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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

Waterloo, Ill, Oct. 23.-Developments
in the supposed murder case Of Elean-
or Woodcock, the pretty daughter of a
wealthy farmer, whose burned body
was found near her brothers home
Thursday, throw grave doubt on the
theory of murder advanced by the
girls family.
Thomas Kennedy, who was held for
a short time as a suspect in the case,
has been released, it being shown that
he was in no way concerned and was
elsewhere at the time the supposed
tragedy occurred.
Sheriff Bruch and other authorities,
after examining into the circumstances
surrounding the finding of the body,
believe that the girl came to her death
by accident while burning rubbish in
the yard, and that the marks found on
her, were caused in her frantic efforts
to rid herself of the burning clothing
which was soaring her.
There is strong circumstantial evil
dence in supporting both the theory Of
accidental death and that of murder.
Sheriff Ruch late Friday afternoon,
exhausted from the search. returned to
the Woodcock home, and made discov-
coveries, which, he declares, leave no
doubt that the girls death was due to
an accident. Near the aImful of straw
upon which the body was supposed to
have been thrown by the murderer he
found a half dozen black sulphur
matches, duplicates Of the matches
used in the Woodcock home. He rea-
soned that a man using matches to
light a fire would hardly be likely to
throw matches on the ground. He ex-
amined the ground thoroughly, and
found no male footprints anywhere
near the body OF the straw pile. The
only footprints were apparently made
Ny D. WUuldl . SuOSy anu IHcSo uIIeu tAe
girls shoes.
Questioning Mrs. Woodcock, he
learned that the mark upon the girls
head was an old one, due to an acct
dent in childhood. He also found some
rubbish in the smoldering straw, and
reasoned that the girl had come from
the house with the intention of burn
ing the rubbish, carrying the matches
from the house, and in trying to ignite
the straw the wind blew the fame
upon her flimsy dress, which caught
fire, and that the finger marks on her
throat were due to her frantic efforts
to tear the burning dress from her
person.
The mother explains that the girl
had been slightly sick the past few
days, and vas subject to hemor
rhages, and this would explain the
presence of the blood near the straw
pile. Sheriff Ruch and his posse have
returned to Waterloo, and unless
some further developments warrant
the search for the murderer will prob
ably be abandoned.
The funeral of Miss Woodstock tool
place Saturday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
MISSOURI A NEWS
Married sixty Years.

Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Smith, OF
Princeton, have just celebrated the
sixty-ninth anniversary of their mar
rage. Mr.. Smith is 80 years of age and
his wife is SO. The record of this aged
pair is remarkable in that they have
passed almost their entire lives to-
gether. Born in the same neighbor-
hood In North Carolina, they attended
the same common school and Sunday
school, and studied from the same
books. In their youth they became
members of the Evangelical Lutheran
church at the same time. MI. and Mrs.
Smith came to Mercer county, Mis-
souri,, in the year 1856, and, until a
few years ago, when they removed to
Goshen. Here they reared q family of
eight children, only two of whom sur
vive their parents. The members of
the family of Mr.. and Mrs. Smith now
living number rs and represent five
generations. There are 80 grandchil-
dren, 40 great-grandchildren and two
Observation-Disclosures The Oldest
grandchild is 46 years old, the eldest
great-grandchild "a, and the eldest
great-great-grandchild 2. It is believed
MI. and Mrs. Smith are the longest
married couple in Missouri.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
FIERCE FIRE AT MEXICO, MO.
One Man Lost His Life and Another
Was Fatally Burned-PrOp-
erty Loss Was Great.

Mexico, Mo-, Oct. 24.-In a fire
that destroyed property valued Mt $40,-
900 here, Sunday, a negro employe Of
a livery barn lost his life, and w. R.
Kendall, a veterinary surgeon, was
fatally burned. Among the buildings
destroyed were the First Methodist
church and Lee Brothers livery barn;
IS high class horses were lost.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
. WEST VIRGINIA TRAGEDY
One Man Dead and One Dying ~
Result of n Political Ar
gument.

