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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

The deck is worked 1r two t~hicknesses CT
plating. the total on the naI
being 2Z inches, while that on the slopes
forward and aft. is respectively 3 mcneS
and 4 inches. Cofferdams are built on the
protective deck from the diagonal arraor
to the bow and stern in the
vicinity of the water line, and on the
berth deck for nearly the length OF the
vessel. All of these eonerdams are nlied
with corn pith cellulose.
The main battery of the snip consists
of four Pinch breech-loading rites.
placed in two balanced turretS, ana ~
6-inch ~rapid-firing guns.
The turrets are turned by electricity:
and the motors used for this purpose can
eco degrees in one minute. The armor Of
thick.
casemate, as before stated, two others are
on the berth deck orward In 6-lnch ar
per deck. Those in the sponsons forward
and two on the upper deck can fre 81
renctly ahead. and the other two on the
upper deck directly astern, in addltlon 70
having a breadside fire.
The secondary battery consists or SIX
3-inch rapid-firing guns, eight pound
| rapid-firing guns, six rapid
firing guns, one 2 colts, and two 3-inch
rapid-hrins field guns.
A new feature introduced in the often
sive power of this ship is the submerged
torpedo tube. While submerged torpedo
tubes are not new abroad, German war
ships having been equipped with them
for a numker of years, the Ohio and her
| class are the first battleships of our navy
to be supplied with them; though prior
to her construction many vessels of the
United States navy We're fitted with or
pedo tubes above the water line. The
Ohio viii have two of these tubes. one
on each side of the vessel, situated abous
fifty feet flom the bow, and about ten feet
six inches below the water line.
The magazines and shell rooms of the
ship can stow 240 rounds of the 12-ineh
a~mmunition, 1890 rounds of the 6-inch,
$500 rounds of the 6-pounder, and 4.ol
rounds of the 1-peunder. The forward
magazines are located Immediately for
ward of the dynamo rooms, and the after
one lust abaft the engine rooms.
There are two military masts fitted with
the usual signal yards, tops and top
masrs. Two tops are built to each OF
these mests. The foremost is located in
the usual way over the forward coming
tower, the foundation OF the tower form
ing the lowr part of the mast. The armor
of the forward coming tower Is ten
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

The body of Father Edward s.
Phillips, the Catholic priest of Halle
ton, Pa, who took so much interest
in the affairs of the striking miners,
was found in the room occupied by
Kirk Stanley, in New York city, on
the 18th. Stanley was arrested, but
refused TO tell how the priest came
to his death.
As a result of recent negotiations
Gen. Mascardo, with FL officers and
321 rifemen, surrendered, on the 10th,
at San Narciso, Province of Zam-
be1es, Luzon, to Capt. Joseph P.
Hon. Edwin I. Uhl, formerly as
sistant secretary of state and ambas-
sador to Germany under the Cleve-
land administration, died at Grand
Rapids, Mich, on the 18th. He had
been i'll nearly a year, suffering from
a complication of diseases.
The plant of the international Clay
Manufacturing Co., makers of terra
Gotta, at Perth AIpboy, n. j., was de
stroyed by fire on the 18th. The loss
is estimated at SITS, 900. The plant
consisted of many one-story frame
buildings, all of which were burned.
Fire in the paint and varnish works
of Masury & Co., IN Brooklyn, N. Y.
on the 18th, caused a loss of $150,oOC
worth of property, the deaths of two
persons and the serious injury of sew.
eral others. The fire started from ar
explosion OF benzine and shellac gum
Phillips, the king of the Chicago
corn pit, closed out his May corr
corner" on the 18th, much to tht
delight of the bears. 1t is understood
that private settlements were made
with the shorts, by which Phillip:
rounded up over 100000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
HELD FOR MURDER.
Wife Held AS Accessory Before the
Fact OF the Black Man Charged
With the Poisoning.

