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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
SHOULD NOT BE DISTURBED.
The Country Should BE Left to the En-
joyment OF Present Prosperity.

The Country Should BE Left to the En-
joyment OF Present Prosperity.
1t is matter of relief and induces Q
greater feeling of confidence among the
people of the country that there is to be
no extra session of congress because the
income tax law has been killed That
there will be none is accepted, no more
from the assurance given by the secre-
tary of the treasury that none will be
needed than from the facts upon which
he bases his statement. 1t is plain
from the evidence afforded by the situa-
ton that to disturb it by converting
congress before the regular time fixed
for its assembling would be IN act of
folly and a menace to the increasing
prosperity of the country, of which the
administration is incapable. With af-
fairs adjusted to the requirements of
existing legislation and the treasury of
the country in comfortable condition,
it would be calamity should period
of doubt and uncertainty be forced
upon the people.
While the idea of having an extra
session has not been seriously enter
tanned. it has been advanced with the
purpose of affecting the stock markets
and in that connection proved an agent
of very little potency, for the shrewd
common sense which deals in corpora
ton securities saw how foolish it would
be to have a midsummer session of our
national legislature. The treasury is
now in as healthy a condition as it has
been for long time. The gold re-
serve is but a trif1e below the high
water mark, the syndicate is yet owing
ten million dollars, and the available
funds over and above the reserve
amount to about eighty-five million
dollars. There is every reason to be-
lieve the claim that the comparatively
small deficit will continue to decrease
and there is certainly nothing alarm
ing in the prospect for the remainder
of the year.
What the business of the country
now wants most is to be let alone. free
from any such embarrassments as
would attend an extra session. All
matters of finance. currency and rev
enue can be safely left until Deem
Der. Suggestions for increase in
revenues, if it be found necessary
when congress convenes. are being
freely made, and there will be ample
time to determine the sentiment of
the country regarding them Harter,
of Ohio, is out with plan, which
would net the country ninety million
dollars a year without seriously af-
fecting the prosperity of any class,
and that would avoid the iniquities of
Mcklnleyisu. to which Mr.. Harter
very justly charges the fact that the
administration has been selling United
States bonds instead of buy ing and
cancelling those which had already
been issued. There are other plans
proposed. but by the end of the year
it will be good deal palmer than
now what is needed, and an extra ses-
sion would lead to nothing but harm.
Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
PlTH AND POINT.

~ had rather believe all the h0ie9
IN the Talmud and tho Koran than
that this universal frame il without
mind Bacon.
-She-..Men think they know every
thing" He-s.Well, IL it wasn't for
that the women couldn't fool them -
Detroit Tribune.
The arrows of sarcasm are barbed
with contempt Il is the sneer in the
satire or ridicule that gals and
wounds.-W. Gladden.
Male Inquisitor-.What page OF
the women's paper did the women read
frst?" Female Philosopher - The
mems page. ExpresA
You say the colonel is great
military man?" "A perfect hero
whats his recordr' Seventeen oathS
. minute. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
-Bookkeeper-'Is see by the paper
that our customer, Scudkins, Is mar
RED" Fashionable Tailor-.Indeedn
shall be sorry to lose him-"-Clothier
and Furnisher.
We can't tell you, Constant Reader.
what days are considered unlucky to
be married on. Authorities differ; some
say three hundred and sixty-fve.-
Philadelphia Record.
-Sub-Editor-'How is Pennington
on spelling. anyway" Editor-.Well.
he is little too quaint for ordinary
English, and not quaint enough for
dialect. Journal
-Watts-"Did you try the hot-water
cure for your cold?" Potts-''Yes. It
is simply great, too. You seq, mixed
it with little whisky and lemon. and
never had anything to slip down 20
easy."-Indianapolis Journal.
I'm all my career, said the eminent
statesman. II can say that have never
done anything to be ashamed Of. .You
mean," sneered the cynic, ''that you
have never done anything you were
ashamed of. "-Indianapolis Journal
Chess and the Mind.-Nr. King
''Do you think, as they are now dis
cussing, that chess has an Injurious
effect on the mind?" Mrs. Queen-''In-
deed, do. If I had TO keep - still ~
chess player does, I'd explode. "-De-
troit Free Press
10, papa, what makes old Mr..
Grabenheimer walk so stoop-shoul-
QcTeO! ne LOOKS llkG . uOtSSSuOcs
81 have heard, my son, that many
years ago, when he was q very little
boy no bigger than you are now, he
found a cent. Life.
-Tommv-"Paw. what Is an ego
tist?" Mr.. Figg-"He is q man who
thinks he is smarter than anyone
else" Mrs. Figg-''My dear, you have
thought wrong. The egotist is tho
man who says he is smarter than any
one else. All men think that way
Indianapolis Journal.
First New Woman-''That Mrs
Umphry is horribly lacking in man
ners." Second New Woman-"What's
the matter?" First New Woman-"I
saw her in street car the other dag
when a number of gentlemen entered.
and she never offered to give up her
seat to them. Chicago Record.
Chicago Wine Comes Chean-Cus-
tomer-"A table d'hote dinner, includ-
ing bottle of good wine. for seventy
five cents?. Yes, that's cheap enough;
but I don't care for any wine and
can't afford it. How much will it be-
without the wine?" Waiter-"Fll do
what's right with you, boss. You can
have the dinner without the wine for
seventy cents, sab. Chicago Tribune
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
An Oklahoma Coroner.

