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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-07
p1TH AND POINT.

Jealousy Is its own reward. and IL
usually happens that it gets it.-N. 7.
Herald.
my boy, don't put sugar on your
hash. It's very bad form" Willie
But it's swfully good taste.'-Ysle
Record.
There is a good deal said about keep
ing abreast with the times, but the real
important thing is getting ones work
done up on time.-Atchison Globe.
1t is folly to attempt to please every
body. 1t matters not in which direction
a man faces he must of necessity turn
his back on half the world.0hicago
Daily News.
A Surface Indication.-"Lucy has
gone away to boarding-school," said
one East end girl to another. $50 /
heard" But 1 don't think it is a very
high-toned school" "Why?" BE
cause it has terms instead of semes-
ters."- Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph.
Whom Did She Mean?-Mr- Blurt-
"I'd hate to be that man Wiggles; he
has to ask his wife for every cent he
spends" Mrs. Blurt-"Good for him;
/ know a woman who has to ask her
husband for every cent she spends, and
usually gets only half she asks for
Ohio State Journal.
You don't seem as fond of poetry as
you used to be-" remarked the waste
basket. "No,''remarked the office goat;
I'm suspicious of it. l picked up a
poem yesterday that looked very sweet
at first sight, but it turned out to be a
bit of satire. 1 never tasted anything
SO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record.
YES" said the author, when I get
started writing a novel 1 do Lost con-
siderable sleep over it," "Oh! WELL"
exclaimed the critic, who had a neat
way of Disgusting a bitter dose of sar-
casm under the s~ugar-coating ofappar-
ent fattery. what your loss is your
readers gain.'-Catholic Standard and
Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-07
TRUSTS TO THE FRONT.
Preparing to Ride the American Peo-
pie n Merry Race on Land
and Sea Alike.

IT Is interesting to note the steady
andlogical development on the epochal
moveme now under way for the or
ganization of a great railway trust
which shall dwarf into insignifcance
all preceding monopoly combinations
vet effected in this country.
According TO recent news reports
the scope of the combine is now nearly
complete in It's contemplated organ
ization. 1t began with the idea Of
bringing all the great railway lines
under one control by virtue Of the
community OF ownership" plan.
Subsequent Developments showed that
a monopoly Ownership of Americas
coal mines was also n feature of the
proposed railway trust. Thea came
the effort TO absorb al the steel indus
tries Of the Cnite0 States New II -
announced the gigantic combine also
eontemplateS embracing the several
sleeping car companies in its -eUn-
munity Of ownership project Thss
is trpstiSrn with \ vvnSvzEeS-
The Americas people are aozhs1e~s
watching the pugrssS % the railway
trust with considerable interest. Ccnz-
ing at the SANE tine that ske a2mEa
ship subsidy CAB for the b<E<Et ef
American nonCpcfxrS ca tf~ seas 20
being damned through eouxres@ ia
railway combine = qGkfe siwuSacans-
The trusts are certainly havan< tAlr<x
their OWL way IL Esav b. said MA
much more EusfalnesS tk7n hamo-.
that they are P<vpzyjs< Is rss she
American people a m~rrN r@e ca Ard
and sea alike AID Et~ sk< A=~Eeaa
people who must ray a. ~xm EssS @E5
lose THE rzex e A~ka ~-a a@&
srRsriSm continue 20 prevail fa Am~rr
epxernm~nr-Ss. Lenls E~wRh
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-07

Senator Hanna acknowledges no
personal pique in taking this attitude
toward a proposed improvement at
his wv home. He says that it world
undoubtedly make a saving in freights,
but he doubts whether the govern
ment should be in the business of
saving freight rates for private indi-
viduals. Thus have the gods made
Marcus Antonio mad enough to at
tempt to be cynica1.-Detroit Free
Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-07
HEIR TO THE CALF OF MAN.
An American Who Inherits a Little
Island Near the Isle of
Mou.

