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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-21
CHILDREN FATALLY BURNED
I'M COTTON FACTORIES

& 4. (Hyg Associated Press.l ~ Z.
+ MACON, Ca Dec 20.--A special to the
telegraph from Elberton Ga. says that
at Swift's Cotton Mills, three children
lost their lives BY fire In the last two
days. T wo We're children Of Mr.. Smith.
an operative, and were burned to death
before assistance could reach them after,
their clothing Ind caught. The next day
ish steamer Fernheld. Captain Davies,
tive. suffered Il similar fate.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-21
Chadwick Sails.
lnEe. n T.

PARIS, December. Colt Is now estab-i
llshed that DR.. Leroy 8. Chadwick. OF
Cleveland o.. and his daughter went to
Dover, where they took second class pas
sages on the Hamburg a Alnariacn Line
steamer Pretoria. leaving there last SUM
day. silSit35Jss ri 2St 81 ~ lg9S
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-21
LISTING RESULTaO OF ssss
ORPEDO ATTACKS

BY Cable to The Times d Dispatcl 9tag
IA TOXIC, \ December 90. 20 Observat tons
taken at Port rthurs to-day showed the
\ Russian battleship sscvastopo to aoe list
ing ten degrees. probably as q result of
tho last Japanese torpedo attacks. n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-21
Crank Libel z" Says Foster.

There was general feeling in Wall
Street to-day 4 hat II any PROC eedings are
taken against Lawson, they will be- be-;
gun by Roger Foster. ono Of the law
yers I. named by tho Boston man In his
article published to-day.
II, response to an inquiry, as to what
he thought OF the story, Mr.. Foster. saId:I
~ think It is rank lib el..'., He decline to
discuss thes1natter further than this.
& Dwight Bramnn, also mentioned In the
article, said e 80 far as III his ~ .awson
story is concerned, I look upon II Simply
Il is part of an effort to a dycrtise ma gn-
zine. This particular ar article 5sis sths m lost
remarkable misstatement Of facts = have
ever encountered. Mr.. TYSON elects
stoS tell OF his own part in the affair, That
will be OF great interest.
Mr.. p. r. Chapman. the broker. who
served thirty days In the Washington
lock up at the time Of the Sugar scandal,
for refusing to reveal the secrets OF tho
speculating senator's, and the man who
delivered the Addiclss money In Whining
ton, corroborated Lawson g story r,f what
took place in Wilmington, except in a
few minor deta lis. ii, 81. ls A.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-21
= Ll[contin:luled on Seventh Page,2

as the attorneys argued and seemed on
the verge of falnting. Soon after the
announcement was made that she was
excused she returned to the jail In q
carriage. 55 ySY sia q tsi b
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-21
Lawson D.[F|[S
HEs|TA|TIN'G / 1. !. c FOES. / 5
Rogers and IN Supporters o'l't,t
Are Preparing 1tloBE'ring
Action Against Him. !, 4
8KEENE TO REVEAL
STARTLING STORY. !.
Letter Not Yet Published Said.
to Contain Serious Charges.
Several Attempts Made to
Poison Lawson. 8
Possible
Suit.


NEW YORK, Dec. 29.---The STANDARD = q
4 OIL crowd. I" az It Is known in all Wall v u
Street, still hesitates to strike at Thomas
w. Lawson. VI, !.
THE powerful group. which Includes
John D.. Rockefeller, II. II. Rogers and
Eli the E5other interests and individuals
whom Lawson has been exploiting, has
not yet definitely decided whether ii It
shall begin action for both civil and criin-
;inal libel against the Boston finarcler.5
IA final decision perhaps will be reached
! TO- morrow. .rhc first decision Of Mr..
/ Rogers. was TO strike and strike quickly
no that end the publishers Of the maya.
zine In which Lawson's stories are be-
Ing printed and also the American News
Company were warned not to put the.
Z ma ma Easine Into circulation Both warn
ings were aunheedcd. To- day the maya
zine appeared on the street with a Law
son article between its pa ges more dar-
ing than any OF 4 those that had gone
I before. ,.I3 sis 81
Sensation Expected.
-
James r. Keene did not publish his
lctter$to Lawson to day as he agreed to
do. but disclosures made concerning ~
1 proved ii a more serious matter than
/ ever, Wall Street had Ina gtned. p b
was said to-day that after planning to
y air. Lawson how he sold 2o2.ooo shares
of lAmalga mated Copper for II 2. Rogers
and turned over tho cash to him VI thouti
sdeducting a dollar as commits ission. Keenel
complained that Rogers had & not made,
good his WORD. /. ID given in advance. t,iat tfi
Shc k tKeena) would cell sthis Alamganlated. !.
Rog:rs would lend him s, 500, 200 Of the
beis,A Aproduced to use for he. United
states Rubber Company. OF which ISeene
hrd sjnst then acquired control.
e When honns w # Lawson 3 was asked
I By long distance telephone about this re-
port tonight, he refused to say whether
4 It was referred to In the letter. Il will
tell you. however, said he, that this
Ama1gamated episode OF Keene's Is ono
Of the most extraordinary and startling
affairs IN the entire hist toryy OF Vail Street
81 stood behind the whole transaction, as
81 had to audit Keene.s accounts, and,
therefore. / know all the details. The
story, Will not hurt Kecne. It will glorify
the old man who was a victim OF a stab
49, Ht,ar
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16
BUCK THE TIGER"
How the Dealers in a Montana Gam
bling Resort Get the Work
ing Girls Wages.

