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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20
TILLER CAPTURED.
After a Erief Season Roaming Capital
ist the Pacific Express Robber Safely in
the Clutches of the Law-An Interview
With the Thief.

After Erief Season as a Roaming Capital
ist the Pacific Express Robber Safely in
the Clutches of the Law-An Interview
With the Thief.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, March Is.
Prentice Tiller was arrested here to-day
by Milwaukee detective. He had $4,000
on his person at the time of his arrest.
This afternoon your correspondent was
admitted to Tiller's cell. When asked if
he was the man who robbed the Express
office, he said:
"Well, my name is Prentice Tiller, and
1 suppose Pm the man who took the
money. 1t amounted to about $685.
600. 1 was born in Louisville, where
my father is a city detective. 1 was
employed in the Office of the Pacific Ex-
press Company at ST. Louis.
''How did you happen to take the
money!"
"On the afternoon of March 2, I was
in the front Office alone, and the idea
struck me to rob the safe. [ went into
the back room and saw that the watch
manwas busy. Then put all the money
into two common express satchels and
skipped. Since that time I've been in Chi
cago and here"
"Who was the man with you when tae
robbery was committed?'
sfWhat man? l was alone"
"Wasn't there a woman in the busi-
ness?"
s'No; 1 was alone"
"Will you return to st. Louis without
a requisition?''
eyes, might as WELL"
"And plead guiltys"
"Don't know about that. Perhaps I
will"
elbow much time will you get for tals
job!"
81 don't know. Probably ten years."
"Where were you last night"
'I took in the town last night. Do you
know it, this is the first morning haven't
read the papers. If I'd seen the papers
you wouldn't have got me to-day"
Ask eddy Mr.. w. HI. Tudsworth, chief
of the American Express Company's
city employees: ''Were you not in our
office Sunday night?"
Tiller replied, 'sNo."
"But you did visit the Express Office
Sunday night" said Mr.. Todsworth,
"and when you came you wore wig
What has become of it?"
ooh, dropped that almost Immediate
ly afterward," said the prisoner, thus
giving himself away unceremoniously.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20
The Science Of a Soap Bubble.

How many Of our boys and girls know
what is meant by the science of any
thing? The word science means
true knowledge; and to know truly,
perfectly, about an object, we must
know of what it is made, or what causes
it, and what properties it has, such as
form, color and weight.
How shall we make our soap-bubblesP
OF soap and water. youswill say. Only
soap and waterP One such . bubble
will be gone before you can send anoth-
er to catch it. In my childhood daysI
thought it real fun to see them burst,
but more fun to make them last a long
time.
Now the secret lies in getting just the
right mixture. Put into a common
white bottle one and one-half ounces Of
CASTLE soap, one pint of water, and
three-quarters of pint Of pure glycer-
inc. This is Plateau's solution; and
from it he makes bubbles that are very.
very beautiful. though, being blind. he
can see them only with the eyes Of his
mind.
A bubble consists of portion of aif
Enclosed by a film-something very
thin-which is made of soap and water.
So we have the three forms of matter
the solid. liquid and gaseous
When blown from the mouth. the an
inside of the bubble is warmer and
lighter than the outside air. and our
bubble will rise. When filed from boil
lows, the air is colder and heavier.
causing the bubble to fall. The rising
and falling is due to pressure Of the air.
which some of the boys will tell as Is
equal to fifteen pounds To- every square
inch.
Different airs or gases have different
we ghts. This may be prettily shown
by putting into vessel Of any kind
few pieces Of chalk. Pour over them .
little vinegar. A la5bling win hsgin.
and gas will be set free, which vec call
carbonic acid gas. Its presence may
be shown by putting in a lighted match.
The F;os.astossss.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20
IA Dishonest Bank On,c,al.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. March "A.
1t has just transpired that T. j. Dieter
ichs, teller of the Laclede Bank, Is a de-
faulter in the sum of S3O,250.
The peculations have been going on
since the first of January. Upon the
discovery of the embezzlement, which was
only made after the dishonest teller bad
been given an indefinite leave of absence
to recover ill health, the case was given
into the hands of the Fidelity and Cssu.
atty Company, who requested that it be
kept secret as they were the parties who
must suffer the loss.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20

house. and he is such nice, gentleman
" young carpenter that every one To-
spects him. Even his naughty auns
Jane feels proud of him, and .ninAs
no company given by her compieIe IN
less Jack is one of the number.-Lo
Moore, in Christian at W0rE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20

