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WILLIAM H.. COMES OF AGE
The Crown Prince of Germany
and Prussia.
A FINE YOUNG FELLOW.
He Can Worry Along on His Income
Until He takes the Throne--He is
Carefully Provided for and Watched
BY the Empress.

All Germany is talking about the
eldest son Of the Kaiser, now coming
Of age.
The new lumlnary is Frederick
william, Crown Prince Of the German
Empire and of Prussia, who Will be-
come of age on May &. Politically
that means nothing, but 1t may he
of considerable importance socially,
for, as the Kaiser is away from the
capital two days out Of every three,
thh establishment of n second court,
with the Prince Imperial for It's head,
has in it the promise Of fuInllmcnt OF
certain duties toward society which
are now neglected.
1t is one Of the rules Of the mon
archial system TO exclude the success
sor TO the crown from the governing
kusinpss. He Is given no occasion 10
Iesrn the trade for which he is dcs
tinplSbR most arduous in the world
that Of kingship. A fifth wheel OF
the stagetoach until the very moment
that his predecessor closes his eyes,
ne Is permitted only to play at sol
diery under the tutelage Of political
Generals, and to dance, llrt, marry
and have children.
Nobody knows or cares what Kind
Of an army man Frederick william
will make; that he is young man Of
mods and becks and wrcathcd in
smiles is quite sufficient to assure
him an enthusiastic reception.
Frederick William, or william
III" as the courtiers secretly call
him. will have for residence an old
potsdam mansion known as Cabinet
House. because 1t served at one time
as headquarters to royal ministers
when they stayed in the little Ilavcl
capital.
So it happens that the young Prince
Imperial will have fifteen apartments
instead Of ten for living and social
purposes. The two houses which are
now being thrown into one will con.
tain, besides ample suites for a dame
du palais, a court marshal, cqucrres,
adiutants, civil and military aids,
chamberlans and tifty.cight body and
house servants That seems lot for
n little bachelor, but the Kaiser has
1900 domestics in and about his es-
adjustment
The walls of the great dining hall
will be coated with artificial marble,
and a big old painting which Fred
eriCk the Great discarded because It's
figures were even then hardly pcrcep-
tible will be set into the ceiling in an
hall will be lit be wax candles, no
one will see the difference. The re
CcptiOn rooms are all hung with silk
and furnished in the old style, with
remnants of sofas, chairs, tables and
mirrors out Of the collection mt Castle
Bellevue, where all castotf furniture
of the royal house is stored. Among
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that would put even the dcrccst can
nibal tribes to shame. In the pres.
ence of his fellow criminals, the
shrinking victim is dragged forward,
pinioncd securely and held tightly,
whilst the manipulation Of the burning
iron proceeds to mark the degrading
distorted features of the sufferer. The
smell Of burning flesh and the heart
rendng shrickS combine to produce Il
scene which is so nauseatng as to
defy description.
1t has been given out that the use
of the knout as a mode of punishment
has been forbidden by the authorl'
ties, but that is one of the many Spe.
cious pretcnses with which the Rus
sian Government seeks to impose up
on outraged humanity. The knout Is
as much in use to-day as it ever was.
Only Il few days ago a peasant at
Vitebsk, who had been driven from
the district on suspicion Of belonging
to a heterodox religious sect was dis
covered by the police who applied
the knout so severely to him that he
died,
1t was reported by the police that
the man had committed suicide in
prison. His fellow-wOrkmen learned
the truth and set fire to the barracks
I'm which the police were lodged, In
consequence Of this act some fifty
men and women were at once hurried
Off to Siberia.
Not long ago a child pupil at one
Of the government schools was de-
tected reading a book of fairy tales,
which, it seems, had been prohibited
by the censor, who thought that some
of the tales could be applied to Rus
sian political conditions. When ques-
toned as to where he got the book, he
said 1t had been lent to him by the
caretaker Of the school. This infor-
nation raised the greatest disturbance
imaginable. The principal of the
school reported the CaretakeTs ac-
tion to the government, with the re
suit that he took an early departure
for Siberia. This did not end the
trouble, for the school officials who
denounced the principals action as
mean and contemplate were prompt
ly banished from the province for
three years. As the decree included
all their relatives, 100 persons in all
were punished because harmless
lad was seen reading a harmless book
of fairy tales which is read by chill
dren in almost every language.
The especial object of official hatred
seems to be the working people. A
few weeks ago an instance occurred
at wilma, which will furnish a very
good example. A chimney-sweepe
who employed a large number of as
sistants to keep the Wilma chimneys
clean, was severely injured by a Wit
riol thrower, but was unable to tell
who had done him the injury It was
simply assumed that the vltriol must
habe been thrown by one Of the men
working for him. as workmen are al.
ways vicious and dangerous. COnse.
quently all the chimney.sweepers in
the town were sent to Siberia, except.
ing the one who was Injured.
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ATROCITIES OF RUSSIA.
How Siberian Prisoners are MutiIated
and Branded.

