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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-09
RAINING AGAIN.
The Mississippi and Its Tributaries Rising
1 gain.

Again.
kEoKTK. Ia. June 3.-The Mississippi
river rose sixteen inches Wednesday,
and the Des Moines three feet The
water is again pouring through the
break in the Egyptian levee, and Alex
andria i submerged. The river is
rapidly rising. and at the present rate
will soon reach the highest mark of the
season. There We're heavy rains all
about keokuk for the past As hours.
KeOkuk * Western and Rock Island
trains are abandoned.
At Dubuque the Mississippi had risen
II inches in twenty -four hours Wedaes-
day night. and was still rising The
saw mills and packinghOuses have sus-
pended. and are moving their porta BILE
property elsewhere. The rain was still
falling in torrents, with no sign of clear
weather.
Burlington reports heavy rains with
the river rising rapidly. Much damage
has been done to farming property in
Illinois and Iowa by wind and light
ming. and hardly bridge or culvert is
left standing
It has rained necessarily at Clinton,
Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids for forty
eight hours, flooding the lower stories
of hundreds of houses. All streams are
rising rapidly and a repetition of the
disastrous floods of last week is inevita-
hl.a
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| our Atlantic coast; but / feel certain
| you do not realize the wonderful differ
| ence. How would you like to. live per-
manently on the southeast shore of Hud-
| son bay?'
Wouldn't like it at air. exclaimed
| Frank.
But you'd cheerfully live in En-
gland?''
'.Of course"
s'Yet the British isles and the lower
half of Hudson bay lie in the same latl-
tude.'
Frank looked incredulous, and had to
consult the atlas before he was satlsfeS
that his fathers statement was correct
Here is something else to reflect
over" pursued Mr.. Atkins. did You
ever hear of anything in common be-
tween Montreal and Venice"
s.Pshaw,'' laughed Frank. Montreal
is away up north in cold climate.
while Venice is almost in the tropics"
THAT shows you have not studied
your geography, because both cities lie
between the forthwith and forty-siNth
parallels of latitude. Venice is more
than three hundred miles nearer the
North pole than Philadelphia.
us it possible?" cried Frank.
There is no doubt about it. The
great cities of Italy-Verona. Mantna
and Milan-are as far north as Mon
treal and Ottawa and Portland. Ore.
And there are other surprises for you
in your atlas. Follow the fortieth
parallel east from Philadelphia and see
where it takes YOU"
Portugal and SPAIN" announced
Frank: Sardinia. Greece, the Caspian
sea, Turlzestan, the Great Desert OF
Cobb and Japan. And the difference In
climate is due to the gulf stream"
Mainly, yes. Isn't it wonderful?
Very" assented Frank.
There are many more wonderful dis
coveries of the same kind you can
make" said Mr.. Atkins. If you study
geography intelligently. Don't you
think it is worth trying"
Decidedly" answered Frank. readily
Il don't see what l could have been
thinking of to call it dulL"-Victor Val
entine. in Golden Days.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-09

Col. Alger himself The democratic
newspaper, to which sufficient hint had
been conveyed, nagged Alger unceas-
ingly until he, believing the Sun had
the record entire. became alarmed, and
preferred to break the blow by giving
the true story in part, with minimizing
explanatory comments. If Alger be
nominated for the second place at Min
neapolis republican official sources will
supplement the published portion of
the files with other documents. Alger
knows this and is playing carefully
among the contending cabals.
The Harrison republicans, to give an
other instance, are justly in a position
to charge on Blaine and his faction bad
faith. When the secretary wrote the
GARRISON letter of solemn and absolute
declination he disarmed the administra-
ton. Had he failed or refused 10 write
the letter of declinauion at that crisis in
the preliminaries of the campaign ad
ministration men might have been able
to anticipate the claims of the Maine
statesman. They are now entitled to
stigmatize that letter as trick I'M
worthy an honorable man, treacherous
on the part of subordinate to chief
and wiliful in its deceit of the rank and
file of the party. Retaliation is newt
a BILE. Threat of it is already given in
the suggestion of exposure of Illicit re-
lations between Grace, of New York,
whose name was involved in the Peru
Wan scandals of the Garfield admins
tration. and Blaine in the intrigue that
preceded peaceful settlement of the
Chilian dispute. 1t is needless to say
that this would be only the beginning
of disclosures the administration agents
would precipitate if Blaine be nomi-
mated. Added to these will be the old
charges never met.
Republicans have been SO long in
possession of the power and patronage
of the presidency that they cannot suf-
fer to let it go without desperate effort
to hold on. But no faction in the party
is willing to permit the other to be su-
preme. The fight on Harrison is purely
a fight of revenge and of greed. 1t
makes little difference now which fac
ton wins at Minneapolis. If democrats
nominate a man disentangled from do
mestic hatreds within their own ranks:
IF they quit looking to the SCARED fields
of the east for a democratic nomi-
nee, and come to the west, where
the party is too young to be Sc
riously weakened by internal dissen-
sion, they will receive enough repub-
lican help to give them the presidency
in Novem ber.-Chicag Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-09

