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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
STILL PROBING
SCHAEFER CASE
Court of Inquiry Still Delvipg Into
the Mystery
FURTHER EVIDENCE aDDUCED
letters Received by Miss schafer
Were Eagerly Looked For, Im-
mediately Read ana De-
stroyed at Once.

Bedford, Ind, Jan. 31.-TAe court Of
Inquiry investigating the Schaefer
murder, heard more evidence, Satur-
day, on the letters received by Miss
Schaefer. One of the witnesses de-
clarsd that dozens of times after school
closed at moor Miss Schaefer ran to
her room for her mail, eagerly read the
letters and Immediately destroyed
them. Often she was returning to her
boarding house as her sister teachers
were leaving the building. At times,
the witness said, Miss Schaefer was
late at school in the afternoon as the
result of these trips to her room.
1t was expected that Miss Eva Love.
Miss Schaefer's roommate, would be
before the examining board. and much
interest was manifested in her appear
ance, but the former roommate of Miss
Schaefer, has returned to thu home of
her brother, suffering from extreme
nervousness. She hopes THAI by Mon
day she will have recovered sufficiently
to resume her work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
FRAUDS IN A BALE OF HAY.
Frauds i'm Watch Cases,

According to an article in the Cincin.
natl Commercial, a hfty-one pound stone
was recently found in that city secreted
in a bale of hay of eighty pounds.
This is not as bad as finding a lump of
lead of nearly one-half the weight of the
solid gold watch case secreted in the CEN
ter of the case.
Gold watch cases are sold by weight,
and no one can see where this lead is
secreted until the springs of the case are
taken out and the lead Wi be found Sc
creted behind them.
These cases are made by companies who
profess to be honest but furnish the
means to the dishonest to rob the pub
lie. 1t is not pleasant for anyone to find
that he has lugged a lump of lead in his
watch case.
Another trick the makers of spurious
solid gold watch cases is to stamp the
case ~. S. Assay" The United States
does not stamp any article made out of
gold and silver except coin, and the fakir,
by, using this stamp, wants to make the
public believe that the government had
something to do with the stamping or
guaranteeing the fineness of watch cases.
Another trick of the watch fakir is to
advertise a watch described as a solid
gold filed watch with a twenty or twenty
ive-year guarantee. These watches are
generally sent G. O. D., and if the pur-
chaser has paid for the watch, he finds
that the Company which guaranteed the
watch to wear is not in existence.
The Dueber-H ampden Watch Company
OF Cantony Ohio, who are constantly ex-
posing these frauds, will furnish the
names of the manufacturers who are in
this questionable business.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
Best in the World.

E%stherville, Ia, Feb. lst.-Mr. George
j. Barber, of this place, says
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best
medicine in the world. There is moth.
ing as good. l had been sick for over
Is years with Kidney Disease, which
finally turned into Bright's Disease.
was treated by Doctors in Chicago, but
they didn't do me any good. The best
Doctor in Estherville treated me for five
years with no better success. / heard of
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and made up my
mind to give them a trial.
Il am very thankful to be able to say
that they cured me completely, and /
think they are the best medicine in the
world"
The honest. earnest, straightforward
experiences of real living men and
women are the only material used in
advertising Dodd's Kidney Pills. One
such testimony is worth more than a
thousand unsupported claims. The peo-
pie who have used Dodd's Kidney Pills
are those whose evidence is worth con-
sideration, and surely nothing can be
more convincing than a statement like
Mr.. Barber's. There are thousands Of
others Just as strong.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
C0UNSELED FROM THE BENCH
Judge Gary Advises Secretary NOcIk-
els of the Federation of Labor
as to His Course.

Chicago, Jan. 31.--Secretary Edward
Nockels of the Chicago Federation of
Labor vas counseled from the bench,
by Judge Joseph q. Gary, to reconsider
a determination to defy the grand jury
in the matter of producing the books
and records of the federation before
the grand jury which is investigating
violence and rioting during recent
strikes. Secretary Nockels was given
several hours in which to consult fur
Their with other officials of the Fe1era-
ton of Labor. Judge Gary's action
was the outgrowth of a citation COM
handing Nockels to show cause why
there should not be a judgment of
contempt of court as a result Of Mock
els ignoring the order of the grand
jury. In reply to an appeal by Mock
els for dismissal, on the ground that
to comply with the mandate of the
grand jury might incrim:nate him,
Judge Gary declared that the effect on
public opinion of such refusal would
be an implied admission on the part of
the Chicago Federation of Labor that
the organization was engaged in coun-
selling or c%ondoning the assaults and
violence,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
MORE TROUBLE FOR THEM.
Fresh Causes for Discomfort Ars
Coming Up Among Roosevelt
Republicans.

