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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
MRS. CHADW|CK'S
FORTUNE ON PAPER
Mysterious Securities on Which She
Raised Money Laid Bare.
NEARLY FOURTEEN MILLIONS
All Bear Andrew Carnegie's Sigma
ture, and the Same Hand Appar-
emily Prepared and Execute
ed All of Them.

Cleveland, o., Dec. 11.-United States
Judge Francis j. Wing, presiding oven
the court in Toledo, has signed an
order calling for a special session OF
the federal grand jury to meet here
Wednesday to consider the Chadwick
case. The order was signed at the re-
quest Of District Attorney J. ]. Sui
livan. U-ited States Marshal Chand-
Ter began the panel of the jury.
The mysterious securities" held in
trust by Banker Ira Reynolds for Mrs.
Chadwick, which have been announced
as valueless in these dispatches, con-
sist of the following:
A note for 100000 bearing the
signature of Andrew Carnegie.
A certificate of trusteeship which
states that Carnegie has in his pos
session stocks and bonds to the
amount of $500, 900, held by him in
trust for Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick. This
! paper also bears the signature of Mrs.
Carnegie.
These securities, supposed to repre-
sent the vast amount Of ST., 500, 1000,
have been for the past three years the
principal basis on which Mrs. Chad
wick has conducted her financial sys-
tenn. The note for $4,000 is be-
lieved to have been written and
signed by the same person who filled
out and signed the notes for $500, 900
and $25O,OOO held by the Citizens ma
tional bank of Oberlin.
The note for S., ZOO, 900 bears a much
earlier date than the others. 1t was
executed in the year 1902.
The document purporting to be Mr..
C%arnegie's certificate of trusteeship OF
Mrs. Chadwick's securities is in the
same handwriting. Not only is the
signature the same, but the body OF
the note is the same writing.
According to this document the Sc
curities held by Andrew Carnegie for
Mrs. Chadwick consists of United
States Steel bonds, railway stocks and
Great Western railway stock in Eng
land. The three aggregate 81, SOC, 900.
Added to the $12, 500, 900 securities"
are the $500, 900 and $3.50, 900 notes held
by the Citizens national bank of Ober-
lin and the $4,000 note admitted to
exist by President Beckwith of the
Oberlin bank, making a total of $13,-
100000. All these bear Andrew Car
negie's name. All these securities will
likely be placed in evidence in the
Cuyahoga county grand jury investiga-
ton of the Chadwick affair here.
Banker Reynolds, it is reliably
stated. has personally loaned Mrs.
Chadwick his entire fortune. Attor-
neys interested in the case, and who
have examined the securities" say
they are not worth one cent"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Representative Norris declares thai

Representative Norris declares that
the bill will not be allowed to slumberi
but will be vigorously pushed.
Congressman Morris, of Pennsyl-
vania, has offered a measure of a ma
ture even more drastic than that pro-
posed by Senator Plat, of New York,
for a reduction in the representation
of states in which suffrage is limited.
President Roosevelt has definitely
announced that he will call no extra
session of congress Immediately after
March 4 to revise the tariff, but that
the matter is to be taken up in Octo-
Der.
Representative Bartholdt, of Missou-
RI is to be chairman, it is now posi-
lively asserted, of the house committee
on public buildings and grounds in the
nexr congress.
E. P. Bacon, of Milwaukee, chair
man Of the recent interstate commerce
convention at st. Louis, spoke at
length before house committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce Friday,
in favor of the Cooper-Quarles bill en-
towering the interstate commerce
commission to regulate freight rates
as recommended in President Roose-
velt's annual message.
Chairman Hepburn replied that
Commissioner Prouty had declared the
bill unwise, holding that the legal
questions involved in the proposition
also remain to be settled. The COM
mittee adjourned until next Tuesday,
after it had become evident that no
immediate action would be taken.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
BANKER BECKW|TH
HINTS At OTHERS
0berlin Financier Not Mrs. Chad.
wick's Only Ohio VictiE.
SCATTERED ALL OVER STATE
Nearly Two Million Dollars Said to
BE Involved, and the Mention
of Names Might Result
in Failure.

