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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28
COLLISION IN CANADA.
A Terrible Crash Caused by Two Trains
CollidinS while Running at Full Speed
Three Persons Killed and Several In
iured.

CollidinS while Running at Full Speed
Three Persons Killed and Several In
jured.
TAMwORTH, Ont, July ga COLI
sion occurred about four miles west of
here at o'clock yesterday morning on
the Bay of Quinte railway. The regu-
lar passenger train was coming from
Tweed on time when it was met by
special work-train from Evansville, con-
s;sting of an engine and tender, both GO
ing at full speed. The trains met in a
deep cut and a terrible crash followed,
the engines and cars being piled in an
indescriba BILE mass. The dead SO far,
all of Tweed, are:
William Christie, engineer of passen-
ger train.
VIII Hardy, fireman of special.
A child named Murphy.
The injured are: Engineer Kirby. OF
the special, fatally hurt; Thomas Wat
son, fireman of the passenger train,
badly hurt; w. III. Wilkinson, con-
ductor of the special, slightly hurt:
Brakeman Brown, of the special,
slightly hurt; the brakeman of the
passenger train, badly hurt; Miss Car
roll, passenger, probably fatally hurt:
an unknown lady, jaw broken; and
several others less seriously injured.
The coroner is now holding an in.
quest
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28
A PARTY OF PETTIFOGGERS.
Unconstitutional Demands of Republican
Platform Makers.

Unconstitutional Demands of Republican
Platform Makers.
Even the constitution of the United
States was held in contempt by the
republican platform-makers, who
wrought with no better or higher pur-
pose than to get all the votes possible.
In the plank. dealing with the elective
franchise, is this: I'VE demand that
such laws shall be enacted and enforced
as will secure to every citizen, be he
rich or poor, native or foreign born,
white or black, this sovereign right
guaranteed by the constitution. This
is willful and contemplate piece Of
pettifogging, because no such guaran-
tee is given by the constitution. All
that the federal constitution does de-
clare as bearing upon this point is that
no discrimination shall be made be-
cause of race, color, or previous con-
dition of servitude. The respective
states are the sole judges of the con-
ditions upon which the privileges OF the
elective franchise may be exercised,
and they alone determine the qualifica-
tions of voters within the above restric-
ton as embodied in the constitution.
Michigan, ii SO minded, can impose
property qualification, an educational
qualification, or both, that w ould debar
many a citizen from voting, ''be' he rich
or poor. native or foreign born, white
or black" and yet the constitution of
the United States would not be vio-
lated, because no discrimination would
be made on account of race. color or
previous condition Of servitude. We're
congress to pass a law aiming to meet
the demands set forth in the republican
platform. the supreme court of the
United States would pronounce it null
and void, for congress has no right or
power to usurp the rights of the states
as secured to them in the fundamental
law of the land.
Because of its long lease of supremacy.
its power of wealth and its management
of national affairs with the one purpose
of perpetuating it's domination the re-
publican party has imbibed the idea
that it is the final authority in this
country and that from it's dtetation
there is no appeal. Under that eOnvic-
ton it ignores the constitution and APP
peals to the people in she name of an
authority that is without existence.
This nation is union of states, pledged
to its maintenance and defense. but not
in the sense that the federal govern
ment can wipe out state lines and estab-
lish consolidated power with Wash
ington as a controlling center. 1t was
against just such a possibility that the
founders of the republic took every care
to provide.
1t is high time that those who con-
troll the course of the republican party
be convinced that they are not the peo-
pie. There are certain constitutional
rights SO sacred that they are bound to
yield them respect and obedience.-De-
troit Free Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28
Guaranteed Against Russia.

BUCHAREST, July ss.-The Roumanian
government has ordered FIVE days
quarantine on the Russian frontier to
prevent the introduction of cholera As
a matter Of fact, the whole frontier is
closed to traffic from Russia except at
one station, and all the ports are closed
against vessels arriving from Russian
ports on the Danube.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28
NOBODY'S BUSINESS.

