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The herald., 1897-11-08

with the first dose Of medicine, and At the end Of
health, and today am well and sound, In Dr.
Wong Him's honesty. integrity and ability u curo
any disease that he says he can cure 1 have un-
bounded confidence and faith, and would recon-
mend him to oil needing . doctor: Your trnly
Il. b. TAYLOR. :,
President Citizens Bank, South Riversida Cal
sept 0, 1897
Cured o. Stomach and Liver Troubles By ID
Wong Him OF S31 &. Hope st.. Los Angeles, GAL
To the Public-It gives me great pleasure 70 ~
that DR.. Wong Him's treatment In my case hae
been most successful For years l nave oee9
troubled with tho kidney and stomach troubles !
tried various remedies from other physlcians 0ue
received no permanent help. DR.. wong hlmo
treatment has removed all tendency OF these trou.
bles and seems to be permanent In It's results. !
like DR.. Wong Him's Ideas OF HepD Treatmenk
cleaning and renovatlng the system before building
it up again. am certainly pleased 10 say that hs
has done . great deal Of good to me, ana that !
havs fnnnd him to be . we'll educated man, upae.
suminE and kind commanding the respect Of ~
sooa peop'' MISS STELLA HUNTER,
Los Angeles. CAL, April 80. 1897. e2o Bellevue Ave-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the senate, on the 23d, lO4 pen
sion bills were taken from the caien-
dar and passed in 90 minutes, and some
80 other bills, unobjected, to were also
passed. The Union Pacific railroad
compromise arrangement was made
the subject of a resolution of inquiry
addressed to the encouragement.
Another resolution was passed calling
ON the president for all correspond
ence with the Nicaragua government
since 1887 relative to the Nicaragua ca
nal. The house was not in session
on the Esd.
ADvICRs from the orient tell of a
terrible panic in a temple at KwonC
Tow, China, in which 300 men, women
and children persisted. During a
theatrical performance a lamp was
broken, which set the temple on fire.
The main entrance was closed. and
the two smaller exits were also choked.
OF the 40 actors in the performance
but four escaped.
The weekly statement of the asso-
ciated banks Of New York city for the
week ended on the esd, showed the
following changes: Reserve, increase,
81, SOS, go; loans, decrease, 1860, 500;
specie, increase, 81, 312, 500: legal tend
erS, increase, s., lO5, 500; deposits, in
crease. Sc, O93, 300; circulation, decrease.
S264, 100.
MAJ. RODRIGUEZ, who has been APP
pointed by Gomez to succeed Aguirre
as commander of the Cuban forces in
Havana province, has entered the dis
trict with 1900 armed men. Rodriguez
has five field pieces, and with the
forces of Aguirre, Rodriguez now com
mands about 5000 weIl-eQuipped men.
THE monthly crop report of the
agricultural department, usually is
sued on the 10th OF each month, was
delayed this month on account of the
failure of a number of the correspond
ents to send their data in time. 1t
was issued on the 25th.
The motion for new trial for AL
bert ]. Frantz, who was recently
found guilty at Dayton, O., of murder
in the first degree, has been over
euled by Judge Brown. May Is next
is the day set for the electrocution.
The French collier Madeline arrived
Mt San Francisco from Ca1Iao on the
cad. One of her boilers explode ed soon
after the steamer lett CalIao, killing
five men and injuring several others
She put into Acapulco for repairs
JUDGE WOODS, of the United States
circuit court, sitting at indianapolis,
Ind, has ordered the entire Monon
railway system sold unless the over
due bonds and interest are paid by
February ?.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
FAMINE IN CHICAGO.

