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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
LATE NEWS ITEMS

In the senate, on the 2Sth, Mr.. Till
man, of South Carolina, presented a
resolution for the appointment of n
special committee of four senators to
investigate charges of speculation by
senators when the tariff bill was be-
fore the finance committee, and made a
radical speech in denunciation of the
actions of the present and former COM
mitteeS. His allegations were denied
by Mr.. Vest for the late democratic and
by Mr.. Aldrich for the present repub-
Hcan committees. The resolution was
referred to the committee on contingent
expenses. The house was not in ses-
sion.
PIETRo ACCIARITA, the iron worker
Of Artegena, province of Udine. who
attempted to stab King Humbert, on
April %, while his majesty was on the
way to the races, was put on trial in
Rome on the 2Sth. The courtroom
was crowded. In the course of his ex-
animation Acciarita violently attacked
the prevailing social conditions. He
said he had acted alone and in despair,
as men did when they committed sui
eide.
rive in California for short visit about
July 1. She will spend most of her
time on her ranch in Lake county.
She intends to make extensive i'm
provements on the place, important
among them being the restocking of
the farm, with the intention of breed
ing hight-class cattle and horses.
A sEMI-OFFICIAL denial was given in
Madrid, on the 2Sth. to the published
statements that President Mckinley
had made overtures to Spain on the
subject of Cuba, and it was reiterated
that it was impossible for the Spanish
government to accept mediation in a
question (which concerns Spain alone. :"
ONA MELTON, the newspaper CORE
spondent who was captured with the
Competitor crew by Spanish officers
and held in a prison at Havana for a
long time, has been released and has
arrived at his home in Madison coun-
ty, near Huntsville, Ark
JOHN +. JOHNSON, late president and
cashier of the State national ban k of
Logansport, Ind, was, on the 2Sth,
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment
in the Ohio state penitentiary by Judge
Baker, of the United States court for
the district of Indiana
FRED BEEsoN, an employee on the
ranch of Harry Morse. at Sunol. Cal.
used arsenic instead of baking powder
in making batch of bread. Beeson
died, and at latest accounts another
man was dying and several others were
dangerously i'll
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
SENATOR TILLMAN.

The resolution recites that one man
is serving a sentence in Jail, and tna1
another was acquitted on technical
ity, and provides for conducting the in
vestigations so that all questions shall
be pertinent.
Senator Frye in the chair promptly
referred the resolution to the commit
tee on current expenses, and Mr.. III
man was allowed to speak on the sub
iect by unanimous consent.
Mr.. Tillman made a very sensational
speech. He said the democratic mem
bers of the finance committee were un-
der cloud on account of the sugar
schedule of the tariff bill of 1894; also
that the republican members of the
finance committee were under sus-
picion. One party was as deep in the
mud as the other in the mire, asserted
Mr.. Tllman.
Mr.. Pettus (dem., Ala.) demanded
that Mr.. Tillman specify his charges
SO that the whole senate should not be
subject to his sweeping assertions.
Mr.. Tillman said the present tariff
bill was made in the rooms of the Ar
lington hotel, with close connection
by telephone and telegraph with New
York, and in close touch with the
Sugar trust magnates.
Mr.. Tillman said Chapman was in a
Jail turned into a clubhouse, while the
great magnate had gone free on a tech
nicality.
Mr.. Tillman produced extracts from
papers showing that the Sugar trust
secured the sugar schedule in the new
bill, and also an extract from paper
making a charge that Senator Smith,
of New Jersey, had been specializing in
sugar.
Mr. Tillman closed with n declara-
ton that the senate should either prove
the correspondents liars, or prove the
senator's corrupt, and then turn them
out.
Mr.. Aldrich replied to Mr.. Tillman.
He denied that any person connected
with the Sugar trust had anything
to do with the making of the sugar
schedule. No person except the repub-
lican members of the committee knew
anything about the sugar schedule
except Jones, of Nevada, to whom it
was shown before its report. He want
ed to say for himself and for the other
members of the subcommittee that he
had not bought or sold share of sugar
stock
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important ETentA
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Especial SessEon.l


