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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-25
THE WANAMAKER SCANDAL.
A Document That Has Very Familiar
Sound.

A Document Inat mas very Iamtis2r
Sound.
Everyone who read Mr.. Wanamailer's
explanation of his connection with the
keystone bank troubles must have been
struck by it's resem blance to Senator
cuay's explanation of his relation to
that treasury secret" before which
''repu blicans were to stand dumb" In
both cases there is a wicked partner
who has to take all the blame. In both
these cases the wicked partner is dead.
and cannot be heard. In both cases
there is joint speculation, in which
the wicked partner behaves badly, and
leaves the good man to make up a
deficit. In both cases, too, the agree
ment is verbal" Says Mr.. Wanna
maker:
During 1887, to the best of my recollection,
upon the belief that Mr.. Lucas was rich man.
and the knowledge OF his investing in various
ENTERPRISES as a capitalist. told him OF my
great desire to assist in preserving the indie
pendence of the Reading railroad property,
and that thought that the purchase OF certain
holdings of the stock that were held by parties
inimIcal to the reorganization would De pront
able and useful, and invited him TO JON me In
such purchase on joint account
1.-THE agreement between Us was verbal ana
to this effect. that Mr.. Lucas was to personally
supply certain sums of money, as called Ior
them. and deposit the same to my personal ac-
count in the keystone bank. In accordance
with that agreement from time to time drew
checks on that account to the extent OF about
$1,000 against the money which believed was
deposited by him as per understanding. Upon
several occasions when L notitici MI Lucas
that under our agrc~ ment money was needed
he brought me stock of the Keystone oank,
which he requested me to use in lieu OF the
money as it was not convenient for him to fur
nish cash at the time.
las a result when he died had in my pos
session 2,5l5 shares of the Keystone bank, SO
received by me from him"
The Wanamalker explanation is we IL
worth perusal in this light. We see
here that the joint speculation in Read
ing stock was not undertaken for a
mere low love of gain, but in order to
assist in preserving the independence
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-25
A TEXAS MAZEPPA.
One of the Tragic Incidents of Mexica
Rule.

One of the Tragic Incidents of Mexican
Rule.
Among the tragical events that, writ
ten in blood upon the page of the his
tory of Texas early struggle for liberty,
make it one Of the most glorious in the
annals of the world, there is none more
thrilling or terrible than the fate Of DR..
James Grant. In the person of this I'M
fortunate settler was repeated the IA
nous story of the ride of the Pole Ma
zeppa, but for Grant there was no res
cue, and he was torn to pieces after a
animal to which he was bound.
Grant was Scotchman by birth, and
had been educated for a physician, but,
owing to ill-health, was obliged to leave
Scotland for a milder climate, and final
ly settled in Mexico, of which country
he became, for the sake of expediency,
a naturalized citizen, and in 1925 bought
a large tract of land in the neigh bor-
hood of Parras. In the management of
this property he gave great offense to
the better class of the Mexicans by his
advanced notions and efforts to reform
the condition of the poor laborers of the
vicinity, and it is believed that the cru
city practiced toward Grant is to be at
tributed to the dislike he aroused at this
t me.
But it is probable that while this in
creased the feeling against his endeav-
ors to introduce American colonists into
Texas was the real secret of this en-
nifty. In company with DIR. j. c.
Beales he. in 1888, obtained an impre-
sario contract for settling eight hum
dred families between the Nueces and
Rio Grande rivers Fifty-nine of these
colonists sailed from New York in the
schooner Amos Wright on November
II, 1888, and on December the schoon-
err entered Arkansas Pass. Cumbered
with children and women unused to the
privations and exertions of pioneers
life, the party proceeded with the
greatest difficulty towards the ter
ritory where their proposed set
Element was to be. Their way
led via Goliad and San Antonio, and
from the petty annoyances to which
they were subjected at the hands OF the
Mexicans, it was evident that the immi-
grafton was bitterly resented, and an
object of suspicion to the authorities.
The party arrived at a little stream
called the Las Moras on March 10, 1884,
where a village was duly laid off into
streets, and. with renewed hopes, the
colonists began the work of breaking
the land into little farms. But the
name of the village, which was Dolores,
seemed prophetic. The place was never
built ND. and the settlement was soon
abandoned.
Grant then began to occupy himself
with politics. and was secretary of the
executive council of Coahuila. and in
1885 member of the legislature dis
persed by Gen. Cos. After this arbi-
trary measure he made his way with a
few companions to San Antonio, and IN
the command of a company of forty
men assisted Milan in the capture of
the city, but he was opposed to the
declaration of Texas independence, be-
lieving the measure imprudent and pre-
cipitate. and advised patience until re-
enforced by other settlers
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-25
ANCIENT BOOKS.
Volumes studded with Gems and Costing
Enormous sums of Money.