Gerald n. Carey, heir apparent to
the little kingdom of the Calf of Man,
who has been working as an assist
ant assayer at the LIE Roi mine, Ross-
land, British Columbia, was at the
New Markham hotel one day lately,
stopping in Denver, he said, to make
a hurried examination of mining ma
chinery. He was On his way to Eng
land and the little island off its coast,
which is owned by his uncle, whose
heir Mr.. Carey IS, says the Denver Re-
publican. He registered from Peal,
Isle of Man, for the very good rea-
son, he explained. that there is no
town or city on the Leg of Man, and
also that the family for several years
past has spent a good deal of time
OF the neighboring island, where he
was born.
81 am going back to Mainland to
join my uncle, w. L. Drinkwater
Carey. who, through the death of my
grandfather, has lately come into
ownership of the Leg of Man, said
Mr.. Carey. "The little island is sep
arated from the Isle of Man by a mar
row channel. 1t is in reality a part
of Mainland. In old times the peo-
pie were the same and their laws
and customs and habits of life were
identical on both islands. The Calf
of Man is much the smaller. NY IA
Their would have inherited the island,
as he was the eldest son. but he died
several years ago. I am my uncle's
heir, and some day I may be the
owner of the island, which we are
pleased to call a kingdom, although
it is not quite that.
"But we do claim absolute owner
ship of the island, even to the min
erals that may be found, and the
reason that my uncle has sent for me
at this time is that 1 have gained
some knowledge of minerals and min
ing since coming to America, and I
shall make a thorough exploration Of
the island to discover if there is min
eral in it. For a long time we have
thought that there vas a rich lode of
silver running through the little do
main, and my uncle wants me to
make a test of it. If there is silver
in paying quantities, of course, we
shall work it,"
W. L. Drinkwater Carey claims to
nc nIOIC tiIdH d LcHdut u Tile 11IIlc
island. He has entered upon his lit
tie kingdom. which is smaller than
the principanty of Monaco, not as a
tenant of the "Lady of Mar" who is
Queen Victoria, for he clf ms abso-
lutte ownership. The island has been
in the possession of the Careys for
many generations, coming into the
family through a grant from King
Edward as a reward for m~eritorious
service. There is but one inhabited
house on the island, the old seat of
the Careys, a substantial stone build
ing that is surrounded by 120 acres
OF cultivated land.
The present owner of the Calf of
Man has lived most of his life in the
United States. He left home "a years
ago, and has been a resident of Chi |
cago almost ever since. He returned
only a few years ago to enter into
possession of his kingdom.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-07
An Even Thing.

Horace Mann, the famous educa-
tor, was sitting one evening in his
study, when an insane man rushed
into the room and challenged him to
fight. "My\dear fellow" replied Mr..
Mann, at would give me great pleas
ure to accommodate you, but 1 can't
do it. the odds aEe so unfair. / am a
Mann by name ana a man by nature,
two against one! Vt would never do
to fight" "toh, cone ahead." the in
sane man answered. "I am a man and
a mar beside myselfbL Let us four have
q fght."-Troy Times
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-07
Early Railway Days.

days of railway travelling are given
by Mr.. Thomas Balloon, who has just
retired after 81 years service on the
Lancashire & Yorkshire railway, Eng
land. He remembers when the guards
used to collect tickets from the pas
sengers along the footboards while
the trains were in motion, just as
they do on the continent at the pres
ent time. In those days the trains
were trumpeted out of the Ianches-
ter terminus, and when they arrived
very late the bugler, as he was Gale,
used to play: Ion, dear. what can
the matter be ?"-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-07
His Clever Ruse.

Mr.. Cripps-Can you induce the cook
20 have one of her friends come and
take dinner with her tonight?
Mrs. Cripps-The ideal! What for?
Mr.. Cripps- expect to bring Jones
and Smith home with me, and I'd like
to have a nice dinner for them.-Phila-
delphisk Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-07
To Extermfnate b Prairie Dog.

