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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
TO SETTLE CHURCH CLAIMS.
Secretary of War Will Make Recon-
mendatiOn to Congress That
They Be Paid.

Washington, March 22.-Secretary
Taft has acted upon a number of i'm
portant questions in connection with
the government with the Philippine
islands, regarding which he has been
corresponding recently with Gov.
Wright. In response to an inquiry
made by the latter as to the DISPOSE
ton of claims for rent and for dam.
ages on account of the occupation of
the churches and converts by Amer
lean troops. Gov. Wright has been
instructed that in accordance with an
agreement made at Rome with the
apostolic delegate they should present
these claims to the commission in
Mexico. This agreement was reached
on the ground that whatever damages
accrued were due the church, and not
the Friars. Gov. Wright was in
structed to notify the delegate that if
he will present these claims, Gen.
Wade, commanding the Philippine Iii.
vision, will investigate and report on
them, and that the secretary of war
will make suitable recommendation to
congress for the settlement of the ap.
proved claims.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
MISSOURI A NEWS.
New Bridge Nearly Completed.

Within a few days the new bridge Of
the st. Louis, st. Charles & Weetern
trolley line across the Missouri river
at st. Charles will be open to traffic.
The bridge will have a wagon way and
foot path, as well as accommodations
for the trolley line. The superstruc-
rure of the bridge has been substan-
TALLY built. Immense iron piers rest
OF firm foundations'at bed rock and, It
is said, will Withstand the highest
waters of the Missouri. The extreme
eastern approach is constructed OF
huge timbers, behind which is filled il
broken rock covered with cement,
There is more than passing interest in
this bridge because of the difficulties
with which former bridges have met
The railroad bridge has collapsed twice,
causing several deaths, and the pom
toon- bridge after a long and desperate
struggle against the elements, was
finally washed completely away. The
farmers and others desiring to cross
the river at this point have been COM
PEELED to depend on the old ferry boat
which still comes slowly across the
stream and lands near the new bridge
In a manner that indicates the fast-ap.
preaching close of its days of useful
ueSS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

While the Russian torpedo fotilla
from Port Arthur was scouting off the
harbor, early on the morning of the
10th, the japanese torpedo boats were
encountered, and in the engagement
following a Japanese torpedo boat was
sunk. A shell from one of the Japan
csc cruisers crippled the Russian tor
pedo boat destroyer Stereguschtchi,
which foundered later, a portion of her
crew being made prisoners and the rest
drowned.
The directors of the Independent
Window Glass Co., of Columbus, O.,
met on the 18th, and decided on a five
per cent. advance in the price of win
dow glass, effective March q.
Senator Tillman's throat trouble has
practically disappeared, and he has re-
covered so greatly from his attack of
the grippe that it is expected he will
o leave Washington for the south.
A steady %downpour of rain was report
ed at points in the Kansas wheat belt
on the 10th. The rain was the heaviest
since October.
The trial of H. Flacksham and r. F.
Reaves, of st. Louis, began in the
United States court ut Cairo, H., on
the 18th. They are charged with using
the mails with intent to defraud. The
parties conducted a mail order business
in East st. Louis during the winter of
1901-02.
President John Mitchell of the
United Mine Workers of America is
sued a statement, on the night of the
18th, announcing that the miners, by
their referendum, had decided to ac-
cept the scale proposed by the op-
orators, and that thus the threatened
strike had been averted.
Rev. James Martin, a prominent
Cumberland Presbyterian minister at
Marshall, Mo-, secretary of the board
Of trustees of the Missouri Valley col
lege, died, on the 18th, aged 81 years.
In an electrical storm at Lee, /. T.,
on the 18th, the house Of Isaac Manuel
was struck by lightning and two of
his children killed.
John F. Carroll, of Parkersburg, w.
Va, a geologist and author of standard
works of geology, died, on the 18th,
In Waldron, Ark.
Fire, on the 18th, destroyed the San
Angelo hotel, the First national bank
and other business property at San
Angelo, Tex.
The Chicago car barn bandits, Marx,
Neidermyer and Van Dine, were, on the
18th, placed in solitary confinement
In the county jail. No one except their
spiritual advisers will be allowed to
sec the prisoners.
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Inherits Large Fortune.