According to the reports of travel
ers, the treatment of political prison
ers I'm Siberia has become even more
rigorous than ever before, and new
victims are being eXlled in increasing
numbers.
TO add to the horror Of the situation
the government grant Of 100000
roublcs per year set aside for the
maintenance Of the political prisoners
has been cut down to 100, coo roubles.
This means that many of them are
literally starving to death In the pitt
less deserts of the north. Particularly
is this the case in the provinces OF
Verkhoyansk and KOlmsk, where
there is little means Of earning n
penny. Under the regulations these
exiles receive no allowance until proof
has been received that they have no
relatives left in Russia able to support
them. 1t takes about twelve months
TO get this information, and in the in.
term there is nothing but starvation
ahead for the exile unproyided with
funds.
The practice of branding those
among these poor wretchcs who, in
the estimation Of the Cars officials,
are the most dangerous, is brutal and
revolving. Men and women alike are
scared with hot irons in a manner
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Many Blind Russians.

Statistics which have just been COM
piled show that Of the 100000 totally
blind persons in Europe 1872, 900 are
natives of Russia, and this means that
out of every 500 subjects of the Gar
there is one who is deprived Of sight
In no other country do we find this
terrible affliction by any means SO
widespread. In Germany, France,
Great Britain, Italy, and Spain there
is only one blind person in every 1000
inhabitants. Russian oculists and ply.
sicians say that the reason why SO
many of their countrymen are blind
and so many others have defective
eyesight is because insufficient atten.
ton is paid throughout the country to
the ordinary laws Of hygiene, and
they maintain that Russians will con-
tinue to suffer in this way as long as
they keep themselves and their homes
in unhealthy condition
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-13
Khaki Note Paper.

Khaki letter paper is the latest, and
being linen it might be made out OF
the very material made into uniforms,
from its appearance. This may not
mean that It is altogether beautiful.
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GOLD IN JAPAN.
old Disgers Say There is a Regular
kIondke There.

Gold is now being found in large
quantities at TIokkaido, in the prov
lnce of Ktami in Japan. a territory
embracing six hundred and fifty
square miles, the central point of
which Is Mount HOro-NObOrn Is being
worked and with such splendid results
that old dggers have styled 1t the
Japanese Klondike. Almost all the
gold is found in little pools and
streams, which have their source IN
Mount Horo-Noborn.
Until recently there was only Il
small village in this district, the in
habltants Of which numbered about
four hundred, whereas to-day there
Is a fiourlshng city with a population
of more than eight thousand AS to
the exact yield of gold up to the pres
ent 1t Is not easy to obtain reliable
for the reason that the diggers are
very reticent on the subject evidently
fearing that If their good fortune be-
comes generally known, a host of adj
venturers will flock to HOkkaidO from
all parts Of the world. 1t is certain,
however, that one company, which
has been buying gold from the diggers
has exported niue hundred kilo-
grammes OF the pure metal within the
past nine months.
The gold is obtained in the most
primitive manner and much more east
ly than is the case in other well
known gold fields. The climatic con-
ditiOns at Hokkaido are also eXCep-
tonally favorable for this work The
right to search for gold can be pur-
chased from the government for a
small sum, yet it is said that many Of
the present dlggers have paid nothing
and that the ten policemen who are
empowered to sell concessions find 1t
impossible to collect a cent from many
of those who are daily gathering up
gold from the beds of the small pools
and streams.--N. Y. Herald.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-13
Cure for That Tired EeeIlna.n