Oberlin, O., Dec. 10.--Banker Beck
with has made a second confession
that makes the pitiful first one read
like 30 cents. 1t is, in brief, a state
ment that banks all over Ohio are
holding Mrs. Chadwick's paper. If the
names of the banks are made public
failures may follow. In the last three
years Mrs. Chadwick has obtained al
most $4,000, 900 from Ohio banks. The
bulk of this paper is still held by a
chain of these banks. Cleveland es-
capped, only one-the Wade Park bank
holding any of the paper. All these
bankers loaned on the Carnegie
notes" and other paper, which was sup
posed to be gilt-edged.
1T is this awful situation that has
bound me to silence" Beckwith is
quoted as saying. Scores of bankers
came to Oberlin, conferred with Beck
with and Spear, inspected the $3.50, 900
notes in their possession and returned
happy to do business with Mrs. Chad
wick and receive the big Commission"
United States Marshal Chandler said
to reporters: Boys, the Beckwith con-
fession is a great story, but it is a
court record, or at least is to become
such, hence l can't reveal it's details. !
can Only saw that the confession is the
most startling that has yet been made,
and if the truth is told it will be OF
great Importance. l don't know how
much truth there is in it, as it vitality
concerns several very prominent east
ern men,"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
THE MINERS AGREE TO MOVE
Miners and Operators Reach nm
Agreement in Sub-District No.
II, in West Virginia.

Charleston, w. Va, Dec. 1.-THE
United Mine Workers of sub-district
No. II and the operators on Cabin
creek have reached IN agreement. The
lnion miners who refused to vacate
The mine company houses agreed to
and leave the field within two
weeks. The operators agreed to stop
svictions. All union miners will with
draw from the field.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
HAD FORTUNE ON HIS PERSON
Man Found Dead at Dallas, Tex,
Possibly Robbed of Deeds
Valued Mt $15O,OOO.

Dallas, Tex, Dec. lott developed,
Friday, that when killed in Dallas last
Monday night, Charles Goldstein had
on his person deeds to Alaska mining
properties valued at $150,000. The
deeds are missing. Mr.. Goldstein
brought the deeds to Dallas from
Alaska to negotiate a lower rate of
interest or a financial obligation. 1t
is known that the documents were in
his pocket Monday night shortly be-
fore his body was found. The police
say they are without evidence which
would justify them in making an ar
rest,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
ENDORSEMENT NOT FORGERY.

II "Andrew Carnegie" Signed,
However, Yet the Steel Magnate.
Binghamton, n. Y. Dec. 10.-Judge
Francis w. Downs, a prominent attor-
ney of this city, says:
II was informed on what l believe to
be good authority that the notes
passed by Mrs. Chadwick, and purport-
ing to be signed by Andrew Carnegie,
were genuine and were signed by In
Andrew Carnegie, but not the great
steel magnate, but by a relative of his
by that name. This will be the line
of defense under any forgery charge
that may be brought. l can not give
the name of my informant, but he is a
prominent man who, l am sure, knows
what he was talking about"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

was loudly applauded by many Of tbs
civil service reformers present. The
president was defended by former Civ
II Service Commissioner Foulke, who
declared the country was to be con-
graduated on having a president who
was actuated by considerations of Jus
tice as well as of law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
GREEN GOODS MAN CAUGHT
New York Police Capture Man Much
Sought For BY the Fed
eraI Officers.

New York, Dec. 10.-Grover L. Col
Inns, known to the police as Lone
Green Goods Man." was arrested Fri
day by a post Office inspector, though
he was supposed to have been killed in
a Canadian train wreck several
months ago. He is wanted by federal
officers in New Jersey.
Collins method was to advertise in
western newspapers. Correspondents
received from him green goods circu-
lars, and also paper with silken threads
in its similar to government paper.
Money sent to him for samples he
pocketed. He is said to have served
several prison terms.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
MEMORY OF UNKNOWN DEAD
Monument Erected By the d. A. r..
Unveiled In the National Ceme-
terry at jefferson Barracks.

st. Louis, Dec. 10.-The monument
erected by the st. Louis chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolu.
ton, in the national cemetery at JEFF.
ferson barracks in memory Of the I'm.
known dead whose bodies were rein.
TERED there from Fort B%ellefontaine
cemetery, was unveiled with appro.
pirate ceremonies Friday afternoon.
The entire garrison participated in the
exercises, which were presided over by
regent of the local chapter of the d.
A. r.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
A COOPERATIVE SHIPYARD
A New Scheme of Shipbuilding That
is Said to Have the Approval
of Union Men.

