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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
DIPLOMACY.
The United states the Only Power
that Achieved Diplomatic Sue
cess in the Chinese fair

New York, Oct. 14.-Andrew D.
White, ambassador to Germany, came
to this city from Ithaca last night.
Ee expects to return to Europe by
next Tuesdays steamer. In speaking
Of American diplomacy, he said:
One of the shrewdest members of
the diplomatic corps in Berlin ex-
pressed the opinion that this country
was the only one that received any
distinguished uccess in the Chinese
crisis. The other governments there
proceeded on the theory that their
representatives in Pekin had been
murdered. Therefore, they were dis
posed to rush developments without
taking any chance that the ministers
were alive.
The government of the United
States had assumed that the Chinese
government was nothostile. The result
was shown in this country receiving
the first news, the longest dispatch
that the ministers were alive. Anoth-
er great stroke of diplomacy was
when the foreign troops attacked
Tien Tsin the troops of this country
held alOof. The whole Chinese mat
ter shows the remarkabl e shrewd-
ness and excellent diplomacy of this
country"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
WAR ON ORGANIZED LABOR.
The Trusts and the Republican,
Are Together Against the
W~Orkingman.

The concessions offered by the hard
coal trust to it's striking liners en-
phasize the fact hat the real war is
on organized labor. The coal trust is
bent upon the destruction of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America.
Mark Hanna has shown that there is
a close alliance between the coal trust
and the republican party. In the
interest of the latter the former quick
ly agreed to pay the miners a trife
more money. But it tied a string to
this agreement. 1t would pay the adj
vance. Yes. But it would do this
only as the price of disunion. And
Hanna accepted the condition.
So the miners may get a paltry ten
per cent. incfease of wages through
Mark Hanna'sA powerful influence if
they will consent to destroy their own
organization. And when their organ
ization has been destroyed, they may
then accept any terms the coal trust
shall see fit to offer. They will then
be powerless to resist.
Organized labor nay make up it's
mind to this: Organized monopoly has
decreed it's destruction. And the ac-
ton of Mark Hanna in accepting j.
Pierpont Morgan's condition., follow
of unionism in Idaho with United
States troops at the behest of the
Standard Oil trust, indicates plainly
enough that organized labor has its
deadliest foe in the republican party.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
Relative

The bulletin concludes as follows:
1T may be stated that during the
years in which the course of wages
declined the rates of 1891 and 1892. in
many instances remained unchanged,
and in like manner, during the last
few years, in which the general course
of wages has been upward, the wages
in these instances have not, of course,
responded to the general rise. In
other instances the per cent. was no.
tably large during the years of de-
preston, while during the last two
years of the period the reverse is
true, and a much larger increase real
ly took place than that indicated by
the table. In other words, wages in
some instances show but little fluctu-
atoms, while in other instances they
are much more sensitive, responding
quickly to general conditions of de-
preston or activity. The average
condition or general level only is
shown in the table, and while for the
reasons stated the fluctuations during
the period have not been so great as
popular opinion would indicate, the
figures for 1899 and 1900 show a graft
flying average increase rel the condi-
tions of 1891 and 1892, when wages in
gold were higher than at any period
in the history of the country prior to
the present YEAR"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
TO PREVENT
Gov. Wood May Appoint a Railroad
COmmissiOn-Cuban Currency
Yellow Fever in Havana.

Havana, Oct. 15.-Gov.-Gen. Wood is
considering the advisa bility of APP
pointing a railroad commission to fix
rates and regulate construction. This
is due to numerous complaints of eX-
cessive freight charges, instances be-
ing reliably reported where the rates
for less than one hundred miles are
higher than those from New York to
Havana with the duty added.
Senior Cancio, secretary of finance,
urges the introduction of American
currency into Cuba, and the doing
away altogether with Spanish coin.
He argues that the fact of there being
four different kinds of currency, all
having different rates of exchange
and none regulated by law, we to
complicate the financial situation and
greatly interferes with commercial in
terests. He recommends a special
commission to deal with the question.
1t is generally admitted that yellow
fever will increase in Havana, when
the street are opened for the in
~stallation of the sewers a work which
will probably require three years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18