DR.. E. W. Walker, of Rolla, has RI
ceived a copy of a will in which his
mother and her children living neal
Rolla r named as heirs to a large
sum Of money. Miss Sophia Walker
died at her home, near Boston, and
her will was probated. 1t covered IS
typewriter pages, and directed be,
quests in money and property amount
ing to over S 1000, 900.
Miss Walkers nearest relatives were
two half brothers, Henry C. Walker,
OF Iowa, who died, leaving two chill
dren, and Charles Porter Walker, who
died nearly thirty years ago at his
home neal Rolla, and who left a widow.
Mrs. G. P. Walker, and six children,
Joe D. Walker, Mrs. Jennie Case, Dr.
E. W. Walker, Mrs. Emma Rueh and
William Walker, all of Rolla, and DR..
R. F. Walker of Iberia, Mo. 1t is not
known for certain the amount that Ia
left the Walker heirs, but it is very
certain that it. will go into the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. Richard
Olney, a member Of the cabinet OF
Grover Cleveland, is named in the will
as one of the trustees.
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He Wants the Reward.

Regulo Echeverria, a citizen of Mex.
leo, has filed suit in the circuit court
against Mathew Kelly, chief of police
of st. Louis, and Joseph w. Folk, cir
cult attorney of st. Louis, to obtain
$500 reward alleged to have been Of
fered for the arrest and detention OF
Charles Kratz. He claims that $500 OF
the reward was offered by Gov. Dock
cry and $500 by Circuit Attorney Folk,
and that through his efforts Kratz was
arrested in Guadalajara and held until
after the arrival Of Chief Desmond in
that city. Circulars were sent out by
Kelly and Folk, he says, stating the
reward would be paid for the arrest
and detention of the fugitive, but that
because the officers were not permitted
to see Kratz on their first visit to Mex
leo, payment of the reward has been re-
fused. 1t is said that Mr.. Folk claims
that the reward was not to be paid un-
til after KratZ had been convicted, and
his case passed upon by the supreme
court. The suit was brought through
p. Serrano, Mexican consul to st. Louis
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
representative THOMPSON,
Death of Member of the House From
the Fifth Alabama District,
at Washington.

Washington, March 21.--Representa-
tive Charles w. Thompson, of the Fifth
Alabama district, died Sunday after
noon of pneumonia.
Mr.. Thompson had been sick just
one week, having been attacked first
last Sunday night. Toward the end he
suffered intensely. Accompanied by
his n son, Charles w. Thompson,
Rev. E. ]. Prettyman, the pastor OF
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal church, south, where Mr..
Thompson worshipped while in Wash
ington, and the congressional commit
tee, the remains will leave here Mon
day night for Tuskegee, where the in
terment will take place in the city
cemetery some time Wednesday.
Representative Thompson was in the
f~orty-fourth year of his age, and was
serving his second term in the house.
Two sons, his mother and several
brothers and sisters survive him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
LINER NEW YORK
IN A COLLISION
Meets With Two Mishaps in One
Day.
GROUNDS OFF CAPE la HAGUE
New York Was Able to Enter SOUTH
amptOn and Was DScked for Tenn
pOrary Repairs-Ilnpossible
to Estimate Damage.

