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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
Rev. Conrad Damn.

Rev. Conrad Damn, a retired Luth-
eran minister, died at his home in st.
Charles, from consumption, aged 65.
Deceased was born at Erxdorf, Ger
many, and graduated for the ministry
from Concordia seminary, ST. Louis, in
1867. After a service of rs years he
was compelled to give up his work
on account of poor health. He leaves
q wife and six children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
Fast Freight in Collision.

Two fast freight trains coll:ded at
Jefferson City, smashing two engines
and half a dozen cars. A fireman and
engineer painfully injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
Says 1t Is Not True.

Capt. Douglas, of Alva, Okla, indig.
nantly denies the statement made by
Kansas City papers that his company
of the Oklahoma national guard was
shabbily treated while in st. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
Dangerous place to Sleep.

Alois Joenen, a sh%oecutter, was
killed while asleep on the street car
track in St. Louis. Wrecking a
called to get body from under car.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
Had Trouble Mt Home.

DR.. George H. Miller, coroner of st.
Charles county, has resigned his Office
and left the county. Matrimonial trou-
bles are said to have prompted his ac-
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
Clothes Torn OF by Lightning.

While hauling hay, two miles south
Of Sturgeon, G. w. Peacher was
struck by lightning. His clothes and
shoes were torn into shreds, and he
wa badly injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

Pleasant Hill Methodist church at
Oronogo was struck by lightning and
destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of
1000. The Bible was saved.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
For Killing Her Husband.

Jennie Thornton, colored, was SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for life, at St.
Louis, for killing her husband. She
lay in wait and shot him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

DR.. Jerome X. Bauduy, a well.
known physician and surgeon, was
ruu over by an unloaded wagon, in
st. Louis, on the evening of the 18th,
receiving injuries that will probably
prove fatal. The wagon was not
stopped and the identity of the driver
is not known.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
Injured at a Crossing.

DR.. Jerome X. Bauduy, an aged and
well-known st. Louis physician, was
seriously injured beneath wagon
wheels. The vehicle struck him at a
crossing,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

The silver jubilee of Bishop Chatard
was celebrated at indianapolis, Ind,
on the 18th. Mass was said by Car
dinal Gibbons in the chapel of St,
Angels academy. Rev. James f. Quig-
ley, archbishop of Chicago, preached
the m
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
Sick Only Two Hours.

After an illness that confined him
to his bed but two hours, Rev. Peter
Joseph Lott, rector of st. Francis de
Sales Catholic church, died at his res
idence in St. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
Jumped Into a Well.

While visiting at the house of his
father, James Wyckoff, in Appleton
City, Fenton Wyckoff became sudden
ly insane, and committed suicide by
jumping into a well.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
Upheld st. Louis.

Prof. Whipple, biologist of the New
York water department, in his testi-
mony in the drainage canal hearing,
upheld St. Louis contention that
fever germs came from Chicago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

Miss Floy Gilmore. who went to the
Philippines as a ~stenographer, has
been appointed assistant attorney
general.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

The final acceptance trial of the tor.
p~do boat Adder was held, on the
end Lieut.. Frank L. Pinney said the
18th, at Newport, II. l.. and at the
Adder met all requirements,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

William II. johnson, superintendent
of the poor during the Ames admin
istration at Minneapolis, Mimi, was
found guilty by a jury, on the 18th,
of the misrepresentation of $3.50 of the
city funds.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

Judge Dickinson, in the district
court at Omaha, Neb., on the 18th, is
sued an injunction against the bust
ness men, restraining them from at.
tempting to break up labor unions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

The Army and Navy Journal, on the
10Th, printed a letter from Gen. Mel
son A. Miles, in which the writer
stood by his charges of cruelty in the
Philippines and stated that his visit
was made in an official capacity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

Advices were received at Washing
ton, d. c., on the 18th, depicting a
gloomy situation in Colombia, that
country being practically bankrupt
owing to civil war.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

Victoriano Lorenzo, an Indian chief
who was a guerilla leader in the Co
lombian revolution, was executed, on
the 18th, at ranama. He died bravely,
declaring he was not the principal in
crimes committed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

The remains of Agatha Reichlin
were exhumed at Lorain, O., on the
14th, to settle the question raised as
to whether the young had
been choked, as well as struck with a
stone on the head. No marks were dis.
tinguishable,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
We're Not Separated Long.