THAT tired feeling" may be COM
bated by proper exercise, wholesome
food pure air, pure water, pure
thoughts; then will the temple Of the
soul be fit dwelling place, Learn to
economic your vitality. Snatch few
moments here and there for rest eth
er by full relaxation or change of Oc-
cupation. The man in the story who
hired out to the farmer never got tired
never got hungry, But the first day,
long before the noon hour, he was
seen sitting upon the pillow in the
shade of a tree eating a slice of bread
and butter He rested before getting
tired, ate before he was hungry.
While | have not followed his exam
pie, | cannot remember when | was
tired although | am never idle and
not infrequently average seventeen
hours work a day.-Edward b. War
man in the Ladies' Home Journal.
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William lid

the lot are many beautiful pieces, but
they are for show rather than for util-
ity. | wouldn't advise any of the
Princes guests to sit down hard on
the fauteuils and lounges,
Frederick William will have $780,
600 per year to live on this being the
revenue Of the titular DukedOm of
Gels left to him by the late Duke Of
Brunswick with the prOviso that on
ascending the throne he pass it over
to his eldest son. Besides that, he
has his salary as first lieutenant, and
such other benefits as his father may
confer upon him. AS he pays. neither
rent nor for his horses forage, nor
the royal house sees TO these minor
details, according to law passed by
Frederick William 1.-THE Prince Inn
peral ought to get along nicely on this
allowance, but it's ten to one that he
won't, particularly as he has to keep
up several residences in Gels, which
he will probably never have occasion
to visit.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-13
EARTH is GROWING.
Gains Weight at the Rate Of Five Hun.
dred Tons a Year.

The earth is growing heavier at the
average rate of 800 tons a year, The
meteOrs or shooting or falling stars
(of which now and again such brill.
ant displays rejoice the careful watch
ersJ in passing through the earth's at
mOsphere are burnt up and fall on to
the earths surface, occasionally in a
heavy mass, but most usually in small
meteOric dust. Prof Nordenskiold
from his great experience, estimated
that from the cause named, 500 tons
fall uniformly and steadily over the
whole globe in each year, and the OBJ
servations of Russian scientists yield
u similar result. These meteor streams
says another astronomer, are really
small planetary bodies, revolving
around the sun in fixed orbits by the
force of gravity. The earth reyolves
on its axis at the rate of 1000 miles
an hour, and speeds through space in
its orbit around the sun at the rate Of
1000 miles every minute, and in Aug
ust and November plunges into the
very midst of the meteOric stream GO
ing in the opposite direction. The rap
idity with which they enter our at
mOsphere, and the friction thus gen
Grated, are so enormous that they are
set fire TO, the smaller ones being con-
sumed and falling in dust while the
larger ones occasionally reach the
earth in the shape Of meteoric stone
or iron.
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Big Returns.

Papers received by the last Austral.
ian mail gives particulars of the final
work of winding up a syndicate whose
profits are probably the largest on
record. In June, 1898, ten Adelaide
men subscribed SIS each to form the
Coolgardie Prospecting Syndicate,
which sent mining prospectors to
West Australia Several rich proper
ties, including the Great Boulder, the
Associated Gold Mines, the IvanhOe
and the Lake View were discovered.
For these the syndicate received in
cash s7,5OO,OOO, and a number Of
shares which, II capitalized at present
would realize about $45,O00,000.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-13
Worlds Hottest Mines,

The hottest mines in the world are
the Comstock On the lower levels
the heat is so great that the men
cannot work over 10 or 10 minutes
at a time. Every known means of
mitigating the heat has been tried in
vain. Ice melts before 1t reaches the
bottom of the shafts.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-13
MAKING lntrenchments

In making intrenchments the pick
must be used front and rear. and
never across the trench, nor can men
safely work closer together at such
operation than four feet
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-13

From microscopic observation 1t has
been computed that the skin is per
forated with 1000 holes to the square
inch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-01
MAY BE LINCHED IF TAKEN.
St. Louis County Farmers Organize to
Put a Stop to Horse Stealing
in Their Midst.

