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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A news agency dispatch from Rome.
on the 26th, stated that Gen. Stoessel,
the Russian commander at Port Ar.
thur, had appealed to Gen. Nogi, the
Japanese commander, asking that hos
tilities be suspended for "a hours, and
move the wounded from Port Arthur.
While cutting wood in his yard, on
the 25th, James Phillips, of Versailles,
Mo-, made a slip with the ak and
killed his t~wo-year-old daughter. The
child had gone to the wood yard with
her father and was picking up an arm
full of wood when the az fell on its
neck, severing the jugular vein.
The magazine of the Bradford Gly-
cerine Co., near Findlay, O., which
contained about 1000 quarts of nitro
glycerin, blew up, on the Goth, the ex-
plosion shaking buildings in that city
and doing considerable damage in the
immediate vicinity of the magazine.
A portion of the Acadia Powder
Co.'s works at Waverly, Nova Scotia,
blew up, on the 26th, and the concus-
sion shook the country and broke win
dows for 20 miles around. Fortunately
not one was killed or seriously in
Jured.
A general blizzard swept over all
the western states on the Goth. I'M
usual cold accompanied the high
winds, and northern Texas recorded a
drop In temperature of 40 degrees in
seven hours.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg. On
the 10th, to a London news agency,
says that the Russian authorities have
closed Moscow university until Feb
ruary l, owing to recent student dis
turbances.
AS a result of a mar dancing with
another mans girl without asking
permission, four men are dead and
two were seriously injured, on the
10Th, at Changers, w. Va.
An Imperial ukase issued on the
Goth, by Emperor Nicholas of Russia.
makes decidedly liberal promises of re-
form under a number of heads.
Because of a tec~hnicality, requisition
papers for DR.. Chadwick were refused
Sheriff Barry of Cleveland, o., by Gov.
Odell of New York.
zen. william Henry Powell, who
was a schoolmate of President Nc
klnley, died at his homo in kelIeviI1a
ILL.,, or the 25th.
New mobilization of Russian re-
serves caused serious rioting in Ra-
iona and Bakout, Poland. on the 26tb
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
KILLED IN WILLIAM TELL PLAY
Elmer Hunt, Standing Against Wall
with Bottle on His Head, Re-
ceives Bullet in Forehead.

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Elmer Hunt, Is
years old, was shot to death Monday
in Christmas play. Standing as mo-.
tionless as the son of William Tell did
in the supreme test Of his fathers
craftsmanship, Hunt posed with a bot
tie on his head as a mark for his
friends weapon, and paid with his life
for the bad craftsmanship OF that
friend.
William Dougherty, who is said to
have fired the fatal bullet, fled when
at the second shot Hunt fell bleeding
with a bullet hole squarely between
the eyes. Four other friends OF the
two men are under arrest.
All the men had been celebrating
Christmas and gathered in Vase,
mans Archer avenue saloon shortly
after it opened in the morning to con.
tinue the jollification. Talk turned on
many subjects that brought up the
Russo-Japanese war.
Dougherty declared his skill with
firearms equal to that Of any Japanese,
and proposed a William Tell test,
Hunt backed up against the opposite
wall, carefully placing a bottle on his
head. The first shot went wild, but
at the second shot Hunt screamed and
fell to the Hoor. He was dead when
picked up.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
FOR
CHADWICK REFUSED
New York Officers Would Not
Issue Papers.
BECAUSE OF TECHNICALLY
Affidavit is Made By the Cleveland
Prosecutor That Physician WA
in Ohio at Time of
Alleged Crime.

Albany, N. Y, Dec. 27.-Gov. Ojell
refused an extradition warrant, Mon
day, for DR.. Leroy s. Chadwick, be-
cause the papers of Sheriff Barry OF
Cleveland failed to show that the ply
stefan was in Ohio at the time the Car
negie notes were executed and fioated.
The flaw is, of course, only tech
meal, and can be repaired, though
enough time may be lost to the
sheriff trouble in making the arrest
when the doctor lands from the At
lantic liner IN which ne Is now on his
way, with his daughter, from Europe.
DIR. Chadwick was indicted in Ohio
on a charge of completely with his
wife in the s5,000,00 Carnegie note.
He has been in Paris, but is now or
the ocean on the return voyage, and is
expected to land in New York Deem
Der % or 30.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
.-N
OF PASSING

