Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

day of April. Sheriff Fits has not
yet decided to what Jail he will
take Spaugh for safe keeping, but
it is not likely that he will be e
turned to the st. Louis city Jail,
unless he is specifically ordered to
do so.-Centrerille Outlook.
The county court will meet Mr..
Smollinger of Iron Mountain at
the next term of court to make ar
rangements with him about fixing
the road from here to Iron Noun
tain. Mr.. Smollinger is said to
have remarked some time ago that
he would build the road half way
to this place if some n would
build it the rest of the way. The
county court, we understand, is
willing to accept the proposition,
and it begins to look like we will
have a good road from here to
Iron Mountain .-BelleUiew Valley.
Our local monument man, Mr.. j.
w. Allen, is endeavoring to or
ganize a stock company, to be
known as the Missouri Stone &
Monument Company, for the pur-
pose of conducting a general
monument business and manu-
factory in Ironton. Mr.. Allen
proposes to have a company with
a capital stock of 81, 000-half paid
up. He says there is a most ex-
cellent opening here for a business
of that kind, and is satisfied that
it would yield good returns on the
money invested. He would pre-
fer to have all the stock taken by
local people.
L. M. Henson, ex-circuit clerk
of Butler county, while in Bloom
field last week, arranged with at
torney N. A. Motley to institute
suits against the st. Louis Repub-
Tic and George G. Orchard, owner
of the Citizen. The suits grow out
of allegations made by the Repub-
tic and Citizen at the time Mr.. Hem
son was on trial charged with the
murder of S. H. Adams and VIM.
Heck. He asks judgment for dam
ages in the sum of $4,000 against
the st. Louis Republic and $4,000
of Mr.. Orchard. The former suit
will be filed in the Stoddard coun-
ty circuit court, and that against
Orchard in this county. There
were some strong statements by
both publications, and the fact
that Mr.. Henson has retained at
torneys Motley and Cramer, of
Jackson, to prosecute his claims,
makes the controversy n of in
terest and one that will furnish a
great legal battle between the liti-
giants through their able counsel.
Poplar Bluff Democrat.
The following appeared in We'd
nesday's Globe Democrat, tele-
graphed from Washington: Sin
lieu of a number of bills proposing
to create national military parks,
with new commissions to look aft
er them, a measure of a general
character has been prepared by
Representative Parker of New Jer-
sey which will be pressed for pas
sage at this session of Congress.
Its provisions are agreeable to the
members from different states who
have presented bills setting aside
famous battle grounds and other
historical spots in their districts.
Among those bills is one of Repre-
sentative Rhodes providing for a
national military park at Pilot
Knob, Mo. Mr.. Rhodes, who has
been indefatigable in his efforts to
secure the designation Of the Pilot
Knob battle ground as a national
military park, thinks there will be
better opportunity under the Park
or bill, if it is passed, for attaining
that object than there would be in
getting a separate bill through
Congress authorizing the Pilot
Knob park. Notmore than fifteen
acres would be included in this
national park, and he is sure that
it could be obtained for $1,000, if
not less, as the promoters of the
Pilot Knob enterprise are prompt
ed by and acting from the most
patriotic motives"
On Saturday night, January
18th, the quiet old town of Gale
donia, in the south part of this
county, was thrown into a fever of
excitement by the attempted as
sassination of James T. Mcdonald,
a young school teacher from Cape
Girardeau, Mo-, who has charge of
the Caledonia school this winter.
Mcdonald was by himself at the
time, returning from a social party
at the home of Knox Goodykoontz
to his lodging, and while crossing
the bridge that spans the ravine
running through the town some
one fred at him from behind a
tree with a shotgun, filling his
back with BIB shot. Although
seriously hurt he managed to
arouse the nearby residents, who
came to his aid. The attending
physicians found his back literally
riddled and took more than twenty
of the leaden pellets from his flesh.
At last reports he is in a fair way
to recover, however. Mr.. Nc.
Donald states that he did not see
his assallant. His friends notified
his brother, John P. Mcdonald at
Cape Girardeau, and the latter
came to Caledonia attended by a
private detective. a Pinkerton man,
and proceeded to unravel the affair.
After working on various clues for
several days the detective found
he had evidence to justify the issu-
ing Of q warrant against one Rus