Gross Greed of the Beneficiaries of Pro-
lection.
The old plea of the protectionists that
the people of the country should be
taxed in order that certain lines OF in
dustry might be established in this
country, and its independence OF for
eign makers thereby assured. long since
became so palpably absurd that. with
the exception of the tin-plate infant, we
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28

WASHINGTON, July 23--Gen. Scho-
field has ordered Brighten. Carr. now
at Camp Elkins. Wyo.. to report to
him at Washington for conference.
Gen. Carr was only Wednesday made
brigadier general. It is probable that
he will be assigned for duty in the de-
Dartment of Columbia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28
A YOUNG MURDERESS.
An E;even-Year-Old Girl Kills q Boy OF
Like Age.

BRENNAN, Tex, July 21.-At Burton.
Tuesday night, Alexander McCann, the
II year-old son of Elder Mccain, was
left at the residence of Moses Wat
son while the two families went to
church Moses Watson has an 11-year-
old adopted daughter. Matte Ellis
When the parents left the house the
children were washing the dishes. The
boy quit, whereupon the girl picked up
a butcher knife and plunged it into the
boys side. The blade penetrated the
heart. and he fell lifeless at the feet Of
his youthful murderesS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28

DENVER, Col, July s1.-Sixty-one
Colorado bankers met in the chamber
of commerce yesterday morning and or
ganized the Colorado State Bankers as
ISOLATION. Representatives of the larg.
est and most influential banks of the
state were present. r. U. Woodbury.,
of the Union national bank of Denver,
was elected president A resolution
was introduced to boycott all eastern
banks not friendly to silver, but it was
considered ill-advised and was defeated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28
If the Mckinley tariff had don

If the Mckinley tariff had done
for the Homestead men what it pro-
fesses to do, or if it had even prevented
a wage reduction which meant to them
something like starvation, the lockout
and the battle would not have occurred.
Is there any sane man left who really
believes that the Mckinley kind of
tariff does what its promoters pretend
that it will DON. Y. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28

NEW YORK, July 21.-Kate Gaffney,
81 years of age, of 20 west Sixty-fourth
street, committed suicide at $3.50 a. m.
by jumping out of third-story win
dow of her residence. She was instant
" killed. The cause of the suicide j.
not known
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28
stoneware FACTORY Burned.

AKRON, O., July 2a-The Akron
Stoneware Co. s esta blishment was do
stroyed by fire early yesterday morn
ing. Loss. $50. 900; insurance. $40. 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28

legislation 1ntendeQ compete THIS ScEeme,
because We have not forgotten the saturnalia
of theft and brutal control which followed
another federal regulation OF state suffrage;
because we know that the managers of a
party which did not scruple to rob the people
OF a president. would not hesitate to use tho
machinery created by such legislation, to re-
vive corrupt instrumentalities for partisan
purposes; because an attempt to enforce such
legislation would rekindle animosties where
peace and hopefuness now prevail, because
such an attempt would replace prosperous ac-
tivity with encouragement and dread through
out large section OF our country, and would
menace. everywhere in the land, the rights re-
served to the states and to the people, which
unierle the safeguards of American liberty.
shall not attempt to specify at this time
other objects and aims of democratic endeavor
which add inspiration TO our mission. True to
its history and its creed. our party will respond
to the wants of the people within safe lines
and guided by enlightened craftsmanship.
To the troubled and impatient within our
membership we commend continued unswerv-
ing allegiance to the party whose principles in
all times past have been found sufficient for
them and whose aggregate wisdom and patriot
ism, their experience teaches, can always be
trusted
In a tone of partisanship which BELTS the
cssion. let me say to you as equal partners in
tho campaign upon which we to-day enter.
that the personal fortunes OF those TO whom
You have intrusted your banner are only i'm
portant as they are related to the fate OF the
principles they represent and to the party
which they lead I cannot, therefore, forbear
reminding you. that defeat In the pending cam
paign. followed by the contamination OF the
legislative schemes our opponent' contem-
plate, and accompanied by such other incidents
Of their success might mors firmly fix their
power. would present o most discouraging
outlook for future democratic supremacy and
for the accomplishment Of the objects we have
at heart
Moreover. every sincere democrat must be-
lieve that the interests Of his country are
deeply involved IN the victory c. enr party in
the struggle that awaits rs. Thus patriotic
soltcttude sxaits tAe hope Of partisanship and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-04-07