at the Rock River conference, held at
the Garfield Park church, in Chicago,
recently. The bishop, who has spent
40 years in the orient, delivered tho
first of a series of lectures on the
eastern situation, and he likened the
republican party to the Chinese.
"Our fathers never intended to build
a Chinese wall around this nation,''
he said, "by putting a duty upon
things, and keeping the foreigner
from bringing in his goods. We are
doing as the Chinese have done for
centuries. We must get broader no.
tons about these matters. The Chi
nese built a stone wall that they
thought would keep out the foreign
ers. Our stone wall is the custom
houses that we set out ON u borders.
Before / became a missionary I be-
lieved in the republican policy of pro.
lection. l have learned that if a ma,
ton wants to survive it must open
wide its doors and trade with the
world. Let our revenues be raised
from direct taxation. The true policy
to be adopted in dealing with the peo-
pie of the east is to abandon the old
principles. Let us give up being a
semi-Chinese nation and excluding
other people"
The bishops attack IN the republic
an party was made in connection with
his review of the Chinese and other
orientals.
He ascribed their lack of progression
to the isolation created by the pro-
tective system.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
A PANIC IN THE MERSEY.
Singular Series of Accidents in the
River Mersey With the Steamer
yeritas as the Nucleus.

Liverpool, Oct. IA singular Sc
ries of accidents occurred in the Mer-
sey. The Norwegian steamer Veritas
collided with the Layland line steam
err Devonia, from Boston, October 3.
Unsuccessful efforts were made to
beach the Neritas on the Cheshire
shore, after which she was towed over
to the Liverpool side, where the cable
parted, and she collided with the
steamer Earl of Powys, causing the
latter to break from her mornings.
~Thereuron both steamers drifted
down the river and the Veritas crash
ed into two thick iron booms stretch
ed from the pier head at st. Georges
landing stage. Everything above her
deck was carried away, and she is
now a submerged wreck. The Earl of
Powys, while drifting, smashed her
boats, lost her propeller, and her
crew leaped upon the dock wall. The
south end of the landing stage was
extensively injured. The aggregate
damage will amount to thousands of
pounds.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA.
Shipment of Mining Machinery From
Chicago to South Africa Be-
ing Resumed.

Chicago, Oct. 14.-Shipment of min
ing machinery to South Africa has
beenresumedfro this city. Thousands
of dollars worth of machinery, which
could not be delivered because of the
Boer war, is now going forward. One
of the members of an iron firm, in
speaking of the present prospects in
South Africa, said:
Orders from hat country are COM
ing in again, and the indications are
that the Transvaal will soon enter
upon an era of prosperity such as it
has never known before. We are al
ready crowded with orders, and the
plant is running to it's fullest ca
pacity."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
A USELESS WAR.
Mckinley Persistent Policy Of
SGbjuEation by Military
Conquest.

Dispatches from the Philippines are
authentic. They are from our own
officers there, and they make known a
terrible condition of affairs. Over and
over it has been asserted by the adj
ministration that the war there is
ended. Now our officers are calling
for more men, saying the present
forces are inadequate to meet the in
surgents and compel submission. One
body of 90 United States soldiers
was compelled on Monday to fight for
their lives with 1000 entrenched and
armed Filipinos, with a loss of about
one-third of their number. Gen. Mac
Arthur pays a glowing tribute to their
heroic defense, 1.-The splendid response
Of the men"
But compliments do not give us back
our dead, and fine words do not heal
wounds, or restore lost health. There
were, a few weeks ago, in the Philip
pines about $4,000 United States SOL
diers. There is nearly that number
there now. growing smaller by fatali-
les numbering from 40 to $50 every
week.
If there were no political unbe1iev-
.rs to satisfy and no pride of the adj
ministration" to cater to, does one
think hat this merciless sacrifice
would be tolerated? We made a fear
full m~iscalculation when we undertook
the subjugation of these islands, and
they have proved an expensive burden,
and the death of thousands of young
men. The game is not worth the
candle.
What does it all amount to? 1t
has been a costly experiment, and the
sooner we are out of it the better.
What are 10000, 900 Filipinos to $4,000
Americans, and especially when the
conditions involve constant and terri
BILE b~loodshed? The country is not
with Mckinley in his persistent policy
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
ADMIRAL SIMPSONS HEALTH.
Believed that His Immense Store OF
Will Power Will Bring Him
Through All Right.

