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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
FIFTY-sEvENTH CONGRESS.


In the senate. on the 18th. Mr.. Jones
lArk) introduced a resolution extending
the han of congress and the American
p peS me 70 1 mam1ra his se an,Gm AND due dnri 1lnc the
battle of July 8, 1898, off the harbor of
Santiago. Cuba. 1t was referred to the
on naval affairs. The Vest
resolution looking t. the suppression OF
anarchy was adopted. Little other bust
the greater part of the day. in executive
session. to consideration of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty......The house was not
in session.
In the senate, on the nth, NO business
of Importance was transacted in the open
session. In executive session a large num-
In the house the first debate of the
session occurred on the bill to provide
temporary revenues for the Philippine
Islands. Several members participated,
but the feature of the debate was an i'm
passioned speech in opposition to reten-
ton by Mr.. De Almond (Mo.), who mas
Mr.. Robertson Oa.) supported the bin in
the interest of the sugar planters OF MS
state.
In the senate. on the 18th, two bills were
for Industrial schools. The first authorizes
an appropriation for the establishment or
bom nbabi SenTols The IN any ssco eodh pgyoVides a
system of education for the territories, in
Guiding the recently acquired islands. one
million dollars Is suggested for the District
of Columbia and SIS, 900, 900 for Porto Rico
and the Philippines. .....In the house the
bill to provide revenue for the Philippine
islands was passed by a vote of 163 to !2S,
three democrats from Louisiana voting
for the bill.
In the senate, on the 18th, the bill to
provide temporary revenue for the Phil
ippine islands was referred to the COM
mittee on the Philippines. At 12:O the
senate went into executive session, and at
l p. m. the senate adjourned until jan
uary 6......In the house, the session was
brief, the major portion of the time being
occupied by Mr.. De Almond (Mo.), speak
ing to a point of personal privilege. Be-
fore the house adjourned for the holidays
a special order was made for the consid-
Grafton of the Nicaraguan bill, beginning
on January z, and continuing until the
matter is disposed of.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

The house OF representatives, ON
the 10Th, decided to take up the Mica
raguan canal bill for consideration
on January z, and continue the same
until the matter is disposed of.
Rear-Admiral SIMPSONS case In
considered as well-nigh hopeless. He
knows little or nothing of current af-
fairs. He has even no knowledge of
the result of the Schley court of in
quiry, and is said to have long ago
lost all interest in the matter.
Fire, on the 10Th, in the Mcconnell
block, at GAINESVILLE, Ark, destroyed
property valued at $1,000 with but
little insurance. The loss includes
business firms.
The steamer Kanawha Belle, which
runs between Charleston, W. Va, and
Montgomery, went over lock No. 4 at
Paint Creek on her down trip, on the
night of the 18th, broke in two and is
a total wreck. Eight of her crew
were drowned.
At noon, on the 10Th, the bank at
Springfield, Ark, was robbed by one
man. No one was in the bank at the
time except the assistant cashier.
The robber got $1,000 and escaped in
a buggy.
The cadets of the Michigan military
academy at Orchard Lake, on the 10Th.
voluntarily and unanimously adopted
resolutions abolishing hazing in all
forms. Every cadet in the school
signed the resolutions, which are sim
liar to those adopted at West Point.
The official documents in the ia
nous John Brown case have been dis
covered in the library building at
Richmond, Va. They have been long
sought, and were only found by &C.
cidenf tucked AWAY in a corner
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
A NIGHT OF SUFFERING.
Car Ferry Disabled and Many of Her
Crew ScaIded with
Rescued by Life Savers.