A builder in Avise, a village in Cham
pagne. was arrested by two gendarmes
and taken to Chalons, where the Judge
dinstruction commenced the conversa-
tion in the way usual to his calling by
saying, "You are a thief and an assas-
SIM" After this polite greeting he went
on to remark that murder, accompa-
MED by theft, had been committed in
the neighborhood, and small boy had
given it as his opinion that the builder
was the murderer.
The poor prisoner naturally felt indig-
nant, and declared he was ready to
prove an alibi. But of course he was
not believed, and every day for three
days he was marched through Chalons
and Avise with handouts upon his
wrists. At the end of that time the
judge d'instruction said to him: 1--WE
were wrong. Your innocence has been
proved. You are free"
Yes, disgraced and ruined" added
the poor builder. "Who do you think
will employ me after seeing me led
through the streets handcuffed like a
felon!' The heart of the man was
touched. "True," he said, ''we have
done you an injury, my good man." And
he pressed into the hand of the builder
a ten franc piece.-Paris Letter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-04-07
Tremendous Water Power,

A paper company at Niagara Falls
finds it no easy task to decide how the
the terrific power from the 1870 feet head
of water which is to be at their disposal
shall be utilized. AT recent confer
ence of the officers of the company about
twenty wheels and methods of develop
ing power were submitted to them, and
all but three were Immediately passed
over as being wholly inadequate to the
occasion. Most of the water wheels
made would crush like eggshells be-
meath the force of column of water
falling 1870 feet down penstock.
The wheels selected for further tests
are to receive it at Holyoke, and when a
decision is reached the company's archi-
tect will prepare plans for several ways
of using the power. The contract for
building Golfer dam for the company
has been let, and also for the tunnel and
snaft. The tunnel will be 500 feet long
and probably 10 by 10 feet in size. The
shaft will have depth of 140 feet, and
will be IA by 40 or 45 feet in size. Spring
field Paper World
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-04-07
opium Struggled within a Dead Body.

op'un smugg,ed wi'hin a DEAD body'
-, "a feliarhaple smuggling seory Is 70,
@s la.ou py d rei,apie Iesioeiit Oh Natioiiai
ivy Oai' ACCORDING 10 the story d
o4ipse was orought across ehe iine from
MeAlco' ostenslDly 10 De shlpped 10 reia-
.iVes III san FRANCISCO. lt was not e2aln-
,iieo very Closely as the inourners wouiu
nave resented TOO close an lnspection ol
tne DEAD pody' but the informant nap
pened 10 be there ana ms curiosity was
aroused. lie therefore investigated.
NO sooner was the soleinh PROCESSION,
we'll away from the line than 1t changed
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-04-07
An Omcer's Tragic Death,

A lieutenant of the Twenty fourth
regiment of Chasseurs, named Taverne,
met with a most tragic death near the
port of Nice yesterday. His horse, a
big, fiery roam, which had been very
little ridden, became restive shortly after
leaving headquarters. While passing
the well known Chateau Smith the horse
took fright and bolted down an incline
Some octroi officers saw this, but were
unable to arrest his progress. The off
GER managed to steer the animal around
the Nice port, but coming to q rapid curve
in the road at a spot known as Rabau
Capen he lost all control. The horse
rushed madly at wall, cleared it, and
both horse and rider were dashed over
the rocks into the sea below.
The admiral of the Mediterranean
squadron sent steam launch, four boats
and fifty men with grapnels to try and
find the bodies. They found key on
the rocks, which has been identified as
that of the officers chamber in the bar
racks, and some hair of the horse stuck
to the rocks. Up to the present, how
ever, the bodies have not been recovered.
They have probably been taken out to
sea by currents. NJ. De Freycinet, who
is now i'll Nice, visited the spot to make
inquiries The unfortunate officer, who
was only thirty years of age, was most
popular.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-04-07
Protection by Smoke from Frost.

