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Iron County register., 1900-06-14

offer to marry Mary, and I'm glad she
accepted you, but my coming home
knocks it all out, of course. Don't feel
hard towards me, old man."
I'm Disappointed of course" replied
Anson, but L suppose I've got to put
up with it. How's the heart trouble ?''
''Awfully bad"
'Well, mebbe you won't last long.
1t was a sort of mean trick, but re-
member that l stand ready to marry
Mary whenever you drop out"
The routine of home life was taken
up again by Caleb, and six months
passed away. Then he took journey
by railroad, and two trains collided.
and he was found among the dead
That is, his satchel was found, and a
mangled body was discovered at the
same time, and the excited rescuers
connected the two together.
The body had been buried before the
folks at home heard the news. The wife
received the satchel, however, together
with a liberal check from the COM
pauy's adjuster. and she put on mourn
ing again for Caleb.
Anson Davis didn't rush matters. He
waited a month before he called to in
quire:
"Mary. do you think there can be any
doubt that Caleb is in Heaven this
time?"
ST don't see how he can be anywhere
else" she replied. 'He was surely in
that smash, and as he hasn't been
heard of since, he must be among the
dead"
''It looks that way" unused Anson,
"and of course I'm expecting to marry
you when the year is up. Poor Calebt
He always thought he'd die of heart
trouble, and it must have been quite a
surprise to him to be smashed as fat as
a pancake"
Again the days and weeks and months
flew away, and as no letter came from
Caleb and the railroad people had put
a tombstone at the head of his grave,
the wedding garments were again pre-
pared and the guests invited to the
feast.
This time the date was set for Sum
day, and the quiet calm of Saturday
evening had settled down upon the vii
lage, when lone man with a bundle
under his arm appeared and walked
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
The Man Who Came Back
By Wilson Parkes.

WAS struggle between Anson
i Davis and Caleb Jones as to who
snould win the love and the hand OF
Mary Doyle. There was rivalry, but
no ill-feeling. When Caleb won the
prize Anson slapped him on the back
and said:
All right, Caleb, you are the lucky
man. / don't believe l was ready to
marry just yet, anyhow. I'll wait two
or three years and then marry your
widow"
That's mighty kind of you," an
swered Ca.eb. u have heart trouble
and may not live year, and the
thought that you'll take my place will
make me die content
Six months after the marriage Caleb
Jones went down to Philadelphia on
business. He had never been drunk in
his life, but he got drunk to celebrate
this occasion. While in befudd1ed
state he was carried aboard of a ship
bound for the east, and when his sober
senses returned he was on blue water
Meanwhile. as he did not return to
Eis village home in due time, an alarm
was raised, and for the space of three
weeks Caleb figured in the public
press and police reports as my mysterious-
~ missing"
Then body was found in the river,
identified as his, and shipped home for
burial. Soon after the funeral Arson
Davis called on the widow and said:
Mary, L don't know whether Caleb
ever told you about it or not, but there
N, 20 la4 ! h :
in case he died l was to step into his
Shoes"
Il believe he did mention something
OF the kind" replied the relict.
That was kind of him, and saves
any further explanation. / guess you
idought almost as much of me as you
did of him. but he happened to save your
life from a cow one day while / was
out of town. Poor Caleb! We shall
miss him and mourn for him, but at the
end of a year we'll be married.
The days and weeks and months
went by, and the widow put off her
weeds and Anson bought his wedding
suit. The marriage day was set, the
friends invited and the minister en-
gagged, and another "a hours would
AoNC lhC OOHSS MIS- DdNis,
when in walked Caleb. He had recov-
cred from his drunk and returned from
China.
Il wouldn't have blamed you a bit, "
he said to the astonished wife, when
he learned what was about to happen.
"Of course, you thought L was dead,
and it was all right for you 10 marry
Anson. l might have written, but
somehow L never got around to it.
Sorry to have made any trouble, but
1 got drunk just to see how it seemed,
and was carried off"
And when Anson Davis heard of his
arrival and came rushing over with his
eyes bulging out, Caleb gave him a
hearty hand and said:
Hope L haven't disappointed you,
Anson. 1t was mighty kind of you to
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

