Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-04-13
HAPPENINGS
of the sOeek
IN o


A. ]. Edwards. 65 years old. gave his
life trying to ave a little girl, but
she. too. was drowned in the city res
,erVoir at KirksVille. Merle Vice IL
years old. who was playing with Hal
lie Downing, the same age. toppled
into the water. Edwards, the engi-
neer at the reservoir pumping station.
heard the chiId's screams and plunged
in after her. Halle Downing. the only
witness to the accident, ran screaming
to the house of a neighbor. Men ran
quickly to the reservoir, but were too
late to do more than drag the bodies
out
The West Presbyterian church Of
st. Louis practically was destroyed by
fire recently. The church cost about
s14O, 600, but as the walls are still
standing, the loss is estimated at $780,
900.
Henry W. Crowther, "a, who served
in the Union army during the Civil
war, died at his home in Sedalia the
other night. He had lived in Sedalia
since the close of the val in 1865.
President John James was reelected
at the annual meeting of the board of
directors of S~ynodical college at Mex
leo recently. The Rev. Trigg A. M.
Thomas of Kansas City reported that
he has secured $4,000 of the $4,000
sought by the college to put it in good
financial condition.
William Jewell won its recent de-
bate against Kansas Wesleyan. The
subject was: Resolved that the
United States should adopt a program
of increased armament. William
Jewell supported the affirmative and
received a unanimous decision.
The state and federal employment
bureaus at Kansas City have merged
They opened their new headquarters
on the entire first floor of the Kansas
City Life Building, 804-6 Grand ave
nue., across from the Federal Building
R. M. Stevenson of Tarkio died II
Chicago the other day. He was vice
president of the Tarkio Valley Bank o.
Tarkio and a director of the BurneE
National bank, st, Joseph. The fu
ro,,J T-ao Lol1 OF ITO rlrin
Mrs. Joseph l.. Yeater, living nea
Albany, has been indicted, charged
with first degree murder by a gram
Jury called to investigate the mysteI
ious death December 6 of her hus
band. Mrs. Yeater was released Of
a $4,000 bond furnished by seven o
the most substantial residents of Ger
try county. Her case will not be trie
until the September term of cour'
Prosecuting Attorney D. D. Reeves al
nounced.
John Andrew Shroyer, 80 years oil
who served in the Seventy-sixth Ill
e nois during the Civil war, is dead {
the home of his son, d. E. Shroye
5 near Dresden. He was born in Mu
kingum county, Ohio.
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Among the speakers for journals.
t. week at the University Of Missoul
k May is, are William J. Bryan, JOS
plus Daniels, secretary of the nav!
a Chase S. Osborn of Michigan; Frede
= lex w. Lehman, solicitor-general
d Taft's administration; Arthur Bri
bane, editor of the New York Jou
It nal; Harvey W. Ingham, editor of tt
Des Moines Register and Leade,
v CORTLAND Smith of New York, pres
j. dent and general manager of Il
0 American Press Association; S.
# Dobbs of Atlanta, Henry G. Campbe
editor of the Milwaukee Journal, al
James Schermerhorn, editor of the D
troit Times. The Missouri Press Ass
q citation of which j. Kelly Pool of Il
q. Centralia Courier is president, W
meet in Columbia on Thursday al
II Friday of that week.
t $50"
Earl Couch, 90 years old, W
drowned at Ozark recently while
a fishing trip with a party of FRIEND
Couch, according to reports reachil
Y Springfield, slipped from a high bill
= into the water.
. A fire at Garden City recently {
e stroyed a half block of buildings
the south side of the main street,
GLIDING the Halcomb and Connolly
d Bowling stores and a restaurant. T
y loss is about $4,000.
II Mrs. Gertrude Barker, who gave /
or age as "over IS" and her weight
615 pounds, was married in st. Lol
g recently to Harry West of Rock Islal
y. ILL.,, who is slender and tall.
IN George Cone, an employee Of
Springfield provision company, "
drowned the other night in the Jan
river when he and a friend overturn
In, a boat.
as
or DR.. Frank J. Lutz, noted as a S
es geon throughout the United Stat
We died of heart disease at his home
st. Louis recently. He was 60 ye'
old.
IL As a result of the stubborn del
te, mination Of Emmett Ball, postmas
q at Seybert, not to affix and canoe
OF 50-cent revenue stamp, the postoff
ed at Seybert, Dade county, was era
tn evan, .tba noatal man March 81