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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
JOINT TARIFF ASSOCIATION.
VIII Not be Affected by the Supreme Court
Decision.

Will Not be Affected by the Supreme Court
Decision.
CLEVELAND, o., March 2T.-President
S. r. Galloway of the Nickle Plate is
of the opinion that the decision of the
United States supreme court in the
Traasmis5Ouri Freight association case
will not affect the Joint Traffic associ-
aticl. The local roads allied with that
organization are the Nickel Plate, LAX e
Shore, Big -Four. Erie, Pennsylvania,
and the Baltimore * Ohio. The Joint
Traffic ssociation. nc s;sys, is not a trust
IN any sense of the word.
The interstate commerce law IS IN
tended to render rates more stable
1t would be absurd for the supreme
court to decide that the only method
by which the stability of rates can be
maintained is illegal. 1t would SIM
ply neutralize the law. The various
roads in the Joint Traffic association
merely maintain their agents in New
York to keep their rates uniform
Surely that does not injure the public,
for they have done nothing else than
reduce rates since the association be-
gan its work. L assure you the ship
pers are not kicking, and we arc not
kicking
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01

Now that the republican tariff
Dill has been made public there is no
longer any doubt that. save in the con-
struction Of the sugar schedules, rev.
enUe considerations were entirely lost
sight of by the party leaders. and pro-
lection for favored industries made the
sole foundation of the measure. The
attempts to hoodwink and humbug the
people stands out in almost every line
of the bill and between the lines can be
clearly read the doom of the party which
dares practice such monumental decep-
ton upon the American public--Man-
chester Union.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
NEW SUPERSTITION.
The Great New York MilliOnaircS
Afraid to Build Costly Mansions.

The Great New YORK M1AI1OnaIEcH
Afraid to Build Costly Mansions.
Since Cornelius Vanderbilt's costly
city dwelling upon Fifth avenue, just
south of the plaza, was completed no
propositions for costly and conspicuous
private mansions have been offered to
the architects.
There is a reluctance, due in part to
a superstition not frankly acknowl-
edged, to spend great sums in building
city homes or country residences. E.
{. Benedict's 100000 country seat,
erected upon the site of Tweed's Amer
icus club house, is conspicuous as an
exception.
There are melancholy recollections
that may in part explain this supersti-
ton. On lower Fifth avenue the cost
" mansions erected not many years
ago for August Belmont and Marshall
o. Roberts anG Edwards Pierrepont and
James Gordon bennett are deserted and
are to be delivered over to trade.
The elder Bennett had a beautiful
country place at the farther northern
point of Manhattan island, but had not
many years enjoyment on it, nor did
Charles O'Conor, who was his neighbor
in this then country retreat, find that he
had bought much else there than ILL
health, which drove him to Nantucket
island to pass his declining years.
c. p. Huntington is said to have n
superstition that ill-fortune will attend
him if he occupies the granite mansion
he built upon Fifth avenue, nearly OPP
posite the Vanderbilt house.
Yet it may be that he is merely call
ing to mind the experience of some of
his friends. Charles j. Osborn, the
broker, built costly home just cut of
the city, only to die in it, and the neigh
boring mansion of the millionaire,
FIagler, was closed in mourning soon
after he occupied it.
j. B. Bostwick's charming place ut
Mamarcneck was his to enjoy not very
long. Aspinwall met with misfortune
soon after he built his famous place
at Tarrytown, and not long after Will
liam Rockefeller enlarged and inn
proved it his son was brought almost
to deaths door
Elliot F. Shepard died even before the
81 eat mansion he was building at Tar
Tytown was completed, and A. T. Stew
art was barely settled in the marble pal
ace which he built on Fifth avenue
when death called him.
William FL. NanderbiIt's first stroke
OF paralysis came soon after his new
home on Fifth avenue was completed,
and there, a few years later, came with
the swiftness of the lightning's stroke
the fatal attack The marble house in
which William X. Vanderbilt expected
10 maintain conspicuous social festivity
became Of such gloomy association by
reason of domestic troubles that he
abandoned it. while Cornelius Wander
bilt had been in ali only few months
in his new mansion when his active pow
ers were shattered, and so the list could
be extended.
There Is no need to do that to show
that Mr.. Huntington's fear may be due
TO pardonable superstition or that
tae-e are other reasons than a reluc-
lance to spend money that explain why
K is that the building of costly private
mansions is the only investment in real
estate from which the greater capital
ists seem to shrink.-N. z. Css. Philap
dslphia Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
LOWER RIVER FLOODS.

