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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
SCIENCE SIFTINGS.

The average straight-ahead motion
of the stars is now put at 81 miles a
second.
Prof. Henry A. Ward, collector of me-
teorites, of Chicago, has just added an
interesting specimen that fell near
Bath Furnace, Ky, on November Is.
His collection ranks fourth in the
world, and he has one meteor present.
ed to him by the shah of Persia.
The expansion of metals on heat
ing is a serious disadvantage for many
purposes. The new alloy of iron with
So per cent. of nickel is claimed to ex-
pand less than liz, 900, 900, for an in
crease of one degree c., while the ex-
pansion of iron is 10000 for one
degree G.. The alloy is recommended
for clock pendulums, measures, etc.
The thought Of space, compared with
which our unreasonable sidereal sys-
tenn dwindles to a point, is too over
whelming to be dwelt upon, is n Of
Herbert Spencer's latest reflections.
"0f late years the consciousness that
without origin OF cause infinite space
has ever existed and must ever exist,
produces in me a feeling from which
shrink"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
URIBE-URBE A SUICIDE.
Former Colombian RevOlutiOnist
Dies by His own Hand After
Plotting Another. Rebellion.

Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 9.-The
British steamer Para, which arrived
here Sunday from Colon, brings the
news Of the suicide, on January 30,
of the former Colombian revolution
airy general, Uribe-Uribe.
Gen. Uribe-Uribe published a letter,
December IL, advising Colombia to
await the lapsing of the Panama canal
concession in 1904, which would leave
the Colombian government a free
hand in the matter of the canal.
The reports brought by the Para in
dicate the possibility of another rev.
olution in opposition to the Panama
canal treaty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
WAS HAUNTED BY HER CRIME.
Mrs. La Taylor. of Centerville. NJ. Z.
Confesses to Killing and Cree
mating Her Husband.

Monticello, n. Y, Feb. 9.-Mrs.
Lafayette Taylor, of Centerville, Sui
Ivan county, on Sunday confessed
to having killed her husband, Lafay-
cite Taylor, and burned the body on
January rs to escape detection.
Taylor disappeared on the night of
January 25 and was supposed to have
deserted his family.
On February 6 Mrs. Taylor attempt
ed to sell a horse to a Centerville man,
who would not buy for fear Taylor
might come back and claim it. Mrs.
Taylor told him to rest easy on that
point, for she had killed him and
burned his body.
The 14-year-old daughter of the
Taylors was asked about the story
Ler mother had told about having
killed her father. She said the story
was tue. Mrs. Taylor was arrested,
and on Sunday made a full confession.
Her story is that her husband, who
vas a hard drinker, came home on
the night of January 25 very drunk
and began to abuse her. She secured
q revolver, which she had purchased
a few days before, and tried to fright
EN- him. He attempted to take it from
her and in the struggle it went off,
the bullet striking him over the eye
and killing rim instantly.
She was so frightened for fear of
being arrested for murder that she
decided to cut up the body and burn
it.
Her 14-year-old daughter witnessed
the shooting and helped her to cut up
the body in small pieces with an ak
and burn it in the kitchen stove, to-
gether with the clothing of the VIC
tim.
The burned bones were ground fine
and fed to the hens. The blood spots
were covered up with paint.
The Taylors lived on a farm a mile
from the main road, and the chances
of discovery were few. Mrs. Taylor
is about forty years old. She says
she confessed because the crime
haunted her. She was brought to the
Monticello Jail Sunday night. The
laughter has not been arrested yet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
KENTUCKIANS FIGHT CRIME.
Special Church Services in Louis
VILE and Other Sections of the
State Held on Sunday.