Tourist-Dr. Slade, the coroner,
seems to be very enterprising man.
Col. Handy Polk-Enterprisin'! You
bet! Tell you what he done last sum-
mer when the circus was here. One of
the curiosities in the side show was an
Egyptian mummy. Slade seized the
mummy. rounded up a jury, brought
in a verdict of dead from unknown
causes" and charged the county his
regular fee with compound interest
from the time of Moses. Truth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
oiled Mrs. RoWser.

piled Mrs. BowSer.
II couldn't help but pity him, though
/ know he is all to blame. There's no
doubt he drove Mrs. Pitkins into rum
ming away"
Il think he did"
They say he was regular domestic
tyrant He knew it all and wouldn't
acknowledge that she had common
sense. If he gave her dollar he ex-
pected her to make it &C as far as ten.
and he was constantly haunting her
that she was no housekeeper."
I've heard So" remarked Mrs. Bow
ser.
That's the way with some men, and
wonder that their wives stand it so
long. By what right does a husband
boss a wife? Matrimony is an equal
partnership, as 1 understand it. The
wife has all the rights of a husband.
and in most cases she is just as intelli-
gent and possessed of just as good judg-
ment. By what legal or moral right
does husband hand his wife a dollar
for pin-money and then go out and
squander nine for his own selfish pleas
ure?'
81 don't know" admitted Mrs. Bow
ser. who was wishing the conversation
had taken some other turn.
las a matter of fact-as a matter OF
fact and right, Mrs. Bowser-you have
as much right to our money as have.
Half of it belongs to you. Instead of
coaxing and begging for money. you
should demand it,"
Yes" very doubtfully.
Il know men," continued Mr.. Bow
Ser, as he warmed up to his subject,
''who are jealous of their wives intel
ligence, and who sit down on them at
every opportunity. Thank heaven I
am not of that sort! 1 have always
been proud and pleased at your gen.
eral knowledge of things The fact
that you are about as well posted as 1
am makes me proud"
docs it?" asked Mrs Bowser, with
a blush and a smile.
.'Of course it does. / sometimes
find that you are bit ahead of me on
things, and that pleases me the more.
If 1 can learn anything from you 1
shall be glad of it."
Wont you get mad if I tell you
where you were wrong in talking to
Mr. Abner last evening about the Chi
nese?"
NO, of course not. If I am in the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
Mexico's Products.