Ludington, Mich, Dec. 23.-While
entering Ludington harbor Saturday
midnight, during a heavy southerly
gale, the Pere marquette Car Ferry
No. 16 struck a bar, disabling her
machinery and breaking the main
feed steampipe. Great volumes OF
steam instantly escaped. Mike Taft,
a coal passer, was scalded to death,
and two other Goa passers, whose
names are unknown, were also ter
ribly scalded. Many others who were
in the hold of the car ferry received
bad burns from the steam and sui
fered great h~ardships during the nine
hours which followed before they
were rescued. The accident hap
pened at midnight, and during the
night there was neither light nor
heat on the boat. The wind was Bit
terly cold. Great seas rolled across
the deck and ice formed wherever
the water fell.
The No. 16 arrived off the harbor
from Milwaukee at midnight after a
-tempestuous voyage. In spite of the
heavy seas and strong wind from an
unfavorable quarter. Capt. Charles
Thompson decided to hazard an en-
trance to the harbor. He would have
succeeded had not his boat, at an
unfortunate moment, sunk in the o
low of a big wave and struck the bar
with terrific force. The shock COM
pletely disordered the machinery of
the boat.
Left without power, the gar ferry
drifted against the north pier, where
she pounded heavily, stoving several
huge holes in her forward quarter.
T~hereupon Capt.Thompson o~rderedthe
seacocks opened, and the boat was
scuttled in 16 feet of water. Whenday
broke the ~life-saving crew, by e
of their cannon, threw a line to the
wrecked craft and began rescuing the
boat with their breeches buoy APP
paratus. The entire crew of 33 men
and the body of Taft were taken OF
the wreck in this manner. One by one
the men were hauled owe the churn-
ing ice on the suspended cable. The
operation occupied four hours and
was witnessed with breathless inter
est by an immense crowd of people.
It is believed that the No. 16 viii
prove a total loss. An attempt will
be made to pump her out to-day, but
unless weather conditions are per-
feet it will be impossible. Great
banks of ice surround the boat on all
sides. The boat and cargo are valued
al. 5000. 900 and are fully insured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
Death of Justice MeAdam.

New York, Dec. 23.-Justiee David
McAoam, of the supreme court of the
state, died yesterday, at a private
sanitarium in this city, from cancer
of the tongue. Last Monday the cam
cerous growth was successfully re
moved. The patient, however, sEf-
fered a relapse. A widow and four
sons survive Justice McAdam, who
was i65 years. of ge. He was horn
in this city. His term of Office would
have expired December 81, 1904.
Justice McAdam was the author OF
Many valuable legal works.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
Rarbarity of the Boers.

London, Dec. 23.-The war Office
has issued another lcng dispatch re-
ceived from Lord kitchener, detail
ing the murders of natives by the
Beers. One case is given of a wagon
driver who was captured from a Brit
ish convoy in the end of 1900 and
burned alive.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
St. Joseph,s Hospital Burned.

Says a dispatch from Marysville:
ST. Joseph's hospital wal almost COM
pletely destroyed by fire and the lives
of % patients were jeopardized; fatal
results being feared in several cases,
owing to the shock and the zero
weather into which the sick ones
were carried for refuge from the
flames. Loss, $4,000; fully insured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
The Cold Wave Was Severe.

The recent cold wave was the most
severe experienced in Missouri in De-
cember for a number of years. 1t ex-
tended over the entire state, and a
good puff of it went south into Ar.
kansas and Louisiana. At various los
calities people froze to death, and in
the cities there was much suffering
among the unfortunates.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
NO STORE Texns ON.

ST. Louis capitalists are interested
n scheme to build a large reservoir
on river front for storing Beaumont
oil to be brought in tank boats.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

At the combination sale of Armour
and Funkhouser p~ure-breed Here
fords, in Kansas City, IS head sold at
an r of $3.50 per head.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
she Want. to Go On the stage.

Says a New York dispatch: James
F. Roberts, a prominent st. Louis
lawyer, came to New York to search
for his wife, who, against his wishes,
had left home and chosen a stage
career.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
Cooperage Plant burned.

The plant of the H. D.. Williams
Cooperage Co., Poplar Bluff, the
largest factory of its kind in the
world, was destroyed by fire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

The house committee on agricul-
ture, on the 18th, fixed January 8 Tor
taking up the anti-oleomargarlne
question. at which time the various
interests will be assigned dates Tor
hearings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
MansIayer Exonerated.

Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 23.-Charfes
Bauer yesterday shot and killed
Charles Kinstler at Bauer's ranch,
eight miles southeast of Tempe. i
coroner's jury exonerated Bauer. The
trouble grew put of Kinstler's alleged
assault upon Bauer's wife.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

Representative Jenkins, of Wiscon-
sin. who proposed a constitutional
amendment to control trusts in the
last congress-, on the 10th, introduced
a measure of similar character for ii
constitutional amendment providing
for complete governmental regulation
-of trusts and other commercial cor
porations.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

Announcement was made, on the
nth. that Postmaster-General smith
had rendered his resignation and that
it had been accepted. henry u
Payne, national committeeman from
Wisconsin, was offered the position
and accepted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

The Belgian chamber of deputies,
on the 18th, shelved the resolution,
presented by NJ. Van Der Velde, the
socialist leader, on the 10th, to the
effect that an appeal be made to
Great Britain to take the necessary
steps to reduce the fearful death
ate in the concentration camps of
south Africa"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
Their Golden Anniversary.

DR.. and Mrs. J.. B. Johnson cele-
brated the golden anniversary OF
their wedding, at St. Louis, with a
quiet dinner at their home rendered
to the immediate relatives of the
family.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

Tt was officially announced n ber-
lin. on the Goth, that in consequence
of the murder of a German near Re
kin, August 5, rs members Oh the oano
found guilty of the crime had been
executed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

The treasury department has
a circular extending the prohibition
against the Importation of neat a I
tie from Australia and New Zealand
into the United States so as to IN
clude Hawaii, it being a territory OF
the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
MILES ON THE RACK,
The Commander of the Army Liable
to BE Reprimanded.

to BE Repriemanded.
Washington, Dec. 22--Secretary
Root had a long conference with the
president about Gen. Miles interview
and the action decided upon will be
announced later. The position of the
administration is that nothing which
tends to revive the Sampson-Schley
controversy will be tolerated in any
officer of the army or navy. In the
same connection, action will be taken
in the case of E. S. Maclay, whose
history of the naval engagements of
the Spanish war, attracted much at
tention. Mr.. Maclay is now employed
in the Brooklyn navy yard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
Hfa Home a Fodder shock.

The st. Louis county court has been
asked to provide a home for Henry
Jacobsmeyer, who has beer living in
a shock of fodder.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
Germany to Coerce Venezuela.

Berlin, Dec. 23.-It is stated on
good authority that the German gov
eminent is preparing for military ac-
ton against Venezuela in order to
compel settlement of German claims
against that country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
wa. secretary 30 LI HUNG chang.

Pekin, Dec. 22-William II. Pethick,
an American, who had been private
secretary and diplomatic adviser to
Ii Hung Chang for 30 years, died here
Friday. Mr.. Pethick inspired most Of
Ii Hung Changes progressive schemes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

Lord Pauncefote, the British am
bassador, called at the state depart
ment,o on the 18th, to confer with Sec
rotary Hay respecting the next steps
to be taken toward consummatlng
the treaty ratified, on the 18th, by
the senate, to replace the Clayton
Bulwer treaty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

President Roosevelt, on the 10Th,
sent to congress a letter strongly
commencing the plan for a national
forest reservation in h southern
Appalachian region.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
MISSOURI a NEWS
Recent Deaths.


