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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
WHAT AND HOW THEY ATE.

Darwin gorged every now and then
on plum cake.
Richardson was vegetarian and an
abstainer.
Swift lived in Dublin on a monoton-
Gus diet of mutton pie.
Newton often did not know whether
or not he had had his dinner.
Alexandra Dumas was fond of pre-
pairing dinners for his friends.
Shelley was content with bread or
anything which happened to be at hand.
Thackeray. though partial to French
cookery, refrained from too free indul-
gence in it.
Byron, after fits of intemperance in
the way of liquids, lived for weeks on
biscuits and soda water. When he was
abroad he purchased a goose and car
ried it about with him in basket in his
travelling carriage. But when the time
came for the slaughter the poet had be-
come so fond of his feathered compan-
ion that he declined to have it killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
THE NEW GOLD FIELDS.

stszies OF Their Unrivaleds Wealth Com
Armed-One Million in Gold Dust Re-
ceaved-Ffve Millions In Dust and Mug
gets Secured During the Year-Immensa
Fortunes Realized Within = Fortnight.
CHICAGO, July 17.-Vice-President z.
B. Weare, of the North American
| Transportation and Trading Co, has
received dispatches from the Klondyke
placer gold fields of Alaska. which con-
firm the stories of its fabulous wealth
received from the Pacific coast during
the past week. The steamship Port
land. of the North American Co, ar
rived at Seattle. Wash, from its semi
annual expedition within week, and
bears 81, 600. 600 IN gold dust from the
Yukon fields. The dispatch sums up
the yield of dust and nuggets in that
Eldorado country during the year as
approximately S., 900, 900.
The letter is from Capt. John ].
Healy who has piloted crafts for the
North American Co. through the wind
ing Alaskan rivers for years. It is
dated June from Circle City, near the
British boundary, and depicts graph
cally the immense fortunes which have
been made within fortnight by roam
ing, penniless,niners.
Capt. Healy tells of new regions
which have been discovered; indeed
the captain says, that not less than 81
worth of gold dust is scooped up with
every shovel full of dirt and that APP
plies to every piece of ground into
which the shovel is dug. Salaries to
miners are not less than S12 day and
a man can get his provisions and sus-
tenance for So.
"There is no doubt" said Mr.. Weare,
''that the veins of gold are only partly
uncovered. All my dispatches agree
that this is the continuation of the
mother vein in this country. Won
Humboldt, upon his visit to Dutch Har-
Dor, near Bristol bay, predicted that
the mother vein would show itself in
Alaska in parallel line. Everything
indicates the truth of this prophecy.
Circle City and Fort Cudahy were
the principal gold fields before the
Klondyke fields were discovered last
fall, and the rush for those fields has
continued since. Gold fields have also
been discovered of great value in the
vicinity of the Niataz river, which is
in British territory, but the travel has
been and continues to be toward the
Yukon fields.
Mr.. Weare has also news of new
discovery of gold fields, hitherto I'M
touched, near the mouth of the Tanana
river which is the second largest river
of Alaska and enters the Yukon at the
town of Weare.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
NAVAL HISTORY.

Volume Five OF the OmciaI Records of the
Union and Confederate NavIes.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE navy de-
partment has prepared for issue OF
Vulume V. of the official records of the
Union and Confederate nayies in the
war of the rebellion. CARRYING
the history OF the operations
of the navies well into the middle ne
Rod of the late war. The publication
Is exoellently illustrated with pictures
Of some of the most famous ships at
the old wooden navy. Il is TO be h1d
ONLY upon application to congress.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
LOGAN DAY AT CHICAGO.

An Effort to Secure the Attendance o:
Miss Winnie Davis.
CHICAGO, July 17.-Eforts are being
made by the committee in charge OF
the Logan day ceremonies and the
Ex-Confederate association of Chicago
to secure the presence of Miss
Winnie Davis, the Daughter OF
the Confederacy" at the dedication
exercises which take place on the ed.
An invitation has been sent Miss Davis
through Miss Lucy Lee Hill, person
al friend and ex-World's Fair commits.
zioner from Kentucky.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

CLAUS SPRECKELs has instituted an
other million-dollar libel suit against
the San Francisco Examiner, w. r.
Hearst, A. M. Lawrence, its managing
editor, and c. +. Aiken, the libel COM
planned of having been published in
the shape of a clipping from the Peta-
luna Courier on June last.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

NICHOLAS c. CREEDE, the millionaire
mine owner, after whom the town of
Creole, Col, was named, committed
suicide, on the night of the 18th, with
morphine, at his home in Los Angeles,
Cal, because his wife, from whom he
had been separated for six months, in
sisted upon renewing their marital re-
lations.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

