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Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-12-09

c!aliy was in charge of the execution
but who in reality did not witness it
owing to heart trouble, arrived from
his home at White River Junction on
an early morning train. Most Of the
deputies had arrived in Windsor, last
night. AL Of them had rehearsed their
parts, yesterday, and, this morning,
We're given further instructions.
BY 1880, all of the deputies, legal wit
nesses. guards and the three newspaper
men allowed to witness the execution
were al the prison. The hour set for
the execution was between l and 2
O'Clock.
Soon after l o'clock, two deputies
were dispatched to Mrs. Rogers cell
to escort her to the death chamber.
The deputies found Mrs. Rogers re-
ceiving spiritual consolation from Fa-
ther Delaney.
At LOG, the death march began. Down
three flights of stairs from Mrs. Rog-
ers' cell in the central section of the
prison, through the guard room and in
to the west wing, where the ga1lows
had been erected. Down another flight
of steps, across a short space Of brick
flooring and the foot of the scaffold
reached. Holding her head high. Mrs.
Rogers never faltered for an instant.
as her eyes rested on the scaffold. I'm
aided. she mounted the steps. stepped
onto the trap, and then seated herself
in a chair on the scaffold. A moment
later, she arose, having declined to
make any statement on the gallows.
Even at this tragic hour, Mrs. Rogers
thought Of others. Just as the deputies
approached to bind her limbs, she re-
moved her eyeglasses and passing them
TO one of the deputies, she said
"These are for my sister. Please see
that she gets them.'
A moment later. the straps and moose
were arranged and the trap was
sprung. The rope was a trifle too long
and the woman's toes barely touched
the floor beneath. She was beyond suf-
ferirg, however, her neck having been
broken and she had instantly lost con-
sciousness. a little more than II min
utes later. the physicians pronounced
that all signs of life had vanished and
soon after the body was cut down and
placed in the coffin that had been In
waiting beneath the gallows.
The body was taken from the prison
tc the railroad station, placed on board
the 225 train and sent to Hoosic Falls,
\. ". where Mrs. Rogers mother lives.
Interment will be at st. Mary's ceIne-
terry. that town.
Within two hours after the execution.
Sheriff Peck and practically all of the
deputies had returned to their homes.
The little crowd of curiosity-seekers
that had fingered in the vicinity of the
prison while the dread ceremony was In
progress dwindled away as soon as 1t
became known that Mrs. Rogers was
dead and Windsor, VT. returned to It's
accustomed quiet.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-12-09

Sixty thousand children have been
treated since 1887 in the fifteen sanato-
RUINS on the coast of France for the
care of delicate, strumous, or racbitic
children. the object of such sana-
toriums being the prevention Of tuber-
culOsS.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-12-09


lage via the Porter ROAD two hours af-
ter the crime was perpetrated. Varney's
wallet, containing the $500 removed
from a concealed pocket on the in
side of his shirt, has not been found,
a piece Of rag. The hot water had been
made.
The jury adjourned at 11.15 O'Clock
and Coroner Wheeler announced that
the inquest would be completed be-
tween 8 and 10 o'clock, tomorrow morn
lIIg.
Kczar Falls. Nc, Dec. S.-Coraner w.
J. Wheeler of South Paris, arrived, to-
day, and empannelled a jury to meet,
this afternoon, and hold an inquest on
the death of David Varney, the aged
Porter farmer, who was murdered and
robbed of $1,000, Wednesday night.
Eight or 10 witnesses were summoned
and it was expected the inquest would
continue until late this evening and
that verdict would then be found,
possibly duplicating the murderer.
The officials announced. today, that
no warrant would he sworn out and
Wesley Chick. the nephew, who was
detained by the scloctmen. early yester-
day, would not be arrested before to-
night. The belief is entertained that cv-
idcncc viii pc found during the inquest
to warrant the arrest of an accessory,
but no immediate move is expected.
Chick has fully answered the officers
questions concerning his movements
;.ys his shot gun is at his boarding
place 1T Porter. The wallet containing
his money. which was an old-fashioned
flat one, was not Narncys. The latter's
wallet has not been found.
Mrs. Sarah Day, Il sister of the muir
dvrcd man. WAS brought here by the
officers. to-day. from tn" NarnCE farm
where Sh" WAS houSekecpcr for her
brother ara is detained as a principal
witness for the State. Mrs. Day diScoN-
efcd the body and notified ncighb"rs.
She claims not to have heard the shoot
ing, but accounted for the fact by say
ing that her hearing is not good.
a coat and hat which the officers
claim were part of the SIlit worn by
Chick the day of the crime and re-
placed by now one purchased,
Wednesday, We're found. this afternoon.
in the rear Of the Narney barn and
shot gun, believed to he his, was found
beneath the ludcrpinning of the barn.
A search of the farm revealed beside
a small brook, Il kettle which had been
used to heat water, Il box oi bIackihg
a cup and piece of rag.
Tho officers allcE, these articles were
used to bIackcn the murdcrerS face
and later to remove the disguise.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-12-09