/ The rules were Then suSpcne.<d. a.-sl
Maj. James A. Reed. OF Kans7s tSsy.
and William A. Rothwell. OF stoher-
~, were named as presidential electors
at-large.
District electors were then an
nounced as follows:
First-E NJ. Richmond, Macon
county.
Second Clay Biggar, Linn county
Third. w. Suilinger, Gentry.
Fourth-W. r. Jenkins, Platte
Fifth-wnliam Groves, Lafayette.
Sixth Edgar p. Mann, Dade county.
Herman Pufahl. Polk
Iighth-A. r. Walker, Cooper.
Ninth--O. III. Avery, Lincoln county.
Wilfred Jones, 81. Louis.
Eeventh-R. ID. Lancaster, 80. Louis
Twelfth-Dr. Heine Marks. ST. Louis
Thirteenth-J. NJ. Mansfield, Wright
Fourteenth-Jesse shepard
Fifteenth-Hugh Dobbs. JcFlin-
The State COMMITTEES.
The next order of business was tbs
election of the chairman Of the DeEno-
cratic state central committee. amd in
accordance with prearranged pro-
gramme, j. NJ. Seibert, of Cape Girar-
deau county, was named by aeclaE1a-
ton. The district members of ths
committee are as follows
First District-1homas Wagner. OF
Memphis; z. L. Crgwford. of Union
ville
Second-Virgil Conkling. Carroll
ton; y. J. Winters, Milan.
Third. NJ. Sallee, Bethany; John
IL. Murray, Liberty. A+%
Fourth-James Todd, Maryyille; t.
j. Lysaht, St. Joseph.
Fifth-Frank p. Walsh, ,Kansss Citys
William Aull, Lexington.
Sixth-L. S. Hickman, Warrenbur--.
L. T. Cruce, FL Dorado Springs.
Seventh--Dr. L. vi. Chinn. Roche
port; Emnet Newton, Springfield
Eighth. w. Armstrong. Pulaski; j.
III. Edwards. jefferson City.
Ninth--E. A. Glenn, Louisiana; W.
L. Gumpton, Montgomery.
Tenth-Henry Qnellmalz, St. LOcis;
Ernest Marshall. st. Louis county.
Eleventh-Thomas L. Barrett. St
Louis; ThonIas j. Ward, St. Louis
Twelfth-James j. Butler. St. Louiss
W. j. Flynn, ST. Louis.
Thirteenth--J. o. Lang, Washington
county; ". L. Hiett, Texas.
Forrteenth-C. u. ElIins, Ozark.
George ID. Orchard.
Fifteenth-Gilbert parbee, Jasper.
NJ. T. Davis. Lawrence.
Frank p. Sebree, of jackson county,
offered the following, which was adopt
ed:
''Be it resolved, That the democratic
state committee is hereby empowered
to fill all vacancies that may occur ON
the state or electoral ticket"
Mr.. Russell, of Crawford county,
moved n vote of thanks to the Kansas
City democracy for the entertainments
of the convention, and the arrange
ments made for it, and Mr.. Dockery
put the motion, declaring it carried
unanimously.
The convention adjourned at s:35
p. m.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
Pantheon

Hawthorne had this to say of the
best preserved monument of ancient
Rome: 1.-THE world has nothing else
like the Pantheon. So grand it is
that the pasteboard statues over the
lofty cornice do not disturb the effect
any more than the tin crowns and
hearts, the dusty artificial flowers.
and all manner of trumpery gewgaws
hanging at the sanity shrines. The
rust and dinginess that have dimmed
the precious marbles on the walls;
the pavement, with its great squares
and rounds of porphyry and granite,
cracked crosswise, and in a hundred
directions, showing how roughly the
troublesome ages have trampled here;
the gray dome above, with its open
ing to the sky, as if heaven were look
ing down into the interior of this
place of worship-all these things
make an impression of solemnity
which ST. Peters itself fails to pro-
duce." The Pantheon was built by
Marcus Agrippa in B. C. 27, and con-
secrated as a Christian church by
Pope Boniface ". in A ID. COS
Raphael, Annibale Caracci and other
notables are buried beneath the pave
ment The interior is a rotunda sur
mounted by dome and lighted by E
circular opening % feet in diameter
in the center of the dome. The inside
diameter of the rotunda is 142 feet. .
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
american MI..ionarfe. safe.

