Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-30
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

/ bandit, RaSiuli, by saying that what
we want is "Perdicardis alive or Ra-
suli dead"
The body OF Gen. Bobrikoff, the late
governor of FiLland, arrived at st. Pc
tersburg, on the 21st, from Helsing-
fors. 1t was received with full mill
tary honors, and was inferred in the
family vault at Sergievo, near st. Pc
tersburg
The 13-months-old child of F. M.
Prock, of Hollis Okla, died, on the
20th, tte result of swallowing a spider,
which had also bitten the child three
times.
Mrs. Pearl Alspaugh, who lived near
Hinton, Mo-, was struck by lightning,
on the 21st, and killed instantly. She
wcs taking some clothing from the
yard, when lightning struck the tree
to which the metal clothesline was at
tached. The wire burned in two just
above her head, and she fell to the
ground dead. A little daughter stand
ing near was severely stunned,
An explosion, presumably of an &C.
emulation of escaping gas, complete
ly wrecked the W. E. Reid grocery
store, a new building in the west end
of St. Louis, en- the evening Of the
22d. Twelve persons were buried in
the debris, all of whom were more Or
less injured, but no one was killed.
Admiral Togo reported, on the 18th,
to Toxic, all engagement off Port Ar
thur, On the Esd, in which a Russian
battleship Of the Peresyiot type was
sunk and another of the Seyastopol
type and q first-class cruiser Of the Di-
ana type we're damaged. The japanese
fleet suffered little damage.
The president announced, on the
25th, the following cabinet appoint
ments, effective July |: William Fl.
Moody, to be encouragement; Paul
Morton, to be secretary Of the navy,
and Victor II. Metcalf, to be secretary
Of commerce and labor.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon was taken to his
home in Danville, Ill, from Chicago,
on the 9th. suffering from a low fever
alternating with chills. Ills physician
prescribcs complete rest, and it is not
unlikely that an ocean voyage will be
on his summer programme.
Gov. Peabody OF Colorado was wait
ed upon by q committee at his hotel.
in Chicago, where he went to attend
the Republican national convention.
and warned by Emil Arnold, the
spokesman, to leave the city and state
as quickly as possible if he placed any
value on his health.
The London Standard credits Secre-
tary Hays vigorous diplomacy with
the speedy closing "of the most re-
markable ircident which has troubled
contemporary history in Morocco
About four o'clock on the morning
Of the Gath, two mysterious fires oc-
Cured on the Worlds fair grounds in
st. Louis. The Hoo-Hoo building, on
the plateau of state, erected by the
Lumbermen's association, at a cost OF
$4,000, was destroyed. The oJher fire
was in Mysterious Asia, on the Pike
1t was subdued by Hale's Fire Fight
erS.
The greatest battle yet fought on the
Lao Tung peninsula is reported, in
dispatches of the evening Of the 23d,
to have taken place between the main
armies of Gen. Kuropatkin and Gen.
Kuroki, in which the Russians met
with 2 severe reverse, being compelled
to retreat rapidly.
The Republican national convention,
at Chicago, finished up its work, on the
23d, and adjourned. Theodore Roose-
velt md Charles w. Fairbanks were
nominated for president and y~ice-pres-
ident Of the United States respectively
without a dissenting vote.
The greater portion OF the delegates
alternates and press representatives tt
the Republican national convention
left Chicago. on the night of the 23d
by special trains, for st. Louis, to &C
cept the hospitalitities of the I.oulsi.
ana Purchase exposition.
Prof. Charles H. Spooner, of Wash
lngton university, st. Louis, Mo, ha
been unanimously elected president 0
Norwich university, at Northfleld, vt.
at a meeting Of the trustees.
The supreme court of Missouri, el
banc, has decided that the law reduc
ing the salaries of coal oil inspector
of st. Louis to $1,000 per year is con
stitutional, and renders judgmen
against R. B. Speed and w. ]. Flynn
for excess of fees to be paid into tn
J treasury. Judgment against Speed i
for S11,477.72, and against Flynn is 70
$6,919.85.
I Zach Mulhall, who INDUCED in pis
toll practice on the Pike at the World
fair, on the 18th, and who is out O
q bond, has been barred from further ar
e pearance with the Wild West conce:
sion.
In a fire in the fremont house {
0 Quincy, ILL.,, on the 22d, Miss Elizabet
Welsh, principal Of the Jefferso
school, met death by suffocation, an
u her sister, Miss Mary Welsh, principt
of the Jackson school, was probably I;
tally burned. The flames were COZ
G fined to the hotel building, and the loE
l. is $4,000, with insurance Of $45, 900.
Montreal and Toronto capitalist
under the leadership of Sir Villa
lie Van Horne, have formed a compan
with a capitalization Of $780, DOC, 600,
v secure control of the different sire
railway systems of Rio Janeiro, Braz
U as we'll of the lightning facilities
that city.
,e A lone bandit with a shotgun he
,s up the outgoing stage to Murphy, ne
AZ the summit, a few miles from Silv
ID City, Idaho. Nine passengers we
. forced to alight and give up their va
tables. The robber then demanded Il
poai1 ronIy which bo ron aoo lyad