-s'1f some men would treat their
wives as well as they do their servant
girls tnere would be fewer divorce r. !"
saws the indianapolis Tunes
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-20

va ASSASSsohhs' "A parry VA AiOh oeeCLlPGIu
to get in, and had gone below ground,
when q volume of fame shot up, and it
was with difficulty the men escaped with
their lives. Upon the party reaching the
surface, it was discovered that one of
the rescuing party, an Italian named
Carlo Franchi, was missing, and had evil
IDENTITY dropped from the cage into the
raging furnace below. The others of the
party were all badly burned.
THE MINE BURNING.
At eight O'Clock the mine was sending
forth q roaring funnel of fame, setting
fire to the outbuildings and destroying
the fan house, which had been looked
upon as the salvation of any of the men
who might be still alive. When this last
calamity was witnessed by the evicted
residents heartrending shrek went up,
and rush was made to save the build
ing. The efforts were without avail, and
1t was soon mass of ruins.
1t is now certain that the entire mine is
in flames, and it will be a week before it
will be extinguished if it can be at all.
miners whose families are left penniless
and homeless.
NO SOUND OF LIFE.
At midnight it was decided to make an
other attempt to enter the mine this
morning by an unused drift which con-
meets q branch shaft filed with rubbish.
Men have gone into this branch and
sounded the walls with hammers, hoping
to hear some signal from below. The
tapping was kept up for more than an
hour without avail and was then aban-
.doned. The general opinion is that If the
men were not killed by the explosion they
have been suffocated:
THE SCENE.
Pocah0ptas Ia 1T miles west of Lynch.
burg, the mining village being located at
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15
A Silly Charge Refuted.

Much has been said Of Jay Gould
and the Associated Press in cOnnec-
ton with the returns from New
York, and considerable amount of
bad blood has been stirred up by ig-
nOrant and partisan papers. The
special correspondent of the Wash
ington &ar-an Independent journal
whose fairness and honesty has never
been OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that there is
nothing in the charge that the returns
were held back, and gives very sat
isflctory explanation of the apparent
discrepancies. He telegraphs Fri
day evening of last week from New
York oyer the initials G. w. A, as
follows
"As to the charge that Gould held
back the returns there does not seem
to be anything in it. For close con-
test they have been collected more
rapidly than in former years, so rap.
idly that serious errors have been
made by men against their own par
ty, which, of course, would not indi-
cate intentional fraud. The conn pill
ers here are five Associated Press
men, four of whom voted for Cleve-
land. The manager, Mr.. French,
based his calculations on the usual
percentage of gain. and persisted on
that in giving the state to Blaine,
but it failed to hold out in this day of
surprises. and the charge was natur-
al that the returns were withheld in
the interest of bets on candidates. All
bets here in New York state and the
general result are to be decided on
the official returns. Gould was ad vis-
ed to telegraph Cleyeland his con-
CALCULATIONS. in order to prevent
trouble here. His telegram was at
once buIletined all over New York. :"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15
The Solid South Breaking.

One of the hopeful signs Of the times
i. the rapid decreas: of the Demo.
cratic majorities in the Solid South
During the present CANVASS there have
been periods when Virginia, Tennes-
-pe and West Virginia were thought
to have gone Republican. Lat'r in
formation in each case showed that
these states had gone Democratic, but
by greatly decreased majorities.
Maryland il a case in point. Han
cocks majority was 1871. Cleve-
lands is 10 6I2 AMI this falling of
Of 81 per cent. Of the majority is not
because of light vote. On the con-
trary. the vote Of Tuesday last was
one of the largest ever cast in the
state. The Prohibition vote in Mary
land was drawn more largely from
the Republican, than from the Demo-
cratic party. The Butler vote was
inconsi1erahIe. Thus the Republic
can party, Notwithstanding its losses
on the Prohibition vote, pulled down
the Democratic majority in Mary
land five thousand votes.
| The causes of the decline of the
Democratic party in this state are
we'll known to Democrats. Their
party management has b. en- despOtic'
and selfish. and at times very corr
rupt. 1t is in the hands OF men who
do not command the respect of the
voters. Reform movements from
time to time tell wholesome truths
about the managers, and AcruStom the
voters to boiling and scratching their
tickets. Very frequently the bosses
get to fighting among themselves.
The principles of the party are for
gotten I'm Abe rivalrieS of petty chiefs.
For these reasons the young men of
the state are becoming weaned from
party ties. They call themselves "in-
dependent VOTERS" and they are
ready to vote with the Republicans
upon question of principle, or even
upon choice of men. Some Of them
who come As independents" remain
: among the Republicans.
1t is thus in other S uthern States.
The tariff question and Internal i'm
> provemeni> are becoming more i'm
pOriant to the South than the MEM
cries of the war. The prejudices and
resentments of the past cannot be- re-
lied on much longer to keep the
South solid. 1t will be u glad day
for the South when she ceases alto
gether to live in the past. and lives
: wholly in the present. Baltimore
american.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15
Ths Cry OF Fraud.

