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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
E CAPTIVE R L
Gallant Exploit of Colonel Baldwin,
Who Has Lately Been Advanced
by the President.

Frank d. Baldwin. for some years
captain of the Fifth United States in
fantry, who a few days ago was nomi-
mated for colonel of infantry by Presi-
dent Mckinley, has a wide acquaint-
~ throughout the west. He was a
conspicuous figure during the cam
paign against the Sioux Indians at
Pine Ridge agency in the winter OF
1S90-91, and, after hostilities had ter
minated, made a personal ~investiga-
tlon for the war department of the
origin of the Messiah craze which
caused the trouble at Pine Ridge.
Twice he has been awarded a medal
of hOnor-the American Victoria
cross-the first time for distinguished
bravery in the battle of Peach Tree
Creek, Ga, July 20, 1864, and on the
second occasion for gallantry in ac-
ton against hostile Indians near Nc
Lellan's creek, Tex, November 8, 1874.
says the Detroit Free Press.
y few days preceding the latter en-
gagement Gen. Miles was encamped
on Red river, some distance to the
west. with nearly his entire command.
which composed the expedition of 1874.
IS. The military officers were aware
that the Indians held four white chill
dren as captives, and the most strenu-
JUS efforts had been made and were
being made to release them. Gen.
Miles finally decided to divide his COM
mand into three columns. their course
being directed toward the northeast.
The right column was placed under
command of Col. Baldwin, who at that
time was a first lieutenant. For three
days he moved toward the northeast.
On the night of the ath of November
1874, the column headed more to the
nortn for the purpose of crossing the
head of the small tributaries of the
H2rth fork of the Red river and the
Washita.
The troops had been on the march
scarcely an hour, when the scouts re-
ported a large camp CT Indians in the
immediate front. There was but one
Incentive that spurred every man Of
the command to advance. Without
hating the column for formation, the
troops were thrown into line to the
front, and the Indian camp was i'm
mediately charged, resulting in the
utter defeat of the hostiles. They
were forced to abandon everything,
and the command was able to recap
ture and release Adaiain and Julia
German, two of the white girls whom
the Indians had held as captives.
Col. Baldwin is one of the Youngest
officers in the army who saw service
during the var of the rebellion. After
the civil war, he was with Gen. Miles
through nearly all of his Indian cam
paigns. No officer in the army stands
higher than he in the estimation of
Gen. Miles.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
The sourd of Guns.

a remarkable instance of the far
reaching power of sound is given in the
interesting diary written in Latin in
the seventeenth century, admirably
Translated by Rev. Robert ISham. of
Mr.. Thomas Isham, of LaIrpGrt Hall.
It is there stated that during the naval
engagement between the English and
French combined fleets on the one
hand and the Dutch on the other. in
1872, the report of the guns was dis
timely heard at Brixxorth Northanp-
tonshire). It was in this action thai
Lord Sandwich. the admiral, was
blown up on his ship with 500 Of his
men, though the Dutch we're defeated
and were pursued to the coast of Hol-
land by the English fleet. If this story
be correct-and some MAJ be tempted
to say .'Credat Judaeus"-the voice of
the cannon must have travelled a dis
lance of over 100 miles, Southwold,
where the battle took place, being at
the mouth of the Blythe, IS miles
northeast of Ipswich. In 1927. during
the battle of NaFarino. Mr.. John We're
Isham, then quartered at Corfu, dis
tinct+y heard the firing at a distance of
at least 200 miles, and on the naval re-
ception of the sultan by the queen at
Portsmouth the sound of the guns dis
charged on the Welsh coast was plain.
" distinguished at Portsmouth-Th.
Pytchley Hunt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

untlmety ueatn.
Now, therefore, i, Theodore Roose-
welt, president of the United States of
America, do appoint Thursday next,
September %, the day on which the
body of the dead president will be laid
in it's earthly resting place, as a day
of mourning and prayer throughout
the United States. 1 earnestly recom-
mend all the people to assemble on
that day in their respective places of
divine worship, there to bow down in
submission to the will of Almighty
God, and to pay out of full hearts
their homage of lov and reverence
to, the great and good president whose
death has smitten the nation with
bitter grief.
In witness whereof | have set my
hand and caused the seal of the Unit
ed States to be affixed.
'Done at the city of Washington
the 14th day Of September, A. d., 1901,
and of the independence of the Unit
ed States, the one hundred and twep,
ty-siXth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
"By the President.
JOHN HAY, Secretary of State"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

