Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-08-06
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That George Collins, the convicted
murderer of Pinkerton Detective
Charles Schumacher and partner OF
"Bill' Rudolph, has been planning to
escape from the St. Louis city Jail and
join Rudolph, was definitely proven,
on the I'd, when a cell formerly occu-
pied by him was searched and a wood
en- key to his cell was found hidden
in the mattress.
Profane and abusive language was
directed toward the president and his
family while about to enter church at
Oyster Bay, /. L., on the I'd. A bicy-
clist asked with an oath if the presi-
dent wanted the whole road. Secret
service men caused the offender to
move on.
A very exciting contest for queen
of the carnival was closed at Tay-
lorville, H., on the I'd, by the election
of Miss Glenna Osborne, one of the
city's most beautiful young ladies
Her majority was 3,459 over her near
est competitor, Miss Ethel Wall.
A successor to Leo Mi. has not yet
been chosen. No smoke issued form
the little chimney on the Sistine
chapel, on the I'd, and a vast multi
ture gathered around st. Peters, in
Rome, learned that the second day Of
the conclave had been fruitless.
Tp1 EarTr, w Nt1nc lnol-Nf fh ,
st. Adams school at Radford, Va, who
was a candidate for the presidency
of the University of Virginia, on the
Cd, withdrew his name and made a
virulent attack on the faculty and
board of visitors.
King Edward issued an address, on
the I'd, to the Irish people in which he
makes some tactful and significant
statements, which seem fraught with
a brighter future for Erin.
The %coroner's jury at Bunker Hill,
ILL.,, on the I'd. charged Mrs. Ida Cutler
with giving poisoned candy to Ewart
Mears Checksfield, the body who died
of poisoning.
A man and his wife walked from
Kansas City to Carthage, Mo-, through
the scorching sun just for the pleas
ure of the journey. They arrived on
the I'd.
Six men were killed outright and
Several injured, on the I'd, in a head
on collision of two double-header
freight trains near Cumberland Falls,
Ky.
Three persons were killed and two
injured seriously by a bolt of light
ming which struck a yachting party,
on the I'd. in Mobile bay, Ala.
Superintendent Morris D. Schaff Of
the Peoria q Eastern division of the
Big Four railroad and Trainmaster
Harry Junderhill resigned on the Sd.
Maurice AWHILE, late engineer of
maintenance of way, has been APP
pointed superintendent and Fl. NJ. Pill
senberger, a passenger conductor,
was appointed trainmaster.
Col. William H. Phelps was served
with a subpoena at Carthage, No..
on the Sd, to appear before the grand
jury at jefferson City, which is in
vestigating Legislative boodling. He
said he was perfectly willing to testi-
fly before all the inquisitorial bodies
in the state.
Four additional cotton mills in New
England, on the 3D., decided to cur-
foil ,,nl,,nt.nr 20, ,1,r, 1,,,., 49, ~
count of the raw cotton situation.
The extent of the curtailment in Fall
River, Mass, this week is about $780,
600 spindles in ten mills.
Twenty-one persons were injured,
on the 3D., in a head-on collision be-
tween two trains at Hartford City,
Ind. A fagman was sen ahead to
flag IL of the trains, but there was
such a dense fog the engineer did not
see him.
Kansas streams, raised by cloud
bursts at two points and steady down
pours in other parts of the state dur
ing the past 4S hours, were, on the
Sd, practically at a standstiIl, and no
further serious rise is expected.
After three full days of delibera-
ton, during which six ballots were
taken, the members of the conclave
remained shut up, on the Sd, in the
vatican at Rome without having Sc
lected a successor to Leo XIII.
Mrs. Jean Margaret Davenport Lam
der, widow of Gen. Frederick w. Lam
der, of Lynn, Mass, and known as an
actress for two score years in this
country and in Europe, died, on the
3D., at the age of "A years.
A special from Folsom, Cal, on the
Sd, said: Two bands of the escaped
%eonvicts of five and three members
each, r definitely reported to be
located and it is thought they will
soon be captured.
The prosecution, on the Sd, closed
Its case in the trial of Curt Jett and
Tom White for the assassination of j.
B. Marcum at Cynthiana, Ky.
Rear-Admiral Cotton, on the 3D., en-
tertained high officials Of Portugal
bn board his flagship, now stopping at
! Lisbon.