
Charles Kratz, the fugitive st. Louis
councilman, was ordered turned over
to the agent of the United States gov
eminent, on the Goth, by the depart
ment of foreign relations, acting under
the instruction of President Diaz Of
Mexico.
The high school at Clinton, Ind.
was burned, on the Goth; loss, $4,000
insurance, $4,000.
United States Senator Hale, chair
man on the committee of naval af
fairs, said, on the 2Sth, that it is the
intention to make provision for an
other liberal addition to the navy dur
ing the present session of congress
He said at when the additions al
ready authorized were completed the
United States would have q more pow
erful navy than any other nation ex
cept Great Britain.
A stiff northwestern, which at ont
time reached a velocity of As miles
an hour, struck Omaha, Neb., on thu
s2Sth, resulting in the fatal injury o
one mar and doing considerable prop
erty damage. A number of plate glas
windows we're blown in and larg,
signs torn from their f~astenings.
Four prisoners escaped from tn,
county Jail at Perry, Okla, on tn
2Sth. 1t was believed that friend
struggled saws into them. The pris
oners were Mack McAry, Harry Johr
son and Charles Laspoon, under ser
tence of imprisonment at Lansing
Kas., and Harry Smith, who was await
ing trial.
Catherine McVey, 104 years old, VIII
, was pastry cook at a Danville Gil.
hotel when Abraham Lincoln stage
. there, died suddenly, at Danville, III
on the 2Sth. Her husband died 2
. years ago, and after his death sh
never went to bed, but always slept i
a chair.
. Sir William Allen, the well-know
marine engineer, shipowner and men
a Der of parliament for Gates Head sine
1893, died, on the 28th. in London. Fl
I was born November 20, 1897. Deaf
: was due to heart disease.
a Gov. A. B. Cummins Of Iowa, on tn
.2Sth, appointed William E. Miller,
Bedford, Ia, as judge of the 'Thir
a judicial district. to succeed, Robe
l.. Parrish, who resigned to resun
4 practice in Des Moines.
81 Ann Tyler, a blind negro woma
n SO years old, and James Turner
q negro IS years old, were burned
death at Sedalia, Mo, on the 2Sth,
N the destruction of the house in whit
I. they lived. :,
=. Gurdon Trumbull, an artist of di
II tinction, died at Hartford, Conn,
v. the 2Sth, at the age of 90. 1t was
=. studies Of fish that Mr.. Trumbr
achieved his reputation.
J. D. Stuart, Of Houston, Tex, w
h. appointed, on the 28th, assista
ID freight auditor Of the Santa Fe. Til
is a new position. The appointing
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