MURPHYsBORo, Ill, June 3.-The
present high water in the Mississippi
river reaches the highest point in the
history of the country for thirty years.
Forty thousand acres of land are SUBJ
merged, destroying 1000 acres of grow
ing crops and carrying away dwelling
houses. barns and fences, leaving hun
dreds of families with nothing to
keep want from the door. Fully 100
families are tenants, and have neither
food nor clothing, and are calling for
aid from their more fortunate neigh
oors- No estimate can yet be put upon
the property destroyed, but it will reach
far beyond anything ever known in this
country.
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THE ENGLISH DERBY.

ut was Won by Sir Hugo a Thirty-to-One
shot and Proved a Great Surprise to
Everyone.
LssDoN. June 2.-Derby day opened
with light showers and sunshine, and
an occasional breeze sweeping over
EPSON downs The crowd was greater
than usual, perhaps owing to the in
tense interest that has conferred this
year around the Derby.
Sir Hugo won; LaFleche, second; Bu-
centauer. third
The winner of the Derby Sir Hugo,
chestnut colt by Wisdom out of Ma
n9ure, is owned by Lord Bradford. Sir
Hugo won last year the Rous Memorial
stakes at Goodwood in July and the
Bosacwen stakes at Newmarket in Sep
tember- This was an utter surprise to
the betting public, as Sir Hugo
had hardly been considered by sport
ing men as having even a chance.
Sir Hugo was beaten last year at Ascot
for the thirty ninth triennial by Poly
glot and st. Adamien. both in the field
to-day, and was beaten by La Fleche
for the Champagne stakes at Doncaster
last September, Gossoon being sec
Sond and Sir Hugo third and was only
seventh in the race for the Mid
die Park plate last October, when
Ormee was first. Ell Diable sec
ond, Gauntlet third, Stangel fourth
Polyglot fifth and Silver Mint sixth. 1t
will therefore be seen that all the prob
abilities were against Sir Hugo. The
betting was 33 to 1. The Frenchmen
are greatly elated over Bucentauer's
place in the race, and many of them
will be good deal in pocket on the re-
suit
When Sir Hugo was declared the win
ner the excitement was tremendous, as
the race had disappointed all predic-
tions. Second only to the defeat of La
Fleche. in causing surprise, was the
poor showing made by Bonavista-
Large amounts of money changed
hands. and it is said that a well-known
NJ T. won a14,OOO on Sir Hugo's vic
tory. The time was 2:44.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-09
A REMoRsELEss CAMPAIGN.
Republican fractional Fights Make Things
Easy for Democrats.