Southampton, March 21.-The Amer
lcan line steamship New York, Capt.
Young, from New York, March u, for
Plymouth, Cherbourg and Southamp-
ton, met with two mishaps Sunday,
grounding off Cape La Hague, France,
in the early morning, and later coming
into collision in the English channel
with the peninsular and oriental steam
ship Assaye, under contract to the
British government and used as a
troopship, bound for Bombay with 500
troops on board.
The New York grounded while ap-
preaching Cherbourg at 2:30 o'clock
Sunday morning, during a fog. The
sea was smooth, however, and the tide
was on the flood, and within an hour
and a half the vessel was foated with
out assistance. Her bottom was DAM
aged, and there was water in the holds,
but she was able to proceed.
During the voyage up the channel a
dense fog descended. When off Hurst
Castle, Eng, the Assaye suddenly ap-
peared, and is was found impossible to
avoid a collision. The New York's bow
crashed into the Assaye's starboard
bow, tearing a great gap in that vessel.
The New York's bowsprite figurehaad
was carried away, and the latter was
smashed into fragments. There was
great excitement or either vessel. The
boats of the Assaye were lowered and
the troops were mustered, but the bulk
head of the troopship saved her. Both
vessels were able to enter Southampton,
and the New York was locked for tenn
porary repairs Nobody was injured.
1t will be impossible to estimate the
damage to the New York until she has
been put into dry dock.
1t is believed that both vessels have
been somewhat seriously injured. An
other troopship will replace the AS
save.
When the New York grounded at
Cape La Hague the passengers who
were asleep hardly felt the shock,
James Sellers, a passenger on the
New York, says at 1890 Sunday morn
ing, while he was at luncheon, there
was a grating noise, followed by a
shock. Everyone, he says, ran to the
deck, and it was found that the New
York's bow was firmly fixed in the side
of the Assaye. Mr.. Sellers was close
enough to observe the marvellous dis
cipline aboard the troopship. Not a
second was lost, and there was no sign
Of a hurry, and, while the boats were
being prepared for launching, the SOL
diers were mustered with the precision
of an ordinary drill. AS the vessels
parted, continued Mr.. Sellers, we saw
a gaping hole in the Assaye ten feet
wide. and sticking on our stem was a
portmanteu and portable property.
There was a panic on our boat. Had
we struck the Assaye amidships she
would have sunk.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
GEN. GRANT WAS MISQUOTED
Did Not Snub President Roosevelt
in His Chicago Speech.
mirer of the President-What
He Did Say.

Chicago, March 20.-"Presidency and
president are distinct terms" said
Gen. Fred D. Grant, when asked if he
had been correctly understood when it
was reported of him that he declined
to toast the president of the United
States at the st. Patrick's day ball.
que of the Irish Fellowship club. The
general made the following signed
statement:
Il am extremely disguised and an
noyed at the statement made with ref
ernce to my remarks at the banquet.
| had been invited to attend and to
speak at the Irish Fellowship club in
celebration of st. Patrick's day, and
had accepted the invitation, but re-
quested that l not be called upon for
a speech. l had understood that I
would not be asked to respond to any
stated toast, and had, therefore, gone
to the banquet without any prepara-
ton to talk on any subject.
AFTER arriving there l found that
they had assigned mt to respond to
the toast, The President of the United
States and when | arose I attempted
to give an excuse for not talking on
the subject. My xcuses were that I
was not permitted by the regulations
to discuss the president or other civil
officers, and reminded them of the dis
aster that had befallen some officers
who had come from the Philippines.
Another was that l did not know any
thing about the presidency, meaning
thereby that l had not studied up the
usual platitudes given to the office,
and, third, that I was no orator.
II am particularly chagrined at the
way the report is put in the paper,
which would draw the inference that
referred to the present president, for
whom have the warmest admiration,
and with whom l have had a most
agreeable personal acquaintance. His
kind and thoughtful consideration
upon the death and burial of my moth
er has given me a personal attachment
for him which will never grow less,
and anything that would be said to
indicate that l was not his warmest
and most devoted admirer would do
a wrong to my personal feelings for the
present chief magistrate Of the United
States"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
TORNADO STRIKES
A MISSOURI TOWN
Fifty Buildings Wrecked and One
Man Wounded.
CAME WITHOUT WARNING
rhe Wind and Hail Came First, Fol-
lowed With a Terrific Down
pour of Rain-Town in
Darkness.

Higginsville, Mo-, .Iarch 22.-Fifty
buildings are partly wrecked, one nan
is MORALLY wounded and several 9th
ers hurt, the town is il darkness and
the streets strewn with debris, as the
result of a tornado and hailstorm
which struck this place at 4:45 o'clock
Monday afternoon.
The hail on the streets was 4 foot
deep within five inmates after the
storm came, and some of the stones
were as large as hen eggs. Dozens of
trees in the town were blown down and
several horses were killed on the
street.
The storm came without warning
The wind and hail came first, and was
followed with a terrific downpour of
rain which flooded. nearly every cellar
in the town. The storm came from the
west, travelling eastward. 1t kept with
in a narrow path, at least the tornado
portion, only about two blocks of the
business portion of this place being
damaged.
W. other Towns Damaged.
Two other towns in this section were
In the path of the storm, and both are
said to be considerably damaged. They
ere Corder and Alma, both having pop
ulations of 500 or 600. According to
the meager reports which came here
Monday night, several houses in both
places have been wrecked, but the ex-
act extent Of the damage is not known.
The grocery store of J. W. Emily, in
the business part Of this place, was
wreck by the storm. J. Holzon, a clerk,
was MORALLY injured, and probably
will not live through the night. One
leg is broken in two places and he is
internally injured.
1t is estimated that 1000 windows
were broken by the force of the storm.
More than fifty houses have been un-
rooted. Owing to the fact that the
electric light wires are all down and
the light plant damaged, The town was
in darkness all of Monday night and
probably Tuesday night. Little progress
can be made in the darkness, and tie
damage may be greater than first sup
posed. The most careful estimate Of
the financial loss is $40, 1000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
THE POPE'S NAME DAY
tory Addresses rom All Parts
of the World.

