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The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-19
Secrets DiScovered ~ ~
* +BY Arctic VoYafers.
StSSttStS1ttHtBHJ

The search for the north pole has
resulted in wonderful scientific dis
coveries and lasting benefits to man
kind. Some Of the rarest secrets of ma
ture have been disclosed Gen. Greely
says: Within the Arctic circle have
been located and determined the poles
of the triple magnetic forces. Study Of
barometric pressures in the far north
has given a better understanding Of
the climates of northern America. Eu-
rope and Asia. Soudings of the sea,
aerial temperatures, and photographic
surveys in the Arctics have given birth
to that most satisfactory and impor-
tant theory of vertical interoceanic
circulation. A handful of dried Arctic
plants enabled a botanist to forecast
the general character of unknown
lands, and in fossil plants from the
north another scientist has read the
story of tremendous climatic changes
that metamorphosed the face of the
earth. The tides of. the Arctics have
added to our knowledge of the influ-
ence of the stellar world upon our
own"
Nansen says: "The highest results
are those associated with the hydro
graphy Of the great oceans; the OBJ
servations needed for the further
knowledge of storms. and magnetism
with its relations to the compass, the
telegraph and the telephone"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-19

pals and set them to digging and wad
ing. All that week the farmhouses O
Coney island were besieged by bare.
foot children with pals and shove.r
begging a chance to come in and get
warm. Before they were comfortably
settled at the fire the newspaper man
would rush in and drag them of to the
water.
Here. here" he would say, "you
have come to dig in the sand and
splash In the water, and you've got to
do it."
At the end of the week, when he re.
turned his squad and started in to ge:
new supply, the inhabitants of the
"sweltering tenements' rose enmasse
laid him out with clubs and rocks and
def1ed philanthropy. Worst of all, tn
paper had to pay the resulting doctor
bills in order to hush up the story.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-19
Si.lNlNi'Nlyy' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
81 FMDFD0D WIIIIAMe Wi Reward Money <
TlTLkVk WlLlAFI =, For Rescue of e
~ Pekin Lega.
- RIG Ri ~ tions Now g

Emperor William of Germany has
quite neat little bill which no doubt
he will soon be called upon to settle
and in all likelihood. when it is prop
erly presented, he will pony up like
a little man. 1t will make quite a
hole In his pocket change and maybe
he will have to let two or three new
uniforms go unordered and unmade
for few months, for the bill promises
to be considerably over 100000, a
sum not very small for even an En-
peror to pay. The obligation was self
imposed and came about in a manner
now pretty we'll known to the world.
At the time when the greatest alarm
prevailed with regard to the fate Of
the foreigners in Pekin the Kaiser.
prompted by one of his customary
generous impulses, made 1t known
through his naval and consular repre-
sentatives in China that he held him
self ready to pay reward of 1000
taels or more for every foreigner then
In Pekin who was rescued safe and
sound. 1t must be added that at the
time the lot of the foreigners at Pekin
seemed absolutely desperate. Now,
however. nearly every foreigner shut up
In Pekin at the time has been rescued.
There are considerably over 1000 Of
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-19

settle the problem as to the ellipticitv
OF the earth's surface, which enters
into every computation of area or di-
dection. Until the exact figure of the
earth is known no boundary line can
be run with precision, and dangerous
rocks and shoals can not be indicated
with accuracy. Until then, tables in
nautical calculations can not be set
tied.
The north pole is the mathematical
point at the northern termination of
the earth's axis. Whether land or
water be there. the phenomena of the
sun during the polar day or of the
stars during the night would indicate
Its position.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-19
Savagery of
PHILIPPINES

Lieut.. William Weaver of the Thir-
ty-second United States volunteers. who
has just returned to Kansas from the
Philippines, tells of barbarities prac-
ticed by Filipinos upon American SOL
diers. He says that outside of the
Macabebes. who are friendly to the
Americans, the Filipinos are most
cruel.
six men were killed in Dinalupija-
ham," said Weaver. "and l do not think
there was man that had fewer than
10 bullet holes in his body In tho
case of one American soldier. it look
I'd as though the muzzle of the re-
volvsr had been placed right in his
sye and fred. He was stabbed also
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Lo and *
Electricity
iiiliiIilIilliE