THE American Protective association
in Missouri Is split The councils ex-
PEELED by the state judiciary board of
the order at the regular convention
have refused to recognize their right
70 appeal, and st their convention, on
the 18th, organized the True American
league, an independent organization.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

THE Transmississippi congress in
Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 10th,
adopted resolutions as follows: Favor
ing the construction of the Nicara-
guam canal; recommending recogni-
ton of Cuba as a nation; providing for
q national board of arbitration, and
for fostering the beet sugar industry.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

AT Laibach, IS miles north of Triest t,
Austria, q slight earth quake shock
occurred at four o'clock on the morn
ing of the 18th. It was followed, just
before seven o'clock, by q much more
severe shock lasting six seconds.
Great damage was done to many build
ings, walls were split open, and the
people were panic stricken.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

ion of the Baptist Young Peoples I'm
ion Of America began.in Chattanooga,
Tenn, on the 18th, with about 1000
delegates and some of the most promi-
nent Baptist leaders in the country
present
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

HENRIouE LAIDLEY, Portuguese vice
consul at San Francisco, arrived at
Monterey, Cal, on the l4th, to investi-
gate the incident of the tearing down
and burning of the flag of Portugal,
which Manuel 0rtins, Portuguese
grocer, had hoisted over his place Of
business on the Fourth of July. In
the absence of satisfactory explana-
ton Laidley said he would demand m
APOLOGY from the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

JUDGE n. GREENE CURTIS, one of Cali
fornia's oldest and most distinguished
lawyers, died in Sacramento on the
18th. He served three terms in the
state senate. Deceased was a native of
North Carolina, aged II years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

FAILURES throughout the United
States, as reported by &. G. Dun & Co.,
for the week ended the goth, were
26S, against 269 for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
ures were 81, against 80 last year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
Feels Sure of a Reward.

Old Anthony Edwards, an ex-slave,
who claims to be over 100 years old,
was mustered in the G. A. r. in st.
Louis.
He served almost two years in the northern
army. His owner was Nimrod Edwards, Of
Pike county. He was separated from his wife
for years, but at last found her. lust before she
died The old is very devout, declaring
that he was brought up to love God and Spurn
Satan, and that the Master above has great
reward in store for him. He says that Mast r
knows old Anthony" and odd Anthony"
knows Him, and that His mercy endureth
forever"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

OK the 18th President Zelaya gave q
successful reception at Managua in
honor of the fourth anniversary of the
revolution which made him president
of Nicaragua and placed the liberals in
power.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

On the 14th President Nc Kinley is
sued an order suspending the operation
of ex-President Cleveland's order con-
solidating the pension agencies of the
country and reducing their number to
9 from Is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
BLACK Leg Among Cattle.

Anthrax, or black leg, has made its
appearance among the cattle in the vi
cinity of Sturgeon. ]. Fl. Canad has
lost 10 head of calves by this disease.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

In private letter received in Stock
holm, ON the 18th, from Mr.. Andree,
the aeronaut and explorer, the writer
said he would take the first oppor-
tunity to make his balloon start north
ward after the 10th, even though the
winds should be less favorable than he
might desire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

THE war department has awarded to
the Pacific Bridge Co., of Portland,
Ore, the contract for the construction
of a mortar battery at Marrowstone
Point, Puget Sound, at a cost of $685.
$50.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

MATsALLoY, the rebel leader, with
90 followers, attacked and burned the
government station at Gaya, Bengal,
British India, on the 18th, at day break.
He looted the town, sacked the treas
ury of about So, 900, imprisoned the OH
GER in charge and killed a corporal of
nnlice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

Over half a million in gold was re-
ceived at the sub-treasury in st. Louis
within week in exchange for bills of
small denomination to be used for
moving western crops.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
Free Again.

Gov. Stephens has granted a COM
mutation of the BALD Knobbers,"
Amos Jones and William Stanley, to
112 months.
They will receive the benefit of the three
quarters law. They were sent to the peniten-
airy in February 1888, for q years from Chris
tfon county for murder in the second degree.
The communication acts as pardon and releases
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

A BATTLE in which the Cuban patri-
Dts under Generals Gomez and Fran
cisco won q notable victory over the
Spanish regulars, occurred near Ar
royo, recently The Cubans were
greatly outnumbered, but won the
fight by superior strategic skill
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has planned to
visit the Yellowstone park next Sep
TENDER, and steps have been taken to
induce him to extend the westward
Journey to San Francisco.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

JAMESTOWN, Cal, and the surround
ing country is excited on account of
the rich strike in the Tansy mines,
operated under the lease of Colby &
Beckwith. The mine is located on
the mother lode near Sonora The
workmen struck pocket and in ten
hours they had taken Ss1, 900 in gold
and there was more to come.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
Missouri Christian Church.

