Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-03-29
ALL OVER THE STATE.
MISSOURI supreme Court DioIsIon.

Jefferson City-A tabulation OF the
work lone by the Missouri supreme
court during 1905, by John r. Green.
clerk, shows 563 cases to nave been
DISPOSED of in the two divisions and
by court in banc. Division No. 2. the
criminal. branch, led, with 232 cases;
division No. 1 came next with 1913, and
court in banc disposed of 1873. Five
hundred and thirty-nine cases were
filed during the year, showing a gain
of t~wenty-four cases in the work per-
formed. All the criminal cases have
been advanced, and every case sub
mitted has been decided. 1t Is esti-
mated that on the civil docket the
court is a year and a helf behind.
These figures give the number of opin-
ions written by the several judges: Per
curtain, 2; Brace, P. j., %; Marshall.
6S; CAN'T, 80; Burgess. A; Valiant,
43; Fox, IL; Lamm, 81, making a total
Of $50. The seeming discrepancy in the
figures showing the number of cases
disposed of and the opinions handed
down Is explained by the fact that
many we're dismissed for failure to
comply with the rules, and for other
reasons.
Coroner's Jury Acquits Policeman.
Springfeld-A verdict of justifiable
homicide was returned by the corcner's
jury in the case Of Thomas Murphy.
alias Moore, of Vinita, l. T., who was
killed In a pistol duel with Policeman
John Wimberly. John MeMartin, the
old man who is thought to have been
a companion of Murphy, and who was
taken into custody soon after the kill
ing, is held for investigation. Frank
Riggs, a young man who said his
home Is in st. Joseph, and who was
seen in company with Murphy a short
time before the tragedy, is also being
held.
Missouri Mining Land Sells High.
Jeplin-Announcement is made Of q
sale of 40 acres of mining land located
north of Webb City for 100000 to
eastern capitalists. The tract was
owned by John Wise and John Ma
lang, both of this city, and is one OF
the best developed tracts in the dis
trict, having a number of paying miEes
now in operation.
Becker Cases Set for April 10.
'Springield-Transcripts of the rec
ord in the three cases against Louis
Becker, of st. Louis, charged with brib-
cry and perjury, sent to the Greene
county criminal court on change Of
venue, were filed here, and, by agree
ment, the cases were set for hearing
before Judge A. w. Lincoln on Mon
day, April Is.
Supreme Courts New Home.
Jefferson City-The supreme court
commission held a meeting 20 consider
the furnishings of the new building,
and to see to it that the new structure
is as nearly fireproof throughout as II
can possibly be made. The commission
declares its belief in keeping within
the original appropriation of $180, 900.
Kansas City Interurbnn Charter.
Jefferson City-Articles of incorpora-
ton were issued to the Kansas City &
| Lees Summit Railway Co., of Kansas
City, capitalized at $150.O00 The com
pany proposes to build a standard
gauge railroad from Kansas City tc
Lees Summit, a distance of Is miles.
A Terrible COastinG Mishap.
st. Joseph-Annie Veosky, II years
old, will die, and her sister Rosa. Ag
gle Burkowsky and T. J. Seaford, agel
rs, were probably fatally bruised about
their heads and crushed internally by
the collision of a bobsled with a tree.
tanker George Wilson.
Lexington-George Wilson, aged So
died, after a short illness. For years
he was president of the Lafayett,
county bank, had written several book
on finance, and was prominent in poll
tics.
Sentenced For Embexxling Letter.
Jefferson City-In the federal court
Jerry Gordon vas given a year and
day in the Fort Leavenworth peniten
tiary for the embezzlement of a lette
from the Fayette post Office.
Wife's Affections Worth Money.
Observation-Disclosures Touchstone wa
awarded $4,000 damages against A. T
Jolly for alleged alienation of hi
wife's affections. An appeal will b
taken.
Beckner Gets Fifty Years.
Jefferson City-Charles Beckner, age
10, was sentenced to so years in tn
%penitentiary for the killing of Charlie
Brown, at Independence, in January
1906.
Moberly Man Found Dead.
Armstrong;. A. Sevenman. o
Moberly, was found dead beside a ha,
stack on the farm of Allie Houston
south Of here. Foul play is suspected.
Woman in Trance, Dies Later.
Clarence-After going into a franc
from which she was revived with dit
ficulty, Mrs. w. H. Griffith died o
heart failure at her home.
Fatal Quarrel Over Lease.
Centralia--J. P. Edwards, a prom
inent farmer, shot and killed John Old
ham, q mine owner, cast Of here. TIL