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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Attitude of the State Department
In the Case of Miss Stone, the
Missionary Captive.
SENATOR GALLIAGER AND THE TARIFF.
Commission of Herbert Pierce, OF
Massachusetts as Third Assistant
Secretary of State Si~gned-Presi-
dents Thanksgiving Proclama-
ton CabIed to ManiIa.

Washington, Nov. 16.-It is said at
the state department thai no authori-
cation has been SEM to Consul-Gener-
al Dickinson to exempt from punish
ment the brigands who kidnapped Miss
Stone, as one of the conditions of her
ransom. In fact, our government has
not authorized any promise whatever
to be made that would bind it's hands
in dealing with this subject in the fu-
ture, OF that would prevent it either
from insisting on the punishment of
the brigands or from lodging a de-
mand for full indemnity for the
ey which may be paid owe as ransom
for Miss Stone. There is no DISPOSE
ton to disavow any of Mr.. Dickin-
sons acts, but the officials here are
confident that he has not compro-
matte rank it is left to Mr.. Spencer
Eddy, United States charge d'affaires
at Constantinople, to make any repre-
sensations of a diplomatic character,
and that he is exercising his function
in hat direction is exhibited in the
character of the representations he
has been making to the Bulgarian
agents at Constantinople. These rep
reservations make it evident that the
ton for a claim that Bulgaria is prop
erly responsible for what has oc-
CURED, though for prudential reasons
the details of the negotiations are
withheld from publication.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
EX-OUEEN LII IS COMING.
In Search of Health and the PrOtec-
ton of revenue from Haw wall
an Crown Lands.

San Francisco, Nov. 1S.-Former
Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii, who ar
rived here Saturday, is combining
business and pleasure. Besides seek
ing recovery of health, she has come
to consult with the federal authorl-
ties relative to the crown lands IN
Hawaii. These were sequestrated by
the revolutionary government at the
time the monarchy WAS overthroWn,
and no attempt has since been made
to reimburse her for the loss of the
crown revenues, amounting to some
500, 900 a year. The Territorial leg
islature passed a bill appropriating
$780, 900 for the crown lands, u
President Dole vetoed the bill on the
ground that there was not sufficient
money in the treasury to pay it.
Subsequently the Legislature offered
to grant her a pension of $4,000 a
year, but she refused to accept the
money for the easOn that it would
place her on the list of charitables, a
step that was repugnant to her.
Before the annexation of the ISL
lands she was advised by competent
attorneys to sumbit her claims to
England for arbitration. The crown
lands are over a million acres in ex-
tent, and are worth about $4,000 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
TARIFF FACTIONS FoRMINa
The Republican Party In Rapidly
Going to Pieces Over the Pro-
lection Policy.

It il evident from the dispatches
from Washington to different organs
of public opinion that the republican
party is getting to be more and more
a house divided against itself, so far
as the question of protection is on
cerned.
There energies a faction which is
opposed to any disturbance of Ding
leyism, either by direct legislation or
by treaty. This extreme bourbon fac
ton assumes to have control of the
organization of the new house of rep
resentatives, to have exclusive posses.
sion of the key to McKinley's last
speech and to be able to dictate the
policy of congress in both branches.
A second faction energies which
favors abandonment of the extreme
Dingley duties on most things and
resort to reciprocity treaties with all
nations which will let down their
tariff bars against American products
in return for the letting down OF
our bars against their products. MIR.
McKinley's last speech indicated that
he had determined to put himself at
ShS ANo0 VI Wills 1dSblON NAS va
p~ectation of making it dominant.
There energies also a third faction,
which proposes to attack the Dingley
duties directly, but only such of them
as are for monopoly solely. This fac
ton, of which Mr.. Babcoek is a con-
spicuous leader, sees no possible ex-
cuse for tariff protection of Amer
lean producers of articles which they
sell in foreign markets not only in
open competition with all corners, but
in face of hostile tariffs.
While the first of these factions has
recovered from the CONSERVATION
into which it was thrown by Mr.. Nc
Kinley's Buffalo speech and now
claims to be the whole party, the 9th
ers are by no means disposed to cor.
cede the claim.
Mr.. Babcock recently returned from
Europe as firmly resolved as ever to
push his bill to deprive the monster
steel trust of protection. He showed
that the steel monopoly could turn
out products cheaper than they could
be turned out anywhere else in the
world and that it was in fact using
the Dingley duties merely as an in
strument for the practice of eXtor-
ton upon the American people.
Senator Cullom, representing the
reciprocity faction, has declared with
in the last day or two that the peo-
pie of the west are generally in
favor of reciprocity treaties and tar
if concessions as the pest means of
charging their foreign markets."
Representative Prince, of Illinois, is
quoted as saying that he expects a
stubborn fight during the coming ses-
sion for lower duties by treaties or
by direct legislation.
Western constituencies are tired OF
paying high prices for merchandise
sold to foreigners for low prices and
tired of seeing foreign markets closed
against them in retaliation for our
high duties. But it is extremely
doubtful whether they will ever OBJ
tain relief through the republican
partv-Chicapo Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
PRO-BOER DEMONSTRATION.
British Fishing Smack Attacked by
Crew of "a Dutch Fishery
Boat in the North Sea.

