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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-09-28
Dropring Their "Thees.

The New England Quakers are not
only abandoning the broad -brimmed felt
hat aud poke-bonnet, but are cropping
the use OF thee and thou in conver-
sation.
This change was inevitable. But be-
fore II goes roo FAR might be well Tor
the historians and savants 10 make an
at tempt TO preserve for future genera
tions picturesque record, such as mod
ern invention has made possible, of
Quaker garb ana speech.
Let the recording graphophone, to-
ether with IA first-class picture machine,
be employed Ihcn obtain the services
OF some obhgiug Reuben and CYNTHIA,
cad III Quaker ; costume " no should he
instructed 10 speak series OF Dialogues
in natural manner. accompanied by such
motions a. would gave hte TO the pct
ures, while the talking machine record
Ell the language
The Quaker AS he was, is precious
part Of American development His
sly le, manner ana method of using the
language should not be allowed TO
perish From ST Louis, Mo, Dispatch.
Next Tuesday night the Lincoln Re-
publican club Will organize cadet club.
The matter has been placed in Harry
Moore's hand and George Soper will act
as drill master. Suits and torches will
BE- supplied. The balance of the even.
ing Will be occupied by short local
speeches and music.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-09-28
Monte Cristo is Coming.

The Southers' Price Company will
hold the boards at the opera house. rC-
night, producing Alexandria DUNES
IN isterpiece. Monte Cristo This
cImpany carries all special scenery NJ c.
e'sary for the piece aud beautiful cos
TUNES, designed and made by Worth
o Paris. They are making feature of
The Great Chateaux Diff Dungeon and
the realistic ocean scene Mr Edwin
Southers has gained for himself wide
and well known reputation in the part
of Edmond Dantes and is supported by a
capable company of we'll known artists.
It is unnecessary TO go into details Of
the play of Monte Cristo" as the
majority of the people have read the
novel and know what it is.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-09-28
Lincoln Club Notes.

The Tuesday night meeting was a
rouser AS soon as the crowd was' sized
up ON the streets il was seen that the
club room would not hold near all the
people SOFT was necessary to open the
opera house. The people were amply
repaid for their trouble in coming out TO
the meeting as both speakers kept the
audience interested all the time. Rev.
Hafer very clearly defined his position
without any arrogance or bombastic
display of politics. Mr. Searl is very
convincing speaker and he quoted some
facts that the opposition can not and
dare not dispute. The club hopes TO
have Mr. Searl again before the cam.
paign is over.
The quartet sang for the first time at
the Tuesday night meeting, and certain.
ly did well for the short practice the
boys have had.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-09-28
Passed Peacefully Away.

For some time our people had expected
to hear of the death of Uncle" Henry
Stark, as he has been seriously i'll for
several months and no time was there
any hopes of his recovering, so that
when the news was circulated about
town last Saturday morning that he had
passed peacefully away it was no sur
prise to anyone The terrible disease
with which he has been suffering was
acute Bright's disease and his advanced
age it was impossible to hope for re-
covery. The funeral was held at the
house on Sunday the services being in
charge Of Rev. j X. Wooten, the new
NJ. K. minister. The remains were
taken to Stony Creek on Tuesday for
burial and were accompanied by Mrs.
Stark.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-09-28
When 10 Shoot

AS 1t is now open season for hunting
some kinds of game we deem it proper
TO quote some of the dates on the time
when certain game can be hunted We
do not give the game law complete as
that would take up too much space
but tn. law applicable 10 the kind OF
game III this locality is practically as
follows:
All wild duck and geese can be hunted
from Sept. TO Jan 81, but only from
one half hour before sunrise u one and
one. halt hours after sunset.
All large squirrel from Oct. lst. to Dec
3lst.
Partridge, quail, woodcock and snipe
from Oct goth TO Nov both.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-09-28
Auction SAFE of Horses.

O. + Chandler, the popular auction
Ger of Rutternntwill conduct an auction
sae # horse at Pe-e Marq tee stock
yards Ia Alma tOmorrow, commencing
al one o'clock p. m. Twenty-four head
OF al purpose horses Will be otfcled for
sale These are well bred Percheron
aud French Coach South Dakota horses
suitable for farm or livery, weight from
1000 to 1900 pounds and are from three
& six years old This will be rare
opportunity to secure good serviceable
horses at reasonable prices. The ladies
are cordially invited to attend the sale.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-09-28
Auction Sale.