Mrs. Howard, widow of Laclede
Howard, st. Louis clay manufacturer,
| died in Milwaukee. MI. Howard died
| suddenly six weeks ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

Mayor James A.. Reed of Kansas
City, Mo-, IN the 14th, was removed
from q train at Union station, St.
Louis. to the Planters hotel. He was
suffering from indigestion caused by
overwork and less of sleep.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

Fifty Baptist ministerial students
left William Jewell college, at Liberty,
Mo, on the 18th, for their homes be-
cause the faculty refused to grant
their request that the fraternities of
the college be dissolved.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

At the annual meeting of the Vir.
ginia Society of st. Louis the success
of the plan to reproduce Monticello at
the Worlds fair was practically as
sured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

The sixty-ninth anniversary of the
founding of the home for the friend
less, in New York city, was celebrat.
ed on the 18th. A stained glass win.
dow, the gift of Mrs. Russell Sage.
was unveiled and the announcement
of a gift of $1,000 from Miss Helen
Gould was made.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

Judge John I. Mullins, at the in.
stance of the joint executive commit.
tee of the labor unions against the
Citizens alliance, in Denver, Col, on
the 18th, enjoined the alliance from
threatening or intimidating members
of labor unions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

Six new cases of bubonic plague ap.
peared at Ca-lao, Peru, on the 18th.
The board of health of Panama has
decided to permit the passengers on
isolated point.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

An attorney in New York, repre-
ton, on the 18th, to Letter creditors
in the wheat deal of 1897, to settle at
90 cents on the dollar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
Could Stand snakes. Not whisky.

Claude Clark, of Kansas City, who
is said to be immune from snake bites.
~succumbed to st. Joseph whisky, and
reported at point of death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

Miss Helen NJ. Gould is establishing
a club for young men of Irvington-on-
the Hudson, N. Y, and in order to
keep them out of saloons, she is erect
ing a 100000 clubhouse for their ex-
elusive use.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

The British battleship Renown took
all British subjects away from Tet-
uan, Morocco, on the 18th. There
are still 200 ~Spaniards at Tetuan, who
have taken refuge in the Spanish con-
sulate to escape the rebellion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

President Roosevelt, by authority
of the regents of the University of
California, at Berkeley, on the 14th,
received the degree of doctor of laws
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

The stage running from Idaho City
to Boise, Idaho, was held up, on the
14th, near the Halfway house. Three
passengers were relieved of their val
tables and the baggage and registered
mail taken.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

Secretary Root gave a dinner at the
Country club, Washington, d. c., on
the 18th, in honor of the members OF
the newly-organized general staff OF
the army. Gen. Miles was not in
yited,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

It is said that the st. Louis Transit
Co. employees are voting upon advisa-
bility Of submitting demands to the
company.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
Threw Acid Over His wife.

Frank c. Keaney poured carbolic
acid over his young wife, Maude, who
refused to live with him. Their mar
rage was an elopement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

Former State Senator Chas. F.,
Busche made a full confession to Cir
cult Attorney Folk in St. Louis, on
the 18th, relating his connection with
boodling in the Missouri legislature.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

In the United States district cour,
at st. Louis, on the 18th, Judge Ami
don, of South Dakota, sitting for Judge
Adams, sentenced Frederick w. Fout,
Jr., to four years in the Missouri pen
itentiary for making out false aft
davits relative to homestead Claims.
Fout is o lawyer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
Their Marriage Evidently a Fixture

BENZ. T. Delafield and wife, OF
Webster Groves, are about to air their
matrimonial miseries in court. He
charges cruelty and she says for
years he would not allow her at the
same table with him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21

Gov. Pennypacker of Pennsylvania.
on the 18th, approved the Grady-Salus
libel bill, which gives ,aggrieved par
ties the right, not to prohibit publ
cation, but to o damages which
they have sustained, provided they
prove negligence or lack Of care on
the part of the publishing newspa
pers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-05-21
Infant Drowned.