The prairie dog will soon follow the
buffalo out of existence. the agricul-
turaI department has found that the
dogs kill the grass and ruin good graz
ing land. The departments chemists
have put up a compound which the
little beasts will like, but which viii
Kill them no less surely.-Chicago Rec
Ord
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-07
FARMERS AND SHIP SUBSIDY.
Representative Journals of the COun-
try Are Outspoken Against
the Measure.

Secretary of Agriculture James Will
son has declared in favor of the ship
ping bill, which provides large subsi-
dies for American ships. He says that
farmers need better freight service
20 foreign countries, and gives in
stances to show where important
freight has been delayed. He then
says that from every point CT view we
should not depend on foreign ships,
but that Americans should carry
American freight. We agree with the
secretary. though we know from ex-
p%erience that it often pays better to
hire some n else to carry our produce
than to do your own hauling. If Mr..
wilson wishes to give the farmers real
ADVICE he should not stop with what
they already know, but GO on and tell
US why the rich ship builders and
steel makers need help from the gov
eminent. That is the point to be dis
cussed. Why should the farmers be
taxed to support a class of people who
are better able to provide for them
selves than most business men?
Mr.. Wilson is quoted as saying that
he knew from correspondence that
there is a practically universal senti-
ment among the farmers in favor of
the bill, and that those who are
against it are mainly those who DO
not understand what advantages the
bill will bring to the farmers" Our
experience and observation indicate
just the reverse of that statement.
The farm papers of the country are
outspoken against the bill. The few
farmers who talk to us in favor OF it
seem to have an idea that it is a party
measure which will make their party
stronger with certain rich men or in
certain localities. There are many
farmers whonow see in their own BUSH
ness the results of former indirect
taxation schemes. Here is their ques-
ton, Mr.. Secretary-perhaps you will
it: Why, if our manufacture
ers can Guido the world on machinery |
and material, do they o build their
W ships without help?-Rura1 New
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-07
BoUNTIES FOR THE RICH.
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-07
PLEA FOR FILIPINOS.
Senator Towne Arraigns the Re-
publican Administration.
Minnesota Statesman Presents strong
Arguments In Favor OF Philip
pine Independence - Quar-
Naaionaw Peril.

In the senate ON Monday. January
IS. Senator Towne. Of Minnesota. ere
ate4 quite a sensation by an eloquent
speech in behalf OF Philippine inee-
pendence. His efforts were app1anded
BY both sides and his speech was rec
ognixed as q notable Grafton
whIie discussing ev~nts which led
the unised States forces 20 the Pail
ippsnes. Senator rcwne referred wttA
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naldo had sold bis couEtry 90 the
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The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
BLOOD STAINS
POINT TO CRIME
Evidence in an Old House
Probably Explains
Mystery.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 27-The first
tangible items Of evidence Of the supposed
murder in the mystifying case of the
missing Mrs. Powell were disclosed to re-
ward the efforts of the searchers TODAY.
In the deserted bed chamber of a some
what dilapidated cottage perhaps a quar-
ter of mile from the Powell home Sne-
clal Searcher Eppinger picked up a small
sort telt Fedora hat, just such a piece of
heddWear as Mrs. Powell is said bv her
sister 10 nave worn when she left fbe
house Thursday afternoon a weelr oco
accompanied by the much-sou%bt me- 1SU,
and seller of poultry stock. There are
scattered drops and blotches of cOnpeaIed
blood on the outer rim and the hat heJ
been crushed up in a dusty corner of the
deserted house. - 'i40
The hat when shown to Powell the hus-
nlzed by him as just like that which his
WIFE had worn. The hat with the teII-taie
blood stains is not the only item of cvi-
dence presented by this mornings search
however, for in an adjoining dwelling
also empty for the past several 1nonths
IN collection of spades, shovels. axes
and similar working implements. a rusty
garden sickle was picked up. its edge
darkened by stain of blood, and adher-
ing to it being a human hair, long and
severed apparently by the blow that had
darkened the blade with blood
A curious circumstance in connection
with the finding of these articles seem
ingly pointing directly to terrible crime
is found in the fact that when the shack
was there. The room in which it was this
morning found was Uttered then with
some scattered articles of a cbiId's ahan-
doned wardrobe.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
BUYS A COFFIN
FEARING DEATH
Shasta County Farmer
Prepares for the
Fatal Day.
Redding Carpenter Carts the
Box Over the Noun
tainS.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