Windsor, VT. Dec. S.-By agreement
between Gov Bell. Sheriff Peck and
Supt. Lowell, the following official ac-
count of Mrs. Rogers last days was
given by the prison authorities and
Mrs. NJ. II. Loukes, one of the death
watch:
THE death watch began Nov. rs,
when Mrs. Rogers was placed in soli-
tary confinement in a cell on the south
west corner of the womans' department
in the third floor of the main building
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-12-09

The London County Council now uses
motor repair wagons 10 attend to
break-dOWnS on the street railways.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-12-09
FRANK p. EVER.
one OF B7ngor's Prominent Business
men Dies After Lingering Illness.

Hang"r. No Dec. S-F'rank p
H"'r' member Of the firm of Wood e
h"'f, prnprctors of the Fashion, one
:" IN" leading retail drygoods houses
y Maine. died. this morning. after q.
rug continued Illness. He was one of
III" most successful business men in
III rlty and was held in high respect.
= willow and three children, and two
r,S''fS IN Exeter. n. H., Miss Elizabeth
i'"ef and Mrs. Elijah W. Gordon. al
~ brother, Louis c. Ever, survive.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-12-09

- .Hr' Alexander Farquharson, for over
a.'E years a Great Western railway
sUdid' :, from Paddington to Plymouth,
l-"s'ahd' has died at the age of
S''eilly-iour. His travelling record
amounted to more than 5000 900 miles.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-12-09
SANFORD'S
Ginger

Breaks UP colds, fevers. Get the genuine /.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-22
Special Election.

In the County Court of Iron Coun-
ty, Mo.,-May adjourned term,
1905-Tuesday, May 80, 1905.
and second day of the term.
Among other proceedings the fol-
lowing were had:
lin the Matter of Special Election
1t appearing to the Court that a
vacancy exists in the office OF
Sheriff of Iron county, by reason
of the death of John w. Polk,
former Sheriff, it is ordered that a
Special Election be held ON Satur-
day the Oath day of June, 1905, as
required by law, for the purpose
of electing a Sheriff to fill said
vacancy; said special election to
be held under the laws governing
General Elections. 1t is further
ordered that notice of said special
election be published according to
law in some newspaper published
in said county of Iron.
STATE OF Missouri, :,
COUNTY OF IRON. 49,
I, W. T. O'Neal, Clerk of the County
Court of Iron County, State aforesaid, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is a full,
true, and correct copy of the original order
of the County Court of said county, in the
matter of Special Election and entered Of
record May goth, 1905, as fully as the same
appears of record in my office.
In witness whereof, | have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
[sEAL] seal of said court. Done at my
Office in the City of I~ronton, Mis-
souri,, this goth day of May, 1905.
w. 7. O'NEAL, Clerk County Court.
BY LEILA O'NEAL, D. C.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-22
Hogan Items.

Mrs. G. w. Scoggin, of Glover,
was the guest of Mesdames Hughes
and Bisch last Monday.
Walter Miller and wife spent
Saturday in Ironton.
Miss Leila Conley is home for a
few days.
Mrs. H. Sutton and daughter
were in Hogan last Friday.
P. A. Myers vas in Lesterville
last week.
Miss Julia Owens, accompanied
by her sister, Mrs. Bisch, returned
to the city last Monday.
Chas. Holloman has been on the
sick list the last few days,
Miss Letha Meyer spent a few
days the guest of Fife Holloman.
Will and George Huff took in
the base ball game at Piedmont
Sunday. Sorry to hear our IRON
ton boys were losers.
Miss Propst is visiting relatives
at jackson, Mo.
Robt. Golf was out to see his
girl Saturday.
j. B. Holloman was at camp
meeting last week. MAUDE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-22