The infant Of Curtis Leneve, Rich
Hill, drowned in a vessel containing
three gallons of water
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29

facts and Illustrated them with bsauu-
fui as vel As luterestinE experiments
chiefly % give his listeners chance 20
Judge FOR themselves o. the eno-no8siy
greater activity % rsssum rays. or Pee
GueTeI rays as fkey are usually know q
TO scientists. Recguersl. French physd-
oisf. discovered ~ accident. that = GUAM
tity - salts q uranium. ehen placed up
IN a photogra phlc pate - a perfectly
dark room. e<o1sid prD.isce 3 black marx
~ the plate Prom fhig - naturally
,ss5voes that fhe uranium vas giving -
rays % is ozn similar n fEose produced
D. vacuum tubes, ard b experimenting
further he established ths fact that fhsse
-zniu-n rays were rsuea more active
than the extremely active rays q ~
CrpoEes fuse-
TBS isa re fgrthe- cTperlzerts. ror-
6ucte6 - 9Hre Cure. the sife x pso-
fe~~oT IN s.rse % the SECONDARY scboois q
Frame H-s Cusfe took aitehtiesfs-
to ore fraza xhich ihs nrzzfsr1 "a ex-
srzc.sd-z-6 y s@vs-stiaE 4 fnsa -
conf cne-t pzrrs found fhzt 4 osutzsnsd
other matter. Ire rseio-actiTitg q Ehish
vas srea greater tran thaf q ~ Ers n
un salts Two 81 the eisrseafs ~Aieh 49,
che aszaed fhus becanse ~ ssN . PEE
ard rada-a z-kseh exhibited a. srtfTify
faS0a tines create sfssa TIE Cr-ases
rays and therefore - IT, SPEAKER ssid.
simply opsi5 nos hsve snT osser kane
thar r11lszrz
A. az ins.=affgn q TIE lusesa tsran1i-T
q th.s woTsaa. Pr1fsE~or fszFk~- declared
that :; vo1ls - sscsz@zsy 60 ~1Tk -
s 90 tors q rstehsssss4 = order q V-p-
cgce oae po1a1 o. rz3-sz- &zze- Cure
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29

small as an atom. Up to that time the
atom had been considered the smallest
unit - matter Prof George 2. Barker
~ the University % Pennsylvania lectur-
II last evening 10 the Chemical club OF
Columbia University on rays Of various
SORTS. and pointed out some q the as
tonishfng facts which have been eStab-
ished with regard to radiun- when h
vas asked afterwards 70 repeat some OF
the figures he said lsughingiy:
Make them anything. 50 long as
they're big, and you ~on'i 70 far
wrong
Professor Barker exhibited a numheT OF
which tire air had been exhausted T. a
n5iiionth 81 an atrseS7here-sld s-oxee
how they became luminous when Al eisc-
tric current AIS passed through them
lie explained STR William Crooxes' dem
oastrafi1n Of the fact that this lEui-es-
cence Is caused hy minute particles q
matter. stlI remaining II the tube. srich
are thrown violently away from fhs pant
at which the electricity enters ard strike
upon tie opposite val q the ;she- Thzse
Particles have = spesd OF -8laDs miles q
s=coud II piece - platinum Is rzt n
their path il wili glow and then. II ssfii-
Gent tine. nil reH. Bezr1nr n rufa4
Ire fact thst platinum e one ~ re me-,
tsascsi, metals % rreit- T. beco-e= evi-
dent tAat TIE activity q The i,sprifonsd
particles e very great
Ire Roentgen rzys. Shict zre bstser.
knovu by iheir more coznoa HsEs X
rays have the power Of pSz~iva;iEg
substances which are wholly opaque TO
Exht
Professor Barker POINTED OF these
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29

