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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02
TALK ABSOLUTELY USELESS.
Son-in-Law Was in Position to
Speak His Mind and Became
PhiIOsOphic.

"Put yourself in my place, young
man. Would you want your only
daughter to marry a penniless YOUTH"
put yourself in my place, sir.
Would you want to remain a penniless
youth when there were rich mems
daughters to marry?"
"You confess that you'd marry my
child simply for her fathers wealth."
"And you confess that you withhold
her from me simply because of my
poverty"
What other reason do l need?"
What other reason could influence
your"
"This talk is quite useless"
quite"
1--WE have nothing to gain by It,"
Absolutely nothing"
"You take it philosophically."
"Why shouldn't l? Your daughter
and I were quietly married a month
ago"
Good g~racious!"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02
SHIPWRECKED ON,
A CANNIBAL A
Terrible Experience of Five Sur
vivors Among Savages.
Escape a Watery Grave Only to Be Captured
and Fattened for q Feast of the Man
Eaters-Rescue Finally Effected
BY One of Their Number

sailors as were the latter. but after some
little sign making and advances, some
of the leaders came downfrom the trees.
Four of them lifted their boat out of
the water and carefully examined it.
Reed, the captain, had managed to
save a rifle from the wreckage which he
had brought with him. This was some
thing new to the natives. and when he
fired it they Immediately swarmed up
the trees, but finally came back again.
1t was not long before several hundred
had gathered, and they Dol made the
five men prisoners. For a day they were
treated with some consideration, when
a new leader appeared.
Then their troubles began.
Capt. Reed shot one of the men, kill
ing him, and during the excitement
which followed the ~shipwrecked sailors
made off into the woods.
Rival Bands in Battle.
They did not dare to go far inland,
and before long fell in with another
band of savages,
The latter indicated by signs that they
were looking for the camp the white
men had just left.
The two tribes were evidently not on
friendly terms, and together they made
their way back to the scene of the
wreck, where a battle was fought, in
which the new-found friends won the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02
HE BLAMED THE DOCTOR.
Wasn't Responsible for Medical
Mans Horrors in Dogs NoslnS
His Case.'

Some years ago the inhabitants OF
S. were moved to pity and charity
by the appearance in their streets of a
cadaverous-looking man, who turned
the handle of a ba%rrel-organ, upon
which was prominently displayed a
large card bearing the pathetic appeal:
six months only to live. Wife and
children to provide for"
For several weeks, says a London
paper, the cadaverous one regularly
raked in a harvest of coppers, then he
disappeared.
Four years later a townsman saw
him in a distant city. with the same
organ and the same pathetic legend
on it.
81 saw you with that notice four
years ago at S." said the S.
man, sternly, pointing to the "siS
months to live"
VERY likely, sir" said the cadaver-
GUS but evidently tough and leathery
one, coolly. II amt responsible for
my medical mans herrors in dogs
nosing my complaint"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02

stand the terrible pounding of the waves
and water, ordered the boats lowered.
Ellis, Davis. Niessen, Macgregor, the
captain and two seamen were the last
to leave the dismantled and sinking
craft. The two seamen were soon swept
overheard and were lost in the angry
waters. The rest, after a trying expert
ence, made their way to the shore.
Only Five Saved.
OF the q souls aboard, only these five
were saved. They had hardly left the
tattered hulk before the remains of the
once stanch vessel were dashed to pieces
on the rocks.
The survivors congratulated each
other on their narrow escape from the
briny deep, and thought the worst of
their experience was over. Although
there were no signs that the island was
inhabited, they thought that after the
storm had swept its course, they would
be able to rescue enough foodstuffs from
the wreck to sustain them until they
could signal some passing vessel and
make their way to civilization, but the
worst was still to ONE
Land of Strange People.
They had been on the island hardly
an hour before they roticed a swarm o.
natives over their heads, passing from
branch to branch among the trees like
monkeys, and with hardly a sound
greater than that which might be caused
by a whisper. The shipwrecked sailors
were considerably frightened by the
sight, but later learned that it was one
of a tribe of many others on the island
that used both their hands and feet with
equal ease in travelling.
They found that much of the land on
the island was low and marshy and that
the natives had to travel in the trees
or not at all. The latter were trained 10
this method of locomotion from child
hood, but the sight of their dexterity
~tstonished the Americans, who natural
1y had never seen anything like It be-
fore.
They were all big, powerful men, and
their arms and legs were covered with
ornaments, fashioned out of shells and
stones, strung on a sort Of fiber that they
used as we use Irvine and rope.
Shipwre cked Men Made Prisoners.
The natives seemed as much fright
ened - the ad"ent CT the shinwrecked
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02