p. T. Ellis, . retired merchant OF
pital, ST. Louis, of kidney troubles.
Mr.. Ellis was 70 years of age, and
had suffered for years.
Jacob Speck, one of the best known
of the older business men of St.
Louis. He was well-known in G. A. z.
circles.
Robert d. Patterson, wel1-known- in
business circles of St. Louis, at the
age of 20, after an illness of four
days, from pneumonia.
Mrs. E. NJ. Tyler, aged 90 years and
9 months, widow of DR.. Milton Tyler,
in ST. Louis.
J. Horace Miller, aged 20, of Hunts
vile, of heart disease. He was sit
ting in a barber shop at the time. Mr..
Miller was assessor of Randolph
county for a number of years, he al
so was deputy county clerk for eight
years, and at the time of his death
"a treasurer of the county.
John W. Paisley, n of the wealth.
est farmers of Nine Mile Prairie
township, Galloway county. The
cause of his death was paralysis. He
leaves three children, all grown. He
owned one of the finest farms in Cal
laway county, consisting Of 4s0 acres.
He was a breeder Of fine stock, and
grew wealthy.
DR.. John Stark, a well-known ply.
stefan and surgeon, who served on
the staff of Gen. Mcclellan in the civil
war, at Kansas City.
Col. Rockwell NJ. Thompson, for
mer1y publisher of ST. Louis, at San
Francisco, Cal.
Rev. Father Ward, q well-known
educator, at the Jesuit institution at
Florissant.
Thomas Kelly, n of the most
widely known men in the west during
frontier days, at his home at Liberty,
aged 81.
In 1887 he entered in partnership with
stages from Jefferson City to Van Buren,,
Ark. In 1S43 the firm of Price & Kelly Sc
cured from the government a contract
for a weekly mail delivery from Independ-
ence to Salt Lake City. Utah. h firm
of Price & Kelly also owned and operated
the great Santa Fe line between indie
pendence and Santa Fe. n. NJ. The civil
war ruined the stage business, and Mr..
Kelly went to California and engaged in
staging until the railroads came. when he
dren are prominent in California. Mr..
Kelly was a native of JoneSboro, Tenn.
Birth and Deaths in ST. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
A present to The Nation.

London, Dec. 23.-The prince Of
Wales presided at a meeting of the
governors of the Imperial Institute
Saturday. 1t was decided to present
the institute to the nation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
For the Murder of Her Husband.

The fling of the transcript has
begun the oase at PlattsRurg
against Mrs. Addie B. Richardson, for
the murder of her husband. The life
insurance companies promise q
strong prosecution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

Representative Hepburn, on the
18th. introduced a bill proposing that
the Marine Hospital service be known
hereafter as the United States Health
service. The bill considerably en-
larges the scope of the present serV'
ice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
president wants a quiet Week.

Washington, Dec. 24.-It is Presi-
dent Roosevelt's present intention to
in Washington during the
holiday week, but he desires to OBJ
tain,a respite from official duties and
will see only such visitors as have
urgent and important public bust
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
Three Year. for . Pfckpocket.

Joe Downey, alias yates" who
charged with stealing $2.15 from
the pocket of Thomas Barrett, at st.
Louis, was sentenced to three
years In the penitentiary by a jury.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

A deal has practically been closed
for the sale of the Topeka (Kas.)
street railway system to a st. Louis
syndicate for SIS, 200. The new com
pany will spend s~15o,OOo in improve
ments beginning with early spring.
The system has IA miles of rack
ACE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
Wac Worm Turns.

The St. Louis house of delegates
passed a resolution giving the Trans
it Co. 80 days in which to furnish
adequate transportation facilities.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

Acknowledgement Strang OF Okla
homa handed down an opinion. on the
18th, holding that Oklahoma school
lands al not be leased for town
site purposes. This affects the cities
of Mountain, which is located entire
" on school land and of Luther and
others, which T partly on such
lands.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

Seth Low took the oath of Office as
mayor of New York before n SUI
preme court of that state on h 10th.
Mr.. Low will assume office at noon on
January 1.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

Possibly the most remarkably feature
of the mortality statistics, as complied by
DR.. Reber. is the small number of deaths
from smallpox. Only six deaths from
variola were reported to the health de-
were more than 500 cases under treatment
turing the year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

Semi-offcial advices received IN
Washington, on the 18th, indicate
that active hostilities are about to be-
gin between Colombia and Venezuela.
The delay in proceeding to extreme
has been largely caused by the lack
of a suitable stock of arms and am
munition by the Colombian govern
ment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

The United States senate, on the
10Th, ratified the Hay-Pauncefote 18TH
milan canal treaty by the decisive vote
of 70 to 6. The vote was reached af-
ter almost five hours discussion be-
hind closed doors. The debate was
confined exclusively to a discussion of
the merits of the agreement and h
policy of its provisions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
Rox Crushed Ia Denth.

