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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
ABOUT OFFICIAL GRATING,
Republicans on the Anxious Seat
Over Their Prospects in the
Coming Elections.

Over 100 republican members of the
house of representatives are in a peck
of trouble over the publication of
house report No. 1895, which contains
the report issued by the post Office de-
partment, charging grating against
many of them. The supplementary
language by such leaders as Grosvenor
Of Ohio, Hill of Connecticut anu others
against Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow was certainly unnecessary If
those members were innocent of
wrong-doing. Innocent men do not
need to explain their conduct in that
way.
The fact that the republican MAORI
ty refused to allow a thorough inves-
tigation of all the departments of the
post office, which was demanded by the
democrats, also has an ugly look on
the face of 1t
So far but one department of the
post Office has been investigated and
that by its W officials! If the other
branches are free from faint, why do
the republicans refuse to allow them to
be investigated by a committee COM
posed of both republicans and demo-
Gratis?
The select committee which is to in
vestigate the charges made in the re-
port above mentioned is intended to
be a withdrawing affair to put as
good a face as possible on what lie ev-
identity an ugly matter.
AS nominations for congress are now
being made and the campaign for cleo,
ton will soon be under way, over loo
republican members are on the anx.
ious seat and unless they can be given
a clean bill of health are likely to meet
disaster, when the voters try theil
cases next fall. 1t certainly looks like
the democrats would walk away will
a majority of the next house Of rAtrs.
sentativeS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
SOME STEEL-TRUST PRICES.
American Goods Disposed Of in Cam
ada at Prices That Are
Un-American.

Once more the Iron Age contains in
formation that will increase the uneasi-
ness of the "stand-patters' on the tariff
question. If the republican ms do not soon
adjourn their congress they will be COM
PEELED to recognize the rapidly growing
sentiment in favor of a do-something as
against a do-nothing policy on the tariff
question. Items like the following from
the Iron Age, of March 3, are getting very
numerous and are making the people
madden and madder:
Toronto, Feb. 27, 1904.-American
iron and steel products are still being
offered on this side of the line at prices
which cause dismay among Canadian
manufacturers of like goods. A notable
| example is the cut in steel bars. These
are quoted for the Canadian trade at
| Pittsburg six dollars a ton below the
| price current in the United States. Nor
is this the only inducement. Besides the
| concession offered by the manufacturers
of the bars, there is the additional ad-
vantage of low freights on shipments
| lIOlIl IllJODul r. ~ IL Col
turing concern, wishing to place an or
der for steel bars, has, let us suppose, a
bid from the company in Hamilton, Ont,
and one from a Pittsburg steel mill. The
Hamilton company should have a ma
terial advantage in freight rates, for
the haul from their mill to Montreal is
only about half that from Pittsburg to
Montreal. Yet the freight rate on the
Pittsburg Steel is only two cents higher
thar that on Hamilton Steel delivered
at Montreal.
Rabbit metal from the United States
has been sold in Canada at quite low
prices recently, AZ to five cents, freigh,
and duty paid, being the usual range O
the quotations.
"On the 23d inst. the Canadian Pacific
Railway company announced that 1t nae
an option from the Pennsylvania Stee
company to take all the rails required OF
their system this year and next at Sl'
a ton, f. O. b. at mills, or $21 delivered II
Montreal"
The Pennsylvania Steel company II
one of the five or six members of thu
steel rail pool which has held the prize
of steel rails in this country firmly a
S2S a ton for three years. This trust i
protected by a duty of $7.S4 a ton on for
eign rails. This duty added to its Mon
treal price shows that the trust lack
Just 81 cents a ton of getting the full
bapoft nf tha tariff in this country. Tni
is cutting pretty close to the tariff line
. 1t is not unlikely that the trust is cuttin
r entirely up to the tariff line on sales |
t.. others parts of Canada or of the world.
pvpNN w HOLT
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
CARRIED FREE OF POSTAGE
Arguments of the Protective Tariff
League Are Distributed at
Public Expense.

