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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29
On full Time.

Ten hours per day and six days per
week was the notice posted in the Iron
Mountain shop s at DeSoto recently.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29

NOAH BANEY. a convict at the Michi-
gan City Qnd.) prison, has made a writ
ten confession, which, if proven true,
will have the effect OF giving Rev. w.
E. Hinshaw, who was convictedstwo
years ago and sentenced to life impris-
onment for the murder of his wife, his
liberty
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29

TWELVE document cases in the Office
of the clerk of Kings county, in Brook
Ign, toppled over on the 2lst, causing q
chaos that will cost 500, QUO to correct.
The cases were filed with index
records of court proceedings and other
official papers dating back as far as
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29

REPORTS from every wheat-growing
county in Oregon show that the wheat
crop will be the largest in the history
of the state. Eastern Oregon, it is
estimated, will produce approximately
IL, 500, 600 bushels, while the western
Oregon crop will amount to about 9, SOO,-
900, making a total of Is, oOo, 900 bushels
for the state.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-07-29

THE colossal equestrian statue to
Maj.-Gen. John A. Logan was unveiled
in the Lake Front park, Chicago, on
the 22d, by John A. Logan the Third, 4"
the fve-year-old grandson of the
''Black Eagle" of Illinois, in the pres
ence of an immense concourse of peo-
MA
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hitherto, there should be completed by next
July at leading points along our coast, sup
posing the contracts to be fulfilled, fourteen
emplacements for 1e-inch guns, forty-six for
1O-inch, ten for S-inch, and twelve for rapid
FIRE guns. with one hundred and twelve for
1p-inch mortars. This. to be sure, is only n
beginning Of the work needed, but progress
will continue to be rapid, so that by the end
OF the year 1897 the emplacements just
spoken OF will be- increased to twenty-one
l2-inch, sixty.six 10-inch, twenty-five g.
inch, and sixteen rapid-fire guns, with one
hundred aud nfty-six 1e-inch mortars.
We shall have, too, ut each OF these dates
more guns and mortars than are needed TO
I'LL the emplacements. Unfortunately. we
shall not have as many carriages as guns
and mortars, but there should be ready 20
gun and 1873 mortar carriages by July and
118 gun and 1853 mortar carriages by the
following December.
Splendid as has been the contribution Of
this present Congress to coast defence, we
should be glad to see it do even more in one
particular. Its last years bill carried not
only very large appropriations, but author
ity to enter into contracts for additional
sums. lnlb put u Hiucn greater tOlai
practically at the disposition Of the Secre-
tary Of War. 1t Is true that these extra
amounts remained for the present session
to provide for, II needed, under the pend
ing bill, 30 that last years outright appro-
priation is the amount to be considered In
making comparisons.
Nevertheless, we hin the present Con-
Rress would be justified in giving to Secre-
tary LAMoNT's successor a similar dis
cretionary power in making contracts, up
to a specified amount, at least In providing
em~placements and carriages. II 1t can be
shown that facilities exist and would GER
tainly be employed for turning out during
the next fiscal year q greater number Of car
riages than Is contemplated by the bill as 1t
now stands, then at lenst.a continuation of
the policy Of authorizing contracts would
be justified to that extent.
This is the policy followed in building
ships by installments, and we feel sure that
the coming Congress would not grumble at
the share OF burden thus thrown upon It.
BY this device the present bill, admirable as
it Is, aud far more liberal than any for thirty
years, except its predecessor OF last year,
might be made still more useful.
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Millions for Defence.

The House Appropriations Committee Of
the Fifty-fourth Congress has once moro
made a most liberal provision for the work
OF coast protection.
The bill it reported carried the great ag-
gregate of 50, l7s, 3e6, which is n worthy
addition now to the unprecedented sum
which Congress appro priated last year.
The Senate may increase the amount to
$4,000, 900, but as II stands, represent
ing, probably, the minimum, we may ex-
poet the contributions of this one Congress
- coast defence to very far exceed the total
appropriations o: all previous Congresses
during the last thirty years for new guns
and forts for seaboard defence.
The great items OF public interest in the
new bill were Si,i3l SOC for ordnance. S3,-
S1l ,333 for the erection of batteries, $500.
900 for buying more land for sites, and
$4,000 for torpedoes, while u liberal ap-
preparation of 100000 to the Ordnance
and Fertilization Board allows tina body TO
continue its experiments.
As the result of the appropriations made
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Held u by . Police Patrol.