In Butte, Mont, there is a gambling
is the special feature of the manage
ment, and where all kinds of women
play the good old game of faro, perfectly
at home and without fear of interrupt
ton. The entrance is from an alley near
Broadway, and the house is lu~xuriously
furnished. Carpets are laid on the
floors, softened lights shine over the
players, courteous attendants deal and
shuttle the cards and pay bets or take
winnings without the slightest sugges-
ton of the ~incongruity of the situation,
says the Denver Republican.
Here many fashionably gowned wom-
en- of Butte's elite come in parties or in
pairs with escorts, to quietly venture sill
Yer or goldpieces coined from copper by
their husbands, who busy themselves in
Butte's continuous political war.
Women of the business world keep
track of the game, and both dealer and
player usually maintain a rigid silence.
Money is passed out for chips with the
simple word, five" or ten "and con-
versation is economical to a minimum.
And there are schemes to inveigle the
unsuspecting that only the initiated I'M
derstand. Many women of the middle
classes are among the most regular pa
irons of the place. A waiter girl was re-
Gently observed playing her weeks
wages with phenomenal luck. With S15
she had won $50 and had cashed in her
chips with charming GOODNESS prepared
to go home winner" The dealer paid
her without comment. He counted out
the ~money-tWo twe~nty-dollar bills, one
ten, n five, four dollars in silver, two
half-dollars. She picked up the money,
put the bills in her purse and laid a
half dollar on the ace. 1t lost. She laid
down a dollar. 1t won. Another few
moments and she had lost the silver. Re-
luctantly she drew out a f~ive-doIlar note
and began to play again. In a few deals
she was playing heavily again. In half
an hour she was broke. 1t was a simple
trick which has won the bank MANY mill
lions of dollars after the player cashed
in-the IN of payment. One is re-
luctant to break a bill, but silver is CON
v~enient to lay down on a card, and most
gamblers will do it. Before they know it
they are again drawn in to the game.
They sometimes win, it is true. for the
games are on the square, but one cannot
win always. and the chance on a second
round is in favor of the tiger"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16
FESTIVAL HALL AND THE CASCADES.

ing 5000 horsepower, besides others of
a similar type Of smaller capacity. This
is the first display of turbine engines
at a large exposition, as its develop
ment is a very recent achievement of
mechanical engineering and invention.
At the Chicago Exposition the larg-
est gas engine developed only ten
horsepower; the visitor to st. Louis
may see a gas engine with the capacity
of 300 times larger than the Chicago
engine. The 5000 horsepower gas en-
CINE is the largest engine of its char
acter ever built. Many other gas en-
gines of various types developing from
1000 to 1,750 horsepower complete this
feature of the exhibit, and there are
many of the more familiar reciprocal
ing engines of the latest pattern and
highest efficiency.
OF the total number of prime movers
in the Palace Of Machinery about one
half are comprised in what is known as
the Exposition power plant, the other
half being exhibitors engines. Nearly
all these engines are connected with
electrical generators and the power is
transmitted by cable throughout the
grounds to the electric railways, the
machinery in operation in the EXPOSE
ton buildings, the pumps supplying
water to the cascades and fountains,
the refriserating plant and for other
~nIIrnnSnE Tho tnto1 hnrcn-nnwnr 1CnJ
at Chicago did not exceed 10000 and at
the Pan-American not over 5000, in
comparison with the 10000 to $4,000
here.
Electricity had only five and one
half acres at Chicago. while at st. Louis
nine acres are given to the same de-
partment, besides a large display of
electrical generators in the Palace Of
Machinery.
No n should be deferred from visit
ing the worlds fair because of the fear
that living expenses in st. Louis are too
high. If anyone has this notion it is
high time that it be dispelled. There is
absolutely no doubt of the fact that one
can find excellent living accommoda-
tions in 81. Louis now at rates not ex-
ceeding the charges this same month in
New York, Chicago or any other great
American city.
No one need pay more than one dollar
a day for a good room. That is an aver
age rate, though many accommodations
Of excellent character may be had for
less. There are many unrented rooms
at five dollars a week. advertised every
day in the newspapers. Hundreds Of
restaurants serve meals or give short
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16
BEACONS LINE THE COAST,
Marines Near the American Shore
Are Seldom Out of Sight of
a Warning Light.