a 60-foot section Of an Atchison
bridge in Indian territory, washed away
during the recent food, was found in
tact 200 miles down stream.
The New York Historical society was
100 years old on November 20, and an
anonymous gift of 1000, just re-
ceived, places it in a position where it
can progress in its work in a more sat
isfactory manner than before. Few peo-
pie know that this society possesses n
of the finest art galleries in America,
and a collection Of Egyptian antiquities
which Miss Amelia B. Edwards pro-
nounced as the finest outside Of Egypt
and surprising them In some lines.
The most unusual wedding ceremony
ever performed in the county took
place in little st. Alphonse church in
New Munster Wis, when Miss Rose
Voss and Joseph Kerkman were united
in marriage. Before they entered tho
church they were forced to pass between
a band Of eight men armed with shot
guns, who kept up q continual fire as
the wedding party passed into the
church. The strange ceremony was in
keeping with an old custom which is
still practiced in old Munster, Germany.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
HAVE SECURED THE LICENSE
The Earl of Suffolk and Miss Daisy
Letter Will BE Married in WASH
instOn Next Tuesday.

Washington Dec. 24.-Interest il
the approaching weuulng of Miss
Daisy Letter has been heightened by
the granting of a marriage license to
the English nobleman who is to wed
her in this city next Tuesday.
The license reads as follows: Hen,
ry Molyneaux Padgett Howard, earl
of Suffolk and Berkshire, England,
and Marguerite Hyde Letter, District
CT Columbia"
AS has been anticipated, the license
is directed to the rector of st. Johns
church, Rev. DR.. Roland Cotton Smith.
The Letter family has had a pew
there since coming to Washington.
The earl is 27 years old, is the own
er of 10000 acres of land and one
Of the finest picture galleries of Eng
land. While it is not generally re-
corded, he is an amateur actor Of
great repute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
NEWS AND NOTES..
A Summary of Important Events.
F~IFTY-EIeHTH CONGRESS.
Second Session.

Second Session.
SENATE-The senate held only a short
session, on the 18th. and adjourned until
Wednesday ...HOUSE-The house OF rep
resentatives emphatically disapproved the
proposition to hold the inaugural ball in
the capitol building. The committee hav,
ing the matter in charge had substituted
for the pension building. as provided by
the senate resolution, the congresslona
library, but Mr.. Morrell, of Pennsylvania.
who called the matter up, that
| the opposition to the latter building was
so great the committee had concluded TO
substitute the capitol building. A storm
of protests came from both sides OF the
chamber. The resolution offered by Mr..
| Morrell was voted down, the result being
to delay action until the next District OF
Columbia day in January. The house
also voted down a resolution making a
special order on January 5, the bill to re.
store to the naval academy three naval
cadets who were dismissed for hazlng:
The house, at 4:29 p. m, adjourned until
Wednesday.
SENATE-The senate adjourned, on the
21st, for the Christmas holidays, after a
session of only four minutes. HOUSE
An objection by Mr.. Mann, of Illinois,
to unanimous consent to take up the IN
augural resolution in the house OF repre-
sentatives, sent the whole matter over I'M
til after the holidays. Mr.. Merrill, of Penn
%sylvania, on behalf of the committee on
the District of Columbia, was directed
TO move the passage of the senate reSo-
luton, which. among other things, pro-
Vided for holding the inaugural Dal IN
the pension building, as heretofore, put
Messrs. Underwood, of Alabama, II Mr..
Mann insisted that a quorum OF the
house should be present to consider the
matter. Immediately after Mr.. Mann'S
objection, the house adjourned I jan
uary 4, 1905.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
JURY DISAGREED
IN PATTERSON CASE
After So Reporting Twice the Court
Dismissed Them.
GIRL IN STATE OF COLLAPSE
If it is Found That the Jury WaH
Largely in Favor of Acquittal,
the Case May Not be
Tried Again.