Boston, Oct. 13.-The Transcript
prints the following regarding Rear
Admiral William t. Sampson, COM
mandanto of theCharlestownna navy yard,
who returned from Washington in
company with a prominent naval sur
geon:
While the admiral is in very poor
physical condition, his fellow officers
at the yard say that he is not Sc
riously i'll. Ever since he came to
Boston to take charge of the navy
yard, Admiral Simpsons physical con-
dition has been such as to cause his
friends and relatives much anxiety.
The admiral, said a fellow officer,
is weak physically since his strenuous
campaign during the Spanish war,
but his immense store of will power
will bring him through this sickness
all right.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
THIRTY OF TIE ImmoRTALs.
Result of the First Election fog
Places on the Tablets Of the
Hall OF Fame.

New York, Oct. 1.-THE first elect
ton in the Hall of Fame contest has
been concluded, the senate of the
New York university having assem-
bled and passed upon the list of eligi-
bles submitted to that body by the
committee which for the last few
days has been counting the votes.
According to this decision, the fol-
lowing famous men were accorded
places on the tablets of the Hall of
Fame:
George Washington, 81 (the full
gote).
Abraham Lincolyn, 90.
Daniel Webster. 96.
Benjamin Franklin, 81.
Ulysses Simpson Grant, 90.
John Marshall, 81.
Thomas Jefferson, 90.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sc.
Henry w. LongfelIow, "a.
Washington Irving, 50.
Jonathan Edwards, 50.
David G. Farragut, 70.
Samuel +. Morse, 70.
Henry Clay, IA.
George Peabody, 72.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 70.
Robert f. Lee, 90.
Peter Cooper, IS.
Horace Mann, 81.
Henry Ward Beecher, Sc.
Eli Whitney, &c.
James Kent, 65.
Joseph Storey, Ga.
John Adams, 61.
William Ellery Claiming, So.
James Audubon. 81.
Elias Howe, So.
William Morris Hunt, So.
Gilbert Stuart, 50.
Asa GRAY. 81.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
Raised Fifty Thousand Dollars.

New York, Oct. 15.-Rev. Albert F.
Simpson, president of the Christian
and Missionary Alliance, yesterday
preached his annual missionary SER
mon at the Gospel tabernacle, Inc as
a result over fifty thousand dollars in
cash, pledges and property we're real
lied for the support of the missions
and mission work of the alliance for
the coming year. w. E. Blackstone
participated in the services. The SER
mon and the offering was the closing
chapter of the seventeenth annual
convention of the alliance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
F1sHED FOR A. COMPLIMENT.
And the Pretty Young Girl ugh
Something That Gave Her
81 Pain.

7 overheard a bit of conversation on .
Chevy Chase car the other evening that put
me IN a good humor for all the rest Of the
week, says a writer in the Washington Post.
She was a pretty girl and she belonged to
the number of those pretty. girls who are
forever longing to be told of their beauty.
She was with a blue-eyed young man who
looked as if he had seen 25 summers and a
great many other things more educational.
She was talking of a girl called Maud.
Don't you think Maud is awtu4ly pref
shes a peach" answered the young
man.
The girl dangled a bait more obvious.
"Fd be perfectly happy" she said, If l
were as pretty as she is"
Bad fishing weather. The young man
merely settled his tie a tri6e.
.'Oh, WE'LL" he remarked, there's no use
being unhappy about things that cant be
helped"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
THE OFFICIAL REPORT.
Telegram to Secretary Long From
Admiral neutrality-suspicious..

Washington, Oct. 13.-The official
report of the trial trip of the battle
ship Wisconsin off Lower California
is contained in the following brief
telegram received by Secretary Long
from Admiral Kautz; commanding the
Pacific station at Santa Barbara:
wisconsin completed satisfactory
official trial, making III knots, sub
ject to tidal corrections"
The secretary also received the fol-
lowing telegram from l.. NJ. Scott,
president of the Union iron works,
which constructed the battleship:
1.-The Wisconsin presents her &c
ord 1884 maximum; average for 80
knots 17.9; average during trial 1928
subject to corrections. Not a hitch.
A splendid battleship. We c~ongratu-
late you"
Secretary Long replied to Mr.. Scott
as follows:
Telegram received. Congratula-
tons reciprocated."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
A Three-Times Minister.