Huntington, w. Va, Oct. 24.-With-
in half an hour after the benediction
had been pronounced at the close of
services in the little church near Mill
Creek, on the Big Sand river, Sunday,
one man who had listened to the SER
mon was dead and another was fatal
ly stabbed. The tragedy was the re-
suit of a political argument, in
which a half dozen members of the
congregation engaged after leaving
the church.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
Fifteen Earthquakes at Baltimore

Baltimore, Nd, Oct. 23.-Fifteen
earthquakes have been registered on
the seismograph or earthquake ma
chine at the Johns Hopkins university
since April last. On August n last
there was recorded an earthquake that
begun at 4 p. m. and lasted three hours
and one-helf. The shock moved the
register beam two-thirds of an inch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

After subsisting on scant rations for
several weeks, during which they suf-
fered intensely from the cold, the II
survivors of the stranded steamer Vik-
ing have been picked up from other
wise uninhabited islands off the coast
of Labrador.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

The officers of the United States
cruiser Cleveland now at Dartmouth,
England, were %banqueted, on the goth,
by the mayor, corporation and harbor
commission of that port. The only
toasts were "The King" THE Presi-
dent Of the United States" and "Our
Guests"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
Her Fourth Attempt Fails.

Mrs. Walter G. Able, a would-be sui.
eide, was rescued from the Mississippi
river by Policeman James Dockery ir
st. Louis. 1t was her fourth attemp
at self-destruction within two months
Dockery has patroled a river beat fc
years, and has saved a dozen lives.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
victim OF Live wire.

Greenville, ILL.,, Oct. 23.-Loren
Frank, aged 10 years, son Of David
Frank, was killed by a live electric
wire. The boy was found clutching the
wire, which had fallen to the ground.
Neighbors released the boys grip from
the wire, but he was dead when found.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

Chicago, Oct. 24.--While resisting
an attempt to rob his as he sat in his
place Of business Sunday night, Will
lam H. Kneiering, a saloonkeeper at
1900 Princeton avenue, was shot in the
abdomen by one Of four h%ighwaymen1
and died in a few minutes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

Prof. J. w. Fitzpatrick died of paraly-
sis at Fayette. Prof. Fitzpatrick came
to Fayette nearly thirty years ago to
attend Central college. On his gradua-
ton, in 1880, he took the chair OF
biology and geology, which he has
filled for the past "a years. He was 50
years old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

At a session of the National Prison
congress at Quincy, ILL.,, on the 18th,
an animated discussion was caused by
DR.. Henry Hatch, of that city, advo-
eating the infection Of death upon de-
generates as a means of preventing the
spread of d~egeneracy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

George P. Purviance, of Washing
Ton, D. c., assistant surgeon-general of
the marine hospital service, jumped
from the fourth-story window of the
'Orthopoedic hospital, in Philadelphia,
ON the goth, and was instantly killed.
He was about So years old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

The surgeon-general of the army has
concurred in the recommendation Of
Gen. Grant that John J. Smith, a mem"
Der of the United States army hospital
corps, stationed at Fort Mott. N. j.,
who is said to have married a negress,
be discharged from the army "for the
good of the service"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
Died From Injuries.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 24.-Henry
O'Connell, a trainer for M. Boasberg
at the Elm Ridge race track, died Sun
day from the effects Of knife wounds
received while engaged in a fight at
the race track.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

The National Sp~iritualists' a~ssocia-
ton, In c~onvocation, on the 21st, at the
Temple of Spiritualism, No. 3015 Pine
street, st. Louis, elected officers, and
passed a resolution to the effect that
the national board of trustees must
devise ways and to protect
their mediums from prosecution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

President Roosevelt has instructed
Secretary of War Taft to make a per-
sonal visit to the Isthmus of Panama,
and there to confer with the presi-
dent and other officials of the Panama
republic regarding questions arising
out Of the possession by the United
States of the canal zon
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
Convict Assaults Guard.

