Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-29

stead. Be it ever so billy, l am
going to have a home. There |
shall be free from rent, free from
the expense of fuel, and to a large
degree a freer man than l have
ever been heretofore. On that
homestead, in that cabin, or under
that tree, the Banner will be printed
and published until the victory is
won, or the last remains of your
humble servant are laid at rest.
With less expense | shall have
less of worry and care; and with
less of these | shall have more
time for studying and thinking,
and more strength and encourage
ment to labor. We shall not be
lonesome. More than 800 labor
papers will follow US there, public
reports, bulletins and documents
will reach us there, new books will
como as usual, and you will shower
letters and subscriptions upon us.
Just when the move will take
place, l can't say. But, it will not
interfere with business. We will
be within reach of the post Office
and always mighty glad to hear
from you"
Several hundred people attended
the celebration of the fortieth an
niversary of the battle of Pilot
Knob at the fort Tuesday after
noon. A number of visitors from
a distance, many of whom had
taken part in the fight, were in at
tendance and the Valley and
county were well represented.
Most of the visitors arrived on the
train from the north at 1880
o'clock Tuesday morning, which
stopped at the Knob crossing
where they were met by the band
and accompanied to the fort. The
services were inaugurated in the
afternoon by a flag raising. Then
followed an invocation by Rev.
Mclean of Elsberry, Mo-, who was
in the fort at the time of the battle.
Col. Murphy of st. Louis who had
charge of the artillery on the MEM
orable occasion then made an ad-
dress and was followed with short
talks by Messrs. Thomas and Will
liam Ewing, son of the late Thos.
Ewing who had charge of the fed
eral troops during the battle. This
was followed by a general reunion
and hand shaking of the comrades
and renewing acquaintance of
forty years ago. There some-
thing over one hundred of the
participators in the engagement
present on this occasion and they
came from all over the country,
many states being represented. A
feature Of the occasion was the ex-
hibition of a remnant of the old
battle flag which has been pre-
served all these years by Mrs. H.
o. Davis of this city. Most of the
visitors departed for their homes
on the evening trains Tuesday. 1t
is understood that it is the inten-
ton of the Pilot Knob Memorial
Association to hold annual reun-
ions in the future.
From the Poplar Bluff Citizen i:
"One Of the most dastardly at
tempts at rape ever perpetrated in
this locality came to light about
. o'clock Thursday night, when
Chief McCown arrested Charles
Adams, a negro resident of the
"New World" vicinity. Wednes-
day about twelve o'clock the negro
went to the house of Andrew Duff,
a white man, who resides in the
north part OF the city, and made an
indecent proposal to little Martha,
the 12-year-old daughter Of Mr..
Duff. The little girl began frying,
when the negro drew a lo~ng-blad-
cd knife from his pocket and told
her he would cut her throat if she
made an cutlery or attempted to
run. This SO frightened the little
girl that she screamed and jumped
past the black brute and ran to the
home of MIR. Frank Starks, where
some ladies protected her until her
father came home. MI. Duff is a
widower and lives in the north
part Of the city with his little
daughter and an 8-year-old son.
The father is an an honest, hard
working man, employed at the
spoke mill. As soon as he return
cd from his work last night the
matter was reported to him, who,
J in company with two ncighborine