Washington, Oct. 15.-Senor Don
Luis F. Corea, the Nicaraguan minis
ter here, has been accredited by his
government to Mexico also. He was
already minister to Chill, sa that he
now holds three missions simultane-
ously. Senior Corea had just arrived
at New Orleans from Nicaragua, and
proceeded at once to the City of Mexi-
C. 1t is understood that the purpose
of his government in naming him for
the post was to have a suitable rep
resentative in Mexico during the ap-
preaching pan-American conference
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
GENEROUS AND PROMPT.
Postal Employees Asked t. Contribute
to Their Brothers., Sufferers
from the Galveston Storm.

Washington, Oct. 15.-Postmaster-
General Emory Smith recently re-
ceived from Postmaster Griffin, of Gal
weston, q letter telling of the
~pecuniary and personal loss which
had befallen the employees of his office
as a result of the terrible cyclone OF
September s, of the fearful strain I'M
der which they had been working day
and night since then and of the adj
mirable spirit which animated the
men, Notwithstanding their misfor-
tunes.
Postmaster Griffin suggested that if
the vast army of postal officials, clerks
and carriers could know the true con-
dition of the men at Galveston, a
small amount from each might be
~cheerfully contributed, and would
give the needed relief; otherwise it
was to be hoped a beneficent govern
ment, "to whom we are loyal, Will
hear and answer this appeal"
To this communication Acting Post
master-General w. NJ. johnson sent
the following reply:
THE department is in full sympathy
with the appeal of the postmaster az
Galveston in behalf of the employc
at that office who have suffered
through the terrible calamity which
has overtaken them, and hopes that
responses, by those who have not al
ready contributed through some other
channel, will be generous and prompt.
1 am gratified to learn that the action
taken in this direction by the Nation
al Association of Letter Carriers is
meeting with a hearty response.
Contributions may be addressed to
Hon. John A. Merritt, postmaster,
Washington, D. C.
ISigned] "W. M. JOHNSON,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
Republicans Changing Views.

The republicans used to be for BIZ
m~etallism; now they are for the gold
standard. Republicans used to be-
lieve in the g~reenback; now they have
to turn over and say that they believe
that bank notes are better. They used
to believe in the income tax; now they
are against the income tax. They
used to oppose the trusts; now they
defend the trusts. They used to be
against a large standing army; now
they are for a large standing army.
They used to be opposed to a large
national debt; now they stand for a
currency system that can only be per-
manent when based on a perpetual
debt.-William j. Bryan.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
Taprbt Tbeir A..aIIants a Lesson.

Manila, Oct. 14.-Advices received
here from Iloilo. island of Panay, I'M
der date of Friday, October IL, say
that Co. D, of the Twenty-sixth Unit
ed States volunteer infantry, was at
tackled on the previous day by a force
of Tagalogs in northern Panay. The
enemy, it is added, lost 20 men killed
and 40 wounded, while the Americans
had two men wounded. Twenty-Five
prisoners and IL rifles and a quantity
of ammunition were captured. The
Tagalogs were from the island of Luz
ZOu,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
lillian Mckinley

William Mckinley and William
Jennings Bryan stand out in the bold
est possible contrast as representa-
tives Of hostile forms of thought, of
opposite views regarding questions of
public concern. The democratic cam
didate for president of the United
States is the strong man of the peo-
pie, the supporter of the constitution.
The republican candidate is the weak
and vacnlatmg creature of ,Ae money
power, the servant of overmastering
trusts, the ambitious seeker after an
imperial power, sternly forbidden by
tie organic law which he has fragrant.
~ Observation-Disclosures Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
The Huntington WIN.