Springfield, H., May 21.-The cor.
oner's jury empanelled to inquire into
the death of DR.. Joseph L. Barnes, of
Monticello, ILL.,, who died suddenly at
the Central Hospital for the Insane at
Jacksonville, last night brought in u
verdict that Barnes came to death by
strychnine poison administered by
William Webb Ferguson, alias William
Winn, and that Mrs. Marie Barnes,
widow of the deceased, was an access
sorry before the fact.
The jury recommends that both be
held in custody.
Prominent men in Springfield and
in Quincy have been mentioned in coz
nection with the case.
Ferguson is positively identified az
the negro who called on Barnes at
the Central Hospital for the Insane
on the afternoon of Barnes suspicious
death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

with difficulty by the patrol of tugs.
1t was estimated that fully $4,000 peo-
pie saw the big battleship plunge in
to the water.
The ceremonies yer simple but
significant. There was the formal eX-
change of acceptances upon the part
of the government and then, the tide
having reached it's flood, the word was
given. Miss Barber pressed the but
ton, Miss DeshIer smashed a bottle of
California champagne, and at 1886
o. m. the big battleship Ohio took her
first dip into the sea. Fifty thousand
people cheered themselves hoarse;the
big guns of the warships doomed out
a salute, and every steam whistle
within a radius of five miles shrieked
its loudest as the steel monster Gid
ed into the water. The noise lasted
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
DESCRIPTION OF THE OHIO.
A Great B~attleship, and Will BE Able
to Take Care of Herself.

The Ohio is a sister ship of the Maine,
now building at the works of the William
ramp q Sons SHIP and Engine Building
Co. and of the Missouri, building at the
ward of the Newport News Ship Building
and Dry Dock Co.
The hull. witch is divided like those OF
the most recent battleships, is built of
steel and is unsheathed. 1t is 3SS feet
long on the load water line. q feet 212
inches extreme breadth, and at a mean
draft of % feet 6 inches displaees L. go
tons.
The hull is protected abreast of the
boilers and engines by a side armor belt
extending 3 feet s inches above the load
water lire, and 4 feet below IL, having a
thickness of IL inches for a depth of 4
feet 6 inches, tapering to IL inches at the
bottom of the belt; and by the caSenatS
armor s inches thick. which extends from
the side belt to the upper deck, and Is
worked from the center of the forward
to the center of the after bartlett. AT the
ends of this casenlate rmo diagonal
armor 9 inches thick extends from The
sides of the vessel to the bartlett armor.
In the casemat thus formed are placed
ten of the 6-ineh guns. Above this, on the
upper deck, four of the 6-inch guns are
placed, in the vicinity of which 6-inch
arMnr is worked far enough forward and
aft to afford protection to the crews of
these guns.
Protection is afforded the vitals of the
ship below the water line by a protective
deck worked fat within the Casernate,
n with slopes forward and aft of IT.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive of
the SI5O,000,0O0 gold reserve in h III
vision of redemption, issued on the
18th, showed: Available cash balance,
S15s, 747,731; gold, 96,5s7,5O7.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

The board of directors of the Benz.
Harrison Monument association met
in Indianapolis, Ind, on the 18th.
Senator Fairbanks presided. Evans
WoolIen was chosen secretary to fill
the place made vacant by the resigna-
ton of L. f. Tibbott.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

London morning papers, of the nth,
referred editorially in terms of deep
est sympathy to the illness of Mrs
Mckinley, recalling the sympathy dis
played by both the president and his
wife when Queen Victoria died.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
WAS Hunting Rabbits.

Albert Yates. aged Is, accidentally
hot and killed himself while hunting
rabbits near his home, Rich Hill,
Bates county.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

1t is understood that France is me-
gotiating with Ecuador, says the Syi-
ney correspondent of the London
Daily Mail, for the purchase of one OF
the Galapagos islands.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
Dies ON way to Funeral.

A. D. Taylor, aged Sc, fell dead at
Nevada while on his way to take a
train to attend the funeral of his
daughter at Fort Scott.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

The fact was made public, on the
18th, thai Mrs. Mckinley, wife of the
president, who, it had been represent
ed, was suffering from Il hcne felon
and the fatigue of her long journey,
was really very i'll, and that the issue
of life and death hung in the balance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
Fair Grounds sold.

The St. Francois county fair
grounds were sold at public aution, a
few DAYS ago, to Thomas Lang, the
consideration being $500.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

Gov. Ia Toilette of Wisconsin, Oh
the 18th, vetoed the Collins compul-
sorry vaccination bill. The governor
does not believe that an emergency
exists which demands such a law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
Young Wife Kills Herself.

