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l.3o and 2.OS Vests, LOO

Up-to-date washable vests, in both single and double breasted, 1n white, tan and neat black and white stripes; a few full dress vests anono them
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nishings at low prices has been brisk and while some small lots re- main of nearly all the items, we mention four of the best values.
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300 to 400 Vests for I.5O

Never have we offered such high class merchandise at such low prices; vests of the newest designs, in grey. tan and white, also striped effects-most all sizes.
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LOO Shirts for 45c

Negligee shirts, in figures, stripes, and a few plain whites. made of fine madras, detached cuffs, shirt cut full in the body, and a very good value at l.OO- and a bargain at 40c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
CROSS CURRENTS.

To give some idea of the increase
OF electric transportation in cities. if
may be mentioned that New Yorl,
has 1925 fewer stables, and $500 few.
err horses than in 1896 and that tbe
Paris omnibus companies got rid Of
1000 horses last year.
1t is claimed for the mercury vanor
lamp, which illumines by the incan.
descence of mercury converted INTO
vapori in a vacuum tube by electricity
that will take but one-third the an
ergy required for the arc light and
but one-eighth the energy used nv
the incandescent ilament.
Delaney's h~igh-speed telegram
system, recently perfected. is canah,a
OF transmitting 100 to 5000 World =
minute over a single wire-the sneed
depending on the distance and 49,
electrical properties Of the line that
is on the e%lectrostatic CAPACITY no.
sistance and inductance of the dir.
cult. Eight thousand words n min.
ute can be recorded oyer q a. -
90 miles, while 100 words would h.
about the limit over a No. 3 connor
wire between New York and San
Francisco. 'a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

The electric motor is fast displac.
Ing the leather belt in factories.
The missing link from Fashoda to
Ujiji in the telegraph line from Cape
Town to Cairo will be supplied by
wireless Instruments.
Experience has shown that nothing
is gained, in ordinary conditions, by
placing electrical power plants at the
coal mines, it being cheaper to haul
the coal by rail than to transmit it's
power by wire.
German newspapers announce that
a syndicate has been formed in Amer
lea for using the disk of the moon
for advertising purposes by means Of
an ingenious combination Of X-rays
and wireless telegraphy.
Signor Dott Giuseppe Musso. of
Genoa, Italy, arrived in New York re-
Gently to exploit a wireless telegraph
system. He is about to build an an.
paratus and demonstrate its merits
in practical operation. He says with
his device 1t is possible to record the
messages automatically, and printed
In type directly from the receiving
instrument without the use of any
auxiliary apparatus whatever.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
in VARIOUS PLACES.

Spain exported about 81 400, 900 worth
Of onions last year.
Vienna is contemplating the munich
palization of the business of under
takers.
In Germany last year 1850 young
men received medical diplomas, as
against only 800 ten years ago.
The Algerian tomatoes sold in Paris
In winter cost twelve times as much
asthe French tomatoes in summer.
The Australian wheat crop, it is esti.
mated, will approximate 16, 900, 900
bushels, against $4,000, 900 bushels n
year ago.
The latest exploit of the CONSTANT
nople custom house is to prohibit the
Importation of a brand of pale ale be-
cause the trade mark is a revolver.
A German millionaire" lin marksl
is worth $250,000 or more in our money.
Last year Prussia had 6,601 of these
m~illionaires. In 1899 their number was
6,016.
No fewer than 30 languages are
spoken in the Caucasus. The inbabi-
tants are Russians, Armenians, Tar
tars, Georgians, and diverse NOLAN.
medan tribes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

Mrs. Bailey Pitcher, wife of a Joliet
Cll.) business man, gave birth to
three girl babies on the 5th.
Countess Annie Lee Rogers Brock
enhaus Won Lowenhelm, of Dallas,
Tex, filed suit in st. Louis, on the
9th, for a divorce from her husband,
who is a Danish nobleman. She al
leges neglect.
Rev. j. NJ. Caldwell, at one time pre-
siding elder of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, was declared insane by a
jury in Chicago, on the 9th. He will
be taken, it is said, to a private sani-
tarium.
Col. George f. r. Henderson, d.
rector of military intelligence in
South Africa, died at Assouan, Egypt,
on the 9th. Col. Henderson, who
wrote a Life of Stonewall Jackson"
was engaged in writing the official
history of the South African war.
This work is unfinished.
The annual intercollegiate o~ratori-
cal contest at indianapolis, on the
9th, was won by Frank II. Lewis, of
Depauw university. Earlham was
second and Butler third. The other
contestants were Notre Dame, Han
over, Franklin and Wabash.
A desperate attempt at highway
robbery in Johannesburg, Africa, was
made OF the 9th. Two men attacked
customs officers conveying $4,000 to
the bank, and. throwing pepper in
their eyes, secured the money bags,
which they threw to a horseman who
galloped off. One man was run over
and killed, the horse threw its rider
and the money was recovered.
Announcement was made, on the
9Th, of a scheme for the pensioning
OF Cornell university professors. A
fund of $150,000 has been given the
university and will be placed at COM
pound interest until 1914, when it will
amount to $250,000. Each professor
retired will receive an annual pension
of 81, 500.
The worlds bowling record for a
five-man team was broken in Chicago,
on the 9th, by the Empires, of Chica-
go, who scored 1852 points.
A young man named d. Slattery,
residing about four miles southwest
of O'Neil, Neb., shot and killed Henry
Shaw, a ranchman and neighbor, or
the 9Th, because the latter attempted
to cross his farm.
Earl Shaw and Less SchelKenberger
were killed, on the 9Th, at the War;
ren mine, near Joplin, Mo, by a boul-
der weighing a ton, which fell on
them. Several other miners narrow
ly escaped injury.
Representative Kronck, Of st. Louis,
on the 9th, secured the engrossment
Of his resolution providing for the re-
moval of the Missouri capital to st.
Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