A happening which is claimed by
local electrical experts to have been
the most remarkable in the history
OF electric lighting occurred the other
night at the subpower station of the
Montana Power Transmission COM
pany. at the foot of Montana street,
says the Anaconda Standard 1t was
a human being short-circuiting an
electric current of 1000 horsepower,
or $4,000 volts. and escaped without
so much as a slight burn. The cir
cult was that which the Montana
Transmission company manufactures
at the big water power plant on the
Big Hole river. The current is brought
to Butte. distance of 20 miles, at a
pressure of $4,000 volts, and at the
substation, at the foot of Montana
street, Is reduced for consumption In
the city. The wires carrying this tre-
mendous voltage enter the building at
the substation and are carried to
switchboard which stands a few feet
from one of the walls, and is by the
mechanism of this switchboard divert
ed to the step-down transformers.
which do the business Of reducing the
pressure.
Here Is where the great American
indian makes his entrance into this
very unusual tale, which is the story
OF how one lone red man brought to a
standstill the entire business of cor
poration worth more than 81 1,000, 900.
South of the city is the camp OF band
OF Cree Indians, and in travelling to
and from the city the Indians have
to pass the subpower station. One
OF the tribe had been in the city dur
ing the day and had filed up on fire.
water till his natural means of loco
motion was considerably impaired,
and the consequence was that when
ne reached the light station he con-
Guided to take rest. The night was
rainy and cold and he looked about
Tor shelter. The station is ALWAYS
kept locked at night, but Lo found
an open window and crawled inside
What he next did is a forceful exem-
plification of the saying: Fools walk
boldly In where angels fear to tread"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-19
HIS BRAID SHORT
CLRCUITED A
l5OOO>VOLT
CURRENT.

The electricians employed at the
station would no more think of step
ping behind the big switchboard than
they would of seizing hold OF the
wires themselves, for to the ordinary
white man it would mean almost GER
tain death. But Lo was not up in the
greatest Of modern sciences, and the
place, therefore, had no terrors for
him. 1t was warm behind the switch
board and that was just the place he
was looking for. He walked or stag
gered in and leaned his back against
the wires, which carried enough cleo
tricity to kill a regiment of soldiers
at one time.
There was great flash, which for
second lighted up the station bright
er than calcium. Then the machin-
cry slowed down almost to a stand
still and the lights all over the city
went out. The men at the station
knew something had happened at the
switchboard and went to look. All
they found was a grimy redskin lying
quivering on the floor. They could
wv nv was aoI QCdu, uOWSfcl, anu
they hauled him out and examined
him. There was not the slightest evil
dence about him that he had come
in contact with the current. except
that his hair was singed
Looking further the men discovered
the mystery of what had happened.
The Indian had worn his hair in a
long braid hanging down his back.
While out in the weather the braid
had become soaked with rain, and
when he went in and leaned up against
the wires the braid touched one of the
wires Just at the back of his head,
and, dangling. came in contact with
another just below it. This caused a
short circuit and slowed down the
plant, and the Indian never so much
as got a shock, but his braid was cut
off as smooth as it could have been
done with pair OF shears.
If the Indian was not up to date
in one respect, he evidently is in an
other. as it is stated that he notified
the company Of his intention of bring
ing suit for damages for the loss of
his braid
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-19
Stripped Dead
Americans and
Built Fires on
Their Breasts.

in the neck and breast with bayonets
Here is another example of their
cruelty. Harry Easter Of Emporia and
Mcdonald of Iowa, two of my COM
pany, were killed instantly. Harry
Easter was shot in the neck and the
other man was shot in the back of the
head. Only about 20 of the company
were with them and they were attack
ed by about 250 Filipinos The Ameri-
cans fought the Filipnos an hour and
forty minutes. They had to leave the
dead, and when they came back the
rebels had stripped their bodies of all
their clothing. They had built fire
OF sticks and grass on their breasts,
We rescued the bodies. however, be-
fore they were burned"
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-19

them, a number of Americans being
comprised in the party.
The Berlin newspapers estimate that
1t will cost the Emperor considerably
over 81 100000 to pay the full amount
and. assuming that their monarch in
tends to settle, they are urging him
to restrict the award Of the money to
the German officers and men who tooh
part in the relief of Pekin. Unfor-
tunately. however. for this line o.
argument, the American, English, Jap
anese and Russian troops were first
to reach the Chinese capital, where tn
German contingent did not arrive un
til the legations had been relieved and
the city had been already two days in
the possession of the allies.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-19
Caleb Powers and Number "1s..

