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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
COLOSSAL FORGERIES.
Record of the transactions of Amos
Gould Swelling in Volume
and Amount.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. S.-A Journal
special from David City says:
Forged paper sold by the defunct
Platte Valley Bank of Bellwood has
already reached an aggregate of
$150,00O, and it may largely exceed
Gould from Laporte and Michigan
City, Ind, are here, and claim that
in every instance the notes and mort
cages held by them are f~orgeries.
Real estate mortgages have been
forged, including the certificate of
filing and recording, giving hood and
page, while this week several chattel
mortgages also forged have been re-
ceived by banks and attorneys here
for collection.
Gould, it is charged, kept a private
book, where he had a record of all
forged notes, the amount of each,
and the date of maturing, and when
one of those notes matured he would
replace it with another forged note
and pay the holder the interest,
Gould. it is alleged, claims that had it
not been for the blowing up of the
bank safe a short time ago, by which
his private book, where he kept a
record of all the forged notes, was
destroyed, he would not have been
detected and he would be still run
ming the bank. The cashier and his
brother are still in Jail. The day Of
their arraignment has not been set.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
PITH AND POINT.

Some people keep up a bluff SO long
they can't shake it after the cause is
gone.-Atchison Globe.
What a different world this would
be if the voice of conscience used q
megaphone!-Chicago Daily News.
Bobby, I'm surprised. This note
from your teacher says you're the last
boy in a class of 25.' swell, 1 could
be worser." 81 don't see how" sit
might have been a bigger class."-Lon-
don Answers.
New Office Boy-"There was a man
came here to collect a bill while you
were out" Proprietor-"What did
you tell him." New Office Boy-"I told
him it was no use for him to return,
because you never paid any of your
debts."rColumbus journal.
No Patience.-"What's the matter,
little boy?" inquired the kind lady,
stopping before a sobbing urchin on
the street. I'll got a boil on my
neck" ~whimpered the boy. "Yes, but
just think how many boils Job had!"
81 know, but think NV tn patience he
had, tool" replied the boy.-0hio State
journal.
A very "timely" conversation was
carried on recently between a hostess
and a fair young guest. The hostess
was entertaining the company with
descriptions of her trip abroad and of
the wonderful things she had seen.
Among other things she mentioned the
clock of Strasburg. sob, yes" re-
marked the girl, 81 have heard all
about that; and did you see the watch
on the Rhine, too?"
DR.. Varnadoe, a noted professor of
Greek, is very fond of flowers, and
some days ago, on returning from his
college duties, he found in his front
yard a pestiferous calf belonging to
a neighbor. The doctor gave chase,
and the animal plunged toward the
flower pit, and in another instant
crashed through the glass cover and
mixed with the pots and plants be-
low. When another professor passed
a few minutes later, he said, gravely:
81 do not understand, DR.. Varnadoe,
why you should object so seriously to
having a modest cowslip added to your
fine collection of plants" The Doctors
frowning face relaxed. "Ah, Sanborn,"
he retorted, "you see. this was only a
worthless bulrush."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
REFLECTIONS OF A SICK MAN.

When the doctor comes, he always
laughs at you.
People come around the house you
never saw before; the milk man, the
ice man, the wash
When you + hungry you are
ashamed to acknowledge it, and, if
your nurse is very particular, you
r liable to suffer from hunger.
When the medicine makes you sick,
and you complain to the doctor, he
says: chats what / expected;
that's what l intended it to do"
What a lot of strange dogs play in
your yard during the day! And oc-
casionally there is a COW, and you
wonder that the police are not more
active.
Greenland and Iceland have the bet
ter of us in the way of trade. Last
year we imported goods from those
two countries to the value of $S2,533
and sold them only $500 worth in re-
turn.
When there is a knock on the door,
you think it is an inquiring friend,
and try to look as pale and wan as
possible, and then discover that it is
a little girl who wants to borrow
butter.
Along about the second day you
begin to wonder that some of the
neighbors don't go out and kill a
quail for you; something delicate to
tempt your appetite.-Atchison
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
A STRONG STATEMENT.