At the penitentiary at Jefferson
City, Robert Witherspoon, a deranged
negro convict, who was sent up from
Mississippi county for assault to kill,
attacked j. H. Crump, a guard, with a
stone hammer, dealing him a severe
blow behind the ear. Crump is 65
years old, and may die of his injuries.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

Durham White Stevens, counsellor
of the Japanese legation at Washing
ton, who will be diplomatic adviser to
The Korean government, has been
granted by the emperor Of Japan the
decoration of the Grand Cross of the
Sacred Treasure.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
Pool Expert Under Arrest.

Benjamin H. Brumby, a noted pool
expert, was arrested in st. Lous on
numerous charges, chief Of which being
attempting to pass a forged check.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
Rival Exhibitors Fight.

A fist fight between representatives
of two rival stables caused a sensation
at the Kansas City horse show. The af-
fair may wind up in the courts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

1t Is rumored at Colon that a large
body of armed Colombians has been
concentrated near Culebra, with the
intention of making an attack thereon
November 8, the first anniversary Of
the secession of Panama from Colon
bia,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

Miss Miriam Grant, daughter of U.
S. Grant, of San Diego, CAL, and
granddaughter Of the late President U.
S. Grant, was married in New York
city, on the 18th, to Lieut.. Ulysses S.
Macy. u. S. N.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

The jury in the case of Philip Vein
seimer, former president of the New
York Building Trades alliance, on trial
for extortion, returned a verdict of
guilty on the 18th. He was at once
remanded to the Fombs until October
%, when sentence will be pronounced.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

At Fayette, Edgar Mckenzie con-
fessed to numbering John Smithers, 8
farmer, and said he had been infu'
enced by the murdered mans wife.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

The Middlesworth children's home
GEAR Shelbyville, ILL.,, vas destroyed by
FIRE, on the 10Th, and although the
flames were discovered while the chill
dren were asleep, all but two were res
eued.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

Shanghai, Oct. 24.-News has beer
received that the steamer Canton,
which sailed from this port, has SUI
cessfnlly run the blockade at Vladiva
utox.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

L. L. Haynes and e. Ziegier, the
brakemen who were arrested after the
wreck at Warrensburg, Mo-, charged
with robbing the bodies of their fell
low-brakemen, pleaded guilty, on the
18th, to grand larceny. Haynes was
sentenced to five years in the peniten-
tiary. Ziegler's sentence was de-
ferred.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
Mis-, Roo.eyelt Return..

Washington, Oct. 25.-Miss Alice
Roosevelt, who has been away from
Washington since. early in the sum-
mer, returned home Monday night.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
Vests VIII Probated.

The will of the late Senator George
Graham Vest has been filed in the pro-
bate court at Marshall. The bond for
the executors vas fixed at $150,000, and
his personal estate is valued at SIS, 900.
The will was executed in Washington.
D. c., on March rs, 1903, just prior to
the senator's return to Missouri. Care
full provision is made for his wife and
children and the latter's descendants
and many friends are remembered in
the disposition of his personal proper
ty. Adolphus Busch, the st. Louis
brewer, is given a cane which was the
senator's constant companion during
his late years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

The armies of Russia and Japan are
lying in wait in their trenches, facing
each other, waiting for the sun to
dry the sodden ground to begin an
other battle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

Apart from skirmishes and exploits
OF scouting parties, there is almost a
complete suspension of operations In
Manchuria on account of the fog and
heavy rains.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

The will of the late Senator George
G.. Vest, OF Missouri, which was pro-
bated, on the 18th, bequeathes all OF
his estate, valued at $4,000, to his
relatives.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

The powers ~signatory Of The Hague
peace convention are to be asked to
form a fund of 100000 for the main
tenance of Andrew C~arnegie's palace
of peace.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

Gen. George D. Ruggles. retired. for
several years manager Of the soldiers
home in Washington, D. c.. died in
that city on the 18th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
COMPLICATED TRAGEDY
Another Chapter of the Higgins
Thomasson Tragedy in Illinois.
It Now Appears as Though h Kill
ing of Detective Murphy Was .
Forerunner.