To THE EDITOR or TN ~SuS-Str: On the
night OF the 9th inst. having attended tho
theatre with some friends and returning to my
residence. which happened to be on Thirty.
third street. between Broadway and Fifth ave-
nue.. was accosted by = squad of police with
the question as to my business In that direction.
Now. being neither n crook nor having my pic
tnre In the Rosues' Gallery. I questioned their
ArRument | was allowed TO proceed. II seems
10 me that such nm act Is directly contrary to
Law, which allows any citizen tho right to the
take some notice of the fact Very truly.
FKB. 10. NEw YoRKrp
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A Thso,os,ea, rhno.oph.r.. v,,r.

To the EDITOR OF Tue sUs-Sfr: The advance.
ment OF science through tho X ray IL not greater than
that now made in theology. and which Is gradually
coming to light Every invention ls simply a more er.
tended insight, and now the Christian religion 1.
peen into further than ever before since the DAYS Of
the Apostles.
~ Is at present becoming clearly understood that
Christianity comes from the crossing o, the bi,h.r
grade NJ existence. We cross our fowls and cat,l. IN
bring IN the stock, ana man obtains the divine nature
through the Cross In the Virgin. which wa. .I.,,.
CHRIST. The mulAtto 10 a crosA between a whit. ana /.
black person. From such may he obtained hIbino. ar
the dArks,t negroes And 30 on. by faith NAV cros.
I.rist In MIN. or, what IL In advance OF tlin M, n,.v
eat us nesh aud drink His blood at the Holy COM CON-
munlon, DISCERNING tho Lords body. and Inn, ~
knowlrdIe have cngrafted In him the Chris, ,,n'ur.s
without which 10 Is impossible for man 10 lie shSsI'
Hehc" every man has the possibilities OF n rsrIs, N, =,
I'm; Christ said unto HIS Disciples, II said re are
tn, higher sight In theology will soon shake til.
HUDSON. Feb 10. "o"''SAH sh'rh'
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Pearl River Harbor.