New York, Dec. 10.-Proposals made
by the Townsend-Downey Shipbuild,
ing Co. to open a cooperative yard
are reported to have been approved
by union labor leaders, and the firm
states that the new enterprise will
be launched on an open shop" basis.
The plant is situated on Shooters
island. The workingmen will receive
the prevailing rate of wages, and at
the end of the year share the surplus,
the dividends being based upon the
amount Of their earnings for the year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
UNDER A FEARFUL CHARGE
A FOurteen-Year-OId Girl Charged
With Deliberately Burning a
Child to Death.

Alexandria, Ind, Dec. 10.-A coro-
ner's jury held Rosa Perkins, aged IA,
for the grand jury on the charge Of
burning Nellie Maynard, eight, to
death. Bail was refused.
Dying, Nellie asserted the Perkins
girl set fire to her clothing then pushed
her into a roo and locked the door.
Neighbors heard the child's screams
and went to her rescue, but arrived too
late to save her life, she dying in great
| agony a few minutes later.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Killed BY Unknown Soldier.

Port Townsend, Wash, Dec. 1O.-John
Dollar, a painters foreman for the
contractors at Fort Casey, has been
instantly killed by an unknown SOL
der. Dollar was in a saloon when
several bullets crashed through the
walls, n of them striking him in the
head. Five soldiers, who had a grudge
against the place, fired into the build
ing and fed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Asks Students Not to Client

Columbia, Mo-, Dec. 11.-President
Jesse, in an> address to the senior
classes of the state university, made
q strong plea for honesty in examina.
lions. He asked that the students
themselves take up the matter at the
mid-year examination.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Additional Complaints.

New York, Dec. 10.-Receiver Lyon
of the Citizens national bank of ODER.
lin, o., has announced he will return
at once to Cleveland, and that his ar
rival there will be followed by the is
sue of additional complaints against
Mrs. Chadwick, charging forgery and
based either on the Carnegie notes or
other papers given by Mrs. Chadwick
as securities for loans.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Think the Japs Want Peace.

st. Petersburg Dec. 1O.-The opinion
is expressed in official circles that the
action OF Japan in accepting the invi-
tation of President Roosevelt to a Sec
ond conference at The Hague, was in
fluenced by the hope that it might in
some way pave the way for a restora-
ton of peace.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Paraguay Accepts Peace Conditions

Buenos Ayres, Dec. 10.-The foreign
office is in receipt of a telegram from
the Argentine minister at A~suncion,
stating that the government of Para
quay has accepted the peace condi-
lions of the revolutionists, subject to
the nomination of Juan B. Gauna for
president. Guiana is a merchant in
Asuncion, and belongs to the political
party of Ferreira, rebel leader, with
whom he is now comforting aboard an
Argentine warship.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Negro Gets Damages.

Peoria, ILL.,, Dec. 10.-Because he was
refused admission to the lower floor
CT a theater on account of his color,
Henry G. Gibson, a negro constable,
was, on Friday, given o verdict Of $25
by a jury composed mainly OF business
men.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
THE LAW MUST BE OBEYED
The Illinois Child Labor Law to he
Enforced in All Mines
In the State.

Chicago, Dec. 10.-Beginning next
Monday, the child labor law of I'LL
nois will be enforced in all the coal
mines of the state. Under the in
depreciation of the law made by Fac
tory Inspector Edgar 7. Davies and
sustained by the courts, no boys under
16 years of age will be permitted to
work in the mines. 1t is estimated
the enforcement of the statute will
take $500 boys away from employ
ment under ground.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Found Guilty of EmbezxIement.