"No-but Rhoda viii be simply wild.
You see it cuts her out of a few mil
lions. Too bad, isn't it?"
"Fizzie, did you imagine / ever cured
for that horsey old thing?"
81 can't allow you to talk like that
of my future daughter. Mr.. Nothing
but isn't SO bad"
I'll write to your mother unless
you promise to give up this idea"
"Can't, my boy. Tve notified the
manager that I leave on the first,
| We're going to be married without
any fuss"
"Fizzie-do you remember promis-
ing that you'd eve marry any one
but me?'
Haven't any recollections of it."
"And l imagined you were a true,
noble girl"
"T~ra-la-la-la," hummed Fizzie friv-
olously, quoting "Foozleorum" mu-
sic.
The chorus boy gazed at her help
lessly. He was just beginning to real
ize how he loved Fizzie and hat So
ciety didn't matter.
"Stage life is disgusting for a girl
he remarked.
"Not any more than for a man.
said Fizzie. "You have changed from
an ordinarily decent chap to a ~conceit-
ed Johnnie and all kinds of n dude,
You weren't a bit like that when we
used to go to school together"
"Those were the days" said Cecil,
"the good old days" He leaned his
head YEARLY on his hands. Glow
hate this life: it is false and artificial"
vaudeville is the only thing novva-
days. said Fizzie, "these long run
are demoralizing. If 1 didn't intend to
marry I'd get u nice sketch and gu
out on a tour of the continuous
houses"
"The very thing!" said Cecil; II
he told her of the note in the morning
mail.
rs if any good?" asked Fizzie.
"I haven't seen it, but he says it's
great. Suppose we look at it and il
YOU like it-why-why-"
eve could leave 'Foozleorum.'
"And go as a team?"
$40 you mean ito"
"Then think how it will read. Re
fused a millionaire to marry the
chorus boy she loved, who renounces
society for his old sweetheart. Going
to star in 'All for Love-"
what a press agent you'd make.
Cess. You are a wonder. After all
Nothingbut is old"
"OId. He's mouldy."
"-And poor Rhoda?"
"Bhoda's a well-meaning girl" said
Cecil, with one pang as he thought
of his morning flowers and telegram.
Slowly he reached over and took Fiz-
zie's hand in his. "You know what
they sing in "~Foozleorum,' Fizz?'
"No-what?"
Glove, like the Devil, takes care
of his own"
And together they sang the chorus.
N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
PITH AND POINT.

Answer to correspondent: A blood
relative is one who DEEDS you.-Atchi-
SON Globe.
The man who hopes for the best may
finally get to the worst; but. "a a rule,
he gets there whistling.-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
A man may not stand much of a show
in this world, but if he is a theater-
goer he has to stand a good many poor
shows.-Chicago Daily News.
Miss Boston-"Isn't it dreadful how
Miss Breezy-"Yes; it's something
fierce, and that's no pipe dream
Philadelphia Record.
Its too bad" remarked Funniman,
shat we can't cash a draft that we
may sit in" ''WeH," replied his friend,
the doctor, "if you sit in it long enough
perhaps I'll get some cash out of it."
Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Stick1er-"I don't like black
berry pie, but 1 suppose I'll have to
take it." Mrs. Scoopen-'Why SC, if
there's some other kind you like bet
ter?" Mrs. Stickler-"I'm in mourn
ing, you knoW.-Phlladelphla Press.
Soaring the Turf made one hole
in five strokes" announced the new
golfer, ~g1eeful,y. The idea!" ex-
Gained the>other golfer, who was even
newer. Il invariably make a hole with
every stroke. l never can hit the
ground in the same place Phil
adelphia Press.
Advantages of Civilization.-"I pre-
sumo you appreciate the advantages
you derive from being assimilated by
a civilized country" said the inter
viewer to the sultan of Bazzoo island.
YES, indeed" assented his majesty.
"Why. | got 81. 900 damages because of
injuries sustained by swallowing the
Ease teeth of the last missionary we
put in the royai consomme."-Balti.
more American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
HIGHLY CIVILIZED ACCENTS.
Discovery of Long Buried Traces of
Skilled Workmanship Ante
dating Christian Era.