A favorable report has been made In the
Senate upon a proposition TO appropriate
500, 900 for improving Pearl River Har-
Dor, or Pearl Harbor as 1t is also called, a. q
ava and coaling station.
The proposal deserves consideration, for
this harbor Is an important one. and we
were at the pains TO acquire treaty rights in
1t ten years ago. The London Times once
said. perhaps somewhat extravagantly, that
the maritime power that holds Pearl
River Harbor and moors It's feet there holds
the key Of the North Pacific" It is In the
island Of Oahu, and II is a fine, land-locked
harbor, larger. IL is said, than Honolulu
Harbor. on the same island, about q dozen
miles distant.
The obstacle to It's immediate use In q coral
bar at the entrance, which does not allow
vessels Of much size to cross 1t. Care
full surveys have been made Of this by our
naval authorities, with calculations Of the
cost Of removing 1t. There are also needs,
OF course, OF wharves, sheds, ana other ap-
planes OF a coaling station. The proposed
appropriation is one to start with.
But, after all, would IL be a wise expendi-
ture When we arranged for rights Of oc-
cupation in Pearl River Harbor, we did not
expect to have all Hawaii offered to us, as
it since has been, and Is offered to-day.
With this proposal still to be finally acted
upon, and Honolulu Harbor ours II we will,
ought we to bother about Pearl River Har-
bor' Might it not be better to leave its reef
for keeping other people out
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Tho Birthday OF Lincoln.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born in Kentucky
oil Feb. I2, 1909, eighty eight years ago
to-day. He was shot In Washington on
April ID, and died on tho morning Of
April 10, 1893.
1t was not until twenty-five years later that
the agitation to make LINcoLN's birthday q
legal holiday took practical shape. The
State Of Illinois, Of which, when elected to
the Presidency. he was q resident, took the
initiative in the matter, and his birthday
became a legal holiday in that State, and in
that State only, in 1899. In 1895 New
York, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Wash
inRton were added to the number Of States
in which LIScoLS's birthday ia observed as
a legal holiday. Thus the celebration OF
LINcoLS's birthday as a holiday has made
little Roadway.
Ar equal number OF States make q legal
holiday Of Jan. 10, the birthday Of ROBERT
Il. LEE. They are Virginia. Of which he was
anative; Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina,
and Florida. The birthday OF THOMAS lei
PERSON Is celebrated legally in no State, for
the reason, perhaps, that there is a diverg-
ence Of opinion as to the day upon which It
falls; and ANDREW .JACKsoN's birthday,
which falls on March IS, is celebrated in
no State, probably for the reason that the
anniversary OF the battle OF New Orleans,
generally known rs "JACKsoH's day." has
superseded It in popular favor.
One reason for the neglect Of the due and
general observance Of ABRAHAM LINcoLN's
birthday. may be that as JAcKsoS's day has
been a Democratic celebration more es-.
pecially, the birthday of LINCOLN has natu-
rally become an occasion for Republican
commemoration.
In New York to-day is a legal holiday,
which will be observed generally in homo
OF the great and patriotic achievements OF
the illustrious American 1t commentaries,
or by particular celebrations by Republicans
OF the first national triumph OF their party
under tho leadership OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
At Chicago the Marquette Club commem-
CRATES the day by a banquet to be partici-
pated in by Republican Governors.
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| niaht, tho chances arc that he would
have been locked up as a public nui-
sance; but Prof. GIDDrNes is a far
worse nuisance, for he is assumed to be a
man Of truth and wisdom by tho people
who do not know that protesting knowl-
edge, even In q university, does not always
imply the possession of knowledge, or give a
man a title to respectful consideration I'm
happily, there are fools and ignoramuses in
college faculties. and they are perhaps
most frequently found in the new-fangled
departments OF political science" and
social science"
The truth Is that never before in the his
tory of this republican Government was
there so little corruption AZ there Is now.
The searching light thrown by the newspa-
pers into all the dark places Of public life
destroys the possibility Of corruption to
an extent never before reached. It 10
probable that there is relatively more cor
ruption in the universities than in the Legis-
~latures; in business life It Is proportion
ately far greater. Then. too, as to ignorance;
however much Of IL may be represented
in Legislatures, there is none which ex-
ceeds the dense ignorance displayed by
Prof. GIDDIsGs; nor is there unfounded
assumption so great as that exhibited by
this professor, who makes charges for which
he has no facts to present in justification.
The decay OF which he talked Is not In our
republican institutions 1t IL in the moral
and Intellectual fibre Of such men as he.
Professors Rroan over the decadence OF
society in q senile fashion which 10 rs
old as the world. Usually they are men
moving only In a narrow groove ~ peda-
Rogucs, and in their turn they are
the open-eyed pupils OF some such
pretender to political wisdom as the
Irish adventurer from C~laughbawn. They
have no Judgment and nc knowledge
of politics Of their own, but taxi their cue
from political charlatanry and personal
malice; yet boys growing up to be Ameri-
can citizens are under the influence Of the
moral and intellectual debilitation and de-
generacy OF which they are the examples.
They imagine that they are elevating edu-
cational forces, when really they are q dead
weight which must be lifted up or cast
aside by the vigorous health OF the body
Of the people. Happily for the republic,
youth will not be weighted down by
their Groaning dependency, but will size
them up for the shallow philosophers they
are when they profess to be the prophets
Of coming political evils. II our universities
do not stop this bowling by professed rep
resentatives OF feeble and un-American
distrust Of popular government, they will
fall into well-descrved disrepute. This new
and vigorous country is no place for such
discouraging and devitalizing inculcations.
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LIFE Nv THE CxUCzsUs.