Il the senate on the cath, announcement OF
the death OF Senator Earle, of south Carolina,
being made by Mr.. TilIman, a resolution ex-
pressing profound sorrow was adopted aud the
senate adjourned The house Immediately
on assembling was appriSed Of the deathof Sem
ator Earle, and Immediately adjourned without
transacting any business
In the senate on the 18th after consideration
of minor business up to p m, Senator Aid
rich rep. R in charge OF the tariff bill, had
the measure laid before the senate and made
the opening speech in its favor Of an hour
and quarter. He was followed by Mr.. Vest
dem. MOI in opposition to the bill Mr.. Can
non (siL rep, Utah) closed the debate for the
day By urging that the protection should be SO
distributed as TO aid the farmers
In the senate, on the 26th, resolution was
agreed to authorizing the secretary Of the navy
to employ any suitable ship in forwarding relief
supplies to India The first vote on the tariff bill
was taken after two hours debate on the item of
boracic acid, which resulted. "a to 20, in favor
OF the schedule as fixed by the finance commit
tee, the vote being mainly on party hneS.-....
The house was not in session
In the senate on the 9th, the final confer
ence report on the sundry civil appropriations
bill was taken up and agreed to: Yeas, 81;
nays, .. The senate took up the tariff bill and
continued its formal consideration by para
graphs. .--..I In the house Representative Lewis
offered a resolution declaring it to be the sense
of congress that the belligerency Of the Cuban
insurgents should be recognized. Speaker Reed
declared it out Of order, and on appeal the
house, by 81 to 81, sustained the speaker. The
house then adjourned until the SISt-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
CURE FOR LOCKJAW.
New Treatment Successfully Tried at Sa
Francisco.

New Treatment Successfully Tried at San
Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, May ga new
treatment for lockjaw, or tetanus, has
just been successfully tried at the Ger
man hospital under the direction of
DR.. Conrad We'll. The case is ex-
citing a great deal of interest
in the medical profession and
among the friends of the
hospital. as it is the first experiment
with this new treatment west of the
Mississippi, and one of the very few ex-
periments in this country.
The patient who owes his life, as
the physicians believe, to the new
treatment, is Edmund Rhein, now
about % years old, who received an in
jury to his thumb about a month ago.
Doubt was entertained at first
whether an amputation would not be
necessary. This was avoided, how
ever, but later symptoms of lockjaw
began to develope. As the symptoms
were not severe at first, the ordinary
treatment with sedatives was tried.
The patient grew steadily worse, and
DIR. Well decided to try new treat
ment. By this time the disease had
extended so as to affect almost the en-
tire nervous and muscular systems.
Within 4S hours, under the new treat
ment signs of improvement began, and
at the end of a week he was pro-
nounced out of danger. Thursday he
said he felt no symptoms of the disease
at all, only the weakness which was
the natural result of the ordeal
through which he had passed.
The new treatment consists of iniec-
tions of tetanus anti-toxine, similar
in source as the anti-toxine of diph-
iberia
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
THE LUETGERT MYSTERY.
A Most Important Discovery-The Prose
cution Rests Its Case.

A Most Important Discovery-The Prose-
cution Rests Its Case.
CHICAGO, May 2s.-Prof. de la Fon.
taine, the expert chemist, has made a
discovery in his investigations into the
contents of the vat in the Luetgert
sausage factory, which is considered
by the prosecution to be of a nature
most damaging to the defense. In the
sediment not only has he found traces
of teeth, but also a large number of
flakes of a composition only found in
the human tooth. This, together with
the broken false tooth found by the
police near the vat is looked upon by
the prosecution as the strongest kind
of evidence to establish the corpus
deficit, which the defense has main
tanned was wanting in the states case.
The state rested its case yesterday
with the evidence of Prof. de la Fon-
tame, and Dentist Klein. No effort
will be made to call any other wit
nesses, except in rebuttal, and then only
in case an effort is made by the defense
to go into expert testimony.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
A PRETTY SCHEME
To Rob a Post once Frustrated by One
the Conspirators, Who Weakened.