The middle-aged man who has eX
plored life to WEAKNESS and whom
novels will no longer stir may find
his sense of mystery and wonder ex-
cited anew by the account of discov-
cries in buried Egypt, says London
Outlook. Prof. Flinders Petrie. who
has devoted his life to exploration of
the soil and research into the history
of that ancient land, completed re-
Gently a series of highly instructive
and suggestive lectures at the Royal
Institution. L~oHg-buried tombs OF
ancient kings have been discovered
and explored, and, although in nearly
all cases these had been previtnsly
pillaged in the Roman age, enough OF
their contents remains uRbroken or
overlooked till now to afford ground
for reconstructing, in outline at least,
a wonderful and unsupported civiliza-
ton. When we are shown, for eX-
ample, specimens of g~oidsmith's work
dating from 1850 years before the
Christian era, which have never been
surpassed since in technical skill,
workings of designs, variety of form
and perfection of soldering, we are
sobered somewhat in our belief that
the process of time progress
and that the present is the best and
noblest era of civilization. We are
proud, for instance, of the products
of modern steam spinning and weav-
ing. Yet the linen woven 5000 years
ago wa finer in thread and closer in
web than our finest cambria.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Theodore Roosevelt Takes the Oath
of Office as President of the
United States.
IT WAS A QUIETLY IMPRESSIVE SCENE.
The Oath of Office Administered by
Federal Judge John II. Hazel, of
the United States District Court,
at the Residence of Mr.. Ansley
Wilcox, i'm Buffalo.

Buffalo, n. Y, Sept. 15.-Theodore
Roosevelt took the constitutional oath
as president of the United States just
ID hours and 10 minutes after the
death of William Mckinley. He took
the oath of Office in the small library
in the old colonial residence of At
torney Ainsley Wilcox, at GAL Della
ware avenue, at 1885 Saturday after
noon.
AT 3:15 a carriage drove up contain
ing Secretary Root, Attorney-General
Knox and United States District
Judge John r. Hazel. of Buffalo. The
gentlemen proceeded Immediately to
the library of the house, where Mr..
Roosevelt awaited them. This car
rage was closely followed by another
containing Secretaries Long, Hitch
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Buda-Festh barmaids, hereafter,
must be 40 years old at least, by or
der of the Hungarian minister of the
interior.
While German farmers are always
growing about hard times, statis-
tics show that within the last IS
years the value of farm animals has
increased at the rate of $4,000, 900 q
year in Germany.
Glessen university insures its stu
dents against accident, paying $1,000
in case of death. Medical, chemical
and veterinary students pay 20 cents
a term for insurance.; for the others
no charge is made.
An inheritance from the last expo
sition in Paris is ar Enclosure in the
park at Vincennes in which scientists
may study wild animals in surround
ings resembling, as "a as possible,
those of their native haunts.
Roof gardens for London private
houses are proposed by the Hospital.
The cost of a glass roof and OF pro-
lection against the wind would not
be heavy in proportion to the fresh
III dhd IhC oChShOS w DS
Foreigners residing in CONSTANT
nople are much excited over the sui
tan's recent edict ~forbidding Turkish
families hereafter to engage Chris
tian governesses. The Turkish jour-
mails attempt a weak apology by at
lacking the moral character of the
governeSses.
Empress Frederick, according TO the
London Daily Chronicle, was the
cause of the introduction az Christ
mas trees into England. Her father,
Prince Albert, insisted on having a
German Christmas tree with it's lights
and decorations for his baby daugh-
ter in 1910, and the fashion spread
quickly.
Carpineto, Pope Leo's birthplace.
came ear being destroyed by fire re-
Gently. The people there pile their
rubbish in a big heap in the middle
of the village. During the drought
the heap took fire and the flames
spread to the neighboring houses,
but the wind shifted and blew AVA
from the village.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
"wHITTLlNe ST..

