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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-08

MILAN, ITALY. Sunday, July z. '01.
My Dear FTieedS-It is very pleas
ant to have ten o'clock breakfast once
week if you like, particularly so to-
day because we didn't get in last night
until half past ten. Yesterday we
took one of the hardest rides OF the
summer, Professor thinks. but it was
very comfortable except for the dirt.
We rode constantly from nine in the
morning when we left Monte Carlo un-
til 1890, when we reached Milan, ex-
cept when we had our baggage exam
ined at Ventimiglia on the Frontier
and at Genoa where We had 10 minutes
for lunch. The ride from Monte Carlo
to Genoa is along the Mediterranean
shore and we were constantly getting
new bits of beauty out of our windows.
The water was right under them at
places and the white sand In spots
made the water look blotched with
light green in the mass of blue. How
blue 1t wasi Far away toward the
horizon line the sea was deep purple.
The sky was almost white In compari-
son with the sea. Yet taken apart,
for example through the arches OF the
Amphitheater at Mines it Is the blu
est sky you ever saw. Between Monte
Carlo and Genoa there are fifty or six
ty tunnels, most of them short ones,
but they are a nuisance. because the
noise is troublesome and they shut out
the view. At Genoa the road turns
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-08


story of Jonah and the whale. In
confirmation of the same it was urged
s.Jonah was Jew, and the jew can
push himself anywhere. Something
OF this pushing quality might have
brought Jews here yesrs ago.
A seminary classmate of the present
writer, held that the Indians were in
digeneous to the soil. claiming that in
certain parts of the south, where there
has not been much emigration to. or
away from the section, the natives
showed certain Indian features; such
as high cheek bones. straight black
hair, etc., this bearing on the theory
quoted above as to Americans becom-
ing Indians.
VIM. Penn was very much impress
ed, also, with the resemblance of some
Indian children to Jewish children he
had seen in London.
Another theory was, that hundreds
of years before America was discov-
cred. some Welsh colonists under
Prince Madoc, who had sailed away
and was never afterward heard of,
drifted here, and finally mixed with
the Indians. TIE Mandans. tribe
some of whose members were of a
light complexion were believed by Cat
lin, the explorer, to have been. in
part, descendants of these Welshmen.
In colonial days two men were taken
captive by the Indians. They were
about to be killed, when one having
been heard to address his companion
in Welsh. the Indians also conversed
with them in this tongue. and after
showing them every kindness, set them
at liberty.
Not much is known of the Esquf-
maux inhabiting the extreme north.
Some ethnologists class them as Indi-
ans, others as Asiatics, others again
consider them the missing link between
the two races.
Nothing is known definitely as to the
source of the standardization of Mex
leo and Peru. The learned Prescott,
the historian, considers that it came
from Asia, though at very remote
period.
Which of the above mentioned the
cries as to the origin of the red Indian
Is the true oneP Why may not each
have some basis of truth. |. g., that
like other parts of the earth. America
was also peopled, though perhaps not
as soon as the other divisions-that at
different times Asiatics. Jews whether
or not the lost ten tribes). Welshmen,
and perhaps other Europeans. drifted
here, and then the composite character
of the Indiana may be demonstrated.
Whatever mystery there may be as
to their origin, there can be none as
to their destiny. Unless the theory
first quoted can be proved, as people
they are destined,,to disappear, and
y0k 0S bI10 tC0 OioO0 10 tO4g luQOn hk4-
ed with the white. especially in the Far
West, and the darker strain can never
entirely run out, in this sense the red
Indian, like the poor as foretold in
Scripture, will always be ..with u.s."
It may be added, that In the Indian
languages some words may be found
of an Asiatic, some Of a Hebrew, some
of Welsh origin. others with some
affinity to words of other tongues.
The Peruvians had tradition of being
visited by q white man and woman
whom they called Papa and Mama
(Anahuac. If we rightly recall Pres
cott). The above terms being about
the same as the English terms, Papa
and Mama as used by children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-08
NOTICE EOF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