The Inter Ocean, the most thorough.
going republican organ of Chicago, and
until recently a thick-and-thin sup
porter of Mr.. Roosevelt, has seen the
signs of the times and taken to the
woods, says the Louisville Courier
Journal. Here is its explanation:
"a southern Contemporary charges this
newspaper with lukewarmness toward
President Roosevelt and friendliness to
Senator Hanna. The charge Is basel sole
~ on the Inter Oceans statement that
president Roosevelt was almost certain to
lose the vote Of New York nexs Novem-
per. The fact is that the Inter Ocean
mas abstained carefully from interfering
In the irreconcilable conflict which has
broken out between the Roosevelt repub-
dcans and the McKinley-Hanna republic
ans of the east.
ANY newspaper which believes it best
for the country to have four years more
of republican administration in Washing
ton must follow the course pursued by
the Inter Ocean in this respect, provided
1t exercises ordinary intelligence in its
public policy.
"A feud which almost surely will cost
IAN iSPubAISdiS NtW 1OTh state, anu quite
possibly New Jersey and Connecticut, is
to be viewed with regret and not to be
famed constantly into fame. Therefore,
as every thoughtful reader Of the Inter
ocean must realize, this newspaper has
taken no part in the controversy which Is
raging east of Chicago. 1t does not have
to. 1t does not want to. The charge of
our Arkansas contemporary is without the
slightest foundation in fact"
This is another cause of discomfort
to the Roosevelt republicans, a,Iong
their many other discomforts just now
-discomforts which were much re-
lieved the past week by the comfort
which they found in the speech of Mr..
Bryan. Indeed, SO great was the COM
fort they found in this that they closed
in comparative cheerfulness a week
which opened for them in gloom that
verged on panic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
UNIQUE PLEA FOR CLEMENCY
A Pair of New York Swind1ers Too
Good to Go to Jail.
The Court, However, Could Not See
lit in That Light, and to Jail
They Had to Go.

New York, Jan. 31.-An unique plea
for clemency has been made by VIM.
Strass and VIM. Haas, who were found
guilty of counterfeiting and selling la
bells. The judge who heard the case
sentenced them by first announcing a
fine of $500 each. They seemed pleased
at this, hut when the judge added,
"ten days in prison." they sprang from
their chairs in protest.
why, your honor" shouted Strass,
Il am a respectable business man, and
l a not go to prison."
II can not help that" replied the
court. 1t is the sentence of the court,
and you and Mr.. Haas must serve tho
ten days"
But, your honor" cried Haas, 81 am
going to Europe on Thursday next. !
have booked my passage and have my
tickets. 1t will ruin me to go to Jail"
"You tried to ruin many men by
these counterfeit labels" said the
Judge, "and the sentence of the court
will not be changed"
Both demonstrated loudly as they
were led away to Jail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
saIuer,. Earliest cane.

Another new thing. Can be cut six times
during a season and sprouts again with
lightning rapidity. Next to Salzer's Teo-
sinte it will make more green fodder than
anything else, cheap as dirt and grows
everywhere.
OF Salzer's Renovator Grass Mixture,
just the thing for pastures and mead.
ows, Mr.. E. Rappold, East Park, Ca,
writes, Il sowed Salzer's Grass Mixture on
soil so poor two men could not raise a fuss
on it, and in forty-one days after sowing I
had the grandest stand of grass in the
County. Salzer's Grass Mixtures sprout
quickly and produce enormously" 1901 900
barrels choice Seed Potatoes.
sALZER's NEW NATIONAL OATS.
Here is a winner, a prodigy, a marvel,
enormously prolific, strong, healthy, vigor-
GUS, producing in thirty States from $50
to 300 bu. per acre. You had best sow a
lot of it, Mr.. Farmer, in 1904, and in the
fall sell it to your n~eighbors at 81 a blu.
for seed.
JUS SEND 10c IN STAMPS
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, and receive in return their big cata.
log and lots of farm seed samples free.
IL
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
Detectives at Work on Information
in Hands of Sheriff Smith.