London, Nov. 1S.-An extraordinary
demonstration of pro-Boerism is re-
ported by a Brussels newspaper. 1t
seems that a Dutch fishing boat be-
longing to Ymtidon, while off We'll
ingen 1ightship, in the North Sea, pre-
tended to be in distress and APP
preached a British smack. Thirteen
fishermen from the Dutch boat board
ed the British craft and attacked the
crew of the latter, shouting Long
Live the Beers" Several of the Brit
iShers were wounded.
1t is alleged hat before making
the attack the Dutchmen locked their
captain in his cabin.
The British smack succeeded in es-
Gaping and arrived at Ostend, where
the captain lodged a complaint with
the British consul.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
PLANS SOMEWHAT ALTERED.
Louis Worlds Fair to Be
Larger Than First

Washington, Nov. 17.-The confer
ence between the members of the
government board of the ST. Louis
Worlds fair and the supervising ar
chiteet of the treasury, who has had
the work in hand of preparing the
plans for the government building,
has resulted in a decision to alter the
proposed plans in some particulars.
The change will not necessitate a
change in the style of architecture,
but Will affect only the dimensions of
the building. The conclusion at first
reached was to construct a building
725x14S feet, with a loggia extending
along the front. but included within
this area. The desire of the govern
ment board for more a has re-
suited in a decision to have the build
ing S50X120 feet. The size of the
building to the rear of the main build
ing, which is to contain the fish ex-
hibit, Will not be altered. 1t will be
130x130 feet. The loggia or colorado
will be erected outside the area in
Dictated, thus carrying out the original
style of architecture. The board be-
lieves that the long and narrow build
ing will be much more satisfactory TO
the exhibitors than a building as pro-
posed. 1t will permit a central aisle,
near which nearly all, if not all, of
the exhibits can be placed. This will
insure good places for all government
exhibits and prevent rivalry and the
charge of favoritism in making as
signments of space to the different
departments. The total space which
will be secured by the changed
plans will be 1O2,0 900 square
feet. An allowance has beer
made of 27,5Oo square feet for
the aisles. Twelve government depart
ments are to be represented, and the
new arrangement will give the prin-
cipal departments at least 1,5GO
square feet space than they had
at Buffalo. The space to the smaller
exhibits from the government will be
proportionately large.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
MUI|NY VICTIM IS DEAD.
J.B. Waldrupe, the Guard Wounded
During the Military Prison
Mutiny, Dead.
He WAS A SOLDIER OF THE SPANISH WAR
The TvTenty-Six Mutineers are Now
Liable to Be Tried on the Charge
of Murder-Frank Thompson, the
Negro Supposed to Have Fired
the Fatal Shot.