The Sioux City Tribune is in receipt of
a postal card from the American Protec-
tive Tariff league containing the follow
ing:
Dear Sir: Under separate cover we beg
to hand you our first document for the
presidential campaign of 1904, entitled,
"Why First Voters Should Be Protection
lists" If you should need additional copies
for your personal use advise US. If you can
consistently use the following notice OF
the document, No. AZ, we should be under
additional obligations. Yours very truly.
AMERICAN PROTECTIVE TARIFF
LEAGUE"
The Tribune has also received the
separate cover" 1t came from Wash
ington, with the frank Of Congressman j.
T. McCleary, of Minnesota, and on the
left-hand corner of the envelope is print
ed: part of the Congressional Record:
Free The contents of the envelope was
a pamphlet of 80 pages, purporting to be
a copy of a speech delivered by Congress
man McCleary in the house on the sub
ject of why First Voters Should Be
Protectionists."
This speech, it is needless to say, was
never delivered in the house or any
where else. 1t got into the Congressional
Record through the usual request for
'leave to print" 1t had no right, other
than that established by partisan usage
to become a part of the Congressional
Record; it has no right to circulate in the
United States mails free, except the
right conferred by partisan might.
The object of Congressman Nc
Cleary in getting leave to print" is per-
fectly plain now. He was asked to do sc
by the tariff league in order that the peo-
pie of the United States, regardless o
party, could be compelled to pay the ex'
pense of carrying the leagues Literature
in the mails. The league is rich, butt Ii
also thrifty when it contest saving post
age bills. 1t is likewise consistent IL
doing this brazen thing. Its command
to the American people has always been
"Pay, pay, pay" and why shouldn'tthe!
nav postage bills as well as tariff sub
sides?
1t is to be hoped that when tn" frs
voters receive these documents the.
will not overlook the object lesson con
tanned in the graft worked upon tn
country. They can ask themselves If /
is a respectable cause that resorts t
petty trickery to compeFthe government
of the United States to pay its postag
bills. 1t is not a public enterprise j
which all people are interested; the pee
l pie as a whole are not concerned wit
missionary work of a political characte
among first voters; it is no part of GU
government to further such business
= This is supposed to be a government {
all the people-republicans, democati
~populists alike. And here is little ban
of plutocrats, made rich by tariff favor
and representing not even the republic
an party, as it is understood by most RI
: publicans in the west, getting a col
j. yressman to help them work a graft
e the end that they be spared a little pri'
n ate expense in furtRering their own il
e terestS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
STRIKERS ARE RESTRAINED.
Judge Philips Issues Sweeping Or
ders Against Striking Iron Work.
ers at Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo-, March ia re-
straining order of wide scope was is
sued Friday by Judge Philips, of the
United States court, against the Iron
Workers Union No. 10, the Hosting
Engineers Union No. 4 and the Pile
Drivers Union No. 70.
The essence of the order is to the
effect that the members of these I'M
ions must not in any way interfere
with the work now being done by the
Riverside iron works of New Jersey,
a company which has several Kansas
City buildings under construction.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
CHICAGO FAILS TO PUT UP
Republican National Convention
Guarantee Sum Not in Sight.
statemen IL Denied by Members OF
the Chicago Committee, VINO
Visited Washington.

Washington, March 19.-It was said
Friday night by a member of the Re-
publican national committee that Chi
cago had not yet placed to the credit
of the committee any part of the
SIS, 900 which Samuel Raymond, n
of the local committee which secured
the convention for Chicago, agreed
should be put up to guarantee ex-
penses. Shortly before his death Sen
ator Hanna advised the Chicago COM
mittee that $4,000 or 100000 should
be deposited, subject to the check OF
the secretary of the committee, to de
fray preliminary expenses of the COM
mittee. Some bills having arrived from
the expenses of the committee on ar
rangements, Mr.. Raymond's attention
was called, whereupon he replied that
the local committee had been disap-
pointed in collecting subscriptions, and
did not have the money asked for. Mr..
RAYMOND requested the committee To
draw upon him for any expenses that
might be incurred meanwhile. This
reply was not acted upon, but two days
ago another letter was sent directing
the deposit at once of 100000 with a
trust company of Chicago, subject to
the check of the committee on ar
rangements, and. it is said, if a re-
Spouse is not received that this has
been done, the executive committee
will be called together to decide What
should be done.
1t is denied by members of the CL-
+ a committee that visited Washing
, ton for the purpose of securing thu
, National Republican convention, tha'
, any demands of the national COMMITTEES
hnrn nat hnnn cnmnlind with
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
TNDER date of January 10, 1897, DIR.
~ Hartman received the following

