Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02


building the front trucks followed
the rails all right but the rear
trucks went out on the sidetrack
throwing the a against the tender
of engine No. 5537. The crash
caused the igniting of the gas in
the car and this FIRE grew rapidly.
The passengers without any de-
lay rushed from this, the rear end,
into the sleepers ahead, most of
them with nothing on but night
clothes. The fire company
promptly answered but only a
limited number of hremen were on
the ground. Railway men, in
Guiding Superintendent Cannon,
got busy and helped fight the fire.
By keeping a constant stream of
water on the big gas reservoir on
the car, a terrible explosion was
prevented. The Pullman was
about a S15,0 900 car, according to
official announcement. The trucks
and frame work are comparatively
uninjured. The wood work of the
cab of the engine was burned, rep
resenting a loss of about S25. The
Pullman passengers were trans
ferred into the Poplar Bluff st.
Louis Pullman and sent on south,
and when the st. Louis Poplar
Bluff sleeper on Nc. 8 arrived it
was sent back on No. 10 as the
Poplar Bluff-St. Louis car. No.
one a injured in the wreck it is
announced.-Poplar Bluff Republic
can.
The following from a recent is
sue of the Desloge Sun is just as
applicable to Iron county as it is
to st. Francois: 1--WE have watched
with no little interest the case that
has been before the county court
for some time past regarding the
petition of John Wilson at Bonnie
Terre for a saloon license. We
have noted the effort on the part
of those who we're opposing the
granting of this petition and the
granting of a license thereon. We
believe that the law is plain in
matters of this kind, and that the
law should be complied with, and
that when this is done the court
should use the power vested in it
to grant a license or refuse it. In
the Ease in question at least sever
al days of the county courts time
was frittered away in the hearings
of objections to the granting of a
license on the petition presented,
and even the character of Mr..
Wilkson was tried before the
court. AS we understand the law,
we believe the court has the right
to grant a license on a saloon petit
ton provided a majority of the
taxpayers of the township are
secured on the petition, and in
case a wo-third majority is OBJ
tanned the granting of a license is
made mandatory. We believe the
court should be able to Judge as to
whether a petitioner has secured
the required number of Taxpayers
or not, and that the interference OF
outsiders should be considered a
reproach on the honesty and fair
ness of our county court. In this
present instance it has been point
ed out to us that where the oppo-
sition sought to show that the
petitioner had secured anne Of
minors and others that were dis.
qualified, they, at the same time.
endeavored to have these names
counted against the petitioner
when they figured on his majority
It seems to us that if a man is dis.
qualified for signing a petition fol
a saloon license,it would be equal
ly unfair to see his name against
the petitioner. The needless waste
of time and expense to the county
in cases of this nature should be
taken into consideration by ouI
court, and we believe that those
who are SO strongly opposing the
granting of a saloon license would
do we'll to take some considera-
ton of this fact Also"