Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-08-05

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were inferred in the Masonic GEM
etery the following day. Capt
was born in England, but
has been a resident of the valley
more than half a century. He first
located in the county at Middle
brook-about 1S57-where he en-
gagged in the butcher business
with a man by the name of Post
hill. Shortly after this he came
to Ironton and has made this place
his home ever since. MI. Speck
was a man of more than ordinary
mental capacity, gifted with en-
gaging conversational power. Qui-
ct, unassuming and friendly in
his intercourse with men. Sham
had no part in his makeup and
his tongue did not burden itself
with the shortcomings of his
neighbors. Although the final
call may be said to have come to
him in life's ''sere and yellow
Leaf" the taking-off of such as he
seems never in season. l regret
that he is no longer with us and
extend to those near and dear to
him my coincidence.
Burr Hall was for years a pas
senger conductor on the Iron
Mountain and is we'll known to
many of our people. He was
killed by a negro while running a
train in Texas a few months ago.
The following is taken from Thurs
Globe Democrat, telegraphed
from New Orleans: "Relatives of
Carroll Burr Hall, a Texas and
Pacific and former Iron Mountain
conductor, who was killed by a
negro six months ago, filed a sem
sational petition in the Civil Court
to-day, declaring that the two
Geographic wills of the deceased
filed by the wife of the deceased
two days ago are forgeries. Halls
marriage to a widow occurred only
a few weeks before the tragedy.
Hall left an estate worth $50, 600,
of which 5000 is in his brothers.
bank at Thayer, Mo. The rela-
tives who are praying to have the
will set aside are: Mrs. Harriet H.
Peters, sister, of Commerce,
Texas; Clark Hall, brother, of
Thayer, Mo-; Mrs. Nellie H. Cross
of New York, niece, and Mrs.
Nellie Free of St. Louis, niece. 1t
is alleged in the petition filed to-
day that after Halls death the
widow wrote them asking for legal
transfers and releases. They re-
fused, and six months thereafter,
they charge, she produced the two
Geographic wills. They admit
that Hall left some typewritten
instructions regarding the dis
posal of his estate, but declare
that the wills filed we're forger-
ies."
They are telling a good joke on
the new members of the Farming
ton asylum board. 1t seems they
had a meeting as soon as they
arrived in Pennington to decide
who should have the plums. One
of the commissioners has a
nephew who lives in Sikeston.
AT the meeting of the three COM
missioners it was decided to give
the job of secretary to this nephew,
which was accordingly done and
the nephew notified by wire to re-
port for duty at once. Well, if
there is anything a Republican is
Johnny-on-the-S Spot in it is when
he is notified to appear at once to
assume an appointive Office, and
this Sikeston nephew was no eX-
ception to the rule, SO he took the
first train for Pennington. In the
meantime one of the commits
sioners notified Mr.. Waters, the
present secretary, that his sue
cessor would arrive on the after
noon train and he would esteem it
a favor if he would kinder show
him around when he arrived. Mr..
Waters agreed, but casually asked
who the new secretary was; near
time the Angel Maker was bearing
the new secretary Farmington-
ward. He was told sit is my
nephew from Sikeston." Mr..
Waters replied that the statute
prohibited a relative of one of the
board holding an appointive Of
fee under the board. "Tut, tut"
quoted the commissioner, sam |
not the main squeeze, an appointee
of the governor" About this
time a lawyer of the board ap-
peared on the scene and the sit
uation was explained, meanwhile
the newly elected secretary was
getting closer to his job. A hasty
consultation was held, the statute
examined, CONSERVATION prevail
ed, for was not the new secretary
nephew within a few miles of his
job and there was the statute.
The steam roller was hastily put
in commission and the nephew
was a~rtistically rolled, "but on he
came behind the iron horse on the
Angel Maker to assume his
duties" A new man was hastily
elected secretary and when Mr..
Nephew arrived in Pennington he
was Immediately taken out behind
the administration building and
told of his fate. He is said to
have remarked that he didn't want
the d job anyhow.-Democrat-
News.
Best Granulated Sugar 19pounds
for Sf.0O during Clearing Sale at