Powers. the Kentuckian convicted of
completely in the murder of Goebel
may be excused If he put some faith
in the idea that thirteen is an unlucky
number. He was nominated for Office
June 13, 1899; arraigned July 13, 1900,
as one of thirteen conspirators named.
was defended by thirteen lawyers: his
sweetheart was the thirteenth witness.
the evidence showed that 1900 soldiers
were ready to defend him; he gave
Culton $1,000 to pay the expenses Of
the mountaineers; he took $1,000 with
him when he fed; the evidence closed
The Grit-advocate., 1900-10-19
Studying Our Schools.

An American woman, Mrs. Harriet
c. Fay, is conducting party Of eigh
young Mexican women, lately gradu-
ated, on tour of the United State
for the purpose of examining tn
schools. The state Of Vera Cruz pays
all the expenses. They have visited
st. Louis, Chicago, Buffalo, New Yor
and Boston.
1t is impossible to be Just if one i.
not generous
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
TO INSURE AGAINST STRIKES.
Austrian Manufacturers Comb ine for
Mutual Protection, but Admit
the Right to Strike.

Washington, Nov. Ga number of
Austrian manufacturers nave formed
an association for insurance against
strikes, according to United States
Consul Hossfeld at Trieste. 1t is the
object of the association to indemnify
it's several members for all losses. sus-
tanned by them from unjust strikes
which may break out in their respect
i've establishments.
When a strike occurs a committee
will be appointed to investigate all the
circumstances, and if the cause of the
strikers be found to be just no IN
demnity shall be paid.
A similar insurance association, al
though on a smaller scale, is said TO
have been organized in Germany.
Both the Austrian and German assoc
Citations, it appears says Consul lAoss
field, recognize in principle the just
ness of strikes which is in Germany
at least an important concession to
labor"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
MISSOURI STATE E w
The WORLDS Fair Amendments.

Chairman Atkins of the republican
state central committee ana Chair
man Seibert of the democratic state
central committee have issued joint
notices to voters and 20 precinct COM
mitteemen on constitutional aiaend-
ments Nos. 4 and 5, relating to the
Louisiana Purchase Centennial of
1908. The notice calls attention to
the fac that the fourth amendment
authorizes ST. Louis to issue SIS, 600, 900
in city bonds in aid of the fair, and
that this can not possibly affect state
taxes. 1t also directs attention to the
fact that Amendment No. 5 author
ICES the legislature to appropriate
from the sinking fund a sum not ex-
ceeding one million dollars for a state
exhibit. Attention is directed to the
fact hat this appropriation comes
out of surplus, and not out of cur-
rent revenue, and will not increase
taxation. The appeal concludes with
the statement that the Worlds Fair
will attract millions of dollars of cap
ital to Missouri and benefit all classes
alike. Also that it can not be held
unless these amendments carry.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
SENATOR DAVIS BITTER.
His Condition Much Improved and
No DANCE of Amputation
Appreciated.

st. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 6.-Last even
ing DR.. a. j. Stone, the physician in
charge of United States Senator Davis,
told a press representative that the
slight operation On the senator's foot
yesterday afternoon showed it to be
in much better condition than either
he or DR.. Murphy had expected to
find it, and that only the simplest
kind of an operation had been leces-
sary in order to clear away a passage
for the pus thai had collected under
the foot. The former operation had
been over the top of the foot, and this
one was under the foot in the same
as the first. The had
revived from the slight operation, and
he considered him the "liveliest corpse
in the United States senate today"
He insisted that there had been no
question of amputation-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
Unite I'm General Manifestation OF
sorrow at the of
Senior Sagrario.