all right, although he said nothing
either wise or witty, but confined
himself, as usual, to an elaborate
argument in proof of the perfectly
obvious. Since then we have
heard that Rooseveltis to be called
on to settle the Equitable scandal,
to r%eprimand Grover Cleveland for
what he said about women, to
make DR.. Mary Walker quit wear
ing pants, to make everybody call
Bob Evans Fighting Bob to
revise prize ring rules, to rebuke
Chauncey Depew for the childless
condition of his last marriage, to
make the -four flush forbidden
play to everybody but T. R., to
make blue laws national, to make
out an universal freight tariff SINH
lar to a perpetual calendar, and do
a million other things of pith and
moment. In Missouri, Joe Folk
is the god who is invoked. Folk
is to be appealed to to do this, that
and the other. He has already
constituted himself a sort of State
policeman and makes the rounds
to see that everybody intends to
be good. Mothers threaten bad
boys with Folk. Such abdication
of American citizenship as is in
volved in this constant disposition
to call on n higher up is a dis
grace to the Republic. 1t is a
recognition of the ancient doctrine
of the power of the overload. 1t is
childish, but if continued, may
lead us back to the centralized
governmental forms from which
we think we have emerged. How
the Fathers of the Republic would
have hated the present day dis.
position to turn to a patriarch O,
overload for outside help in pro
blems we ourselves should solve
They believed that the individual
was the sovereign, and that with
him in his separate or combined
capacities, lay all the power there
was in the solution of difficulties
The President, to them, was not {
kind father, to come to his chill
dren's help on occasion, or give
them a sound logging when hi
thought they deserved it, but ont
of themselves, their servant, whose
duties, powers and limits were
most exactly defined. But the
Fathers of the Republic were men
They proved it and had a right to
believe in manhood sovereignty
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-22
Graniteville Items.

Martin Coad, of st. Louis, was
in town Sunday.
Miss Pearl Edmonds, of Belle
view, is visiting relatives here this
week.
Mrs. O. Tolleson returned to hel
home in Granite, ILL.,, Monday,
after spending several weeks with
relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simpson, of Ar
cadia, spent Sunday with relatives
in town.
Miss Mamie Hartman, of St.
Louis, is here with her parents.
The public school building looks
fine with it's new coat of paint.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Allen spent
last week with friends in the city.
Miss Daisy Light, of Ironton,
was the guest of the Misses Me-
Cabe last week.
Madam Rumor says there will be
another wedding in town next
week.
Mrs. T. Meyer has been quite
sick for the past week, but is bet
ter at this writing.
Messrs. 7. Thurman, and j. and
M. Carly went to Syenite last
week.
Mrs. Johnson, of Poplar Bluff,
was the guest of Mrs. Murray last
week.
Grandma Belcher returned from
st. Louis Friday, where she had
been for medical treatment. We
are sorry to state she is not i'm
proved in health. Z
Mrs. Drury returned to Boston,
Mass, last Monday, after several
months visit with her sister, Mrs.
Shea.
Mrs. j. Brennan is quite i'll at
this writing.
Miss Louise Oesterle, Of Middle
brook, spent Sunday with friends
in town.
Mrs. A. j. Sheahan has come
home from st. Louis, where she
has been in the hospital for several
weeks. We are glad to state she
is some better.
Fred Broomfield returned from
Granite, ILL.,, last Tuesday.
Born-To MIR. and Mrs. Ed.
Meade, on June a, 1905, a daugh-
ter. Also to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Moore, June 8, 1905, a daughter.
Married-In st. Joseph's Catho-
Married-At lronton, Mo-, June
4, 1905, by Rev. Peterson, Miss
Addie Meyer and Mr.. Chas. b.
Ferguson, both Of this place. The
young couple have our best wishes
for q long and prosperous life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-22
Sheriff. Sale as Trustee.