Geo. Quick has bills out advertising
an auction sale to take place on his farm
two and one-h half miles east of Elm Hall
on Friday, October 9TH, commencing at
ten clock a. IN. A large list of live
stock, farm implements, household
furniture, etc. will be offered for sale.
Lunch will be served at noon. The
usual terms will prevail, and discount
of five per cent. will be made for cash.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-09-28
HELP is SCARCE.
Railroad Company Brought so Men frou
Detroit

Railroad Company Brought so Men from
Detroit.
The Lansing, ST. Johns, & St Louis
Railway Company have been unable TO
get help as fast as wanted and finally
brought 90 men from Detroit. Mr.
Norris, whois here this week, says they
offered 81 80 per. day, but farmers would
hire their men away from them TO cut
corn. They lost 30 men that way.
The Company is disposed to hire help
along the way if there is any help to be
had. They ought to have built this
road four or five years ago Coxey's
army was looking for work in those
days now the work is looking for Coxey
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-09-28
Appointments Made.

The following appointments for the
Alma Sugar Company have been an
announced by Land Commissioner
French: w. b. Scattergood, Ithaca,
inspector; John Coston, st. Louis,
weighman; +. j. Hasbrouck, Ithaca,
assistant Albert q. Beeson,
Sumner. tareman; Howard Willard,
Alma, assistant tare man.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-09-28
SPECIAL EXCURSION TO TOLEDO.

On Sunday Sep Both, the Ann Arbor
will give an excursion TO Toledo by spec.
ial train leaving Alma at .42 a. m.
Fare for the round trip 81 25. Return
ing special train will leave Toledo 8 80
p. m.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-09-28
A Girl Hung,

AS the people Of our little city were
passing down Superior street today on
their way to dinner, beautiful young
girl, about 20 years Of age. hung her
arms around her sweetheart's neck and
begged him to purchase two tickets for
Monte Cristo at the opera house tonight.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
PEACE PROPOSALS DECLINED.
Renewed Activity ON the Part of the ELI.
pinos Due t0TnsirucriOns From
the Hong Kong Junta-

Manila, Sept. 24.-The insurgent
demonstrations last week prove to
have been more extended than was at
first reported. From Cagayan and
Isabella provinces and the northwest
era districts of Luzon come accounts
OF insurgent operations and American
precautionary measures.
Merchants in the Province of Albay
are getting their hemp to Manila as
rapidly as possible, fearing that other
wise it will be burned by the insur-
gents.
At 10 lilo there was considerable
anxiety lest an uprising should occur:
but the insurgents there are ceasiug
their activity and returning in hite
clothing to the ~garrisoned towns OF
the district. As a resumption of in
surgent operations is considered quite
pr cbable, the Americans there are
taking the necessary steps.
The American casualties in Kllle1,
wounded or missing during the la Il
ter days approach one hundred, in
Guiding Sinilaon, at the east end of
Laguna de Bay, where the insurgents,
after the engagement, delivered ten
bodies of our dead.
Documents captured in Manila show
that the insurgents activity in this vi
cinity was ordered by rebels here, fol-
lowing instructions from the Hong
Kong junta.
Senior Buencamino has received
from Aguinaldo an answer regarding
his peace proposals. Aguinaldo de-
clines to consider them and declares
that he is unwilling to agree to a COM
promise.
Archbishop Novaldea, with Bishop
Hevia and ten friars, will leave for
Spain Tuesday. He goes to render his
decennia1 religious report. He says
he expects to return here. During his
absence the affairs of the archdiocese
will be administered by Monsignor
Chapelle.
The amnesty expired September 81.
and the conditions that existed previ.
ously have been resumed.
An ~insurgent proclamation, signed
last month by Aguinaldo, directing
that American prisoners be set at lib
erty; that good treatment be accord
ed captives, and that $40 be paid to
each American surrendering, has
reached Manila. Few prisoners were
released under the proclamation. Two
who rave just arrived from the Cables
district, report that the insurgents in
hat locality r. Gin better spirits"
than they had displayed at any time
since April.
Samar is short of rice, but, as the
hemp supply is abundant, the people
are shipping hemp to Bulan island
and smuggling rice in exchange.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
SALISBURY'S MANIFESTO.
Says the Government Must be Sus-
tained I'm Order to Secure
Peace In south Africa.

