Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-06
LATE NEWS ITEMS,

@Ts. SG"o l1EM9a
While Right Rev. Thomas D. Beaven
ltoman Catholic bishop of Springfield
was laying the cornerstone OF st, STAN
!slaus Polish church at Adams, Mass
on the I'd, a floor collapsed, p~reoipitat
ing 80 persons into the basement. A
dozen persons were injured, several Sc.
riously.
A strong shock of earthquake was
experienced, on the I'd, in THE south Oh
ITALY, accompanied by floods of rain,
The greatest force of the earthquake
was felt in Calabria. Three houses fell
at soylla. and many Others were rend-
cred unsafe. No one was hurt.
The London Chronicles Liao Tung
correspondent says there was a truce.
on the 1st, at Port Arthur, to bury the
dead, Russian and Japanese officers
eXchansed greetings, after which the
b~ombardment was recommended with
its old vigor.
Joseph jefferson, after more than sew
enty years on the stage, during which
time he has become one of the most
honored and beloved members of the
dramatic profession, decided. on the LIST.
never to resume his theatrical career.
Memorial services to the late Sem
ator George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts.
were held in Washington, on the I'd.
in All Souls Unitarian church, of
which the deceased statesman had been
a distinguished member.
h archbishop of Canterbury
preached at Trinity church, in New
York, on the I'd. He said he never saw
anything like the American rush any
wher else in the world.
1t is rumored that a Japanese gum
BOAT struck a mine and sunk south of
the Lao Tung peninsula on the I'd. A
portion of her crew reached an island
and were rescued.
while crossing the Monongahela riv-
in a skiff, on the I'd, four miners
we're Il down by the steamer Bertha.
pushing empty barges, and we're
drowned.
Mrs. Denman Thompson, wife of the
lctor and author of the "Old Home
died at her home in West
'Wanzey, N. H., on The I'd.
Officers of the New York navy yard
yumit that 1.-THE attempt to wreck the
.'attleship Connecticut, OH September
was most serious.
Inc towns of Watrous, Valencia and
LOS Lontes. in New Mexico, are re-
;orted nearly wiped out by flood.
Three men were killed and a number
hjured IN the wreck of a stock train
ear Bismarck, s. D., on the I'd.
IN sight of a large crowd of people.
in a most spectacular manner. ia.
ID Bass, of st. Louis, a painter and
steeplejack," As years old, fell 200
yet through the air from the top of a
.nokestack to the ground, on the Sd,
nd was dashed to his death on the
one pavement of an alley.
Secretary of State John Hay, repre-
the United States of America.
'oke the words of welcome, on the Sd, :
the delegates to the International
eace congress, who assembled at Bos- :
n for the first formal meeting of the !
lrteenth annual convention. !
Clarence M. Daily, an electrical; en- ,,
neer, died at his home, No. 1O3 Clin- :
n street. North, East Orange, N. j.. /.
the Sd, a martyr to science. His
ness was due to experimental work :
connection with the Roentgen-ray. :
The formal retirement of Admiral :
frederick Rogers as commandant of :
g New York navy yard, took place y
the Sd, and a formal transfer Of the
'mmand Vas made to Rear.Admiral
'seph B. Coghlan.
The mystery of three attempts to r
'eck the ~battleship Connecticut. now n
process of completion at the New 5
'rk navy yard, still remA,ns I'M II
lived. A rigid investigation has been
arted.
me corning mil of the Dupont Pow :,
r Co, near Peckville, Pa, blew IN. :,
the Sd, and killed Richard Halsey !
d Walter Allworth, two employees. :
her buildings near by were set on Z
P. Rowland, uncle of Presi- ii
mt David R. Francis Of the Louisiana P
irchase Exposition Co., and one Of W
oldest and most highly respected
OF st. Louis, died on the Sd.
The Pullman company resumed !,
In its manufacturing department :,
Pullman, I'LL, on the 3D.. putting a :.
all force OF men at work. .
st. Petersburg, on the Sd, heard an
confirmed rumor that the war ships
Port Arthur had started out In an. G;
Ter effort to escape. fe
Frederick Augusta Bartholdi. the III
llptor Of the statue Of liberty in
W York bay, is critically i'll in Paris
ii tuberculosis.
Harry B. Halves won every contest. -
ward in his fight against the But. 70
$ In the democratic primaries In st. ~
uis on the 3D..
funeral services for United States
1ator George Frisbie Hoar were "a,
q az Worcester, Mass, on the 3D.. &.