GAINESVILLE, O., Dec. 10.-H. o. Bar
Der, vice-president Of the failed Com
mercial bank of Cambridge, o., was
found guilty of ENLIGHTENMENT. Six
other indictments, aggregating in
amount, yet stand against Barber.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
For Survey of Galveston Harbor.

Washington, Dec. 10.-Representa-
tive Gregg. Of Texas, has introduced a
bill providing for the survey Of the
harbor at Galveston, with a view to
widening the channel to 1000, 1900
and 1000 feet, respectively, at different
points.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

Oklahoma City, Okla, Dec. 1O.-John
Allen, who in July, 1903, shot and
killed his wife hear Luther, Okla, was,
on Friday, found guilty and sentenced
to life Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Mississippi Planter Assassinated.

Memphis, Tenn, Dec. 10.-James
Abercrombie, a wealthy planter of
Scooba, Miss, was assassinated by un-
identified parties. He was riding from
his plantation owe a country road to
his mothers place, when he was shot
in the back.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Dinner Mt the Vatican.

Rome, Dec. 10.-In the beautiful
hall of the Borgia apartment of the
vatican, Papal Secretary del Val gave
a sumptuous dinner of SO covers
Thursday evening in honor of the
guests in Rome for the jubilee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

Mount Olive, ILL.,, Dec. 11.-Dr. F.
Bernreuter died suddenly this morning
If heart failure. He was a member of
! number Of secret societies., also a
member Of the republican county CEN
| raj committee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
10 Send For Engineers.

Washington, Dec. 1O.-The house
committee on rivers and harbors has
decided to send for some of the district
engineers, as they desire to hear from
them on the needs of rivers and har-
bors in their respective districts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 10.-Tftus de BO-
bula, the automobiles, tried here on a
charge Of voluntary manslaughter be-
cause he ran down and killed a woman
last July, returned a verdict Of not
guilty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

Tacoma, Wash, Dec. 10.-At Mad
ison, the house of Arthur Raines was
destroyed by fire, and his children,
aged five, four and two years, respec-
lively, were burned to death. The par.
ents were away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Seeks to Evade Plea.

New York, Dec. 10.-Mrs. Cassie L.
Chadwick, it is said, desired to waive
examination, preferring to go direct to
Cleveland to meet the charges against
her. This would postpone her plea on
the charge for the present.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Want Roosevelt for Arbitrator.

London, Dec. AT a meeting Of
Colombian bondholders residing in
London, a motion was adopted re-
questing President Roosevelt to act as
arbiter in fixing the amount of the
debt to Colombia to be assumed by the
republic of Panama.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Think He is Dell Murphy.

Terre Haute, Ind, Dec. 11.-Detec-
tive Callahan arrested a man VINO gave
the name Of Eugene Sullivan, but Cal
lahan is convinced he is Dell Murphy,
wanted in st. Louis for murder. He
answers the description in every par
ocular.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Fortune For a Jockey.

San Francisco, Dec. 1O.-The rela-
tives of ]. L. Boyd, a 16-year-old
jockey, whose whereabouts is UNI
known, states that he is the sole heir
to an estate of $4,000 0 left him by his
grandmother, Mrs. J. L. Boyd, OF Bowl
ing Green, XIV.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 1.-THE
fury which heard the evidence in the
bribery trial of ex-Mayor George B.
Perry was discharged at noon Sunday,
being unable to agree on a verdict.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

Conway, Ark, Dec. 10.-It is report
cd that R. E. White and his son, Ray,
were shot from ambush Thursday
morning while feeding their stock at
heir home near Mount Vernon, and
both killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

Salem, ILL.,, Dec. 10.-The Marion
county midwinter farmers institute is
being well attended, and the displays
Of farm products and the show of
poultry and live stock are considered
far above the average.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

Ramsey, ILL.,, Dec. 10.--F. M. Bolt
who has been editor of the News-Jour.
nal in this city for the last % years
has sold his paper to w. M. Ingram
of Mulberry Grove, who will assume
control next Monday
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

Washington, Dec. 10.-The house Of
representatives voted Friday that when
adjournment is taken December 81 it
shall continue until January 4.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Favorable to Col. Mills,

Washington, Dec. 1O.-The senate
committee on military affairs to-day
authorized a favorable report on the
nomination Of Col. Albert L. Mills to
DO ~bfigadier general.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Poison Has No Effect on weevils.