Republican fractional Fights Make Things
Easy for Democrats.
Democrats can afford to watch with
complacency the development of what
is going to be a savage republican cam
paign. At no previous time in the his
tory of parties in this country had the
democrats SO great an opportunity to
take advantage of the factions and
quarrels of their opponents.
1t is to be remembered that republic
an candidates have generally been de-
feated by republican conspiracy. Some
times cabals have accomplished their
work before or during a convention.
Sometimes they have waited until a
campaign was under full Roadway.
The defeat of Folger in New York, re-
sulting in his death, was the result of a
party conspiracy against party nomi-
nation. The defeat of Blaine in 1sSs
was due to repu bHcan machination with
a republican minister as its mouthpiece.
The defeat of Arthur was the result of
a republican conspiracy that would
have accomplished at the polls, had he
been nominated, what it preferred to
accomplish by preventing his nomina
ton. All the ammunition used against
unsuccessful republican candidates
since the war has been supplied from
repu blican arseEals. The latest in
stance of this persistent republican
characteristic was the revelation of
Ayers war record.
Suggestion leading to it emanated
from the war department. which has
been IN possession of republican poll
ticians almost continuously since the
war. Had there been serious danger of
Ayers nomination in 1883 the record
would have been produced then. Re
publican managers know he can never
be elected to any federal Office. as he
cannot now be elected to any office in
his own state. They held back an au-
thenticated transcript until necessity
for its use ceased for that year As
soon as he looned up once more as a
formidable pretender for the presidency
hint of the actual nature of the war de-
partment files concerning him was
given out from a high republican
source The record itself was not fur
nished. That was reserved for future
party use. The secretary of war, Mr..
EIkins, announced suggestively that he
could publish it only at the request of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-09
PLUCKY JACK.
His Nerve and Spirit. and Thoughtfulness
for His Mother.

His Nerve and Spirit, and ThoughtIuiness
for His Mother.
I am proud of my thirteen-year-old
friend l think he showed real pluck
And all this story is true, excepting the
name by which 1 call my boy.
Of course Jack was ''skylarking."
But, unless some care is taken. boy
may ''skylark' himself into trouble.
That is what Jack came near doing
when he steered his sled between the
fore and hind legs of a horse.
But the cop" (by which | under
stand a policeman was meant) said
that the boys had a perfect right to
slide on that hill"
So if horses came in the way they did
SO at their own risk. However, that Is
cot what this story is about.
They were playing Tag" my Jack
and the doctors son Playing with all
their might and main, suspect. Jacks
sturdy knickerboclers look as if they
could make good time when it comes to
a run.
He rushed after the doctors son, and
the doctors son went for" him.
Round about and round about
And round about they spun
and Jack was TT
Close to the big front door they sped
Up the steps and into the vestibule they
tumbled Jack would have seized the
doctors son had not that youngster
burst open the inner door and whisked
into the hail. slamming the door in his
pursuer's face, and shouting, ''Tdgged
y0u last :"
Jack thrust out an eager arm just as
IL. I'll IL 81
long glass panel crushed his, hand.
Chatter, clatter. clatter, ratified the
broken glass. Its sharp edges-oh, its
cruel edges-''tagged' Jacks wrist I'M
mercifully.
The blood spurted. You may believe
there was a commotiOn.
Then Jack was led, keeping tight
hold of his wrist, into the doctors Of
fee.
Scream? No, he did not scream. Cryf
Not he. He stood up as straight as
ramrod and let the doctor examine the
wound.
This must be sewed up" remarked
the physician gravely.
Indeed the cut looked serious.
II will give you ether, Jack, to dead
en- the pain of the operation"
But Jack refused ether. I've tried
that before and / don't like it,
I'VE will send for your mother"
All. that would be comfort. What
boy. in such a scrape, would not like
his mother to sympathize, to console,
and to sustain?
But Jack bethought himself. The
father is away cruising in southern
seas 1t has been Jacks business to
care for his mother. not to worry and
distress her.
''She has gone to an afternoon tea.
won't have her bothered, decided Jack.
So he held out his wrist, and made no
moan while one, two, three, screen stitches
drew the gaping flesh together.
He went home when the wound was
bound up. 1t was not till the mother
reached her house that she heard of the
accident. She flew up sta; RS, with her
heart in her mouth.
Don't be frightened" he told her.
ut didn't hurt much"
For days the wrist has been bandaged,
but not once has Jack whined. think
that shows good nerve and spirit, don't
you?-Mary S. McCobb,' in Harper's
Young People.
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Fortune Dissipated In Gambling, and
Then Suicide.