Louisville, Ky, Feb. "a campaign
against crime in Louisville and in
Kentucky was begun by the ministers
of the state, Sunday.
In nearly every church in this city
special services were held Sunday
night II morning and the ministers
and prominent laymen made addresses
urging reform in the administration
of criminal laws. Specials from vari-
Gus points in Kentucky state that
similar services were held in the
churches throughout the common
wealth.
The services were the outcome of
a petition prepared by the Louisville
Ministerial association, several days
ago, requesting that the ministers of
the state set aside Sunday for the
purpose of preaching against crime,
which the petitiondeclares was preva-
lent throughout Kentucky.
The direct cause of the action of
the ministerial association was a num-
of murders which have occurred in
Louisville and throughout the state
during the past few months.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

While repairing a windmill William
j. CONNER, one of the best-known
farmers of ReGo county, Kas., fell to
the ground, a distance of 80 feet. and
was injured so badly that he lived but
a few hours. He had life insurance
policies TO the amount of S27, 500, be-
sides having over $4,000 worth Ct
property.
Edward NJ. Sturgess, a prospector
from Mexico, near Douglas, Ariz., re-
ports a tremendous gold strike in
the Terre mountains. about forty
miles from Cos, the terminus of the
Nacozari railroad. Sturgess claims to
have taken Sl50,0G0 gold in six weeks
with a very crude outfit.
The announcement from Washing
ton that the United States senate will
not ratify the Alaskan boundary
treaty is attributed, in some quar-
tiers, in London, to the transportation
created in the United States by En-
glands attitude in the Venezuelan
question"
As positively a last farewell to the
American audiences Aaelina Patti has
agreed to a tour of this country, con
sisting of GO concerts. For this she
is to receive from Robert Grau. with
whom she made her contract. at least
100000. e.
The existence of two or three tSlses
Of smallpox at Notre Dame universe
ty, South Bend, Ind. has been dis
covered. Every possible precautior
has been taken towards preventing c
spread Of the disease.
The friends, at Amsterdam. of Mr.
Kruger, the former president of the
Transvaal, have received a dispatch
from Mentone, which states that hi
health is entirely shattered and thai
the end is not far off.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

Five persons were killed and several
injured in a collision between Rock
Island freight trains near Tecolate,
N. NJ, on the 5th.
Gilbert Acre was crushed to death
and two others seriously injured by
the collapse of a roof of a seven
story building at Newcastle, Pa, on
the 9Th.
Hardie Henderson, the former we'll
known baseball player, was struck
and killed by a trolley car in Phila-
delphia, on the 9th.
Steve Clark, white, and Will Cat
lin, colored, m%urderers, were hanged
at Poplar Bluff, Mo-, on the 9Th.
Thomas NJ. Hill fatally shot his ia
Their, near H~opkinsville, Ky, on the
9th, for remarks he is said to have
made regarding the young mans
wife.
Col. A. j. Gordon, aged SO, a civil
war veteran, was found dead in his
store at Hartville, Mo-, on the 9th,
presumably of heart disease.
A severe earthquake, accompanied
by loud rumblings, was felt on the ISL
and of Jamaica, on the 9Th.
The trial of William Hooper Young
for the murder of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer,
in September last, began in New
York, on the 9th.
Seven coal dealers were fined 500
and costs each, at Delaware, o., on the
9th, for violation of the state anti
trust law.
Ralph Milbanke, British minister to
Austria, died suddenly at Vienna, on
the 9th, of heart disease.
Charles Hoxie, mining editor of the
Lead Call, died of consumption at
Deadwood, Col, on the 9th.
Lady Henry Gordon Lennox died in
London, on the 9th. :.
Torson Cabinaw, BENZ. Nebols
George Cottrell, Loren Lario and
Walter Griffin have been indicted by
the grand jury at South Bend, Ind.
for pulling out the tongue of a balky
horse with a rope in an effort to make
the animal start.
TO wreak his vengeance on persons
who he states abused him, Nathan
Prevat, a colored boy, Is years of age
set fire and burned property at Cairo
ILL.,, valued at nearly 100000. He !!
now in jail, and the police have hi
confession that he was the %incendiary
that caused numerous fires of late.
President Loubet of France, so it i
reported, will come to this coun
try in June, 1904, in a French warshil
with several members of his cabinet
New Orleans will be the first por
touched, and he will go thence to thu
Worlds fair in st. Louis.
Mrs. Peck, wife Of Prof. Tracy Peck
ILL.,, d., professor Of Latin and litera
ture Of Yale university, was foun
dead at the foot of Palasade cliffs, a
Fort Hall park, New Haven, Conn, O
the 9Th. She had wandered ava
while i'll and had fallen over the elf
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
A BISHOPS WIFE DEAD.
Mrs. Laura NJ. CranstOn, Wife of
Bishop Crnnston, of the Metho-
dist Church, Dies In Mexico.