Leavenworth, Kas., Nov. III. B.
Waldrupe, a guard at the Fort Leav-
enworth military prison, who was
shot during the mutiny at that insti-
tuition On November Z, died, Saturday
of his wounds. Twenty-six m%utineers
now become liable to a charge of
murder. 1t was generally supposed
that Frank Thompson, the negro who
led the revolt, fired the shot that
caused Waldrupe's death. Thompson
is one of the II convicts who have
been captured since the outbreak.
Waldrupe was born in Greenback,
Tenn, in 1876. He served in Cuba dur
ing the Spanish var in the United
States volunteer signal corps, later
becoming a guard at the prison. Dur
ing the mutiny Waldrupe was sta
toned in a tower on the stockade. In
a fight that ensued he was shot in the
hip. He fell to the floor but raised
himself and fired into the crowd, kill
ing Quinn Fort, one of the ringlead-
ers. A moment later Waldrupe, while
in the act of firing again, was struck
between the eyes with a pistol bullet.
Then several convicts ran up the tow
er to secure weapons. Waldrupe, al
though mortally wounded, dubbed
the first man down with his rife, but
was too weak to further defend him
self and was then rescued by other
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
A GIGANTIC CONSPIRACY.
q New Republic Out OF the
Northwest Territory.

San Francisco, Nov. 1s.-The Call
prints an unconfrmed story from
Skagway, Alaska, under date of No
vember 6, telling of the discovery OF
what is alleged to be a huge con-
spiracy existing in Dawson, and rami'
flying to Skagway, Victoria, Vancouver
and Seattle, for the overthrow of the
local government of the Northwest
Territory and the establishment OF
a republic with Dawson as its capital.
According to the details of the
story, arms, ammunition and provl-
sions have been taken in over the rail-
road and cached at stragetic points.
Prominent American residents OF
Skagway are said to be ~ringleaders
in the conspiracy. Miners to the
number of 5000 r said to await the
summon to arms, ready to fight for
the independence from Dominion rule
of the gold fields, camps and towns.
The plan is to overpower the mount
ed police, arrest the civil authorities
and take the government into their
own hands. The rigors of the Arctic
winters would give the insurgents six
months immunity from attack by Ca
madam or British troops, and the adj
yenturous arch-conspirators hope for
intervention or outside assistance by
the time the melting of ice and snow
will permit the invasion of their iso-
lated republic.
1t is further related that a hur-
ried conference until midnight was
held at Skagway November 5, at
which were present Capt. Corrigan,
of the Northwest mounted police, who
had arrived from cross the Canadian
border late that evening; Judge
Brown, of the United States district
court; United States Marshal Shoupe;
United States Attorney Frederick and
Maj. Hovey, commanding the United
States troops at Skagway.
This was the last of several hasty
consultations between the civil and
military authorities of the two pow
ers in relation to the mysterious
transportation of supplies into the
interior and rumors of a conspiracy
to lead the miners in a revolt against
Canadian government in the North
west Territory. Those present main
tanned subsequently the strictest 81
lence concerning the new evidence
laid before them, and their evident
anxiety helped to confirm the rumors
of conspiracy.
Capt. Corrigan took a train back
across the border the next morning,
while United States Marshal Shoupe
embarked on the first steamer for Sc
attic, which port he reached several
days ago. The object of his visit was,
presumably, to confer by telegraph
with the authorities at Washington.
He sailed Saturday afternoon on the
Dolphin, on his way back to Skagway.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
sKYLIGHTs TO BE TABooED.
of the Big Exhibit buildings at
St. Louis Worlds Fair.

ST. Louis, Nov. 1S.-SkyIights are 10
be tabooed in the big exhibit build
ings of the Louisiana Purchase expo
sition.
This was one of the general prop
ositions which the commission of
architects set before itself to be fol-
lowed" says Mr.. Isaac Taylor. "The
buildings Will be lighted from win
dows in the clear stories, and in Ian
terms or monitors above. 1t is de-
sirable always to have the light COM
ing from as close as possible to the
top of an exhibit building. Skylights
supply good light, but there are rad
zeal objections to them.
I'm summer skylights are hot. The
sun pours down directly through
them, and it is hard to screen a sky
light without shutting out the light
entirely.
again it is very hard to make sky
light water tight, especially large
areas of skylight. such as would be
needed in the exhibit buildings. The
beating of the sun on them expands
unequally the glass and the material
in which the glass is imbedded. Some
thing must give way, and usually the
joints separate. This makes leaks, apd
water pours in on the exhibits. Sky
lights need constant patching.
1.-THE exhibit buildings in which
massive machinery will be housed will
be equipped with travelling cranes, as
was done at Chicago, to be used both
as exhibits and as aids il the INSTALL
ing of the big exhibits. At Buffalo,
the exhibitors in the electrical and
machinery buildings complained bit
terly of the absence of facilities for
the handling of their big castings. In
the installation, special devices for
lifting the parts of the machines had
to be rugged up by individual exhib-
itors."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
QUESTION OF THE TARIFF.
Protected in Line to Defeas
Babcock's Plans for q
ReyiSi0n.