New ORLEANS. June 3.-George Sc
bastian, 35 years of age, committed sui
eide here. Sebastian came here eight
cen years ago and accumulated a hand
some fortune in the cork trade. He
went to Europe two years ago,
visited Monte Carlo, stayed there
several months and lost his en-
tire fortune at gambling. He then
returned to New Orleans to take place
as a laborer in the establishment he
had formerly owned. This and the fact
that he was in no financial condition to
marry a young woman with whom he
was in love preyed on his mind, and he
ended his troubles by shooting himself
in the head.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-09
a BAD CREVASSE.
The Levee Gives Way Below Donaldson
VILE, La.

New ORLEANS. June "a disastrous
crevasse occurred on the right bank of
the river few miles below Donaldson
vile. La. and 30 miles above this city.
Twenty feet of the levee gave way at one
time. and the water poured through at a
terrible velocity In one hour the Gre
vase mad widencd TO 40 feet and was
five feet deep. There is no hope of
stopping it and it is expected that it
will reach 100 feet by nightfall.
The water from this crevasse
will not only flood half dozen
planta tions. but will suspend traffic on
the Texas Il Pacific railroad, which is
one and half miles back from the
river. 1t is believed that this crevasse
will prove to be the worst one that has
so far occurred
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-09
Part of the Expense Incurred In Collect
ing the Revenue.

WASHINGTON. June 3.-Senator Cock
rell has received an answer from the
commissioner of internal revenue to his
recently published letter. concerning
the character of duties performed by
internal revenue employees Commits
sioner Mason denies the frequent state
ment that the salaries of store keepers
and the fees for gaugers form a portion
of the expense incurred by the United
States in the storing of distilled spirits.
The salaries and fees of these officers
are part of the expense incurred in
the collection of internal revenue
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-09
washed from the Track and Drowned.

DEs MONIES. Ia. June 3.-Clarence
G. Wilson. of burlington. superintendent
of the Iowa lines of the Chicago. Bur-
lington & Quincy, was washed from the
railroad track at Dudley. Wapello coun
ty, by sudden wave in the Des Moines
river and was drowned His body mas
not yet been recovered.
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Washed Clean.

little girl said to me once, 81 hate
to wash dishes. but when mamma tells
me to try and wash them, SO my con-
science is clean. too" 1t sounded very
funny from her lips, for she was a little
will-osthe-wisp, with saucy black eyes.
But she was right. In the simplest
daily task the conscience can be washed
clean too" l saw four men CARVING
bricks one day. One worked bueily
while his masters eyes were watching.
but smoked by sunny wall in his alb
sence; another tossed the bricks int, his
hod with feverish energy and ran up
the plank with hurried steps in the
morning. but by night was unable tn
work from fatigue; again. another wan
dered with idle steps, stretched hi,
arms, yawned, and slowly half filed
his bod; while the fourth industrieuslv
piled backward and forward from the
brick pile to where the masons were AZ
work, diligently, methodically work.
ing. without haste, without waste
Which of the four do you think had at
night best earned his daily wages?-
Leslie's Newspaper.
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OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

The democratic party of Illinois
is in excellent condition for the cam
paign. The republicans envy their con-
dition of harmony and aggression.-St
Louis Republic.
The republicans did not ask the
advice of the democrats in framing the
Mckinley tariff, and they are not called
on by the democrats to give any advice
about the best method of punching
holes in tn. Y. World.
Steve Elkins is credited with hav-
ing persuaded Gen. Alger to leave the
presidential race track. Mr.. E.kins
evidently understands why the United
States, having no wars, still find sec
rotary of war useful.-Chicago Times.
1t is not unnatural that republic
an organs should oppose tax on large
incomes. The ideal republican impost
is placed on the necessities of the poor.
A tax upon the rich is destructive of
the symmetry of the glorious system of
robbery of all for the enrichment of
the few. Y. World.
Republican organs are grooming
and bowling because, they say. Cleve-
lands nomination would divide the
democratic vote in New York. Just as
if they would not throw up their hats
and veil themselves hoarse for Cleve-
land if they had any idea that New
York would be against him. In this
particular year of grace the democrats
propose to nominate and elect their
own president--DetroitF Free Press.
"A clergyman who has been down
south studying social and political con-
ditions reports to a leading republican
paper of North Dakota that he found
the republican party there the refuge
OF the disreputable elements, the rogues
and renegades of al. sorts Republicans
from the north who go there generally
turn democrats within the year. The
distinction between the parties in morals
and civilization is as sharp as it was
twenty-five years ago. 1t is not sur
prising, then. that the south is solid
against such control.-St. Paul Globe.
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Successful Attack by Robbers on a Santa
Fe Train.

