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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
HORRIBLE CASE OF SUICIDE.
ally Cooked in Pagosa Hot
Springs.

Pagosa Junction, Col, Nov. 26.-Citi-
zens of Pagosa Springs were horri-
fed by the discovery of the body of a
man in Hot Springs. The body was
at once removed and it was found to
be literally cooked. The temperature
of the untempered water of the
spring is over 100 degrees.
Investigation disclosed the fact that
the man was a stranger who had CIV
en- the name of Smith and nothing
was discovered that would solve his
identity. He was without money, and
it is supposed he chose to commit sui
eide in this novel manner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
ways OF Helping the Boers.

Paris, Nov. 26.-The morning papers
suggest various ways of assisting Mr..
Kruger's cause. The Intransigeant
contemplates the formation of an in
observation-disclosures of journalistsat
the European capitals. with a view OF
discovering practical ways of helping
the Beers.
The Republique is persuaded that
If European governments would re-
mind Great Britain that she signed
The Hague convention, good would
follow, and that there would be no
risk in taking such a step.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
DrarueI for Train Robbers.

Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 25.-Seven
picion of having been implicated in
the Malvern train robbery. There ID
no evidence connecting them with the
crime.
From Stuttgart comes word that
five Malvern train robbery suspects
were taken from a Cotton Belt train
Friday night. They were all dis.
guised. They boarded the train al
different points along the road. Dep
uty Sheriff Smith believes they are
the robbers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
Mr.. Rfppey's Successor.

Says a Jefferson City special to the
st. Louis Republic: Who will sue
coed John r. Rippey as secretary of
the board of agriculture is OCCASION
ing some interest. At the next meet
ing of the board Mr.. Rippey will ten
der his resignation, after several
years of valuable service. The posi-
ton has a salary of $1,000 a year at
tached, and Will probably be sought
by a number. AT present the cahdi-
dates are NJ. V. Carroll, chief clerk in
the labor bureau, and George B. Ellis,
of Bates county, who represented
that county in the last legislature.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
"BIessed r Them That Do"

Mrs. Marian S. Murphy died in ST.
Louis, from nervous prostration, the
result of .oyerwork in the cause of
Christianity.
She was one of those noble women who
give their lives to cause of uplifting hui
mainly in our great cities. She had es-
tablished a Sunday-school, a home for
children whose mothers are compelled to
work; gave food to the hungry and cl 9TH
ing to the ragged; she visited the sick and
comforted the dying; and prayed that all
might find the SAVIOUR that she knew and
served. She was not rich. She said she
always asked the Lord, and He always
gave.
Hear the words our Saviour hath spoken,
Words of life, unfaiiing and true.
Careless one. prayerless one, heed and
remember,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
Said to Have No Foundation.

Says a Washington special to the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: An elab-
crate story of Missouri politics has
been printed in Washington. 1t set
forth an alleged intention on the part
of Secretary Hitchcock to retire from
the cabinet next March, and an
nounced that his successor would be
Richard C. Kerens, the member from
Missouri on the republican national
committee. Inquiry fails to show the
slightest foundation for the publica-
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
Mrs. Edwards Reelected.

Mrs. Jennie Edwards has been re-
elected state librarian by the judges
of the Missouri supreme court for a
second term of four years. Mrs. Ed
wards is state president of the
Daughters of the C~onfederacy, having
been recently reelected to that post.
In the last year she has been actively
engaged in solidifying the organiza-
ton and assisting in the work of rails
ing a fund to erect the monument to
the confederate dead at Springfield.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
Electric sawmiIl washed Away.

Tillamcok, Ore, Nov. 26.-By the
breaking of a dam, the electric saw
mill near Jacksonville was washed
away and destroyed. The mill was
situated in a gulch, and when the dam
broke above an immense body of wa
ter came down, carrying trees and
rocks. The rushing water took up the
mills and carried it a quarter of a
mile, completely demolishing it and
covering it with debris. The dynamo
and power house just escaped, as the
gulch widens out there. The loss
viii amount to many thousands.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
MORE OFFICIAL FIGURES.
Kansas shows a Slight Increase In
Population and Nevada N Fall
ing ON of Over Seven Per Cent.