Detectives at Work on Information
in Hands of sheriff Smith.
indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 31.-Indian-
apolis detectives are working OH in
formations brought here by Sheriff
Smith. The young man whose ac-
quaintance with Miss Love, Miss
Schaefer's roommate, is being investi-
gated, and who lives in q fashionable
part of this city, has been closeted with
the detectives. A woman physician
here, who is rumored to have treated
a girl whose name has been mentioned
as d witness i'll connection with the
Bedford case while the latter was in
Indianapolis last week, was questioned
regarding the story that the young
woman had been at her home.
81 decline to make any statement"
said the doctor.
win you make a denial?" she was
asked.
mo" she said. II can not do that.
/ simply refuse to discuss the matter
IN any way whatever"
She was asked if she ever had known
the Indianapolis youth in question, but
again declined to make any statement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE men.
They Were Killed by an Explosion
of Powder in the Maple
Hill (Pn.) COIlicry.

Manchanoy City, Pa, Feb. Five
men were instantly killed late Sunday
night in the Maple Hill colliery of
the Philadelphia & Reading Coal
and Iron Co. The victims were rock
men.
The men were killed by an explosion
Of powder in a steel cage in which
they were being hoisted. The explo-
sion ripped the cage apart, and the
mangled forms of the rockmen fell 300
feet to the bottom of the shaft.
The head of n of the men was
blown off. The Maple Hill is n of
the colleries visited by the anthracite
strike commission, and it is one of the
b~est-equipped mines in the hard coal
regions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
JURY ACQUITS TILBURY.
Mrs. Thurston nab to Substanti-
ate Charges of Biackmail Against
Her Former achma

Chicago, Feb. flames Tilbury, the
coachman of Mrs. Hollis M. Thurston
who has been on trial for several
days or the charge of attempting to
blackmail his employer, was Saturday
night acquitted by the jury.
Mrs. Thurston charged that Tilbury
had threatened her with a revolver
and declared that if she did not give
him $12,500 he would kill her. He
also threatened, she declared, to pub
fish a large number of letters which.
he said, he had received from her.
Mrs. Thurston is wealthy and has been
prominent in society.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
THE TARIFF ON COAL.
Will Do Nothing I'm OppO-
sttfon to the Protected
Combines.
Washington Post.

The republican leaders in congress
have decided to keep the tariff tax on
Dltuminous coal and the Boston Tran
script calls on Massachusetts congress-
men to demand that the duty be abol-
lshed. But the protest will be fruitless
and congress will stand pat" 1t will
be remembered that, under the stress of
the popular uprising against the coal
combines, during the strike, the demo-
Gratis forced the republicans to repeal
the duty on anthracite coal and also to
pass an act to refund the duty on
Dltumlnous coal for one year. That
period has now expired and the Tran
script, a good republican authority,
says:
The measure proved of practical
dement,, although the quantity of foreign
coal which was brought into the United
States last year was small when COM
pared with our home output. The Amer
lean manufacturer or consumer pre-
1ers GU coal when it can be purchased
at reasonable rates in an open competi-
tive market, but such a market does not
exist IN New England. AS wal amply
demonstrated last year, this section of
the country particularly suffers In the
case OF a coal femme, and the fact that
prices are still higher than normal, in
view or the fact that the quantity of
coal mined in this country was greater
than ever before, shows that some check
is needed on the rapacity of the coal
mining and coal carrying roads and the
independent operators"
The reason that the anthracite coal
trust was willing that its friends in
congress should repeal the duty on hard
coal was that there is no such thing as
true anthracite coal imported. The tariff
protection was, therefore, worthless to
that trust. The Ease of bituminous coal
is different; a very great quantity of
soft coal is imported from Cardiff and
Nova Scotia and Vancouver that COM
petes in the markets of the cities of the
eastern and western coasts and the soft
coal combine wants that competition
diminished.
The republican leaders have. there
fore, refused to allow a bill to repeal the
duty on coal to come before congress-.
The trusts certainly have extraordinary
with the party in power.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT.
Peter Duryea, WelI-Known Horse
man, Sued by Sarah MADDEN, an
Actress, to Recover $4,000.