Volumes studded with Gems and Costing
Enormous sums of Money.
Through that long dark stretch of a
thousand years lying between the fifth
and fifteenth centuries the greatest
luxuries were books. So costly were
they that it was next to impossible for
any but the richest to procure such ex
pensive treasures, the more's the pity,
since but inches of information, so to
speak, remain to tell the story of their
worth and the tale of wonderful
garniture, both binding and ornamental
ton revealing the peculiarly rich and
varied handicraft then in vogue.
Much of the transcribing of the period
was done by residents of religious
houses; boards of hard wood, over
which leather was stretched, inclosed
these precious treasures, and further
protection by metallic corner pieces and
massive claps preserved the leaves from
injury.
Literary treasures intended for royal
households and ecclesiastical dignita-
ries, and copies for churches and monas-
teries, had side castings of ivory on which
appropriate subjects were carved in
silver, of quaint fretwork pattern, and
addition of gold plaques, studded with
gems and jewels. Both sets and single
volumes were carefully incased in boxes
no less expensive than were the brilliant
bindings.
In the British museum may be seen
an eighth century relic, and in this an
tioue binding are inclosed the st. Cuth-
bert Gospels and MSS, written, it is re-
corded, with great beauty; the binding
is of velvet intermingled with silver,
with broad silver border enriched with
inlaid gems.
Coming to the eleventh and twelfth
centuries, we reach another form of
treasure-manuscript upon vellum.
These had diptych covers, which means
"a double writing tablet, such as could
be folded, and so inclosing the work of
the scribe"
Diptychs in the time of the Roman
emperors were of two kinds; first, con-
sular, expressly for presentation gifts
on entrance upon official duties. These
offerings We're of the greater value
since was added, upon the outer side,
portrait Of the giver. An ecclesiastical
diptych was rich in scenes from sacred
history.
The inner surface of wax sh owed the
writing; the outsides of this double
tablet revealed models of artistic hand
icraft. There were sixteen medallions
on each side, representing ancient
prophets and saints, with their symbols
and inscriptions in ancient uncial let
tiers, and, as grand finish, the whole
was surrounded with foliage of ivory
work 10 the Greek style. -Harper's Ba-
Ear.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-25
a REMARKABLE RIVER.
Strange Conduct of the Waters of Cana.
dian Stream.

Strange Conduct of the Waters of 3 Cana.
dian Stream.
The Saguenay, a large river in Cana
da, falling into the estuary of the ST.
Lawrence, on the north side, about one
hundred and fifteen miles below Que
bee, is rightly reckoned as being the
deepest and most remarkable stream in
the world. Excepting in very few
places, where great ranges of hills seem
to cross it's bed, the average depth is
nine hundred feet, the bottom at the
spot where it joins the st. Lawrence be-
ing over six hundred feet be low the bot
tom of the last-named stream. Thus
low point of rocks at the shore, or an
island, is really the top of a moderate
sized mountain springing up from the
mysterious depths of this deepest of all
rivers. As the spring tides rise about
eighteen feet, the currents of the river
are violent and eccentric; in some
places the ebb stream runs four to six
miles per hour; the eddies along the
shore are like those of a rapid, the I'M
dercurrent sometimes laying hold of a
vessel to turn her about or to hold her
in spite of all efforts to escape.
Before the use of towboats on the
Saguenay, vessel left helpless by
calm sometimes drifted against some
submerged mountain peak, and, when
the tide fell eapsized in deep water.
An anchorage being very ra rely found,
large iron rings have been set in the
rocks which show themselves above the
water. and vessels often tie up to these
"hitching-posts" and await a. fair wind.
The tide of the Saguenay, for some un-
explained reason, advances with ex-
traordinary rapidity, thus, notwith-
standing the fact that the sbb current
very rarely ceases to flow out of the
river, high tide arrives at Chicontimi
only forty-five minutes later than at
Tadousac, seventy miles away. On the
st. Lawrence the tide advances in the
same time only from Tadousac to Muir
ray bay, thirty-five miles distant.-St
Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-25
Smoke Blossoms,