That the United States government
has been mindful of the welfare of peo-
pie who go down to the sea in ships
is shown by the fact that there are 1000
burning lights and signals stretched
along the American coast, forming a
perfect link, so that the navigator never
need be beyond sight of one of the bea-
cons. One thousand Of these are TO-
Gated on the Atlantic coast, 1900 are
scattered along the rivers and inland
waterways, 500 on the great lakes, and
ESQ on the Pacific coast. OF the grand
total, including lighthouses of different
classes, buoys, beacons and danger sig
nails, 5000 are lighted, giving forth
their warnings at night time. Of these
a score or more throw a beam of 100,-
900 candle power.
To maintain the lighthouse service a
corps of over 1000 men is constantly
employed and a fleet of more than so
vessels. No service in the world eX-
ceeds our W in completeness and eff
cheney. A modern American lighthouse
of the first class costs between 500, 900
and 5000, 900, and of this about one-third
is spent for the electric light apparatus
alone. Beside one of them Egyptian
Campus or Rhodes perfect idol" with
"profulgent brows, whose rays streamed
down the purple streams of Mizraim,
would shine as tapers in the Mediter-
ranean night, with no place among the
seven wonders of the world, and hardly
worth noticing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16

been created, and for the first hour or
more of their stay inside the grounds
but few get further than the point from
which they catch their first view of this
grand picture.
1T almost takes my breath away
exclaimed one woman near whom | was
standing as she caught her first glimpse
Of the beauty of the cascades and the
magnificence of the grand exposition
palaces. Such is the general verdict.
For beauty, for magniicence, for extent,
st. Louis has beat the world.
There is another feature, Or rather
collection of features, which seemingly
appeals to every visitor, and with good
reason, and that is THE Pike The
fair management DO not wish to appeal
to the public with a ~side-show. They
built an exposition which should stand
forth to the world on it's merits as an
progress, but realizing that an amuse-
ment feature vas necessary they set to
work to provide the biggest and best in
this line that has eyer been known. That
they have succeeded in this is evident
to every visitor who travels 1.-The Pike"
Nor is this great amusement feature
lacking in educational interest. Here
one may study tho architectural fancies
of the world; here he may study the
nations of the world, their methods Of
life, their surroundings, their customs.
He sees realistic pictures of the Esqul-
maux in their snow and ice bound homes
in one minute, and the next is trans
ported to the jungles Of tropical Africa.
1.-The Pike" is not an aggregation of fat
women and the skeleton men, in no
sense a circus side-show, but a realistic
picture of the world upon which five
millions of dollars has been spent.
Six thousand performers from foreign
countries, and busy artisans from every
remote corner of earth are engaged to
reproduce the life of Is different peoples.
Fifteen hundred animals are required to
lend reality to the varied scenes. Two
shows in the list Of 40 represent an out
lay of 81, 400, 900. Twenty Of them cost
not less than $10O,O 900 apiece, and hardly
an attraction less than $4,000.
Some idea of what there is to be seen
Of Pike features may be had from a list
of the educational amusement features
which this section Of the fair contains:
Alaska and Esquimaux Village; An
cient Rome and Hawaiian Volcano; Bat
tie Abbey; Bohemia; Crystal Palace;
Cliff Dwellers; Chinese Village; Colorado
Gold Mine; Creation; Coal Breaker;
Cairo; Cnnstantinople; Fire-Fighting
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16
THE WONDERS OF THE
WORLD AT ST. LOUIS
They Are to Be Found in the Great Palaces and Along
"The Pike"