81 ELECTROMAGNETIC can
Whfttle anything. you beti
hes about the smartes' man
That / guess I ever met.
Onct he whitfield me a boat.
An L sailed it in the drain.
An there wasn't room to float.
80 In waitin' for a rain.
SIS knife's never dull a bit:
MY, you ought to see him honet
for~he mixes in some spit
Yes. sir,-on the whettin, stoner
An the other day he said,
,Fhen l asked his knife, to use:
-Sakes alivei You'll cut your head
Clean off, right above your shoesI'
An he's made a bully bow,
An some arrers, an "a gun.
An a windmill that'l go
II you hold 1t out an run:
An a dagger an a sword,
AN a teeny drinkin'-cup-
lie 1es Ike a common board
An he whites 1t smack upI
He sits roun' all day, ST does.
Within shavin's in his Ian.
IA. he says there never was
Such a lazy. shif'less chap.
An he doesn't earn his keen
But 1 think he does. you see.
cause he has to work a heap
Maxim handy things for me.
-1o"ih L. Sabfn, in New" Lippincott
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
LATERAL Coin Huntin-.

One of the most curious of the many
curious trades of Paris is hat of the
coin hunter. Many coins must, of
course, be dropped by inadvertence
each day in a big city like Paris. and
the business of the 'fionneur,' or coin
hunter, is to find as many of them as
he can. Sometimes, according to the
confession of one OF them. these poor
creatures pick up as much as three
francs a day, but their average TAX
ings amount to n franc so centimes.
Wretched looking creatures they are
as they walk in Indian file, with their
eyes fixed on the ground, and they say
that their trade is a very firing one
London Lady's Pictorial.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
Al TIE MILEuRN HOUSE.
Many Went to View the Place Where
the Dead President Lay.

Many Went to View the Place Where
the Dead President Lay.
Milburn House, Buffalo, Sept. Ia
Absolute quiet prevailed in the neigh
borhood of the Milburn residence
through the early hours of the day.
The police maintained the lines on
Delaware avenue and the streets
which intersect it, and double picket
lines patrolled by Fourteenth infan-
trymen protected the house from any
intrusion. Many persons came to the
outer police lines and gazed in silence
at the house where the body of the
dead president reposes. Some talked
in awed whispers OF the cruel tragedy
that had taken the nations ruler, and
among all the deepest sorrow was
manifest. Pathetic sSaTes in The
crowd were scores of old Grand Army
men, who grieve at the loss of a com
rade. Their bitterness at the cri4ne
seems melted in regret. Many of them
pleaded with the police for admission
to the lines, declaring that it was
their right and privilege t o guard The
body of the man who had fought in
their ranks and was their comrade.
SoIicitude for Mrs. Mckinley.
None who came to show their sor-
row for the dead president failed to
ask solicitously for Mrs. Mckinley. 1t
was known that she was not strong
physically, and there was grave fear
for the consequences of the suffering
and shock she had experienced. The
first word of encouragement came
from the servants of the household,
who said she was still in her room
and had apparently rested well. This
report was amply confirmed at s:45
o'clock by DR.. Wasdin, who had
called at the house to see her. He said
that she had not only rested fairly
well, hut was showing encouraging
strength in her grief. His
were welcomed by those who heard
them.
The large American flag which has
hung from the front of the Milburn
home continuously since the EXPOSE
ton began was not removed. There
was no means of half-masting for a
mute tribute of respect, and it was
left where it draped across the front
OF the veranda. It was one of the
only bits of color in a gray and
cherries landscape,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