Whereas, T. r. Goulding and Mary
A. E. Goulding, his wife, by their
certain Deed of Trust, dated the 18th
day of May 1874, duly recorded in the
office of the Recorder of Deeds for the
County of Iron, and State of Missouri,
in book @, at page 81 and following,
did convey to Franz Dinger, trus-
tee, the following described real es.
tate, situate, lying and being in the
county of Iron, and State Of Missouri,
to wit:
All of blocks II (1) and two (2),
in the west addition to the City of
Ironton, in the County of Iron, State
of Missouri; alsoall of the east half of
the east half of lot No. five (5) of the
northeast quarter of section six Coy,
township thirty-three (33), north, of
range four east, except that part Of
the said east half of east half of said
lot which lies north of the new Coun-
ty Road, and is bounded by survey as
follows: Beginning on the north side
of said new County Road on the mid
die line of said tract, Cumming north
degrees, east PAP chains to a cedar
post, thence north 294 degrees, west
3.71 chains to tbemiddle line aforesaid
of said tract of land; thence south on
said line AL chains to the place of.be-
ginning, containing IA acres, more
or less; In lieu of which said excep-
ton as above described said party of
the first part conveys of lands in the
west half of the east half of lot No. 5
above described, that part of said lot
lying west of the middle line of said
tract, and south of the new County
Road aforesaid, containing about sew
enty one-hundredths of an acre, more
or less, all lying and being in the
County of Iron, State of Missouri.
Which said conveyance was made
in trust to secure the payment of a
certain promissory note in said deed
described; and whereas default hav-
ing been made in the payment of said
note;
Whereas, it is provided in said deed
of trust that in the case of death, re-
moval from the state, or refusal to act,
of said Franz Dinger, as trustee, the
then acting sheriff of Iron county,
Mo-, shall act as trustee in his stead,
and sell the above described property
in case Of default;
And, whereas, the said trustee,
Franz Dinger, is dead;
And, whereas, the said T. r Could
ing is nov more than nine months
deceased;
Now, therefore, at the request of the
legal holder of said note, and in pur-
suance of the terms of said deed of
trust, I, the Undersigned, sheriff
of Iron county, Mo-, will, by the
authority in me vested, on
Saturday, July 8th, 1905,
between the hours Of nine o'clock A..
M. and five o'clock P. M. of that day,
at the east front courthouse door In
the City of Ironton, county of Iron,
and State of Missouri, proceed to sell
at public auction, to the highest bid
der forcashl the real estate above de-
scribed, to satisfy said note, interest
and expenses Of this proceeding.
JOHN I. MA RSHALL,
Sheriff and Trustee.
Ironton, Mo-, June 18th, 1905.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-22
Office in the Academy Of Music
Building, Main Street.
SUNDAYS BY APPOINTMENT.
The Official Ballot.
Democratic Ticket:
For Sheriif-To Fill Vacancy:
JOHN 1. MARSHALL.
A OF

COUNTY OF IRON.
l, w. T. O'Neal, Clerk of the County
Court, within and for the County of
Iron, State OF Missouri, hereby certify that
John l. Marshall, of the County of Iron,
whose occupation is that of Marshal of the
City of i%ronton, was on the 18th day of
June, 1905, nominated a candidate for the
Office Of Sheriff within and for the County
and State aforesaid ito fill the unexpired
term of the late Sheriff, John W. Polk) by a
delegate convention Of the Democratic party
of said county, as shown by the certificate of
said nomination on file, as the law directs,
in this Office; and that the foregoing is an
exact copy Of the ballot to be voted at a
Special Election to fill the office of Sheriff
for said u~nexpired term. Election to held
Saturday, June "a, 1905.
In Testimony Whereof, l hereunto set
my hand and afix the seal of the
County Court of Iron County, Mis-
SEAL souri,. Done at my office in the
City Of I%ronton, this 18th day OF
June, 1905.
W.T.. O'NEAL, Clerk
of the County Court.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-22

+. THE appointment of DR.. Kuhn,
way up on the Kansas line, to the
position of Superintendent of the
Pennington Asylum is a slap at
the intelligence and the fitness of
the people of Southeast Missouri.
That's all there is to it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-22

