Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-08
HAPPENINGS
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these are sold to consumers all the
way from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Missouri has the largest poultry rails
ers' association in the world, with five
thousand members. Missouri farmers
lose from 3 to 5 million dollars an
nually from marketing bad eggs.
More careful methods would eliminate
this loss and would increase the sur
plus poultry products and their value.
These were the points brought out re-
Gently at a meeting of state poultry
experts in st. Joseph.
Trial Of a $1,000 0 damage suit for
alleged malicious prosecution began
in the Greene county circuit court the
other day. John Young is plaintiff
and Villa Rose, John Steele and ]. w.
Ray defendants. All are residents OF
Christian county. The suit grew out
of the prosecution of Young for the
alleged murder of William F. Steele.
neal Wilson Greek, Christian county,
May 2, 1913. Several suits have arisen
out of the killing and this promises
to be the hardest fought of any.
Robert A. Gardner of Monet recent
ly was cleared OF a charge of man
slaughter in the Barry county circuit
court at Cassville. He was arrested
following the death of an umbrella
member named Callahan, whom Card
ner as night policeman of Monet, ar
rested for being drunk and disorderly.
Callahan died in the city Jail soon
after his arrest.
While at play at her home, Bernice,
the 4-yearold daughter of Nathan
Shockey, living near ~Papinsville, was
killed. The little girl was leaning
against a gate which was suddenly
opened, causing her to fall backwards
on her head. Her neck was broken.
r. L. Hendricks, who has occupied
the chair of history in the Warrens-
burg Normal for the last six years,
has been elected president of that in
stitution, He succeeds William j.
Hawkins, who has been president for
eight years.
A Missourian has an elephant farm
and controls the price of elephants
in the markets of the Western hem
isphere, supplying menageries, shows
and geological gardens with speci-
mems. He is William P. ("Diamond
Bill') Hall of Lancaster.
.
A cablegram received at st. Louis
recently announced that William
Northrup Mcmillan, millionaire st.
Louis druggist and mine owner with
extensive estates in England and At
RIGA, has enlisted in the British army
as lieutenant.
The third section of Chicago & AL.
ton freight train No. 88, %eastbound,
was derailed three miles northeast of
Marshall and six oil tank cars took
fire. The train was made up of twenty
NdAo, lOuAL UGH " tlCIA WCht lhbO thS
ditch.
Seven men were injured in the
Schoolhouse zinc mine, east of Joplin
when two charges of dynamite ex-
ploded prematurely. All of the in
juries are dangerous, but it is not be-
lieved any of the men will die.
Despite the recent freezing weather
following balmy days, which caused
the peach crop in the Ozark fruit belt
has suffered no damage.
Champ Clark, speaker of the House
of Representatives, in a letter. re-
ceived recently, accepted an invita-
tion to speak at Columbia journalism
week, May 8 to Z.
President Bush of the Missouri Pa
cific railroad announced recently that
the railroads of Missouri would appeal
to the courts in their efforts to get in.
creased interstate freight and passaps
ger rates, if an increase is not granted
by the public service commission Of
this state.
At the meeting in Slater of the
County Farm Bureaus of Missouri
nine counties we're represented by
thirty-five delegates. About $50 were,
present. The banquet was attended
by $50 persons.
Two sisters, Mrs. Samuel Hughes,
16 years old, and Ida Trob, IL, were
drowned in the Nodaway river in An
drew county, five miles from Noda-
way station, the other morning, when
they tried to recover a duck which
Hughes had shot. The body OF Mrs.
Hughes was recovered.
James irwin Nichols, so year old,
one Of the founder of the Fulton Ga
zette, died suddenly the other night at
the Masonic home in st. Louis. s.. A.
Nichols, a Fulton druggist. is a
brother.
H. S. sturgls, president Of the Mis-
souri, Press Association, has appoint
ed Fred Naeter, Republican, Cape Gil
rardeau; H. F. Stapel, Mail, Rock
port; Ovid Bell, Gazette, Fulton; P.
e, Burton, Leader, Sturgeon, dele.
gates to the International Press Con-
gress in st. Francis county, July 5
to 10.
The Chicago & Alton passenger sta
ton at Slater was destroyed by fire
at noon the other day. Most of the
tickets. baggage and exnress in tha