Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-21

President Roosevelt has signed the
bill making an appropriation of s475,-
600 for the Lewis and Clark exposi-
ton to be held next year al Portland,
Ore.
Albert A. Ames, former mayor Of
Minneapolis, Mimi, was arrested on
the 14th, on an Indictment charging
him with accepting a bride December
Is, 1901, from Bessie Lee.
The British torpedo boat destroyer
Teazer grounded during the maneuTers
of Portsmouth on the 18th. All the
members of the crew were saved. 1t is
feared the vessel will prove a wreck.
United States Senator VIM. A. Clark,
Of Montana, sailed, on the 18th, on the
Hamburg-American liner Princess Vic.
toria Louise. for a five or six weeks
cruise in the Mediterranean to regain
his health.
The nomination of Col. Albert R
Mills, superintendent Of the military
academy at West Point, to be briga-
d~ier-general, wa fayorably acted on by
the senate committee on military af-
fairs on the 18th.
President Roosevelt, on the 14th,
sent to congress a message recon-
mending an appropriation of $4,000 tc
compensate William Radcliffe, a Brit
ish subject, for loss of property by
mob in Colorado in 1901.
The battalion of Filipino scouts, un-
der command of Maj. Darlington
which has been at San Francisco for
some time, left, on the 18th, on a spe-
cial train for St. Louis, where they will
be one of the features of the exposition.
The original Indictment of Aaron
Burr for treason has been found in the
archives of the federal court at Rich
mond, Va. 1t was long supposed to
have been lost. 1t is signed by Jno
Randolph, of Roanoke, foreman of the
jury.
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Union painters and paper hangers
in Des Moines, Ia, went on a strike,
on the 23d, and an appeal will be taken
to the Trades and Labor Assembly and
a general strike ordered. The employ
ers insist upon an open shop policy,
and the men refuse to work with nom
union men.
A collection of 800 animals, the
largest ever brought to this country
in a single ship, was on board the
neutrality-suspicious. steamer Bethania,
which arrived at New York city
from Hamburg, on the 18th. Nearly all
the animals are for exhibition at the
st. Louis exposition.
Fritz Idle Won Ingelheim, who claims
to be a scion of one of the oldest and
Modest families Of Germany, and him
self heir to immense estates and a no.
BILE title, son of a cabinet official under
Emperor William l.. was sentenced to
three years and six months in states
prison at Milwaukee, on the 18th, for
forgery.
r. NJ Snyder, a local capitalist of
Kansas City, Mo-, has formed a cor
pOration to pipe natural gas from indie
pendence, Kas., to Kansas City, fur
nishing the towns along the route, e
distance of 100 miles. The company,
it is stated, has already received op-
tons on several wells in southern
Kansas
A strike of ten minutes duration oc-
Cured at the plant of Swift & Co, at
Chicago, on the 18th. Five hundred
cattle butchers walked out. Almost at
the moment, however, word came from
a meeting then in session between the
union officials and the employers that
a settlement had been reached, and the
men returned to work.
Gov. Herrick of Ohio, on the 18th,
granted a reprieve to Charles Stimmel,
who was sentenced to be e]lectrocuted
on April 10 for the murder of Joseph
w. Shide, of Dayton. Stimmel was de-
MED a new trial by the circuit court,
and the reprieve was allowed to give
his attorneys an opportunity to appeal
the case to the supreme court.
While at target practice off Pensa-
cola. Fla, on the 18th, an explosion
occurred in the breech of a 12-inch
gun that was being loaded, in the after
turret, killing 20 men, including five
of the great battleship Missouri
commissioned officers, and injuring five
more, two probably fatally. The Mis-
souri, is commanded by Capt. w. s.
Cowles.
Postmaster Jno. Dolph, of Brighton,
Ia, was tried on a charge of violating
postal laws in the United States court
at Keokuk, Ia. on the 18th. Dolph
was charged with opening letters ad-
dressed to patrons of the Brighton
post office. He is an old man. and has
served as postmaster for many years.
Judge Mcpherson imposed a fine Of $40
and costs.
Walter Brown, the Elkhart Ond.)
manufacturer charged with implication
in the wrecking of the indiana Nation
al Bank Of Elkhart, was, on the 18th,
found guilty in the federal court under
AZ distinct counts. Immediately after
he arrived at his hotel, Brown was
stricken by an attack of heart trouble,
and for more than an hour his recov-
cry was doubtful.
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Judge Benton, in the circuit court at
Richmond, KY, has thrown out, on
peremptory instructions of mental in
capacity, all the various wills left by
the late Gen. Cassius M. Clay. This
leaves the generals property to his