Clayton, Mo-, Oct. 27.-"Halt; 40
vance and give an explanation of your
presence here! Where did you get
that horse you are driving?"
This is the command that a stranger
driving or riding along the principal
thoroughfares of ST. Louis county at
ter night in the next few weeks may
expect TO receive.
Aroused by numerous depredations
that have been committed in the last
few weeks by horse thieves, the coun-
ty farmers have banded together, and
agreed to take turns about at night
at p%atrolling the principal thorough
fares of the county. The association
was secretly formed at Clayton Thurs
day evening.
Secrecy was the watchword of the
meeting, as the 80 citizens who signed
the agreement to act as night guards
have agreed to lynch the first horse
thief they catch, and for that reason
they do not want their names made
public. Only one of them, F. W. San
guinet, of Clayton, would consent to
discuss the matter yesterday.
"The farmers of the county r in
earnest in this matter" said Mr..
Sanguinet. '"They have been aroused
by the boldness and frequency of
these thefts, and are determined that
they must stop. Fifteen of the men
will go O patrol tonight, the other
10 tomorrow night, and so on, alter
nately, until the outrages are stopped.
And woe betide the horse thief if he
should happen to fall into the hands
of any of these men,"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-01
''M'ARTHUR.'
MARTIAL LAW IN CANADA.
Labor Cub and Race Hatred
Lead to Declaration of Martial
Law at Valley Field, Quebec.

Montreal, Can, Oct. 27.-There are
now on duty at Valley Field, guard
ing the extensive works of the Do
non-commissioned officers and men OF
the Royal Scots, Victoria Rifles and
garrison artillery, augmented by a
bearer corps. The Victoria Rifles have
a Maxim gun. The sending of rein
forcements was decided on late
Thursday night, after the first de-
tachment of the Royal Scots had
come into collision with the strikers,
resulting in nine of them being
wounded.
The Scots were practically at the
mercy of the strikers, as Col. Ibbot-
son was unable to find a magistrate
who was willing to read the riot act.
The officers had to content them
selves with firing their revolvers into
the air. In the meatime, the men were
the targets for a fusilade of stones
and other missiles.
The town is largely French Cana
dian, and has at all times been a hot
bed of race hatred, eliminating in
trouble recently yer the employment
of Englishmen in the mills, where
there are some 1900 employees paid
by English capital. Although the
present trouble is on account of a re-
fusa1, on the part of the mill man.
agement, to recognize the union in
the matter of a demand for more
pay for the men working on the con-
s~truction of a new mill, the difficulty
has all the appearance of assuming
the old phase of racial antagonism,
fuel being added to the flames by the
presence of the British red coats
from Montreal. A detachment of the
duke of York's Royal Canadian hus-
sars Cavalry in under orders to pro-
coed to Valleyfield.
Only one striker was wounded
Thursday night. He IA shot in the
arm, and is lot seriously injured.
Four hundred more operatives have
joined the strikers. The town is now
under martial law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-01
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
The worlds Fair Amendments.

The indications are that state con.
s~titutiona1 amendments 4 and 5, re1at.
ing to the Worlds fair, to be held
in ST. Louis in 1908, will be passed by
a very large majority. Neither of
these amendments will impose any
burden upon the state taxpayer.
Amendment No 4, as already ex-
planned, simply authorizes the city of
st. Louis to sell bonds to the extent
of ST. o 900 in aid of the fair.
Amendment Nc. 5 authorizes the Leg
islature to appropriate a sum not ex-
ceeding one million dollars from the
debt and interest sinking fund for
a first-class Missouri exhibit. This APP
preparation will not come from rev
enue, but from the sinking fund, in
which there is a handsome surplus,
and hence there will be no increase in
taxation. 1t is argued that the in
crease in taxable values in ST. Louis
and elsewhere in the state will make
the investment of a million dollars 4
very profitable one. The state central
committees of both political parties
have Endorsed the fair project and the
amendments, and speakers through
put the state are recommending their
hearers to make the Worlds fair pos
sible by erasiDg the word "NO" after
Amendments 4 and 5 on the ballot.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-01
ALvoRD.s D~EFALcATIoN.
How the Missing Note TeIler's Boz
nanxa Was P~unctured-An In-
auisitfve Clerks

