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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
MISSOURI A NEWS.
Holds a Valuable Deed.

Says q dispatch from New York
city: "a deed to land occupied BY the
present town of Carrollton, Mo, worth
at least $500, 1000, has been found in the
frame of IN old portrait of her mother
by Mrs. Sophie Mattern, of 44S Forty
fourth street, Brooklyn. The deed,
signed by President Monroe, February
4, 1919, and granting to James Darden,
a veteran Of the war of 1872, the Mis-
souri, land, is in a perfect state OF
preservation. Mrs. Mattern, in having
the old painting reframed last week,
discovered the valuable document. In
quiries made of County Treasurer
Thomas A. Orr of Carroll county, Mis-
souri,, brought the information that the
land covered by the old deed is now
part of the business and residential
portion of the town of Carrollton and
Hale and is very valuable, Mrs. Mat
tern will institute proceedings for the
possession of the land.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Wife Can't Garnishee.

The Kansas City court of appeals has
decided that a man who did not live
with his wife, but did live with and
support his mother and sister, was the
head of the family where he lived, and
that his wages were exempt from gar
nishment under judgment obtained
against him by his wife. This de-
cision was made in the case of Mary
M. Jarboe against her husband, Vernon
JarbOe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
MORTGAGED MULES SOLO.
A Peculiar Situation Results From
Charges Against Frank Cold
ems NeiShbOrs.

Frank Golden, a farmer who lives
six miles south of Versailles, a few
mornings ago found that a team Of
good mules had been stolen from his
barn. He suspicioned a neighboring
young man and caused his arrest. In
a day or so it was discovered that the
mules had been sold to a mule buyer
of California, Moniteau county. The
mule buyer went to the Versailles Jail
to see if the man under arrest was
the man from whom he bought the
mules. When he arrived there he said
he was not the a The mule buyer
then gave a good description of the
man from whom he bought the mules.
Edward Edwards, a prominent young
man, a neighbor to Golden, was arrest
ed as filling the description given by
the mule buyer. After a few hours
sweating, Edwards admitted that he
took the mules to market, but that he
acted under Golden's Instructions. 1t
vas then discovered that the mules
were mortgaged at the time they were
sold. Golden was arrested as being a
party to the crime.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Jacob Romeis, who served the Tenth
Ohio district in congress in 1854 to
1883, died at his home in Toledo, O.,
on the Sth, as the result of an acct
dent.
Fire, on the Sth, destroyed the three
story block occupied by T. Long 6
Brother, at Collingwood, Ont, carrying
a large general stock. Loss, s100, 900;
partly insured.
John Bright, George Jackson and
William Robinson, of Lincoln, ILL.,,
were, on the Sth, disfranchised for ten
years for bribery in connection with
elections.
President Roosevelt has fixed the
salaries of the Isthmian canal commits
sioners at s12, 900 per year, and in ad-
dition thereto SIS a day while they are
on the isthmus.
Robert Murray, an employee of the
gas company at Lincoln, ILL.,, was in
stantly killed, on the 18th, by a com
panion and fellow employee named
John Spraddy. Both were employed
by the Lincoln Gas Co., and the killing
followed a quarrel. Murray was struck
on the head by a brick thrown by
Spraddy. The latter gave himself up.
The large car ferry steamer She
mango No. 1, owned by the Pere Mar.
quette and Bessemer Dock & Naviga.
ton Co, Conneaut, O.. was destroyed
by fire on the 18th. Fireman Charles
McCarter, of Cheboygan, Mich, was
killed and Engineer John Merrell was
probably fatally injured. The boat
was valued at $500 00.
Fire, on the 18th, at Frederick, a
small town five miles west of Lawton,
Okla, destroyed an entire block of
business buildings, causing a loss es.
timated at 100000. A fierce wind aid
ed the flames. Insurance one-third.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Only Gambling.

The Kansas City court of appeals
decided that the grain speculative trad
ing on the board of trade is simply
gambling, and that gambling is thu
real object of the sale Of the put
contractor. The privilege granted Is
not to contract for actual delivery IL
the future of wheat, the court holds
but merely to speculate upon the rist
and fall in prices. The decision adds:
"The transaction from its inception
contemplates nothing more or less thar
a gambling in differences and is, there
fore, a stencil in the nostrils of thu
lawo
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Youthful Blackmailer Sentenced.

Charles Morgan, a boy from Watson,
who threatened to kill Superintendent
A. T. Perkins of the Burlington rail
road unless the sum of $4,000 was de-
posted at a designated spot, pleaded
guilty at attempted blackmail, at st.
Joseph, and was sentenced to two
years and six months in the reform
school at Boonville by Judge Philips.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Mother and Daughter Drowned.