Ertncoo@
TIrLIs. Jan. l5.-Trans- Caucasian ,ociety
10 excited over the abduction OF tho young,
beautiful and rich Princess Mario Tzulukidze.
daughter OF Prince Samson Tsulukidze OF Ku-
ais, ono Of the wealthiest of the old Georgian
families OF that Ear. OF the Caucasus. Tho
young Princess Is only II years OF ago. but no..
withstandins her youth. had many aspirants
for her hand among the impecunious sprirs
or nobility OF the province OF Kutair. short
time back the young lady with her mother
went to . fete given by q member OF the fam
lily who had . hand IN the plot. The usual
gayetv Of . Georgian fets prevailed, and toasts
drunk In the light wine OF the Tran -Cauca-
sus added animation to tho occasion. But
amid the blinking OF glasses to the pledge
"Allah-ver-di"-G God give you healthI and the
singing of tho Georgian bacchanalian refrain,
"MrAvAl jamierre." with which It 10 the Geor.
gian custom In each toast. neither
mother nor daughter had a suspicion OF what
was coming. Toward the end OF the enter
tAinment the lady of tho house. under prs-
tencs OF q headache. left the company. fol-
Princess sfrRving to a part OF the house by her
self. suddenly one of the more andaciou,
Of her admirers appeared, and In spite OF her
cries and struggles carried her on to n car.
with her. bi. fight being covered by his ac-
completes. The mother, almost besiLe herself
AZ tbs loss OF her child, started in pursuit. but
UP IN the writing OF tho now. hal found no
OF the youns. Princess Marie. IL a charming
woman or high Attachments. sn-aking English.
German and French with tiucncv, besides
Russian and her native Georgian.
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Prom the 81. Louis Giobs. democrat.


BRISTOL. Tenn. Feb. 5.-One OF the s,ronres,
and most resourceful lod zee OF the independent
Order OF Odd Fellows In the State Of Tennessee
10 Gap Creek Lodge, No. ~. which Ia. for n,
lodge room q large cave In Carter county. eight
miles east OF johnson City. so fascinating |,
the home OF this lodge that some members ~
tho order In nearby towns have transferred
their membership to II.
Gap Creek Lodge has been holding it's meet.
ipRs in this cave for more than a year, having
rented the rubterraneRn chamber from i,s
owner. DR.. Nathaniel Hyder. The lodge has a
membership OF scvehty-ive. which includes,
many of the best men In Carter county.
This strange lod We room 10 located in an ele.
waited strip Of woodland. The entrance to 4,
faces the east, and on approach II presents a
sombre appearance, which might be consid cred
typical OF mysteries that are known ouly IN he
hearts of tho faithful members OF the great
secret order. From the entrance II is II Zee:
down an incline stairway TO the first chamber
the anteroom. This chamber Is l4xlS feet, and
has been provided with all the necessary EQUIP.
mens to make IL . desirable room In which
TO prepare candidates for initiation into tie
order. To the rear of this chamber 10 an open.
ing. and IL feet further down. on an angle ~ 40
degrees. IL the lodge room proper. This cham.
Der IL 1890 feet The walls are almost perpea.
dicular to q height OF 8 feet.
While, whom viewed through the entrance
from without, these chambers present a dark
and mysterious appearance. light 10 neverthe-
less 30 reflected from the outer entrance a. to
penetrato both chambers, so Illuminating the
lodge room that no artificial light IS required
By DAY.
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The Senator's Striped Underwear.
Nno. fla EaaAl.u1o. n,.