Washington, Nov. 25.-The popula-
ton of the state of Kansas, as Off
cially announced, is 1,470,495 as
against 1,427,096 in 1890. This Is an
increase of 1890. or 3 per cent.
Washington, Nov. 25.-The popula-
ton OF the state of Nevada, as Off
cially announced, is 42,335 as against
45,T61 in 1890. This is a decrease of
1896 or IA per cent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

Samuel Swarts, a retired business
man of st. Louis.
Benjamin F. Nelson, supreme repor-
ter of the Knights of Honor, at his
home, 4454 Morgan street, ST. Louis.
". V. Hall, state tobacco inspector
during Gov. Marmaduke's administra-
ton, at his home in Huntsville.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
The Vote for Governor.

The vote for governor at the re-
cent election, as announced from JEFF
ferson City (not officially, was:
Dockery, DEM, 35O,049; Flory, rep,
317,9O2; Hills, prog. peo., 1857;
Stokes, prob, 5,194; Lipscomb, sol.
DEM, $3.50; Fry, soc. lab, 1918; scat
tering, 3. Total vote, 664,294. Dock
ery's majority owe all others, 1854.
Dockery's plurality yer Flory, 32,147.
In 1896 Stephens,d em.,received $751;
O62; Lewis, rep, 3O7, 1929. The total
vote for governor in 1896 was 663,942.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Dockery's Inauguration Day.
Says a dispatch sent from Jefferson

Says a dispatch sent from jefferson
City:
A wrong impression has become pre-
valent in many localities as 10 the time
the formal installation of the state OFF,
GERS recently elected will occur. Monday,
January Z, many think, will be the DAY
that Gov. cocker will take the oath
and be nducted into office. This is err
roneous. Inauguration day will fall on
Monday, January ii.
Under the constitution. the legislature
Is required TO meet On the first Wednes-
day after the first day of January. The
legislature viii, therefore, convene the
I'd of the month. The inaugural cere-
monies. however, will not be heid until
January Il. The constitution provides
that the term of office of governor, lieu
tenant governor and state officers shall b.
four years from the second Monday il
January, which day win fall on the 14th
In 1861.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
Fifteen Years for Robbery.

In the circuit court at Keytesville
DIR. ]. S. Va~ndiventer, indicted for rob-
bling John Rodgers, living in the
northeast corner of Charlton county.
pleaded guilty before Judge Butler
and was sentenced to the penitentiary
for Is years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

Mrs. Thomas Flournoy died at her
home in Philadelphia, on the night of
the ED, in her one hundred and first
year. She was the wife of Gen. Flour
noy, an officer in the war of 1912, and
her father was Maj. Roding Howell,
of Philadelphia, a distinguished SOL
der of the revolution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

The official vote of Ohio for secre-
tary of state is as follows: Laylin,
republican, 543,3se; McFadden, demo
crat, 47s,Os0; Laylin's plurality, Co.
500. Blackburn, republican, for dairy
and food commissioner, received the
lowest plurality of the candidates on
the state ticket, 63,o77-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
Lord BulIer of Lndy.mith.

London, Nov. 25.-Gen. Buffers
home newspaper, the North Devon
Herald, says it understands the rem
eral viii be made a peer when the
new years honor list is issued, and
hat he will assume the title of Lori
Butler of Ladysmith.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
Lord Roberts' Reque.t Refused.

London, Nov. 26.-"We understand"
says the Daily Express this morning,
"that Lord Roberts recently request
ed the government to send 10000 reg
ulars to South Africa to relieve the
same number still in the field. but
that his request was declined on the
score of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

Later reports from the cyclone
which struck northern Mississippi and
middle and western Tennessee, on the
goth, show a long and constantly
growing list of dead and injured
one statement being Ga dead and 100
injured-with great loss in buildings,
timber ana other property.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
Missouri school Statistics.