letter:
"My wife had been suffering from a
complication of diseases for the past 70
years.
"Her case had baf1ed the skill of some
of the most noted physicians. One OF
her worst troubles vas chronic consti-
patton of several years standing.
"She also~was passing through that
most critical period in the life of a
woman-change of life. In June, 1895,
l wrote to you about her case. You ad-
vised a course of Peruna and Manalin,
which we at once commenced, and have
to say it completely cured her. She
firmly believes that she wouldhave been
deadonlyf for these wonderful remedies,
about the same time l wrote you
about my own case of catarrh, which
had been of rs years standing. Attimes
I was almost past going. commenced
louise Peruna according to your instruc-
tions and continued it's use for about a
year, and it has completely cured me.
..Your remedies do all fhafyon claim
for them, and even more. Cafarrh
cannot exist where Peruna Is taken
according to directions: Success to
you and your remedies"
John o. Atkinson.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
ANOTHER CANDIDATE.
Congressman Burkett, of Nebraska
Isn't Going to Have a Clear Field
For the Senatorship.

Hastings, Neb., March 2O.-A tele-
gram was received here, Saturday, by
friends of congressman w. E. An
drews, auditor for the treasury depart
ment in Washington, saying he would
be a candidate for United States sena-
tor from Nebraska. The field up tc
this time has been open for Congress
man Burkett, who has received many
Endorsements. The senator elected
next winter will succeed Senator Die
trich,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
THAT SERVICE
PENSION ORDER
It Has Raised Quite a Commotion
in Congressional Ranks.
CONSIDERED GOOD POLITICS
1t IL Claimed by Some, However,
That the President Has Usurped
the Power of Congress in
Issuing the Order.

Washington, March 19.-Presiden
Roosevelt is being criticised by demo-
Gratis in the house for having issued
the order which gives a service pen
sion to veterans of the civil war.
The republicans, as a rule, praise
him. All agree that he has exerted 6
shrewd political move.
Much pressure has been brought to
bear on the house by old soldiers for
the passage OF a service pension law
and it was the intention of the repub-
ticans to pass such a bill in the house
and then permit it to die in the sen.
ate.
The democrats believe that the pres
ident has usurped the power of con
gress. They hold that the issuance Of
this order is but another step in the
dangerous policy Of Legislation by
construction"
The Estimated Cost.
The democratic leader, John Sharp
Williams, referred to the matter in
speech, Friday, in the house.
Some of the republicans feel tina
the president is exceeding his authority
in doing by executive order through
liberal construction of the pension
laws what congress only should do b!
legislation.
Cla;r,,o1 C,,11onou ~ tho commit
tee on pensions does not believe thu
present service pension scheme viii
add more than from SO, 000,0 900 to s.,
600, 900 to the pension rolls, but tn
estimate of the democratic member
is from $10,0 O0 900 to 500 0 $1,000.
Chairman Sulloway believes that tn
amount turned back into the t~reasur,
each year from the pension appropria
ton bill will be enough to carry OF
the order. During 1900, 1901 and 1907
more than S., 000, 900 was returned be
cause of rejected applications.
Sulloway said 10000 names of me-
over 60 would be added to the pensioI
roll this year and 103, 900 next. H
thinks the high water mark will b
reached next year.
Speaker Cannon said: 81 think it is
very just order"
Effort to Ignore Congress.
Representative Myer. of Indiana, th
ranking democratic member of tn
pensions committee, said: at woul
have been all right for the presider
to issue this order if congress had RI
fused to act or had adjourned withol
taking action, but, as it is, it lool
like an attempt to ignore congress
The pension committee would hay
taken up the service pension bill ne,
Saturday. | am in favor of ignorir
the executive order and going ahea
with the bill. The thing should |
accomplished by law, for, if one a
ministration could issue such an ord
another administration could rescir
it,"
Leader Williams does not care
discuss the order further than to sa.
SAT first blush it looks very nut
like executive legislation"
Mr.. Smith declared that it was "usu
patton of the powers of congress
the executive.
Members of the committee on pc
sions are now talking Of going ahei
with the consideration of the servi
p~eusion despite the presidents actio
holding that the service pension shou
be established by law, as any exec
tive order can be rescinded by exec
tive order.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24

