Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-11-04

berly and spent the day in his OFFICE.
He served several terms as probate
Judge of Randolph county and during
the Civil war was a captain in the
Confederate army.
Robert Cowart, q miner employed
at the Bean zine mine at North Fork,
was killed the other day. He was pre-
pairing a shot of dynamite which OK
ploded prematurely. He leaves q
widow and several children.
Ira Quinn, wealthy cattle dealer OF
Lockwood, was bound over to the cir
cult court at Carthage on a charge OF
having caused the death of d. Thorpe,
20 years old. Thorpe was struck by
Guinn's motor car, it is alleged.
Miss Sallie J Bryant of st. Joseph
was reelected president Of the Mis-
souri, Nurses Association, whose an
nual convention ended at st. Louis
recently. Kansas City was selected
as the next meeting place.
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G.. B. Hickman, for many years a
resident of Butler, is dead at his home
in Miami county, Kansas. Mr.. Flick
man was born in New Jersey in 1927
and came 10 Butler in 1868 and en-
gagged in the furniture and undertake
ing business. In 1902 he was elected
mayor of the city and served two
years.
Col. Warner Lewis, a widely known
Missourian, the father of R. E. Lewis,
Judge of the United States district
court at Denver, died suddenly at his
home in Montgomery Of heart trouble.
He was 50 years old.
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At the Inauguration Of the ninth
president of Lafayette college, at
Easton, Pa, the honorary degree Of
doctor of laws WAS conferred upon
Albert Ross Hill, president Of the
University of Missouri,
a p .
twenty thousand persons LOOK part
Mt Excelsior Springs in celebration OF
the reopening of Broadway, the
towns main street, as a brilliant
white way" with new paving and new
sidewalks eleven feet wide,
Bryan Scott, who was injured in
the st. Louis university-Kn college
football game at st. Louis recently,
is dead at the st. Louis city hospital.
Scott was on the Knox team and was
injured while making a tackle.
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Three bandits blew open the safe
of the Rock Island depot at Gallatin
the other night, got about $500 from
the safe and $50 from the ticket
money drawer and escaped.
The trial of Fred D. Wilkins Of
Louisiana for the murder Of Col. Alien
M. Walker, member Of Governor Ma
ior's staff and former mayor Of Louis
lana, was continued in the circuit
court until Jan. 2, 1916.
George e. Hickman, county clerk
of Warren county, has announced him
self as a candidate for state aduitor,
subject to the Republican primary.
Charles H. Mckee, for many years
vice president of the Globe Printing
!, Company, publishers Of the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, has been elected
president and general manager Of the
company to succeed Daniel M. Houseri
who died October 8.
, The Rev. Father Charles M. Char
. roppin, IS. j., known internationally as
: an astronomer and formerly head Of
the department of science of st. Louis
University. is dead at st. Charles o.
appendicitis.
! Nicholas Haskins, 81 years old, re
I Gently obtained a license to wed Mar,
I Ambers, 81 years old. Both are resi-
dents of Clinton.
"M"Ns UM.HNUH". ANrH
L. G. Gray, for twenty years post
|, master in Carterville, has announces
J. that he has resigned to embark in tn
IS mining business. Mr.. Gray is a Re
publican. His term, however, woul
h not have expired until June, 1917. TIL
Carterville office pays a salary 9
s1,700.
Jackson Robinson was given tw
Y years in the pe~nitentiary in the Gil
Y cult court at Montgomery, for stea
1. ing three ducks from John Wilson
: of Jonesburg. The ducks would hav
sold for about $2.25.
William Guidike, a farmer SO ycal
y old, was burned to death when ii
,e residence OF Charles Miller, near Kin
City, was destroyed by fire the oth'
Of morning. Guidike had spent the nigl
N at Miller's and when the fire W;
Of discovered the room in which he WI
sleeping was enyeIoped IN flames.
Fate Hood. SO. was fatally scald'
when he stumbled and fell into a v
~ of boiling water. The accident q
X Cured at the Ravenwood mill, Il
q miles east Of Carthage, where he W
y employed.