London, Sept. 24.-Lord Salisbury's
manifesto to the electors of the Unit
ed Kingdom, in anticipation of the
parliamentary general elections, ems
phasizes the necessity that the
queens government should be sup
ported by a strong parliamentary ma
jority as "the only means of convinc-
ing the inhabitants of the conquered
South African territories that there is
no hope of diverting the government
from their policy by persistent resist
ance or agitation"
After remarking that "al1 the re-
cent troubles in South Africa have
been due to a shift of parliamentary
opinion at a critical moment" the
prime minister goes on to say:
"It will depend upon the disposition
and conduct of the Beers how long an
interval is to elapse before their full
position as a British colony is at
tanned. The brilliant success Of Lord
Roberts army must not blind u to
the imperfections disclosed in our
own defensive armor, imp~erfections,
which, but for the war, imperfections,
remained ~unnoticed. 1t will be the
urgent duty of parliament and the
government to remove these defects,
a duty which certainly could not be
discharged by a ministry dependent
upon a broken party"
In conclusion, Lord Salisbury refers
to China as "a difficulty, among 9th
ers, confronting the government, and
requiring that the government should
be armed with a strong majority in
the house of commons"
He urges, that, in view of all these
stentions at the polls.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
FOREST AND GRASS FIRES.
One Hundred square Miles Burned
Over, with Immense Loss, and
still Spreading.

Santa Rosa, CAL, Sept. 25.-A forest
and grass fire which has been burn
ing in the vicinity of Occidental the
past three days, yesterday assumed
vast proportions. The fire has COW
cred a space of about one hundred
square miles, and is estimated to have
done over a quarter of a million dol
lars damage. Only by hard work was
the town of Occidental saved. The
fire is now travelling south, aided by
a strong north wind.
The North Pacific railroad lost sew
eral miles of track in addition to two
long ~trestles, one 219 feet, the other
300 feet in length.
Three county bridges are in ruins,
and about eighteen farms have been
swept clean of their buildings and
crops. The towns of Freestone, Bode-
ga and Sebastopol are in immediate
danger. Nearly a thousand people are
fighting the fire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27

WISDOM OF

I readily suppose my opinion wrong,
when opposed by the majority.
The liberty of speaking and writing
guards our other liberties.
Postpone to the great object of lib
erty every smaller motive and passion.
It is the manners and spirit of the
people which preserve a republic in
vigor.
A disinterested administration of
the public trusts is essential to perfect
tranquility of mind.
Whenever things get so far wrong as
to attract their notice, the people, il
well informed, may be relied on to set
them to rights.
The information of the people at
large can alone make them the safe,
as they are the sole, depository of our
political and religious freedom.
Let us deserve well of our country by
making her interests the end of all our
plans, and not our own pomp, patron
age and responsibility.
The only orthodox object of the in
stitution of government is to secure
the greatest degree of happiness pos
sible to the general mass of those asso-
ciated under it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27

Gen. Chaffee and Gen. Barrows, sec
ond in command Of the British troops
in China, held a conference, on the
Goth, and decided to dispatch an An
glo-American column, 1900 strong, to
San Hai-Tien, under Gen. James III.
Wilson, Gen. Chaffee's chief of staff,
to capture the arsenal there and dis
perse the Boxers.
The remains of Gen. J. A. Nc
Clernand, who died at Springfield, ILL.,,
on the Goth, were given an imposing
funeral on the 22d, of quasi public
character. The Masonic order had
charge of the services. An grafton
was delivered by Rev. T. d. Logan of
the First Presbyterian church. Inter
ment was at Oak Ridge cemetery.
The Boer army, retreating before
Generals French and PoIe-Carew, has
virtually d~isbanded. The refugees
who nave entered Portuguese terri
tory have destroyed their artillery
and will now be disarmed by neutral
officials. Other commanders are go
ing to pieces in every direction, and
only a few bands Of guerillas remain
in the field.
The w~est-bound New York-St. Louis
KnickerbOcker freight train was
wrecked at the Big Four depot at
Muncie, Ind. \ broom handle wedged
in a crossing frog by miscellaneous boys
derailed the engine. The big mogul
plowed up the two tracks, tore down
a water tank and was half buried
when she stopped.
The Boston Journal that
former Gov. Roger WOlcott will not
accept the post of ambassador to
Italy, rendered him by President Nc
Kinley. lie has notified the state de-
partment by cable from Europe, and
also by letter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
DALLAS IN
The Trinity River Rising at n Rapid
Rate.