Mrs. Joseph Warrington and heI
daughter, Mamie, were drowned at Pa
cific while attempting to ford the Mera-
nee river in a buggy. A younger
daughter, Edna, was with them, but
caught on a tree and was rescued. The
accident occurred at the same spot
where a man named burberry was
drowned a few years ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
More Room For Feeble-Minded.

The board of managers of the Mis-
souri, colony for the feeble-minded ant
epileptic met at Marshall. Cottages L
and E were accepted. These cottages
will accommodate 100 more patients
Steps were taken toward the building
of an ice plant for the institution ant
for the expenditure of $4,000 on walk
and driveWays.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

The Rock Islands st. Louis-Kansas
City line will be completed by May 1.
The tracklayers, moving westward,
are 65 miles from Kansas City, and the
grading is completed to a point ten
miles east of Kansas City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Killed His Brother.

Frank Bowker shot and killed his
brother, George Bowker, at the home
of their father, near Stotts City. Frank
had just returned home after an alb
sence of a year, and while eating his
first meal at home, the brothers be.
came involved in a controversy. Franz
drew a revolver and fired across the
table at George, who ran outside the
house, where he fell to the ground
Frank followed, and pointing the muz-
zle of the revolver at his brothers
head, fired again, this time with fata'
result.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

J.. M. Grimes, generally known al
Father Grimes" dropped dead at hi
home, four miles north of Rolla. VI
to his death he took an active inter.
est in all public affairs. He was 81
years of age.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Resolutions of sympathy for Russia
in the war with Japan were adopted
by the Irish nationalist Of st. Louis,
at the Pickwick theater, during the
meeting in commemoration of the
birth of Robert Emmett.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Death of Maj. Joseph H. Ren.

Maj. Joseph H. Rea died at Boon
vile, and the remains were taken tt
Marshall for interment. He had beer
connected with the quartermaster's de-
partment of the Kemper militar.
school for the last five years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Student Charged with Burglary.

William w. Hunter, a young studen.
at Warrensburg, whose home is in
Montana, was arrested on a charge OF
burglarizing John Thrailkill's store, al
Warrensburg, Of goods to the value Of
$100.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Death by AsphyNiatiOn.

A dispatch from San Francisco, CAD.
states that Nathan l.. Jackson, of Kan
sas City, Mo-, committed suicide by
turning on the gas jets in his room.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
They Will See the Fair.

The president of a big stove factory
in St. Louis announced that a
weeks vacation will be granted it's en-
ployes so they can view the Worlds
fair,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

While emptying an apronful of cobs
into the fire, the dress of Mrs. Fannie
Howard, of Mexico, ignited, and she
was fatally burned before the flames
could be extinguished.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Porter Leonard, a well-known st.
Louis horseman, whose skull vas frac-
tured by a street car, died in the city
hospital.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

George Ryan pleaded guilty to a
charge Of robbery, in st. Louis, and
was sentenced to serve five years in
the p~enitentiary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Clair Commons, aged 40, a former
Kansas City business man, died on a
Burlington train near st. Joseph. He
had been In i'll health for some time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Merrill VIII PrObated.

The will of John w. Merrill, the lum-
Der dealer, who died recently at Kan
sas City, has been filed for probate.
His estate is estimated at 1000, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Killed BY "a Scratch.

W. Y. Robinson, aged 80, a sheep
raiser, died at Nevada of blood poison
ing, the result of scratching his hand
with q pice of hay baling wire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Burned by Molten Metal.

Henry R~aybrooke, aged "a, vas
probably fatally burned by molten
lead while working in a smelter in st.
Louis. He suffered terrible agony.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Mrs. Ida J. Sailer fell dead from
heart disease while informing her hus-
band that she had won the first prize
at a masquerade ball in st. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Fitz Gets IL Concession.

Robert Fitzsimmons, the freckled
pugilist from the antipodes, at one time
champion heavyweight of the world,
has secured a cafe concession on The
Pike at the Worlds fair.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Little Girl Probably kidnapped.

May, the ~13-year-old daughter of M
w. Morrison, of Slater, has mysterious
ly disappeared, and it is supposed she
was kidnapped by a strange couple who
passed through the town.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

After drinking a bowl of soup, and
telling her husband and son not to par
take Of 1t, Mrs. Marie Wells, of st.
Louis, died within a half hour.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Mrs. Frank Miles,. who lives near
Huntsville, broke a lamp chimney the
other day that she had used for %
years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

DR.. I. P. Wilson, of Burlington, la.
past grand high priest of the Iowa
Royal Arch Grand Chapter, dropped
dead, on the 9th, of heart disease. He
wa 81 years of age.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Caught n Burglar.