To Rob a Post once Frustrated by One of
the Conspirators, Who Weakened.
PORTLAND, Ore, May ga scheme
to rob the post Office in this city was
disclosed yesterday afternoon, and as
a result Julian Epplng, chiSf clerk OF
the registry department.; City Jailer
Watson, Detective Holsapple, Eugene
Gautier and a man named Simpson
are all under arrest for conspiracy.
The scheme was to bind and gag Ep-
ping, who would previously arrange to
have his safe open. Holsapple and
Watson were to be waiting at the city
jail when the alarm was turned in and
were to rush to the post Office, take
charge of the case and insure Simpsons
getting away with the booty. The
conspiracy was disclosed by Gautier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
CLOSING DAY
OF the Union Meeting of Commercla
Clubs-OR Kentucky Soil.

OF the Union Meeting of CommercIa.
Clubs-OR Kentucky Soil.
CINCINNATI, May 29.-The programme
of the closing day of the union meet
ing of Commercial clubs, of Boston,
Chicago, st. Louis and Cincinnati, was
interrupted some by inclement weather.
Still the electric cars started early for
the Kentucky highlands with over 300
prominent business men aboad for
the outing.
At Fort Thomas the visitors wit
messed salute of &olors in honor of
Secretary Gage, who was in the party.
At noon luncheon was served at the
club house on Latonia race track, at
which the famous Kentucky burgoo
was among the soups. With the ex-
ception of the evening banquet the
entertainments of the day were all on
the Kentucky side of the river.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
KING HUMsERT's AssAILANT.

He Struck at the Representative of tho
Class Living I'm Comfort.
ROME, May 29.-Pietro Acciarita, the
iron-worzer of Artegena. province of
Udine, who attempted to stab King
Humbert on April 90. while his majesty
was on the way to the races, was put
on trial. The courtroom was crowded.
The object of his attempt on the life
of the king, he explained, was to strike
the representative of the class living
in comfort. His act, he affirmed, was
unprecedented, or otherwise he would
have thrown bomb.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
InIMAN.s PITcHFoRK.

rhe South CaroIinN Senator Stirring ThiAss
Up-wants n Special COMMITTEES -
IS ynn1ire INFO recent Reports Of spec
ulation Inv senators in Sugar stock anu
rs to Advance Information Furnisneo ~
Spectators. ,,,
WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator hi
man. of South Carolina, introduced
resolution in the senate. for the ap.
pointment of a special committee Oh
Eve senator's to inquire into recent re-
ports of speculation by senators IN
Sugar stock. and as to advance lnforna-
ton by New York spectators as 10 the
sugar schedule of the tariff bill Also
to continue the investigation MADE In
1894
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
EXCITEMENT AT oWINGsvILLE.
Armed Men Guard the Town Against a.
Mob of wOuld-Be Raiders.

AEmeu uAen LOWh <ASdlhbt -
Mob of WOuld-Be Raiders.
CINCINNATI, May 2S.-A special from
Owingsville, KY, says that since last,
midnight Company E Kentucky state
guard, have been in that town as pro-
lection against possible attempt to
rescue toll-gate raiders from the
county Jail.
Tonight armed men picket the ap-
proaches to the town and guard the
courthouse and Jail. They will be here
till Monday or later. Gov. Bradley
hurried them here on a rumor that
mob was forming to rescue johnson
and Jones, the wounded raiders.
johnson and Jones both waived exc
animation to-day and each was held in
$4,000 to appear for trial in October
and in 81, 900 to keep the peace.
Ben Harmon, John Bailey, Thornton
Stevens and ID. Anderson Freehly, ar
rested. demanded immediate trial, but
their cases were continued until Mon
day. Judge Gudgell caused all persons.
entering the courthouse to be searched
for weapons. None were found, but
100 big pistols had been deposited in a
drug store,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
THE FLOOD AT Ell PASO.
Everything Possible Being Done to Reliey
the Sufferers.

Everything Possible Being Done to Relieve
the Sufferers.
Ell PAso, Tex, May as.-The flood
situation to-day is deplorable, but
everything possible is being done to aid
the sufferers. Tents have been Sc.
cured from the government. The
board of health has provided free med
zeal attention for all the i'll and a large
amount of money and provisions have
been contributed.
The water is still pouring through
the break which occurred yesterday
and is flowing steadily through the
southern half of the city. No fatal.
ties have occurred.
The river dropped six inches last
night and it will probably drop a foot
tonight. The water will be under
control tonight and turned back into
the regular channel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
The Temperature of May.