NOIlCE Ot FIN ALSE IILEmENA l.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned Administrators, with will
annexed, of the estate of James
Hodges, deceased, will make final set
tlement of her accounts, with said es-
tate as such Administrative, at the
next term of Probate Court of Iron
county, Missouri, to be holden at the
Courthouse in the City of Ironton, in
said county, on the 18th day of August,
1901. ROSA L. HODGES,
Administrators with will annexed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
The Holland Submarine
Boats as MaUa/ VeSyeb

England Is Building Five of These Interesting and
Destructive Little Terrors

pedo boat has had half fair trial in
actual warfare, she bids fair to be
superseded by the submarine. This
quiet little turtle-back is exceeding
ly businesslike. Starting from an alb
solutely safe distance, and submerg-
ing herself in that cheapest and most
effective armor salt water Ga sub
stance as superior to nickel steel for
turning the point of a shell as that
is to tissue paper) this little viper
can, if necessary, clamp torpedoes to
the battleship's keel as thickly as
buttons on soldiers blouse.
The Holland submarine torpedo
boat, which is one of the most i'm
portant additions to our navy, is
steel shell "a feet long and pointed
at the ends. She is 1917 feet wide.
Within the comparatively small
space inside is slowed away 20 tons
of machinery and fittings. This ap-
paratus consists of so horse power
gasoline engine, which runs the pro-
peller when the boat is on the sur
face of the water. The engine also
charges the storage batteries with
electricity. The electrical power IS
drawn upon to propel the boat below
the waters surface when the gaso-
line engine could not be operated, as
it would vitiate the air inside the ves-
sci.
In the bow of the boat are her
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03

| was a colonel of colored troops and a
brevet brigadier general of volunteers.
He began his career in the regular
service as second lieutenant of the
Seventeenth infantry and rose to the
rank of captain before the close of
1866. He was promoted major and as
signed to the adjutant generals de-
partment in 1880, and has continued in
that department since that date.
Gen. Corbin became the head of the
adjutant generals department in
February, 1898, with the rank of brig
adler general, and received his pro-
motion to major general since the
passage of the new army bill. Dur
ing previous administrations Gen.
Corgin has been fortunate in having
presidents for friends. He was very
intimate with President Garfield, was
with him when he was shot, and was
at his bedside when he died. It was
President Garfield who first trans
ferred him to the adjutant generals
department and promoted him to the
rank of major. He is native of
Ohio, being born on a farm in Cler-
mont county, in that state, Septem-
Der Is, 1912. He has four years more
to serve before his retirement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
Little Hints on the Millinery
Favorites Of the Summer

n DECIDED preference is shown
N for fat shapes in hats for both
spring and summer. Toques
are much worn, and are, in fact, the
favorite shapes. Large capelines, but
little trimmed, are also popular.
Some of the prettiest of the latter
are of black soft straw, and the wide
brim is entirely lined with tiny pink
button roses, the drapery around
the outside being of soft black silk.
The smartest hats for bicycling and
morning wear that have seen are of
coarse straw, the shape being sailor,
the brim very wide, and the trim
ming drapery of foulard. A very
pretty white straw one of this shape
has great chou of pale blue Liberty
silk at one side, and a twist of the
same round the crown.
A lovely "Lamballe" hat is of pale
blue soft straw, the wide brim being
curved up slightly at one side to show
a cluster of pale pink roses Nesting
against the hair. At the top of the
covered brim is long trail of sim
liar roses, and at the back is a bow
of black velvet ribbon, the ends of
which fall onto the hair.
1t is significant that most of the
new hats are made for the low
couture. Nearly all women, with the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03

The boat was operated by full
naval crew in charge Of Lieut.. Cald-
well. Naval officers are more than
pleased with her performance.
The United States government has
ordered five more of these boats,
and when in commission the Shark,
Adder, Moccasin, Porpoise and
Grampus will form a coast defense
of most formidable type, and a
new element in naval warfare will
have been introduced which will radi-
cally change naval tactics. They
were ordered through the Holland
company and are now building at
Nixon's yard at Elizabeth, N. j.
With the advent of the modern ar
mored cruiser New York, perfected
weapons can hurl hundreds of tons
of steel projectiles into an incredibly
small area in o wonderfully short
time, but her destroyer has APP
peared.
Already. before the Suicidal tor
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03