Arthur Leon, a 16-year-old boy, cap
tured a negro burglar in his home at
Wellston, st. Louis county, with the
help of a neighbor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
was operated on to relieve an abscess
of his left tonsil on the 10th. The re-
suit was pronounced satisfactory and
his condition was reported to be much
better.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

The official copy of the decision OF
The Hague tribunal in the Venezuelan
cases has just been received at the
state department in Washington.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

One of the worst dust storms In
many years swept over the central part
of Kansas on the 9th. The wind was
terrific. 1t is believed wheat was badly
damaged.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Dave Discher, a prominent farmer,
was shot and killed at Portageville,
Two men are under arrest, charged
with the killing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

John w. White, head attorney of the
Modern Woodmen, is dead of Bright's
disease at Rock Island, Ill. He was
81 years of age.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

]. H. Neff, editor of a local stock
paper at Kansas City, Mo-, and well
known to stock men throughout the
country, was nominated for mayor, on
the 18th, by the republican city con
vention.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Erastus Low Palmer, the famous
sculptor, died at Albany. N. Y, on the
9Th, at his home in that city, in his
ei~ghty-seventh year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Maj. William H. Olden, of Spring
field, H., veteran of the civil war and
prominent citizen, was found dead in
bed on the 9th, at his home. He was
76 years old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Iron County Register.
~ ELI ID. AXE
tHONToN. MISSOURI

Secretary of War Taft has accepted
an invitation to deliver an address at
Topeka, Kas., on May 80.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Wound Proved Fatal.

Vernon Brown, aged 10, who, it is
charged, was shot several days before
by Judge D. G. Howell, died at Brook
field, p"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Prof. F. B. Mumford, Of the state
university, does not think highly Of
Missouri's prospects for a wheat crop
this year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

New York, March 15.-E. H. Har-
riman said: 81 must digest the opinion
and consult with my friends before
talking about it"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Kansas City Men in Trouble.

Albert H. Brown, William Marvin,
Joseph l.. Kicker and Edward Moore
were arrested, at Kansas City, a
few days ago, on complaint of Post Of
flee Inspector Mckee, who charges
them with using the mails with intent
to defraud. The men were arraigned
and released on bonds. 1t is asserted
by the post Office inspector that the
five men have been conducting a
brokerage business under the NAM of
A. H. Brown & Co. since 1902. 1t is
charged that the firm advertised in
Kansas City, st. Louis, Chicago and
Indianapolis papers, offering a stock
of goods for sale for cash or trade,
and, it is alleged, caught many victims.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Escaped Convict Caught.

Robert Williams, an escaped prison.
or from the Ohio penitentiary, waa ar
rested in 81. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Alleged Kidnapers Arrested.

J. H. Miller and wife, who were sup
posed to have kidnapped May, the 49,
year-old daughter of W.. w. Morrison,
in Slater, were located by Deputy Sher-
if Frank Oneal and arrested as they
were preparing to cross the river at
Miami. The girl was with them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

While nothing definite has been de-
cided, it is feared that because of the
death Of his youngest son, Prince Hen
ry will ask the emperor not to appoint
him as head Of the commission which
will represent Emperor William at the
unwilling in October Of the statue Of
Frederick the Great, the gift of the en-
peror to the American people.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

First Lieut.. Arthur G. Sharpley, OF
the Twelfth cavalry, having been tried
by a general court martial at Manila,
and found guilty of serious charges af-
fecting his moral character, has been
sentenced to dismissal from the army.
The papers have been prepared in the
war department for transmission to the
president.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Henry Holmes, aged 104, died in the
poorhouse in st. Louis. He he'd no
known relatives.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Capt. w. W. Gibson, ordnance corps
U. S. A., now on duty in the Philip
pines, has been substituted as a repre-
sentative of the United States army
with the Russian troops for Capt, W. B
Kerr, who has fallen i'll.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Pulaski county's new courthouse, jus,
completed at a cost Of $40, 800 has been
formally accepted from the contract
ors by the county court.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

The government has issued a warn.
ing to irrigators in Nebraska and Col.
orado that the Platte river is going
dry, owing to light SHOWS in the
mountains, and that the water should
be used now. 1t is feared that no
matter how much water Is used now
there will be suffering for it later, as
the little snow there is in the mount.
Bin will melt too soon. All the west.
Drn watersheds are in unfavorable con-
dition,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

E. Benjamin Andrews, head of the
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, is
at the Chicago Baptist hospital suffer-
ing from the grippe. DR.. Andrews ar
rived in Chicago on the 9th, en- route to
New York, but was compelled to aban-
don the trip, for the present at least,
owing to his illness.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

The Pittsburg district delegates to
the joint convention of coal miners
and operators at Indianapolis returned
home on the 8th. They expressed them
selves as opposed to a strike at this
time, and say President Dolan will GO
through the district and urge the min
ers to vote against a strike.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
His Nose Broken.