Atlanta, Ca, June 7.-Advices have
been received here from DIR. r. J..
Willingham, secretary of the Baptist
Foreign Mission board at Nashville.
and D1. W. r. Lambuth, of the Metho-
dist Foreign Mission beard at the same
place, to the effect that no missionaries
in China under the direction of the
boards are in any danger from the
present Boxer movement in THAI
country.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
Nominations.

| Having disposed of the routine busi.
ness. Chairman Cowherd announced
that nominations for governor were in
order. As there was only one candi-
date, the chairman called Daviess
| county, and a member of that delega-
| ton announced that it would yield to
| the Fifth district to make the nominat-
| ing speech.
Mr.. Cowherd thererpon stepped for
ward to place Mr.. Dockery's name be-
| fore the convention. He nominated
claring that Mr.. Dockery filed the re-
ouirements in every particular. Loud
applause filed the tent after he fin
ished
Fred Il. Loos. of Clay county, Sec
onded the nomination. No sooner had
he finished than Gel. Ed. Harber, of
Trenton, moved that the nomination
be made by acclauiation.
The chairman put the question, and
if carried with a hIrrah. Harber, of
Grundy; Glenn, of Pike, and Russell,
CT Mississippi, We're appointed to escort
Mr.. Dockery to the platform. He was
loudly cheered on his appearance.
Mr.. Dockcry addressed the conven-
tion, gratefully acknowledging the ex-
alted honor conferred upon him, and
promising, if elected, a good admins
tration of the affairs of the state.
Nominations for lieutenant governor
were declared in order, and the follow
ing were named: II. A. Love and j. M.
Lowe, jackson county; w. S. McClin-
tic. Marion county; j. w. Farris, John
4. Lee and f. A. Noonan. st. Louis.
The first ballot resulted as follows:
McClintic, 213; Farris, 257; Lowe, SO;
Love, 174; Noonan, 1<9; Lee, s5as3.
The second ballot resulted III slight
gain for Lee and similar loss by Far
Iis.
On the third ballot, both sides went
to work on the floor with energy. FL
nally Love, Lowe and Noonan with
drew, throwing their strength to Lee,
and then Farris took the platform and
moved that Lees nomination be made
by acclamation, and it was carried.
For secretary of state Sam B. Cook
had no opposition, and he was nomi-
mated by acclamation.
For state auditor Frank L. Pitts and
Albert o. Allen were named, the latter
winning by vote of 600 against 519
for Pitts.
For attorney general, f. @. Grow
was named for denomination, and,
under suspension of the rules, the
nomination was made by acclamation.
For state treasurer the contest was
between Lieut.-Gov. Bolte and Robert
p. Williams, the latter securing the
nomination by vote of 6571s to 546E,
for Bolte.
The office of railroad and warehouse
commissioner brought to the front
nine candidates, viz: William III. Phe-
Ian, of Adair; T. w. Park, of Platte;
Charles III. Vandiver, of Lafayette; w.
C. Bronaugh, of Henry; Joseph p. Her
ring ton, of Pettis; Gen. M. +. Bell, of
Galloway; Orlando F. Guthrie, of st.
Louis, and Thomas Mcguire, of st.
Francois. It required five ballots to
make selection, Harrington finally |
winning out when the choice had mar
moved down to himself and Park. The
final vote stood: Herriugton, 693; |
Park, $40.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
"MARY CURZON."
Pushing the German naval B.rl.

Berlin, June Tin the reichstag yss-
terday during the debate ON the navy
bill the secretary of the navy, Admiral
iTirpitz, alluded to the great develop
ment of German interests in China as
Being likely ~necessitate further
large increase in the navy. Later the
reichstag, by a vote of 153 to 20, adopt
ed the first paragraph of the navy bill,
which fixes the strength of the feet.
rhe socialists and members of the
volkspartei voted with the minority.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
FitxsInsmon. Di.ablea.

New York, June robert Fitzsin-
mons. the pugilist, was examined at
Bellevue hospital yesterday by DIR.
John il. Sullivan, who announced that
Fitzsimmons is suffering from an abb
cess on his left knuckle. This hand
was injured in Fitzsimrnons' recent
bout with Dunkhort, and has since
panied him greatly. DIR. Sullivan gave
him certificate of injury, and said
positively that he could not box with
Ruhlin on June Is.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

The convention was called to order
shortly before noon by S. =. Cook,
state chairman, who. after an invoca-
tion by Rev. DIR. Talbot, introduced
Congressman William S. Ccwherd, of
Kansas City, as temporary chairman;
for temporary secretary, Joseph Rey-
holds: for ergeant-at-arms, Robert S.
Stone. and assistants to the two latter
officers from the different districts of
the state.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
DEMOCRACY OF MISSOURI.
Proceedings of the Missouri Demo-
cratic State Convention at
Kansas City.
ALEX. NJ. DocKERY NAMED FOR GOVERNOR
John A. Lee, of ST. Louis, His Rum
ming Mate-Thc Rest of the Ticket
Named-The Platform Reuhirm
Allegiance to William y. Bryan
and the Chicago Platform of 1896.

