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Iron County register., 1899-08-10
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
In the Circuit Court of Iron county, Mo-. II
Vacation-August 7th, 1899.
Joseph Webb, Plaintiff.
Mary Webb, Defendant.
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Joseph Webb, Plaintiff.
versus
Mary Webb, Defendant,
Petition for Divorced
Now at this day comes the plaintiff nv
his attorney and files his petition. and afIi.
davit, stating tnat the defendant ia a non
resident OF the State of Missouri and cannot
be summoned In this cause by the ordinary
process of law:
1t Is therefore ordered by the UNDERSIGNED
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Iron county.
In the State OF Missouri, In vacation. that
puolcation oe made notifying said defend.
ant, Mary Webb, that an action has been com.
menced against her in the circuit court Of said
county, State aforesaid, the object and gener-
al nature OF which is to obtain n decree of
divorce from the bonds of matrimony hereto.
fore contracted between said plaintiff and
defendant. on the grounds of desertion;
And unless she be aud appear at the NEXT
term of said court, to be holden for the
County OF Iron, State aforesaid, at the court
house IN the said county, on the fourth
Monday in October next, and on or before the
third day thereof, (if the term shall SO long
continue; and, Ii not, then before the end az
the term), and plead to said plaintiffs peti-
tion, the same will be taken against her as
confessed.
It is further ordered that copy hereof be
published, according to law, In some weekly
newspaper published In said County az
Iron, State of Missouri.
ARTHUR HUFF, Clerk.
A true copy from the record:
Witness my hand and official seal hereto
(sEALl affixed, this Tth day of
August, A. d. 1899.
ARTHUR HUFF, clerk
circuit Court, Iron county, Mo,
VIM. L. Edgar Attorney for Plaintiff.
Iron County register., 1899-08-10

tom house. which cost him all told,
$50. so. He then took the clothes to
Mills IL Averill, ST. Louis wholesale
merchants, where he found the same
article in stock, and asked them what
they could sell such imported clothing
for, and their lowest price was $41 so.
Some will set up the plea that the for
eigner pays the tariff. The consumer
not only pays the tariff, but pays the
home manufacturer double prices for
the manufactured articles made in this
country"
Iron County register., 1899-08-10

THE statement is made that sixteen
thousand applications for pensions
have been filed by soldiers participat-
ing in the war with Spain. If this is
true it is only another evidence that
King Mammon and not patriotism
rules in all departments of public life.
He piles up the public debt; directs
the actions of the public servants; he
assaults innocent and unoffending peo-
pies; he grinds the poor to death; he
tramples justice underfoot and es-
pouses the cause of wrong; he corrupts
and vitiates every humanizing i'm
pulse. and finally gorges his never
satiated stomach with the blood, bones
and souls of his subjects. Hail, King
Mammon! Away with patriotism,
George Washington, and the Revolu-
tionary Siresi Back numbers are they
in this day of railroads, automobiles,
public schools, aud political pulpits.
Iron County register., 1899-08-10

IT is reported that Gen. Merritt, at
the recent banquet of the New Eng
Society, said: I'VE have outgrown
the constitution. 1t is not worth
while to discuss it.' If he did say it,
he ought to be, in justice, retired to
private life. If the spirit of his
words pervades the army, that ma
chine is a source of imminent danger
to the liberties of the people, and only
the opportunity is wanting to enslave
them, and the opportunity will not
long be delayed. When men fed,
clothed and paid by the common peo-
pie get so arrogant as to hold in inso-
lent contempt the very power that
gives them position it is time to ''stop
little" and think. Unless this spirit
of imperious dominant militarism is
crushed out the time Will soon come
when artillery shall supplant the Con-
stitutiou and the rattling of the gat-
ling gun replace all other law.
Iron County register., 1899-08-10
Dissolution of Co-Partnership.

Notice is hereby given that the CO.
partnership heretofore existing be-
tween T. B. Pruitt and j. II. Madigan,
under the firm name of Pruitt & Madi-
gan, is this day dissolved by mutual
consent. L. B. Pruitt will settle the
affairs of the firm. I. B. PRUITT.
j. II. MADIGAN.
Ironton, Mo-, July 27, 1899.
Iron County register., 1899-08-10
The Eagle, King of ALI Birds,

is noted for its keen sight, clear and
distinct vision. So are those persons
who use Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve
for weak eyes, styes, sore eyes of any
kind or granulated lids. Sold by all
dealers at % cents
Iron County register., 1899-08-10
Lung Irritation

is the forerunner to consumption. DR..
Bells Pine-Tar-Honey will cure it, and
give such strength to the lungs that a
cough or cold will not settle there.
Twenty-Five cents atall good druggists.
Iron County register., 1899-08-10
DIR. Cadv's Condition Powders.