More Suffering than the Relief Commits
tees Can AlIevlnte--ThoM Mayor to Issue "a
Proclamation, and the Police to be Added
to the Relief PatroI-Hundreds of Fam :
lies lseIne Daily Added TO the Lists OF
the Needy.
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-The cold wave
which reached Chicago last night
frightened it's grip to-day and at MD
night Chicagoans were shivering IN :
16-below-zero atmosphere. At eight
o'clock this morning the Thermometer
registered II below. The temperature
then moderated somewhat, but at no
time during the day did the mercury
rise above three below. Shortly after
sunset the temperature began drop
ping rapidly and tonight promises to
be a record breaker The weather
bureau promises no relief for four or
five DAYS. The suffering among the
poor is intense and Mayor sSwift will
issue proclamation calling for bread
for the starving.
According to reports made TO the
MAYOR bv the bureau of charities and
other committees that have appled TO
him, the number of destitute families
is increasing each day until the con-
ditions in some parts of the city are
appalling. Immediate relief is neces-.
sary, or, it is said, many will die OF
starvation and cold. The police sta
tions all over the city are filled with
dodgers. Hundreds of homes are with
out fuel or food and skilled workmer
are begging on the streets.
Committees ON charitable institu.
tions and many individual philanthro-
pists have called upon Mayor Swift to-
urge him to make an appeal to the
pull for immediate help for the SUI
ferers. He will issue a proclamation
tomorrow setting forth the exact con-
ditions of the poor in Chicago and
make an appeal for public help. No
actual cases of starvation have as yet
been reported, but many are suffering
with hunger.
Distributions of fuel and food have
been carried on by the bureau OF
charities, but they say they are unable
to take care of one-ifth of the people
who beg assistance County Commits
sioner Healey reported to Mayor Swift
yesterday that the lists of needy are
growing at the rate of from 800 to 500
families day. These are not the
families of paupers, but skilled work
men who are unable to get work.
Last nights blizzard continued until
early this morning. There was no
serious delay to street car traffic and
the thoroughfares were kept open by
the hundreds of men who were kept
at work all night. Many of those suf-
fering from want were given an OPP
portunity to earn few pennies by
clearing away the snow.
All trains are late but the delay is
not serious.
Through the suggestion of Mayor
Swift, Chief of Police Badenoch issued
an order tonight which will facilitate
the furnishing of relief to such as are
in danger from the want of food or
fuel. The patrolmen throughout the
city were ordered to make reports on
all cases of extreme deStitution and
explain the character of relief re-
quired. On all such reports immedi-
ate assistance will be rendered,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
CHINATOWN EXCITED

Over the Assassination Of Little Pete" by
Htghbinders-Ihe Sec Yap and Sam Ynp
Societies in Deadly Hostility.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.-The assas-
sination by highbinders Saturday
evening of Fong CHING, otherwise
known as Little Pete" has created a
greater sensation in Chinatown than
any other happening in years. The
streets in that quarter are crowded
with exultant members of the See
Yup society of High binders who are
cele brating the death of their most
powerful enemy. 1t is said that the
murdered man was to receive $4,000
for destroying tho See Yup society,
and that he was backed in his efforts
by the Chinese vice-consul, King
Owyang.
Tue consulate is heavily guarded, as
it is well known that the Sec Yups
have placed a price of $1,000 on the
head of the vlce-conSuL. 1t is under
stood that the assassins OF Little
Pete" received $4,000 for their work.
The Sam Yups have been thrown into
disorder by the death of their leader,
but it is expected that when reorgan-
lied they will execute summary and
adequate vengence upon the See Yups.
Wong Sing and Chin Foy, the two
men under suspicion of having killed
Little Pete" preserve stoical silence
in their cells in the city prison. They
both claim to have a perfect alibi
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
SIR ISAAC PITMAN.
Death of the Father of tho system OF
Stenography Bearing His Name.

Death of the Father of tho System OF
Stenography Bearing His Name.
LONDON, Jan. 2a.-Sir Isaac Pitman,
6he inventor of the system of stenog-
raphy which bears his name. is dead.
Isaac Pitman was born at Tunbrldge Wells,
January 4, 1913 After six years service
clothiers clerk, he was sent to the normal coll
lege of the British and Foreign School society,
London, and after five months training, at the
close of 1881, was appointed master of the Brit
the British school at Wotton- under-E Edge in
1885, and removed to Bath in 1889. His first
treatise on shorthand, entitled "Stenographic
Sound Hand" appeared in 1887, and he thus
became the originator of the spelling reform,
to which, and the propagation of his system of
phonetic shorthand, he devoted his
entire attention since 1643 when the
phonetic society was established. His
system Of shorthand was renamed in 1910 and
entitled photography, or Writing by SOUND"
and his Photographic Reporters Com
panion" appeared In 1876. Mr.. Pitman edited
and printed the Phonetic Journal Besides
printing his own instruction books for teach
ing phonetic shorthand, Mr.. Pitman had issued
little library of about eighty volumes,
printed entirely in shorthand, ranging,
from the Bible to Rassellas. In the autumn
OF 1887 an international shorthand congress
and jubilee Of photography was held in Lon
don and Mr. Pitman's family were presented
with his bust A gold medal from the pho
nographers OF the United States and one
from those of Great Britain and the
colonies were presented to Mr.. PItman IN
recognition of the invention of his system OF
shorthand and of his labors for the reforma-
ton or English photography. Mr.. Pitman re"
,eiVed the honor Of knighthooG in 1894
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
KNIGHTS OF pYTHlAs.