New York, Oct. 27.-In order to
make clear certain alleged misstate-
menfs, Vice-President Hine OF the
First national bank yesterday ex-
planned in detail some of the incidents
leading up TO the discovery of Alvord's
CRIME. In the first place, Mr.. Hine
said, Alvord had worked steadily n
without suspicion until afternoon of
the 18th instant. BY the merest acci-
dent. a clerk saw him make certain
erasures in the clearinghouse sheet.
and while he thought this unusual.
said nothing about it to anybody I'M
til shortly after four o'clock. BY that
time AlVord had gone, but it was ex-
pected that he would return, as he
had some work to finish.
When Alvord failed to return the
clerk who had seer him make the
erasures made casual mention Of the
matter to Assistant Cashier Backus.
The latter, without suspecting that
anything was wrong, looked over Al.
words balance, and soon found several
discrepancies. He was on the point of
leaving matters for Alvord's adjust
ment, when he decided to make a fur
Their examination, ard soon saw that
nan items had been deliberately fall
sified.
BY this time the suspicious of the
assistant cashier lad becom. very
much aroused. All the high officials
of the bank had gone for the day, but,
gathering a number of clerks, Mr..
Backus went hurriedly owe the note
tcller's books, and, in a few moments,
had overwhelming proof of Alvord,s
guilt.
Mr.. Hine did not say how Alvord
learned hat he was under suspicion,
but he confirmed the report that the
note teller returned to the bank early
on Thursday evening, and, seeing 9th
ers at work Upon his books realized
that he had been discovered.
Alvord had not been under surveil-
lance up to that time, although it has
been said that he was suspected as
early as the 10th instant. The bank
officials are convinced that he did not
go to his home the night of the 18th,
and they are also convinced that he
has not been there since the morning
of hat day.
Alvord's crime came to light exactly
three days after the national bank ex-
aminers completed their examination.
While the First national bank Off
GERS admit that Alvord's wrongdoing
is in no degree the result of any laxi-
ty on the part of the. examiners, yet
they seem somewhat annoyed at what
they regard as Misrepresentation on
the part of those attached to the office
of the comptroller of the currency at
Washington.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-01
DIR. LEYDS INTERVIEWED.
The TransvaaI Agent Speaks with
Reference to Former Presi-
dent Kruger's Plans.

Paris, Oct. 27.-Dr. Leyds, the
Transvaal agent, who is in this city
for a few days, was questioned by a
press representative with reference
to the plans of former President hru-
ger. He said:
"Most of the stories published on
the subject are imaginative. Nil.
Kruger will land at Marseilles, and l
shall GO to meet him. But it is not
true that I have seen NJ. Delcasse,
(the French minister of foreign af-
fairs) or hat I am in any way ar
ranging a reception. which win be en-
tirely in the hands of the French
themselves. Nothing has yet been
definitely decided upon as to the de
tails of Mr.. Kruger's stay in Europe.
But, Mr.. Kruger is an old man and
not accustomed to a cold climate, so
it is likely he will sojourn in the
neighborhood of Nice for the winter.
l have no reason to believe there is
any ground for the statement that
Kruger intends to visit President
Mckinley
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-01

81. II. Miller, proprietor of the But
Ter pottery and tile works, and an ex-
member of the city council.
William Ten Eyck, at his home in
st. James, after a snort illness with
pneumonia, aged 70. Mr.. Ten Eyck
had been a prominent figure in
Phelps county, and two years ago was
the republican nominee for repre-
sentative. He was born at Curwins-
vile, Pa, and came to Missouri 81
years ago.
DR.. G. w. Rothwell, widely known
throughout central Missouri, at the
home of his son-in-law, d. w. Will
Jams, north of Sedalia, aged SS. DR..
Rothwell was born in Albermarle
county, Virginia, his fathers farm
adjoining Monticello, Thomas Jeffer-
sons home. He graduated from the
University of Virginia, and, with his
bride, emigrated to Saline county, in
this state, where he commenced the
practice of medicine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-01

New York, Oct. 27.-Eggers & Helm
lein have received q dispatch dated
Port Cortez, Honduras, from Capt.
Montgomery Of the British brig
Carib, which sailed from New 4orll,
September 10 for Cape Gracios ard
other Hondrrian ports stating that
the Carib had beer run into by the
steamer Iberia and sunk and was a
total loss. All on board were saved.
The Iberia IL a Norwegian fruit
steamer, trsding between New Or
leans and Porto Cortez. She was
built at East Boston, Mass, in 1880,