EzS Situation Remains Practically I'M
changed, With No Immediate Relief in
sssght-Desperate Condition of Many LOui-
SssHnians-The Upper River Georges Break.
<ag Up and Lots of Water Let Loose.
PADUCAH, KY, March 26.-After re-
Hoaining stationary during the night,
eiae waters, affected perhaps by the
light snow which fell in the early
hours, began rising very slowly this
2Eaorning. 1t soon halted, however. and
at q m the rivers are at a standstil
again The flood now lacks a fraction
OF an inch of reaching the 51-foot mark.
AZ rs hoped that by tonight the torrent
SEiil begin to subside and continue to
fall
The situation here is practically IN
changed A few streets are washing
ksadly and the Sixth street bridge over
Island creek is still in danger Terrible
Suffering is reported from the upper
Tennessee. Several more towns in the
I01ver Cumberland basin are now mum
dated, bat no lives are lost. Thousands
of dollars worth of property is gone
beyond recovery.
Reports arriving from Marshall
county, KY, Indicate discomfort and
damage from Clarks river, which emp
ties into the Tennessee four miles
zbove Paducah. At its mouth the
Eeyhe feet of st. Louis is in winter
quarters This stream, usually not
over so yards wide, is now swollen to a
width OF 10 to IL miles IN =rctiOns of
MeCracken and Marshall counties
Bridges are under water. mi IS OF farm
ing Land covered, fencing washed away
and country people are water-bound,
bewailing losses of corn-cribs. outbuild-
IRgs and crops.
-StiU Rising and Near the Danger Line at
Natchez.
NATCHEZ, Miss, March 26.-Within a
fraction of the danger line the Missis-
sippi river continues to rise nearly a
foot daily. rising six-tenths in the last
"a hours Thousands of acres of land,
partly planted, on the outside of the
AeVees are now under three feet of wa
ter.
No reports have been received of any
IeVees breaking in the last "a hours
Every available means is being used to
strengthen the leveeS and keep them
clear by covering them over with sacks
Of dirt
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
THREE MEN KILLED.

a Frightful Explosion of Nitro-Glycerine
at the Repauno Chemical WOrk-The
Building Rose Bodily In the Air, Great
Hole In the Ground Marking the Spot
Where It Had StOOd-AnOther Explosion.
WOODBURY., y. J., March 27.-An ex-
plosion occurred yesterday at the Re-
pauno chemical works at Gibstown.
Three men were killed and others in
iured.
THE DEAD.
Thompson Stiles
Charles Wright.
David Hamilton.
The Repauno works are operated by
the Duponts (of powder making fame),
and are used for the manufacture of
nitro-glycerine and gun cotton. The
buildings are one-story frame struc-
lures, separated some distance from
each other. The works have been very
busy of late, and the force of employees
was larger than usual
The explosion yesterday occurred in
the separating house, where the nitro
glycerine goes through one of the most
delicate and dangerous processes. The
three men who were blown to atoms
were the only occupants of the build
ing and the cause of the explosion can
not be learned. 1t was 1920 o'clock
when the explosion occurred and it
made tremendous noise.
At Paulsboro the shock was so great
that the residents ran from their
houses in alarm. Some of the work
men who were passing through the
yard of the nitroglycerine works say
they saw the separating house rise
bodily in the air and then they were
thrown to the ground by the awful
blast. Workmen in the other build
ings of the plant ran out and fed for
their lives, fearing additional expIo-
sions. After lapse of few minutes,
however, when the danger had passed
they returned and began to search for
their unfortunate fellow-workmen.
Where the separating house had stood
there was great hole in the ground,
and the trees for 800 yards around were
denuded of their limbs and twisted by
the force of the explosion. The bodies
of the victims had been blown into
fragments which were found scattered
for considerable distance around.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01

Tie original Aic t.iE;ey bill was
Known throughout the country and
condemned at the polls as the worse
than-war tariff" This was not an ex-
aggeration. But the Dingley bill. as
framed, threatens a ''worse-than-Mc-
HinIey tariff" 1t Will not only tax
more articles than did its abominable
forerunner. but will tax them for the
most part AID on an average higher.
When DingeeyisIn exceeds McKinleyism
II is evident that the trainers of the new
tariff law think that the voters have
little sense and very short memories
h. 7. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
AN APPEAL FOR AID.
KSs9IOrabie Condition OF Miners in tin
Pittsburgh District.