The forthcoming report of State
Supt. Darlington will show the follow
ing school statistics:
Total enumeration Of school chill
dren .......... -. .......... eS6, sss
schools .e.... -. 6s1. 6es
Average daily attendance ........ 440, G9l
school purposes .................$ 1916, Oi3
Number of teachers employed 80. 15,623
Average salary paid teachers.... 45.3G
erty ...... -. -. SIG, $50, 1Es
Average levy on 500 for school
purposes -. ...... ............ sic
Total state school and seminary
funds ...... . ............-...s 4,S97, 157
Total county township and spe-
clal fund -...--.-.. .-..............S o,lo1,ot0
Total permanent school funds....s 12. 5i3, S34
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee arrived at New
York, on the Goth, from Cuba. After
reporting at Washington, he viii go
to Omaha and take command of the
department of the Missouri, to which
he has been assigned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
Pardoned by the Governor.

Gov. Stephens has pardoned Charles
E. Bates. convicted, in 1895, in Cald-
well county, and sentenced to ten
years for murder in second degree.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

The Pan-German association has
taken up the cause of several hundred
Germans who were expelled from the
T~ransvaal by the British. 1t an
nounces that it will force the gov
eminent to make an energetic demand
upon Great Britain for adequate dam
ages"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
Noted DietIc Expert De.a.

London, Nov. 25.--John Lawson
London, Nov. 24-John Lawson
johnson, of Kingswood, Kent, the
noted dietetle expert, died at Cannes.
France, of syncope. He was born in
1889.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

United States Ambassador Choate
made representations to the British
foreign Office, on the 21st, IN the sub
ject of the Filipino junta at Hong
Kong. The foreign Office said it would
investigate the matter, and reply soon
as the reports of the authorities at
Hong Kong were received.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

The official vote for governor of Mis-
souri,, as announced on the 21st, gives
Dockery, democrat, a plurality over
Flory, republican, of 32,147. The total
vote was, Dockery, 35O,049, Flory 317,-
eO2.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
The population of the state of Penn.

The population of the state of Penn
sylvania, as officially announced by
the census bureau, is $780,, lis, against
5,25S,014 in 1890. This is an increase
of 1,044, 101, or 1913 per cent. The
population in 1850 was 4,2S2, S91, an in
crease of e75,123, or 22.7 per cent.
from 1880 to 1890.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

The population of Missouri, as Off
cially announced, on the 22d, is $780,
Cos. against 2,679,1s4 in 1890. This is
an increase, since 1890, of 427,4S1, or
1873 per cent. The population in 1880
was 2,16s,3S0, showing an increase of
51O,sO4, or 23.3 per cent. from 1850 to
1890.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
sY ELI D. K

Emperor William, in the name Of
the German empire. will present to
Paris Germany's imperial building at
the exposition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

Trinity college, the newly-founded
Catholic institution for the higher ed
ucation of women, was dedicated at
Washington, on the 22d, with impos-
ing ceremonies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

The official count for Nebraska,
made public on the 21st, shows that
McKinley's plurality in the state is
1892. The total vote of the state was
251,e9s. OF these Mckinley received
121, SIS, Bryan 114,o13-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

At the Old Bailey, London, on the
22d, F. F. Hodgkinson, a former Brit
ish ~vice-consul at Bremerhaven, was
sentenced TO Is months penal servi-
tude for trying to sell a foreign Office
code book to an agent of a foreign
power.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

Commencing July I next, it is pro-
posed to include the cost of the postal
service of Porto Rico and Hawaii in
the regular post Office appropriations,
instead of paying the same out of the
military appropriation, as at present
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
The German Imperial budget,

Berlin, Nov. 25.-A bin submitted to
the reichstag shows that the imperial
budget for 1901 balances at 2,240.947.-
301 marks, an increase of 174,3o3,2 sa
marks oyer 1900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

Grand Encampment of d Fellows.
The grand encampment of the Mis-
souri, Odd Fellows held its ffty-third
annual session at Clinton. The men,
bers were rendered a reception by
citizens, and were rendered a ban
quet by the local lodge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
Four Men Badly Hurt.