Mrs. Ethel Maxwell, aged 20, took
carbolic acid, at her home, in st.
Louis. and was found by her hus-
band, dying. with their two-year-old
girl clasping the mother around the
neck. Mrs. Maxwell had been ill, and
grew Respondent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

The total of contributions received
by the Jacksonville (Fla.) relief asso-
citation, up to the 18th, was $4,000.
Chairman Parrott of the commissary
department, stated that the number
of people being fed daily by the relief
association was above 1900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
They Don't Like 1t.

Kansas City saloonmen declare that
if their places are closed on Sunday,
newspapers, baseball, theaters, meat
shops, ETC.. must cease doing business.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
Enund Dead.

Charles Sheets, a carpenter, was
found dead by the side of the Missou-
ri Pacific tracks at Sedalia. His skull
was crushed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

The prospectus of the Russian loan
was issued on the 18th. The price of
issue is 9sk. one-tenth payable on 'E:
plication. cne-nfth on allotment, and
the balance October 2 and December
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

Ben J.. Douglass was killed at RAN
dolph Springs, Randolph county, by
a Wabash excursion train. His hons
wa in st. Louis county.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
Crushed to Death.

One child was killed and another
fatally injured by Seing caught under
o pile of falling lumber near Vinton.
La.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

1t is understood that the commits
sion which the British government APP
pointed early in the year, under the
Craftsmanship of Mr.. Clinton Dawkins,
to consider war office reforms, has re-
ported in favor of a scheme of reor-
ganization that is almost revolution
ary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
nouhIed It's Capital.

The capital stock of the Collin
county National bank at Mckinney.
Tex, has been increased from 100000
to $4,000 O
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

Grin Hickok, the well-known driver.
who arriN ed in Cleveland, o., from
California, on the 18th, states that
Just before leaving California BE
timed Dolly Dillon a mile in 2:1OHa,
the fastest mile ever trotted in May.
The trial was over the Pleasantown
lCai.) track.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
shah Of Pcr.in Dvlnn.

London, May 1o.-"The shah of Per-
STA is dying of kidney disease says
a dispatch from Tifiis to the Daily Elk
press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
Hia SALARY Increased.

The salary of Supt. Seldom OF the
ST. Louis public schools has been in-
creased from $4,000 to $500 per an
MUM.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

Inquiry in official and diplomatic
circles indicates the practical certain.
ty that France will grant a subsidy to
the proposed direct steamship line be-
tween France and Canada. This sub
sidy will be similar to the one voted
by the Canadian parliament. The
idea is warmly welcomed in Paris.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
Drowned i'm the Meramec.

JEFF Brand, aged 21, fell in the Mer-
amec river. near Cuba, and was
drowned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
Pay of Presidential Postmasters.

Changes in the salaries of presiden-
tial postmasters in Missouri r an
nounced as follows: Pennington, ST.
500 to $1,000; fredericksburg, $1,4oo
to $500: Excelsior Springs, $1,400 to
$500; Gallatin, S., 800 to $1,000; Grant
City, $1,000 to S1.4oO; Harrisonville.
$1,000 to S $1,000; Higginsville. $1,000 to
$1,000: Huntsville, $1,4O0 to $1,000;
Cronton, $1,000 to 81, 100.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

Quartermaster-General LudingtoL
has arranged for the removal of the
remains OF the confederate dead in
the Soldiers Home cemetery and in
the Arlington cemetery to another
section of the last-named cemetery,
which has been set aside by the seq
rotary of war for their reinterment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

One of the largest tobacco deals
ever made in the west mas just been
carried through by the sale to a
Philadelphia firm 10000 cases of last
years crop of Wisconsin tobacco.
About three hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars cash changed hands. The
shipment will amount to 26O carloads.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

Sidney S. Lowenthal, of Cornell uni
versity. won the Central League ora
torical contest at Bloomington, Ind,
on the night of the 18th. His subject
was Judaism; Its Mission in the
Twentieth Century," III. III. Horner, of
Ohio Wesleyan university, was second,
and Alvah Johnson Rucker, of Indiana
university, third.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