Star, Wis, Feb. 10th.-Mr Samuel s.
Hook, one of the most highly respect
ed residents of this neighborhood, has
given a very hearty recommendation
to Dodd's Kidney Pills, a remedy re-
Gently introduced here. He says:
Il have been a sufferer from Kidney
Disease for some time and found
nothing to help me till l began to use
Dodd's Kidney Pills. They gave me
almost immediate relief, and / am
now we'll. I have recommended them
to many friends and in every case
with splendid results.
"They are the very best pills for all
kinds of ailments, but especially for
Kidney Complaints"
This is a very strong statement, and
coming from a gentleman of Mr..
Hooks standing and reputation, it
has had a tremendous influence in
Vernon county.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
A MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
Case in Some Particulars Resembling
the Celebrated DurraRt
Murder.

San Francisco, Feb. 10.-A mys-
ferrous murder, resembling in some
of it's features the noted Durrant
case, is now puzzling the police de-
partment of this city. The body of
Nora Fuller, a 1~6-year-old girl, who
disappeared from her home January
ii, was found lying naked on a bed
in the upstairs back room of an UNI
furnished house at 2211 Summer
street, yesterday afternoon. The girl
had been dead some time, as decom-
position had begun. There was moth
ing in the house to indicate the
means used to take her life, but the
posture of the body and its condition,
together with the disorder of the
room, indicate that the girl was MUIR
dered. An autopsy disclosed that
death was not due to natural causes.
All the organs of the body r in q
normal condition. The general theory
is that the girl was either strangled
or poisoned
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
Sailing over a Mountain Range.

Modern exploration of the ocean
bottom has shown that the sea has
its mountains as well as the land,
ever including those that are of a
volcanic character. Ships sail over
these mountains of the sea as eagles
pass above the Alps, but owing to the
darkness that reigns in the ocean
depths, we cannot look down and see
their peaks, slopes and ranges lying
far beneath the keels of our vessels.
But we can discover them by feeling,
as it were, that is to say, by means
of soundings that reveal their out
lines. One of the remarkable chains
of submarine mountains discovered
in this manner lies about 100 miles
east Of the coast of Australia. Il
was found in surveying a track for
q cable to Norfolk Island. The sea
over the tops of it's highest SUBMITS
is about 1900 feet deep, but around
them the plummet sinks to a depth
Of two or three miles.-Youth's Com
panion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
TWO H0TFRES MCH|CAC0.
One Almost Caused a Panic Amone
the Tenants of a Twelve
Story Building.
BOTH FIRES OCCURRED At SAME TIME.
FLAMES and Dense Smoke Accompa-
MED by Explosions, Frightening
observation-disclosures Leave One
Fire to Go to Another. When II
Starts Out Afresh,

Chicago, Feb. Sire broke out a,
0 a. m. in the SANFORD building, IS
Randolph street, occupied by Geo. E
Watson, dealer in paints and oils, and
G.. +. Rosche, pianos and organs. The
lire almost occasioned a panic among
the tenants of the 12-story Trude
building, which adjoins the burned
structure, and among the employees
OF the cloak factory of Marshall
Field & Co. The fire started in the
paints and oils of the George E. Wat
son Co., which occupied the first two
hoors, and destroyed the stock Of
Geo. F. Rosche & Co., pianos, which
occupied the three upper floors. So
rapid was the spread of the flames,
and so dense the smoke that occu-
pants of the neighboring buildings
He'd hurriedly to the street. In the
Trude building several hundred
pupils of the Chicago Business col
lege marched out in good order. One
woman, almost s~uffocated. was ear
ried out by firemen, but soon re-
vived. Several small explosions among
the paints in the fire frightened spec
t~ators, and several firemen were hurt
by falling bricks. No serious acct
dents were reported. The damage to
the building and stock was about
100000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
SIMPSONS REPRESENTATIVE.
Calls on President and Protests
Against Claim in SchIey's Appeal.

Washington, Feb. Sc. S. Theall,
representing Stayton & Campbell,
counsel for Rear-Admiral Sampson,
called at the White House, and filed
with the president a brief in the
Schley case. The document is short,
and while it has not been made pub
lie, it can be stated that it is de-
voted entirely to n subject, name
ly: a protest against the claim set
up in Admiral Schley's appeal that
he was in supreme command during
the battle off Santiago. The paper
will be considered by the president in
connection with Admiral Schley's ap-
peal and the navy departments COM
ment.
The principal point in the brief is
the allegation that it was SIMPSONS
custom when moving about among
his fleet to hoist the signal "Disre-
gard movements of flagship" but he
invariably hoisted a specific signal
when going beyond signal distance of
his feet directing the second in com
mand to assume command. The brief
says this signal had been brought on
the deck of the New York, but had
not been hoisted when the New York
returned to join in The battle,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
LIBERATOR STILL FLOATS.
The Venezuelan revolutionary
Steamer LibertadOr, Reported
Sunk, Appears Of Curacao.

Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Feb.
S.-The Venezuelan revolutionary
steamer Libertador formerly the
Ban Righ}, enormously reported to
have been sunk by a Venezuelan gum
boat at Porto Colombia, was cruising
off this island Thursday night, and
was off the coast of Curacao at four
o'clock Friday morning. She COM
municated with the shore by boat,
and must have steamed away shortly
after 4 a. m. 1t is believed that the
French cruiser D'Estrees, which ar
rived here during the morning, dis
turbed the operations of the Liber-
tador.
1t is said that the landing of war
munitions on the Venezuelan coast by
the Libertador now will be very &C.
lively pushed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
BANK ACCOUNT WAS SHORT.
But 1t Was Brought UP to Balance
in a Most Disastrous and Ex-
traOrdinnry Manner.

Here is a story of two well-known
young B~altimoreans, whom we will
call Mr.. Tom Black and Mr.. Dick So
and-So. Each prides himself on being
absolutely up to date and up to snuff
in all particulars. Tom called around
to sec Dick mi morning a short time
ago, and had scarcely passed through
the door before Dick exclaimed:
"By George! The very man. Say,
Tom, I want to go to Boston this after
noon, and I need $75. / wish you'd
let me have it. ! really wouldn't ask
you, but see my position"
eyes," replied Tom, "a sort of touch
and-go or no-touch-no-go position.
You are better off at home, Dick. It's
very cold in Boston,"
Somewhat frosty here, too, it
seems" said Dick. "But it's all a joke,
old man. Come in and sit down."
Haven't time" said Tom. 81 just
stepped around to see if you wouldn't
let me have that 500 you already owe
me-if it's perfectly convenient"
Dick seemed to make a hurried men
tai calculation, and then told his
friend that he would give him a check
for that amount, but didn't think he
had quite that much in bank.
"But you can go down and see," he
added.
So Tom took the check, invited Dick
to go to the theater with him that
evening, and hurried down to the
bank. The paying teller took the
check, strolled back, looked at Dicks
account, and returned to the window,
shaking his head.
GLOW much does it take to make it
good?" asked Tom.
Not allowed to tell" replied the
teller.
Tom went to the receiving teller
and deposited $40, to Dicks credit, but
that didn't make the check good. An
other $40 and still others were put up,
with the same result, until Tom began
to perspire and the bank people to
laugh. Finally Tom deposited his
tenth $40, with the remark that it was
a tough game to be up against, and he
again presented the check, only to he
met with another shake of the t~eller's
head and the information: every
sorry, Mr.. Blank, but that account was
somewhat overdrawn."
Tom gave it up and dashed out of the
bank. He had no sooner gone than
Dick sauntered in, and, asking how
much he had to his credit, was told
sos.
Just cash me this check for $780,"
he said, land if you see Tom Blank
to-day tell him I'm awfully sorry i
cannot be able to see him this even
ing, as / have decided to take that
little Boston trip we were talking
about this morning"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
LIVES ARE LOST.
Terrible Results of Fire In a Bach
elor Apartment Hotel In
St. Louis.
WERE ASpHYXIATED IN THEIR ROOMS.
h Fire Bnrned So Fiercely hat the
Great Loss of Life Had Occurred Be-
fore the Firemen Could Get to the
-scene-several Other Inmates of the
Building Injured.