An operation has been performed on
REX" Hogan, an ex-member of the
University of Missouri football team,
that he may pass the examination to
enter the United States marine corps.
His lose was broken in a football game
at Columbia, last year, and although
he passed the mental examinations for
entrance, he was rejected because of
this defect. His nose has been rebroken
and set again. 1t is nov straight, and
he will enter the corps without fur
Their trouble.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Stocking Missouri Streams.

The state fish commission Is stocking
the streams In the southern part of thu
stste.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

President Roosevelt issued an ex
ecutive order, on the 10th, to all off
cials of the government, civil, military
and naval, to not only observe the
proclamation of neutrality in the pend.
ing war between Russia and Japan,
but to abstain from either action OF
speech which could legitimately cause
Irritation to either of the combatants.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Judge William Stuart, for many.
years a prominent banker of Mexico,
died at his home in that city, aged SO
years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Mrs. Amelia Stephens, widow Of the
late J.. l.. Stephens, and sister of the
late Judge John A. Hockaday, died at
Columbia, aged II.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Luckett Case Continued.

The cas- against Attorney Fenton
Luckett, Of Jefferson City, charged
with attempting to fix the jury in the
Frank Farris bribery case, was con
tinued in Cole county circuit court
at request and cost of the state. Post
ponement was on account of the alb
sence of Attorney General Grow. Luck
EFT announced himself ready for trial.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17
Sued For Breach of Promise.

Matte L. McCully, a widow at Mex.
leo, has sued Bart Waddington, ST., for
$4,000 for alleged breach Of promise.
The plaintiff says that she and the
defendant were engaged to be married,
but that the defendant refused to mar
ry her when the time came. Mr.. Wad-
dington is a prominent and wealthy
farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

DR.. A. Mcintosh, of Bloomington
ILL.,, on the Sth, received information OF
the death of his father, Col. w. A. Nc
Intosh, general counsel of the Postal
Telegraph Co., who was on his vacation
in Jamaica. Col. Mcintosh lived in
Atlanta, Ga.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

The first substantial rain since last
October fell in Wichita, Kas., IN the
9th. 1t will aid the growing wheat and
put the ground in good condition for
blowing for corn and oats. The storm
extended throughout East Oklahoma.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

All cases against union miners
charged with different train wreckings
the Vindicator mine disaster and 9TH
ers, have been nolle pressed on request
of District Attorney Trowbridge before
Justice Lewis at Cripple Creek, Col.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

DR.. Andrew S. Draper, president of
the University of Illinois, was formally
elected commissioner of education by
the New York legislature, on the 9th,
ratifying the action of the republican
caucus. The term is for six years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-17

Maj. Thomas U. Raymond, surgeon,
has been ordered to st. Louis for spe-
cial duty at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition, with a view to exercising
supervision over the sanitary condi-
lions on the exposition grounds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-13

May Buell. on Knapp street. Chester
Burdick will give a talk on Michael An
gelo." Mrs. Frank Tisdale will give musi-
cal numbers.
Mrs ]. G. Stewart. of Commonwealth
avenue, entertained few friends at a
luncheon Monday.
Mrs. George S. Williams, of Raymond
avenue, entertained at lunch Thursday
for few friends.
Mrs. E. H. Farnham, of Raymond ave-
nue., has gone to Grand Forks, N. D., to
visit her parents.
Miss Comfort, preeeptress of the Agri-
cultural school, entertained the class
Monday evening.
Justin E. Brown, of Gibbs avenue. spent
the week in Milwaukee and other cities IN
WISCONSIN,
The graduating class of the Agricul-
tuTal school gave reception Monday
evening.
The annual athletic contest of the Agri-
cultural school viii be held Monday even
Ing.
Miss Shepherd entertained the class
and the faculty Saturday afternoon,
Mrs J. R. Mason, of Nourse street, en-
tertained at lunch Tuesday.