The Porto Rico exhibit for the Pan
American exposition, at Buffalo, n.
Y, seized by the customs officials, was
released, on the 14th, with the excep-
ton of that portion which is TO be
shipped EAST for sale. This, accord
ing to one of the Porto Rican COM
missioners, consists of goods for
which there is not space enough in
the Porto Rican section.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

The monthly statement of imports
and exports of the United States, is
sued on the 14th, by the bureau Of
statistics. showed that during April,
1901, the imports of merchandise
amounted to SIC, 1885, s2, of which $780,
461, 72S was free of duty. The whole
amount is 81 1000, OoC in excess of i'm
ports of April, 1900 The exports of
domestic merchandise during April
aggregated $780, $50, $50, an increase OF
S. O 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23
MSS HELEN

The Young Ohio Lady Who Christened
the Battleship "Ohie,' at San
Francisco
for nearly half an hour. and when 1t
finally simmered down, there lay the
Ohio, peacefully floating in the little
cove in front of the Union iron works.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

After a day of terrible anxiety, dur
ing which it was stated from San
Francisco that Mrs. Mckinley had en-
tered the Valley of the Shadow of
Death, and that almost all hope of re-
covery had beer abandoned, the night
bulletins, on the 10th, brought the
welcome news of a slight but distinct
Improvement in her condition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

A strong movement is on foot in
Oklahoma &c have the general land
Office set aside part of the Wichita
mountains for a national park. to be
ten miles square and to contain Ca
600 acres. The Wichita mountains are
too rugged to be of value for agrt-
cultural purposes, but nevertheless
possess scenic beauties, such as grea'
canyons, sparkling streams, towering
peaks and delightful wooded parks
necessary for a great preserve.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-23

Thomas Ashton. a wealthy stock
man living south of st. Joseph, Mo.
received several letters threatening
himself, his home and family with de-
struction unless he deposited $4,000
in gold at a designated spot. Detec'
tfves watched a decoy placed at the
spot, and, on the 10th, captured the
letter-writer, who proved to be VIM
Pfaum, aged %, a farmer, who con
fessed and said that he got the ides
from the CudahY Ease in Omaha,
The colored American., 1901-06-08

lows: If man is good 10 his wife, he
cannot help but be good to his children
The conduct of his domestic affairs
either promotes or hinders his publ C
] fe. IE is very foolish, but saying
Of much truth nevertheless, that "All
the world loves lover" Perhaps in
this trite saying may be found the key
TO the success Of Charles L. Phelps.
His patrons love him because of his
owe for his family and his business.
Charles T. Phelps was born IS years
ago in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery county
Kentucky. He was brought to ST.
Joseph when but a mere lad, and sew
eral years later, after having grown to
q robust manhood, was married to Miss
Minnie Wagner of Savannah, Mo.
Mrs. Phelps is q woman OF pleasiOg
presence, an entertainer and a musician
Of considerable talent. Mr. and MIS-.
Phelps have two daughters. one Of
whom, Little Miss Psnsy, is a genius.
She is numbered among those OF local
note and no musical entertainment Civ
eD in this bailiwick, by either white or
black people, is really complete when
her name does not appear opposite a
violin s1l) on the program.
In the conduct OF bis business affairs
& Iarles 7. Phelps shows an instinctively
keen insight. He manages several en-
terprises-among them Phelps sample
and pool rooms, Phelps barber shop
and bsth looms, and the Douglass Club
OF which he Is president-witha char
acteA Astic ingenuity known only to the
alliterative sense oIpush, perseverance
and prCgress We admire him because
of his predomlnsntly good qualities in
both private and public senses,
WILL HARRIS.
The colored American., 1901-06-08
As Smooth as an Egg.

You don't want your head that way.
You want your bar glossy and thick.
U.s. DR. Whites Electric comb and
your hair will not fall out and on will
be trOubled no more with dandruff or
other ;slp diseases. S Did on a written
guarantee. Live agents wanted every.
where Send SOC postage for one. D.
n. Rose, Gen Mgr. Decatur, I'll.
The colored American., 1901-06-08
Education in Virginia.