Havana, Nov. 5.-The funeral OF
Senior Sagrario, former Spanish con-
sui general, which took place ycster-
day, was the occasion of a general
manifestation of sorrow. The remains
were taken from the Spanish Casino,
where they had lain IN state for two
days, at nine o'clock, and escorted to
Colon cemetery by a procession head
ed by the Spanish consul, Senior
Tamayo, secretary Of state and gov
eminent; Senior Gener, secretary OF
justice; Gov. Nunez, Bishop Sbarretti,
Mayor Rodriguez and other Cuban of
fcials. There were over five thousand
in line, including the hremen and the
Spanish clubs. The funeral march was
played by Cuban and Spanish bands.
Senior Sagrario came to Cuba as
Spain's representative at a time when
the feeling between Spaniards and Gu
bans was very bitter. To his efforts
the present better feeling is, in a
great measure, due. and the Cuban
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
DISMISSED THE PETITION.
tion of the Estate of Million
atre Davis, of Montana.

Boston, Nov. 6.-Jndge Grant of the
Suffolk probate court yesterday dis
missed the petition brought by ii. A.
Rootveny, asking for a partial dis
tr;bution in Massachusetts, of the es-
tate of the late Andrew j. Davis, the
Montana millionaire, in accordance
with the decree of the court in Mon
tana, which affirms a compromise.
Judge Grant said that it did not
seem equitable at this time to grant
the petition, since the application APP
peared to have been made with a view
to evade liens filed in Montana against
the interest of the petitioner and 9TH
ers.
Mr.. Rootyeny's petition is only a
side issue in an extended litigation
lei the estate of the dead mining
king of Butte, which has been before
the courts of Massachusetts, and Mon.
tana for several years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
BASEBALL AT SANTIAGO.
Americans Win International Game,
bat Meet StiR Opposition from
the Cuban Team.

Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 5.-An inter
national game of ball played here yes
terday afternoon between Cubans AND
Americans, resulted in a victory foc
the Americans by a score of 8 to 4.
The Americans, whose team included
two former members of the National
league and several collegians, were
greatly surprised by the stiff game
played by the Cubans, who had been
practicing daily for some time.
The Cuban team included several
graduates of American universities.
The athletic club has arranged a
meeting for Thanksgiving day, with
a regatta in the forenoon and bicycle
and other track events in the
afternoon. Valuable prizes will be of
fered by local merchants.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08

Investigation by the health Depart
ment Of New York into the cause OF
the explosion which wrecked Tar
buildings, has developed the fact that
the firm had stored in the building,
without a permit, 1000 gallons of
aniline oil, which is more destructive
than gun cotton.
Gen. Leonard Wood, commander of
the department of Cuba, appointed
Seniors Llorente, Castro, Rivera and
Quesada as a commission to arrange
the opening ceremony at the consti-
tutional convention.
: One hundred and five of the cadets
at the Culver military academy at
Lake Maxinkuckee, Ind, were sum-
marily dismissed, on the I'd, for in
subordination, the commandant de-
claring that it were better the bats
and owls should find refuge in the
halls than that INSTRUMENTATION to dis
cipline should gain a foothold.
Abel P. Upham, a government tea
expert, committed suicide at his resi-
dence, in Chicago, by taking carbolic
acid. Illness brought on by excessive
tea tasting is said to have been the
of the act.
The daily tale of British casualties
in South Africa is heavy. During the
month of October the British lost 1877
killed in action, including Is officers;
II who died of wounds, 367 who died
of disease, % who died of accidents
and 81 captured or missing.
Arthur Harris, the negro who
stabbed Policeman Robert j. Thorpe
to death, in New York, on August
-, and who was convicted of murder
in the second degree, V a sentenced,
on the I'd, to life Imprisonment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
ANOTHER STORM AT NOME.
InnumerabIe Small Craft DemOl-
ished, but No Lives Lost
Other Damage Done. 7

Seattle, Wash, Nov. Ga specia!to
the Times from Port Townsend, says:
The steamship Charles Nelson ar
rived yesterday morning, ten days
from Nome. She reports that four
days prior to her sailing Nome beach
was swept by another severe storm,
which did much damage to small ship
ping and to such buildings as owners
were unwise enough to commence
constructing on the beach after the
September storm. On this occasion
while the damage done was heavy,
there was no loss of life
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
Making saelffactory Progress.