Mexico produces anything that can
be raised in any other country. So
varied is the climate that in the same
state can be raised any product of the
tropics and of the polar region. Cot
ton, wheat, rye, silver, silk, cocoanuts,
bananas, rice. cocoa, vanilla. logwood.
mahogany, hides and wine are the
principal products--N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06

Many paused before the hand organ
and listened to it's rude melody.
There's no place like home" droned
the organ.
Tears sprang to the eyes of the man
with the dusty hat
There's no place like home"
II hope not, sighed the man, for his
thoughts were with the bare, wet floors
and dinner of cold potato On the top
of the sewing machine.-Detroit Trib-
une.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
Shrfyeled en-,

Mrs. Bi1lus-John, wish You hadn't
got your hair cut so short It makes
the fact very conspicuous that one Of
your ears is shorter than the other.
Mr.. Billus-YeS. When you give me
q curtain lecture that's the ear that
generally gets it, you remember.-Chi.
cago Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06
MR.. AND MRS. BOWSER.
By M. QUAD.

Z. AND MRS.
BOWSER had
finished dinner
and We're seated
in the back par
lor when Mr..
Bo W S e r l a d
aside the paper
he had been
glancing over.
"Pitkins was
in the Office this
afternoon and
the change in
him is so m e.
t h / n g a m a z
ing"
"Y s." r E.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06

Rev. DIR. William II. Furness, who
eighty-three years ago witnessed the
launching of the United States frigate
Constitution, one of the first war vesr
sells built for the United States navy
for the war Of 1919, was an interesting
figure at the launching Of the St Paul
and Philadelphia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06

AT last hydrogen is liquefied
What was once pure theory is now an
established, substa atial fact Every
known gas has been forced from in
Visibility TO visibility.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-06