New York, Feb. 1.--Peter Duryea,
a prominet breeder of trotting horses
and partner of D. Stokes in the Patch
en-Wilkes stock farm at Lexigton,
KY, has been made defendant in a
suit brought by Sarah Madden, an ac-
tress, to recove $4,000 for alleged
breach of promise of marriage, says
the Herald.
Mr.. Duryea is reputed to be a man
Of wealth, having inherited a large
fortune from his uncle, Nichols Dur
yea. Beside his Lexington property
he has an estate in England.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04

This is a remarkable offer the John A,
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, makes.
They will send you their big plant and
seed ~catalog, together with enough seed to
grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages,
1900 delicious Carrots,
1900 b%lanching, nutty Celery,
1000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1000 splendid Onions,
1000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer is made in order to in.
duce you to try their warranted seeds
for when you once plant them you will
grow no others, and
L FOR BUT 16c POSTAGE,
providing. you will return this notice, and
if you will send them zoe in postage, they
will add to the above a package of the ia.
nous Berliner Cauliaower. TX. il
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
RUSSlA'S REPLY DELAYED
New Delay Is Interpreted as Slightly
Improving Situation.
Explanation Given Is That Every
Effort Is Being Made to Avoid
Rupture With Japan.

Paris, Feb. Another delay has oc-
CURED in framing and forwarding the
Russian answer to the latest Japanese
note, and this will result in further
averting the elimination of the crisis
until the middle or the latter part OF
this week.
The official advices received here
from st. Petersburg Sunday, although
somewhat negative, gave definite de-
tails of the status of the note and the
programme it is intended to follow.
Count Lamsdorff, the Russian foreign
minister, expected that the exchange
going on would have permitted the
final drafting of the answer, so that it
could have been presented to the car
Saturday for his approval, but the ex-
pectation las not realized, and, as a
matter of fact, the answer has not yet
been finally drafted 1t was, therefore,
determined to defer it's submission
to the car until next Tuesday or We'd
nesday. Efforts are still being made
to so shape this answer as to prevent
q rupture.
This new delay is interpreted as
slightly improving the situation, as it
indicates, it is asserted here, that Rus
STA is making extreme efforts to bring
the answer within limits acceptable to
Japan. 1t is understood that the en-
press of Russia has an affection of
the ear, which may necessitate an op-
GRAFTON. This fact is considered as
having some bearing upon the time
when the answer will be submitted to
the car for approval. In any event,
officials here are confident that definite
results will be known next Thursday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
THE GREAT FERRIS Wheel.
The Giant Axle of the Monster
Wheel Shipped From Chicago
to st. Louis.

Chicago, Jan. 31.-1he giant axle OF
the Ferris wheel, n of the principal
attractions at the Chicago Worlds
fair, has started on its trip to St.
Louis, where this summer the monster
ring of iron will he exhibited at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition. A
great part of the wheel is already in
transit to st. Louis, but it will be sew
eral weeks before the last of the huge
structure has left the city of it's birth.
The axle, which is n solid piece of
steel and iron, is more than 40 feet
long and almost three feet in diameter.
It's weight is rs tons, and it will be
carried on two fiat cars.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
NEW THEORY OF THE CRIME.
Prediction of Detective Working on
the Case Mt Bedford.

Prediction of Detective Working on
the Case at Bedford.
Bedford, Ind, Jan. 31.-"Within thu
next "a or As hours the murderer Of
Miss Sarah Schafer, the Bedford high
school teacher, will be under arrest"
This is the prediction of the detec-
tive working on the case. He says he
will be a man, who the authorities
have before suspected, but dared not
arrest until more substantial evidence
was collected connecting him with the
atrocious crime.
He is of high social standing in Bed
ford, and of prominent family connec-
tons.
By many 1t is maintained that there
is an element of ~degeneracy in his ma
ture in sufficient proportions to make
possible the commission Of such q
crime.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
TO SETTLE WITH CREDITORS.
Former Cattle P;unger GiIlett, who
Fled to Mexico, Has Started Move
to Settle His Debts.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. Grant c..
Gillett, the former cattle plunger, who
fed to Mexico three years ago, has
made a definite move to settle with
his creditors, whom he owes an aggre-
gate sun estimated at 81 1900, 0O0.~ Lo-
cal creditors have received a draft
from Gillett for a sum sufficient to
pay the expenses of a committee to
60 to Mexico and inspect the ex-Kan-
sans mine holdings from development
of which he hopes to pay his debts.
The committee will start for Mexico
about February Is.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
Historic Route to Florida