~ S"0J OoAuA'AOA Ao"0CtS, "i
just what horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 25
cents per package. For sale by Geo.
G.. Jacobs, Druggist.
Iron County register., 1899-08-10
y UMBER z.
VOLUME XXXIII.

WHAT of the Monroe Doctrine, which
the 1896 national Republican platform
declared must be maintained Ito its
full extent?
Iron County register., 1899-08-10

For Sale-A farm of $50 acres; 20
acres in cultivation. Good house and
barn and outhouses. Fine spring and
land we'll watered. Title perfect.
viii be sold very cheap. Apply at
this Office.
Iron County register., 1899-08-10
Notice to Debtors.

All persons indebted to the Seitz
Merchandise Company are hereby no.
titled to come forward within the next
thirty days and settle their accounts.
After that time, those remaining un-
paid will be placed in the hands of an
officer for collection. The undersign-
ed is authorized to receive and receipt
for money due said firm.
Iron County register., 1899-08-10
L hEo.
Middlebrook, Mo-, Aug. 8, 1899.

Capt. William Astor Chanler, Con-
gresham from New York, is the pres
ident of the NesU York Star. which is
giving away a Forty Dollar Bicycle
daily, as offered by their advertisement
in another column. Hon. Amos j.
Cummings, M. c., Col. Asa Bird Gard
ner, District Attorney of New York,
Ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas. and Col.
Fred Feigl, of New York, are among
the well known names in their Board
of Directors.
Iron County register., 1899-08-10

For SALE-My property on Main
street in Ironton; good location and
desirable property. Price, 800; will
also sell my Pilot Knob property.
Price, 5000. Address A. Nemnlch,
Poplar Bluff, Mo.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
UNCONSCIOUS 100 HOURS.
Viola Brown Turned on the Gas md
Myxtihesl the DOctorx

Philadelphia. June 9.-viola Brown on
Friday last made a supposed attempt at
suicide by inhaling gas at her boarding
house, No. 1908 Girard Avenue She was
removed to the German Hospital. ard,
despite the best medical attention, re-
mained unconscious exactly 100 hours.
That gas could produce such an effect is
said to be impossible.
The theory of catalepsy was thcn ad-
vanced. but the natural posture in which
the patient lay showed an absence of any
Of the rigidity Of that nervous disease.
But two theories were then left-either
the girl was suffering from an extraor-
binary case of hysteria epilepsy or else
she was gigantic fraud.
On Tuesday she awoke from her slumber
and is now apparently little the worse for
her Rip Van Winkle adventure. She says
little. but answers readily any question
put to her. She has made no definite
statement. but positively denies taking
any poisonous drug. This again adds to
the mystery of the story. The doctors of
the German Hospital diagnosed the case
''as at first gas poisoning, then touch
of catalepsy."
Acquaintances of the girl who are IA
miliar with the facts In the case say that
they think she was attempting to work
upon the sympathies OF her family and
friends
The evening times., 1899-06-09
CAPTURED SPANISH GUNS.
Conditions Maryland Must Fulhll TO
Secure n Trophy.


Annapolis. Nd. June 9.-Governor
Lowndes has received from the War De-
partment at Washington, through Assist
ant Adjutant General George II. Hopkins,
communication requesting him to desig-
nate a site for planting one OF the captured
Spanish guns on Maryland soil. The let
ter Is as follows:
THE Secretary OF War directs me to say
that it has been decided to loan TO the
several States certain of the condemned and
obsolete ordnance captured in and about
Santiago In the war with Spain and IN this
allotment one will be assigned to ycuI
State to be loaned TO such soldiers mon
ument association, posts of the Grand r.
my Of the Republic. or municipal corpora
tion you may designate. There is no pro-
vision of law by which the Government
can bear any part Of the expense in con-
nection with any such loan. The State or
the monument association. post of the
Grand Army of the Republic or the munic-
ipal corporation must bear all the expense
in connection with the transportation OF
the guns from where they are now located.
The guns will be forwarded in most cases
either from the Watervlict Arsenal, near
Troy, N Y. or from the New York Arse
nal, az Governors Island, n. Y. There are
no mounts on carTiaSes-simply the bare
gun.
IF 1t be your wish that your State re-
ceive the gun allotted, will you kindly des-
ignate the name OF the monument associa-
ticn, Grand Army of the Republic pest or
municipality which you desire TO receive
it"
Several towns have asked frr the gln
intended to be sent TO Maryland. but the
governor has no. ye. decided what he will
do with il il he snoald get it.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
Spoils System Movements.