John Donnelly, who confessed to
having administered choral to James
Howard with fatal results for the pur-
pose of robbing him, and Joseph
Mohr, implicated IN the crime. were
formally charged with murder. in
Chicago, on the 9th, and he'd without
bail pending their hearing. March 16.
Rudolph and Collins. alleged rob-
bers, weIr Surrendered by Connecti-
cut to officers from Missouri, on the.
9th. The prisoners were positively
identified by Joseph Schmucke, a sa-
loon keeper of Union, Nj.
The Arkansas senate, on the 9th,
passed a house bill requiring street
car companies in cities of the first
class to operate separate street cars
for white and colored people or to
separate such passengers in cars OPP
Grated for both.
Graeme Stewart, present republic
an national committeeman from Hi
nols, secured a majority of the dee
gates at the republican mayoralty
primaries in Chicago on the 9th.
The appropriation of S150,OoO in the
bill providing for a California exhibit
at the st. Louis exposition was, on
the 9th, reduced to 100000 by the as
sembly.
Deputy Sheriff Thomas V. Morrison,
OF Cook county, Illinois, left San
Francisco, on the 9th, for Chicago
with Elton N. Wood, indicted for the
embezzlement of $32,525 from David
j.. Stewart. two years ago.
Judge Frank \. Hooker, of Char
lotte, Mich, was renominated, on the
9th, by republicans of that state for
justice OF the supreme court.
Judge Cantrill, on the 9th, decided,
at Versailles, Ky, that Gov. Beckham
is eligible for reelection.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
MISSOURI STATE E w
Insane crimi nails Escape.

Then criminal insane patients at
the hospital for the insane made a
desperate attempt to escape from
their keepers at Fulton. BENJAMIN
Richardson cut the wristlets of the
ten patients and they tried to over
power their keepers. In the struggle
after the men were liberated by Rich
ardson, Supervisor Thomas Steers
made a brave fight and was consid-
erably injured. Other employees came
to his assistance, and five men were
prevented from getting away. Five
escaped. 4"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
War on Wife Deserfers.

Judge Warwick Hough, of st. Louis,
disguised by the number of divorce
cases coming into his court, has de-
cided to make war on wife deserters.
He has accordingly announced from
the circuit bench that it will be the
rule of his court, henceforth, to lay
the evidence of desertion and nom
support in such cases before the pros
ecuting attorney and lend every eff
fort in his power to enforce the
statute for wife-abandonment against
such husbands.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
FOR DEATH OF TWO SISTERS.
Charles A. Anderson, Of Onawa, Ia,
to Receive S5,443 for the KILL
Ing of Two Sisters by Boxers.

Onawa, ID, March 6.-Charles A..
Anderson has received notice that his
claim, filed with the state depart
ment at Washington, against the gov
eminent Of China, has been allowed
and judgment rendered in his favor
for $5,443. This claim was made for
the death of Anderson's two sisters,
missionaries residing in Mongolia
province, China, and who were killed
by Boxers during the uprising three
years ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
suTocated in a Street Car,

Pittsburg, Pa, March s.-Miss Ella
Lyde, aged %, a telephone operator,
was s%utfcated this evening in the
street a during the rush hours. She
was forced to stand during a crush
and after riding six to eight blocks
tainted. After being carried into a
nearby store she expired in a few
moments,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Vernon County Settlers.

The last Of the litigation arising
from the now famous stealings of
Treasurer Frank Parker, of Vernon
county, was settled the other day,
when the county court compromised
with the bondsmen, accepting $2,65O
as settlement on q shortage of S45,-
900. Altogether the county has Sc
cured $4,S50 on the bond of Parker,
which was for $4,000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Passenger Strike Freight.