Grand Junction, Col, March 19.-Af-
ter experimenting many years a local
grower claims to have developed a
method of growing seedless apples,
which is destined to revolutionize the
apple industry just as seedless oranges
revolutionized orange growing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
Grover Cleveland's birthday.

Princeton, N. j., March borrower
Cleveland Friday quietly observed his
sixty-seventh birthday at home. There
was no celebration except that he re-
ceived some of his most intimate
Princeton friends who called to offer
their congratulations. He also re-.
ceived a number of congratulatory tel
aora NC
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24

Col Marmaduke Ill.

Marshall, Mo-, March 20.-Col. Vim
cent Marmaduke is very Ill at the home
Of his daughter, Mrs. William Hnrri-
son, in this city, and it is feared that
he will not recover. He has pneumo-
mia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
AGAINST Bishop Bonacum.

Lincoln, Neb., March 19.-Bishop
Bonacum OF the Catholic e of Lin
coin has been defeated in the long
pending controversy with Father vii.
liam Murphy, one Of the priests Of
his diocese, by an opinion rendered by
the supreme court.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
victim of blood Poisoning

st. Louis, March 19.-William Ball
horn, an undertaken of Venice, ILL.,, and
deputy coroner of Madison county,
died at his home, in Venice, Thurs
day, from blood poisoning contracted,
It is said, from handling a dead body.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24

Frankfort, KY, March 19.-The
legislature has passed a bill, which
the governor is expected to sign, max
ing chicken stealing a felony. 1t ia
expected that when the bill becomes
a law there will be fewer chicken
coops disturbed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24
Germans Forced TO Retreat.

Berlin, March 2O.-Col. Luetwein,
the governor of German Southwest
Africa, reports severe fighting there
March 10. The Germans were forced
to retreat with the loss of seven Off
GERS and 10 men killed and many
| wounded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24

St. Louis, March 20.-A jury in Judge
Taylor's court returned a verdict OF
ten years for murder in the second de-
gree against James Crittenden, a ne
gro who was charged with killing Pa
trolman Mccartney in a shooting af-
fray.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24

Columbus, o., March 1.-THE direc-
tors Of the Independent Window Glass
Co. met here Friday and decided on a
Gvc per cent. advance in the price Of
window glass, effective March 81.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24

New York, March 20.-Andrew Car
negie, with his wife and daughter.
sailed for C%herbourg on the st. Paul.
Mr.. Carnegie expects to be absent unr
til next fall.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24

st. Louis, March 19.-In celebration
Of st. Patrick's day the st. Louis
Knighs of st. Patrick held their
thirty-e.ghth annual banquet at the
Southern hotel Thursday night
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-24

Oskaloosa, Ia, March 19.-Charles
Leighton, journalist, politician, trav-
eler and sportsman died at his home
Friday of cerebral trouble.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-16