Rate.
Dallas, Tex, Sept. 4.-The Trinity
river is higher tonight thar IL has
been since 1890, when it broke all rec
ords. The water tonight lacks only
six feet of reaching the 1890 mark,
and is still rising. Owing to heavy
rains last night and yesterday on the
Elm Fork, the West Fork and the
Clear Fork, all of them emprying into
the Trinity above Dallas, the prospect
is favorable for the stream going past
the 1890 mark some time tonight
No lives have been lost IN the imme-
date vicinity of Dallas, but cotton
and live stock, notably sheep and
hogs, have suffered heavily.
The county commissioners of Dali
las estimate the loss of three county
bridges at $4,000, Independent of nu-
merous small bridges and the streets
damaged in the county of Dallas.
which would be nearly as much IRE
The item of damage to the roads and
bridges alone in the dozen or more
counties affected in northern Texas
will be about $25O,00o.
A bulletin received here this even
ing from Fowler, in Bosque county,
says: "Brazos river out Of it's banks;
higher than in IL years, and is going
higher. The big rise will reach Waco
tonight"
Fowler is about fifty miles north of
Waco.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
MISSOURI A NEWS.
Texas to Missouri.

Gov. Stephens received the follow
ing communication from Gov. Sayers
of Texas:
Executive Office, State of Texas,
Austin, Sept. 14.-19O0.-His ExcelIen-
cy, the Governor of Missouri, Jeffer-
son City, Mo-: My Dear Governor
Yours of the 18th inst, with inclos-
ures as stated, has been received, and
for which I thank you very much in
deed. I am also greatly indebted to
you for your proclamation, in re-
Spouse to which many contributions
have been received from your people.
A small section of the coast part of
out state has suffered very severely,
indeed, not only in the loss OF life,
but also of property.
Again thanking you most sincerely,
not only for your personal contribu-
ton, but also for your kindly offices,
I am, very sincerely,
JOSEPH d. SAVERS,
Governor of Texas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
DONE BY TRAIN ROBBERS.
Nebraska and Idaho the Latest
Scenes of Bold and Sue
cessful Operations.
AN EXPRESS CAR ROBBED IN NEBRASKA.
Idaho a Little Man, Masked,
Played q Lone Hand on q North
ern Pacific Train, RObbing
Sleeping Car Passengers.

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 23.-Four
masked men held up the express car
on the ST. Louis-Portland train of
the Burlington, at the village of
Woodlawn, a few miles northwest of
Lincoln. The men commanded the
express messenger to open the local
safe for them and allow them to go
through it.
Didn't Tackle the Through Safe.
The through safe, which the mes
senger could not open and which con-
tanned a large sun of money, was not
molested. The robbers secured a very
small amount from the local safe.
After going through the safe the men
left the express car and disappeared.
The train left Lincoln shortly after
midnight and it is supposed the rob-
bers boarded it at this place.
Many Stories AfOat.
There are many stories afioat here
concerning the hold-up. A young
man who came in from the scene said
the engineer vas struck over the
head with a revolver, and that the
pockets of the passengers were rified.
The railroad authorities deny this
story n say no money vas secured
except from the local safe. They ad-
init the engineer and fireman were
covered with revolvers and were COM
PEELED to stop the train, but say
neither was hurt.
CreRt Over the Fender.
The four robbers crept over the
tender to reach the enginemen. The
fireman was ordered to detach the ex-
press a from the remainder of the
train, but this he was unable to do.
The Burlington company has offered
a reward of $500 for the apprehension
of the robbers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
MORE TROUBLE FOR TEXAS.
Breakfast Rise Ever known In the Cosorada
River-TrinIty River Higher
Than since 1890.