day. The shipwrecked sailors then es-
tablished a camp near the shore and for
nearly a week were not disturbed. when
they were again attacked by their first.
captors, but with the assistance of some
of the members of the other tribe man
aged to beat them off.
Then followed another period of two
weeks Of comparative rest and quiet,
when another fierce fight took place, and
their friends were defeated and routed.
Fought with Poisoned Arrows.
Ellis, in relating their experiences.
says the savages fought with lances
made of a very hard wood, and with ar
rows, thrown out Of the hand by a neal
trick that he had never seen before.
The warriors took the arrows with the
point forward and, resting them be-
tween the two first fingers. with the
thumbs down, and the little finger up.
made a sort of a spring out Of their
fingers and shot the darts with amazing
speed and accuracy. The tips were ali
dipped in poison, so that only a super
fetal wound was necessary to cause
death. These darts were not very heavy,
nor long.
They later learned the welcome news
that they were to be eaten, and that
they were safe from that form of death.
as the savages will not eat anybody who
has been killed by the deadly poison.
The natives, however, held the single
rifle, the only means of protection of the
white men, in great awe, and while they
remained in possession of it their lives
were comparatively safe.
Their peace, however, was short-lived.
for before long they were again captured
by their original foes.
Tortured by the Savages.
One of the men, Niessen, received an
unmerciful beating for letting a pole fall
on the head of one Of the chiefs. The
accident was entirely u~nintentional, and
while he lay insensible on the ground
the savage hurled a heavy rock down
upon him and crushed three of his toes.
The rest Of the prisoners were all Sc
curely bound and could render their
partner no assistance, but finally one Of
the men managed to release himself and
cut off the poor fellows toes before he
regained consciousness. This act un-
doubtedly saved Niessen's life.
Others Of the survivors have terrible
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02

pyre, on which some former poor VIC.
tim had probably been executed. 1t waa
a sickening sight for the poor captures.
They were later taken to a small island
some distance from the mainland,
where they were kept under a close
guard.
The cause of this, as they afterwards
learned, was hat a battle was impend-
ing. They also learned that they were
to be served at the dinner which was
to follow the victory which vas antici-
pated.
Rescued by Comrade.
But here their plans were defeated. as
the leading force was led by none other
than Capt. Reed. and although the bat
tie was long and desperate, lasting three
days and nights, Reed with his rife, for
which he had an abundance Of ammuni-
ton, was able to inspire the smaller
force with a degree of confidence that
brought ultimate victory.
The captives were then released from
their prison on the island and for sew
eral days rested in comfort in the camp
where their former captors had intended
they should be served as food. A few
days later they made their way back
to the scene of the wreck, where a good
ly stock of the stores Of their vessel
was found.
This life boat was still there az. in
good condition. and they decided to r.sk
their lives on the water, rather than re-
main any longer on the island. After
several days of a more or less perilous
trip, they were finally picked up by a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02

inland and was searching for the band
that had befriended them.
The rest were taken some ten miles
from the place of their landing to the
permanent camp of the tribe. Here they
learned from the logs of other vessels
that had been wrecked on the unfriend-
ly coast that they need expect no mercy
at the hands of the savages.
More than one poor soul had evident
ly been offered up here as a sacrifice to
the cannibal chief. They were some
distance inland. and there were no hopes
of signaling any passing vessel.
Here they were given rude huts to live
in and left to themselves. The canni-
balls, however, kept a rigid watch over
their captives and they were given to
understand that they would be well
treated if they made no attempt to es-
cape.
Fattened for a Feast.
Food was regularly brought TO them
and the men at that time had no know.
edge of what was in store for them.
Their only hope was that Capt. Ree(
would in ONE manner effect theil
rescue, or that another wreck would
bring some men with weapons and boats
to the island.
With nothing to occupy their time,
they passed much of their time sleep
ing, which seemed to greatly please the
natives. One big, ugly-looking native,
evidently the chief, kept close watch on
their condition, and soon the terrible
truth dawned upon them that they were
being fattened for a feast of the canni-
balls. but they were helpless and alone
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02
Truly Illogical.

Gustave Whitehead, the areonaut OF
Bridgeport, Conn, was discussing the
ae%ronautical work of Prof. Alexander
Graham Bell.
"Prof. Bells work is logical" he
said; whereas too much Of the work
Of u %aeronauts is illogical-quite as
illogical as the remark that a young
Swede once made to me in a storm.
"The Swede and I were out walking
together when a storm came up. The
rain fell violently. We took refuge
under a tree.
"The tree for about Is minutes made
a good refuge. Then it began to leak
The cold %raindrops began to fall down
my neck, and | began to complain.
cob, never mind said the Swede;
there are plenty Of trees. AS soon as
this n is wet through we'll go under
another IN. Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02
THE GREAT MAGICIAN.