cock and Wilson. Several other a
riages arrived soon after, bringing the
presidents secretary, Mr. Cortelyou;
President Milburn of the exposition
company; Senator Depew, Justice Al.
bert Haight, of the court of appeals
and others.
An Impressive Scene.
Other friends of the vice-president
entered the house within a few min
utes, and at 1885 Mr.. Wilcox came out
on the lawn and stated to the press
representatives that it was the desire
of the president that they be admit
ted to the house to witness the cere-
mony. A score or more OF newspaper
men, representing the principal papers
of the country, walked noiselessly
into the dusky library of the old
home, where, with bowed heads, stood
the members of the cabinet and those
who had been asked to be present.
The room was as silent as the house
of death itself.
The president stood on the south
side of the room with his back to a
small window, and the members of
All CdDihC dIId IAC SCAl1CIIdI p1CS
ent stood in a circle facing him. For
some time Mr.. Roosevelt talked in
whispers with Secretary Root, his arm
over the secretary's shoulder. Then
Secretary Root stepped back a few
PAGES and the president stood motion
less by the side of Judge Hazel. There
was a dead silence of several seconds
and then Secretary Root said:
Mr.. Notwithstanding after a
long pause-"I have been requested
by all of the members of the cabi-
net of the late President Mckinley
who are present in the city of Buffalo,
being all except two, to request that
for reasons of weight affecting the adj
ministration of the government, you
shall proceed without delay to take
the constitutional oath of Office as
president of the United States"
He spoke with great deliberations,
and so still was the room that had his
words been uttered in whispers they
might easily have been heard by ev-
cry one present.
The Presidents bath.
President RooseveIt's face was stern
and rigid. Lifting his eyes, he looked
s~teadfastly into the face of the seere-
tary for a moment, and in a voice
marked with frmness and all of his
characteristic distinctness. replied.
"Mr. Secretary, / shall take the
oath al once, at the request of the
members of the cabinet, and i'm this
hour of deep and terrible national
bereavement, 1 wish to state shall
continue absolutely unbroken the
policy of President Mckinley for the
peace, prosperity and the honor of
our beloved country.
Judge Hazel then stepped forward
and administered the following con-
stitutional oath, Mr.. Roosevelt re-
peating slowly the sentence spoken
by the magistrate:
81 do soIemnly swear that l viii
faithfully execute the Office Of pres
ident of the United States, and will,
to the best of my ability, preserve,
protect and defend the constitution
of the United States
When the last words were SAID
Roosevelt signed the docu-
ment in the usual form. All was ST.
lent, and scarcely a movement of
hand OF foot was made during the
solemn procedure. As soon as the
oath was taken, the president turned
to the circle of cabinet officers about
him and said:
81 viii ask the gentlemen of the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
WHAT WESTCOTT WON BY SONG
Vocal Excellence Rewarded by Pre-
s~entation of Articles WhoIIy
Unsuited to Respiration.

That the author of David Harum'
was conspicuous for his mellow bari
tone voice is'little thought of by those
who only know him as an author, says
Literary Era. 1t was a voice so sweet.
so rich, and so flexible hat it could
play any prank with the emotion of
those who heard it, and had Mr.. West
colt chosen to devote his life to music
he would have EecOme a noted singer.
But he contented himself with the
modest position of basso in Il quartet
choir in Syracuse, and in delightin9
his own special friends by singing in
a drawing room. He was fond of tell
ing of an occasion on which he was
of the smaller towns OF western New
York. The musical affair passed oil
satisfactorily with the help of the
neighborhood talent, assisted by Mir.
WeStcott'S rare voice. AS Mr.. West
colt was about to retire, his host
came timidly to his 10 carrying
two long paper boxes. Il cave the
house SO early in the morning to &C
to my factory" the man explained
that I'm afraid I may not see you.
but I want to give you something for
your singing tonight. Now, here's
two pair of the very best real whale
boned corsets that u factory turns
out, and 7 want you to take them
home with you" When Mr.. West
colt found he could not even protest
effectually. his sense of humor came
to his relief. and the fastidious mar
of cultivated extravaganza stalked
home laughing. the ext day. with two
pair OF useless corsets in exchange for
his matchleSS sor0S.