New York, Dec. 24.-The jury in
the case of Nan Patterson, charged
with numbering Bookmaker Caesar
Young, reported a disagreement and
was discharged at one o'clock Friday
afternoon. No poll was taken.
Whether the case will ever be tried
again is doubtful. District Attorney
Jerome is authority for the statement
that he will institute an investigation,
and, If it proves that an overwhelming
majority of the members of the panel
favored acquittal, the prosecution will
be dropped.
Overcome by the strain Of her trial
Miss Patterson collapsed in her cell
at the Toms.
'How can / ever face those dread
full men again?" she exclaimed. repeat
eddy.
Her father and the matron were I'M
able to check the hysterical outburst,
and DIR. Levin, the prison physician,
was summoned. Under his ministra.
tions the girl recovered her composure
and watched quietly, though with pale
face and trembling lips, her judges as
they filed into the courtroom.
The jury made it's first report at
11:45 Friday morning. The jury ex-
pressed the opinion then that nc
agreement would ever be reached, and
complained that several of the jurors
seemed unmoved by argument. The
judge, however, declared the case sc
important that he thought every eff
fort should be made to decide on q
verdict, and sent the panel out fol
further consideration.
Two of the jurymen were so ill from
loss of sleep and exhaustion, however
that, when a second report was made,
shortly before one o'clock, it was
deemed best to excuse them.
Prosecutor William Rand arose and,
addressing the court, said:
II ask that the prisoner be remand
ed without bail"
The Judge instructed Clerk Penny
to have the defendant remanded with
out bail at once
A court officer touched Miss BATTER
son on the shoulder, and, giving her
father a final kiss, she tottered to
her feet. Tears streamed from her
eyes, and a deputy prison warden took
her by the arm to prevent her falling
to the floor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
BAILEY SOUNDS THE ALARM.
The Texas Senator Advises Planters
Against Holding Cotton.
They Would Better Diversity Their
Crops Instead of Going So
Heavily Into Cotton.

Austin, Tex, Dec. 24.-United States
Senator j. w. Bailey is urging the
farmers of the south to diversity their
crops and bring about higher prices
for their cotton. In a letter to joe
Gunter, a prominent planter and
stockman of Texas, Senator Bailey ad-
vises against holding the staple in
large quantities. He says, in part:
eff the farmers of the south hold
higher price they can force a higher
price for a part of their present hold
ings. but they can not possibly force
all they have On the market at the
higher prices; and the result of an ef-
fort to do so will be simply that an
unusually large surplus will be car
ried over to the next crop. That large
surplus would not be a serious menace
to a fair price for the next crop un-
less that next crop is a large one If,
however, that next crop should be a
large one and should meet an unusu-
ally large surplus carried over from
the last crop, not only would the price
of next years crop fall probably as
low as five cents, but the effect would
extend through the next three or four
years, and would thus cost the farm
ers of the south much more than they
could possibly hope to make by hold
ing the present crop, unlese they take
systematic steps to make it certain
that the next crop will not be near
so large as the present one.
"Of course, it might happen that,
even with IN acreage as large as that
of last planting unfavorable seasons
could reduce the next crop to a point
that would insure good prices; but
do not think it wise for us to employ
our land and labor in the expectation
that bad seasons will render the use
of both a partial loss. A curtailment
in the acreage of 20 per cent. would
undoubtedly insure q price Of not less
than eight, and probably as much as
ten cents, for the next crop; and 20
pei cent. of cotton land devoted to
corn, oats and forage crops would not
provide any more of those commodi-
ties than the south itself can easily
consume at fair prices"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
DUE TO HIGH MEAT PRICES,
HcOsier Hotel Keepers Decide That
They Will Have to Raise
Their Rates.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 24.-The
members of the Indiana Hotel Keep
ers' association, who held their annual
meeting here Thursday, took turns at
roasting the meat trust for charging
such high prices for meats, and then
adopted q resolution stating that in
view Of the increased prices of food
the $2-a-day hotels shall advance their
rates to $3.50. Members stated that
under the circumstances it is an i'm
possibility to run a good hotel for So
a day. The resolution favoring the
advance is not compulsory, but mem
bers predicted that most hotels will
follow it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29

CURRENT NEWS ITEMS.