REDDING, Dec. N.-Recently this COM
munity was amazed to learn that Peter
Scherer, pioneer and one time rich man
of Redding had ordered his casket and
deposited check in favor of the under
taker to cover funeral expenses.
Now the even more surprising an
nouncement is made that w. Hudson. a
farmer of the Burgess section, has pre-
pared for his own interment even to the
extent of having his coffin made and
brought to his bedside and himself lifted
into it to see that it fitted him exactly
as he wished.
Hudson is a man of 48 years, who owns
a good farm in the mountain meadow
lands, where he resides with his wife and
children. He is an eccentric man, though
he has always been a thrifty one For
some time he has been bedridden with
rheumatic trouble He fancies that he
will die during the winter. Heavy snow
isolates the district during the cold sea-
son and the resident who dies then can
obtain no coffin from Redding.
So Hudson summoned the carpenter.
had his length and breadth measured
with Il tape as he lay in bed and coffin
made of pine. The carpenter was in
structed to return with the box as soon
as possible and assist Hudson to try it
on" Its comfortable dimensions please
it's future occupant and the coffin is stored
under the bed, awaiting the fatal winter
day.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
TEACHERS MAY
MAKE CHANGES
California Association
Has Important Work
in View.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PACIFIC GROVE, Dec. 2-Prepara-
tions are about completed for the
convention of the California State Teach
ers' Associa tion. which will open here
next Monday. A number of the promi-
nent participants in the convention pro-
gramme have already arrived and more
are expected tomorrow and Sunday.
Among those now on the ground are Su-
perintendent Reginald Webster OF San
Francisco and Superintendent ]. w. Nc
Clymonds of Oakland.
The coming convention is expected to
be of extraordinary Importance to educa-
tion in California and for many reasons
will be the most notable meeting ever
held by the association. There is a
movement on foot among some of the
prominent members looking TO the adOp-
tion of a new constitution with view to
making the association the center or edu-
catiOnaI interest in the State.
The new plan will, if carried, change
the character of the association very ma
terially, doing away with its present
somewhat temporary character and put
ting it upon more permanent basis. The
proposed constitution will be formulated
by the California Council of Education,
which meets here just prior TO the open
ing of the convention, and will probably
be presented to the convention on New
Years day. 1t is believed by those best
debate and a lively time is expected, for
while the new idea is generally favored
many members of the organization be
lieve it to be for the best interests of the
association that it retain its present char
acter.
TWO other points will make the conven-
tion notable One-the presence Of three
college presidents, DR.. b. Benjamin An
drews of the University of Nebraska, Dr.
Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University
of California and Dr. David starr 20 J0rda9
of Stanford University. Between 200 and
500 delegates are expected to attend the
convention.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
GAME RESULTS
IN A TRAGEDY
Poker Players in Kern
County in Desperate
Battle.

BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 2.-As the result
of a dispute over poker game in Ban
dattini's saloon at McKittrick shortly be-
fore l o'clock this morning Bert Webb, a
prosperous blacksmith of that place and
formerly a 'driller for the Inter Nos OIL
Company, is lying dead at his home and
A. S. Brady, his slayer, said to be gam
bier, is a fugitive from justice.
A number of men met in the saloon last
night and a poker game was started. The
play went on for some hours without in
terruption, until Brady and his victim en-
tered into dispute as to the ownership
of pot.
After an exchange of words Brady left
the saloon, but soon returned with a re-
peating shotgun and demanded a settle
ment Those in the place, with the eXcep-
ton of Webb, hurriedly made their es-
cape The latter closed with Brady and
attempted to gain possession of the
weapon, when Brady pulled the trigger.
The charge, after tearing away a goodly
portion of the victims hand, entered the
neck and breast. The principal blood YES
sells were cut and death soon followed
Brady ran from the saloon and made
his escape in the darkness. Webb leaves
a wife Sheriff Borgwardt left this morn
ing for the scene of the shooting. A de-
termined effort will be made to locate the
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
Captain W. w. Reisinger Is Ordered
to Relieve Captain Mead on
the PHILADELPHIA

