davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Fire destroyed the International
Harvester Cos. warehouse at East
st. Louis, ILL.,, on the 21st, entailing a
loss of $3.50 1000.
Gov. Cummins of Iowa was reported,
on the 23d, as seriously ill with the
grip. He was threatened with pneu-
monia, having neglected the ailment
too long.
A. ]. Colborn, Jr., former state and
national president of the Patriotic Or
der Sons of America, died, on the 23d,
at his home at Scranton. Pa.
The Japanese are said to have massed
a great army at the mouth Of the Tu-
men river, below Possiet bay, ready
for an advance upon Hardin, the Rus
sian base in Manchuria.
Sir Edwin Arnold, the famous En-
glish poet, author of "The Light of
Asa" and Belshazzar's Feast" friend of
Japan and noted editor, died, in Lon
don, on the oath. He was born June
10, 1892.
Under cover of a heavy lombard
ment, by 16 warships, the Japanese, on
the night of the 22d, ran in and sank
seven of the merchant steamers in the
mouth of the harbor of Port Arthur.
Details of the affair are not yet at
hand.
Christian Kirschofler, a boarding
house keeper in Brooklyn, on the 22d
shot and killed his four-year-old son,
dangerously wounded his wife, and then
committed spicide by shooting. Jeal-
ousy is the supposed cause of the
crime.
Queen Alexandra and a number of
members of the royal household, pilot
ed by Sir Thomas Upton, paid an in
formal visit to the Alexandra Trust,
in the east end of London, on the oath,
and partook of a four-penny ha'-penny
dinner with thousands Of factory work.
ers assembled, who gave the royal
party a hearty greeting.
From all over the lower peninsula
Of Michigan, on the 25th, came re-
ports of overflowing rivers. The
Grand, st. Joseph, Flint and Saginaw
rivers were all out Of their banks.
Many factories were closed, traffic was
impeded, and it was feared that many
lives would be lost.
Three police sergeants and II patrol
men were indicted by the st. Louis
grand Jury, on the 25th, for neglect of
duty at the recent democratic primary
election. John ]. LAWN, democratic
city committeeman for the Twenty
eighth ward was reindicted, and with
him his brother, Timothy LAWN, and
James Holmes, for intimidation Of vot-
ers.
Water broke into the mine Of the
Excelsior clay works at Brazil, Ind,
on the 18th, and imprisoned Is men.
The fire department took all the men
out uninjured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
THE BENNETT WILL CASE,
william j. Bryan to Appear in SUI
perior Court to Prosecute
His Appeal.

New Haven, Conn, March 29.-Will-
lam J. Bryan will appear in the SUI
perior court Tuesday, to prosecute his
appeal from the DEGREES of the probate
curt excluding as a part of the will
the sealed letter." in which Mrs.
Grace Imogene Bennett, the widow, is
directed to pay to Mr.. Bryan $4,000
mentioned in the will of Philo S. Ben
nett. Bryan is an executor under the
will, and the objection to the sealed
letter by Mrs. Bennett is based that
Mr.. Bennett was influenced in the
drawing up Of the document.
Mrs. Bryan came here with her hus.
band. She is to be a witness.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Prominent Contractor Killed,

Guthrie, Okla, March $50. s..
Strickland, a prominent contracting
mason of Ray county, and William
Shaul, of Ponca City, were killed while
engaged in pulling the framework from
a stone arch bridge northwest of Ponca
City. The arch fell, and Strickland
and Shaul were buried under tons Of
stone. The bodies were horribly man
gled.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
GEORGE COLLINS HANGED
One of the Murderers of Detective
Schumacher Executed.
seorge Collins Paid the Extreme
Penalty in the Courthouse. Yaed
mt Union, Mo.

Union, Mo-, March 27.-George Col
Inns was hanged in the courthouse yard
here Saturday for his participation in
the killing of Pinkerton Detective
Charles Schumacher near here after
the Union bank robbery more than Q
year ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
DAMAGE BY FLOODS
IN THREE STATES
Some Loss of Life and Much Suf-
fering.
WORST THOUGHT TO BE OVER
A Number OF Streams in Indiana,
Michigan and Illinois Have
Overfiowed Their Banks,
Doing Much Damage.

