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Owing to the abernos of tom im- jourmed until's o'clock this morning. "The remains' will 'bo interred In' Maple Park comatory at & p. m. today.
TWO SUDDEN DEATHŞ
Asa Rogers and Helena Cook Pass Quickly Away.
Jury Unable to Agree as to the First
Aus Rogers, a dey laborer, realding at del West Loun street, was found dead in bad at 1'o'clock yesterday morning. it seems he had been ciok spor some time and his wife had given him several heavy doses of mor- phine, from" which it is more than likely that death resulted.
-- County Coroner Ormsbee was called to the house about y a. m. ' yesterday sad after viewing the dead body som- moned the following jury: D. H. Nichols, D. W. Dutard, IL HI. Wash- burs, J. T. Carr. Amos Reed and A. W. Weddie. The jury went down to the residence sod after viewing the body retired to White's nedertak- log Establishment and beard the ori- denco in the case.
Sarah Rugere ... wife of the deceased was called on' lestitied that her bua band had been in poor health for
aboat eight years bat wai' worse thea Bobal Sunday. She said she gave him a small duse of morphine st 7 o'clock and st & Sunday evening. Hald che parchased ten cents worth of mor- phine et Kraaber's drug store Sunday. Baid her husband was it old years and had a son. 15 years of yra. She had her husband bad lived together very happily for 13 years.
Elle Wheelhe said she was at Rogan' house Saturday woul Mondsy. Bbe' was at the house Sunday night and slept with. Mra. Rogere la- the same room with deceased Went to sleep about twelve o'clock and was awaken- ed by Mrs. Rogers about 4 or 5 la the morning, who told her that- Rogers Was dead.'
Mra, Hulbert, who lives on the cor- Der of Lynn and (irunt střocta, laid the bad kuowa the Rogers fautty for about five years; saw deceased den- -day. and did not think he was any Ty, afin Bogens hed gone for morphing lanked her. when she to earned, to give me the morphing and THE 1 Took Ti sp, so I did sot think she knew how to give it, and it was umasfe. At 6 O'clock Monday morning Mrs. Rogers-came to my house and told me he was dee I have had no trouble with . Mra. Rogers Deceased drew a passlos.of 18 per month, sad bad applied for an Increase.
Desu Olmosd testified to beving by which of the place and so to sleep st Ít o'clock sad koopdats by Mrs. Rox;
Thet om Banday evep- bmband's-Jose endelack and then
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1894 -- DEMOCRAT
Page 2: · Joseph Faherty died yesterday and will be buried in the Catholic cemetery. He lived at 1204 Spring and Calhoun street. Mrs. E. L. Busch received a piano from Berlin, Germany, as a
gift from her mother. Page 3: Inquest held into the death of Guy Cope. **
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Israel Gross and Miss Caroline Cox, both of
Springfield. Marriage license: Michael J. Toohey of St. Louis and Miss Laura
Kile of Springfield.
Marriage license : M. L. Hagewood and Miss Bettie Lovett, both
of Billings.
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R. T. McDaniel and others sue James C. McDaniel and others .to. set aside the will of William McDaniel, Sr., on the ground that he was not of sound mind when he made the will. The legatees named in the will were: Jackson' McDaniel, Amanda O'Neal, Jesse McDaniel, Dora Blades, Mary Belle. Young; William S. Miller, James C. McDaniel, Jesse W. McDaniel, Ransom T: McDaniel, Elijah A. McDaniel, Henderson C. McDaniel and Missouri C. Burks. There is a lawsuit concerning the estate of Frederick Green, a wealthy old German of Humansville, Polk county. He married a young wife and had two children. After his death it turns out he was already married to a German woman from the old country and she now claims his estate.
Rage 5: Asa W. Rogers was found dead. **
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To Be Married. The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday :.. . " . Israel Grows to Miss Caroline Cox. both of this alty .:: Michael J. Towhoy, of St. Louis, to Miss Laura Kile, of Springfield. M. I. Hagewood, of Billings, to Miss Better Lovett, of the same place.
The Verdict of the Jury in the ·Cope Inquesta.
The Report on the Post Mortem Was Indefinite.
Guy Cope Had a Contract Fxonerat- ing ilim of Any Wrong to. His Employers.