did you ever see a smoke blossom?"
asked an old smoker. "Well, the yav
to make them is this: Blow a ring in
a still atmosphere and then watch it.
The smoke making the ring revolyes
toward the center, as you look toward
1t. While 1t is floating away part of
the ring shoots slowly away from the
rest, forming loop. When the two
sides of this loop come almost together
the loop seems to burst at it's apex, and
a lily-shaped blossom will break nm
into other small loops, and they will
produce smaller smoke blossoms. as did
the larger one. can't account for Il
but smoke ring invariably bears these
queer blossoms. n. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-25
SAMOAN NEWS,
Mataafa Claims that He is the Real
Ruler of Samoa.

Mataafa Claims that He is the Real
Ruler of Samoa.
LONDON, June 20.-A Melbourne dis
patch states that Samoan advices re-
ceived there are to the effect that Chief
Mataafa, accompanied by force of
natives, had started for Maize, the CEN
ter of the intrigue which is known to
exist against the sovereign rights of
King Malietoa. This movement by
Mataafa will, it is believed, lead
to further trouble. The two
chiefs who, by order of Malietoa,
had been imprisoned for sedition, es-
capped and joined Mataafa. The latter
returned them to Malietoa, and during
an interview which was held between
Mataafa and Malieuoa, the former told
the latter that although he (Malietoa)
had been recognized as the king by the
powers, he (Mataafa) was the real ruler
of Samoa.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-25
THE RESURRECTION BONE.
A Singular Belief of the Theologians OF
Ancient Times.

A Singular Belief of the Theologians OF
Ancient Times.
Throughout the middle ages it was
believed that there exists in man bone
imponderable, incorruptible, incombus-
tible, the necessary nucleus of the res
direction body. Belief in a resurrec-
ton OF the physical body, despite ST.
Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians, had
been incorporated into the formula
made many centuries after his time and
called the Apostles Creed, and was held
throughout, always, everywhere, and
by ALL" This hypothetical bone was
therefore held in great veneration, and
many anatomists sought to discover it;
but Vesalius, revealing SO much else,
did not find it, and was therefore sus-
pected of a want of proper faith. He
contented himself with saying that he
left the question regarding the exist
ence of such bone to the theologians.
He could not lie he did not wish to fight
the Inquisition, and thus he fell under
suspicion.
The strength of this theological point
may be judged from the fact that no
less eminent a surgeon than Riolan con-
suited the executioner to find out
whether when he burned a criminal,
all the parts were consumed; and only
then was the answer received which ia
tally undermined this superstition.
Still, in 1859 we find it still lingering in
France, creating an energetic opposi-
ton in the church to dissection. Even
as late as the eighteenth century, Ber-
nouilli having shown that the living hui
man body constantly undergoes series
of changes, SO that all it's particles are
renewed in given number of years, so
much i'll feeling was drawn upon him,
especially from the theologians, who
saw in this statement danger to the doc
trine of the resurrection of the body,
that for the sake of peace he struck out
his argument on this subject from his
collected works.-Andrew d. White, in
Popular Science Monthly.
A Dangerous Practice.
A citizen who fancied that he had
been followed through certain dark
streets by some ruffians applied next
day to the police captain of the precinct
in which he lived for a permit to carry
pistol. You can have it," said the
captain, 'but earnestly advise you not
to make use of it. If you don't carry
pistol you can not shoot anyone, and If
you do you can. Perhaps you will shoot
some day, and then you viii be very
sorry ever afterward. BY the ordinary
exercise of caution and diplomacy you
will get along without a pistol. whereas
if you have one and rely upon it you
will be apt to use tn. Z. Sun
"A floating rock is one the wonders
of Corea- 1t stands, or seems to stand,
in front of the palace erected in its
honor. 1t is an irregular cube of great
bulk. 1t appears to be resting on the
ground free from support on all sides,
but strange to say two men on oppos-
lite ends of a rope may pass 1t under
the stone without encountering any
obstacle whatever.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-25