New York, Oct. 13.-Probate Clerk
Washburn of the surrogate's Office
examined the subscribing witnesses to
the viii of the late Coils P. Hunting
ton The witnesses to the will are
Maxwell Evarts, George E. Downs
ard Andrew A. Vandenyenter. Each
of the witnesses swore that the viii
fled for probate had been signed by
the t~estator in his presence, and that
the testator was to all appearances in
good health and condition of mind.
No objections have been filed to tbs
probate of the will.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
COST OF THE COAL STRIKE.
interesting Figures and Compare
sons Which Set People


The Helena Independent, of Helena,
Mont, furnishes some interesting
figures in regard to the strike in the
anthracite region of Pennsylvania.
1t is estimated hat if the anthra-
cite coal strike shall last two months
the men will lose IS, 000. 900 in wages;
the operators $40. 1000, 900 and the rail-
road companies a like amount.
Here is a curious condition, well IL
Illustrating the power of private mo-
nopoly to rob the producer. arbitra-
rily fix the terms and conditions of
labor, and appropriate the fruits of
industry for the benefit of the few
at the expense of the many.
1t is estimated that some $4,000
or 100 900 workers will lose SIS, 200, 900
in wages, while a few monopolies will
lose $40, 1000. In other words, these
few monopolists will get two and a
half times as much for mere owner
ship as the great army of laborers
get for doing the work
Every 800 got from mining and
marketing the cold is distributed as
follows:
To the coal miners ................ 16 IS
To the m~onopolists ..................-. Al %
To the railroads Al 81
Total SioO W
Leaving the railroads out of ac-
count, every 500 got for mining the
coal is distributed as follows:
To the miners $28 81
To the ~monopolists ......-............ Il 43
The railroads get two and a half
times as much for carrying the coal
to market as the miners get for dig
ging it out of the ground.
Private monopolies are indefensible
and i~ntolerable," say the democratic
platform, and these private coal mo
nopolies are an apt illustration of
that declaration.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
QUEEN Of BATTLESHPS.
The Battleship Wisconsin, on Her
Trial Trip, Proved Herself
Queen of Her Glass.
THE CLOSEST AVERAGE RUN EVER MADE.
From Start to Finish There Was Not
a Marring Incident-Her Maximum
Speed was 1884 Knots, and Her
Average Speed for "a Knots 1928
Knots Per Hour.

Santa Barbara, Cal, Oct. 13.-The
Wisconsin has just completed the
most successful trial trip ever made
by a battleship and she is pro-
nounced the finest vessel ever turned
out by the Union iron works. AT the
start many things seemed against a
successful trial. An easterly wind
was kicking up a choppy sea and
threatening a squally voyage.
After d Preliminary Spin.
After a preliminary spin over a
short course the big vessel steamed
full ahead, passing the eastern bea-
con at 1920 a. m. at a speed exceed
ing 10 knots. The course was marked
by the battleship Iowa, gunboat
Ranger, training ship Adams and
cruiser Philadelphia, Between the
Ranger and Gavetier wharf the Wis
consin gained her maximum speed of
1884 knots an hour and maintained
throughout the westerly curse an
average speed of 1880 knots. The av-
erage speed of the entire run, GA
knots, vas 1928 knots per hour.
Her Nearest Competitor.
The only battleship approaching
this speed was the Alabama, which
averaged 17.13 knots and attained a
maximum speed of 1903 knots. The
average of propeller revolutions dur
ing the western run was 1884 per
minute, and on the return 1915, a
difference of only 10 of a revolution.
So close a run has never been made
before. The average steam pressure
was $50 pounds and the vessel was I'M
der forced draugbt. The boiler
valves lifted frequently. When at her
maximum speed the vibration was
slight, approximately the horse pow
er was 1880. 1t is expected that the
tidal corrections, when computed, will
indicate greater speed than recorded,
as the current was against the vessel
for a longer period than with her
Not a Marring
The weather continued squally,
some rain falling, until more than
half the ours was completed. After
turning at the western beacon off
Point Conception she had a white cap
sea, bows on, for nearly one-fourth
of the course. She shipped no water
forward, but the water rose in the
bow wave 25 feet. From the start to
finish there was not a marring Incl
dent, not an ir~regularity in the owe
ments of the machinery. Without
stopping the engines the trial board
took charge of the ship, after the run,
and put her through the required evo-
lutions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-18
ARRIVAL OF THE Upton CUP.
The Seventy-FOOter Trophy, Won by
Cornelius VanderbiIt's Rain
bow Has Arrived.

New York, Oct. 13.-The White Star
line steamer Germanic, which ar
rived from Liverpool and Queenstown,
brought the Upton cup for 7O-footers,
which was won by the Rainbow,
The cup was handed over to the
care of Purser III. B.. Palmer by Sir
Thomas Lipton's agent, and will be
delivered to Lipton's agent on this
eide