Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04

County Register.
BY ELL ID. AXE.
: : MISSOURI
The statement that Secretary Shaw
intended to leave the cabinet was re-
ported, on the 9th, to be without
foundation.
Representative Sibley, of Peunsyl-
vania, on the goth, introduced a bill
in congress to prohibit the issuance
and cashing of money orders on Sun
day.
Gov. Beckham of Kentucky, on the
9th, signed the bill passed by the
legisla ure appropriating $4,000 for a
kentucky exhibit at the Louisiana Pur
chase exposition.
Justus C. Adams, ex-speaker OF the
Indiana house Of representatives inc
one of the most prominent men OF In
49,
diana, died, on the 26th, at st. VIM
cents infirmary, at Indianapolis, lnu'
Gen. Joseph Darr, formerly cnlet OF
staff of Gen. Rosecrans, and provost
marshalgeneral Of the department OF
the Missouri, died, on the 18th, at
Washington, D. c. He was a member
of the Elks.
Hezekiah A. Gudger, at presen'
United States consul at Panama, Oh
the 26th. formally applied for promo
ton to the place of minister to Fan
ANA, which is soon to be vacated o.
Mr.. Buchanan.
The United Mine Workers conven'
tion. at Indianapolis, Ind, on the 18TH
voted SIS, 1000 for the immediate relle1
of the families of the 1870 miners klllec
in the Harwick mine explosion a
Cheswick, Pa.
William S. Taft, former governor
general of the Philippines, and nov
secretary of war, arrived in Washing
ton, D. c.. on the 9th. He was en-
Enthusiastically welcomed by a larg
crowd At the depot.
A threat to wreck every train run
ming through the San Joaquin (Cal.
valley, unless the Southern Paclfl'
Railroad Co. paid the sum OF Slo,OoU
was made to the company, on the 2Sth
through an anonymous letter.
On the twenty-ninth anniversary @
his conservation as bishop Of Ken
lucky. the funeral services over IN
remains of Thomas Underwood Dude
were held, on the 9th, in Chris
Church cathedral, Louisville, Ky.
The house committee on pensions, o
the 9th, unanimously agreed to repor
a bill TO increase from $12 to S24 TN
monthly pension of Annie Waters, .
years old, a widow Of a soldier OF tn
war OF 1912, living in Rails county, M
The coolest weather in the histor
of Bessemer, Mich, was experienced o
the 2Sth. The temperature was 4
degrees below zero. Cattle were foun
frozen stiff in the barns by farmer;
Teaming and all outdoor work wa
stopped.
The manuscript of Millions "Paradis
Lost was offered for sale at auction
London, on the 25th, but the reserv
price, SIS, 900, not being reached,
was Withdrawn after a bid OF $23,7s
had been made. No American WE
among the bidders.
The report of the commissioner {
patents, made on the 29th, for tn
calendar year 1908, showed that tn
patent business transacted exceede
all previous records. The total cas-
receipts of the office we're $1,616,69'
leaving a surplus of $~1SS,OOO.
Discharge on a writ of habeas corpl
was refused, on the 9th, to Alderma
John ]. Brennan, Of Chicago, who W;
sentenced to the bridewell, convict5
of election fraud. The decision We
rendered by Judge Brown, before who
the case had been pending for sever
days.
The funeral of Miss Sarah Catherir
Schafer, victim of the Bedford (lnd
tragedy, was held, on the 10th,
Trinity Methodist church, at Elkhar
Ind. The seating capacity of the churt
was doubly exhausted by the o
Many floral tributes came from a di
lance.
The Chicago Great Western railroa
on the 9th, announced a further r
duction on wheat and corn betWe'
Chicago, Minneapolis, st. Louis al
Missouri river points. The new raj
effective January 80, makes a two-ce
cut, reducing it to u cents on whe
and IL cents on corn.
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nj. Hull. Lolu IlohiJ Iiouoii
Thyme, second son of the third ms
quis of Bath, died, on the 2Sth,
London. He was born in 1882.
was a member of parliament 1
South Willis from 1859 to 1886. Fro
1876 to 1880 Lord Thyme was tres
urer of Queen Victoria's household.
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Representative Tawney, of MINI
sofa, on the Goth, introduced a
in congress giving exhibitors of forei
goods at the st. Louis exposition,
which the duty had been RENTED, t
right to sell such goods, for delivery