Notwithstanding the dIsfrsnchising
measures, the Jim Crow car and the
tyelIow" politics Ia Virginia, the work
OF education goes spiendidy on. An
invitation has just been receive of the
commencement exercises Of the Wiz
ginis Collegiate aud Industrial Insti-
tute at Lynchburg, Va. The program
has been carefully prepared. The facul-
ty, consists OF Rev. F. J. Wagner, pres:-
dent; DR.. George B. Stephens, princi
pal; Mrs. Lucy B. Stephens and Miss
Susie A. Whltlock, instructors Is ent1.
tied to much credit for the splendid
showing it is making.
The colored American., 1901-06-08
It Lead Them All.

In another part Of this paper will be
seen the advertisement OF the Hotel
Dale at Atlantic City, n. J., This is the
largest and most conn ] =te and most
Elegantly furnished botel in the United
States for the accommodation of col
Ored people The proprietor, Mr.. E. W.
Dale, on scc0unt of not being able to
give the management bis personal a.
tentiOn, would be glad to consider 8
proposition from some experienced
hotel manager for the purchase of this
hotel. It will be paying investment
to the right parties. Address e w
Dale, Cape May; n. J. If.
The colored American., 1901-06-08
THE EXCELSIORBAND CONCERT.
The High Intellectual Status of the New
England Conference.

Providence, r l., Spscial-The in
spir .ng iLfl uence spread In the midst OF
the citiz ,ns Of Providence on account
1f the high status maintained by the
New England Conference OF the A. VI.
E. Z'On Church, which was held In our
city is st IL exerting itself. AS our most
st semed visitor a I'D friend has said, 1t
was one of the most smoothly con-
Quoted conventions ever held by our
people in this country.
MIR Mark II S Walk r, prOnrietOr of
the large cy le repository on Wsshipg-
ton street is kept constantly busy look
ing after The in ;er sts of his large num-
Der of patrons. 1t is the only establish
ment Of Its kind in the city conducted
by a colored man.
Ia recent track meet held In this
city between the two CT eyes, BrOwO
and Dartm b, the former was =
feated by the score of 764 to 583 points
One o the main features Of the cOptes
was the wonderful perform 'nce of V
III Place Of the victorious team He is
a C OlOTed man.
The United Order of True Re'Ormers
of Provide ace will hold a mid ummer
carnival and fair In Music Hall duIi 1g
the week of June June II t)22 o. the
opening evening Of the carnival Mr
w P. BurrelI, Grand Worthy Secre-
tsry of Richmond, Va. will deliver the
OratiOn.
Sunday May 265h being a day set
apart for memorial services in the
several city churches Ives Post No. 13
Commander James K. P * was ia at
tendance at the Second A. n E
church. They were accompanied by the
Womens Relief Corrs and Sons of
Veterans. The sermon was delivered
by the pastor, Rev, J. E. Hagins.
The Excelsior Band, lately Ie- e-orga-
under the leadership of William E
Brown gave a we'll merited concert on
Thursday evening May 23rd. A large
audier ce was in attendance and lis
tened to the 70 loving program: March
"R. L. [. B." Excelsior Band; vocal
solo, Miss olive Williams; trombone
solo with clarinet ObligstO, Messrs.
johnson and Buchanan; vocal selections
by the Amphiou Female Quartet;
violin solo, Mrs. Carrie Lucas; soprano
sCIo, The Pal ms," Mrs. Sapie Bowen;
mandolin q solo, Mr. John Birch; march,
Relay" the band. The proceeds Of
the entertainment went towards pur
chasing the nav uniforms for the band
which made its first appearance Me-
NOR al Day with Ives Post No. 13, g.
A. r.
The colored American., 1901-06-08

When the census reports on own Ell
ship of agricultural lands come out
there will Oe some surprise snent the
showing made by the Indians in a
number Of the western states. Their
holdings will foot up to an enormo1
total is compared with former figures
The colored American., 1901-06-08
It Stands Alone.

The Colore American at Washing
on is the only cOlored paper in the
country that is sold at union newsps-
per stands in the country and 1t Is the
only paper that employs a fist class
cartoOnist. This paper ia leaving all
others far in the distance.-On City
(Tex,) AfrO-American.