Amateur weather prophets have been
endeavoring to create the impression
that May, 1897, was cold month.
The lowest poin5 touched by the mercury dur
Ing the month was IL, which was reached on
the 18th On May ), 1890, the thermometer went
down to So and, indeed. in nearly every year ex-
cept 1896 has the temperature on some days been
lower than in May this year. The highest point
reached this year was So, which is about the or
binary top mark during May although in 1895
the indicator ran up to 90, and in 1895 it got
to 80.
The mean temperature during the month, IS
taken at Kansas City, was about 65. which is
rather higher than usual, will be seen from
the following figures showing the averages in
years mast:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03

1T is unoficially announced that the
wheat area of France is 500, 9oS hec-
tares below the area of 1896, and that
the wheat crop will probably be 3D.
$50, 900 hectoliters less than in 1896. A
hectare is 2.47 acres; a hectoliter Is
2.75 bushels.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
SLOWLY DISAPPEARING
The Mud Island of Moro BAY. Gal W.
Snon LIE nra - g.. - ~

The Mud Island of Moro Bay. Cal. vu.
Soon be Out of Sight.
SAN LUIS, Cal, May 29.-The r,,a
island of Moro bay win soon dis
pear. Slowly, day by day, the eartb-
quale's work is disappearing benaath
the waters of the bay. Constant,
the terrific gaseous forces Will
escaped from subterranean crev;css
and pushed up the dark mass of 80
are spending their strength. II NIL,
be a matter of only a few davs unt;i
those who look out over the watara - -
Moro bav will be unable to locate Il.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03

JUDGE MUNGER, of the United States
district court at Omaha, Neb.. made
an order, on the oath, that the divorce
decreed by Judge Brewer between the
Western Union and Union Pacific tele-
graph companies must be completed by
September l.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
His Way of Curing the Drink Habit.

James Maxwell, of ITO Wyoming
street, Kansas City, killed himself by
drinking two ounces of carbolic acid.
He did it because he could not give up the
liquor habit. When Maxwell got up after sleep
ing of the effects of nights debauch. he was
Respondent He started for a saloon to get
drink. Instead of doing SO he walked through
the saloon to drug store across the street and
purchased two ounces of carbolic acid He said
to friend:
AS long as can not quit drinking, III just
take drink that will make me quit
Then he swallowed the carbolic acid. and in
few moments was dead. Maxwell was Sc He
leaves family of six children. the eldest
girl Of IL and the youngest a girl one year old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
WILLIAM LAMPsoN's WILL.

An Aged Aunt VIII Contest the Document
in the Courts.
CORNING, n, Y, May 29.-The will
of the late VIM Lampson. the LIE Roy
banker who left nearly a million dol
lars to Yale university, will be con-
tested by Mrs. Laura Ann Brooks. of
St Paul, Mimi, an aged aunt, who is
the only next of kin of the first degree
surviving him. Should she succeed in
setting aside the viii it is said that she
would be entitled to receive all of the
personal property to the value of about
s72o, 600.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
First Anniversary of St. Louis Tornado.

One year ago st. Louis was devasta-
ted by tornado.
The buildings have been nearly all repaired
and the debris removed But there were scars
left that brick and mortar can not heal-sore
hearts, wrecked homes and shattered minds
On the evening of the first anniversary a
thunderstorm visited the city. The thunder
rolled, the lightning flashed, but the rain was
gentle-li1e tears on the graves of the victims
of that awful calamity
There are thousands in the city who shudder
and tremble every time the sky is o'ercast.
They will never forget tn se awful moments
when the heavens and earth seemed to meet
and battle, when man was compelled to ac-
knowledge his inSignifcance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
Finally Executed His Threat.

Ed Mcfarland, Kansas City, had
threatened SO often to kill himself that
such remarks were taken as a joke.
The other day ne swallowed p cents worth
of morphine He lit a cigarette, joked over the
affair until he began to stagger. Before he
could be gotten to his room he was dead. Nc
Farland was hard drinl1er. and was fined $40
the day before for lighting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
Public administrators of Putnam.

