Iron County register., 1917-01-04

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IN MISSOURI
/ Alexander 0nves. 20 years old. nm
ex-Confederate soldier. and brilliant
attorney. is dead al his home in Lex.
inston. He was born In Mississippi,
left schoo! "a Join the army at the
age OF Is and at the close Of the war
entered the University OF Virginia,
from which he graduated in 1863. Al.
ter leaving college he came to Lexing.
ton. where he engaged in the practice
or law until the time of his death.
During the war he served under Cen.
eral Forest
A terrific explosion Of dynamite on
the Monroe street line at Springfield
wrecked a street car and broke win.
dows in homes for radius of seyeral
blocks. The car was hurled from the
track and the motorman and conduc-
tor injured by flying glass. Two pas
! sengers aboard the car were unin-
Jured. The perpetrators of the dyna.
! hitting escaped.
Joseph A. O'Day, Il retired business
man of Springfield, died at desk
at The court house in Springfield after
signing $4,000 check involving a real
estate transaction. He. was SO years
old and the father of Paul O'Day, pros.
ecuting attorney-elect Of Greeae
county.
Hazel Ca'cutt, young man of War
renshurg, is dead. and Theodore lay
strom of sedalia is dangerously i'll as
the result of overtoses of a drug
The men were found III the washroom
o. a pOol hall,
John McGuffin, an early resident of
Saline county, is dead at his home at
Arrow Rock, sixteen miles east Of
Marshall He was born there in 1914.
When a Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy train struck a motor truck at
a grade crossing at st. Joseph. sam
Vel Whaley so years old, driver of the
truck. and William Wild, s.. col.
lector, who was with him, were in.
stantly killed.
The farmers about Centralia have
formed an association TO buy coal and
provisions i'll bulk lots and also to ship
i've stock, About twenty such clubs
have been formed in Boone and An.
drain counties.
MISS Cora Seasc. 81 years old, mem
Der OF a wealthy family, drowned her
self in i bath tub, at her home in
Springfield recently, while temper.
arlly deranged
John y. Elliott. Is years old a nio-
neer of Pettis county, is dead. For
years he purchased and shipped wal.
nut logs to all sections of the country, !
The strike of the employees of the
Springfield Traction Company is
again growing serious. For several
nights hidden aympathizers have fired
several rounds of ammunition into
passing street cars. Recently fight
between strikers and strike breakers
was staged in front Of the car barns,
one man being injured.
Charles +. Carter, state senator from
clark county, regarded as the "dry"
leader OF the upper branch of the Mis-
souri, Legislature, said recently he has
received several requests to present a
Dill providing for statutory prohibition
Tor Missouri. excepting the city of ST.
Louis, and that he may take such
action.
Mrs. DeliIah Shanks. born in Ken.
.ucky and resident of Sedalia for
more than fifty years, is dead aged
"a years, She Is survived by son.
'ud Shanks. and daughter, Mrs
lillian Bueker, both of Kansas CITY.
Inc nigh cost of print paper was
'iVen as the reason for the suspen.
!on, after January l, of the nemokrat.
ST. Charles German daily, one of the
'loest in the state. Col. J. II. Bode
las published the Demokrat since
S67.
With the municipal electric lisht
nd water plants of Hannibal on the
erge of closing down because of the
oal shortage, railroads agreed to fur
lsh three cars of coal which will re-.
eve the situation until fuel can be
eceived from mines near Springfield.
H.. which have contracts for furnish.
ig the city coal.
The Young Women's Christian As.
ociation at William Woods College
az raised $l0l for European war suf.
'fers IN short campaign at the
,hoOl.
One hundred head OF Holstcin calves
I'd twenty-five head Of Holstein cows
ere brought to Monroe City recently
ON wisconsin. The calves were
stributed to the members of the
onfoe City Calf Club recently orga. =.
zed. Oh
Mrs. Mamie A. Autenrieth was re. =. =.
htly given one Of the largest judg.
ents in the history Of tho Pettis re
unity circuit cot,rf IN /, ,,.u,. -,