Denver, Col, Feb. 9.--News was re-
ceived by Earl M. Cranston of the
death at Salinas, Mexico, Sunday, of
Mrs. Laura M. Cranston, the wife of
Bishop Earl NJ. Cranston, of, the Meth
odist church. Mrs. Cranston accom-
panied the bishop to Mexico several
weeks ago to attend a church confer
ence.
Bishop Cranston, his wife and
daughter were in Pekin during the
boxer trouble, and United States Min
lister Conger was a guest at the Grams
ton residence when the outbreak be-
gan. Mrs. Cranston's death was di-
rectly attributed to nervous shock &C.
casioned by her being a witness to
scenes following the outbreak. The
body will be taken to Cincinnati for
ku-ial.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
For Cruelty to Balky Horse.

South Bend, Ind, Feb. S.-Torson
Cabinaw, Benz. Nebols, George Cot
trell, Loren Lario and Walter Griffin
have been indicted by the grand jury
at South Bend, Ind, for pulling out
the tongue of a balky horse with a
rope in an effort to make the animal
start.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
POLICE ELECTION RETURNS.
Matthew Kelley, of St. Louis, Elect.
ed Chairman of Board of Grim
inaI Identification.

Washington, Feb. 7.-Maj. Richard
Sylvester, president of the National
Association of Police Chiefs, has re-
ceived the returns of the elections of
the governing board of the bureau of
criminal Identification. Matthew Kie-
ley, chief of police of st. Louis, was
elected chairman Of the board;
George e. Corner, chief of police of
Cleveland, o., vice-chairman; Maj.
Sylvester, secretary and treasurer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
Theater Destroyed by Fire.

Frankfort, Ind, Feb. 9.-The Co.
lumbia theater. the only theater in
the city, was burned Sunday. The
fire, which is thought to have been
Of incendiary origin, endangered much
Of the business portion Of the city.
Loss $4,000, with $12, 900 insurance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
VIII Come in a wnrship.

New Orleans, Feb. S.-President
Loubet of France, ST it is reported.
will come to this country in June
1904, in q French warship with sew,
eral members of his cabinet. New
Orleans will be the first port touched.
and he will go hence to the Worlds
Fair IN St. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
VIII Return to Missouri.

Cole Younger, the survivor of the
three noted Younger brothers, has
been granted a full pardon by the
Minnesota authorities, and will soon
re1urn to Jackson county, in this
state, where he first saw the light of
day, and where he will reside in the
future.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
Carthage Mans Prcdicament.

A colony of skunks has been dis
covered in the residence of William
bteinhaus, an electrician of Carthage.
They crawled from the cellar up be-
tween the plastering and weather.
boarding to the garnet, and now
maintain their nest, despite 'all that
the owner of the property can do.
Traps will be set, and it is probable
that the house will be vacated tenn
porarily.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

Cleveland, o., Feb. 9.-Solomon
Shiegelstein, a rag %peddler, 40 years
old, was found dead in a lower room
of his apartments Sunday morning
with his head and body crushed and
mutilated in a horrible manner. Ig.
natz Zahn, his room mate, has been
arrested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
Killed Ills BrOther-fn-Lnw.

Thomas Brown shot and killed bis
brother-in-law, Grover Strickler, four
miles north of Doniphan. 1t is claimed
thu. Browns life had been threatened
by Strickler. Brown gave himself up
to the authorities.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
Bandits Still at Large.