Kansas City, No., June 5.-Four
thousand Missouri democrats met in a
huge tent spread in Shelley park, in
front of the county court, as the state
convention of that party to name a full
state ticket and adopt a platform.
Called to Order
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
RESPONSE FROM LADY cURzoN
Chicago's Contribution Could Not
Have Been More Opportuae-
VIII Try 1t Again.

Chicago, June THE Chicago In
dia famine relief committee has re-
ceived the following cablegram from
Lady Curzon, yicereine of India:
..Simla, June 5.-Indian Famine
Committee, Chicago:
Generous contribution of 1900
gratefully received. Could not be more
opportune."
MARY CURZON."
The Chicago committee is raising n
second a1.000, and hopes to be able
to send it to the famine stricken dis
tricts before the suffering grows
worse.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
WHAT THE MINER KNEW.
Knowledge That Enabled a Comm II
Laborer to Gather in q Small
Fortune.

! This little story was told by min
| ing man from New Mexico who was
! talking, after supper the other night,
about the queer ways fortunes were
made in the west, says the New Or
| leans Times-Democrat. About a
month ago l read the death notice.
/ he said, ''of man l used to know
! very well. He was formerly a COM
mon mine laborer. and at the time he
died he was worth probably a couple
of hundred thousand dollars. The
| way he made his money was peculiar.
While he was still swinging a pick at
$3.50 a day, he was employed in a
gang at work on certain property
in Colorado. The location was ex-
cellent and there were valuable mines
all around it, but they had gone down
several hundred feet and tunneled in
every direction without finding the
vein. One day this man of whom 1
speak was at work in one of the side
excavations, known as drift four,
when he saw or thought he saw the
indications of rich ore, and put a
small fragment in his pocket for in
spection when he came up. \ little
later the workmen put a blast in
the side and withdrew to another
tunnel to get out of the way of the
explosion. When the blast went off
it caved in the whole drift from one
end to the other. 1t would have cost
several thousand dollars to duplicate
the work, and as the company that
owned the property was already dis
IL, I - IL =
Meanwhile my man quietly went
to an assayer and had a test made of
his little sample of ore. 1t ran so
high in gold that it almost took his
breath away, but he said nothing,
and went on swinging a pick at $3.50
day, while the company kept on
growing more and more discouraged
and more and more involved. That
continued for nearly two years, and
at last there came a day when the
works were closed down for lack OF
funds. Then our friend went to the
president and asked him what he
would take for a 20-year lease. They
agreed on $500 a year, and everybody
thought the miner was crazy. He
had saved little money. and he went
straight to work on drift four. Long
before he got to the ore he was fiat
broke and working on money he had
almost pawned his soul to borrow, but
he struck it at last, and in two months
he took out 100000 net. Then he
sold his lease for a good round figure
and started in to enjoy life. Poor
fellow! he didn't last very long! A
shady transaction, did you say? Oh!
1 don't know. All mining is gamble,
and-in his place, may be-anyhow,
it's hard to say. BY the way. I was
president of the original company.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
Those Girls.

Ella-I saw your intended to-day.
Hattie-To whom do you refer?
why, to Tom Brown, of course"
"Oh, he isn't my intended. I'm only
engaged to him. Chicago Evening
News
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

Soil was brought up from a depth
of $50 feet from a coal mine in Bel
gium, and from it sprouted weeds of a
species unknown to botanists.-Cin-
cinnati ENQUIRER.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
Same old Thing.

Gmiles-What are you doing for .
living now, old man?
Giles-Breathing.-Chicago Evening
NewS~
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

Kansas City, No., June 6t-At ten
o'clock Temporary Chairman Cowherd
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

In the days of knighthood every man
carried sword and was ready to slash
his neighbor upon the slightest pre-
text. When friends met they grasped
one another by the right hand. thereby
indicating peaceable intentions, as
each one thus gave up to the other his
fighting arm. That is why we shake
with the right hand.-Ladies' Home
Journal.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14
Night Session.