An engine jumped from a high tres
tie in Kansas City and fell into a 30
foot ditch. where the boiler exploded.
Four trainmen were badly hurt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

The population of Minnesota, Off
cialIy announced on the 10Th, is l.
Isl 1874, against 1,3O1,s2 in 1890. This
is an ~increaSe of 1866 since 1890, or
34.5 per cent. The population in 1880
was 7SO,733, showing an increase of
521.053, or Co.. per cent. from 1880 to
1890.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

The United States cableship Burn
side, carrying the full equipment of
apparatus designed to establish tele-
graphic communication between Ma
Mia and all the Philippine archipela-
go, arrived, on the 10Th, en- route, at
Colombo, Ceylon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
scene nefore the HoteI.

Randkerchiefs and flags were waved
and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed.
The scene before the hotel continued
for over an hour. A body of students,
bearing flags. attempted to march
past the hotel but were stopped.
Nothing daunted, the students broke
into cries and songs until Mr.. Kruger
again appeared in response TO their
demonstration, after which he re-
tired for luncheon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

Four hundred members and guests
of the New York chamber of COM
merce sat down at the one hundred
and thirty-second annual banquet of
the chamber at Delmonico's on the
night OF the goth. Morris K. Jessup,
president of the chamber, presided.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

The official returns from Kansas, by
counties, made public on the Goth,
show that the total vote of the state
was 349,e17. For president, Mckinley
received 1s7, ss1, and Bryan 162,O77.
For governor, Stanley (rep.) 179.407,
Breidenthal (fusion) 16s,s30. The re-
publicans Will have a majority of n
on joint ballot in the next legisla-
ture.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

Among the callers on the president.
on the 10th, was Prof. Albert Bush
nell Hart, head of the division of his
tory and political science at Harvard
university. He was introduced by
Secretary Long, and his purpose was
to present plans of a COMMITTEES
which had been organized to obtain
and publish facts relative TO the Phil
ippines problem.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

The gold deposits at the Seattle as
say Office from July 1 to November Is,
this year, amounted to S19,S27,0o0. For
the entire fiscal year ended June 80
last the deposits at that Office were
S13, 500, 326, and for the previous fiscal
year Sc, 504 ,9O5.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29

Commander Lucien Young. captain
of the port of Havana, on the Goth,
called for proposals for removing the
wreck of the Maine from the bottom
of Havana harbor. The bids will be
opened December Is next. The con-
tractor will be allowed until April 1
TO remove the material, and must en-
gage to use no explosives.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
For the Worlds Fair.

Aggressive steps to complete the
Worlds fair fund of $4,000, 900 are un-
der way at St Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
Seven Years old and Blind.
VIII Beneat winter wheat.

Three inches of snow fell in the
northwestern part of the state. The
snow will be a great benefit to the
winter wheat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
John Wntson KiIled.

John Watson, a farmer, was killed
by driving OFF a bridge on the coun-
try road near Boonville. Watson's
buggy slipped off the bridge.
Seven Years Old and Blind.
Mary Cook, years old, was
wounded in the head, at ST. Louis, by
a bullet from a cat rife, and will
lose the sight of both eyes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
Bareheaded and Bowling.

Mr.. Kruger, ~harheaded, bowed on
all sides, while the air was rent with
cries of "Vive Kruger" 'Vive les
Beers" Mr.. Kruger quickly alighted
from his carriage and entered the
hotel, but the mass of spectators was
not satisfied and the people shouted.
yelled and clapped their hands in
chorus until a window balcony opened
and Mr.. Kruger appeared
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
A Disappointing Error.
Driven to Hotel Scribe.