William Anderson, alias Rudolph,
and Fred Lewis, the murderers of De-
tective Schumacher, and the robbers
of the bank at Union, are now sup
posed to be hiding in st. Francois
county. Pinkerton detectives say
the world is not large enough to hide
they will surely be caught sooner or
later. A battle to the death is ex-
pected when the bandits are confront
ed by DurSuerS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
Runaway Boy Caught.

Claude Richmond, a boy of II years.
whose home is at Paris, was taken in
charge by the authorities at Ironton,
and his father, Rev. c. Il. Richmond,
was notified. When arrested he car
ried a 22-caliber target rifle, a al
caliber bulldog pistol, a copy of the
life of Jesse James, a book of Harry
Tracy's adventures, and some other
trashy literature. He told a reporter
that he was going to join the Union
bank robbers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
Invade clinton County.

1t has just become known that
agents from the corn-famine district
of Texas have quietly bought up all
the p~urchasable hay and corn in Clin-
ton county, three train loads of
which were shipped away last week.
Clinton county cattle raisers are now
compelled to find an outside market,
and will lose thousands of dollars by
the invasion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
KoshkonOng Girls skull Fractured

While a number of school boys
were playing ball at Koshkonong, one
of them let a bat slip from his hands,
striking the eight-year-old daughter
of Albert Parker, keeper of a fruit
store. Her skull was fractured, and
ut last report she was in a ]precarious
condition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
Death Came without Warming

Morris Gasche, a native of Switzer.
land, but for years u resident of JEFF
ferson City, dropped dead on the
street after eating "a hearty breakfast
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
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Young White woman Killed.

Moorehead, KY, Feb. 9.-Mote Steg-
all, a young white woman, was shot
and killed here Sunday by Ben. Mar
tin. it is said Martin was drinking.
He claims the shooting was accidental.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
Double Hanging ut Poplar Blur.

Steve Clark, white, and William
Gatlin, colored, were hanged at Pop
lar Bluff. Clark murdered his be-
throthed, and Gatlin killed a negro
over a crap game.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

Vienna, Feb. Git is persistently
asserted that Austria is preparing a
partial mobilization of her military
forces, in view CT possible events in
the Balkans.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
STATE e w
May Draw. the Color Line.

Charles May. a double murderer,
who is doomed TO die on March 6, has
notified Sheriff Spencer, of Buchanan
county. that he seriously objects to
being hanged on tie same scaffold
and with the same rope as used in the
execution of James,Pollard, n negro,
who was confined in Jail with May in
1897. They quarreled in prison and
became mortal enemies. Sheriff Spen-
GER refused to comply with the re-
quest for a brand new gallows, and
May retorted: I'm ready to die, all
right enough, but a white man is a
white man, and a niger is a niger,
and Missouri is too far south for q
sheriff to lose sight of hat fact. /
most emphatically protest against
being hanged on the same gallows
and with the same rope by which q
ID niger came to his end. |
didn't think you was color blind, Mr..
Spencer"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
Old Settler Found Dead.

Col. A. J. Gordon, aged SO, a civil
war veteran, and one of the first set
tiers of Wright county, was found
dead in his store at Hartville. The
cause of his demise was heart dis
ease.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

New York, Feb. 9.-Dr. Paul Haed-
icke, well known as a journalist both
in Germany and America, died here,
Sunday, Of cirrhosis of the liver. He
was born at Brandenburg, 81 years
ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

Marion, Ill, Feb. 0.--An earthquake
shock was felt Sunday evening. Pre-
ceding the shock a roaring noise was
heard. Many persons ran into the
street. At the West Side hotel auea
were shaken down.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
Gambling at the CAPITAL.

The crusade inaugurated by Rev,
Crayton S. Brooks, pastor of the First
Christian church, to suppress gam
bling and regulate the saloons, has
met with a firm response from the
citizens of Jefferson City
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
May Have Two Railroads.