Washington, Dec. 9.-The depart
ment of agriculture issued a report
announcing, after extensive ~investiga-
ton, that the use of paris green in
controlling the cotton boil weevil is
absolutely futile.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Business Man Commits Suicide.

Kearney, Neb., Dec. 10.-George T
Harr, a well-known business man,
committed suicide Friday afternoon by
shooting himself through the heart. Ill
health and business troubles was the
cause.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Pointing Shoe PIant Rurns.

Pontiac, H., Dec. 10.-The main
building of the Pontiac Shoe Manufac-
turing Co. burned Friday, with $751; 900
loss. Three hundred employees escaped
in safety.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
YARNS BY THE A

Miss Mary Manning, the author.
while seeing Rome for the first time.
was anxious to include a visit to the
tomb of Caesar. Meeting a citizen on
the street, she inquired, in her best
Italian, the location of the tomb. The
man looked greatly embarrassed. y
am desolated, signorina," he apollo
gized, speaking in excellent English;
II do not know. Caesar has been dead
so long!"
A country sexton in England Off
ciated at a funeral clad in a red
waistcoat. At the conclusion of the
%obsequies, the vicar gently remon-
strated with the old grave-digger, say
ing: Robert, you should not wear
a red waistcoat at a funeral; you hurt
the feelings of the mourners." Rob
ert replied, placing his hand OH his
breast: well, what does it matter,
sir, so long as the heart is black:"
A very pretty manicurist in Bond
plAOCL iCSChIiy was oetSAuAhS uPSA
Joe, and, as she added the finishing
touches, she looked up with limpid
eyes, and said: I'VE are always Sc
glad to have testimonials from our
customers. Do you mind?" Delight
ed" responded gallant Joseph,
Whereupon he wrote upon his card
and handed her the following: There
is a divinity that shapes our ends"
Full of pitfalls for the foreigner
who is logical is the English lang
guage. A Frenchman was invited to
lunch at a club of "workingwomen"-
an association Of progressive Eng
lish society leaders. "Ah," said the
Frenchman, these workingwonlen,
they are the wives and daughters OF
your workingmen." His hostess air.
lily explained that the two phrases did
not balance. "The workingnan," she
said, wears his garters outside his
trousers, and does not use a handker-
chief. But the workingwoman"-she
glanced around-"wears rather nice
hats. don't you Think"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Gable to Canal Zone.

Washington, Dec. 10.-To connect
the canal zone on the isthmus Of Pan
anna with the United States by cable
is the purpose of a bill introduced by
Representative Wanger, Of pennsylva-
mia
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
steamer Released From Quarantine

New York, Dec. 10.-The steamers
Coronation and Coulsdon, which have
been held at quarantine on suspicion
that there might be cholera and bu-
bonic plague on board, were released
by the health officers Friday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15

Panama, Dec. 12.--Arrangements be-
ween Panama and the canal zone pos
al authorities have been made, as
pecifed in Secretary Taft's executive
Tders.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
CRITICIsE THE PRESIDENT.
Civil Service Reform League Makes
Attack on Roosevelt.

Washington, Dec. 10.-At the final
session of the National Civil Service
Reform league, Friday, President
Roosevelt was severely criticised for
the exemptions in the service through
executive order made by him during
the last three years. Nelson S. Spen-
Ger, formerly member of the municipal
civil service commission, of New York
city, made a direct attack on the
course pursued by the president, which
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-12-15
Mexican Cabinet ReappOinted.

Mexico City, Dec. 10.-President Diaz
has reappointed the entire cabinet,
Friday he asked congressional sane
ton thereto.