WICHITA, Kas-, June "A gang of
Indian Territory desperadoes. probably
the Dalton boys. held up the Santa Fe
train late last night near Red Rock. in
the Cherokee Strip 1t is impossible to
obtain particulars further than that the
robbers stopped the train just outside the
town. and while some of their members
covered the engineer and fireman, 9TH
crs entered the express car and blow
ing open the safe. captured the con-
tents, said to amount to many thou
sands of dollars Officers are ON the
Arack of the highwaymen-
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Want Information to Govern Their Ac-
tton.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The house
committee on the Judiciary yesterday
ordered favorable report on the reso
luton introduced by Mr.. Stone. of Ken
lucky. calling on the chief justice of
the court of claims for information as
to the number of hours the court sits;
the length of the recess it takes; the
number of cases it has disposed of and
the number now pending.
The information is requested in order
to ascertain the necessity for the aP-
pointment of three extra judges of tho
court
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-09
Out of Its Banks.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. June 1.-The
White river has broken its banks in this
vicinity at several points, and the low
lands are all flooded The river is
higher than yesterday, and is
stall rising Many people along the
banks in this city have abandoned
their homes and several factories are in
danger of being undermined if the rain
continues Three persons are missing,
one of whom, named Henderson is
known To have been drowned. The
other two are supposed to have met the
same fate The body of Amanda Cook.
drowned Tuesday, has been recovered
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"A bill was lately introduced into
one OF our state legislatures granting
permission that the bishop of the do
cese might be buried in the crypt of his
cathedral. One of the members who
did not admire the bishop greatly.
moved an amendment to the bill that il
take effect Immediately ON its passage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-09

' AVS h'I iii'AuiC stag
nation in business among the mer-
chants and transportation lines.
\ conservative estimate of the amount
of damage caused by the loss from the
high waters from Kansas City to New
Orleans will reach the enormous figure
of $50. 600 600
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CHEERFUL INDICATIONS.
Never Before Did Democrats Have So
Good Showing.

Never Before Did Democrats Have So
Good Showing.
If one question the truth of the state
ment that there are more doubtful
states this year than ever before. and
that the democracy will make the bat
tie to carry more states this year than
ever before. he need but compare pres
ent conditions with those preceding the
election of 1883 to have his doubts re-
moved. Five states, Illinois, Iowa.
Massachusetts, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin, will suffice for purposes of compar-
ison.
In 1855 the repu blicans had every rea-
son to believe that they would carry
the state of Illinois. At the previous
election of 1856 they had carried the
state by nearly $4,000, and normal re-
publican ma jority was to be expected
in the presidential year This year they
have no such grounds for confidence.
At the last state election. in 1890, the
democrats carried Illinois by nearly TO-
900 plurality: they have since elected a
democrat to the United States senate
Iowa makes like showing. In 1887,
the year before the presidential cleo
ton. the state had given a republican
ma iority of $1,000. Last year the
democrats carried Iowa by eight thou
sand, in a vote larger than that cast in
1888, and last years victory clinched
the victory of the year before.
In 1887 Massachusetts was carried by
1860 by the republicans. Last year
the democracy carried it by $500. re-
peating a victory they had won in 1890.
Michigan, at its last state election be-
fore 1888. had given a republican major
ity of 7.4OO. That state now has a
democratic governor elected by 1880.
and democratic legislature. In 1886
the republicans carried Wisconsin by
IS. 700. In 1890 the democratic ma jority
was over $4,000, and every state Office,
both branches of the legislature and
democratic United States senator are
Wisconsin's pledge of it's electoral vote
to the democratic nominees this year.
These are five states only in which
the advantage is on the democratic side
in the coming struggle. New Hamp-
shire, Rhode Island and Montana will
be backgrounds, and even Kansas,
Minnesota and Nebraska waver in sup
port of Harrison and McKinleyism.
Democracy at the outset of presiden-
tial canvass never before had so many
doubtful states, hitherto republican. in
which to make the battle.-Albany Ar
gus.