st. Louis.-Early visitors to the Louis
lana Purchase exposition have found
at st. Louis an exposition so nearly COM
plete that they have in no way missed
the few minor details that were unin-
ished on the opening day, and which
have since been completed. In fact in
an exposition of such proportions as
this it would be impossible to discover
a thousand little details that might lack
completion.
Weather conditions were against the
exposition management fora few days
preceding the opening. Now every
thing is favorable, and the great fair
is entirely complete, a completeness, We
must repeat, that is SO enormous that
it is all but impossible to comprehend
what it has meant to the builders. The
last vestige of scaffolding that for a
few days surrounded some of the less i'm
portant buildings has been torn away;
the last wagon load Of refuse hauled
from the grounds; every flower and
shrub the landscape gardeners included
in their scheme of decoration growing
under the benign influence OF a spring
sun, and the exposition stands forth a
completed giant, beautiful in concep-
ton, wonderful in execution, %stupendous
in size, by far the masterpiece of the
worlds eXpositions.
Stupendous size does not half express
it. This worlds fair has many sur
prises for the visitor, but its immense
size is the greatest astonisher of all.
Amusement at the extent of the fair is
heard from every visitor.
1t has been interesting to watch the
visitors these first days of the fair. In
teresting to see what would appeal to
then strongest, but after one has studied
the mass of humanity in their quest for
the wonders it is hard to select any one
feature that could be designated as a
general favorite with all. Of course all
visitors are enthusiastic over the general
picture, the grand en- semble, which has
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16
Big Man and Little Woman.

She was a demure little I'M with
a baby. AS the car was crowded she
did not put the little one, who was old
enough to sit up, on the seat beside
her. She carried it on her lap, and
made room for a ferce-looking, big
mar with a newspaper.
The child kicked its tiny feet in de-
light at the strange things it saw while
riding along, and it's shoes rubbed
against the big mans trousers.
Perhaps, madam he exclaimed,
you imagine that this conveyance is
your private c%arriage?"
'"Oh, no | don't" was the prompt re-
ply. "If it were you wouldn't be riding
in it."-Tit-Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16

Exhibition; Glass Weaving, Spinning;
German Tyrolean Alps: Golden Chariot;
Grants Log Cabin; Galveston Flood;
Haunted Castle; Hereafter; Hunting in
the Ozarks; Infant IIcubators; Indian
Congress and Wild West; Irish Village;
Japanese Village; Jerusalem; Jim Key
Educated HorseD; L~incoln's Log Cabin;
Moorish Palace; Model Playground;
Miniature Railway; Magic Whirlpool;
Morocco; Mysterious Asia; Naval Ex-
hibition; Old Plantation; Old st. Louis,
Mo-; Old Cahokia Court House; Old
Virginia Homestead; Observation
Wheel; Palais Du Costume; Pottery;
Weller; Paris and France; Scenic Rail
way; South African Boer Exhibits;
Streets of Seville; Statisticum; Sub
marine Diving; New York to the North
Pole; Trained and Wild Animals; Under
and Over the Sea; Upper Mississippi
Views; Water Chutes; Wireless Teleg-
raphy.
What runs in all; what supplies the
power that makes the countless wheels
go round? The majority of visitors are
intensely interested in the mechanical
motive force of this greatest of eXposi-
tions, and well they may be. One of
the most striking features is the power
plant. Never before at an exposition
has there been even half as much
power developed as supplied from the
various prime movers in the Palace Of
Machinery. In a large boiler house
standing west of the Machinery build
ing, filled with the latest and best pro-
auctions of skilled boiler manufactures,
steam is generated to supply 10000
horsepower to the various engines in
the Machinery building. In addition
to this about 10000 horsepower is re-
ceived by electric cable from power sta
tons in the city Of st. Louis. But the
greatest interest is in the engines them
selves rather than in the large capacity
of the exhibit, for among them is a
giant turbine or rotary engine develop
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16
IF EACH WE'RE IN HIS PLACE.