Pittsburgh District.
COLUMBUS, o., March 26.-The ma
2 Eo1al committee of the United Mine
Workers issued an appeal to the public
yesterday for sympathy and financial
aSd- The circular describes the miners
as being reduced to miserable poverty,
and quotes a Pittsburgh paper to the
effect that miners children are seen
driving dogs away from garbage and
eating it themselves in the mining re-
glons there.
The committee by name blameS the
New York & Cleveland Coal Co. and its
president and directors. whose names
sire also given. for bringing about the
tkeInoralized condition of the coal min
ing business. The miners announce
that they are determined to end this
state of affairs at once. and to that end
solicit aid The circular Is Endorsed by
PRESIDENT Samuel Gompers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01

.
crease is expected from wool and the
manufactures of wool. The govern
ment will seek about So, O0O, 900 from
the carpets and clothing of the people
1t is estimated that by protective tariff
taxation ten dollars is taken out of the
pockets of the people for every dollar
that gets to the treasury, and thus it
will be seen that to secure this increase
of SIS, 0OO. 900 revenue for the treasury
the pockets of the 7 ople are drained at
least $3.50, 100000. his is for clothing
and carpets alone. Who gets it? 1t is
taken from the people in increased
prices for the goods. Who gets it?
Look to Washington, and who are in
teresting themselves about the rates?
The manufacturer and the wool grower
are thus engaged il the conflict of OPP
posing interests. The consumer is at
home struggling for existence and wait
ing to see which Interest will sue
coed in getting the greater share. The
consumers interest in the tariff is the
one interest that is entirely eliminated
from consideration in Washington. 1t
is absurd o expect that a law so burden
some as the Dingley bill will be can add
to the sum of prosperity.
Will it produce the expected revenue?
That will be the test by which it will be
judged, and upon that point we merely
call attention to the fact that in 1890 the
Mckinley tariff was entitled: "A Bill
tn Reduce the Revenue and Equalze
Duties on Imports and for Other Pur-
poses" The title of the Dingley bill IS:
"A Bill to Provide Revenue for the Gov
crHment and to Encourage the Indus
tries of the United States" In nearly
all its revenuc-producing features the
one bill is very much the same as the
other. The exception is in the sugar
schedule. Sugar was free in the Mckin-
ley bill and it is taxed in the present bill.
If we grant the item of $21,000,O00 in
crease expected from sugar, we grant
all that reason demands in respect to
its revenuc-raising power.
The attempt TO accomplish an increase
of revenue i'll 1897 by exactly the same
plan that caused decrease in revenue
IN 1890 is a task that our republican
friends have on their hands, and we
wish them the JOY of their work!-Utica
Observer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
=sEsII Rising and Near the Danger Line at
Natchex.
FLOOD ADDS TO FAMINE
In the Drought-Stricken Parishes of Louisa.
ana.

RTDALIA, La, March ga large
'dOrce was put to work on the front
river levee yesterday to prevent water
covering the town. The banks have
tseen caving badly and water is now
covering the lower part of the city.
Planting is temporarily suspended.
The grave condition of the river has
detracted much attention from the
drought sufferers in the hills, which is
being badly felt by them. For six
months their condition has been des-
Perate, and they are now in a pitiable
state, starving and a great many sick
and without means to purchase the
inccesSaries of life and medicine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
SQUEEZE IN a MINE.
All the Employees Ordered Out in Time to
Save n Horror.