Mr.. Kruger entered this vehicle and
was at once driven off for his hotel,
amid enthusiastic cheering, which fol-
lowed him along the whole route
along the outer b~oulevards, across
the Place de la Republique, which was
a perfect sea of spectators and
through the central boulevards. He
arrived at the Hotel Scribe at 1880
q. III.
A large escort of mounted municipal
guards rode around Mr.. Kruger's car
riage.
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Hawaiian Jurors Must Read English

The last public school in Hawaii in
which instruction was given in the ma
tive tongue has been closed, and English
is now the official language throughout
the islands. For more than 50 years
dual system has peen maintained in
court proceedings All accused persons
had t6 be tried in Hawaiian language,
even although they could speak English.
In civil cases where one of the parties
was of native descent the jury was half
Hawaiian and half white The terri
torial act which made the islands Unit
ed States territory provides that only
persons who can read, speak, write and
understand English are eligible for jury
duty.-Youths Companion.
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BRYAN FhvORS FREE TRADE
AND ATTACKS PROTECTION.

In 81 Bryan's speeches in Congress, said
STATE ENiPHA11CALLY
STATE THAT CONSIDER 1T AS FALSE ECONOMY AND
VICIOUS L ATTEMPT
PRICE IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WHICH PURCHASE
ABROAD Prize EXCHANGE PRO
There Trade repeal of
all duties higher this abroad
II
Vol
122, 2f29):
What denounce tariff levied and solely
vicious political principle that this
particular industry
ciple vicious
a
Part I, 219)
BETTER is LITTLE WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS THAN GREAT
REVENUE WITHOUT RIGHT"
As if American
right down foreign religion
"A this
the high
religion. His
where himself
plicitly.
is gets
relig
LABOR BEWARE OF BRYAN
n
thus
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-31
GOODNIGHT.

Goodnight, my burden. Rest you there,
The wOrking-hOurS are over:
Poor weight, that had to be my care
And why. let time discover!
The Evening Star sheds down on me
The dearer look than laughter,
At whose clear call l put by all
FOrJdS me follow after,
Free, free-to breathe First Breath again,
the breath of all Hereafter!
Goodnight, hearts grief; and rest you
there
Until you're sure tomorrow;
Here's only place for that wide Air
More old, more young, than SORROW.
And though l hear, from far without,
These caging winds keep revei.
Oh, yet l must bestow some trust
Where Water seeks her level
Where wise-heart Water seeks and sings,
until she reach the level.
Josephine Preston Peabody in Scribner's.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-31
Support of the Old Soldiers.

Since 1867 the amount paid for the
establishment and maintenance of Sol
diers' Homes was $47, $685.
The appropriat for maintenance
year are.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-31

the Republican ticket, and all those
who are tired of hard times have got to
vote the Democratic ticket, if they
would expect any relief. w. j. Bryan,
1896.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-31
West Virginia Wool.

1899, washed, 27c to 35c.
1895, washed, lie to 14c.
No comment is necessary. 81 am for
free WOOL" said Mr.. Bryan.
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year are:
Bryan the Prophet,

The Republican party produces pol
icy that makes hard times. All those
who love hard times ought to vote for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-31
MANY STOCKHOLDERS
IN TRUSTS ARE WOMEN.

Four the largest corporations of Chicago including the National
Glucose Refining
Steel and Wire Company and the American Led Company have
public indeed "tus'"uss"
or sma n
lders in are omen
of
especially
dividends
Am. Steel Glucose America
Biscuit. Ref Lnseed
Total number preferred stockholders 23S 1919
Numbe
Number holding 10 shares less So4 50 1OS
Women eferreds
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-10-31
You Can Get 1t.
WHICH ARMY?

The only army
The American people have to fear
Is
AN ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED.
THAT MEANS HARD TIMES FOR
ALL.
If you want one like we had from
1893 to 1895 vote for Bryan.
AND YOU'LL SURELY GET IT!