The shortest and most attractive route
from Chicago or st. Louis to Florida is
via Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta,
over the historic Nashville, Chatta.
nooga & St. Louis Ry. and West.
ern Il Atlantic R. R., via Lookout Noun.
tain, Chickamauga Park, and through the
famous battlefields Of the CIVIL War; This
year-round train that carries sleepers be.
tween Chicago and Jacksonville and st.
Louis and Jacksonville. 1t is also the
route of the Chicago & Florida Limited
a solid v%estibuled train operated during
the Winter season between Chicago and
St. Augustine, with sleepers between st.
Louis and St. Augustine.
Ii you contemplate taking a Southern
trip, and desire interesting literature about
the route, write to E. G. Woodward, T. P.
A., N. G. & st. l.. Ry., Natl Bank Of
Com. Bldg, st. Louis, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04

ney trouble which had annoyed me for
months. l think a cold was RESPONSE
BILE for the whole trouble. 1t seemed
to settle if my kidneys. Doan's Kidney
Pills rooted it out. 1t is several months
since used them, and up to date there
has been no recurrence Of the trouble"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price, SO cents per box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04

Mr.. Bryan may scorn the Idea
Of winning success, and prefer to think
that he deserves" it by setting him
self up as wiser and better than the
great majority Of the American peo-
pie. But unless all the signs of the
times are misleading, the democratic
party has had more than enough Of
theatrical leadership, fatal alliances
and calamitous campaigns. 1t believes
that the way to deserve success, and
not to win 1t, is by being democratic,
not populistic or socialistic o- an
archistic.-N. X. World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
MISS MAMIE BRYAN DEAD,
The Sister of William Jennings Bry-
an Passed Away Before He
Gould Reach Her.

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 31.-Miss Mamie
Bryan, sister of w. ]. Bryan, died here
at l:3O Saturday morning. Her broth
er is on lis way from Chicago, and has
been making a race against time ever
since he left the east, in order to reach
his sisters bedside before the end
came. He will arrive late this after
noon. Miss Bryan was 81 years old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04

Frankfort, KY, Jan. 31.-Capt. Ben
jamin Milan, 50 years old, a wealthy
citizen, banker and veteran of the
Mexican war under Col. Humphrey
Marshall, and Cyrus Calvert, who was
a private in his company, died about
the same hour Friday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
bad Sign.

Mr.. Citydweller Ito suburban real es-
your district, Mir. Boomerup, but that
makes me decline to buy a residence
here.
Mr., Homeopathy, what is the mat
teri
Il noticed to-day, as we have been driv-
ing about, that all your finest houses are
owned by physicians. STRAY Stories.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
Lockout of Wagon w1srker

Chicago, Jan. 3l.-One hundred shops
controlled by the Carriage and Wagon
Manufacturers association will be
closed Monday and 1000 men belong
ing to the carriage and wagon work.
ers' union will be locked out.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04
HE SHOT HIS WAY OUT.
A Trapped Negro Burglar Probably
Fatally Wounds Two Brothers
at st. Clairsville, O..

st. Clairsville, O., Jan. 81 "A negro
burglar, Tuesday night, shot and prob
ably fatally wounded Albert Troll,
cashier of the Second national bank,
and his brother, George Troll, manager
of Trolls clothing store. The three
Troll brothers, suspecting a thief, vera
lying in wait in the store. They caught
Howard Papsico, colored, who managed
to get out of their hands and shoot
his way out. A posse started in pur-
suit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-04

Victoria, B. c., Feb. 1.-The steamer
Victoria, having on board United
States Consul Skinner, who has been
on a government mission to King Men
elk of A%byssinia, has arrived here.
He reports that his mission was
crowned with complete SUCCESS.