The newspapers Of both pOlitical
parties are just now devoting a good
deal of space to circulating rumors
about possible frauds in the election
returns. AMI the Democratic organs
are giving much gratuitous advice
about the consequences of what they
are pleased to term repetition of the
outrage of 1876. All this Is, to our
minds not only nonsensical, hut, in
the present excited state of the pub
lie, inexcusably rash. There is not
and cannot be any parallel between
this election and that of 1876, at least
so far as the reports of the election
now Indicate. In 1876 it was noto-
riOus fact that the most outrageous
frauds were perpetrated by the DEM
Ocrats in various Southern states, and =,
as the result of the election depended
upon those states, both parties were
naturally much concerned about them
The Democrats proposed that the
question should be settled by the
electoral commission, and that body
decided that the Republicans had a
legal and equitable right to the votes
Of the disputed states, and they were
accordingly credited to the Republi-
cans, and thus insured the election of
Mr.. Hayes. Democrats howled fraud
and are still bowling it but that was
simply their way of venting their
rage and disappointment.
The uncertainty in this election is
confined almost wholly to the vote of
the State of New York, and the room
for fraud on either side is exceedingly
small. 1t lie barely possible that the
returns may be or may have been al
ready manipulated in the interest of
one or the other party, but If this Is
the case 1t ought not to be difficult to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15

The behavior of the Democratic
managers at this stage of the proceed
ings is not admirable. Though on
the fare of the returns, as reported,
Cleveland has a small plurality, and
though a small plurality affects as
much rs a large one, it Is not absolutely
certain that Cleveland has any plu,
rality. In vote so large and 50
close it is safer to await the official
count than to assume a positive vic
tory on the slender margin which APP
pears on the face of the press returns.
But the Democratic managers are
not content to wait. They prefer to
inflame a willing following with
such pronunciamentos as have been
sent out through the press.
This is not the strength of honest
confidence. 1t is the weakness of a
grave apprehension. They fear that
they haven't carried the State, and
they open themselves to he suspected
of a determination to claim the Pres
idency, no matter what the official
count shall show. Chairman Barnum
felt obliged to dip his pen in red
ink and threaten the country when
the returns were running in Mr..
Blaine's favor and it seemed that he
would have the prima facie plurality.
From that hour on the first night
when the Democrats claimed 10000
plurality in New York until now,
the managers have acted as though
they meant to have New York and
the Presidency at whatever cost.
We have little fear that they would
be able to carry the honest, patriotic
men of their party with them in any
such endeavor, but they might bring
a great deal nf trouble upon the whole
people by their efforts to influence
reckless persons. The Presidency is
to he settled by the honest return Of
votes lawfully polled. The country
will not permit itself to he dragoon-
ed by either party into a fraudulent
settlement which, in fact, would be
no settlement at all.
IF Mr.. Barnum and his friends can
contain themselves until the doubtful
issues is lawfully decided they will
see that the lawfully chosen Presi-
dent will be seated. They can't make
"A President by game of bluff. The
people of this country will be as reso-
lutte to enforce the honest popular
vervict as they are calm in awaiting
it. A good judge Of human nature
will never mistake calm, intense in
terest for lack of courage Wheel,
ing Mtelligencer, NoU. 1lth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15