st. Louis, Feb. 10.-The worst loss
of life from fire ever recorded in St.
Louis, with one exception, occurred
yesterday morning in the destruction
of the Empire apartments, 27O0-02
Olive street, for which an alarm was
sounded at $40 o'clock, followed by
a second 90 minutes later, though
the blaze had evidently started long
before the first alarm was sent in. In
causing a loss estimated at $25,0OO,
the fire snuffed out II lives, most of
the victims being found, after the
flames were quenched, in their rooms,
in their beds even, suffocated by the
smoke. The loss of life was the
greatest in the history of the city,
from such a cause, with the single
exception of the great Southern no.
tel fire. The scene of the fire was
the Empire hotel, run as bachelor
apartments, though known up to a
year or so ago as n of the worst
of the questionable resorts of the
city.
The fire, so horrible in it's results,
seems not to have been discovered by
the inmates of the house, but by
passers-by, and it was left to "a young
man living in the neighborhood, Sid
ney Manheimer, to jump into his
clothes, from a sound sleep, and
rush to an alarm box. The officer on
the beat was at the Jefferson n
Washington avenue corner at the
time the fire broke out, and was not
aware of the situation until the alarm
had already been given. The pecu-
liar ann in which the fire burned
had much to do with the disastrous re-
suits reaching up tothe third aoorand
then suddenly spreading out in such
q name as to snuff out the lives OF
the victims almost without warning.
Some jumped, two to almost immedi-
ate death and one to frightful injury.
The rest were burned or sutfocated.
One died of burns at the city hos.
pital. Others suffered minor hurts.
The real extent of the horrible loss
of life was not appreciated until af-
ter the firemen had quenched the
flames and had begun the search OF
the wreck for the victims. Then body
after body was found with sickening
frequency, some partially dressed,
some burned, some s~utfocated and
some so injured as to make identifl-
II
most if not quite impossible.
1t was seven o'clock in the morning
belore the last body was found and
taken to the morgue. There had been,
according to the attaches, some
thirty-fve in the place, the
20 rooms in the structure being near
ly doubly occupied.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
WANT FRIARS EXPELLED.
FiIipinos Consider Them Unfit TO
Serve in the House
of God.

Manila, Feb. 8.-The insular presi-
denies will present a petition to Mgr.
Sbaretti, the apostolic delegate in
the Philippines, on his arrival here
from Rome, praying for the expulsion
of the friars and friar bishops, in
the interest of the church, as the
Filipinos consider them unfit to serve
in the house of God. Amajorityo of the
~presidentes has already signed the
petition.
The chamber of yester-
day adopted a memorial to congress
urging legislation for these islands,
and also requesting the appointment
of two additional Philippine COM
m~issioners, to be Americans with
commercial and industrial expert
ence.
Gen. Chaffee reviewed over 1000
troops on the Luneta.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
COLLIDED AT CROSSING.
Two VestibuIed Trains Meet, with
Serious Results to Both,
but No Casualties.

Niles, Mich Feb. Sat Granger,
Ind, nine miles southeast of here.
two west-bound passenger trains on
the Grand Trunk and the Big Four
roads collided at the junction of the
roads about 2:30 O'clock yesterday
afternoon. The Big Four engine
struck the side of the Grand Trunk
engine, hurting it owe against the
station house, which was demolished.
Conductor Wells, of Benton Harbor,
on the Big Four train, sustained Sc
rious injury. Two hundred passen-
gers were shaken up ndboth engines
were badly damaged. Confusion of
signals was the cause of the COLI
sion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
THE PRESIDENTS SON ILL.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. Seriously Ill with
Pneumonia at School Ut Gro
ton. Mass.