Expulsion of Charles Kla@ by the Grand
TribunaI-ae is Leader of the German
Wing The Action Promises TO Develop
the Strength of Those Who Desire to
Continue the Use OF the German Ritual
New YORK, Jan. 23.--The grand
tribunal of the Knights of Pythias,
sitting in this city, expelled Charles
H. K1ee. of Bayard Taylor lodge 157,
of this city, from the order.
The action was taken on an appeal
by Alonzo Bedell, the grand chancellor
of the order in this state, from
sentence of three months suspen-
sion passed against Mr.. Klee by
the New York state lodge at its ses-
sion in Buffalo in 1884, when Mr..
Klee was charged with conduct detri-
mental to the welfare of the organi-
cation. The charges grew out of the
decision of the supreme lodge. in 1894,
that all the business and services of
the lodges should be conducted in the
English language. Some years ago an
agitation was begun for the abolition
of the GerRan ritual, and it was sue
cessful in 1892, when, at a session
of the supreme lodge in Kansas
City, Mo-, it was voted to do
away with the German ritual
So great was the feeling aroused
among the German members by this
action, that early in 1894 Mr.. Klee and
several other Germans started an or
ganization known as the Improved
Order Knights of Pythias, In it the
ritual was to be in German, if the
members so desired, and other minor
liberties were to be allowed which
could not be had in the parent organ
ization. Mr.. Klee was made the past
supreme chancellor of the new order,
but he retained his membership in the
original knights.
at the next state lodge meeting of
the older society Mr.. Bedell, as grand
chancellor, brought charges against
Mr.. Klee. After prolonged considera-
ton the lodge found Mr.. Klee guilty
on some of the charges, and sentenced
him to suspension for three months.
This punishment did not seem suf-
icient to the prosecutors, and on
the evidence that had been SUBJ
mitted to the state lodge and adj
ditional facts that were presented by
Mr.. Bedell, the sentence of the lodge
was overturned and expulsion was de-
cided upon. The original order num-
bers about 100000. What proportion
of them VIII support Mr.. Klee is not
known. The decision promises to lead
to serious trou bles in the original so
ciety
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
ASKING FOR ARBITRATION.
Good Effects of the Presence of the Gum
boat MachIas mt Bangkok.

Good Effects of the Presence of the Gum
boat MAcIllas mt BanEko
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-The gunboat
Machias has arrived at Bangkok un-
der orders to protect American inter-
ests, having been hurried there from
Hong Kong, 1900 miles away, on re-
ceipt of official news at the state de-
partment last week of an attack by
Siamese soldiers on United States Dep
uty Consul General Kellet.
Commander Mckenzie will confer
with Minister Barrett, and if the cir
cumstances warrant, q salute to the
American flag will be demanded The
fact that the Machias has been or
dered to Bangkok has already had the
effect of altering the attitude of the
Siamese government toward the United
States. She is the first American war
vessel to visit Bangkok for seven
years, and the effect of her mission ms
soon as its character became known is
reported to have been exactly as Sec.
rotary Olney desired.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
MOTHER GOOSE LEGENDS.

Three Blind Mice" is in a music
book of 1909.
"a Froggie Would A-Wooing Go"
was written in 1850.
Little Jack Homer is older than the
seventeenth century.
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, Who're Have
You Been?" dates from the reign Of
Queen Elizabeth.
"Old Mother Hubbard" "Goosey
Goosey Gander" and "Old Mother
Goose" were first published in the six
teenth century.
The author of Cinderella, ," Jack the
Giant Killer" ''Blue Beard" and TEN
Thumb" was Charles Perrault, ~
Erenchman, and these tales were writ
ten in 1897.
''Humpty Dumpty" was a bold. bad
baron who lived in the days of King
John and was tumbled from power.
This history was put into riddle, the
answer to which is an egg.
THE Babes In the Wood was foun-
ded on an actual crime committed in
the fifteenth century. An old house
in Norfolk is still pointed out upon a
mantelshelf of which the entire history
Is carved.-PhiIadelph American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
GOSSIP ABOUT WRITERS.