Gov. Brady estimates Alaska's white
population at $3.50.
Chicago has not a dollar in the cor
porate fun1 to pay city employees.
Kingdom Gould's fear of kidnaps-s is
given as explanation of his use of pis-
tol against would-be hazers.
The Anti-Saloon league is maturing
a plan to merge all temperance papers
and push the fight against the saloons.
The department of commence and
labor is to investigate further
the operations of the Kansas City
packers.
A three-year-old baby girl died at
st. Louis from scalds received in fall
ing into a pot of boiling coffee at her
sisters birthday party.
Former Crown Princess Louise of
SaXony visited Dresden in an attempt
to see her children, but her request
was peremptorily refused.
The z has decided against grant
ing the zemstvos' petition for a on
stitution or a national assembly.
A mad dog freed crew of the pump
ing station in East St. Louis, ILL.,,
nearly cutting off the water supply
for several hours before it was killed.
a st. Louis business mar has wag-
cred $500 to $1,000 that R. G. Kerens
will not be elected United States SEN
htor, one of Kerens' managers having
taken the other end of the bet.
Among many decisions hanGe9 down
by the Missouri supreme court is one
advancing the heretofore unrecordet
opinion that the rights of a litigant
survive his death and that subsequent
action may be brought by his heirs.
Jacob Kuhn, aged 81, and married
fell f1om the fourth story Of the Mack.
ey-Nisbet building at Evansville, Ind.
and was instantly killed. Inc coroner
has been unable to determine whether
1t vas an accident.
Gambling debts are declared illega
In a decision handed down by the I'LL
noIs supreme court in a case involvins
the validity Of a check givel. to the e
J Arnold turf investment concern ant
dishonored by a Belleville (IlI.) bank
As the result of testimony submitte'
before him at a special hearing in hi,
office. Mayor Wells Of st. Louis has or
dered that the license of Wassermai
Ia Co., railroad ticket brokers, be re
voked for dealing in non-lransierrahl
transportation In violation Of Z cit.
Ordinance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
Whippers Must Pay Damages.

Miss Priscilla Odell was given a yer.
dict of $500 by a jury in the circuit
court at independence against Julia
Beets, H. r. Beets, G. w. Beets, Eu-
phemia Raley, Charles N. Raley and
Maggie J. Cooper, all residents Of Ath-
erton, whom she charged with whip
ping her publicly. Miss Odell, who
was a clerk in the store of J. G. B.
Hiffner, was, according to the evil
dence, taken from the store one night
recently, stripped of her clothing and
cused of taking part in the whipping
are married.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
Students Have Christmas Party.

An old-fashioned Christmas tree par
ty was held in the auditorium by all
of the classes of Missouri university
students before breaking up for the
holidays. The gifts were nearly all in
the nature of joles upon the faculty,
as well as students. One young pro-
fessor received a small pistol to ward
off the young ladies whom the stu
dents assert he thinks are after him.
The members of the law faculty re-
ceived a jug of whisky, bottles of port
and smoking tobacco, while Mr.. Wor-
nall, of the visiting junketing commit
tee, received a thoroughbred COW, and
Major Bittinger, of st. Joseph, a foot.
ball.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
OVER COME BY COAL GAS
Tyyenty-Seyen Persons, Mostly
Women and Children, Narrowly
Escape Asphyxiation.

Philadelphia, Dec. 24.-Twenty-seven
persons, most of them women and
children, were overcome by coal gas
in a crowded tenement-house at No.
315 Monroe street in the foreign set
Element of this city early Friday norm
ing. Twelve of them we're in such a
serious condition that they had to be
taken to a hospital, but it is believed
they will recover.
The lower part of the tenement was
occupied by a Turkish bath establish
ment and the gas escaped from a large
furnace used in the baths.
There were more than a hundred
persons in the upper part of the build
ing, most Of whom were Russian Jews.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
SHERIFF. NOT DIscoNcERrED.
Will Have Necessary Changes Made
in ExtraditiOn Papers.

Will Have Necessary Changes Made
i'm E~xtradition Papers.
New York, Dec. 21-Sheriff Barry
of Cleveland reached New York Mon
day afternoon from Albany and went
to the Hoffman house, where he will
remain until the arrival OF the steam
ship Pretoria, which is bringing to this
country DR.. Leroy S. Chadwick, OF
Cleveland, and his daughter, Miss
Nary Chadwick.
MI. Barry was not at all G1sconcert
ed over his inability to obtain the
requisition papers from Gov. Odell.
who would permit him to take DR.,
Chadwick to Ohio.
81 do not find any fault with Judge
Joyce for declining to issue the requi
sition papers, said Sheriff Barry. 81
| realize that it is necessary for him to
act absolutely in accordance with his
Interpretation of the law. | decided
that It would be better to have the
| so | wired Prosecutor Kellar the facts
in the case and come on to New York.
mi. Keller has already forwarded
to me an affidavit, giving the testimony
before the grand jury tending to show
that Dir. Chadwick was in Cuyahoga
| county, O., on March 5, 1903, upon
| which date the alleged crime was com
mitted, and this affidavit will be in Sly
hands Tuesday morning. With that in
my possession, | anticipate no difficult
ty in getting the necessary papers.
81 am here IN a sad errand, for l
have known DR.. Chadwick many
years, and our relations have been of
the pleasantest nature. | shall do
everything in my power to make his
trying situation as easy as possible. l
am especially solicitous that Miss
Chadwick shall be spared any humili
alton.
81 Understood that some of her rel
atives will meet her upon the arrival
OF the steamer and make arrange.
ments for her future movements"
r Mr.. Barry said that Mrs. Chadwick
is better than when she arrived at the
jail in Cleveland, and that she is taking
her trouble philosophically.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
THE JANUARY DIVIDENDS
Disbursements to Be Made i'm Janu-
airy, Will, it is Said, Break
All Records.