@REAT BRITAIN has taken kind
ly to another Yankee inven-
ton, the Holland" submarine
boat, and five of them are now build
ing for the English navy. Other Eu-
ropean nations have spent millions
in experimenting with various spe-
cies of submarine boats, with prac-
tically no success. Each was desir-
Gus of perfecting boat that would
be their own, but England had no
scruples along this line. She wanted
the newest and best that was known
in naval warfare, but she waited for
others to do the expensive expert
menting. After it had been done she
looked over each of the boats pro-
duced by European inventors, and
then took the HOLLAND" from this side
of the Atlantic.
Under the heading of submarine
boats, the English admiralty report
says:
give of the type invented by Holland
have been ordered, the first of which
should be delivered next autumn. What
the future value of these boats may be in
naval warfare can only be a matter of
conjecture. Experiments with these boats
will assist the admiralty in assessing their
true value. The question of their employ
ment must be studied in all its develop
mentS, and their mechanism carefully
watched in this country"
The big cruiser New York, the flag
ship of the North Atlantic squadron,
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considered it is hardly probable that
King Edward would trust him with so
precious cargo as his eldest son and
heir and his wife.
Capt. Winsloe is heartily envied by
other and older officers of the English
navy, for it is pleasant task that has
been assigned him. AS master of the
Ophir he is the host of royalty and
will continue to act as such for pc
Rod of six months or more. Should
he give the royal pair pleasant and
safe voyage he will no doubt be amply
rewarded by them by an advance in
rank that is as pleasant to an English
sailor as it is to an American.
Capt. Winsloe has just passed his
forty-ninth year, being born April IL,
1852. He has served in the English
navy since 1865, and during that time
has had number of important COM
missions. He served in the Egyptian
war in 1882; served in the naval
brigade in the expedition against the
sultan of Vitu, East Africa, in 1890;
served as special boundary commits
sioner in Massikessi, East Africa, in
1891, where he fixed the boundary be-
tween the English Chartered COM
pany's possessions and those of Por-
tugal, and commanded the English
warship Spartan in Asiatic waters
during the Chinese-Japanese war.
His present commission is probably
the pleasantest one he has had dur
ing his service in the English navy.
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He now proposes to investigate con-
ditions in the Philippines, and it is
expected that he will take a wedding
journey to those far-away possessions
of ours after he has been married to
Miss Edith Patten, whose engagement
to Gen. Corbin was announced short
time ago.
Like Gen. Miles, Gen. Corbin is not a
product of West Point, but began his
military career as second lieuten-
ant in the Eighty-third Ohio infantry
in July, 1862. After little more than
one years service in that regiment he
resigned to accept commission as
lieutenant colonel of one of the col
ored regiments recruited by the gov
eminent. At the close of the war he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
Seaside Gowns That Are Be-
ing Made for Summer Bellies

MANY seaside gowns are being
lH shown just now. Not that So
ciety is yet ready to bid fare
well to city pleasures and take to the
beach, but the time is drawing near
when these things will come, and
preparations are being made for such
now. By visiting the fashionable
stores one sees many pretty models
of seaside gowns, and 1 have selected
three, a morning, an afternoon and
an evening gown, of which to give
descriptions, SO that my readers may
judge for themselves of their beauty.
To begin with the morning gown.
1t is a smart suit of albatross in a
delicate shade of fawn. The skirt
has shaped founce, with rows of
stitching, while the entire upper part
is trimmed up and down with rows
of very narrow silk braid. A blouse
with white pique collar and vest, and
a deep sailor collar, trimmed with
guipure insertion and tied with black
velvet ribbon. The upper half of the
sleeves are trimmed with braid, with
narrow shaped fiounce, trimmed with
insertion at the wrist.
And now the dainty afternoon
gown. 1t is of grenadine in deepest
sky blue, with an embroidered de-
sign in black, gold and blue silk.
The skirt has an under petticoat of
blue silk, trimmed with three deep
fiounces of white lace, graduating
much wider toward the back. A
short tunic overdress of the grena-
dine, trimmed with lace insertion.
The bodice has round yoke of all
over lace net shirred three times,
and finished with a ruffie of lace.
Small rosettes of black velvet baby
ribbon on each shoulder, with loops
toward the center, and a rosette, long
ends streaming from the left Shout
der. The grenadine is bloused from
yoke to waistline, with girdle of
wide velvet ribbon, and long ends at
the left side. Paquin sleeves of gren-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03
Handmade Lace Is Among
the Seasons EXtravaganceS