"The jury sammoned by the coroner Sunday to investigate the cause of the death of Gny Cope, .who was found dead in the Ozark hotel last Sunday morning reconvened yesterday morn- ing and finished taking evidence in the case. Several witnesses were cash ined bac nothing new was revealed ex- cept by the testimony of S. P. Jooca, a man who travela ou! of Chicago, and who was wel! acquainted with de- ecomed.
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Mr. Jones said that about three Weeks "to"he was golor from Sport dild cto Patree Oty.and thus Q
case pending against him . in the. St. Louis court of criminal ' correction, wherein the Har:adine-McKittrick dry goods company were tho complain- ants, charging bim with embezzlement Mr. Cope sald It had all been amicably settled and showed him a contract from the senior member of the Hargadine-MeKittrick company which was marked "duplicate" wherein the dry goods concern agreed to give him $10,000 of the stock in the . company together with 51,000 for expenses in- curred by him by the action of the company in to: n" hin arrested. Cope was to legra the position of secretary of the company at a salary of $4,000 per year The compromise was to go into effect January 1, but until that time It was to be kept a secret for in the
contract the signer also agreed to bare a letter made public fully exonerating Cope of the charge of embezzlement made againet him by the company.
It was to make arrangements for the publication of the better referred to in the contract that (iny Cope was going to St. Louis last Thursday night, but missed the train and stopped at the Ozark hotel. The letter, according to friends of deceased, was to bave; been published in last Sunday morning's Bt. Louis papers." ...
Following in the verdict returned by the coroner's jury:
"We. the jury, having been duly aworn and atürmed by J. I .. Ormsbce, coronor of Greene county, Missour !; to dillgently inquire and true present- mert make, In what manrer and br whom Guy Cope, whose body waa I found in room 24. Ozark hotel. Sprioy's I deld. Mo .. at 9 o'clock, a. m., Decem.
bero, 1604, came to his death."
"After having beard the evidence and upon full inquiry concerning the facts. and a careful examination of sadl vody | do find that the deceased came to his Death from cansea unknown to thia jury. It being impossible for the jury to procure proper analysis of the stomach as a detailed report of the post mortem examinnting.
The funeral uf ouy repe took place Mosterday afternoon from the roadrace of Dr. E. H. MeBride on south Grant street aud the remains were interred in Maple Park cemeterr.
A-VERDICT RENDERED
Causen.
Wife Had. Dosed Him on Morphine.
The Verdict Was Delayed a Day on Account of Certain Rumors.
The coroner's jury. summoned to in- restigate the cause of the death of A. W. logers, who was found dead in.his bed at 021 West Iyon street Monday morning, met in. tbd room.co White, the undertaker on Commercial street at 3 o'clock yesterday'afternoon and agreed ou a verdict that deceased came to his death from satura! causes. : The testimony was all beard Monday afternoon but uo verdict waa rendered on account of rapinne rumore that ! were circulated in the neighborhood of Roger's late residence to the efect. that Mra. Rogers wound be consider. ably benefitted by the' death of her husband by "back penalon money dne from the government. It had also been stated that Mra. Roger's character WAA not above reproach. That two young med bad lived almost contin- ually at her house for some time prior to the death, all of which the coronor and the jury decided to Investigate with the result of . verdict excporat- ing the wife of any blame
Ass Rogers, the deceased, bad;st times been an lomate of the county poor farm being partially paralyzed sod at times out of his mind. His wife had for conalderable time, according to! her testimony at the inquest. adminis- tered doses of landant and morphine to ber.husband when he was suffering from Illness and unable to sleep. She too had taken morphine but seemed to know nothing of the danger of the drag or how much should be given at a dose.
The night before Rogers was found I dead, his wife had given him two doses
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.Ormsbee's suspicion and he made thorough examination of the case which resulted in a conclusion that Mrs. Rogers was not given justice by i Dame Humor
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1894 -- REPUBLICAN
Page 1: Alexander Williams, about 40, died last Saturday near Fair Grove and was buried in the Timber Ridge burying ground. He leaves a wife and three . or four children.
Miss Alice Eaden, 15, died Monday and was buried in the Bass .