Rome, March 20.-Saturday being
st. Joseph's day, Pope Plus name day,
the pope received congratulatory ad-
dresses and kilograms from all parts
of Italy and from abroad. The mem
bers of st. Peters club, which includes
the whole Roman Clerical society, as
is their custom, presented the pontiff
with a magnificent basket of the most
carefully selected fruits and flowers.
The basket represented a. Venetian
gondola.
The pope, in thanking the givers,
made a most touching reference to
"his beloved Venice" adding: 81 pray l
shall prove a good helmsman for the
bark Of st. Peters,"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
TELEGRAPHERS WANT RAISE
Have Voted to Stand by Their De.
mand For m Increase in
Wages.

Newark, o., March 22.-The tele.
graphers of the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road have voted, 5 to l, to stand by
their demand for an increase in wages.
The vote was canvassed here Monday
night by the general committee in the
presence of H. B. Perham, president
of the national order of Railway Tele.
graphers. Thirteen hundred votes
were cast. Mr.. Perham and q. w. Van
Meta left Monday night for Baltimore
to present the demands to the Balti-
more & Ohio officials.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
SEEN IN SHOP WINDOWS.

Hatpins having hand-painted china
heads are among the pretty things n
sees.
A pretty shirt waist suit is made of a
dark-red soft silk and is decorated with
small s%ilk-covered buttons, tucks and
%strappings.
Among the prettiest hats shown are
those of red chiffon or net that are
shirred and pulled in a wonderfully be-
coming way.
Broad belts of soft leather that fall
in folds when placed about the waist are
popular and come in red, brown, black.
deep blue, white and grey leather.
An odd teapot seen in a Japanese de-
partment is square in shape and on each
side is a grotesque Japanese face, the
foul sides being all different. The lid,
OF this teapot is also a grimacing face.
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For the first time in three years or.

For the first time in three years or,
ders were posted, on the 18th, at all
collieries in the Schuylkill region an
nouncing that they would be worked
only half time until further notice. All
mining operations will shut down until
the 21st.
w E. Brown, president of the First
national bank of Storm Lake, Ia, and
owner of the Farmers and Merchants
at Lynn Grove, the Farmers and Mer-
chants at Sioux Rapids, and the Bank
of Royal, all failed, was indicted on the
18th by the Beuna Vista county grand
jury on eight counts for receiving
money when he knew the banks to be
insolvent.
Mrs. Margaret Mitchell Griffin,
daughter of United States Senator
Mitchell, of Oregon, and wife of Fran
els Griffin, died in New York on the
18th.
The senate, in executive session, OIL
the 18th, by a vote of 46 to 16, con.
firmed the long-pending nomination Of
Brig.-Gen. Leonard Wood to be major.
general.
John j. LAWN, member of the demo
cratic city committee, and eight police
men, including n sergeant, we're in.
dicted, on the 18th, by the st. Louis
grand jury on the charge of intimidat-
ing and aiding and assisting in in
timidating voters at the recent demo-
cratic primary. The policemen have
been suspended pending trial.
The tellers of the United Mine
Workers completed their work, on the
18th, and announced the vote, as fol-
lows: Total vote cast, 165, 1897. Fol-
accepting the scale, 9S,514; against the
scale and in favor of a strike, 67,373
Majority against a strike, 31,141,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24

Southampton, Eng, March 22.-The
American line steamer New York,
which grounded Sunday off Cape La
Hague, and afterwards collided with
the British troopship Assaye, will go
into drydock. The damage which the
New York sustained through the col.
lision with the Assaye is all above the
water line.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
Was Determined to Sing.