Austin, Tex, Sept. 24.-Gov. Sayers
wired tonight to all points south of
here notices that the most terrific
flood in the history of the Colorado
river. which flows by this city, is now
surging down through the mountain
gorees to the northwest of here, and
is expected at this place by midnight.
The warning was sent out by Gov.
Savers in response to the following
telegraphic warning:
"Goldwaithe, Sept. "a.
$50 Gov. Sayers:
Notify all towns on Colorado river
and have own notify country points
that river is ten feet higher than
even before known, and is still rap
idly rising. Very urgent.
"PHIL II. CLEMENTS,
state Representative"
The river has been rising rapidly
at Austin since four o'clock this after
noon and reports from Goldwaithe at
S D.. m. say hat the water is still rap
idly rising there. The rise at that
point was reported to be 50 feet at
dark. Along the Colorado watersheds
very heavy rains have fallen during
the past four days, and the rise re-
ported coming down now is 20 feet
higher than the one that broke the
Austin dam and wrecked the city light
and power plant last April.
1t is expected that the dvanc OF
this great rise will sweep by Austin
about midnight, and all parties in the
lowlands to the south of the city and
all points reached by either telegraph
or telephone were communicated with
by the governor with the warning to
escape before the food arrives.
Great alarm is felt as to the result
of the rise.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
Tourist Car Passengers Screamed.
SURVIVED HIS WIFE A WEEK.
Death of Joseph e. Bates. n Former
Mayor of Denver. After a
Long Illness.

Denver, COL, Sept. 23.-Josepn j.
Bates, mayor of. Denver in 1872 and
1885, died at 3:4O a. m, one week af-
ter the death of his wife. He had
been ill for a long time. Mr.. Bates
was born in Chautaqua county, n. Y,
in 1885. His youth was spent in Michi-
gan, and he was a pioneer settler in
Colorado, where he was engaged in
mining and mercantile business.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
BIG FIRE I'm BROOKLYN.
Grain Warehouse and on
the Dock Partially
Destroyed.

New York, Sept. 23.-Fire partially
the large grain warehouse
and elevators on the Atlantic dock,
Brooklyn, causing a loss of $4,000 to
buildings and contents. The ware
houses are owned by the Brooklyn
Wharf & Warehouse Co. The individ-
ual damage to stock was: Nash, Whit
ten & Co., $4,000 bushels of oats, and
the Lyman Grain Drying Co., 1000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
stilI DesnoilIng the Beers.

London. Sept. 23.-The following
dispatch has been received:
Pretoria, Friday, sept. I'll
Methuen completely routed a Boer
convoy at Hart River, west of
Klerksdorp, and recaptured a Is
FOUNDER lost at Colenso. He also cap
tured &c wagons, 5000 cattle, 1000
sheep, 10000 rounds of ammunition
and % prisoners.
"Hildyard occupied Vryheid Sep
TENDER 1o, turning out the Beers from
a strong position. The British casn-
alties were few"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
THINKS THE WAR A MISTAKE.
But Admits That Its ResuItsAre IRE


London, Sept. 24.-Mr. John Morley,
liberal, member for Montrose burghs,
in his manifesto, declares that his
opinion has not changed that every
thing might have been attained in
South Africa without war.
SIN a single year." he says, ""the
work of a generation in uniting the
Dutch and English in South Africa has
been undone, and not v in Ireland
has the difficult race problem been
more miserably m~ishandled."
Mr.. Morley admits, however, that
it is impossible to revoke the procla-
nations of annexation
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
SWEEPING ALL BEFORE TT.
ALI Western and Northern Texas
swept by Floods.

Houston, Tex, Sept. pa special
from Goldwaithe says there has been
no loss of life, but that the rise in
the Colorado river has swept all
bridges away and destroyed cattle and
crops. Many houses have been le-
stroycd and n thousand families are
homeless, although they escaped to
the highlands.
A special from Llano says the LlanO
river, a tributary of the Colorado, is
II feet above normal and has done
much damage in the valleys. No loss
of life has been reported.
Reports from various points in west
ern and northern Texas are to the eff
feet hat all the small streams nrc
greatly swollen and are sending n
large volume of water into the larger
streams.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27
St. Louis Exposition.

The seventeenth annual St. Louis
exposition was opened on the night
of the nth, under most suspicious cir.
cumstances. At $50 o'clock every en-.
trance to the great building was
thrown open, and for an hour there.
after steady streams of people poured
through all of them. 1t was estimat,
ed that at least $4,000 persons at
tended,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-27

The London Times, editorially com,
mending the invitation to the public
to subscribe for the relief of the Gal
weston sufferers, says: THE present
occasion does not call for a Mansion
House fund, inasmuch as there is no
question of the readiness and willing
ness of the American people to minis
ter adequately to the needs of the suf-
ferers; but the British public will be
glad of an opportunity to give proof
of friendly feeling for the United
States"