A Missouri Pacific passenger train
crashed into a Missouri, Kansas &
Texas freight at the crossing of the
respective tracks at Sedalia. Fireman
J. B. Welch was slightly injured. The
passengers were badly shaken up, but
beyond q few scratches and bruises
no one was hurt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Tennessee Ignoring wisconsin.

Nashville, Tenn, March 1O.-The
house of representatives has adopted
a resolution requesting the governor
to ignore the request of the governor
of Wisconsin to appoint delegates to
a convention to settle the race ques-
ton, citing that the race question will
settle itself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

st. Louis commission merchants and
those interested in the peach crop
are inclined to believe that reports
regarding the failure of the Missouri
growth are premature.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
EXOdus of Fortune TeIlers.

There has been a general exodus of
c%lairvoyants and fortune tellers from
st. Joseph. The activity of the po-
lice in arresting members of the
craft, who have been fleeing the
tender lambs of goodly sums, was the
cause. Chief of Police Frans says
they will be arrested as fast as they
return.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Michael Kelly, &c years of age, a la
borer, was found dead in his bed at
20 South Eighth street, in St. Louis,
by James Jones, his roommate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Prof. William Key Dead.

Prof. William Key, who occupied
the chair of modern languages at
Central college, Fayette, died at the
home of his brother-in-law, Prof. Al
len, of the state university, at Co.
lumbia. Prof. Key was one of the
best-known educators in the state.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Man Was on Fire.

The St. Louis fire department was
called out, the other night, to ex-
tinguish the flames of a man on fire.
Leander France, while intoxicated,
fell to the ground on the %levee, and
mischievous boys applied a match TO
his garments and fed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Won the First Prize.

Harry b. Tierney, of St. Joseph,
a student at Kenrick seminary, St.
Louis, won the prize offered by the
king of Denmark in a poem contest
on the visit of the czarina to Copen-
hagen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Omer Ph;pps, aged 10, a muller dri-
yer in mine M. 81 of the Central Coal
& Coke Co., was killed, near Bevier,
by being run over by a dinky car.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Emory H. Watkins, a farmer from
Liberty, Ind, blew out his brains
with a 44-caliber revolver on a Rock
Island train, neal Cameron.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

According to advices received at
Victoria, B. c., on the 5th, from
Pekin, an outbreak, and with it a
carnival of murder exceeding the
Boxer outbreak, is regarded by many
as imminent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

a solid gold invitation was present.
ed to President Roosevelt, on the 5th,
to attend the Black Hills mining con-
gress which is to be held at Dead
wood, S. D., next September.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Fire in PhiIpdelDhfa.

Philadelphia, March s.-The plant
of the Franklin Baker Co., importers
of co%coanuts, Beach street and Fair.
mount avenue, was partially destroyed
by fire. Loss, N$10o,oO partly COW
eral by insurance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Invalid Goes to Prison.

John Heinzman, a hopeless invalid,
was sentenced to the p%enitentiary for
two years by Judge Shelton at Ma.
con. A pardon petition has been
started.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

The democrats won a decisive VIC
tory in the city election at Louisiana.
The Carnegie library proposition car
ried by an overwhelming vote.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Deserted and Robbed.

Mrs. Mary e. Cameron, of New
ark, N. j., a guest at the Rossi hotel,
st. Louis, was robbed of money and
jewelry to the extent of $3.50 and de.
serted by her husband.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Grieyed for Her Husband.

Grief over the death of her hus-
band is presumed to be the cause of
the suicide of Mrs. Eliza Williams, of
st. Louis, who ended her life by in
haling Illuminating gas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
To Lead the Democrats.

Representative Robb, of Missouri,
James David De Almond, of Missouri,
and James D. Richardson, of Tennes-
see, as democratic standard bearers
in 1904.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Telephone Girl Awarded Damages.

A Kansas City telephone girl has
obtained a verdict for $4,000 dam
ages, on account of injuries alleged
to have been inflicted by an angry
manager.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Child Dies of Burns.

The ~four-year-old daughter of Da-
vid Bots, who resides neal Nevada,
died in great agony, the other day,
as q result of burns received three
days before.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

William j.. Bryan, on the Sd, denied
that he would lead a revolt from the
democratic party in case the gold
democrats capture the national con-
vention, as was reported, Tuesday,
from New York.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Her Ninety-Fifth Birthday.