A Western Senator. who has always been Al
dieted to the habit of wearing striped UNDER
wear, had q narrow escape recently on that very
account. The striped underwear worn by ths
distinguished Senator looks cd for all the world
IKE prisoners EArb. but OF course that aspec;
OF the case did not suggest itself to the Senator.
While en- route to Warrington last month. after
no had been reelected for another six years. tho
fact came to him IN = striking way. II was on
sleeping car At night. The car pitched and
clad In his striped underwear.
The lurch OF tho car startled other folks. too.
and two ladies on the opposite side of the car
what the commotion was all about. Whom they
saw the Senator crawling under cover. In his
striped Earb. thinking he was an escaped con-
yict. they screamed and pAndemonium reigned.
The porter was summoned. whereupon tho
ladies rom him To remove the convict"
IL took all the Senatorial courtesy" the SEN
ator could rake up to prove an alibi. and he was
nnAlly able TO demonstrate who he was: but he
has since abandoned the idea OF wearing striped
underwear, having reached the conclusion that
plain fiannels without stripes are much better
and far safer.
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ated BY the subscrvience Of their Gov
eminent to English and Austrian
and Italian threats. IL now in revolt,
and King GEORGE and the royal family,
who have thoroughly shared the national
sentiment, both In its humiliatious and tri-
umphs, probably with the support OF friend
ly powers, are placing themselves Mt the
head OF the Hellenic movement for the extern
sion Of Greek power over the realm OF ancient
Grecian art, literature, and II
unhnmpered by the interference OF I'M
friendly influences, the next celebration OF
Greek independence should see the rich and
fertile island Of Crete under the Hellenic
flag, and Greece the more powerful by the
incorporation Of 30 freedom-loving a peo-
pie a. the Cretans have proved themselves
to be. With the acquisition of Crete the
maritime power and influence Of Greece,
already considerable. in the eastern Medi-
tcrranean, would be maRni1ed greatly, and
the peace of the world would be the gainerby
1t; for though they can fight when driven toit
In defence Of their homes and liberty, as they
showed in the terrible years of the war OF
independence that terminated in 1890, the
Greeks are essentially a people devoted to the
arts m pursuits Of peace. With the loss of
Crete the power and prestige of the Sui
tar will suffer u severe blow in the eyes
OF his wi people; and the Turkish Liberal
party, seeing nothing but destruction be-
fore the empire II the policy so persistently
pursued by tho Sultan is continued, may
rally in sufficient numbers the party Of dis
content in Turkey to end q situation dan
gerous both to Turkey and Europe.
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Fors,s. Note. or Real Interest.

Rents In tho West End OF London are said to have
already doubled In expectation of the jubilee fec
uNities next summer.
ouesn MarghoritA OF Italy stood %Eodmother re-
comfy for the son or the Narchese CApranics del
Gr'iio. son OF tho srcst Italian actress, Rist"ri.
A Jealous Russian blacksmith near Tomsk matss
pair OF iron shoes for his wife. whom he tnoush'
unfAithfui. and nailed them into her feet. lie Wa
Imprisoned for two days for u.
John Howe. who was said TO be the last Of the
onetna Green post boy. was killed recently at Car
Isle by falling while washing tho windows II .
bank. He was ~ years OF age.
spun glass hornets are being turned out by the
thousand by a Venetian nrm. The InfantA Mer'
csdes OF Spain has received from Venice = While
ball dress OF glass. as soft aud pliabie as silk.
Russl"'s Emperor Is still guarded over carefully.
While walking In tho park at Tsarskue sclo recent
y the cEar becEonod 10 a gar iener 20 come to lin.
As the man ran up. the guard thinking he mcSults
attack the Crar. shot him dead.
Prince Pao'o Dorghese. whose family has lost .
great deal or money In building speculatlon,. hss
sold the works OF art in the famous Borghc.c gaI
lery 10 the Italian Government. The price patti 10
said to be u 900 900 for the pictures ami $4,000
for the statues.
DR.. Grenier. the French ann deputy
goes TO the layatory or the Cngmber OF DeputIes 70
perform his ritual abiutions. wheu tho man 10
ohA'Eo touhd MIN taking on his boots. washinS 10
Feet In the basins, and "iping them ON tue ro!sr
towel, he felt himself Obliged TO Interfere. ~.
orcnier 'hercupon walked down TO thu banks OF IN"
Seine. washed mis- feet In the river In the prcstucs
OF a crowd OF 1000 persons. and after going
through his prayers returned I, tho Chamber.
A Niennese woman OF 90 has already presented
her husband with thirty two children at sIc'en
births, according to the Wiener Medicin lsch- ~.
chenschrUr. Twenty six OF them are boys and tx
Glris' at the first birth four were born. a, the Sc
ohd three. at the third four. n the fourth twn. q
the NTH three. nc the sixth two. at the seventh A'l
elshtA three each, at the ninth Two. at the tenth au'
eleventh three each. rue mother has nursci iA'-
all herself. She has suffered from epilepsy slny-
her nleenth year, but none OF tho children so n
show any sign OF the disease. The woman was owe
or four children born NJ one birth, her mother
having borne thirty eight children. She 10 The WIS
OF . poor linen wsAysr.