hIenee exeitel upon the iron trade.
Then in time, the whole business In
terests of the land will brighten up.
For instance in the iron industry,
there is no over production, money,
is cheap, and all that is needed L"
make good demand is confidence.
The election of Republican Presi
dent cannot help hut restore that con-
tidence. How can il help but do so :?
Just look at the results Republic
can President, a Republican Senate, n
largely reduced Democratic represent
tatiOn in the HOuse-the tariff safe"
"On the other hand" continued
Mr.. Byers, "if it should be declared
that Cleveland has been elected Pres
idrnt. it is my opinion and the gen.
eral feeling among iron men that the
lack of confidence will not only con
tinue hut will increase. There you
would have a Democratic President.
who | believe is a free trader at heart,
a Democratic working majority in
the House, Democratic free trade
Cabinet, made up of such men as
Carlisle, Rayard, Morrison, and their
stamp. That is why the consumers
want their iron delivered if only
Blaine is elected. Democratic success
in this campaign will certainly have
a depressing effect on the iron trade
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15
THANKSGIVING Proclamation.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. T.
The President has issued the follow
ing proclamation
1.-The season is nigh when it is the
yearly wont of this people to observe
the day appointed for that purpose
by the President as the especial occa-
sion for thanksgiving unto God.
Now, therefore, in recognition o
this hal!owed custom, I, Chester A..
Arthur, President of the United
States, do hereby designate as such
day of general Thanksgiving, Thurs
day, the 9th of the present Novem-
her, and l do recommend that
throughout the land. the people ceas-
ing from their accustomed occupa-
tions. do then keep holiday at their
several homes and their several places
Of worship, and with heart and voice
pay reverent acknowledgment to the
giver Of all good for the countless
blessings wherewith he hath Wis.
tied this nation"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15
1 MAYORALrY Con TEST

A MAYoRALrY Con rEsT.-It Is
asserted in political circles in New
York that the Tammany people are
really determined to contest Mayor.
elect Grace's eligibility to take his
place as mayor of the city on the Isl
Of January on the allegation that he
is not citizen, and to that end they
have engaged counsel TO manage their
case. The proceeding will he in the
form Of quo warranto, brought by
Mr.. Grant, the defeated Kelly candi-
date, compelling Grace to prove his
title. The basis of the action is an
averment of Judge Donohue, to be
supported by affidait, that Mr.. Grace
came to him in 1880 and privately adj
mitted that he was an:aIien and had
committed perjury in the matter OF
his naturalization but this allegation
is looked upon by Democrats outside
Of Tammany as so preposteTous that
they do not believe 1t will serve Its
purpose.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15
Internal Revenue Report.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9s--'Fhe an
nual report Of the commissioners oE
Internal revenue for the fi-cal Year
ended 4une go, 1881, has been SUBJ.
United to the Secretary Of the Treas
ury. The total receipts from alb
sources of internal revenue taxation
for the year were 1921 ,590. 1919 as com.
pared with Sl44, 553,3li for the year
1888, Sl46523 273 for the year 1852.
and Sl35 229,9l2 for the year 1891.
1t is estimated that the sum of
Sll5, 10000, 900 will be collected during,
the present fiscal year. The payment
Of the tax on the large production Of
spirits in 1881 was a material factor
in the collections during the past
year. The falling off anticipated dur
ing the present year will follow from
the diminished quantity Of bourbon
and rye whiskeys pr'riucesl in 1852.
on which the tax will mature during
the current fiscal year. Another
cause contributing to the reduction IF
receipts will be the largely increased,
expectation abroad ofspiriis in bond.
on which, Snr various reasons, the,
owners eanEo pay the tax.
A comparative statement Of the
receipts for the fiscal year 1888 and
1884 shows q decrease of 16,04l, $50.
from tobacco, aa Increase of s., $685.
$40 from spirits, aH increase of 81. 1874,
33S from fernentrd liaIorS. anda de-.
crease of $40, 1912. 1A from taxes under
repealed laws and penalties. making
total decrease of so, 963. 305.
The total cost of collection for the
past year was So. 10: 45OaS comparedi
with cost of IS, lO5,9 for 1888. The
expenses for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1886. are estimated at $4,-,
9S4. $50.
The internal revenue taxes collect
Ell from tobarco during the year az.
gregated S2G,062. 800. This amount
sm'lInles taxes Imposed on domestic
and imported manufactured tnpacco,
snuff, cigars AMI cigarettes. and all
speei tax paid by manufacturers.
AMI dealers in tobacco.
The colIrcijm from the same
sources during the fiscal year 1888.
were S42. i0l ,2l9, and during the fiscal
year 1852 were S47. 39I 1888.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15