. cemetery. Daughter born Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. William Stogsdill of Fair .
Grove.
.Page 3: There is a long article about the death of Guy Cope. Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. John Baker on College street. Marriage license: M. L. Hagewood, 21, and Miss Bethie Lovett, 18, both of Billings, Christian county. .
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Marriage license: Michael J. Toohey, 31, of St. Louis and Miss
Laura Kite, 30, of Springfield. [Kile]
Marriage license: Israel Gross, 21, and Miss Caroline Cox, 18, . both; of Springfield.
.Page 4: R. T. McDaniel and others contest the will of William McDaniel, Sr. The legatees of that will were Jackson McDaniel, Amanda O'Neal, Jesse McDaniel, Dora Blades, Mary Belle Young, William S. Miller, James C. McDaniel, Jesse W. McDaniel, Ransom T. McDaniel, Elijah A. McDaniel, William McDaniel, Henderson C. McDaniel and Missouri C. Burks.
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1894 -- DEMOCRAT
Page 2: Alfred Cox was killed by Eben Badger at Peirce City, Mo .; at the home :of William Kennedy, a brother-in-law of Badger's, as a result of. a . neighborhood quarrel.
Page 3: · Israel Gross and, Miss Caroline Cox were married in a double', wedding ceremony when J. N. Morgan of Strafford and Miss L. C. Morgan were also married.
Marriage license: Marshall J. DeCamp and Miss Cora Reynolds of
Buffalo. Marriage license: Miles Marley of Ozark and Mrs. Willie Vann ..
[Miles Marles] Marriage license: C. 'F. Mitchell and Miss Lizzie Turley.
Page 5: Charles Buck, 41, a cabinet maker in the Frisco railway shops, died Monday at his home between Washington and Ozark avenues. He was buried. in Hazelwood cemetery. He is survived by a 13 year old daughter, a father, two brothers, one of whom is F. A. Buck, chief train dispatcher for the Frisco.
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1894 -- DEMOCRAT -- WEEKLY EDITION Page 3: There were three inquests yesterday: Guy Cope
Asa Rogers, 54, a former preacher of 624 West Lynn, who was found dead in bed. He had been an invalid for eight years and his wife. often gave him morphine for his pain.
Mrs .. Helen Cook of High street, west of the city limits, who died suddenly Sunday night. A. Cook is her husband.
A RUSHING BUSINESS
Three Ingnests Was the Coro- ner's Record Yesterday.
Morphine Oaused the Death of Asa Rovers.
The Jury Returned Verdicts In But One-Third of the Deut !: s Lasmined.
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Dr. Ortusbee. the coronor, had a' big day yesterday. He also made a record.
barn 'the body of Ans Bogert, 14;CK preacher and a man, 54 years' of age, bad been found dead in his bed at abous t:10 x m.
At the inquest it was developed that deceased had been an invalid for cigb; years and that his wife, Sarah Rogers, bsd occasionally administered laud- aum and morphine to bilo when he could not sleep At times Asa Rupers was insane and as the wife testiMed would "talk out of his head." Such was the case Sunday evening, and in fact all day Sunday at 7 o'clock Mrs. Rogers gave him a dose of morphine and. left the house. The 206
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husband - not alone , there being neighbors and friends present who tee- tified that when she returned at 0 o'clock and Asa logers was still awake and suffering
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Thot Olmanatadd Win. Melton, who - have beetf living at the Rogers house, slso testified. Their evidence in most points corrobborated the above. The jury adjourned to meet at 3 p. b. today without rendering a verdiet. It is probable the coroner intends call- ing for legal'advice before the verdict
is rendered as there seems no doubt that morpbine polson administered by Mrs. Rogers caused the death.
Mrs. Helen Cook, of iligh street, west of the city limits, died very and- denly Sunday night and the case. was considered worthy an investigation by the coroner ..
A. Cook, ber busband, testified that be und deceased retired about ? p. m. Sunday night, an hour later he was Broumed by the loud and difficult breathing of Mr. Cook. He Imme. diately left the house for a physician. "Returning about 1 o'clock with Dr. Burps. the woman was found dead. ..