Grand Rapids, Mich, March 29.-The
food conditions in the Grand river
valley have greatly improved in the
past 24thours, and unless there SHOULD
be a fall of rain, which is threatened
Monday night, further danger from
high water is passed. Since the morn
ing the river has lowered nine inches
from high water mark of 20:15 feet.
Monday night the water is stationary.
All the marooned inhabitants in this
city have been properly cared for.
School houses, church and the audi
forum are being used for that pur-
pose. Contrary to all reports, there
has been no loss of life in this city
on account of the flood. The subway
recently cut out under the Grand,
Trunk railroad tracks is now believed
to be responsible for the unprecedented
flooding of the upper half of the west
side. Heretofore the railroad embank-
ment, 20 feet high, served as a dyke.
Encouraging reports from Lansing,
Battle Creek, Flint, Kalamazoo and
other towns where flood damage have
been estimated up in the hundreds OF
thousands of dollars, show that the
danger and distress are largely cen
tralized in the Saginaw valley and
around Grand Rapids in the valley OF
the Grand river. And at Grand Rap
ids, too, a marked improvement is not
ed, yet it is estimated that $4,000 peo.
pie are in distress.
On the Shiawassee river, heal Che.
saning, rs families were rescued from
their homes on a sugar beet farm just
in the nick of time, before their houses
were almost entirely submerged. Gill
bert Bertras, a foreman for the sugar
company, lost his life trying to save
some of the property. He was in the
water five hours and died from ex.
posture.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
MISSOURI A NEWS


Charles Saxton, of St Joseph, who
was arrested on the charge Of aiding
Mark Dunn, the murderer, to escape
from the county Jail. has confessed to
the police that he made the oil can
with a false bottom. with which re-
volvers were smuggled to the desperate
man. The weapons enabled Dunn to
escape, but he was captured in time
to be executed on March IL. Saxton
said he was employed to make the oil
can by Roy Critics, a saloon keeper, and
Critics was at once arrested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Injunction Granted.

Judge Philips of the United States
district court granted a temporary in
junction against the hack drivers
union of Kansas City, restraining its
members from interfering in any man
ner with the business of the members
of the Liverymen's association. The
injunction, which is sweeping in its
terms, was asked for on the ground
that the hack drivers are interfering
with interstate commerce.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Hns Shut Up Shop.

New York, March 27.-John q. Nc
Gregor, who came to New York with
the ambitious project of starting a
stream of non-union craftsmen to st.
Louis that would flood the exposition
and make union labor the by-word Of
the celebration, has shut up shop.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Barney suffer Badly Burned.

Barney Suffer, of Black Jack, st
Louis county, was probably fatally
burned by the explosion of a kerosene
stove. His home was destroyed by the
flames. On the preceding day Suffer
attended the funeral of two children,
who were burned to death in the same
manne
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Caught in South Dakota.

John Franklin, who is alleged by the
st. Joseph police to have perpetrated
a swindle upon the United States Elk.
press Co., was arrested at Huron, s.
D. Franklin is alleged to have secured
81 LIPS by representing himself to be
W. P. Peery. His home Is in Trenton
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Three men were arrested by Chief
of Police Bankston at Rich Hill on
suspicion of being implicated in tho
recent bank robbery at Fulton, Kas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
safebIowers Plead Guilty.

Two years each in the penitentiary
is the penalty Frank Ward, John G.
Schumway and Edward Seely will pay
for having nitroglycerin, fuses and
other safe-blowing materials in their
possession. Each of the defendants
entered a plea of guilty in Judge Nc
Donald's court in st. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

The st. Joseph Interurban Railway
Co. has filed articles Of Incorporation,
with a capital stock of 100000. The
company will build an electric line
from Savannah to Platte City, through
st. Joseph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Thomas J. Huffman, a farmer twelve
miles south of Rolla, committed suicide
by hanging himself in his barn. He
had been adjudged insane.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
RusselIville Levee Broke.

Vincennes, Ind, March 29.-The
Russellville levee broke Monday night
and 1000 acres are under water. An
all night patrol is guarding the Bre-
voorts levee south of here. River is
81 feet and rising an inch an hour.
The Indianapolis & Vincennes railroad
las run 10 trains since Thursday.
Eight miles of track near Sanborn is
washed AWAY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Mrs. Mary M. Gordon, aged SO, died
at her home in Kansas City, where she
had resided for years. She was the
mother of ten children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Fraud in Cuban Election.

Havana, March 28.-Telegrams from
Santiago de Cuba report that all the
members Of the provincial electoral
board of scrutiny have been arrested
on the charge of falsifying the results
of the elections for congressman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Murder in First Degree.

st. Louis, March PA verdict OF
murder in the first degree was re-
turned by the jury in the trial Of John
Meinhardt. after two hours delibera-
ton, for the killing of Hazel Smith in
R~othschild's saloon, on January II
last.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
sunday-school Delegates in Athens.