Returning home late at night, viii
liam O'Neil, of st. Louis, sang popular
airs while seated on the front steps
The neighbors objected vigorously, but
O'Neil continued. Policeman GuynI
was called, but O'Neil shot him in the
leg and then retired. He was arrested
later.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
Thrown Against Turning Saw.

Sam Mccullough, living west of Pal.
nyra, was perhaps fatally injured
while at work at a saw mill. In lift
ing q heavy log Mccullough was
thrown on the carriage and against the
saw. One leg was cut off and the 9th.
'er one injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
Founder Of College Dead.

Wooster, O., March 21.-John Kauke,
IS years old, one of the founders OF the
University Of WOOSTER died suddenly
Of heart disease Sunday. Mr.. Kauke
was a trustee of Wooster university
from the beginning of the school to the
date of his death, and was the first to
endow a chair in the university.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
wants an Appropriation.

Kansas City will make an effort to
enlist the support of the senate to Sc
cure an appropriation to prevent future
foods in the Kaw bottoms.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
Due to Scarlet Fever Epidemic.

Chicago, March 20.-Owing to an cpl
Genie of scarlet fever now prevailing
at Delavan, Wis, the local health au-
thorities have closed the city schools.
The holding Of church services, Sun
day-schools or any public gatherings
is prohibited.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24

Palmyra, Mo-, March 20.--Sam Nc
Cullough, living west of here, was per-
haps fatally injured, Friday, while at
work at a saw mill. In lifting a
heavy log Mccullough was thrown on
the carriage and against the running
saw.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
Price ON Rubber to Advance.

New York, March 21.-A circular has
been sent out to the trade by the Unit
ed States Rubber Co. announcing an
advance of seven per cent. on all
classes Of rubber footwear, to take ef-
feet Immediately.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
settled with Helen Pott. Hall,

New York, March 20.-Administrat-
ors of the estate Of the late George
Francis Gilman, the millionaire tea
merchant, have finally settled the
claims Of Helen Potts Hall for $780,
900, 100000 in cash and $4,000 in Sc
curities.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24

Congressman Ketcham, of New York,
is quite deaf, but say that even this
affiiction has Its advantages: my
constituents appreciate the situation"
he remarks loosely. 81 haven't heard
q protest from them in 20 years."
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Mrs. Miles Resting Easily.

Washington, March 21.-Mrs. Miles,
the wife of Lieut. Gen. Miles, retired,
was reported Sunday night to be rest
ing easily. She has improved steadily
for the past few days, but still is seri-
ouslY i'll.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
St. Louis Man Sentenced.

William Smedley, aged 55, whe
claims st. Louis as his home, was sen.
fenced to serve ten years in the peni.
Tertiary, in st. Joseph, on a charge Of
assaulting a boy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
Sundays Rain Was General.

Kansas City, Mo-, March 21.-Reports
received from all parts of the Kansas
wheat belt show that Sundays heavy
rainfall was general. Santa Fe head
quarters at Topeka has advises that
wheat everywhere is in good condition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
Succun,bed to Appendicitis.

Arthur Greeley, professor Of biology
at Washington university, st. Louis
died at the Jewish hospital from APP
pendicitis, an operation for which was
performed on the day previous.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24

Seattle, Wash, March 21.-Ths
Washington State Press association,
OF invitation to the st. Louis fair
board, will hold it's annual meeting on
May 20 in st. Louis, within the grounds
of the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24

A tornado struck the village of New.
land, Tex, on the 18th, demolishing a
number Of houses and doing much
damage to property. One person was
killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
Death of Charles Kearny.

Charles Kearny, son of Maj.-Gen
Stephen Watts Kearny, Mexican wal
veteran and first governor of New Mex
leo, died in st. Joseph. He was a
grandson of George Rogers Clark, OF
he famous Lewis and Clark expedition,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
Worlds Fair Finances.

The statement Of receipts and dis.
bursements of the Worlds fair, pre-,
sented in the senate, show the total
amount expended reaches nearly ST.
900. 900.