Dr. Burns teat!fied that there was Do evidence of violence or poison on the corpse and the jury returned a verdict that deceased came to her death from natural causes. probably apoplexy. which may cause alu:
death.
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER' 13, 1894 -- REPUBLICAN
Page 3: Marriage license: Marshall J. DeCamp, 21, of Springfield and. Miss Cora Reynolds,, 18, of Buffalo, Dallas county ..
Marriage license: J. N. Morgan, 21, of Strafford and Miss L. C. Morgan, 18, of Springfield.
Marriage license: Miles Marley, over 21, of Ozark and Mrs .:
Willie Vann, over 18, of Springfield. Marriage license: C. T. Mitchell, 21, and Miss Lizzie Farley, ' 18, both of Springfield.
Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Whitlatch who reside two or three miles east of Springfield.
Joseph Faherty, corner of Spring and Calhoun streets, died ·
Tuesday and will be buried in the Catholic cemetery.
Israel Gross and Miss Caroline Cox, both of Springfield, were married yesterday.
. J. N. Morgan of Strafford and Miss L. C. Morgan of Springfield were married yesterday.
Michael J. Toohey of St. Louis and Miss Laura Kile of Springfield were married Tuesday. The bride is a sister of Mrs. West, proprietress of Hotel Ethel.
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1894 -- DEMOCRAT
FRIDAY MORNING, - DECEMBER 14, 1894 -- REPUBLICAN
Page 1: Rebecca Greene sued Victoria Greene over the estate of, the late William Greene of Humansville who owned considerable property. Both women claim to be his widow. The Supreme Court decided in favor of Victoria. John Grissom died near Ash Grove.
Page 3: Son born to C. J. Ivey, section boss on the Frisco railway. Page 4: The nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Merlon of 333 Chicago avenue died and was buried in Hazelwood cemetery. The family just recently came here from Nebraska.
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1894 -- DEMOCRAT
Page 4: Alfred Cox was killed in Lawrence county by Ebenezer Badger.
Page 5: Marriage license: Thomas J. Pearce and Louise M. Bark, both of Christian county.
Son born to A. C. Nye.
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1894 -- REPUBLICAN Page 1: Son born December 13 in St. Louis to Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Nye, whose home is in Springfield. Mr. Nye is day telegraph operator for the Frisco.
H. Clay Neville wrote a history of Zagonyi's raid and it was published in the National Tribune.
Page 2: Marriage license: Thomas J. Pearee, 21, of Christian county and Miss. Louisa M. Burk, 16, of Republic. [Pearce]
Page 3: The will of John Faherty was probated. He died Tuesday. . The will mentions his daughter Miss Kate Faherty, his daughter May, his sister Catherine Crawford of St. Louis, his sister. Bridget Flavin of Louisville, Ky.,
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his sister May Musgrove of Steubenville, Ohio, his mother-in-law Bridget ·O'Shea of Steubenville, Ohio. .
The twin infant son of Andrew Gibson died and was buried in Hazelwood cemetery.
Page 4: There is a suit against the insurance company to force them to pay the insurance on the life of William C. Wrightsman formerly of Schell City, "Mo., who mysteriously disappeared in Kansas City in 1886. The policy is in favor of surviving children: Jesse, Maud, Ora, Edna and Etta Wrightsman, now residents of Christian county. [This is a long article. ]
Mr. Ashford Ball and Miss Stella Davis were married Thursday at Cassidy.
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1894 -- DEMOCRAT Page 8: Marriage license: G. A. Burford and Miss Otie Alexander, both of Fair
Grove.
Page 10: Mr. and Mrs. Prescott of Webster street celebrated their fiftieth wedding ·anniversary.
SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1894 -- REPUBLICAN
Page 2: Son born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Wilhite of Galloway.
Marriage license: C. H. Borg, 21, and Miss Carrie Burson, 18,.
both of Springfield.
- Marriage license: G. A. Burford, 21, and Miss Otie Alexander,
18, both of Fair Grove. Marriage license: W. A. Shaw, 21, of Halfway, Polk county, and Miss Rosa L. Chesser, 18, of Pueblo, Colo. Page 8: Miss Etta Porter was married.