THE folio wing, which | repro
duce here, is from The Censor, a st.
Louis publication which hits right
and left, and tells wholesome
truths without fear or favor.
hope that every reader of the REG
IsTER will carefully peruse this
article, and do a little thinking as
he reads: Gone sign of national
disaster that may follow, is the
only too apparent disposition of
the American people to more and
more look toward the head of their
government as the individual who
can solve any difficulty, perhaps
in the same way that the monarch
OF old cured erysipelas-bya mere
miraculous touch. 1t is that alb
ject and childlike dependence on
something else, which is the direct
opposite of manhood. Did we not
the other day see each side in the
Chicago strike, threatening the
other side with Roosevelt? wait
until the President gets here,' each
side snorted. Then we'll show
your 1t was like two small boys
telling each other what would
happen when papa gets home.'
Roosevelt went to Chicago, all
right, and the American people
held their breaths to see what he
intended to do. The labor people
had the decency to present the
form of an excuse for their idolatry
OF the n man power, for they
approached Theodore on the faxed
up proposition Of Federal troops,
Of which matter he could, Of
course, take official cognizance as
Commander-in-chief Of the army.
But it was on matters that in no
way concern him as an official,
and In which he should have re-
manned strictly neutral in the in
terest Of all the people, that each
side wanted him to NEEDLE iii its
interest. And Roosevelt meddIed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-22

A YEAR ago we said that Folk
and stake" were synonymous.
After his six months occupancy
of the gubernatorial chair we are
more firm in the belief now than
we were then.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-22

PASSING by the alleged cause of
the throwing over of the officials
of Pennington Asylum-a matter
concerning which the public is
kept in blissful ignorance-I wish
to direct attention to the newly
chosen. No person in this part OF
the State knows DR.. Kuhn of Kan
sas City, but I'll bet he was a
Folk-or-bust shouter last year,
and to this virtue, above all others
he may possess, he owes his APP
pointment. Bro. Waters, the new
secretary, tore his enlargement
for Folk last campaign, but have
nothing to say against him, and
have reason to believe he will
make a good secretary, and Mrs.
Waters, recommended by the
Board to be Superioress, is no
doubt equal to the demands of the
position. Against the personnel of
the new management and officers
l urge nothing. But | wish to call
attention to the fact that the new
machine recognizes no one who re-
fuses to fall down and worship at
the shrine of Little Joey. The
old machine was a Democratic
machine; the new is for Folk and
him only. Democracy cuts no
ice with it. Some of the officials
appointed by him to the institu-
ton refused to support the Demo-
cratic national tickets in 1896 and
1900, and laugh in their sleeves at
the fool rank and file who stood
by the party and it's platforms
those years. The sole ,qualifica-
ton for trust and honor these
days, at Jefferson City, is Folk
ism; the principles the party has
always stood for, go for nothing.
These are the days of Fakery and
cheap exploitation, and happy the
he who can bow in submission to
the new order Of things. But I
prefer to keep the faith with old
friends. Demagogery, false pre-
tense and observation-disclosures are
strutting, prancing, neck-curved,
tadl-lifted cattle, but they are as
Streacherous as snowy, and | hope
to live to see the whole bunch
after their manner-buck and kick
themselves into the mire of de-
served oblivion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-22

DIR. KEITH has proven himself a
very efficient and capable superin-
tendent of the Pennington Asylum.
But he wasn't a Folk man and so
he had to go to make way for a
doctor that was a Folk man. This
is our great "reform" Governors
idea of conducting an eleemosyn-
ary institution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-22
NUMBER !

OUR "reform" Governor is do
ing all in his power to build a
bigger machine than ever was
dreamed of in Missouri before.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-22

lie church at this place, June IA,
1905, Mrs. Kline and Mr.. B. Mobiles.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. j. NJ. Huber, of Arcadia.
They have our best wishes for a
long and happy life. GIBRALTAR.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-06-22

Furniture Bargains.
Good quality Enameled Iron Bed,
Standard size, for only $3.50
No. ! Cotton Top Mattress, full size 1.75
Reinforced Woven Wire Springs 1.15
Good cane seat Rocker, worth $1.25, for 75c
Cane seat Chairs, the Coo grade, for 400
Lawn Benches, Lawn Swings, Folding
Chairs, Camp Stools and everything that
pertains to outside comfort.
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de Barcelona ell 81 de Enero ultimo
hacienda las escalas de Valencia,
Malaga, Cadiz y Cauarias, para San
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Cuba y Habana.
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puerto de Canarias Ell dia 3 del CO.
rriente para esta.
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rriente ~procedente de la Habana y es.
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York para este puerto.
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