Save Horror.
WnKEsBAERE. Pa, March ga
squeeze in the Red Ash vein of the
Woodward mine. near Kingston, has
been going on for the past "a hours
and tonight it began to extend toward
the foot of the shaft. The ripping and
tearing of the pillars of coal had be-
come so general that the inside Off
Gals ordered all the men out of the
mine and by ten o'clock every miner
and employee in the pits below landed
safely on the surface.
The mine is very gaseous, and as the
settling of the roof goes on it causes
the gas to accumulate in large quaint
ties
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
Weather Uuprupi,ious For the rrlsI.

NEW LONDON. Conn. March CA
ncrce northeast wind and a heavy sea
caused another postponement of the
speed trial of the new gu2Soat Viii
Inington. Another attempt 10 test the
g0nbOat's speed will be made Friday
MORNING
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
Watching for nrihnry.

FRANKFORT. Ky. March 96.-The
senatorial fight has reached. such an
acute stage that this morn ing detectives
arc watching members of thc lcgisIa-
Sssrc IN order to frustratc ut once any
ATTEMPTS at bribery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
THE TARIFF BILL
similar to an Attempt That Failed I'm
IS0O.

The Dingley tariff bin is as near to the
Mckinley law as the committee dared
to go, or indeed found it necessary to
go. In few things the Mckinley rate
is. exceeded by the Dinghy rate. On
the whole it may be said that, with the
exception of metals the bill is a long
stride backwards towards McKinleyism.
1t is estimated that the bill Will increase
the revenues of the country by $112,-
100000 per year. The increase will be
distributed in the various schedules as
follows.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
E,aIlan ,Conadence Wan Arre.ted.

New YORK, March 26.-Detcctives
FrsETu and Frazer arrested John A.
E-zzzi, an alleged notorious Italian
s.sxR6dence man who is wanted in
New Orleans for swindling a jsweleR
there named Gail out of so,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
Another Fatal Explosion.

COLUMBIA, S. c., March GA saw
mill boiler at Harsville, Darlingt on
county, exploded yesterday morning,
killing Engineer Adam Carter and his
wife, who had brought him his din
ner. The mill was demolished.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
sEE,hd,7,wa From the Southern Freight
Association,

LOUISVILLE. Ky. March 26--Ths
louisville & st. Louis air line has with
drawn from the Southern Freight aSso-
<-iasion at ST. Louis This action has
hcc1 taken solely on the ground OF
4.eangEnE
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
TO FIGHT FOR GREECE.

Young HeIIeneS Leave New York to I'm.
list Under King Georges Banner.
NEW YORK, March G7.-One hundred
and fifty sturdy young Greeks. after
bidding an affectionate farewell to
friends and country!nen at Il O'Clock
last night, marched aboard the French
Line steamer LaChampagne. and at
five o'clock this morning started for
Greece, where they will offer their
services to King George. With PEI
haps a dozen exceptions, all have
uerved in the Greek army, a score or
more having been officers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01
Serious Charges Against the Government
from Irish Members.

LONDON, March 2s.-'fhe house of
commons yesterday debated the votes
for the home Office. In the course
of the discussion Mr.. Michael Davitt,
the well-known Irish leader, declared
that members of the secret service
plotted the recent dynamite scare, the
prosecution of Edward j. Ivory for
completely in which alleged plot re-
suited in a complete fiasco. Mr.. Daritt
added that the purposes OF the secret
service N originating the scare were
TO make an official reclaim. The debate
was quite spirited.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01

Rest assured that if your misdeeds find
you out they win call again.-N. Y. Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01

''Great Scott, Eph! what's the number of
your boots?" Two, sab; one fob each
foot, sah.'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01

When bilious or costive eat Cascaret,
candy cathartic. cure guaranteed. l0c, 25c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01

A crutch is used for sprains. Uec st.
Jacobs Oil instead; it cures.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01

We could forgive the man who knows il
all if he wouldn't insist on telling it all
N. Y. Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-01

Limp and lame-lame back ST. Jacobs
Oil cures it promptly, surely.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
uvALDE COUNTY.