The following estates are in probate: Campbell and Thomas Weaver Joseph B. Weaver Martha Cass
Mrs. Hitchens, grandmother of Conductor Clint Hitchens, died last night at her home corner of Grant and Pine streets. , [She was. Mrs. Caroline Thompson -- see the newspaper of December 18, 1894.] .
Daughter born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McKenna. Mr. McKenna is a freight brakeman on the Frisco.
TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1894 -- DEMOCRAT
Page 6: Mrs. Caroline Ash Thompson, 75, died Saturday at the home of her son C. E. Thompson of Warren avenue. She was the grandmother of Conductor C. M. Hitchens. She . was buried in Maple Park cemetery.
Campbell C. Doran, 76, died yesterday. He was born in Tennessee near Abington and moved to Missouri in 1852.
. Miss Helen L. Doane, formerly of Springfield, was married on December 5, at Anthony, Kan., to Mr. D. D. Robinson of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Page 8: Miss Bessie Charlotte Olden and Edwin Colby Mason of Sedalia will be married on Thursday, December 22, at West Plains. Miss Olden is the only child of Judge and Mrs. B. F. Olden and.received her education at Drury college.
They will be married by Rev: J. B. VanPteen, an uncle of Mr. Mason. They will live in Sedalia.
TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1894 -- REPUBLICAN
'Page 3: W. A. Shaw of Halfway, Polk county, and Miss Rosa Chesser of Pueblo, Colo., were married Sunday in Springfield. The bride's mother Mrs. Francis Chesser .of Pueblo was present. .
Mrs. [Caroline] Thompson, grandmother of Conductor Clint Hitchens, died, and was buried in Maple Park cemetery. W. C. Dovan, 76, died yesterday at his home ten miles. southeast of Springfield. He was the father-in-law of W. M. Graves. Page 4: Mrs. Caroline A. Thompson died Saturday at the home of her son Charles E. Thompson on Warren avenue west of the Gulf shops. She was buried in Maple Park cemetery.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1894 -- DEMOCRAT ,
Page 6: Marriage license: J. H. Bisplinghoff of Ash Grove and Mrs. Plutina E. Palmer of Springfield. '
·William Campbell Doran, 76, died Sunday and was buried in the family burying : ground. He was born in Johnson county, Tennessee, and came to Missouri in 1852. He lived .. ten miles southeast of town. He leaves five children. His wife died several years ago.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1884 -- REPUBLICAN
Page 1: The dead body of Charles Buckner was found hanging from' a tree
near Bolivar, Mo. It is supposed he was a suicide. Page' 2: ' Son born To Jack Smades, former chief of the fire department. 'Marriage license :. J. H. Bisplinghoff, 21, of Ash Grove, and · Mrs .: Plutina E. Palmer, 18, of Springfield.
'Page 3: Mrs .. William Jones of Dry Hollow, several miles from Cassville, Mot, killed two of her five children and then herself. The killed childreh were 5 and 17. The family moved here from Princeton, Mo. , about four' years ago.
· Page 4: Sam Gordon of Wishart, who was visiting his sister Mrs. Lucy Mitchell of Gresham, died Sunday. He leaves a widowed mother, four sisters and two brothers.
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THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1894 -- DEMOCRAT
Page 3: M. E. Wilkerson sues to divorce William Wilkerson. They were married in 1872 in Webster county ..
Page 5: Son born to William Bishop. The two year old daughter of Mr. Tillman who resides at Rountree's nursery died _ yesterday.
The will of Dr. J. W. Weir was filed for probate. He left his property to his wife. Cosey Tillman, aged 2 years and 5 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey M. Tillman, died Tuesday and will be buried at Rogersville. Marriage license: Oliver Carter and Miss Jane Riley, both of Bois'D'Arc.
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1884 -- REPUBLICAN
Page 1: Robert Moore was killed December 18 at Hartville when he was struck on the head with a rock by William Garner.
The widow :: Page 5: The will of Dr. John W. Wier was filed for probate.
Fannie E. Wier was appointed executrix.
A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Tillman near the Normal school died yesterday aged two years and three months. She will probably beburied
near Rogersville in Webster county.
Page 6: M. E. Wilkerson sues to divorce William Wilkerson .: They.wefe
married January 22, 1872, in Webster county. They have four children ranging in age from one to thirteen years .. Eliza Woodrow sues to divorce Albert Woodrow. They have a two .. year old daughter.