New York, Dec. 24.-Dividend and
interest disbursements to ,be made in
January will break all records, accord
ing to statistics collected by the Jour-
nal Of Commerce. The compilation in"
dictates a total Of about $136,60 900 to
be paid out by the leading railroad
and industrial corporations, with To-
cal banks, trust companies, traction
companies and the national govern
ment.
This is nearly 100000 larger than
in January a year ago, when total pay
nents Of similar institutions were
about S133. 800. 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29

Gen. Nogi, in command of the jap
anese besieging Port Arthur, has asked
for 10000 achievements. 1t is his
desire to have accomplished his task
of capturing the stronghold before the
arrival of the Baltic fleet, 10 that Adj
miral Togo may lave a free hand.
While preparing supper at her home
in ST. Louis, on the evening of the
ed, Mrs. Mathilde Boland attempted
to start up her fire by the use of coal
oil. An explosion resulted, and Mrs.
Boland was burned to death, and her
daughter, Nellie, so badly burned, in
efforts to save her mother, that she
may die.
The United States government is
making preparations for the removal
of all the long-term federal prisoners
from the Missouri state prison at JEFF
ferson City to the new federal prison
being erected at Fort Leavenworth.
Of the forty bank failures in Iowa
during the past two years, with their
attendant tragedies, the majority are
laid at the door of the meat trust,
through whose manipulations of live
stock interests, the failures have re-
suited.
A fraud order has been issued by
the post Office department denying the
use of the mails to Bradford IL Co.
and Thomas R. Bradford, Of Cincin-
natl, vendors of a nerve Nostrum.
The Indian appropriation bill will
carry about $1,000, 600 less than the
bill passed by the last congress, which
carried 81 900, ZOO less than that of the
preceding one.
The death is announced, in Boston,
of Henry O'Meara, for many years a
Boston newspaper man and writer of
poetry. He was born in Newfoundland
81 years ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
1T is NOT ALL PEACE YET.
A Lieutenant and ~Thlrfy-Seven Ma
tive Scouts Killed at Dolores,
Samar slam

Manila, Dec. 24.-Natives have am
pushed and killed in Dolores. Island of
Samar, a lieutenant and 81 enlisted
mer. of the Thirty-eighth company Of
native scouts. Two thousands rebels
threaten Dolores and the situation is
critical. Lieut.. Abbottin, in command
Of the scouts, has requested reinforce
ments.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
Probably Fell From Train.

A dead man about 60 years old was
found at the bottom of a Frisco en-
bankment three miles west of st.
James. In his hat was a conductors
slip with three punches. His coat con-
tanned papers bearing the name j.
Volluz. 1t is thought he was from
East st. Louis, and that in passing
from one car to another he fell off.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-29
MISSOURI A e w
Agriculture Board Meets.

The annual meeting of the state
board of agriculture was held at Co
lumbus. The board discussed the rec
ommendation of the secretary to or
ganize a woman's institute as an aux
iliary to the farmers institute meet
ings, which have been conducted dur
ing the past few years. The organiza-
ton of experiment unions to carry on
experimental work on the farms
throughout the state in cooperation
with the experiment station and the
farmers institutes, was also discussed.
The secretary also recommended that
an organized effort be made by the
board to bring about the establishment
of county or district agricultural high
schools, in which schools the sciences
related to agriculture and livestock
husbandry should be taught, instead
of the present high school course. The
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, G. F. Af1ict, of Clarence; vice
president, S. H. Prather, of Tarkio;
secretary, B. G. Ellis, of Columbia; as.
sistant secretary, Miss Showdon Viii.
lis, of Columbia; treasurer, H. H,
Banks, of Columbia.