Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-18

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day morning about three o'clock.
The engineer, John Casper, was
instantly killed, and the fireman,
Peter Rafferty,, received injuries
from which he died within a few
hours. The train was late in leav-
ing Union Station, and the en-
gineer, a new man on the run, was
trying to make a record. He struck
a bad curve running at terrific
speed and the engine and cars left
the track. A number of postal
clerks received serious injuries but
it is not thought any will prove
fatal. Because of the wreck we
did not get our mail that day until
late in the afternoon.
The REGISTER this week furn-
ishes its readers with a supple-
ment containing the speech of
John A. Knott, one of our railroad
commissioners, delivered at Troy
Tuesday night. 1t is a most in
teresting document, and should be
carefully read by every voter. 1t
refutes completely the statement
made by Mr.. Hadley in his speech
here last Saturday that the Board
of Railroad Commissioners had
never done anything for the peo-
pie of the State. 1t also furnishes
evidence as to where the one Re-
publican member of the board
stands. Surely, if all Republicans
would do as this fellow has done it
would be very foolish to turn the
board over to the Republicans, as
Mr.. Hadley wants done.
A number of horses owned by
citizens of Pennington were ex-
hibited at the stock show held at
lronton on Tuesday and captured
everything offered in the way of
premiums. "Prince," belonging
to Walter Morris, won the blue
ribbon in the ring of drivers and
the red ribbon in both the saddle
and trotting ring. Linn Clardy's
"Birnie" won the blue ribbon as
the best driving mare and his "Rex
Sleeth' as the best two-year-old
colt. John McCormick's horse
won the red ribbon as the best
driver and also in the runabout
ring. These were all the prem
iums in sight or the boys would
have captured more. They say
the show was a decided ucces
and that the Ironton people proved
royal entertainers. = Pennington
NeUs.
DIED-At his home in Pilot
Knob, Mo-, Monday morning, o.
tober Is, 1905, at 3:55 o'clock, VAL
entine Effinger, aged sixty years
and six months. The deceased
had been a resident of Pilot Knob
for over forty years, and a large
circle of friends can testify as to
his worth as a man and a citizen.
The editor was well acquainted
with Mr.. Efinger way back in the
early days of this community, and
recalls many a pleasant hour spent
in his company. The deceased
lleaves a widow and a number Of
children to mourn him, and who
have the sympathy of their friends
and neighbors in their bereave-
ment. The funeral occurred from
the Catholic church Tuesday after
noon and the remains were in
tered in the Middlebrook ceme-
terry. Peace to his ashes!
Last Thursday evening Mr.. j..
P. Gillian went to the mail crane,
east of town, to hang the mail on
the crane for No. 4. The train was
late and it was about seven O'CLOCK
when he started on the trip. Not
returning in a reasonable length of
time his son went to look for him
and found his father lying on the
ground, helpless, a short distance
from the track. Assistance was
secured and he was brought home.
A physician was summoned, and,
after an examination, declared that
he was suffering from paralysis.
He could talk and use his arms
but had no control over his lower
limbs. His condition continued
much the same throughout the
night and Friday, and that night
the end came. The announcement
of his death Saturday morning
was quite a shock to the people of
the Valley. Mr.. Gillian was sixty
two years of age and had lived in
Ironton for about ten years. Of a
genial, kindly disposition he prob
ably didn't have an enemy in the
world, and with none but pleas
ant thoughts will those who knew
him recall his memory in the years
to come. The funeral occurred
from the Methodist church Sunday
and the remains we're inferred in
the X. P. cemetery. The deceased
leaves a widow and eight children,
all grown, to mourn him and re-
we're his memory. To them the
REGISTER extends assurance of
profound sympathy in their hour
of sorrow.
The Republican Attorney Gem
eral, Hadley, was in Ironton last
Saturday, and talked for more than
an hour to an audience of possibly
a hundred-among whom were a
number OF Democrats-in the court
house in the afternoon. The
speaker and the speech were dis
appointments, for Mr. Hadley has
been a much talked about man the
past six months, and one natur-
ally expected him to be something
out of the usual, but he was not,
neither was his speech. In a man
of the Attorney Generals reputa-