Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-01-28

lR0NTON. MISSOURI
William A. Knapp, a broker filed a
petition in voluntary bankruptcy in
Chicago, on the 22d, with liabilities
scheduled at $50, 900 and assets Of
81 ESQ.
Capt. Daniel G. Parr, one OF the |
est aud weaithiest citizens of Louis
vile, KY, was found dead in bed, on
the 10Th. He at one time operated a
line of beats on the Ohio and Missis-
sippi rivers.
Representative Spaulding, of North
Dakota, introduced a bill in congress
on the 21st, appropriating $10O, 900 each
for monuments to William Mckinley
and to Alexander Hamilton, in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Postmaster General Payne, on the
10Th, announced that there was nothing
to bar postmasters or other federal OF.
%fice-holders from serving a. delegates
to political conventions, whether ma
tional, state or county.
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The estate of Charles Hall, for which
more than a dozen widows entered
claims. was distributed by order of court
on the 10th, at Los Angeles, Cal. The
entire estate, amounting to $144,OOO
went to heirs in Boston.
The will of former Gov. Asa S
Bushnell was filed at Springfield, O..
on the goth, for probate, 1t provided
for the distribution of practically all
OF his estate, valued at S7,O00,OOO
among his wife and children.
An urgent deficiency appropriation
of $500 600 was requested of congress
on the 10th, by Postmaster-Genera
Payne. to enable the establishment o
rural free delivery routes after Marcl
1, when funds would be exhausted.
John Alexander Dowie, with hi
party from the east, sailed from Sal
Francisco, for Australia, on the steam
err Sonoma, on the 21st. While in Sal
Francisco Dowie delivered two ad
dresses, but was coldly received OIL
both occasions.
The third anniversary of the deatt
of Queen Victoria was observed, or
the 22d, in London. There was the
usual memorial service at Frogmore
which was attended by the king ant
Queen Alexandria, and other members
of the royal family.
The officials of Wells, Fargo & Co.
in San Francisco, on the 22d, reit
Grated their previous statement that
the express safe stolen from the Sun
set limited train neal San Luis Obispo
Cal, on the 2tst, contained but a small
amount of treasure.
About fifty leading citizens Of the
state of New Hampshire, at a meeting
at Concord, on the goth, agreed tC
try to raise not less than $4,000 by
popular subscription, in order that
the stste might be represented at the
coming exposition at st. Louis.
Gov. Cummins of Iowa had a brie
interview, on the 10Th, with Presiden
Roosevelt. The governor said his chic
mission to Washington, D c., at tina
time was to confer with officials of tn,
war department regarding the status o
the Iowa troops at the battle Of Shiloh
Lincoln's birthday will be celebrated
by tue Marquette club, of Chicago, by
a banquet, on February IL, at the
Auditorium hotel. Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw, Congressman Henry
S. Boutell and Congressman Robert
G. Cousins, of Iowa, VIII be the speak
ers.
Alexander Roland Milne, G. M. G.
collector of customs for many years a
Victoria, B. c., died there, on the 18th
He was a recognized authority on mat
tiers pertaining to sealing, and wa
decorated with the order of st. Michae
and st. George by the late Queen Vic
toria.
George Hall, defaulting county col
lector of st. Joseph, Mo-, who lief
there nine years ago with a deficit o
over $4,000 in his accounts, on thu
22d, sent word to his bondsmen tina
ne was now in Monterey, Mex, al
would soon return to reimburse then
for losses.
The contract for the construction G
the extension of the federal building a
Kansas City, Mo-, was let, on the 10TH
to John c. Robinson, of Chicago, a
$311, 911, work to be completed by De
cember 1, 1905, the granite to mate
that in the present building in colol
quality and texture.
A disastrous tornado swept owe
Moundville, Ala, a town of 300 inhat
itants, Is miles south of Tuscaloosa
Ala, early on the 22d, and as a resul
81 persons were killed and more tina
100 injured. Every business house
with the exception of a small dru
store, was destroyed.
Hon. James X. Jones, chairman
the democratic national committee, c
the 18th, announced the personnel
the committee on arrangements for II
democratic national committee, ar