Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-25
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AMI GENERAL

Inc IOTCo VI uuiOi pfChcto Wdo w
creased, men and women were as
saulted and beaten, houses wrecked,
and it is believed that in one instance
murder was committed.
Gov. Peabody Of Colorado. on the
18th, granted the application of the
governor of Nebraska for the extradi-
ton of George Won Halter, wanted for
alleged completely In the murder Of
M. q. Rees, at Oak Chatam station,
Q Omaha, Neb.
An amalgamation of the members
Of the International Association of Ma
chinists and International Association
Of Allied Metal Mechanics was ar
ranged at Cleveland, o., on the 10th.
George Hess, Is years old, was ar
rested at Lamar, Mo-, on the 10th, on
suspicion of having shot hS parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hess.
A V~ladivostok dispatch Of the 18th
announces the arrival there Of the
cruisers Rossia and Gromoboi, which
participated in the battle in the Ko-
rear strait on the 14th, when the
Rurik was sunk.
With clothing saturated with kero-
sene, writhing and twisting in their
agony, Paul Reed and Will Cato, ne
groes, two of the principals in the
murder and burning Of Henry Hodges
and wife and three of their children,
six miles from S~tatesboro, Ca, by a
mob, at Statesboro, were burned at the
stake on the 10th.
Four people were killed, another ia
tally hurt, and 20 severely injured In
a collision in Chicago, on the 18th, be-
tween an express train on the Chicago
Great Western railroad and a train Of
three trolley cars bound for Haw-
thorne race track.
A fire which did slight damage in the
upper story of a building at 1879 Wa
bash avenue, Chicago, on the 18th, was
the cause of a panic among the guests
If the Palmer house, which adjoins
the building in which the fire occurred.
Mack Fray and John Bartholomew,
stock raisers from Cantril, Iowa, were
mistaken for strike breakers, on the
18th, in Chicago, dragged from a street
car and beaten beyond recognition.
Mrs. Mary E. Fuller, wife of Chief
| Justice Melville W. Fuller of the
United States supreme court, died sud
denly of heart disease, on the evening
of the 18th, while sitting on the piazza
of her summer cottage at Sorrento,
Me. The body was taken to Chicago
for interment.
An official dispatch from Vladivos-
tok to St. Petersburg said that every
officer on the cruisers Rossia and
| Gromboi was either killed or wounded
in the battle of the 14th, and the ves-
sells completely riddled, their guns and
engines being partially disabled. Both
| vessels lost rs per cent. of their crews.
Gen. Kuropatkin has informed the
czar that the forthcoming battle south
| of Lao Yang will be of the most des-
perate character. This is taken to in
dictate that the Russians have aban-
doned their tactics of retreat.
The Japanese have captured more of
the outer defenses of Port Arthur, in
| GLIDING the Dragon forts. Refugees
| from Port Arthur arriving at Che Foo
assert that the Japanese lost 10000
men in recent assaults, but how they
found out is not disclosed.
The fiercest riot incident to the
! stock Yards riot in Chicago broke out,
on the night of the 18th, when desti-
tute and hungry residents on the west
side of the stock yards tried to capture
and kill eight steers which had es-
caped from the stock yards. Many
were injured in a fight with the police.
The storm which struck North st.
Louis, on the afternoon Of the 18th,
crossed the river and attacked Madi-
son, ILL.,, killing three persons and In
turing about one hundred, who were
caught iii wrecked buildings. Several
houseboats, tugs md launches were
wrecked. .
st. Louis was visited by a wheat
electrical storm on the night Of the
1a:h. accompanied ~ i heavy rainfall,
Considerable damage was done at tho
Worlds fair groun Is, and many Of The
foreigners housed th.re were terribly
frightened. The Utah and Illinois
buildings suffered the worst, and the
lighting system was interfered with.
Vice-Admiral Prince Duktomsky,
naval commander at Port Arthur, has
received imperative orders not to al
low any of his ships to fall into Japan
csc hands. If he can not save them by
a successful sortie he is to absolutely
wreck them.
Arrangements have been made for
reunion of the Gorham family at the
Worlds fair, October a. The meeting
will take place in the Maine state
building, and it is expected that {
large number bearing the name Of Cor
ham will gather at the exposition a
that time.
Thomas e. Watson, of Georgia, thu
peoples party candidate vr president
and Thomas T. Tibbles, of Nebraska
vice-presidential candidate, were form
ally notified, on the 18th, of theil
nomination, at Cooper Union, in New
York.
Allen Hethington, a prominent ant
prosperous young white farmer ant
saw mill owner of Cotton county, s
O., was shot and killed, on the 18th
by a negro named Sam Brown,
Charles G. Kennison, president o
the Cripple Creek (Col.) Miners union
charged with melting the Victor riot @
June 6, was released from Jail, on tn
18th, on a 50, 500 bond.
Three insurgent vessels bombarde
Ascuncion, the capital Of Paraguay, O
the 18th, for 40 minutes.
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