NOTHING points to the eXtrava-
~ gance of the season so much
as the laces that are being
used on the better class of gowns.
I am told that there is an unusual de-
mand for real lace, and such must
be the case if I can judge from the
amount of it seen upon the elaborate
seaside gowns that are now being
made for the wealthiest of New
York's women.
We have had seasons before when
there was great demand for laces,
but the laces called for were not the
expensive handmade fabrics, but the
imitation machine productions. In
such seasons the real lace makers
have not been helped much by the
popularity of lace as trimming, but
this year it is different, and upon the
more expensive gowns it is the gen.
uine and not the imitation article
that is being used. While some arti-
fetal jewellery can defy expert in
spection so long as chemical tests
are not applied, real lace is still dis
tinguishable by the cultivated eye.
The very uneven, varying touches
that the human handwork is sure to
show distinguish it from the less
erratic, more exact, but less pleas
ing work of the machine. The one
feature in favor of the machine
made lace is, of course, their cheap
ness; while handwork, whether by
needle or bobbin, necessarily pro-
duces the pattern SO slowly that the
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speed beneath the surface is six to
eight knots.
In calm sea it is estimated that
the tiny gray speck of the subma-
rine boats coming tower cannot be
detected by powerful marine glasses
more than a mile. In a rough sea
the tower will hardly be visible at
more than few hundred yards.
The danger of the submarine boat
being hit by an enemy's guns is very
small, as the little coming tower is
but 21a feet in diameter. But precau-
ton is taken to protect it by four
inch plates, which will resist the fire
of four-inch projectiles.
1t might be supposed that boat
of this sort would be completely at
the mercy of the waves in storm.
But actual trials have shown that she
has less motion in heavy sea than
the ordinary craft that stands we'll
up out of the water.
NICHOLAS ], QUIRK. 1
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as the United States consul general at
that post, to succeed ]. X. Gowdy, of
Indiana.
Mr. Woodward's entry into Ameri-
can politics is peculiar in some ways.
1t is not usual for successful educators
of high standing to seek political rec
ignition. Yet he is an educator of
note and professor of languages in CO.
lumbia university. In the educational
world he is classed as scholar of
great ability. He graduated at Co.
lumbia university and afterwards took
postgraduate course in Paris, where
he took his first degree from Sar-
bonnie when he was but II years of
age. Afterwards he won diplomas as
bachelor of science and bachelor of let
tiers at the University of Paris, a dis
tinction which but few Americans can
lay claim to.
He is in no sense politician, nor is
political pull responsible for the
connection of his name with the consul
generalship at Paris. Though but SO
years of age, he has pushed his way to
the front by sheer merit and force of
character, and should he elect to drop
teaching for politics it is probable that
he will in time become prominent
factor in the party with which he is
affiliated.
The consul generalship at Paris is
one of the best paying posts in the
gift of the president, the annual in
come being about $4,000 year.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
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could have been sunk as she lay at
anchor in the waters of Narragan-
sett bay from torpedo fired at her
by the submarine boat Holland. Not
only would the New York have suf-
fered, but the tug Leyden would have
gone to the bottom, too.
But it was all practice, a night at
proving that the New Holland boat
is most valuable part of the United
States navy.
After dark the torpedo boats Nor
ris and Rodgers and the Holland
were sent outside the breakwater,
soon to be followed by the Leyden,
the last named taking up a position
at the entrance of the harbor. AS
the others made the attack an at
tempt was to be made by the Leyden
to pick them out with searchlights.
So far as the torpedo boats were
concerned it was successful, they be-
ing found at will, but with the Hol-
land it was a different matter, and
after she had plunged under the wa
ter she was not seen again until she
was found at her dock when the Ley
den went in.
The crew of the Holland say that
the deck of the wonderful craft was
dry all the time they were under the
water. The Holland approached near
enough to the Leyden to fire a tor
pedo and then turned, crossed the
bay and went within short distance
of the New York without detection.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-03