-Ex President Harrison was
Rugged by an enthusiastic woman at a
reception in New Jersey the other day.
Harrison, being a widower, can in
dulge enthusiastic women in this way
much more safely than Reed, Mckinley
or Lincoln, who are marrieI. His
rivals are compelled to stick to the
time-honored custom of kissing the
bebies.-Utica Observer.
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nent. He became a member of the order.
and was soon elected to office. being
Outside Esquire in L. A. 1884, and Mas
ter Workman OF L. A. 1874. He also
occupied the trying position of Master
Workman of d. A. 40, of New York. and in
1889 was selected as one OF the general
lecturers OF the order.
Asan officer of the Knights OF Labor, Mr..
Mcclure was engaged in the great South
west strike in 1886, though he was known
as T. b. Brown at the time One of the in
cidents of his work In this respect was his
carrying $40,O 900 In HIS pockets to distrib-
ute among the men dow n there ut that time.
and his report of the use OF every dollar
for the purpose for which IL was appro-
priated. One of Toms greatest boasts II
that whatever he knows, he learned from
the knights of Labor, and his main purpose
in life il to educate men up to abolishing
tire wage system.
During the Amsterdam strike of 1885
Mr. Mcclure was sent there az an officer
and met Miss belly Walsh, a delegate to
d. A. 65, whom he married. and Tom says
that though the strike was q failure for
most OF the working people up there, it was
a big success for his wife. Dolly, and him
self. He has several children.
HENRY B. MARTIN.
Henry B. Martin, of the general executive
board, is one of the wideawake men of the
Northwest, and his record speaks Tor him
self Born in a log cabin In Minnesota
thirty-four years ago, in Fillmore County,
he lived the life of the average frontier far
mer boy until 1871, when his parents re-
moved TO Austin, MINI, where he attended
the village school for five years.
At 10 years of age he started to learn
the painters trade in his fathers shop, and
followed that occupation for q number
of years. He removed TO Iowa In 1875
and Joined the Knights of Labor in 1851,
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cigarmakers had no complaint whetevQ
TO mako against that gentleman ~ un1so
made cigars have always been sold in no
saloon.
On motion the Federation extended ~
sympathy to the Cuban insurgents aA4
recommended that the United States gov
eminent recognize the Cubans as belligsss
ents.
The delegates from the Plumbers' Unios
reported that the differences between ths
plumbers and the steam filters had bees
adjusted
Delegates from the Douglass Assembly Of
Engineersreported that a non union enginese
was employed on the church corner of Six.
teenth and Corcoran Streets, which mat
ter was referred to the contract comm
tee for investigation.
The delegates from the Butchers Ar
sembly reported that fifteen more cam
didates bad been initiated at their laso
meeting. 1t was reported that the managers
Of the National Baseball lark CONTEMPLATED
the building of an additional grand stand
In the park and that the work was about to
be commenced. The matter was referred to
the contract committee to look out for the
OF union men.
The Theatrical Alliance delegates re-
ported that the men employed on the stage
in Aliens Opera House had applied fcD
admission to the Alliance at the special
meeting held last week, and the applica.
tons had been laid over for action at the
regular meeting, which would be held
on Sunday. October 8, In the hall 1919
E street.
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Brother French 10 an earnest worker and
popularIy known in the organized shoe
making industry OF the East.
JAMES N. KENNEY.
James n. Kenney, another new mem
Der of the general executive board OF the
knights of Labor. was born in wyoming
county, N. Y, In 1856. His parents moved
to Nebraska in 1868. where he lived on
the farm until ten years later. In 1877 he
moved into Omaha, aud occurred work as q
carpenter in the shops OF tie Union Paciric
Railroad. He was a charter member of the
first carpenters union In Omaha, and
Joined the Knights of Labor in 1884. He
was delegate to the first federation meet
ing OF railroad employees ever held In this
country.
Mr.. Kenuey is a member of several Sc
cret organizations, and has filled every po-
sition OF honor and trust in the Knights OF
Labor in Nebraska. having been appointed
State organizer by Past General Master
Workman Powderly some time ago. He
was a candidate for the State Senate in
1890 on the Peoples party ticket, and
in 1891 was a ca ndidate on the same ticket
for sheriff of Douglass county.
Mr.. Kenney Is q young and active MEM
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laborer to the guest of our finest hostel
ries. Becoming acquainted, in 1889, with
BILLY" Koran, of ID. A. 40, he Joined the
Knights of Labor, serving as delegate to
ID. A. 40 for three years and taking an
active part as worker in the Butler cam
paign OF 1884 Moving to Massachusetts
in the winter of 1886, he transferred
first to L. A. 276o, of Haverford, and
thence, In June, 1856, to L. A. 523e, of
Boston, to which he is still attached
From July, 1885, to the present time. be
has served almost continuously as a dis
trict and State delegate; was in January,
1887, elected district statistician, then a
salaried office, in ID. A. 80, with a juris-
diction embracing 425 local assemblies
and membership of 10000.
Mr.. Bishop has served as general assembly
delegate to the 1887 (Mlnneapols), 1892
tSt. LOUIS, and 1898 (Philadelpbial ses-
sions, and Is now concluding his second
term as secretary-treasurer of the State
assembly of Massachusetts, holding the
same position in Sub ID. a. 80, of Suffolk
County, Mass. In speaking, he talks
directly to the point; is an aggressive and
ready debater. warm friend and deter-
mined opponent, and possesses strong con-
yictions, with the nerve to maintain them
against any opposition.
For four years Mr.. Bishop was a successful
book canvaSser and life insurance solicitor,
and attributes all of the success be has
attained to the training received In the
sanctuaries OF the assemblies of the Knights
of Labor. Twelve years, very nearly, OF
untiring work, from guarding the outer
veil to presiding at the capital have passed
since he first took the obligation in the
"Order of the ." as he then
knew it, and to-day his energy is in nowise
abated, the organization Is receiving his
entire time and best efforts, and in the
jurisdiction which has so frequently honOred
him the results are visible in successful
org anization Of loyal, true and progressive
Knights of Labor. The Boston Weekly Index
is published under his direction, and has
done good work in checkmating and
silencing the men who have been active
in attempting to destroy the order or
neutralizing its power for good.
JOHN W. HAYES.
John W. Hayes, general secretary, was
born in the city of Philadelphia on Deem
Der 20, 1854. He resided in the city of
Brotherly Love during the early part of
his life, and in 81 moved with his parents
to New brunswick, n. J. From his seven
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8. Sovereign, W ho resided on a farm seven
miles from West Elgin, Ill. He remained
with his grandparents. near Elgin, until
1870, when his grandfather died and his
grandmother when to live.with one of her
sons. This left young James without q
home, except with his father In Iowa, and,
icing both ambitious and courageous, he
decided TO begin life for himself. He we Mt
TO Kansas and was soon engaged in driving
Texas cattle on the Gonzales and Abeline
cattle trail, which he followed for a year
He left the buffalo range about the be-
ginning of 1872 and went to Minneapolis,
Kan, where he assisted in erecting the
first bridge across the Solomon River,
and also assisted in driving a long tunnel
through the rock for the Marley water
pow er at that place. In the spring of 1872
he returned to his fathers home where he
worked OH the farm and attended the High
School at Cresco. In 1874 he began work
as a marble carver, which trade he fol-
low ed for period of ten years, after which
he was engaged in the publication of q
labor Journal, advocating the principles
OF the Knights of Labor. Much of his
journalistic career, however, was spent
on the lecture rostrum.
BE was married In 1875 to Miss Caroline
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though five years previous he became active
III the GreeDbacS Labor Party.
As a member OF l.. 4. $50 he has filled
all the important positions in q local.
He was a delegate to d. a. 20 Iowa, and
was associated With General Master Work
man Sovereign on the Iowa State ssem-
bly, Executive Board. He was a delegate
TO the General Assembly at Richmond in
1886. In the same year he was discharged
from the employ Of the b. G. X. & N.
Railroad Company for bis activity in the
labor movement, and became editor OF
the New Era, a labor paper in Iowa.
Subsequently be went back to Minnesota
and became editor of one Of the Oldest
the Union. He was also a delegate to
the Toledo session of the General As
sembly in 1891 from d. A. 70 and to the
philadelphia session In 1893.
In l S92 he was candidate for secretary of
state of Minnesota on the Populist ticket
and received $1,000 votes. He is one OF
the bright, active men of the order. and
expounds law Ike judge. Martin is sure
to make friends and keep them.
Mr.. Martin is now editing the Journal of
the order.
c. A FRENCH.
Charles A French, another one of the
young men on the General Executive Board,
was born i'll North Brookfield, Mass, April
IL, 1867, his parents being direct de-
scendants of the original settlers of New
England. His father was prosperous
shoemaker, and his son, after having been
educated in the public schools of North
Brookfield, ent to learn the shoemaking
business in the manufacturing establish
ment of F. & H. Ratcheller.
Mr.. French married Miss Smith in 1877.
In 1859 he removed TO Brookfield and en-
tered the employ of George II. Burt & Co.
He became a member of the Knights of
Labor in 1883, joining L. A. 1928, and
served in nearly all the offices of the local
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DISTRICT ASSEMBLY