Richard Harding Davis is talking Of
trip to Egypt. At present he is dram
atizing Soldiers of Fortune" and
writing new story, THE Kings jack
all
A sequel to THE Prisoner of Zenda''
will be published serially by the Pail
Mall magazine during the coming year.
Anthony Hope is said to have drama
TIED "Phroso," with the aid of Edward
Rose.
Andrew Lang is editing new "Gad's
Hill" edition of the works of Charles
Dickens. The original illustrations, by
Cruiksbanls, Hablot X. Brown and Sew
mour, are to be printed from unused
duplicate plates in the possession of the
publishers.
The Saturday Review had mysteries
of joy over Stephen Cranes "ReSl Badge
of Courage" but criticises Maggie,
most unfavorably. concluding it's oh
servations with the remark: "From
the artists point of view the book is as
badly done as one of Landseer's human
dogs"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
AcaInst CornoratIons.


Representative Avery has introduced
In the legislature a bill, entitled IAN
act to prohibit corpora tions from max
ing contributions of money and other
valuable things for political purposes"
It provides that it shall be unlawful for any
railroad telegraph. telephone, insurance, 9TH
err than farmers and town mutualS, savings
bank and fund, trust, manufacturing or
business corporation, organized under the
laws Of this state, or any foreign corpora
ton authorized to do business Mis-
souri,, to make. directly or Indirectly, contribu-
ti0nS OF any sum of money, or valuable thing
whatever, for political purposes, by furnishing
money to political committees or individuals,
to further any political cause or candidacy
Any violation of the act is to be deemed a
misdemeanOr, and the officer, director or man
ager OF any corporation, By whose act or order
such contribution is made. will be subject to q
fine not less than 500 nor more than 81, 90 or
by Imprisonment in Jail for not less than three
months, nor more than one year.
Monument to Daniel Boone and Wife.
There is considera BILE interest in the
senate bill by Senator Peers, providing
for the erection of monument to the
memory of Daniel Boone and wife.
The act provides that Lon V. Stephens, gov
ernor of the state; William F. Switzler, of
Cooper; Louis Houck, of Cape Girardeau;
James H Waugh, of Boone; Wells H. BIod-
gett, of St Louis; Hiram Bledsoe, of
Cass; William L. Morsey, Of Warren;
William Taylor. of st. Francois and James
Gibson, OF Kansas City, are created a commits
sion to erect a suitable monu ment of Missouri
granite where the remains of Daniel Boone
and his wife were originally buried as an evil
dence of the gratitude of the people Of Mis-
souri, The bill appropriates 10000 for the pur-
pose Of a monument. and according to the de-
tails 1t shall be erected ON the edge OF St.
Charles WaTFan COMMITTEES n n tour M 9n6
DUtseo. Senator Peers has been for many
years an advocate of this measure, and he has
st last succeeded in part in procuring its
passage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

MIngo Junction. o., Nearly Wiped Out.
STEUBENvnLE, o., Jan. 23.-Mingo
junction, three miles below this city,
was nearly wiped by fire at 1890 a. In.
1t started in McNeal's residence.
The following buildings were de-
stroyed: McNeal's butcher shop,
Hanna's barber shop, Scanlon's
saloon, McElroy's saloon, Becker's gro
Gerry and bakery. KelIy's drug store,
lucas saloon, Dediskey's tailor shop,
McKee's building, occupied by gro
Gerry. barber shop and jewelry store;
Simpsons jeweIry store, Commercial
hotel, Cooper's cobbler shop and the
Aingo city building and hall.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
JUMPED THE TRACK.
Bad Wreck on the Ottawa, Arnprior
Parry Sound hallway.

Bad Wreck on the Ottawa, ArnprlOr 4
Parry SQUAD hallway.
OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. ga freight
train on the Ottawa, Arnprior &
Parry Sound Railway, jumped the
track at the siding at Bangs Bay
Thursday night making bad
wreck. Fireman Charles Hutchinson
was instantly killed; brakeman
James Castleman was fatally
crushed and William Russell, who was
in charge of the store car, was SO
badly scalded by escaping steam that
he died while being brought to Otta-
wa. William Taylor, the engineer,
was badly scalded about the face and
hands. 1t is supposed the siding switch
was open.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
Good Roads Convention.