The sixteenth annual session OF the
Missouri lectureship of the Christian
church was held at the Christian church
in Centralia- 10 will meet next year at
Carrollton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

THE senate committee on foreign re-
1ations, on the 14th, agreed to re-
port re solution for the ratification
of the Hawaiian annexation treaty
without amendment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
It Was an ACCIDENT.

Frank Wray, son of 7. FL. Wray. who
resides northeast of Maryville, was ac-
cidentally shot and killed. He at
tempted to take gun out of buggy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
She Had Plenty of Money

Mrs. Mary Kelly, a washerwoman,
was stricken with paralysis while at
work. a belt about her waist. on ex-
animation, was found to contain 5000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

St Louis has made large demand
on New York for small notes-S1, 50
and SIS bills-with which to move the
crops now being harvested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

IT In reported in Washington that
ex-President Cleveland will, in Novem-
Der, be formally rendered the Office of
president of the University of Vir-
Rinia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
An Honor to Missouri.

J. NJ. Greenwood, of Ramsay City,
well known in educational circles
throughout the west, was elected pres
ident of the National Educational as
Sociation
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

The fourth biennial convention Of
the Lithographers' International Pro
tective and Beneficial association
opened in Cincinnati, on the 18th, with
&c delegates present.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

THE duty on Mexican cattle under
the new tariff law will range from four
to six dollars per head, while the old
duty averaged $3.50 per head. This
will practically prove prohibitory.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
The HAY Crop.

Haying is in progress in all sections,
and the yield ranges from an average
crop to very poor. 1t Is generally be-
ing secured in good condition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

IT is stated on authority of the reg
istration committee that %, s19 dele
gates attended the Christian Endeavor
convention in San Francisco.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

Ex-CoEeREssMAN JOHN f. FARMS
WORTH, of Illinois, died in Washington,
on the 14th, from an affection of the
lungs, at the age of "a years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

L. n. Hatah, NJ. E., of Toxic, chief en-
gineer of the state railroad of Japan, is
visiting America with the idea of gath
ering some points as to railroading.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
ReconsIdered Their Action and Returned.
to Work.

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, July 19.-The
miners at Thacker, Logan and Dingess,
who, Saturday afternoon, decided to-
strike, held mass meeting yesterday
afternoon and reconsidered their ac-
ton, They will return to work as
usual to-day. The Elkhorn miners.
who, Saturday, decided to strike will,
it is believed, follow their example.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
A Carpenter'a Fatal Fan.

Calvin f. Iba, carpenter, fell from
= scaffold on a two-story building, at
Cameron, sustaining injuries which
cAnAed his death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
The Bridge Gave Way.

A bridge across creek. 90 miles west
of Sedalia, broke while Jesse French
and an employe were driving steam
threshing machine over it. The thresh-
er was demolished and the men were
slightly bruised.
Congressman BarthOIdt to Visit Europe.
Congressman Bartholdt, of st. Louis,
will start for Europe as soon as con-
gress adjourns. Mr.. Bartholdt has not
been in very good health. and thinks
the sea voyage will be of great benefit
to him
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
WIth = CapIfalIst,. Daupb4.r

Frank K. Sawyer and MisSJsabelle
Lucas, daughter of well-known st.
Louis capitalist. eloped and were mar
ried at Kansas City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
Must Return to Work or Forfeit Thel,
Jobs-West virginia Coal

MARTINS FERRY, o., July 19.-The
miners of Dillonvale were notified yes
terday that they must return to-day or
new men would be employed Two,
hundred car loads of West Virginia
coal passed through yesterday. The.
Wheeling & Lake Erie road has orders
Tor ], 800 car loads.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
TROUBLE AHEAD.
Alarming Indications Of Discon-
tent Becoming Manifest

Miners Gcadsd TO Desperation by Hunger
and the ReviIings OF Their Wives and
Sweethearts, About to March Cpon
Mines Still In Operation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
Scared the Dog.

John w. Hall, of st. Louis, placed
12-pound dog in wire cage, attached
the cage to kite and sent the kite and
dog up 1900 feet. When the kite land
ed the dog was alive, but was shiver-
ing and STRUGGLING,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
For School textbooks.