Uvalde, Nov. 13.-Rev. D. F. Ward
and bride arrived home and have rooms
at Mrs "A. A. Diars, and were given
warm reception by their friends. ~
Messrs. w. H. Jennings and John I.
Lytle, the cattle buyers, spent several
DAYS in Uvalde during the week circu-
lating among the stockmen. "a.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Hancock arrived Few
days since from Alpine, accompanied
by her grandchildren, Myra and DICK
Pulliam. who will attend school here.
Judge John H. Garner and wife en-
tertained' at dinner Tuesday the mem
hers of the Commissioners court.
Mr.. G.. II. Threadgill, of Lott ac-
companied by his wife and daughter,
arrived in the city Friday evening. Mrs.
Threadgill comes here for her health
and will remain through the winter.
n. B. Pulliam sold this week to Lytle
& Jennings all his 2 and S-year-old
steers in the spring at $1,000 and $24.0O
County Commissioners Taylor, Of
Utopia, Mcbride, of Sabinal, and Har-
deman, of Montell, are in town this
week attending court.
B. F. Wilson returned home Tuesday
evening after an extended absence.
There are no jury lists for the COM
ing term of District court, and the jur-
les will have to be summoned after
the assembling Of court.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
FARMERS MEETING,

Have Organized to Produce Better
Conditions For Themselves.
By special wire to Sunday Light.
Georgetown, Tex. Nov. 13.-The Will
hanson County Cotton Growers union
organized a few weeks ago, met at one
p. m. today in the court house in
Georgetown to further consider the
questoion of money rent or share of
the crop and other interests that are
mutual between the tenant and the
landlord.
About three hundred farmers were
present, every section of the county
being represented. The president of
the union, w. d. Rulings, presided over
the meeting, Joe Foster acting as sec
rotary.
Among the speakers were ex-Repre-
sentatives T. A. Evans, w. d. Lewis,
j. Z. Cooper, and S. NJ. Woolsey.
President Rulings, after stating the
objects and purposes of the meeting.
entered vigorous protest against the
white cap threats of burning houses,
sowing Johnson grass, poisoning wells,
ETC., against landlords who may wish
to rent for money. Every man who
spoke, especially the farmers, denounc-
ed such measures and expressed the
belief that the better class of William
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
AGENTS. White Sewing Machines.

son county renters did not tolerate
such outrages.
While it was considered that each
man had a right to say what he would
do with his own, there was consensus
of opinion that under present condi-
tions a share in the crop was better for
the tenant and better for the landlord.
All landlords and tenants present
agreed to cooperate in the matter,
and try to bring about better condi-
lions. H.-F. ssM
A committee was appointed to sys-
tematize some plan by which the evils
complained of can be remedied, some
practical plan of cooperation.
A large number of names was added
to the membership of the union.
Among the rules of the organization
to which members must subscribe are:
Keep out of debt if possible. Oh IA
Refuse absolutely to give a mortgage
on your crop except under dire neces-
sity. .-s,.y
Make your debts-if you must have
any-payable not till January.
The union will meet again the second
Saturday in December.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-14
ATAscosA COUNTY.
county

Pleasanton, Nov. 13.-The county
commissioners met in regular session
Monday, with Judge Wallace and Com
missioners Allen and richardson In
their seats. They had very little bus
mess before them.
Joe and Henry Lamb, Eugene Hug,
and Gus Giddings, passed through
Pleasanton Monday in an old bus.
They were on their way to the Nueces
river for big hunt. go H1g
Miss Annie Lee Smith, the faithful
and efficient organist of the Methodist
church, has gone to San Antonio 70 at
tend the conservatory Of music. 1,-.
Mat Webb is getting up a compara-
tive statement of the number of bales
of cotton ginned in Atascosa county
this year.
In a letter from Mr.. Mumme, 90 we
learn that Mr.. Reimschissel of Bexar
county is moving to the old Rodgers
place near Poteet, and that he expects
to buy and locate in Atascosa county.
Sam Henshaw and his sister Else
are visiting their cousin, Mrs. Maggie
Lee, of New Mexico.
Albert Johnston came in from his
farm Monday evening with fine wa
termelon in his moral.
Perry Fuller is building him new
home near his fathers old home on, the
Lucas. .,f D.. s.-l-.7- ....- ... .-e.s4tI
Every one of the larger girls in the
school have had the dengue.