Mr.. Mckinley and his subordinates are
not burning any daylight in their eager
ness to get the benefit of the spoils sys.
TEN order as early as possible Unfer the
civil service regulations a number of DEM
'ocrats have held positions as deputies.
cashiers, and SO on. in the Internal Reye-
nue. districts of New York All such per
sons are now being turned out, and their
places filled by Republican machine work.
ers. In the borough of Brooklyn alone
one hundred and fifty good places will be
taken away from people who have held
them for from five to fifteen years, and
given to Senator Platt's ward heelers and
strikers.
What is happening in Brooklyn will also
happen all over the country within short
time. Within the next six or eight months
Republican experts estimate that there
will be ten thousand fresh political work
ers established in Government offices
which will not in any way interfere with
active party service on the part of the
incumbents.
This is the way President Mckinley OBJ
serves the pledges of the platform upon
which he was elected; and keeps the SOL
emn promises he has repeatedly made. 1t
is not a nice picture.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
QUEER soMNAMBUL1sT1c FEAT.
4 Woman Falls Four Stories With
out Knowledge of 1t.

New York, June 9.-All recorded fssts
of somnambulists are eclipsed by the ex-
ploits of Miss Josie Roche, of Ne. So1 Sec
ond Avenue. who only learned on waking
up yesterday morning that during what
she supposed was peaceful nights slum-
Der she had taken a plunge from a fourth
story window to the sidewalk.
Apart from Z few very slight bruises
Miss Roche presents no evidence of her
extraordinary experience, but that she ac-
tually made the descent of fully fifty feet
is attss.ed by several responsible wit
nesses. What makes her case the more
extraordinary is that her fall was unbrok-
en- except, perhaps. by n projecting sign
and the iron stanehons of the awning of
store on the ground floor.
Miss Roche. who is pretty girl, of sub
stantial figure, slept with her elder Sis
ter Katie in the hall bedroom on the fourth
floor. The two girls retired at O'Clock on
Wednesday night, and an hour later Miss
Katie was reused by the information that
her sister was lying on the sidewalk. Run
ming downstairs, she found Josie in the
arms OF her cousin. Edward Huss and Po-
liceman Waddell, who, finding that al
though unconscious, the young woman was
regularly ahu SAoWcu htlie sAsuS
OF injury. carried her into the house an
put her to bed again.
A physician who was sent for examined
the girl and found that her only apparent
injuries were a slight cut on the head and
some bruises on the right side. She re-
mained unconscious until morning an
then awoke. as from a sound sleep. ard
asked for her mother.
1t was only with the utmost difficulty
that she was convinced that she had actu-
ally fallen from the window.
The evening times., 1899-06-09

these places as will famous author. lec-
turer. or singer. When that comes to pass
the stage will be elevated by the natural
course Of events, for the people Of these
places, In the increasing facility Of travel,
will come more and more often to the cit
les. and either there or at home will form
a very considerable part OF the theatre
going public.
There is a story told OF Dion Boucicault
which is rather significant in connection
with the elevation of the stage" He had
certainly as good a right to speak on sub
man of his time, and he made the state
ment, many years ago, that in two impor-
tant particulars the stage had changed
since his young days. The costumes in
comic opera companies and the like were
more diminutive than they used to be, and
the lines spoken on the stage were much
cleaner. He said that no English chorus
girl of the previous generation would have
consented to appear in modern ballet cos
tune: but, on the other hand, no modern
actress would consent to speak the lines
which her forerunner was required to
speak. Do these two changes balance one
another, or is one greater than the other?
And which way is the stage going. up or
down? Perhaps il We could attend per-
formance Of play of 1893. We might con-
clude that both audience and actors have
improved since that day.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
ThievinE and KIeptomantn.