The ancient Firms believed that n
mystic bird laid an egg on the lap of
Vaimainou, who Matched it in his bosom
He let it fall into the water and il broke
the lower portion of the shell form.
ing the earth, the upper the sky; the
liquid became the sun and the yoilx the
moon, while the little fragments of
broken shell were transformed into
stars
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-25
A Census Office Bulletin on Lumber Pro-
ductiOu,

WASHINGTON, June 2l.-The census
office has in press and will shortly pub
1ish for distribution an elaborate re-
port on lumber production and allied
industries for the states of Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota This bulle-
tin is a report on the mill and forest
Industries of the states of Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota, comprising
what is known as the white pine group.
The bulletin shows that the aggregate
increase of mill products" as coIu-
pared with the census reports of 1850 is
1906 per cent. in quantity and 1922
per cent value; that the increase in the
number of hands employed is 1Ss. 40
per cent and the increase in the total
amount of wages paid is 141. 20 per cent
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-25
The Order Will be Executed.

WASHINGTON, June 21.-Secretary No
BILE has declined to interfere with the
order of the commissioner of Indian af.
fairs directing the removal of intrudels
on the Chickasaw Indian reservation,
which takes effect to-day, and has d.
rected that steps be taken for their re-
moval. The order was issued on MAY
IS, and since that time memorial has
been received at the Indian office pray
ing for its postponement on the ground
that it would work great hardship to
the 6, 900 intruders now on the reserva-
ton This matter has been before the
department for number of years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-25
The Question of City Treasurer wrighs's
Bond.

PHILADELPHIA, June 2I.-The matte:
of the approval of sureties of VIM
Redwood Wright to the commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, for the faithful per
Torrance of Mr.. Wright's duty as
county treasurer, came up yesterday
before Judge Breezy, of common pleas
court No 1. No final action was talleI
by the court, but the matter was held
under Amusement. The state authori-
ties ask City Treasurer Wright to give
a state bond tor $3.50, 600 instead of $685.
600 as was given by City Treasurer
Rardslev.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-30
"LAND BILL ALLEN DEAD.
The Great Benefactor Passes
Away in Ohio.

The Great Benefactor Passes
Away in Ohio.
COLUMBUS. O., Nov. 29.-The great
public benefactor known in history
as 'Land Bill'' Allen ended
his days in the Franklin county
infrmary this morning at 6 o'clock,
after suffering one week from
paralysis. Mr.. Allen was born in VIM
dom, Conn.,. May %, 1910. In early
years his father moved to Rhode Island,
and he was given an education. He also
learned the tailor trade. 'Land Bill"
Allen also entered the journalistic arena,
running the Rhode Islander. He mar
ried Zena Weaver, and sold his
paper and came to Columbus in 1929.
He edited the Ohio State Journal and
the Cincinnati Gazette for years. Hav-
ing the homestead idea-that of giving
100 acres of Indian land TO every man
who would guarantee TO settle on it in
the West-he spent $4,000 introducing
his plans. In 1868 the great bill
was passed in congress, but Allen
never took any lands. He moved TO
Sharon township, this county. and
began farming. Shortly afterwards his
wife died. Sickness came on the old
benefactor, and little by little his prop
erty passed out of his possession, being
sold for taxes, leaving him at least
penniless and helpless in his advanced
years. A few weeks ago he was
admitted to the Franklin county
infrmarywhere every attention hasbeen
given him and subScr iptions have been
raised all over the country to assist him.
Ere the assistance of his friends could
be appreciated, death relieved the old
man OF his troubles. His body is in
charge of the superintendent of the in
Urinary, who will hold it until Wednes-
day, giving the friends an opportunity
to bury him. A monument fund is in
progress.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-30
A GIANT AUDITORIUM
No Division of Sentiment as to
What We Want.

