Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-07
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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fellow patient. BurnOm Maranta, who
suddenly became insane. Maranta, who
is a young Italian Weighing nearly 200
pounds, was only oyerpowered after a
desperate struggle,
The duty on American horses and
mules, which the Mexican government
prorogued three years ago, will again
become effective July 1, unless further
stayed by an executive order,
In a bad wreck on the northbound
Kansas City Southern passenger train,
the 29th, five miles north Of Joplin,
Mo, four persons were injured. They
are: w. T. Baird, postal clerk, of Kan
sas City; Frank Giddings, of Neosho;
Evi Martin, post Office inspector, OF
Joplin, and an unidentified physician
of Emporia, Kas.
The church wedding of Miss Leish-
man, a daughter Of the American min
lister to Turkey, to Count Louis De
Gontaut-B iron, took place, on the 18TH,
in the church of St. Pierre De Chaillot,
in Paris. There was a large and FASH
ionable attendance of French and Am
orleans.
William Wrestler was killed by an
Illinois Central train n mile north OF
Anna, H., on the 9th. He was travel
ing overland to Michigan. His wife
and three children saw him killed.
Gold has been discovered on the
beach at Sand Point, Alaska, and its
appearance has created considerable
excitement in that district. The crews
of several cod-fishing vessels have de-
serted and are panning for gold, max
ing from S. to $40 a day.
On the 9th, vandals handy
with a jack knife cut and slashed
No. Z, Santos Dumont's air.
ship at the Worlds fair, Because
of the ruin the Brazilian will have to
cancel his feature of the Fourth OF
July programme at the fair.
Fire, on the 2Sth destroyed Sinks OPP
era house and other property valued at
5000, 900, at Rome, N. Y. Two men
were severely injured. 1t is reported
another was buried under a falling
wall.
The Russian battleship Navarin
while returning to her anchorage a.
C%ronstadt, on the 29th, was rammed
by the Russian ironclad Netron Menia
which struck the Nayarin amidships
The latter will have to go into dry.
dock.
In a head-on collision, On the Goth
between a Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton northbound passenger train ant
the Toledo & Detroit express, south
bound, near Miamisburg, O., three
trainmen were seriously injured ant
the locomotive and baggage cars O.
both trains were demolished.
On the Both an engine and sever
cars heavily loaded with sand and con
crete fell 25 feet with the collapse o.
a trestle leading from the Kansas City
belt line to the distributing yards o.
a sand company in Kansas City, Mo.
iniuring five persons.
The gunboat Woodruff, the first wa
vessel built by the army under tn
direction of the quartermaster's depart
ment, has been launched at Manila, F
| The vessel is named after Lieut.
Woodruff, who was killed by Moros.
While cleaning out the buildin
preparatory for services, Jacob Grippe
ianitor of the Methodist church a
Galveston. Ind, was struck by light
ming and instantly killed. No damag
was done to the structure itself.
An official dispatch received at 81
Petersburg from Lieut.-Gen. Stoesse
the commander Of the Russian mill
tary forces at Port Arthur, says tina
the squadron of Rear-Admiral Witt
hoeft re-entered that port (date nc
, gtven), after repulsing five torped
boat attacks.
Latest advices at the Russian wa
office, up to the Goth, indicated that tn
!, Japanese were concentrating on Hf
Cheng, Gen. Kuroki being at Dali
| with q battalions. Only one divisio
was at Mo Tien pass and another
Fen Shut pass. Rain was fallin
heavily.
The Japanese consul at Gensan, H
rea. reported that early on the morl
ing the Goth SO Russian torpedo boa
e entered that port and fired 200 sho
: on the settlement. They sank Il
: steamship Koun, 2.S76 tons, and II
Q sailing vessel Seitsu. The torpedo boa
q then rejoined three ships outside
the harbor and disappeared.
p The japanese have sent the sieI
guns from Dalny to their position ne
Port Arthur. These guns will
t mounted in a fort now being erecte
o which will command the harbC
e though it is outside the range of Il
y Russian guns on Golden hill.
0 AS the result OF the finding of Il
IS ~coroner's jury which investigated t
: death of Roscoe MCGEE and John d
l. Wis, who came to their deaths duril
the riots at Victor, Col, on June
President Charles H. Meyer and W.
> Haywood, secretary-treasurer of
q Western Federation Of Miners, a
lie charged with murder and melting ri
le On the list, John Jones. a negro, WI
Is It is said. assailed Mrs. Bantster,
N Gainesville, Ga, was lynched near {
~ scene Of his alleged crime. Judge
+ W. Fite made a speech in an attem
u to restrain the 200 lynchers, but it "
useless. The negro's body was r
d died with bullets, more than 500 sh'
re- being fired.
is On the 1st, the Fidelity Savings
n. ISOLATION, Of Denver, Col, went j
he the hands Of a receiver. The liabilit
no are placed at over a million dollars
to Minnesota republicans, in convent
III at St. Paul, on the list, named a co
RI. plete state ticket, and adjourned
NL .L..4G.L. H|HEHNW. IT. N