Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
FOLK. Thanksgiving Proclamation

MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
FoIk's Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Gov. Joseph W. Folk has issued the
following Thanksgiving proclamation:
1t is well TO pause occasionally from
the duties of life, and acknowledge our
dependence upon a higher power.
In things material and in things moral,
Missourians have prospered greatly dur
ing the past year, and it is appropriate
that a day be set apart fog praise and
prayer to the Ruler Of the universe fer
His blessings SO abundantly bestowed.
Therefore, the president of the United
States having designated Thursday, No
vember 80, 1905, that day is hereby APP
pointed as a day OF Thanksgiving in Mis-
souri,, and the people are requested TO
abstain from their usual vocations and
assemble In their accustomed places OF
worship, or around their own hearth
stones, and return from grateful hearts
hanks to Him whose hand has been
guiding our destinies, and will lead us
on.
In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto
set my hand, and caused to be affixed the
great seal of the state of Missouri.
Done at the City of Jefferson, this sixth
day of November, A. D.. 1903.
yandiyer,s Authority Contested.
Judge Adams of the United States
circuit court, at st. Louis, has issued 8
restraining order directing State Su-
p~erintendent of Insurance Vandiver to
appear before the federal court in JEFF
ferson City, November 20, to NOW
cause why he should not be prevented
from enforcing his order excluding the
New York Life Insurance Co. from
writing further insurance in Missouri,
and ordering that, pending the hear
ing November 20, no attempt, in any
manner, be made to enforce the order.
"Hownrd's Widow" Sued for Divorce
Mrs. Mary Moore Leafgreen, who is
suing for the $4,000 0 estate of Laclede
J. Howard, the deceased brick manu-
facturer of st. Louis, on the ground
that she is his lawful widow, has been
sued for divorce by Thomas j. Miller,
Of Tumwater, Ore, who says he mar
ried her under the assumed name OF
Howard in 1888, and had thought the
marriage was illegal for that reason.
Mrs. Leafgreen ridiCules Miller's state
ment, and says it is but a scheme got
ten up by her enemies.
Reward for Murders Conviction.
Gov. Folk has issued a proclamation
offering a reward Of $3.50 each for the
arrest and conviction of the two un-
known men who, on October s, muir
dered John Sonar, in st. Francois
county. Sonar was a saloon keeper,
and was killed by two men who were
trying to rob his place.
Old 'F~crty-Niner Dead.
w. H. Burch, aged 81, who was one
to California in 1S49, died at Lad
donia. He had been a resident of Au.
drain county since 1854, and a Mason
since manhood. He is survived by six
children, "a grandchildren and %
great-grandchildren.
Coroner's Jury Says Suicide.
The cororer's jury in the case of Lu-
Glen Eckhardt, who was found dead
near the home of his ~fiancee, Miss
Katherine Burns, in st. Louis, re-
turned a verdict Of suicide. Miss Eek
hardt heard the verdict announced, and
then, sobbing convulsively, was led
away by relatives.
Penitentiary Rather Than Jail.
firing of Clayton Jail life, Eugene
Wallace, a convicted bigamist, with
drew further defense Of his case, and
threw himself On the mercy of the
court. Judge McElhinney sentenced
him to two years in the p~enitentiary. II
is alleged that Wallace has three
wives.
Got the Limit for MASKING.
John Burns, aged So. convicted in the
st. Louis police court of being unduly
familiar with Miss Vaughan White,
aged II, on the street, was given the
l%imit-$100 fine or six months in the
w~orkhouse. He couldn't pay the fine,
Girl Burned Mt Reception.
At a reception at lne home of Mrs.
James H. Hall, at Lexington, her sis.
ter-in-law, Miss Florence Hall, was
probably fatally burned by the acct
dental igniting of hex dress from a
small candle,
To Enforce Eight-HOur Law.
Gov. Folk has issued instructions to
all of the state mine inspectors to en-.
force the eight-hour law, which the
United States supreme court in the
Cantwell case recently declared con.
stitutional.
A Costly I~nfatuatiOn.
Howard w. Sterling and Miss Min
ME Church, convicted of a statutory
charge, must serve six months each in
the st. Louis workhouse unless they
can raise the money to pay fines OF
$500.
Sedalia Dropped for Webb City.
the magnates of the Western Base,
ball association have decided to take
in Webb City from the Missouri Val
ley league in place of Sedalia, which
will be dropped.
Fatal Fire in Kansas City.
Charles Tauzey was burned to death,
two were fatally burned and one seri.
ously burned in a fire which destroyed
q rooning house at 1921 Grand avenue,