Marriage license: Oliver Carter, 27, and Miss Jane Riley, 18, both of Bois D'Arc. ·
FRIDAY . MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1894 -- DEMOCRAT
Page 3: Marriage license: James Martin and Mattie McFarland, both of
St. Louis. They were married yesterday.
Marriage license: James Y. Douglas and Miss Louis Snyder, both
of Bois D'Arc. [Lorus Snyder] Marriage license: 'A. C. Mattock and Miss Mattie McKnalley.
Marriage license: C. B. Vetter and Miss Belle Gates of Pine
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Bluff, Ark. The 13 year old son of Rev. M. M. Hawkins died yesterday. Percy Gideon, son of Judge J. J. Gideon, died yesterday of consumption. Rufus F. Hawkins died yesterday. He was the son of M. M.
Hawkins. Charles Herschland and Ben Hirschland went to Cincinnati, Ohio, for the funeral of their mother.
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1884 -- REPUBLICAN
Page 2: Marriage license: James Martin, 27, and Miss Mattie McFarland, 23. Marriage license: 'A. C. Mattocks, 21, and Miss Mattie McKnalley, 18, both of Springfield. Marriage license: C. B. Vetter, 21, of Springfield and Miss
. Belle Gates, 18, of Pine Bluff, Jefferson county, Ark. Marriage license: James Y. Douglas, 21, and Miss Lorus Snyder, 18, both of Bois D'Arc. Page 5: Percy Gideon died. ** Mrs. Helen Hirschland died .* Mrs. Shackelford died. **
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Rufus Hawkins died. Daughter of Robert Vance dięd. ** . J. H. Bisplinghoff of Ash Grove and Miss Plutina E. Palmer of Springfield were married October 19. James Martin and Miss Mattie McFarland, both of St. Louis, were married yesterday in Springfield.
Percy Uldeen, Mrs. Helen Hirichland,
There seems to have been an apt- domic of deaths yesterday, no less than four persons dylan-in and around Springfield.
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, Paray Uldeon, 'son of Judge James Oldown star Hasaripy Illness ding: at 6:30 o'clock yesterday morning of consumption. Dider J. P. Pinkerton will conduct the funeral services this afternoon at the family residence, :46 Best Elis street, after which 140 ro- mains will be hold to met to Havel . wood" cemetery"Percy ' Oldeon " was born in- Otark, Mo, Jana 1, 1870, and was educated in' the public schools of Ozark and Springfield. On account of ill health he was compelled to abau- don his studios 'and, in".hope.of ro- covery, be spent. a year in Texas 'He Was somewhat benefited and returned to Springfield, where he road Jaw in the office of his father .. Two or three years ago he was admitted to the bar and shortly afterwards 'went on & farm. His health -wot Improving he spent about '&' yout in Colorado, re- torniog July .20, 1804. since which timo
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clined rapidly .. . Percy Was an exemplary young man and had
many warm friends. "
Mra Melen Hirschlaud, widow of s. Ilirschland, died last Monday in Cio. cinoall, Ohlo, at the hotnc of her son in-law. H. Strauss, and the funeral took place Thursday afternoon. Nr .. flachland was 8 years old. lior children, Mrs: Jako. Rothschild und Charles and Hon Ulrscbland, all of Springfield, are now in Clodans L. .. DEATH OF HEA SHACKELFORD"
Mrs. Shackelford, mother of Edwin Shackelford, died Wednesday night at the home of her. son, on West Lyon street, agod is yours, and the remains will probably be sent to lloooville, Ma; for interment, as her son, Judge Shackelford, realdes there. Mr. Black- elford. husband of the deceased, la In the state of California and Ura Shack alford was proposing w Join him shortly, but she was taken suddouly I'll Wednesday night and died to a fow bours. .
Rufus, the 15-year-old son of Mr. and Nr. M. M. Hawkins died'yesterday morning of typhoid fever, at the peme of his parents, corner of Male and Center 'streets." 'Sto funeral parviços will be held In St Paal M. C. oburon at 10 o'clock this morning. after which the remains will in buried in Maple J'ark cemetery
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