One of the most puzzling problems OF
modern life is that in connection with the
character charitably known as the klepto-
maniac. Thus far no serious effort seems
to have been made toward its solution
An instance Of acute kleptomania oc-
CURED in Lawrence. Mass, a short time
ago, and there have been other cases in
all large cities. In Lawrence, three women,
evidently well-to-do, were arrested for
shopliftiDg. Their pilferings amounted to
hundreds Of dollars worth OF goods. They
were fined and, presumably, their husbands
paid the fines and felt most Of the disgrace.
A few days later poor woman stole some
cloth from one of the mills. She was SEN
fenced to one year in prison. Something
seems 10 be the matter with our courts of
justice when there is such appalling dis
crepancy as this between the treatment of
the rich and the poor. The history of
these cases has been repeated hundreds of
times in different parts Of the country.
How frequently is a well-to-do woman
sent to prison for stealing? And who ever
heard Of a poor woman, If fairly convicted
of even small theft, escaping the conse-
quences?
The impulse to steal is q sort Of atavistic
outcTopping Of tendencies long outgrown
~ most Of the race. Among savages,
The evening times., 1899-06-09
Schurman N the Meddler.

Notwithstanding the most praiseworthy
| efforts to keep the Philippine cat carefully
| tied in the bag, the animal is emerging
| with certainty if not with dignity. 1t Is
| now known that the reason why Peda-
gogue Schurman is coming home is that
Otis has complained Of his impracticability
and interference. and the Cornell profes-
sor has. therefore. been sacrificed to pla-
cate American public sentiment on the
subject Of Administration mistakes at Ma
| Mia. He will be allowed. however. to
muddle around Cebu, Hoilo and the Sulu
Islands before returning. which is very
bad, as no doubt he will find opportunities
for mischief in all those places. There is
one happy chance involved in the pros
pect. The Sultan of Sulu may take
fancy to Schurman and annex him for fes-
tai purposes. Let US hope for the best.
But it is said. and ominously. that Den
by and Worcester are TO be left in the
Philippines to continue the work of spoil
ing military plans. so efficiently inaugu-
rated by the retiring Commissioner. This
is bad news indeed. more unfit person
than the Hon. Tincarrion DENLY to leave
at large. in the presence OF such a situa-
ton as confronts Otis. could not well be
conceived. Professor Schurman has all
the blame OF the Civilian Commissions
biunders and misdeeds. but there is little
if any, doubt in this country that their in
spiration has been always DENLY. 1t is
a pity that Mr.. Mckinley does not seize
the chance offered by the dismissal of
Schoolmaster Schurman and recall the en-
tire party. He knows that public opinion
demands that course. and that it could be
adopted at this particular time without
detriment to any interests which his friends
may have at Manila. Though under ordi-
nary circumstances, it might embarrass
Mr.. Alger to have DENLY withdrawn it
would not so operate at the present junct-
ure; for we understand that both Hecker
and Hopkins Will shortly be on the ground
to look after whatever may be necessary.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
SAVED BY HIS wIFE's LOVE.
For Her Sake Sr.tence ON Towe,
Was Suspended.

New York, June s.-John s. Tower Will
probably try to be worthy of his wife's
love now She married him in 1886. and
two months afterward Tower was arrestel l
at White Plains for horse stealing and
sent to prison for four years. His wife
believed him innocent, was true to him,
and soon after the first half year of his
Imprisonment baby came to comfort her
As soon as he was released he was ar
rested on another charge of horse stealing
and yesterday he was arraigned before
Judge Vail. at Elizabeth. His wife was in
court fearful. anxious. her child tugging
at her skirts. Former Prosecutor Marsh
appeared for Tower. read letters from ex-
Gov. Black and others in the prisoners be-
half and pleaded for mercy for him for his
wife's sake. Judge Gibney. OF the West
chester county bar. who sentenced Tower
at White Plains. added his prayers, for the
woman's sake for the child's.
Sentence is suspended said Judge
Vail" plainly moved by Mrs. Towers de-
votion. Go. be honest. or you will be
punished the more severely"
Mrs. Tower threw her arms around her
husbands neck. lifted their child for him
to kiss, then. slipping her arm in his, and
led him away.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
BISHOP HALTs A WEDDING.
Guests Wait While the Groom Goe
for q License