Experiments in the making of arti-
fetal clouds for the preservation of
plants from the effects of frost took
place yesterday in the Jardin d'Accli-
matation, under the auspices of the
Agricultural society. Masses of resin
GUS matter in boxes of pinewood were
set alight, and soon gave off dense
volumes of smoke. This was expected
to produce the required nebulosity, but
it failed to rise to the level of the stu
alton, and was blown away in the di-
rection of the seal pond. Experiments
of similar kind have been tried with
more success in the Gironde vineyards.
The proceedings in the Jardin d'Accli-
matation were watched by several staff
officers, who wished to see if the new
invention could be utilized for military
purposes, such as the masking of ex-
posed troops or batteries in time of war.
Paris Cor. London Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-04-07

The elephant in the Geological gardens
in Paris must be "a very reasonable crea-
ture. He suffers from toothache, and if
in proportion to his size, he must suffer
good deal; yet, while it is being stopped
and filled, we are told, he is exceedingly
patient, only "gently moving his trunk"
when the operation is particularly pain
full. A word of praise is ako surely due
to the dentist. A manv might have
earned the Victoria Cross and yet have
some misgivings when that trunk began
to wave. In the case in question it was
only employed "to caress the operator" !"
by way of fee, when the proceedings
were concluded; but it might have been
put to different use.
The report does not inform us whether
the elephant is placed in chair with
his head well back, a position with
which most of us are only too well ac-
quainted. There is little difficulty, it
seems, in inducing him to take laughing
gas, which he may think beneath his
dignity.-James Payn in Illustrated
London News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-04-07
Newest Mode of burglary.

The other day gentleman in north.
ern suburb found stranger ascending
his staircase, who, without betraying
any emotion, said he had come about
the repairs. "Oh, yes," replied the own,
er, 'but l am in hurry to keep an en-
gagement just now. Come out with me,
and I'll tell you what l want done. u
The two walked out together, the house
holder talking about waterpipes and
tanks, and the stranger answering with
a glibness that showed considerable ex-
perience, until they came to a police
man, when the former ut once gave the
pretended plumber into his custody for
being in his house with unlawful in
tent.
Upon him were found the usual in
struments of the burglars business, and
when taken to the police station he was
soon identified as an expert crib cracker,
who was already wanted on several
charges of housebreaking and burglary.
People will do well to view with suspi-
cion men who come to their dwellings
to do repairs which have never been or
dered.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-04-07
A priestly curer of Ills.

Another miracle worker has recently
come into prominence in this vicinity.
He is Catholic priest without parish,
and the medical fraternity attribute his
alleged cures to imagination, which, as
all doctors know, is worth tons of medi-
cine in many cases. 1t seems an estab-
hshed fact, however, that a man who
for years has been tortured with respi-
ration several times as rapid as the
normal, and who had consulted many
eminent physicians without relief. got
rid of his trouble between dawn and
dark of single day after an application
of prayer and holy relics, and that all of
his ailing acquaintance have ever since
kept the priests door ajar, some of them
going away in the belief that they have
been permanently benefited.
The worker of these alleged cures
who attributes his success to divine aid,
is stalwart man of fifty years-a man
of the kind whom the weak and credu-
lous would instinctively obey so far as
their nerves and muscles would allow
and if he has compelled lot of hypo-
chondriacs to once more come under
their own control he has done a great
deal of good whatever may be his meth
cd, or lack of it. Such men are of un-
speakable service to physicians, all of
whom, in this vicinity, are haunted by a
lot of people who imagine themselves i'll
and who are sure they know what is the
matter with them.-New York Cor. Chi
cago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-04-07
A Battered Old War Eagle.