carries presidents commission with
| for it.
Ezra Perrin Savage, who becomes
governor of Nebraska by the election
of his superior, Gov. Dietrich, to the
United States senate, took up resi-
dence in Nebraska 21 years ago. He
settled on a homestead given him by
the government, and, following the ex-
ample set by his neighbors of that day,
built for his home sod house. To-
day he often says that one of the hap
piest homes he ever knew was in that
sod house.
The first notable public service ever
performed by Gov. Savage was that of
scout during the days of the civil
war. He was less than 10 years old
when the war began, but enlisted at
almost the first call for troops. Gen.
Grant, during his western campaigns,
first discovered in the young soldier all
the attributes of successful scout for
the union army, and assigned to him
the difficult tasks that fall to the lot
of such soldiers. When Grant was
transferred to the east he left Savage
to assist Gen. Sherman, and he served
with that officer during the remainder
of the war.
Gov. Savage is an Indianian by birth,
being born at Connersville, in that
state, in 1912. After the war he re-
moved to Iowa and later to Nebraska,
where he first settled on the plains of
Chester county. He is lawyer by
profession, and has made considerable
money out of Nebraska real estate
ventures, especially in the town of
Sargent, which he founded. His first
political office was first mayor of South
| Omaha.
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adine, and undersleeves of lace net
in band of velvet.
The beautiful evening gown is of
white yelling with black silk polka
dot, made over a soft white silk. The
skirt is trimmed with graduated
groups of black velvet up to the
knees. The draped bodice has a
pointed decollette, with a smartly
tied bow of black glace at the left
side. A deep corselet formed of many
rows of velvet baby ribbon, each
fastened with wee jet buckle. Very
short sleeves, with three rows of
black velvet and ruffle of the yelling.
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means of offensive warfare. The
most important is torpedo tube
pointing straight ahead on line
with her keel.
This is for discharging torpedoes
under water at hostile ships. There
is another torpedo tube in the bow
pointing upward at an angle of about
20 degrees, which is to be used for
firing aerial torpedoes.
This is intended for the purpose of
hurting torpedo through the air
at a distance of mile, either at a
warship or at fertilization, in case
the torpedo boat is used as means
of attack against foreign port.
The chief use for which the subma-
rine boat is intended, however, is for
coast defense and harbor defense
along the extensive sea coasts of the
United States.
The Holland boat is made to dive
under the surface by opening the air
chambers in the lower part of the
hull and filling them with water bal
last and at the same time directing
the vessels course downward by
horizontal rudder. Nine tons of wa
ter will cause the boat to sink and
run five feet below the surface. Still
more water ballast can be taken on
to cause her to sink depth of 40
feet.
The Holland boat is capable of
making a speed of ten knots an hour
when sailing 'awash," or with only
her coming tower above water. Her
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exception of little band of leaders
of fashion, continue to dress their
hair on the top of the head.
Some of the new hair ornaments,
by the way, are exquisite. Light tor
toiseshell, especially when combined
with "new art" jewelry work, plays
an important part in the fabrication
of combs. For evening coiffures,
flowers, great roses, appleblossoms,
violets, forget-me-nots and even
grapes, all mounted in low and vol
luminous fashion, are very much la
mode. SARAH DAVIDSON.