Peoria, ILL.,, Oct. 2S.-It now would
seem that perhaps two deaths have
grown out of the complicated Higgins
Thomasson intrigue, for the tragic
death of Detective Murphy last June is
connected by many with the affair.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

The case of Louis Decker, a former
member of the st. Louis house of del
egates, convicted of boodling, was SUBJ
mitted on briefs in the Missouri SUI
preme court on the 10Th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
RoNToN

Fire, on the 21st, completely de-
stroyed the town of Gordon, Ala, and
900 inhabitants are destitute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
Feud eliminates in Killing.

Frank Krutsinger ended a feud when
he met Guy Powell, of Wheatland, on
the public road between Wheatland
and Hermitage, firing at Powell with a
shotgun and killing him instantly. Two
years ago Krutsinger secured Powells
arrest on a charge of attacking Mrs.
Krutsinger, and since then both men
have gone armed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

BY an overwhelming majority a COM
promise ano on the remarriage of
divorced persons was adopted by the
house Of deputies Of the Episcopal gen
eral convention, in session at Boston,
on the goth, and II 1t is concurred in
BY the house Of bishops, the most I'm.
portant issue that has come before the
present convention will have been dis
posed of.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

Gaylord, Mich, Oct. 24.-Incre ID
four inches Of snow here. It has been
spowing for 20 hours.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
Egyptian Students Arrive.

Louzi A. Bey and Biezi Bey, the two
young Egyptians from Alexandria, who
started from their home two months
ago on their way to Columbia to enter
Missouri university, have arrived at
their destination, and the Egyptian
colony at the university now numbers
eleven. The Egyptians were detained
in Italy because of an eye disease, from
which they suffered, and were not al
lowed passports until the state de-
partment at Washington took the mat
Ter up for the university.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

The fourteenth annual convention OF
tho Illinois Bankers association met in
annual session in the Illinois building
at the Worlds fair.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
His Request Complied with.

The decrease in salary from $1,400 to
$1,000 a year asked by DR.. J. H. Jack
son, pastor of Elm Street Methodist
church, C%hillicothe, has been granted
by the board of stewards. The minis
ter requested the recent Missouri con-
ference to return him to Chillicothe,
only on the condition of the lowerins
of his original salary, which he de-
clared was too much of a burden for
the church to carry.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
Pickpockets in st. Louis.

Pickpockets made two rich touches
in one day at the st. Louis union sta
ton. One man lost $1,000 and another
IS 5000. There is no clew.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
succumbed to Heart Disease.

Albert Shermin, a multi-millionairc
Of Leadville, COL, dropped dead OF
heart disease in his room in the Buck
ingham club in st. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
INJURIES proved FataI.

Clifford Rogel, aged IA, died in .
Sedalia hospital from injuries received
IN the wazrensburg wreck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

Archbishop Glennon, Of st. Louis.
has issued a circular letter opposing
the free-text-book amendment to thu
constitution Of Missouri.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27
s2OO, 900 Relics to Kansas city.

Col. D. B. Dyer, Of Augusta, Ga, has
presented his collection of Indian rel
les, valued at 5000, 900, to Kansas City,
for the public library.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-27

Daughter killed and Mother Injured
Olive, the five-year-old daughter Of
Mrs. Elite Spencer, was killed and the
mother seriously injured by a Transit
| street car in st. Louis.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-24
BOY HEROES SAVE
TRAIN FROM WRECK
With Red Shirt They Stop Ex-
press Before lt Reaches
a WaShOut