The Missouri school textbook COM
mission the other day received bids for
supplying the public schools of the
state outside the cities of st. Louis,
Kansas City and st. Joseph, for period
of five years.
There are nearly forty bids. AS a general
proposition it can be stated that the bids aver
age about ten per cent lower than the price Of
the books now il use in the schools OF the
state Many Of the books less used than the
standard ones are put in at remarkably low
figures, while the standard works are generally
pretty well up to the price now in force. Near
ly all of the big houses bid for full line of all
the books used, while some OF the bids are for
only part of the schedule The contracts will
be awarded in about five zzesIzs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
Banker Burlingame Convicted.

T. E. Burlingame was convicted of
gr and larceny in the circuit court at
Joplin.
The jury fixed the penalty at three years in
the penitentiary. Burlingame was president Of
the Bank OF Commerce at Springfield. When
the bank failed in 1893 he was charged with
having received deposits knowing the bank to
be in failing condition, and five indict-
ments were found against him He was ac-
Quilted in two cases, and convicted in the third,
after trial of three days duration. Burlin-
game took his conviction calmly, but seemed to
have been confident of an acquittaL He has
been living in Oklahoma for some time. The
case was transferred from Springfield to Joplin
on a change of venue.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
MI. xaneey Makes . Statement.

Ex-President A. K. Yancey of Hardin
college emphatically denies the report
that his recently-tendered resignation
from the presidency of Hardin college
was caused by i'll health. and has made
public a statement over his signature.
Mr.. Yancey says, among other things:
That dishonest competitors and ignorant
drummerS should misrepreSent our advantages
is not surprising, but when officials high in au-
thority, pledged by the most sacred obligations
TO render the president loyal support. assist in
propagating the most damaging aspersions
against the management Of the college, and
when the board seems powerleSS to remedy or
even to hear the complaints the burden
is greater than I feel able or willing
20 bear. While I have deemed il
due to myself and to my friends
TO make known the facts connected with my
resignation, I desire to assure the friends OF
the college that it still has my unbounded SYM
pathy and that 1 propose in the future, as in
the past to use my utmost endeayors in every
honorable way to promote its welfare
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22

DIR. b. NJ. Bolton has resigned his po-
sition as professor of bacteriology in
the state university.
He will accept the position of bacteriologist
for the state board of health of New Jersey,
with headquarters at Princeton. DR.. Bolton
will receive a salary of 5000 year in his new
Dlaca
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-22
Corn Prospects.
Saws the recel

Says the recent weather crop report
for Missouri:
In many of the southern counties corn is
badly in need of rain and chinch-bugs are do
ing much damage in places while in some To-
calities in the northern sections it has been
considerably injured low land by an excess
Of moisture and the hot sun. Elsewhere the
corn is generally making excellent progress
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-25
CAUSED BY UEM1ND.

All OF o sudden silver has advanced
in price, from Saturday to Monday
having risen IL cents an ounce in New
York, and three-fOurths pence in Lon
don. The rise in the price of the white
metal is attributed to purchases for
India's account and to strong rumors
In London that the India council is
buying the metal for coinage purposes,
with the possibility that the India
mints are to be re-opened. The deci-
sion of the governors of the Bank of
England to hold one-fifth of its reserve
in silver also greatly contributes to
influence the market favorably.
Here is an example of the effects
demand have upon the price of silver.
Simply the rumor that the Indian
mints may be opened to the coinage of
silver, whereby demand will be cre-
ated, has stimulated the markets so
that the price has advanced almost two
cents an ounce in New York. If "a
simple rumor causes such sudden
rise, what would be the effect were the
demand really created2 Whist would
it be if a demand for 100000 ounces
a year were created by the opening of
American mints to unrestricted coin
age of 'silve~? 1t probably would not
go up at once to s1.29, where it was
prior to the adverse legislation of 1873,
but it would rapidly advance to price
that would make our silver coins a
very solid money. 1t is the lack of
demand, the refusal cs tie powers to
recognize silver as a ras:. money, that
keeps it down to its present low level,
but with an artificial demand created
as there is for gold, it would soon rise
to it's former standard.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-25


the most striking being the case of q
miner at Leadville. Col, who pur-
chased an order for S2,230, payable TO
himself, and permitted the money to
remain on deposit for five years. For
the sake of the ecurity afforded by de-
posting the money with the govern
ment he was not only willing to forego
the interest which he would have re-
ceived had the money heen placed in a
savings bank or otherwise Invested,
but he paid the commission demanded
by the government for issuing the or
der.
The use Of the money-order system
as a savings bank is resOrted to as
frequently today as at any time in the
past. The mails bring to the post
office department daily numerous void
orders to be renewed, and the officials
who have the renewal of the orders in
charge understand that the system is
being used in the place of the savings
ha