Stone county has prospects of soon
having two railroads.&c. Missouri
Pacific and the White River lines.
Land is bringing high prices, and
many deals are being made daily in
that section. The point of intersec-
ton will probably be Gelena, the
county seat. Chief Engineer Rohwer,
of the Missouri Pacific, was in that
county recently, going over the pro-
posed line. The country is mountain
GUS, and many bridges and several
tunnels will have to be constructed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

Gen. Miles was the guest of Col,
Cody buffalo Bib at his Wild West
show in London, on the Attn. and while
there met and conversel with some
Indian chiefs who had fought against
him on the plains.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
A Farmers Horrible Death.

Samuel Kelly, a farmer near Joplin,
was killed while sliding down a hay
stack. He struck the upright handle
of d pitchfork and was disemboweleG
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
aron County Register.
by ELI ID. AXE.

The statue of Freder,cl: the Great
will be shipped from Germany 10
Washington about June i.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

Mr.. Perry Cleaning and Miss Geor-
gia Clayson, while walking at Ames,
Ia, on the 5th, were bitten by a
vicious dog, whereupon they at once
got married and went to Chicago for
treatment at the Pasteur institute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
Patti VIII BE Heard Again.

London, Feb. 7.-Adelina Patti has
finally signed a contract for 60 con-
certs in America, commencing No
vember 3 next.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

First Lieut.. T. f. Carroll, US. A..
was missed from a transport on
which he was going from Manila to
Iloilo. on January 2S, and is supposed
to have fallen overheard and been
drowned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

The report of the Italian commits
sion which has made a study of vel
low fever in Brazil, published on the
Sd, rejects the theory that the disease
is transmitted by mosquitoes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

William PAUL, a baritone of the
Castle Square opera company, fell or
jumped from a sixth-story window of
the Southern hotel, st. Louis, on the
9Th, death resulting from his injuries
in less than an hour.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

Mrs. Elizabeth Young Ellsworth
the Oldest child of Brigham Young,
died at her home at Lewisville, Idaho,
on the Sd. She leaves four children,
81 grandchildren and Al great-grand-
children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

The house committee on pensions,
on the 4th, authorized a favorable re-
port on the bill to increase pen inns
of Mexican wal veterans from S. 10
$12 per month.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

Constantinople, Feb. 9.-The Aus.
trian and Russian embassies will pre-
sent to the porte this week the plan
Of the proposed reforms in Mace,
donia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

Rumors of the illness of King Ed
ward were circulated in London, on
the I'd, but his private secretary said
it was simply a feverish cold. An in
tended visit to Chatsworth castle had
to be postponed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

Senator Hanna introduced a bill in
congress, on the 4th, granting pen
sions and a bounty to all eX-slaves
who were freed by the proclamation
tf President lincoln.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

President Roosevelt, on the 5th,
committed the sentence of James
Green, charged with violating a fed
eral courts injunction, during the
coal strike in West Virginia, and SEN
fenced to jail for six months from
December IS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

President Roosevelt, on the 9th, de.
clined the invitation of the allies to
arbitrate their claims for preferential
treatment by Venezuela over other
creditor nations.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

The plans of Henry Merwin Shrady
for Il monument to Gen. Grant were
selected by the memorial commission,
on the 4th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12
Boy Fatally Hurt, While Coasting.

Melvin Bailey, seven years old, was
fatally injured in st. Joseph while
coasting. His sled ran into "a street
csr and his head struck the trucks.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

The naval appropriation bill report
ed to congress, on the 9th, carries
S7o,04S,420. which is $6,142,0S9 less
than the estimates.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

Secretary Moody accepted the resig-
nation of Naval Constructor Rich
mond P. Hobson, on the 9th, to take
effect from that date.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

The strike of 300 employees of job
printing offices in Omaha, Neb., end
ed, on the 9th, the employers conced-
ing an advance in wages to the press
men and agreeing to settle the de-
mands of the printers by arbitration.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

The meeting of the American Cat
tie Growers association called for
Denver, Col, during the first week of
March, has been indefinitely post
poned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

The city of Manila was'' ficially de
clared free from cholera, on the 18th,
after a quarantine lasting nearly a
wear.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-12

i. Edward Addicks issued a state
ment to the republican members of
the Delaware legislature, OF the 5th,
withdrawing from the candidacy for
United States senator from that
state.