detect the crime and fix the RESPONSE
tility for it. There can be no charges
Contamination. bulldOzingand whole
sale fraud such as warranted the
throwing out Of the vote of louisa
ma. The State of New York. honey
comhed with railroads and telegraph
Offices, offers no field for such exploits
with the hope of concealing them.
Any fraud that can he now charged
must he in the count.
II it shall appear by the official re-
turns that Mr.. Cleveland has carried
the state of New York its electoral
votes will he given to him without
any attempt at chichancery on the
part of the Republicans. We would
prefer to see Mr.. Blaine carry the
state, but we will cheerfully abide by
the result of the count. All that the
Republican party wants to know
and is determined to know, is that
the count is fair, impartial and abso-
lutely correct.
The cry Of fraud should be stopped
until the official count ia made and
the result announced. The people
are in such a temper that the reitera
ton of the charge of possible trlckery
is likely to lead to serious trouble.
Neither side is likely to remain calm
while its ears are being filed with
stories of attempts to cheat it out oI
its own. There are, we feel sure,
honorable men In both parties who
would not countenance any rascality,
aud the people may rest assured that
as the vote of New York was cast SC
it will he returned. If Mr.. Cleye'
land is elected he will take his seat
BaLto. Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15
Business Men Alarmed.

PITTSBURGH, PA, Nov. 10.-The
iron trade is in a quivering state Of
uncertainty and suspense over the
election. Tonight A. M. Byers, one
If Pittsburgh's most extensive man
ufacturers, said: IA number of heavy
orders are held by firms in this city
for iron to be delivered if Blaine is
elected President. If it is found that
he is defeated these orders will no
doubt he cOuntermanded. know of
one nail mill that has contract for
FIVE thousand kegs of nails. Only one
thousand kegs have been delivered,
and the others are being held by or
der of the cOnsignee, who has notified
the firm to deliver the balance if
Blaine is elected. If it should turn
out that Cleveland is elected, this
order will. IN all probability, be with
drawn"
"Why were the contracts made
with that provision ?' asked the re.
porter.
"Simply because consumers, as
well rs manufacturers, believe that
the future of the industries of this
nation depends upon the party gains
political control Of the country. Some
of these orders were placed recently.
others some time ago. The purchase
ers believe that if Blaine Is elected
and the Republicans maintain their
management of the affairs of the gov
eminent, the country will enter upon
a new era of prosperity. 1 feel posi-
tive that when it is declared that
Blaine Is the President-elect there
will be soothing, strengthening in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15
mend his words to all excitable par

mend his words to all excitable par
tiZans:
II think that proclamation OF
Mr.. Rarnum calling upon Democrats
every where to fire guns and in other
respects treat the election of Cleve
land AZ settled fact WAS all wrong
think also that there was no war
rant for an exchange of c0ngratula.
tory messages between Cleveland and
Hendricks, and that il would have
been better if Blaine had not sent
any message announcing the helieI
that the Republicans had carried New
York. My opinion is that there ought
not Ia he gun fred until the result
is finally and officially announced.
The vote in New York is altogether
too close fur either to claim the State
with absolute certainty. This is not
The time for inflammatory speeches,
hut good citizens should he prepared
to await quietly and calmly peace
able settlement of the question by
proper authorities. My fear is that
If single gun be fred by either par
~ against the other in any of those
demonstrations it might endanger
Federal Union, and | think every.
thing should he done to allay party
spirit instead of inAaming the public
by speeches, such rs some gentlemen
have thought proper to deliver in the
last few days"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-11-15
JUMPS.

IF the Democrats are so perfectly
cock-sure that Mr.. Cleveland r. elec-
ted, why do they make all Ibis row
about having the light Of an official
count thrown upon the returns :?
There is good authority G0v saying
that people whose deeds are dark
love darkness, fraudulent voting and
"doctOring" returns and lath an
honest count.-Ne,D York Tribune.