CONGRESSMAN GrosveR CT, OF ONO,
Familiarity known as h "MehlncSy
tabulator' and as the mouthpiece or
the late presidents administration in
the house of representatives, has
been inspecting the returns OF the re-
cent elections, and he says that the
returns mean that the protective
tariff is no more to be revised or
modified than h Ten Command
ments.' This is not in line with the
last speech made by President Nc
Kinley in Buffalo, the day before he
was assassinated, nor is it in line
with the public ~utterances of Mr..
Roosevelt while still vice president.
For disguise it as they may, and qulb-
BILE over words as much as they
choose, the republican leaders know
as well as we do that reciprocity is,
in effect, a modification of the pro-
t~ective tariff system as heretofore
practiced and understood, and that
it amounts to an entering wedge in
the direction of tariff reform,
through the reduction of the present
almost prohibitive duties.
Such declarations as this of Mr..
Grosvenor's would seem to mean, if
we assume that he is well advised
as to his party's conduct and line of
policy at the coming session of con-
gress, that short shrift will be MAIZE
of Mr.. Babcock's plans of tariff re-
vision, and that the ratification OF
President McKinley's reciprocity
treaties will again be defeated by the
protected interests" 1t has been
intimated that President Roosevelt's
message will contain no specific, ex-
plicit reciprocity recommendations.
But in any event, the congress, and
not the executive, makes tariffs, and
the senate, not the president, con
firms treaties.
The effect of this policy upon the
republican reformers of the middle
west can only be conjectured, as yet.
In Iowa, especially, a governor has
just been elected who was, only a
few years ago., called an out-and-out
free trader; and the Iowa republican
platform this year squinted decided
ly in the direction of tariff reform.
If Mr.. Grosvenor is right, and these
low-tariff republicans are to get the
cold shoulder in congress, it is the
best Jews for the democratic party
that we have heard in many a day
Albany Aro0S
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21

The accession OF vice-President
Roosevelt to the chief magistracy
adds another to the list of presidents
who had but one Christian name. OF
the rs presidents but six, the younger
Adams, the elder Harrison, Polk.
Grant, Hayes and Arthur, had two.
Mr.. Cleveland. since the death of ex-
President Harrison. is the only living
ex-president. There have been but
three other instances where there
was but one surviving. In 1886, when
Madison died, John Quincy Adams
alone survived; in 1874, when Fill.
more died, Andrew johnson, and in
1856, when Arthur died. Hayes. There
have been but two occasions when
there was none surviving-during the
term of John Adams, when Washing
ton died, and during the second term
of Grant. in 1875, when johnson died.
louisville Courier-Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
Earthquake in Colorado.

Buena Vista, Col, Nov. 16.-At
three o'clock yesterday morning this
town and surrounding country expert
enced an earthquake shock which
lasted for several seconds. Many peo-
pie rushed from their residences in
night attire fearing their homes would
be demolished. Plate glass windows
were cracked. 1t is reported that the
waters of Cottonwood lake rose con
siderably. Many huge boulders on
Mount Princeton and Mount Harvard
were dislodged and rolled down the
sides of the mountain
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
RHEUMATISM AND THE EYES.

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 1sth.-Mr. r. A.
Wade, the celebrated criminal lawyer
of this city, whose opinion on legal
matters is unquestioned, has recently
made public his unqualified opinion on
a matter of medicine. Mr.. Wade says
that Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble
affect the eyesight. and further, that
there is no case of the kind hat can
not be cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills.
He asnofearo of being setright by any
of his medical friends, for both state.
ments have a living and indisputable
proof in the person of the great law
yer himself, who, as a result of Rheu-
matism and Kidney Trouble, from
which he suffered for years, became
totally blind.
Physicians, the best in the country,
pronounced his case incurable and
hopeless, but Dodd's Kidney Pills cured
him, restored his sight, drove away
the Kidney Trouble and with it the
rheumatism and made an allround
well man of him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
SAYS HE IS BEN FITZPATRICK.
The Train RObber Suspect at st.
Louis, Confronted with His
hoi0a raph, Owns Up.