miles almost without a pause. They were
now fairly upon the great ice-cap which
covers this part Of the country.
On the afternoon OF March they came
within sight Of the railway. Instead OF
finding IL clear and in running order they
discovered a passenger train which had
lain cold and snow bound for four weeks
in one spot
made a five mile journey to the nearest
settlement. but the fishermen found two
women still on board.
Fresh supplies had been brought TO the
train by a relief party some days pre-
viously. but there was no coal and the
trainmen were burning the planks in
the snow fences
The little party pressed ahead and or
the following day passed deraiied work
train. Its engine was dead from want OF
fuel and the driver. fireman and brake
man were living in hut near by using
for fuel old railway ties and fences
On the evening Of March 8 OF the sum
nit OF the interior plateau. they discov-
cred telesrapher and his assistant who
had held on for three days. knowing that
Captain Ross and his party were coming
They were totally destitute % supplies
and had lived on a few rabbits which
they had shot near the station.
They locked their Office AMI joined the
party. retreatins TO another station ten
miles further 70 the south.
The journey over the snowfie.es was
most lahorious. and the entire patty were
thoroughly exhausted when they reached
this city. The trip was 4 rare example
OF what pluck and grit can accomplish
II possible, the crews Of the imprisoned
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29

their coal supplies being long since ex-
hausted.
No other coal was obtainable and 1t
was resolved to make an attempt 10 reach
thu shore and obtain wood. After inf
rite hardship this was accomplished. and
enough fuel was hauled to the sh ps for
heating and cooking
Thus February passed in the awful mo-
notony of ice and snow and continued
storms With the opening Of March some
of the CAPTAINS made up their minds TO
start home.
They decided 10 travel across the vast
treeiess wastes of the interior from Bay
Of Islands eastward 10 the railway, where
they expected TO ind the line open 20 St.
Johns
They formed a party of five. ard with
two guides. who afterward left them at
the railway. they started on their hazard
Gus journey. Hitched team fashion
they dragged behind them a heavy sled
laden with provisions.
Wrapped. hoodde and furred from head
TO foot they looked like a party of Es-
QuiInaux They were followed a short
distance on their way oy some OF the
sailors who gave them a parting cheer.
On March :. against fierce head wind.
they made only ten miles. Just as they
were making up their minds 10 construct
an icloo. Arctic fashion one Of the party
discovered hut almost mile away.
They pressed forward with thankful
hearts. and finding that the building had
been abandoned. they took possession
night
On the following day somewhat better
time was made. They travelled twenty
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29
GREAT ACTIVITY OF RAoIUm.

The New York Pcs. says OF ra5ium:
Scientific notions have received a good
through the discoveries Of physicists IN
connection with the Croozes and Rosut-
gen rays. but II neither OF rh@se cszss 50
many as through the discovery Of TIE re-
rnarkahie properties Of raGiurn- The rev
element The atomic theory. ~ In
stance. had a struggle for life when ssr
William Crookes demonstrated that ths
minute particles q matter whose tal7sc;
CT the walls Of his glass vacuum, ruse
caused the iuminesc-nce PECULIARLY known
SIS cathode rays sere !, on times a.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29

herring ships viii be taken of when mild
er weather sets in
AS for the vessels. there IS no hope II
extricating them until the ice breaks Up
in May. Even then they run the risk Of
being crushed in the drifting fragmen :.
which often weigh more than the vessels
themselves themselves
In case they escape destruction they
are sure 30 be damaged. The cSrgoss
are already practically valueless-
Two women passengers On one Of the
trains snow bound in the interior % the
island reached this city today after a
month detention
They were imprisoned in the cars in the
SNOW drifts unttl the blizzard ceased
and then were transported across forty-
FIVE miles OF snowy wastes ca dog sIeas
until they reached the railroad line. They
wee four days On the railroad making
the Journey here
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29