If ne'er a man in any station
Were by the fates fermitted
To choose aught but The one vocation
For which he best is fitted
If weak men all held small positions
We'd nave a world of changed conditions.
The bard who sings a doleful lay
Might weigh out groceries to-day;
The motorman on yonder car
Might wisely plead before the bar.
The king in royal robes arrayed
Might earn his bread with pick and spade,
And many a justice of the peace
Might live by packing a~xle-grease.
The governor whose word is law
Might WELD the hammer and the saw,
And doubtless many a diplomat
Would stir the soap grease in the vat.
The cobbler, with his drawn-up knees,
Might in some palace sit at ease;
Some farmer who must guide the plow
Might be a glorious emperor now.
If every member of the race
Were always in his proper place
That drowsy judge might shovel coal
Down in some stuffy, dingy hole,
The admiral, whose flag is high,
Might bring you ~doughnuts and your pie,
Or meekly stand beside his chair
And gossip while he trimmed your hair.
The gay young man who rides to hounds
Might shape the bar the blacksmith
pounds,
Or serve mankind day after day
By picking geese or baling hay.
And many a playhouse would be shut
For lack of thespians to strut
Before the lights, if none might act
Except the mes who can, in fact.
If ne'er a man in any station
Were by the fates permitted
To choose aught but the one vocation
For which he best is fitted
If fools were all in fools positions
We'd have a world of new conditions.
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16
Perils of "Self-Doctorinc"

Large numbers of people in prosper
Il circumstances die as s~exagenarians
from maladies which are evidences of
degeneration and of premature senil-
ity, while many who pass this period
go on to enter upon an eighth or ninth
decade of life. The former class COM
prise those who have lived without re-
straint of their appetites and who have
sought to allay some of the conse-
quences by Standardization, while the
latter class comprise those who have
lived reasonably, and who, if annoyed
by imperfect digestion, have sought re-
lief by abandoning the errors from
which it sprang.-London Lancet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16

order service at the ans rates
that prevailed before the exposition
opened.
1t is suggested that the stranger in
St Louis, who wishes to find reasonable
clearinghouse rates, make inquiry at
a grocery store or meat market in the
vicinity where he desires to stop. The
grocers and butchers know nearly all
the boarding houses in their neighbor-
hoods, and they are quite willing to
oblige the stranger by directing him 10
a place to suit his purse and his tastes.
The want columns of the daily news
papers also contain columns of small
advertisements for boarders or dodgers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16
C. P. DEWEY. OF MANHATTAN
The Millionaire Ranehmmn of NORTH
western KausBt i5ea,S at
Wheeling. w. Va.

Topeka. Kas, June lie P. Dewey,
of Manhattan, the millionaire ranch
man, is dead at Wheeling, w. Va, ac-
cording 10 a message received here. Mr..
Dewey came to Kansa~ from Chicago 20
years ago, His son Chauucey Dewey,
was recently acquitted, together with
his two cowboys, of the murder of the
Berry boys, the result OF a ranch feud
in northwestern Kansas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16
NEBRASKA HOLDS JUBILEE.
The Semi-CcntenniaI 81 Nebraska
Observed as II Public Holiday
in 0nfain.

Omaha, Neb, June 11,-Nebraska
celebrated its semi-centennal. The
principal exercises were held in Omaha,
where a gand military and civic
parade marched through the down
town streets, following which formal
exercises were held at the auditorium.
Henry D. Estabrook, Of New York, a
former Nebraskan, was the orator OF
the day. The day was made a holt
day
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16

st. Louis, June 10.-Myrtle Dennisop,
aged II, an actress, whose home is in
Springfield, Mo, who was engaged to
appear with the Ancient Rome conces-
sion, on the Pike at the Worlds fair,
which has failed, was found penniless
and starving in the concession build
ing, Thursday. She was sent to the
emergency hospital.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16

Washington, June 1l.-Cardinal Sa-
TOLL, who has just arrived from Rome,
characterizes as absurd the story that
his visit has any other Significance
than simply social, He says he will
visit the St. Louis exposition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16

Warrensburg, Mo, June 1l.-Fire de-
stroyed Clark's lumber yard and threa
frame buildings occupying a block in
the business district; loss $150,000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16

Morgantown, w. Va, June 11.-Geo.
Young, Of this place, started, Thurs
day, in a 14-foot skiff, for the Worlds
fair at st. Louis. He carries a camp
ing equippage and enough provisions to
last ten days.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-06-16
His unhappiness.
1TS VHPPRROScs
growled at cold weather."

You growled at cold weather."
20, yes"
And you'll growl when it's hot?"
That's what"
We'll, what do you reckon you're here
for, anyhow"
MY friend" was the reply, that's Jest
what keeps m a-growlin'--I can't find
out!"-Atlanta Constitution.