The Missouri Road Improvement as
ISOLATION will hold a good roads con-
vention in Jefferson City, February %
and "a.
Members of town and city councils, street
commissioners, members of county courts,
county surveyors, road overseers. wheelmen
and all who are interested in road and street
improvements are urged to attend Important
road and street legislation is before the legis-
lature, and should be considered by all inter-
ested in the good roads cause. Send notice OF
appointment of delegates to secretary at Kid
der, Mo. F. o. Stanley, presidant, Sedalia,
Mo-; Levi Chubbuck, secretary, kidder, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
ST. ANDOCHE.
Maggie MitcheIps Latest New York Real
ty Speculation.

ty Speculation.
New YORK, Jan. 23.-Maggie Mitch
III, the actress, or Maggie Mitchell
Abbott, as she is known in private
life, has taken a new step in the way
of real estate investment. She has
erected. at cost of almost quarter of
q million of money, "a magnificentapart-
ment house at the corner of Amsterdam
avenue and One hundred and Sec
ond street. It is called the St. Andoche,
in honor of the strongest act in the
play that made her not only famous,
but wealthy, "Fanchon the Cricket"
The building is eight stories high,
and has all the modern improvements.
Mrs. Mitchell Abbott is the wife of her
former leading man, Charles Abbott,
and is reputed to have more property,
real estate and personal, in her own
name than any other actress on the
Notwithstanding stage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

liz trifle more than three years 10
irebugs have been convicted in New
York city and sentenced to an aggre-
gate imprisonment term of 279 years
Three gangs, organized for ruthless
plumber, have been broken up. and yet
the incendiary fires have not been
stopped.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

JOHN L. SULLIVAN was reported, on
the goth, TO be dying at the Mountain
house, New Bedford, Mass. where he
had gone against the advice of his
physician. He contracted q severe
cold, and with an acute attack of his
old throat trCuble-tonsilitis-h end,
the physicians thought, was but the
matter of . few days. Later. how
ever, he was reported somewhat Ina
proving.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

GEN. RUS RIVERA said, in an inter
view on the 18th: Tell the American
people to give us rifles and a supply OF
cartridges, and we will whip Weyler
before the winter ends. We have &c.
OOO men waiting in the province which
WAS the last to take no arms"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

The German Dational bank of Louis
Vile, KY, did not open its doors for bus
iness, on the 18th, and the announce
ment was made that the institution
was in the hands of Bank Examiner
James Escott. The capital stock is
s25I, 500, with a surplus of $751;
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

EDWARD R TAYLOR, alias A w.
Platt, who is under arrest in London,
upon q warrant charging him with the
murder of Jesse Tyree, in Kentucky,
in $50, was, On the 2lst, for the fifth
time, arraigned in the Bow Street po-
lice court and again remandsd for fur
Their hearing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

THOMAS C. PLArT was, on the Goth,
elected United States senator from
New York to succeed David X Hill
for the term beginning March Anext.
The houses of the state legislature
sitting in joint convention voted as
follows: Platt, ia; David b. Hill, a.
Henry George, I.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
Wants Bulls Dehorned.

preventative Rebo. of Clark coun-
ty, has introduced bill in the legisla-
ture providing for the dehorning of
all bulls over two years of age. He
says that hundreds of persons are an-
nually killed by bulls.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
Gen. John u. Stevenson.

Gen. John d. Stevenson died in ST.
louis recently.
He served in the Mexican war, and at the
outbreak of the civil war organized the Seventh
Missouri. In 1893 he was made q brigadier-
general. and.served through the war with honor.
He served in the Missouri legislature and held
PUBLIC offceS in ST. Louis
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

TABLETS marking the spot where
Abraham Lincoln was nominated for
the presidency in 1861; the spot where
the great fire of 1871 burned itself
out, and where the old Sauganash
house stood in pioneer days, will be
erected by the Chicago Historical soci-
Aty
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28
NIissouri Moments Climbs.

The first annual meeting of the Mis-
souri, Federation of Women's clubs
was held at Kansas City. Representa-
tives from so clubs were present.
Among the prominent delegates were
Mrs. r. P. Bland and Mrs. Farris, wife
of Speaker Farris. of the lower house
of the legislature.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-28

The German savings bank, the larg-
est bank in the city Of Des Moines,
Ia, in point of deposits, closed its
doors on the 2lsL A notice posted on
the door, stated that the bank was in
the hands of the assignee, Harry
Blackburn, who, only two weeks be-
tore, became its cashier.