Gov. Stephens has appointed 7. W.
Huston public administrator of Put
nam county. A. n. Mills, who was
elected to the office, fai&d to qualify.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03

Drew Pruitt, private detective in
st. Louis, attempted to tell Linus P.
Young, a druggist, a bad story about
Mrs. Young. Young knocked the de-
tective down, had himfarrested, and he
was fined $500, and given hours to
leave town.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
Reward for a Murderer.

In December last Nancy A. Birdsong
was murdered at her home in Moniteau
county by some unknown person.
Gov Stephens the other day offered a reward
of $500 for the arrest and delivery of the muir
derer to the sheriff of that county. The reward
stands for one year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03

THE sixth annual exhibition of the
Philadelphia Horse Show association
opened, on the 25th, at Wissahickon
Heights, to continue five days. The
list of entries was the largest in the
history of the association and the
prizes aggregated S15, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
Missouri County Securities.

State Auditor James NJ. Seibert the
other day registered S347, 900 of Az per
cent. refunding bonds of Scotland
county. These bonds sold at an aver
age of 215 per cent, which indicates
that the securities of Missouri counties
stand well in the financial market.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03

A DISPATCH from Vienna says that
the Turkish government has modified
SO, 600 additional troops, who are now
in readiness to advance into Thessaly,
and that the government is making
active preparations for Turkish adj
ministration of the province.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
ONA ELTON.
The Correspondent Released and nj HiA
Old Home in Arkansas.

Old Home in Arkansas.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, May 29.-The
Gazette prints letter from Fayette-
vile, Ark, which says that Ona Mel
ton, the newspaper correspondent who
was captured with the Competitor
crew by Spanish officers and held in
prison at Havana for a long time,
has been released and arrived
in Fayetteville on Wednesday. He
left Fayetteville Wednesday evening
for his hone in Madison county, near
Huntsville, Ark, where he was born
and reared. Melton is said to be ar
ranging his plans to go on lccturinp
tour after spending short time at his
old home,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03

EXPERIMENTS are being made in the
vicinity of Phoenix, Ariz-, with the
growing of tobacco. A good quality
of leaf has been grown there, and 1t is
believed that proper care in curing will
result in a product which will be valu-
able commercially.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
Good Shooting Record,

Chris Gottlieb, of Kansas City, killed
96 birds in 25 shots, on the wing, at
Kansas City, and was declared the
champion wing shot of Missouri.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
ChInch-Bugs and Chess.

Chinch-bugs are'doing much damage,
especially in the central and southern
sections of the state, and there is con-
siderable complaint of chess.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
Corn Growing Slowly

In some counties in Missouri corn is
reported a poor stand. and growing
very slowly owing to dry weather and
cool nights
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03

In the National Association of Mill
tary Surgeons at Columbus, O., on the
26th, six papers were read by title.
Deputy Surgeon-General w. S. Oliver,
of the British army medical depart
ment at Halifax, read a paper on &C
coutrements for infantry soldiers
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03

GEO. NJ. PULLMAN received from
Archduke Rayner, on the 27th, two
magnificent medals and a richly
wrought diploma as testimonials OF
honor and merit in founding and build
ing the most perfect town in the
world. They were awarded at the In
ternational Hygenie and Pharmaceutu-
al exposition at Prague
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03

FREDERICK F. SToLL, formerly gen
eral superintendent of city delivery in
the Chicago post Office, has been asked,
through a representative of Ii Hung
Chang, to take charge of the free de-
livery postal system which it is pro-
posed to establish at Hong Kong. The
offer carries a salary of So, 900 a year
for five wears
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03

In the United States supreme court,
the case of Blythe VS. Hinckley, in
volving the estate of the late Million
aire Blythe, of California, was dis
missed, on the oath, for want of juris-
diction. The effect is to leave the prop
erty in the possession of Mrs. Hinck-
ley, daughter of the millionaire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-03
One Bank Out of Two.

The National Bank of Commerce and
the Metropolitan national, Kansas City
concerns, have consolidated. The deal
was a surprise to business circles.