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Postofice
name changed: WashingtOn-Scott, in
Klickitat County, is changed to Paterson,
with Henry Paterson as Postmaster.
Postmasters commissioned: California
Isaiah McC. Hoalson, San Miguel; Annie
II. Cook, Hurleton. Oregon-Edgar A.
Taylor. Airlie; Harley c. Jones, Free
water; Warren r. Hall, Siletz; Frank c.
Burgholzer, Timber. Appointed: Califor-
nia-Joseph Z. Gooding, Barstow, San
Bernardino County, vice Leonard Good
ing, deceased; Martha Simonds, Hyde
Park, Los Angeles County, vice John
Coates, resigned; Eta M. Walker, Keyes,
Kern County, vice Caroline l.. Wallace,
resigned.
These pensions were granted: Califor-
MIA, original-Michael Calnan, Genesee,
$6; Inman Lane, Visalia, Sc; John w. Grif-
fin Los Angeles, $12; Ferdinand KLEIN,
San Francisco, Sc. Increase-Cyrus Brown,
Downey, $12 Widows-Martha j. Senter,
San Diego, $S.
Oregon Increase-Edward Hopper,
Sandy, $12; Granville S. Watson, Seap-
nose, $12; John F. Bell, Yoncalla, $40.
Washington: Increase : Theophilus
Pugh, Little Falls, $12; Patrick Gubbin,
Tacoma, $12. Widows-Mary E. Beck,
Elma, $S.
Navy orders-Captain W. w. Reisinger
is to command the Philadelphia, relieving
Captain w. w. Mead, who, upon report
ing his relief, will proceed home and wait
for orders
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
MODOC MONEY
FAST FLEETING
County Officials Alarmed
at Lynching Case
Expenses.
One Witness Is Sent to Jail
for Refusal to
Testify.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

ALTURAS. Dec. 27.-Modoc County is
becoming alarmed at the rapidity with
which the general fund is disappearing
IN consequence OF the legal proceedings
In tbs Lookout lynching case. Within
about two weeks the county may be
bankrupt. The coin is escaping at the
rate OF $500 a day for trial expenses, and
there is only 5000 now in the treasury.
In the Superior Court this morning A.
l.. Colburn, the witness who has contin
ually refused to testify IN the matter of
the Lockout lynchng. was recalled by
the prosecution. He again refused to tes-
dfy and was committed to jail for five
days for contempt Of court. Z. L. Car
penter was put on the stand and stated
that he took the pistols which were in
troduced in evidence yesterday from
Frank Hall and Dan Yantis. The war
rant GA which Calvin Hall was arrested
was introduced IN evidence by the de-
Tense ana also the search warrant, which
was read TO the jury by Raker for the
defense
Carpenter was again on the stand this
afternoon to IesUTy regarding the war
rants. he stated that Martin Hall was
also known as Martin Wilson, and that
Mary Hall and Mary Wilson were one
ana the same person.
The court refused to allow the defense
10 snow that Hall was found III posses
sion OF stolen property searched tor un-
der warrant, and refused to allow witness
carpenter TO see list OF the stolen prop
erty which made part of the court rec
OrdS at Lookout
/ The witness stated that when he ar
rested Martin Wilson he found him in
possession of stolen property identified
as belonging to other persons. He arrest
ed him on the charge of burglary the
hrst time. He detailed the circumstances
OF the arrest of Hall and the others. He
stated that he was not accompanied by
the defendant Brown on any of the trips
he made in arresUng the parties but that
Brown was his deputy and Sid Goyette
was appointed by him to help guard the
prisoners in the hotel at Lookout.