Mrs. Ann Marion Clinton, widow of
L. c. Marion, speaker of the Missouri
house of representatives in 1s62-63,
celebrated her ninety-ffth birthday
at Clinton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Robert A. Armstrong, who has been
private secretary to Secretary Shaw,
during the last year, took the oath of
office, on the 4th, as assistant score
tary of the treasury to succeed Gen.
o. L. Spaulding.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

The lower horise of the Missouri as.
sembly, on the Sd, voted down all res
olutions for the appointment of COM
mittees TO investigate Doodling
CHARGES.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Daniel Monihan, whose home is in
Kansas City, was shot and seriously
wounded, at Marshall, by a negro
who was arrested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

The deadlock in the Delaware legis.
iature was broken, on the I'd, and
two United States senator's were cho-
sen-State Senator ]. Frank Alec (un-
ion republican, for the term expiring
in 1907, and Congressman Louis Heis-
Ter Ball Irregular republican, for the
term ending in 1905. Delaware has
been four years without representa-
ton In the United Stats senate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Gen. Crozier. chief of ordnance,
made preliminary arrangement, on
the Sd, for arming the entire militia
of the United States with the Krag-
J~orgensen musket of the regular serv-
ice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

1he Indiana legislature passed, a
bill, on the 4th, appropriating $780,
900 for the Indiana exhibit and build
ing at the St. Louis exposition next
year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Mrs. Georgia Stanley, the aged
woman who was found unconscious
beside the dead body of Maj. Marshall
T. Hurd, for whomshe acted as house
keeper in their home in the suburbs
of Denver, Col, died on the 5th, with
out regaining consciousness. Death
was caused by gas from a defective
stove.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
coronation of Pope Leo was cele-
brated in Rome, on the Sd, with all
the grandeur and impressiveness as
ISOLATED with the high ceremonies of
the Catholic church.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Mr.. Blumle, of Cameron county, the
father of II children, introduced in
the Pennsylvania house, on the 5th, a
bill 10 provide for gold medals for
mothers of large families.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

The legislature of Kansas, on the
4th, adopted a resolution to place a
bust of John j. ingalls, in the his.
torical gallery of the federal capitol
at Washington. The vote wa unani
nous in both houses.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Gen. VIM. Booth, COMMUNICATIVE
chief of the Salvation army, made a
misstep going down stairs at the
army's headquarters in New York, on
the Sd, and sprained his knee, delay
ing his departure for London.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Josiah Muir, the inventor of the pa
per car wheels now in use on rail-
roads, died, on the 5th, in Morris.
town, N. j., at the age of 81 years,
He was formerly a large manufactur-
er of paper and pasteboard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Maj. Mark F. Hurd, aged ~, was
found dead in bed in the house at 46O6
Homer boulevard, in Denver, Col, on
the 4th, where he lived with Mrs.
Georgia Stanley, an aged woman. Mrs.
Stanley was still alive, but uncon-
scious. Police believe that the couple.
who were In destitute circumstances,
determined to commit suicide togeth-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Senator Geo. G.. Vest, after "a years.
service in congress, retired to private
life ON the 4th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

A jury in the circuit court at Kan
sas City, on the 4th, awarded Miss
Eva Cook, a telephone operator, $12,-
500 damages against the Missouri and
Kansas Telephone Co. for injuries in
fiicted by Herschell Graves, a man
ager in central office.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Found Dead in HIS Home.

John Kavanaugh, an old and re-
spected citizen, was found dead in hin
home at Neosho,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Judge Warwick Hough, of st. Louis,
decided, on the 5th, to make war on
wife deserters. He has accordingly
announced from the circuit bench
that it will be the rule of his court
henceforth to lay the evidence of de-
sertion and non-support in such cases
before the prosecuting attorney.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Elder Uriah Smith, for IS years
continuously the editor of the Ad-
ventist Review and Herald, and an
author who is known all over the
world among that denomination, died
suddenly, on the 9th, at his home in
Battle Creek, Mich.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Advices received at San Jose, on the
4th, from Costa Rica, say hat Gen.
Bonilla, the president-elect, to whom
Gen. Sierra refused to surrender the
presidency, has entered Tegucipalpa,
the capital of Honduras, with his
army.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Miss Helen Keller, who, although
deaf, dumb and blind, and who is a
student at Radcliffe college, addressed,
on the 9th, through an attendant, the
Massachusetts Legislative committee
on education in behalf of a bill for
the relief of the adult blind,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

ID. r. Francis, president of the St.
Louis exposition, started back to
Paris on the 9Th. During his stay in
Madrid he conferred with the premier
and the ministers of state and agri-
culture. He was assured by all that
Spain would participate in the expo
sition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12

Mai.-Gen. Robert Sanford Foster
died at Indianapolis, on the Sd, after a
lingering illness. He was n of the
distinguished generals Of the civil
war. and was personally compliment
ed by President Lincoln for bravery
in action.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-12
Turkey Negotiating for Powder.

Constantinople, March 8.-The min
istry for war is negotiating with a
German firm for a large supply of
smokeless powder. A number of re-
servists belonging to the Third army
corps have been ordered to join their
The Texas house defeated the pro-
posal to revise the state constitu-
tioI.