John Sc~hottenhofer, aged II, was
caught in a belt at the C~arondelet
iron foundry, St. Louis, and crushed
20 death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

On the 18th the navy departmentan-
nounced its final acceptance of the
battIeship Winconsin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
80 They Say.

ST Louis Cinnamon nave not yet
been asked to contribute to the fund
to haat the Chinese exclusion act
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

Theodore and Laura Jackson, the
aatter better known in h United
States by the name of Ann Odelia
Diss DeBar, were found guilty by a
iur in the Old Bailey, London, on the
goth, on charges of immoral practices
and fraud. The judge at once i'm
posed sentences of fifteen and seven
ear penal servitude upon jackson
and his reputed wife. respectively.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

Admiral Simpsons physician re-
ported, on the goth: 1.-THE admiral is
not in any immediate danger. He
poes out for exercise every day,
weather permitting. He smokes his
cigar after dinner. He is not feeble,
but just in impaired health. His
heart action is quite vigorous. His
life may be prolonged for manyyears,
or it may be very brief, so far as any
one knows"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

The bill to provide venue tempo
rarilv for the Philippine islands
nassed the house. on the 18th, by a
vote of 163 to 1913. Five republicans
-Messrs. Mccall, of Massachusetts,
battlefield. of Maine; Heatwole. Eddy
and Stevens, of Minnesota, voted with
the democrats against the bill, and
three democrats, Messrs. Robertson,
Davey and B~roussard, of Louisiana,
voted with the republicans for it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
Birth md Deaths in st. Louis.

Following is the record of births
and deaths for the city of ST. Louis
up to December 10, also the causes Of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26

A dispatch from Lord Kitchener
dated from Belfast (about halfway
between Pretoria and the frontier OF
Portuguese East Africa), received IN
Iondo on the 18th, announced thai
Commandment Ksitzinger, the famous
Buer commander who has figured sc
nrominently in connection with the
invasion of Cape Colony, a peer
captured, badly wounded, by Gen
French. Kritzinger was trying t1
break the blockhouse Gordon az Han
over road
The Florida star., 1901-01-11
THE island OF CORFU.
An Americas Tourist Visits the MedI-
terranean Resort.
[speeial COrrespondence.l

ISLAND OF CORFU. Dec. 15.vYou can
have no Idea what beautiful spot this
Is, with its blue Grecian skies and its
still bluer waters We are waiting for
Mr.. Leland's yacht, which is TO take
us on a short cruise around the island
You know that Corfu is the great re-
sort for winter yachting. The sail and
steam boats begin 10 come In as early
as November. so that now the season
is at its height a great many British
navy officers are to be found here. |
understand they prefer this island to
any other station in the Mediterranean
because shooting and cricket can be
obtained. and the hard. smooth roads
afford excellent opportunities for cy-
cling. AS far as the shooting is con-
cerned, Ii Is excellent We are not far
from Epirus. famed for it's wild boar.
deer. woOdcock and snipe.
Yesterday the three OF us-Mrs. Le-
land, Maisie and took a drive to the
famous AchilleoR. Just fancy It.!
Awhile ago there was plan on foot to
change this into gambling establish
ment What desecration that would
have been! Fortunately the emperor
OF Austria interfered, and ii now re-
mains as formerly. an imperial resi-
dence. The drive home was one never
to be forgotten. Maisie pulled ont her
sketchbOOk and her little tin box OF
water colOrs and tried to catch the ef-
feet OF the sunset on the water. We
are used TO these outbursts OF artistic
feeling on her part. so no one minded.
although the jolting Of the carriage
threatened to upset her little water can
at every minute.
All the way along our eyes were de-
lighted by picturesque bits-old ruins,
moss grown rocks. rare plants and foil
age and the country people themselves
clad In their bright costumes, which
have never been the least bit altered
since the days Of their great-grandfa-
theirs. The women are as a rule beau
tifuL In some cases they resemble an
cient statues. They wear their hair
dressed over very thick pads. the two
long plaits being adorned with scarlet
ribbon crossed and tied behind on the
nape OF the neck. The ends are flow
ing and visible under the gauZe or mus
lin bOlia. which. edged with blond or