Thursday T. w. Landers shot and
wounded gray eagle near the Dres-
back bridge on Big Pine, and after con-
siderable trouble he succeeded in cap
turing and carrying it to r. Dresback's s
store. A strip of sheet brass was dis
covered coiled around the birds neck
and made fast by brass wire. The
strip of brass measured 216 inches in
width by ID in length, with letters
stamped on which said: memphis.
Tenn, Aug. Is, 1864. Samuel c. Boils,
Co. G, 57th o. V. l." The bird is saw
age looking monster. One wing meas
ured over three feet. A portion of the
other being shot away they could not
get the exact dimensions. He is now
confined in cage.--Ohio Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-04-07
A Parentless Nest Full.

The passengers ON the 7:20 western
bound passenger train of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad Friday evening had their
hearts moved by most touching sight.
Huddled together in two of the train
seats, facing one another, were eight lit
tie children the eldest not yet in her
teens and the youngest a tiny babe,
which opened its eyes to the light on
Christmas day. These poor little ones
were all brothers and sisters, but father
less and motherless, left adrift thus ear
ly in their lives without a single rela-
tive, save one in far off India, whittier
they were bound.
The birth of the little babe Christmas
morn had proven the death of its moth
er. The anguish stricken father, poor
mechanic named Robert Graham, turned
from the sad bedside a heartbroken
man. His sense of the overwhelming
responsibility thus imposed upon him
combined with his great grief to pros
trate him, and from the severe fever
which ensued he never recovered. New
Years day his silent remains were borne
to the graveyard and laid to rest beside
those of his wife,
But for the charity of kind hearted
neighbor the eight little orphans must
have Jared very i'll in their lonely state.
This neighbor learned of the where
abouts of the relative in India, CORE
sponded with him and left with the
little ones last Friday. Philadelphia
Record
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-04-07

Particulars of the behavior of the field
telephone system in the French autumn
maneuvers have now been published.
Magnetic telephones were used, as no
delicate microphone or battery is re-
quired with them. The transmitter was
held in the hand and the receiver was
affixed to the "kepi." Combined re-
ceivers and transmitters were also en-
ployed. A bare bimetallic wire 0.6 mil
limeters in diameter was unrolled from
drum and laid out of harm's way on
hedges, branches, walls and in trenches.
A line twenty-three kilometers long
was thus laid, with the addition of ten
posts, in five hours; speech was good,
and the whole was taken up again in an
hour. During a sham fight cavalry
division passed over a long line without
interrupting the communication. A
bayonet stuck in the ground made a
good earth circuit, SO did the body of
cavalry horse if the wire was attached
to the bridle.-London Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-04-07
Costly wedding presents for Sale.


1t is pitiful item in story full of
pathos that several of the presents origi-
nally bought as wedding gifts for the
Princess May should now be once more
offered to the public, their intended
designation lending them special charm
to certain class of buyers. One feels
additionally touched when one remem-
bers the delight with which the princess
is said to have received those which were
sent her before her terrible trouble. Yet
in little shop in the Strand, well known
to connoisseurs, can be seen the cele-
brated Tiffany necklace, a riviere of
magnificent diamonds, which was bought
in New York to present to the popular
princess.
Another particular treasure is a sap
phire. was going to say a priceless
stone, but truth to tell it is priced, and
its value is $4,000. 1t is a perfect stone,
without flaw, of exquisite color, two
inches long and IL inches broad. At
present it is set around with fine bril-
liants and forms royal looking brooch.
The other day a would be purchaser
brought his wife to see the present he
proposed to make, but she would have
nothing to say to the jewel. mo, thank
YOU" she exclaimed; 81 should feel like
church window if | wore that" So
the treasured heirloom of an old noble
Russian family is still in the Market
London Cor. Philadelphia Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-04-07
FooIhardy Feat of wultzinr.

Great excitement was caused in Sack
vile street, Dublin, recently, by fool
hardy feat performed at the top of Mel
sons pillar by watch manufacturer
from Cork. The man and a friend
mounted to the top of the pillar, and
then the former climbed over the rail
ings at the summit and commenced
waltzing round the parapet. A false
step and he would have been dashed to
pieces. A large crowd assembled, and
two constables ascended the pillar and
arrested the men. They were taken be-
fore the magistrates, who discharged
them ON their asserting that their con-
duct was nothing but freak.-Pall Mall
Gazette