vas vcry modest aissat hsF o. every.
and Conservative atsBt cai''uE t en- sse-
meat she assays referred 20 T. - sowss
Fzsrh name - hari1n rasisGuste raaff-
T'rof~sses BaTszer sshftifsd uuratef %
sgecirnsas - ssllgus whsb he bad n
bofties VITA - hzhfs ssrsrnrd. -
held Up = Fasnd esrs5ie abezt Err afxs
q q chestnut ard zlgaee Ass shsss-
rtoro8s Finally. b. fhreU ea fhe isut
tern screen IS nhospETarh Nh.ek hsf fe@a
plate - ne fseium rays. ard ~ rfeVs4
- this thst the rayz saeisse 40 sfaes,
~hich hEge issnficang a. s-ese prayeT-
s3~s ~ fAs Csaoses an1 thr REsa
sats respectively.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-29
AL COUNTRIES REPRESENTED.
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The colored American., 1903-02-07
FOR GOOD HEALTH

To preserve resoreii there prescription for
and children than Rpansl Tabules. They
easy take. They made combination of medicines
approved and used by every physician, Rpan Tabue
widely used by all sorts Of peope-bu plain every
day folks they veriabe friend need. Rpans Tabue
have become their sandardifamiy remedy They de-
pendabe honest remedy with long record
to indigestion dyspepsia habua stubborn consta
ton, offensive BREATH heartburn Dizziness papaon of the
hart seepeness. sour stomach
an liver complaints They strengthen weak stomachs build
up rundown systems restore pure blood good appetite and
sound natural sleep Everybody derives from
regular of Ripans Tabules druggist sells them
The packet enough ordinary OCCASION The
family BOTTLE TO cents contains supply for year.
The colored American., 1903-02-07
Young CoIored Women and Men

Young Colored Women and Men
wanted TO handle rapid selling srEic
eIes. Work TO be done IN this city.
Salary from 81 90 to 50 90 per day.
Call at
459 c St, n. W.,
Wash, d. ca From 9 to II NJ
w. 81. Brown, Manager.
The colored American., 1903-02-07

chemist at the head of the great Altenheim Ned
ical Dis pensary, has just made the artling
nouncament th at he has produced a compound
that grows hair any bald head. The doctor
makes the claim that after experiments, taking
years plete. he has at last reached the goal
o his am bition. To The doctor all heads are
alike. There none which cannot be cured by
this remaakab remedy The record Of the cures
already mlde is truly marvellous ar were it not
for the high standing Of the great physician and
The convincing testimony OF thousands OF citizens
all over the country it would seem too miracu
lous to qe true.
T here can be no doubt of the doctors earnest
es in making his claims can his cures be
Cisputed He does not ask any man. woman or
child to take his anyone else's word for it. but
he stands ready free trial packa of this
great hair Restorative to anyone who writes to
him for IT. enclosing cent stamp to prepay
postage. In a inRle uight il has started hair to
growing on heads bald for years 1t has stopped
falling hair in one hour. l. never fails matter
what the condition. age Old men and
young men women and children all have prohted
by the free of this great discovery. If you
are bald IL your hair IS falling out or il your hair
eye brows eyebrows or eye lashes are thin or
short write to the Altenheim Hidical Dispensary
So74 Foso Building. Cincinnati, Ohio enc Osing a
2-cent stamp TO prepay postage for free peck
age and in shert time ysu will be fully restored
The colored American., 1903-02-07
HI. Recouection Not Clear.

"The charge against you," the po-
lice Justice said, lis that you were up
roariously drunk and cavorting about
town, wanting to fight everybody you
met. What have you to say? Are
you guilty or not guilty?"
81 don't know, your honor" an
swered the battered specimen of hui
manity in the prisoners box, until
I hear the evidence. Chicago Tri-
bune.
The colored American., 1903-02-07
Helping the Poor.

''Wel, you must admit" said the
misanthrope, that old Gotrox never
gave anything to help the poor"
"Nonsense!" retorted Smiley. 81
don't admit it. 1t was only a few days
ago that he gave his So, 900 900 daugh-
ter to a foreign count. t."-PhiladeIp
Press.
The colored American., 1903-02-07
Visible Proof,

Diggs-Smith's wife is deaf and
dumb.
Biggs-Does she talk with her fin
gers?
Diggs-I guess so. Smith hasn't a
dozen hairs left in his head.-Chicago
Daily News.