Guests Wait While the Groom Goes
for q License.
Pittsburg. Pa. June 9.-with the Church
OF the Ascension full of fashionable people,
Bishop Whitehead and Rev. DR.. George
Grange waiting to perform the ceremony,
and frightened bride leaning on the arm
OF rear admiral. a wedding was delay
ed over two hours yesterday. because the
groom. who was from New York, had fall
ed to procure license.
The nuptials of Miss Martha Chambers
Rodgers and Mr.. W. Albert Pease, jr.. a
son of Albert Pease. of New York. were
TO have been solemnized at l. o'clock,
The bride had been given away BY her
uncle. Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers.
ana the ceremony was about to proceed
when Bishop Whitehead asked for the IL
cense. The groom almost tainted as he
explained that he did not know a permit
was necessary.
Bishop Whitehead explained the situa-
tion as the groom jumped into a carriage
and started on a race for the courthouse.
-FOUR miles away. AS the carriage dashed
through the streets people stopped and
looked after it AT the registers office
there were about a dozen men ahead of
him. but at the sight OF the anxious Pease
they fell back
Ii was o'clock before he returned with
the paper. The ceremony was then per-
formed. Some weeks ago the bride said
she wanted a wedding out of the ordinary.
Her friends say she got it,
The evening times., 1899-06-09
FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1899.
The South African situation,

Advices from London make IL apparen,
that the day of trouble in the Transvaal
cannot be long postponed unless President
Kruger and his legislature effect sud-
den change OF policy and attitude, which
they are not likely to do. The Bioemfon-
tein conference has proven a miserable
failure. To Sir Alfred Miners demand for
the extension of equal rights to all white
inhabitants OF the Boer territory. kru-
gers only reply was an offer to concede
suffrage to naturalized foreigners who ar
rive in the country prior to 1890. with
some arrangement for the future not any
more liberal; and even this concession was
to be contingent upon England's willing
ness to arbitrate the question of her suze-
rain rights over the Transyaa
Members Of the British government re-
fer to the situation in the most guarded
language, but it is easy to see that they
regard the case as having gone bsyond the
sphere of diplomacy. and We may expect to
hear of a sharp uitimatum about as soon
as an expeditionary force can be made
ready TO seize Johannesburg and save the
British residents Of that city from attack
and loot by the Beers.
"Ocm Paul" and his advisers appear to
have gone crazy. Ii is evident to every
one outside of their little state that Eng
land has gone away beyond the ordinary
limits Of patience with them, and that, if
they continue intractable. their independ-
ence will inevitably be the forfeit. No
doubt they will make gallant fight when
driven to the wall, but it will be an ut
terly useless one, as useless as it would
be for the Republic" of Haiti to fight the
United States With the memory of
Rorke's Drift still green, it is not proba-
Bile that Lord Salisbury will send any two
or three battalions to look after his Dutch
friends this time They may rather ex-
pect visit from whole division of red
coats, with perhaps the addition of few
Sepoy regiments. and the campaign will
not be long one. 1t would seem that
President Kruger has fixed the doom of
his little country, finally. There should be
Interesting news from South Africa during
the ensuing weeks.
The evening times., 1899-06-09
LAUNCH OF TIE COLUMBIA.
RumOrs That She May Take the Wa.
ter Tonight.

Ter TOnf8ht.
Bristol, r. l.. June 9-Dame Rumor is
rather more active than usual today in
Bristol. and now number of wise people
are saying that the Columbia will be
launched tonight instead of Saturday as
announced.
John B. Herreshoff, of the Herreshoff
Manufacturing Company. the blind head of
this famous Rhode Island firm of design
ers. when asked by reporter if there was
any truth in the report, said:
Young man, l never confirm or deny
anything the newspapers say about my
business. I have announced the time the
Columbia will be launched. and she will go
overheard at that time
In spite OF Mr.. Herreshoff's statement,
one OF his men said that he thought it
would be nearer 8 o'clock than s on Sat
urday night when the Columbia would be
put overheard. The two most important
items of news in regard to the Columbia
today are that her top sides will be paint
ed and not be left bright, as has been an
nounced. and that her big Oregon pine
mast will be stepped next Tuesday.
A score or more CT men started on her
topsides yesterday afternoon, and by Z
O'Clock last night her entire hull above
water line was covered with q coat OF white
paint.
Mr.. Iselin, the Columbia's managing
owner. paid another visit to Bristol yes
terday, coming down on the noon train.
and stayed until 4:30 p. m, when he re-
turned to Providence on the St. Michaels.
He was accompanied by his wife and
three children.
During the afternoon Mate Allen gave
the youngsters sail on the fifteen -footer
Hope. The Columbia's crew was kept tusy
yesterday cleaning out the inside OF the
yachts hull. preparatory to the launching.
After their work was completed they went
on board the St. Michaels. One OF the
boats containing three of the crew upset
as they were trying to haul her alongside
of the st. Michaels. There was some little
excitement but little damage done. as
the men were rescued none the worse Tor
their ducking. Yesterday work was begun
on the Columbia's steel boom, which Is to
be ITO feet long.