District Master Workman Simmons called
the regular meeting OF the District Assem-
bly, to order last Thursday evening, bus
was excused, as he desired to attend the
ing of the street railway union,
Worthy Foreman Cuff then took charge Of
the meeting.
Under call of assemblies, the PIastererf
Lathers reported two propositions foB
membership received at their last meet,
ing. The delegates also announced thas
their meetings In the future would be held
in the hall 1916 street, commencinS
next Monday evening.
The Latbers also presented complaint
against boss plasterer who employed
non-union fathers. The m after was referred
to the Plasterers' Assembly. The delegates
also reported the Endorsement of the labor
bureau and have appointed a delegate to
represent the assembly.
Tailors' delegates reported that the
doing effective work In the interest of the
craft.
priation for the bureau
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES eg atesreportedtwo
Invitations at last meeting and four prop.
ositions received. The labor bureau bad
been indorsed and an appropriation made.
The assembly had then adjourned and
gone In body TO the Laundry workers'
meeting.
thirteen limitations on last Tuesday evening
also that one proposition had been received.
The executive committee gave q synopsis
OF its work during the week. with reference
to the tatlors' grievances and the non-union
laundries. also on the butcher cases
Delegates reported that the Labor Bureau
would meet Monday, October IA. for tbs
purpose of forming q permanent organize
ton. also that committee had been apb
pointed to visit the locals In the interest Of
the bureau.
The financial secretary read bis quar-
teriy report, which showed a material IN
crease IN finance over that OF the las tquarter
This increase is largely attributed to tbe
organization of new assemblies in this Dis.
trict.
The so-called Pearl laundry came In for
good share Of criticism during the dis
cuseion under good OF the order. Several
other laundrtes received . fair share Of
attention at the hands of the deIeg ates. 4
resolution pledging the support of organized
labor TO union laundrtss was Introduces,
but laid over for some corrections to coms
mp 1t the next meeting