GREAT HARRINGTON, Mass, June
23.-Two boys, with an old red shirt,
during a terrific storm that swept over
the Berkshire hills today, tagged the
New York express and avoided what
might have been terrible catastrophe.
Had the express train crashed into the
washout caused by the heavy rains
fully 500 New Yorkers, who have resi-
dences here, might have been killed or
injured. The engineer had no chance
to see the washout because of a sharp
curve in the road.
At the point where the rails were
displaced the hills rise sec feet. The
rain poured down in torrents, carrying
everything before it. Houses were
swept down the hillside.
A half miles above the Great Bar
ringten station torrent Of water from
the hills rushed down like a mighty
cataract, carrying away everything in
its path. The heavy rock ballast OF
the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad was washed away.
Just as the heavy laden Berkshire
express, that left the Grand Central
station at $3.50 p. m, with 500 passen-
gers for Great harrington, Stock
bridge, Lenox and other summer re-
sorts in the Berkshire hills, came
around the sharp curve at Pearl street
the engineer saw two boys wildly
waving a piece of cloth. 1t looked red
TO him and he applied the emergency
brakes. The eight ears in the traiT
bumped each other and the passengers
were thrown about. No enc was in
jured seriously
The pilot of the locomotive was
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-24
IRoN.

The doctors assistant remarked on the
similarity between the shape of the
boys head and that Of Cromwell. The
boys father replied, mo wonder. He
is descendant of Cromwell
This story was recalled by tSenex''
in letter to the Times in December,
1874 Four days later a letter ap-
peared from Oliver John Williams, who
said that he was the boy who, forty
years earlier, had been taken to DIR.
Wilkinson. My head was examined, -
runs the letter, by DIR. Wilkinson
and compared with the skull of Oliver
Cromwell My father always said that
DIR. Wilkinson had received the skull
from a maiden lady who did not care
to have it in the house"
The maiden lady was the niece OF
the last of the three men who pur-
chased 1t from James Cox, the show
man.
Asked if he Thought a funeral de-
sirable for the head, Mr.. Wilkinson
smiled and said Why should 1 bury
it? Besides, my family would not like
it"
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-24
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

ing On this. says that if it could be de-
cided that the, head in possession of
Mr. Wilkinson belonged to the Pro-
tector, the suggestion in the letter
would be supported by the whole Eng
iish speaking world
The evidence of the heads identity
offered by Mr.. Wilkinson was complete
and convincing.
I'm 1861" he said, sthe body of
Cromwell was exhuned from it's rest
ing place in Henry Wis chapel in
Westminster abbey, and the head, to-
gether with those of Ireton and Brad
shaw, struck off and impaled on pixies,
placed On the roof of Westminster
hall.
Twenty years later a sentinel
on the Famparts saw the head fall
down during a storm. 70 hid it un-
der his cloak, and taking it home, con-
cealed it in his chimney. Owing to the
hue and cry that followed he did not
dispose Of it., but told his wife and
daughter about it on his deathbed.
They sold ii to a branch Of the
Cambridgeshire Russells, who were
connected with CromWelIs family, four
RusseIls having married four Crom-
wells. The last Of the RHssells to own
the head was Samuel. who is described
as being a very poor comedian
EodHluel GAuIDltcd II 10 ALI -GOfnerS IL
Clare market at Is Sd a head. He ran
into debt. however, to James Cox, a
rival Snowman, to whom he sold it for
Els. Cox then disposed of it to three
men, all of whom died suddenly, anC
the friend of the last survivor sold il
to my grandfather nearly a century
| ago.
Then Mr.. Wilkinson produced docu-
ments, the most curious being the act
| ual deed between Samuel Russell and
| James Cox, in which the former reIfn-
quished all claim on the head, prom.
! ising, in quaint legal phraseology, no
| to interfere with Cox in the enjoymen
| of the same.
Il only got this five or six year:
| ago,' said the guardian Of the relic "I
| was sent to me by lady, who saiC
| that as | had the head I ought to hav,
the deed"
! Then, with due Solennity, the grin
head of the lord protector itself wa
| produced Within an outer case O
polished elm lay the original oakel
casket, black with into which j
was first placed by the Russells
Unlocking the inner box, Mr.. NiIi1in