w AAG w Z ~ ANT
The question of a gigantic st. Paul
auditorium was the populor theme of
discussion everywhere in st. Paul
yesterday. The need of hall with a
seating capacity of from $4,000 to 10000
was conceded; and it was generally
agreed that the interests of the city
have frequently suffered in the past be-
cause of the absence of place for hold
ing large conventions, mass meetings
and May festivals. III discussing the
subject the GLOBES Friday article, CIV
ing the views of several st. Paul archi-
tects, seemed to form the general basis.
The plan of the Mormon temple at Salt
Lake City, as suggested by E. P. Bass
ford, found good many advocates, and
the proposition made by Clarence
johnson, to erect an auditorium with
facilities for subdivlding the main hall
so as to accommodate an audience of
almost any size, was pronounced a
capital idea.
And the project appears to take prac-
tical shape. Ways and means were dis
cusSed in the different phases they pre-
sent. The project to form stock COM
pany was conceived, and 1t will be no
surprise to see this feature of the prob
lem assume tangible form today. 1t
will cost great deal of money, and it
may possibly not prove an Immediately
profitable Investment, but there is an
abiding faith in the progress of st.
Paul, and the ground floor rooms will
sooner or later find use either in mer-
camille, social or educational ways.
Such an auditorium would be an elO-
quent and living testimonial to the mod
ern enterprise of the capital city, and
it would advertise to the world that
this would then be the ideal convention
city of the country.
Such is the consensus of opinion.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-30
RAN IN A CIRCLE.
Miraculous Escape of Four Men
on a Burning Steamer.

Miraculous Escape Of Four Men
on Burning Steamer.
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-For over an hour
today, on wintry Lake Michigan. four
men stared full in the face what seemed
to be inevitable death. They were
aboard the tug John A. Miller, which,
wrapped In flames, was running wild at
sull speed in great circle. The men
had only deck buckets to delay the mo-
ment when apparently they would have
to decide whether to burn or drown.
The smoke and flame from the burning
craft were sighted by the tug Welcome,
but the waves were running so high
that the Welcome was long delayed.
At last, however. she succeeded in
steaming close to the fiery Miller, and,
by almost superhuman eXertions, taking
aboard the scOrched and exhausted sea-
men. The reScuerS narrowly avoided
meeting the fate that had awaited the
rescued. The Welcome took fire, and
only prompt measures averted her de-
structiOn. The four men who escaped
from the Miller were Capt. Peter Barry,
engineer; James Barry, fireman; Charles
Newman and deck hand. The Wei
come was under command of Capt.
Thomas Barry, brother of the Mil
ler's captain. The crew of the
Miller. though suffering intense pain,
enjoyed one satisfaction, that of seeing
the tug sink without them aboard. The
fire is supposed to have originated in
the explosion of lamp. 1t made too
rapid progress TO permit any investiga-
ton, and after driving the engineer and
wheelman from their post. disabled the
Steerage apparatus, which had been set
by Capt. Barry TO head straight for port
instead of making the huge circle that
so nearly proved the doom of himself
and his men.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-30

yesterday, and that demands immediate
attention, is the delegation that must
wait upon the national committee in
Washington Dec. s. twill be found no
easy task to enlist goodly-sized dele
cation that will bear its own expen ses.
Patriotic ardOr is too frequently cooled
when an immediate outlay of money is
necessity.
But the delegation is prerequisite.
Without it nothing can be effected, for
at least half-dOZen enterpriSing and
hu sting candidates for the convention
Will be represented at the conference
OF the committee by strong delegations.
1t is not likely that there will be much
difficulty to make up the citizens COM
mittee, however, if no time is lost IN
urging upon the leading Democrats of
the city the prime necessity OF their
taking a live, active part in the cam
paign. Ii will be delightful midWin-
ter trip in the first place, and the Argo.
nauts who actually succeed in getting
the golden fleece will surround them
selves with an enviable glory, and they
will challenge the admiration and win
the praises and thanks Of the entire
Northwest.
Yet there is danger if the committee
depends upon getting volunteers. It
would be very small delegation that
would be secured in that way.
Minneapolis is all right. e. NJ. Foote,
Mayor Winston, Col. Glenn, DR.. Ames
and a mighty contingent will be on hand
to go when st. Paul is ready. Then
there are Minnesota's Democratic con-
gresSmen. There is no question about
them. They can be relied upon. and
there are here and there. scattered all
over the state. prominent and repre-
sentative Democrats who can be in
duced to form part of the deleg alton.
They must be solicited, however, and
not an hour should be lost.