broken that he could only bury his ha gard face in the poor mothers brea and sob out the story of his sham and contrition.
 It was through Sheridan's lines anC Benton's help they bore him away t. his last resting place when the soleml struggle was over. It was at Charlottes- vile again that Maud Pelham and Rosalie met beside the grave, ano that later, on her knees, her face buried in the lap of the once imperious queen. a poor, humbled, heart broken girl sobbed out in turn her own sad story and Lounsberry's confession, little dreaming that it would send still an other to her knees, praying not alone for mercy for the repentant dead, not alone for the rescue, the safety, of a beloved brother, but even for heavens blessing on an enemy to Virginia and the sacred cause.-the soldier she had so cruelty wronged.
 He's past prayin' for, bedad!" said the captain of the Montgomerys, of Benton, about this time-the captain and most of his men being at home on veteran furlough. "Ould Stanton's got the devils own grudge agip him fur turnin' up in time to spoil hangin' all on account av Ladue that's dead" It was hardly felicitious, yet surely concise, way of settling the story. At no time during his incumbency was the great war secretary in so evil mood as during the summer of '64. Grant and Sherman had both pushed south ward in the face of furious fighting, yet gold had scared to flights hitherto unknown-so had the list of casualties and great political party, having pronounced the war failure, set per haps the greatest failure of the war at the head of their ticket and started 8 campaign to down the president beloved of the people. Then the con- duct of affairs in the field had slipped from Stantons hands. A greater than Halleck or he was now in calm, mas terful, imperturbable control, while the head of the department of war had perforce to be content with managing matters at the rear, where, it must be owned, enemies were almost as active as over the line. Many a military head he, hit that summer and fall summarily dismissing even regulars without the form of trial-some- times imprisoning suspects" without sign of a warrant, sometimes sending whole families into exile, and at ali times being as overcharged with ex- plosive shock as bulging thunder cloud sailing in search of object at which to launch bolt. The illimitable humor and patience of the president. coupled with the unalterable conviction of the secretary himself that ruin aazadS &6a5asR. .Mere he to resign, stood
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-16
YOUR N-RAYs SHOULD BE PINK
They Indicate a Good Life, Says pr
 Hooker

They Indicate a Good Life,~ Says pr
 Hooker.
 The Lancet publishes letter from pr. Hooker on the results of three years experiments with the Blondlotz N-rays emitted by the human body. pr. Hooker says he has established the fact that these rays differ in color according to the character and temper ament of a person. and also that the rays are not merely heat vibrations, as he proved by passing rays from his own hand through the forearm of a corpse to prepared screen which inn mediately showed increased Luminosity. In reference to the differing colors of the rays, Dr.. Hooker says:
 Rays emanating from a very pas sionate man have deep red hue. One whose keynote in life is to be good and to do good, throws off pink raysj an ambitious man emits orange rays; a deep thinker throws off deep blue; q lover of art and refined surroundings, yellow; an anxious, depressed person, gray; one who leads low debased life muddy brown rays; devotional, good meaning person, light blue; progressive minded, light green, and physically or mentally i'll person, dark green fays.'
 Dr. Hooker admits that his state ment may be received at first with smile of incredulity, but he is confident it will sooner or later be accepted as 3 fact. He further says he has proved that N-rays are not only given off by the human body but by objects which have been in contact herewith. He obtained this impression from letter thirty years old, which proved that the rays are radioactive and retain their power on the paper on which writing is made.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-16
Copyright. 1902. by G. W. Dillingham; Co.

himself at that or any other time, but much had he promised. as the result of his approaching marriage There had been a mem orable interview between the mother and that wronged and trusting girl when at last Maud Pelhams forebod- ings were realized. There had in fact been a violent scene, for Mrs. Louns- berry had sought to shield her son at Maud's expense. But that, too, was all ignored now. The other engage ment had been broken summarily two weeks after Yellow Tavern, for one of Wade Hampton's staff, sent home wounded, had told at Charleston how Floyd Pelham had struck Lounsberry and why. There had been weeks in which Maud Pelham would have met Lounsberry only with scorn and con- tempt, but that was before his com- rades sent him to Coventry, and never again after news of his serious wound. Though all Charlottesville knew that he had been false to her, she went to his mother the instant she heard the tidings, and with her on the anxious journey that followed.
 They were searching the impover- ished little village under the heights, hoping somewhere to find ice to allay that burning fever, when the sight of blue-jacket cavalry sent them back and Benton followed. They, who over and again had forgotten and forgiven the sins of the stricken man, were amazed when, early next morning, federal officer drove over from the distant camps beyond the Shenandoah and un- loaded at their humble doorway, not the expected and hated guards, but a box of ice, packed in sawdust, and certain supplies from the commissariat. Then. while brace of soldiers were att tending to these, a gifted young physi- elan on Sheridan's staff was gravely studying the tossing patient Nor did charity end here-but details are un- necessary. The mother accepted all with wondering and fearful gratitude, xyi 41, h11yra h1ad