Washington, Nov. 5.-Minister Con-
gers last advices to the state depart
ment indicate that satisfactory prog
ress is being made by the ministerial
corps at Pekin toward the arrange
ment of a basis upon which negotia-
tions shall be had with the Chinese
government for a final settlements.
The ministers have passed upon the
question of punishment, and, also.
upon several other important points,
which are to fgurei in 1.-THE negotiations.
The results have not been made pub
lie
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
TO SMOOTH AWAY FRICTION.
A Commission Gone to Shan Hal
Kuan to Help Settle the
Camping Disputes.

Pekin, Sunday, Nov. "A commits
sion consisting of the senior staff Of
fcer of the forces of each power TAX
ing part in the Chinese campaign is
proceeding to San Hal Kuan ION the
gulf of Liao-Tung),in order to smooth
the friction between the allied COM
manders regarding the places to be
selected for occupation by their re-
spective forces.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
Swallowed Morphine.

Joseph DAILY, an eX-confederate sol
der, swallowed morphine at No. 1926
Lucas avenue, st. Louis, where he was
employed. He was found in an I'M
conscious condition, and was re-
moved to the city hospital, where it
was said that he could not recover.
The old veteran was sick and despond-
ent is given as the cause.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
secretar, of states once.

The secretary of state reports hav-
ing received and paid into the state
treasury and fees for the
month of October, 1900, as follows:
Domestic corporation tax, 1850;
bank inspection fees, $1,512.05; no.
tarial commissions, $685.; foreign cor
poration tax, $500; miscellaneous
fees, $3S2.85; land department fees,
$24.75; recording railroad contracts
S4S.sO; total, $6,323.45.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
CoWARDLY ASSASSINATION.
A Jealous Man Shoots His Neighbor'a
Wife and Tries to XIII Her
husband.

Lacon, ILL.,, Nov. CIV. ]. Linn, alias
Jack Gordon, went TO the home of
Jacob Schafer, ten miles east of this
place, called Mrs. Shafer to the door
and shot her, killing her instantly. He
then fired at Schafer, missing him.
Linn was arrested a few hours later
at Wyoming, IL miles distant, and is
now in Jail in this city.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
Electric Cars i'm Collision.

Cincinnati. Nov. 1.-Two electric
cars on the Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg
& Aurora electric railway collided
yesterday near Cloves, owing to a mis-
understanding of orders. The cars
were wrecked and IL persons were in
lured, some seriously, but one fatal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
Keffer Cauchf N.,n,,r

Springfield, O., Nov. 6.-The board
OF election yesterday afternoon re-
fused to grant registration to Gen. J..
Warren Kaifer. The general threatens
to bring mandamus proceedings. He
was out of the city campaigning on
the regular registration days.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
INDIANA AND FLORIDA.
Official Totals of the Population of
the Two States Made Public
b. the Census Bureau.

Washington, Nov. 6.-The popula.
ton of the state of Indiana, as Off
cially announced by the census bu-
reau, is 2~,516,462, as against 2,192,4oi
in 1890. This is an increase of 324,05s,
or AT per cent.
The population of the state of Flor
ida, as officially announced by the
census bureau, is s,542, as against
391,422 in 1890. This is an increase of
137, 120, or IS per cent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08

Lord Wolseley, speaking at the Cut
ters' Feast, in Sheffield, Eng, on the
1st, touched on army reform, and said
that the greatest need was that the
public should be enabled to judge be.
tween a commander-in-chief who
urged reforms and a treasury which
refused to supply the money to carry
them out.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
Henry Roger. Rearre.ted.

Henry Rogers, who, ON August 10,
Drained Jesse Walters, at Decatur
vile, and then escaped, was r~esrrest-
ed at Seligman and taken to lebanon
by his captors. Abe Rogers, wLo is
under Indictment as accessory to the
crime, is yet at large.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
In Memory of Eugene Field.

State Superintendent of Public
Schools w. 7. Darlington requested
that the schools throughout the state
observe November 2 as Eugene REID
Day. This request vas carried cut in
many schools, both in towns and coun-
try districts. In ST. Louis the schools
observed the day by devoting Ipout
an hour to reading Fields work. and
recitations of his poems by the schol-
arS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-08
Escaned From .IaH.

Fred Erie and Frank Murray es.
capped from the Jail in Savannah at
night, by saving through the roof.
Erie is charged with the murder of
Guy Speelman and H. K. Speeth,
whose bodies were found near Savan-
nah July %. Murray is charged with
stealing SIT from James Wilson.