Washington, Feb. s.-Mrs. Roose-
velt, wife of the president, left Wash
ington at 4:3O o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon for Groton, Mass, where
their son, Theodore, Jr., is lying Sc
riously ill of pneumonia. She trav-
eled in a drawing room on the regu-
lar train of the Pennsylvania road,
which goes through to Boston with
out change, arriving there this morn
ing at seven o'clock. From Boston
the first available train will reach
Groton at TO-: SO a. IN. Mrs. Roosevelt
is accompanied only by a maid.
The first information TO reach the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt of the
illness of their son was received at
the White House by telegraph at $3.50
yesterday morning. The message was
signed by the president OF the college
where the young man is a pupil, and
stated in effect that a slight indis-
position had developed into an acute
and sharp attack of pneumonia and
that he was seriously i'll. Another
message received during the cabinet
meeting stated that the young mans
temperature was 104.
Arrangements were at once set on
foot for Mrs. Roosevelt's departure
for Groton island yesterday after
noon and since the first intelligence
was received the president has been
in almost constant communication
by telephone and telegraph with the
college faculty. According to the
earlier reports the sons condition re-
manned almost unchanged since
morning. During the late afternoon
and early evening, however, several
rather reassuring messages were re-
ceived at the White House from Gro
ton, the tenor of which was that the
condition of the presidents o at
that time was satisfactory to the at.
tending physicians.
There is no attempt to minimize
the danger of an acute attack OF
pneumonia, and the president and
Mrs. Roosevelt are well aware that
the young mans condition is serious
Everything possible is being done for
him, and the best physicians and
nurses are in constant attendance
President Roosevelt himself is
very likely to go to Gro
ton to-day, and will do sc
except in the event OF very reassur'
ing news being received. If he does
60, he will return almost Immediately
if his sons condition admits. 1t al
ready has been decided that Mrs
Roosevelt must remain by her sons
bedside, but If his condition is sucf
as to make 1t safe for the president
to go farther away from him he viii
keep his engagement to go to the
Charleston exposition, and will leave
with his party on Monday night as
originally planned.
On receipt of word that Mrs. Roose
welt would come to Aver from Boston
on the first morning train, arrange
ments were made to meet her at thu
station. The school is about half
mile from the station.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
THE TRIP TO CHARLESTON.
Plan of the Visit III Not Called on
Mt the Last Minute.

Washington, Feb. S.-The illness of
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., has changed
very greatly the plans of the presi-
dent for his trip to Charleston to
visit the exposition there. The trip
possibly may have to be abandoned
altogether, tut the present purpose
is to make a flying visit to the ex-
position, and to return Immediately
after the most important functions
in which it has been arranged for
the presidential party to participate.
No ladies will accompany the pres
idential party, owing to the absence
of Mrs. Roosevelt and the hurried
nature of the modified arrangements.
The president, instead of leaving
here Monday night, will not start In
til Tuesday morning. He will go di-
rect to Charleston and will take part
in the exercises Of Wednesday and be
present at the banquet, and then will
return to Washington, reaching here
some time Thursday. The three cab
met officers who it was announced
heretofore would accompany the
president, Secretary Cortelyou and
a stenographer will comprise the en-
tire party as now arranged.
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CHILDREN SUFFOCATED.
We're on the Top Floor of Their
Burning Home and Could Not
be Reached by Rescuers.

New York, Feb. 10.-Jennie and FL
sic Berlinger, aged eight and six
years respectively, children Of Or. il.
Berlinger, were suffocated and died
while q fire was in progress at their
fathers residence in this city yester-
day. The children were in an upper
room on the top floor when the fire
was discovered, and all efforts to
reach their room were u%navailing, as
the fire had broken out in a connect
ing room, through which it was nee
essary to pass before the children
could be reached. After the fire was
extinguished the bodies of the chill
dren were found near the door.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13

Shreveport, La, Feb. Sword
comes from Bossier Parish that at a
plantation IS miles below Shreve-
port two negroes named Duke Boyn-
ton and Jim Heath quarreled over the
affections of q negress. They agreed
to fight it out, retired to the district
levee, counted off the distance. drew
their pistols and had a duel without
seconds or surgeons. When the
smoke cleared away both men were
dead. The 0 has held no in
quest, as there was no one implicated
in the affair but the principals.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13
The Other Fire.

Chicago, Feb. Sire destroyed the
five-story warehouse at las Michigan
The fire broke out in the
basement and first floor, and after
an hours fight the firemen thought
they had the flames subdued. A num-
Der of engines were called away to
a fire at 3S Randolph street. Sudden
ly there was a slight explosion, and
the whole building was soon in flames.
Losses were estimated as follows:
Building, $4,000; millinery stock of
Gage Brothers & Co., $4,000; stock Of
Central Union Telephone Co., $4,000,
This is the second time a building at
this place has been destroyed by fire.
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THEY MET THE INSURGENTS.
The Venezuelan Troops, Sent to Dis
perse Insurgents, Fall Back in
Exhausted Condition.

Port Of Spain, Island of Trinidad,
Feb. s.--The Venezuelan troops sent
to dispense the insurgents in the Vi
entity Of Guiria have been compelled
to fall back upon Carupano, which
place they reached in al exhausted
condition. The troops lost a number
of men killed or wounded in the
skirmishes, which they had daily with
The insurgents.