st. Louis, Nov. 17.-The train-robbe1
suspect, under arrest here, has adj
mitted to Chief of Detectives Desmond
Thai he is Ben Fitzpatrick. 2 brother of
Daniel fitzpatrick, the notorious Tex
as bandit. Both were members of the
gang of train robbers which was led
by bill" Carver, who was killed last
spring.
Sheriff r. P. Kirk of Ballinger, Tex,
~telegraphs that he is certain, from the
picture sent there, hat the suspect is
Ben Fitzpatrick. Sheriff James f.
Howe of Concho county writes that
he is absolutely sure the suspect is
Ben fitzpatrick.
In the letter he inclosed a photo
graph of fitzpatrick, taken three or
four years ago. 1t is quite a good
picture of the man at the four courts,
and when he saw it in Chief Desmond's
hands he admitted that it was a pho
tograph of himself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
TO WORK FOR STATEHOOD.
Delegation to Represent Oklahoma
and Indian Territory at the
National Capital.

Muskogee, I. T., Nov. 16.-Six dele
gates to Washington, who are to re-
main in that city during the present
session of congress, and work in be-
half Of statehood for Oklahoma and
Indian territory, were appointed as a
result of the statehood convention
just held here. Oklahoma elected ex-
Gov. Barnes, Charles F. Barrett and
Thomas FL. Doyle, and Indian terri
tory decided upon S. B. Bradford, of
Ardmore; w. n. P. Trudgeon. Purcell,
and C. E.. Foley, of 'Eufaula.
Another committee appointed by
the convention will raise funds to
maintain the delegation at the ma
tional CAPITAL.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
POTENT THOUGH BRIEF.
Such May President ROOseveIt's First
Message to Congress Be
Made.

President Roosevelt is alike correct
in his determination upon a brief but
emphatic message to congress and in
his conviction that a president should
not recommend specific legislation to
congress-, contenting himself, instead,
with pointing out the need of legis-
lation against certain evils and leav-
ing congress to furnish the remedy.
Nevertheless, a message such as is
now contemplated by the president
may be effectively potent both in wise
guidance of his party and in helpful
influence bearing upon congressional
action. Brevity in such a message
should intensity, not dissipate, that
documents forcefulness. The fact
that the president sees certain perils
in existing conditions, and yet leaves
to congress without dictation the
duty devolving exclusively upon that
Legislative body, should insure the
faithful performance of the duty.
If, for instance, President Roose-
welt entertains earnest convictions of
the evils of the trust system as now
prevailing, he can very briefly and
yet with compelling emphasis indi-
cate to congress the necessity for
laws which shall properly restrict the
trusts.
If, also, he perceives the malign
features of the MISUNDERSTANDING
Oil ship subsidy bill, so apparent to
the people that all the money and
power of the syndicates failed to jam
the bill through the last congress-, a
very few words from the president
should render impossible that bills
passage during the approaching ses-
sion. In neither case will there be
necessity for prolonged discussion or
for dictation of congressional action.
The new presidents first message
to gress will be awaited with pro-
found interest. He is known to be
apprehensive of the growing domi-
nance of the trusts. He is believed
to be opposed to the passage of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Oil ship subsidy
bill. The Forthcoming message
should make his position on these is
sues clear beyond all doubting.-St.
Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
Abnormal London Weather.

London, Nov. 17.-From 12 to 20 de-
grees of frost. unprecedented at this
time of the year, and a dense fog in
most parts of the country, are wind
ing up a week notable for its alb
normal weather, and are adding to
the long list of casualties occasioned
by the recent gales. Railroad traffic in
and around London is seriously dis
located, while train collisions are re-
ported from various points. The most
serious .,f these was on the London,
Chatham & Dover line, when II per,
sons were injured
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
Gov.-Gen. wood returns.

Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 16.-Gov.-
Gen. Wood and his party returned
eminent yacht Kanawa. While at
Kingston the governor general
was received with much hon.
or by the governor of Jamaica, Sir
Saugust Hemming, and the military
officers, and he remained a day longer
than he had originally intended in
consequence of the brilliant socinl
functions. Tonight Gen. Wood will
probably go to Gualtanaraao to in
spect the troops.