Athens, March 28.-Rev. John
Potts, of Toronto, Ont, preached on
the Hill of Mars Sunday to the dele
gates to the Worlds Sunday-school
convention. The ministers and dele
gates repeated st. Paul's address to the
Athenanians. All the members Of the
party from the United States are well,
and will proceed to Jerusalem, where
the meeting Of the convention will DO
held.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Word has been received from Pond
Creek, Okla, that the body Of John G..
Miller, of Chillicothe, who disappeared
last January, has been found. The
coroner's verdict was death by violence
at the hands of unknown persons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
JeMeIrx Store Robbed.

William B~razeale's jewelry store was
burglarized at Pacific, the thieves Sc
curing valuables to the extent of $500
There is no clew.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Mrs. Margaret Sutherland, Hanni-
balls Oldest resident, died in that city
at the age Of "a years, the result Of q
stroke Of paralysis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Mine uraered Closed.

Springfield, ILL.,, March 26.-The state
mine inspector has ordered the mine
Evansville closed because It is consid-
cred unsafe. 1t will take about tire"
months to get the mine in shape.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Samuel Gillespy, former cashier OF
the Colonial cafe, in st. Louis, who is
charged with embezzling $456 belong
ing to Gus Voigt, the proprietor, u r
rendered to the police in Cincinnati, o
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Annie Riley, aged 16, attempted sui
eide in st. Louis by taking carbolie
acid. Prompt treatment at the city
hospital saved her life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Porter Irwin, a negro, was instantly
killed at Laurel, Miss, by the roof of
a building collapsing, burying him I'm
der tons of brick and cement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
A Commercial High school.

Chicago, March PA $500, 900 COM
mercial high school on the lake front
is the definite plan to which the build
ing and grounds committee of the
board Of education has pledged its sup
port. The school will be the finest OF
it's kind in the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Vladivostok, March 27.--Chinese Ia
borers in the Ussurisky coal mines, 20
miles from V~ladivostok, have gone on
strike, and the transportation Of coal
30 the city has ceased.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Both branches of the Ohio legislature
have passed the bill appropriating $12,-
500 to complete the Ohio building al
the st. Louis Worlds fair.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Tay1orville, ILL.,, Deserted.

Terre Haute, Ind, March 2S.-Tay.
lorville, with 1000 inhabitants, is de-
serted, the houses standing in eight
feet of water. The charitable organi-
cations are caring for the people.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Fire in Jones Bros mammoth de-
partment store, in Kansas City, caused
an estimated loss of $4,000, fully COW
cred by insurance. Lightning orig
mated the blaze.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

While burning leaves In her yard,
Mrs. Clara c. Sheppard, of Lexington
Junction, was burned to death, her
dress igniting from the flames.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Negro Shot.

Wilson Robinson and Gus Nero, both
colored, were shot in a gambling room
at Jennings, and the former expired
SCOT after.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Conditions Grave at Bay City.
Bay City. Mich, March 29.-Fiood
conditions Monday are very grave. The
ice in the river started out Monday,
going as far north as tile Belinda
street bridge, where it gorged, seri-
ously damaging the piers and threat
ening to sweep the bridge away Be-
low this point the river is filled with
ice and the bay is still covered, allow
iEg no rcli;l &c conditions in the Sag
inaw river. The Easements along the
river front are filling, and the fire en-
gines are e%ndeavoring to keep the
newspaper press rooms clear. A score
of blocks in the extreme south are n
der water.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
MaryIand's Building.

Maryland's building at the Worlds
fair will be a reproduction of the COM
m~onwealth's structure at the Charles
ton exposition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

One of the most daring operations on
record saved the life of Barber John.
son in the New Orleans city hospital,
a bullet being removed from against
the spinal cord.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Gov. Dockery has appointed T. H.
Grimes to be coal oil inspector Of
Pierce City for a term of two years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

y The senate, in executive session on
the oath, ratified a treaty with France,
extending to Tunis and other French
protectorates, all of the existing treat
les between France and the United
States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

A prairie fire ignited the Burlington
railroad Platte river bridge at Kearney,
Neb., on the 23d, and partly destroyed
It.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Eighteen Minneapolis -four mills, ow-
ing to the poor condition of the flour
trade, shut down on the Gath indefinite
ly. A thousand people are out Of
work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

The grand jury at Bedford, Ind, in
the Sarah Schaefer case, on the 14th
returned two indictments against
James Mcdonald, the first charging
murder in the first degree and the Sec
ond with assault.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Louis Peasant was sentenced to hang
at Chicago on April Is for the murder
of Mrs. Mary Spilka. Peasant, last fall,
strangled the woman to death to pro-
cure $500 which she possessed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

President ]. F. Millspaugk of the
Winona (Minn.) normal. has accepted
the election to the presidency of the
Los Angeles normal, and will leave in
July.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