On reassembling at eight o'clock it
was learned that the credentials COM
mittee has made but little progress,
and after adopting resolution order
ing the COMMITTEES to report by $40
Wednesday morning, the convention
adjourned to that hour.
SECOND DAY.
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

With renewed faith in the ability, patrf-
otism and courage of Hon. VIM. ]. Bryan.
believing him to be the greatest exponent
cratic party stands, and satisfied that
power would not dazzle nor wealth blind
him to the duties which he owes to the
Iron County register., 1900-06-14

We reiterate our adhesion to the Mon
roe doctrine and deprecate the departures
from its principles which have been made
by the republican administration in its
war for conquest on antipodean territory;
and we believe the maintenance of the
Monroe doctrine, as interpreted from its
foundation to the beginning of the pres
ent republican administration, is neces-
sary. to the safety of American aScen-
dency in American affairs, including the
exclusion of any newly acquired authori-
ty from this continent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-03

act requiring that towns furnish flags | for schools within their boundaries and | that flag shall be displayed at school houses during every school day in the year. Unanimous consent was given | for the consideration of the resolution and it was adopted.
 The committee on appropriations | recommended the passage of an order authorizing the mayor and controller to sell $15,000 worth of paving bonds to ! settle the balance of the account of the
 Boston Asphalt company. The order
 was passed in concurrence with the
 councilmen.
 Petitions were received for the har-
 dening with crushed stone of East,
 Wallace, Franklin, Olive, Hamilton
 Green and St John streets and were
 referred to the street committee.
 The board receded from former &C.,
 tion and concurred with the councilmen
 in tabling the resolution for an investi-
 gation into the death of Ann Wharton at Springside home
 A communica ton was received from
 Frederick l.. Hotchkiss, administrator of the estate of George Hotchkiss, ask ing that an order be passed for the re- funding of overpaid assessments against property on Union avenue be- longing to the estate The matter was referred to the committee on claims.
 An amendment to the ordinance de fire limits was passed. The amendment provides for the contracting of the fire limits in order that several blocks be- tween James street and the Quinnipiac river, hitherto included within the linn it's, will be outside those limits and that frame buildings may be erected on those blocks.
 A resolution directing the director of public works to order that Grand ave- rue drawbridge be opened for sharpies and open decked boats was referred to the committee on railroads and bridges.
 Aldermen Donovan and Whitaker were appointed members of a commit tee of conference on the resolution pro- viding that all permanent pavements to be laid hereafter shall be laid by the city without letting such work out by contract. This resolution was reported favorably by the street committee and was passed by the aldermen. The | councilmen tabled it, not concurring,
 Aldermen Hyland and Baldwin were appointed members of a conference | on the proposed ordinance | to provide for meetings of the common l council on the first secular day in De- | cember of each year to consider the es- inmates reported by the board of | finance. The aim of this ordinance is to give the common council more time for. of the estimates. Non- concurrent action was had on the ordi- nance by the two boards of the com non council
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-03
AMERICAS CRooKEDEsT RIVER

| Other Notable Features of the White
 River, of Arkansas and Missouri 1 From it's four heads in the Boston Mountains to Batesville, where it leaves the Ozarks and enters the Arkansas lowlands, White River is succession of astonishing curves. No other river on the continent so nearly and so frequent ly doubles upon itself. From the source to the flat country is distance on a straight line of perhaps 150 miles. White River between these points has course of over 600 miles: some esti- mates make it 1000 miles.
 The beginning is near the Indian Territory border in the Western part of Arkansas. The water runs toward all points of the compass in quick success sion many times before 1t adopts a comparatively direct course to the Mississippi. From the Boston Noun tains the general course with many a bend and curve is northward and northeastward into Missouri. Probably the highest point in this direction is Forsyth, near the centre of Fancy county, From this place the White wriggles it's way back into Arkansas
  where the Buffalo Joins it. But not un- til the Missouri Arkansas border has been crossed seven times does the un- certain stream finally bear away to the southeastward to stay. Adding to the marvel of White River g eccentric meanderings are the walls of rock which tower from 200 to 800 feet often to the waters edge. A bird 's-eye view from above would show the river [ set in canyon of continuous and often sharp curvatures A mile of river in line is unusual. The canyon like valley of the White narrows in places almost to the channels width. Over most of the course it is wide enough for a strip of fertile bottom land along the river. The water wan ders from one side of the valley to the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-03
W4 T. LING FORD.

The civil suit of James Taylor of this place against Thomas Brice of Provi- dence, R. l., which was brought for $500 and was assigned for the first case to come up in the court of common pleas to-day, was withdrawn yesterday, the case having been amicably settled. The civil suit was the outcome of an assault committed by Brice and his son one evening on James Taylor, as the latter was going home from the shop.
 The Loyal Workers of the Advent church at their annual meeting New Years eve elected the following off, cers: President, Scoville $. Atkins; first vice president, Andrew J. Arthur; second vice president, George Johns; third vice president, Miss Carrie Hill; secretary, Mrs. Ashvel Andrews; treas urer, Mrs. Ebert Twining; organst, Miss Carrie Hill.