The Cuban government has discarded
the offer Of George Richardson, of Chi
cago, for the raising of the United
States battleship Maine, because he
has neither furnished a guarantee nor
signed a contract for the work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

The comptroller of the currency
has appointed John w. Wilson receiv-
er of the Orange Growers national
bank at Riverside, Cal, which closed
its doors on the 23d.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

The preliminary examination, at San
Francisco, of F. A. Hyde and Henry P.
Dimond, charged in an indictment OF
the federal grand jury at Washington,
d. G., with obtaining government land
by fraudulent means, began on the
22d.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

The Iowa senate committee on pen.
itentiaries and pardons, on the 25th,
recommended an indeterminate sent
ence law for Iowa. The recommends
ton is regarded as equivalent to the
passage of the law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

The announcement was made, on the
23d, by friends of Louis Michel, that
the famous agitator is dying of pull
monary congestion at Toulon, France.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

In a fracas at a social at McLain,
Miss, Kinm Daughdrill was fatally
stabbed in the back by Charles Young,
who was arrested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Prof. John Underner, of Cleveland,
O., widely known as an organist and
musical director, died IN the Gath, after
a long illness. Prof. Underner accom-
panied Jenny Lind as an aecompanist
during her triumphal visit to the Unit
ed States. He had been a resident OF
Cleveland for over fifty years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
Changes Hands

Col. G. B. Ellis has sold his paper,
the Vandaiia Mail and Express, to l.,
Bird, recently owner of the Martins
burg Express.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

The final installment of the $22,,
000,00 0 called for by Secretary Shaw
from the interior depository banks in
connection with the Panama canal pay
ment was paid into the depository
banks of New York city on the 25th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

D. Paul Hughes, secretary Of the
Du Quesne Mining Co., and prominent
in Pennsylvania financial matters, shot
himself through the head on the shore
of Malone lake, near Norfolk, Va, on
the 22d. Ee is thought to have been
mentally unbalanced.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Petersburg, Ind, March 29.-The
flood situation in this county is ap-
palling. White river, above here, is 10
miles wide in places, and 20 feet deep
in the channel. Patoka river, which
flows through the county's center, is
three miles wide for nearly forty
miles. Farms are under water, bridges
and fences are gone, the soil washed
away and much stock drowned. The
loss now reaches $3.50 900. The wheat
is ruined. 1t is feared there will be
two or more feet of water, and will
quadruple the loss.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

William Shaw Campbell, for many
years in the consular service of the
United States, died at Washington on
the 22d, aged So years. From 1S43 he
was consul at Rotterdam for 20 years,
and later served in the same capacity
in Dresden and at Newcastle-on-Tyne
He was a native of New York.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

The coroner's jury, which has been
investigating the collapse of the OAR
lington hotel, in New York, by which
81 persons lost their lives, on the 22d
returned a verdict in which Eugene F.
Allison, one of the owners Of the build
ing. and the contracting firm Of Pole
A. Schwandtner, are held to have been
guilty Of criminal negligence. Warrants
for the arrest Of the three men have
been issued.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
To Meet Mt Columbia.

The Disciples Of Christ, in conven.
ton at Chicago, decided to meet at
Columbia. Mo-. next year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Orders have been issued to open the
United States-Des Moines rapids canal
for navigation on April /. Several
small steamers and the big packets
Quincy and Sydney are being ~repaint-
ed in the canal, and will start out as
soon as the canal is opened. Steam
boat men are anticipating a heavy traf-
fc this year because Of the fair at
st. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

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.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

At the meeting of the joint scale
committee of the Illinois coal miners
and operators, at Springfield, ILL.,, on
the 18th, the question of rating new
mines in Saline and Franklin counties
and at Decatur, Tower Hill and Ray
mond were discussed, entirely new con-
ditions existing at some of these mines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

The Republican convention of the
Second congressional district of Ala
bama was held at Greenville on the
22d. Delegates TO the Chicago conven-
ton were instructed to vote for the
nomination of Roosevelt. No candi-
date for congress was named.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

Wallace S. Hall, formerly manager
of the Boston Office of the American
Surety Co. of New York and treasurer
OF st. Luke's home for convalescents,
on the 25th pleaded guilty in Suffolk
county superior court to indictments
charging the larceny Of $238, 900 from
those institutions. He was not SEN
fenced.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31

A party Of wealthy Japanese have
arrived at Seattle, Wash, to visit the
principal centers o. the United States,
inspect rolling mills and factories OF
all kinds, looking to the condition of
the poor, examine the practical work.
ing of the laws, and ascertain, IL pos
sible, whether religion enters to any
appreciable extent into the actual daily
life Of the people.