What spell lies on the street to-day?
L found it dun not long ago;
Now these old houses, dim and gray,
Seem bright with a mysterious glow;
And even the sober trees look gay
That once l called "a gloomy row."
All! then 1 forged for sunny fields,
Where bud n bell fresh leaves unfold;
But now the joy this pavement yields
Think you some great magician wields
His wand, transmitting stone to gold?
Sweetheart, you know the reason why
Such witchery hangs about h place;
From one small window-all too high
There shyly leans a fiower-like face,
That smiles to see me loiter by,
Though Time-the 'tyrant-runs apace.
And be the morning dark or fair,
I carry to my daily toll
The light that shines from eyes and hair,
Which neither rain nor wind can spoil;
And to the grimeful city bear
Pure thoughts hat naught a stain or
soil.
Oh! happy he who thus may take
Heart-sunshine into mart or mill;
And happy she who for his sake
Can smile behind the humblest sill;
The world its wiser head may shake,
But Loves the true magician still.
e. Matheson, in Chambers Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02

ors who had probably figured in cannibai
feasts in other years. and their fate was
very similar; their situation and daily
life was much the same. But all the
time their ultimate doom was approach
ing, they were fast fattening under the
lazy life they were leading, to the great
satisfaction of the ca~nnibals.
Nothing was heard of Reed. and il
was feared that he had also net an IN
timely fate.
In the center of the camp was a large
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02

remembrances of their experience
One, Davis, was branded with a red-hot
stone on his back, and the livid scar still
remains. Ellis has two such brands.
Macgregor had a sharp lance almost
driven through his shoulder by one of
the cannibals, and Capt. Reed did moi
escape his share.
Captain Makes His Escape.
But the rough treatment finally
stopped and they were taken to another
part of the island. Capt. Reed in the
meantime had made his escape to the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02

and with no seeming hope for escape
from the terrible fate.
There was not a weapon of any kind
among them, not ever a knife, with
which they might have killed them
selves, had they so desired.
But life was dear to them and they
proposed to make the savages pay dear
ly for their feast. They also hoped
against hope that Reed might come to
their rescue.
1t was a trying experience for the
shipwrecked men. and it is remarkable
that they lived to tell the tale.
Awful Fate Of Others.
They learned from the writings Of sail
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02

vessel bound for an Australian port.
From there they made their way to Eng
land and finally shipped on board g yes
sci bound for Philadelphia.
Tales Of experiences of shipwrecked
sailors on islands inhabited by canni-
balls are common In works of present
day writers, but none are more strange
or wonderful than this, which goes to
prove the saying that truth is stranger
than fiction"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02
As Others see Us.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS nine tail.
c-s to-aw-make a man, doncher
know.
Jack-According to that, I suppose
a dressmaker was employed in your
case.-Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02
Tons Of Physic.

Three tons of EPSON salts and LOCO,
900 pills were used in the hospitals of
London last year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-02-02

The long summer vacation was over,
accumulation of letters. Gazing
through the door he could see from
where he sat a group of students
~lounging under the trees, and the
sound of the college song they were
singing mingled with the noise of ham,
mering at the laboratory lear by. He
frowned and sighed, thinking of the
superstitions that had grown up around
that building. The j%anitor, Scott, had
absolutely refused to enter the place,
and it had remained a wreck all sum
mer. Mccarthy, who had been bribed
to do some s~crubbing, now walked
across the field of vision, bucket in
hand, and the doctor, again signing,
opened the next letter in the pile. AS
he read, his face grew stern; he
glanced at the signature, John War
wick" at the postmark, Boston,
Mass" His face was pale with in
dignation. This was no subject for a
silly hoax. The writer explained how,
in the course of his Investigations he
had either discovered a new element
land this he could only verify by fur
Their e~xperiments), or had stumbled
upon a combination which united with
the familiar quality OF self-luminosity
the power of imparting transparency
to Opaque objects. He had himself
been rendered invisible by a sudden
explosion due to his ignorance Of the
substances which he was investigat-
ing, and had spent the past three
months in finding an antidote to the
mysterious elements which had been
absorbed into his system. He now
begged permission to return to his du-
ties as, in spite of his painful expert
ences. his faculties were unimpaired.
At this moment DR.. Austin became
conscious Of an uproar in the campus.
An excited throng was surging about
Che laboratory. AS he stepped out on
to the porch to investigate the cause
the crowd broke into a run, headed by
Mccarthy, who, armless and legless,
came flying toward him, followed by
workmen and students.
why! Why!" exclaimed the doc
tor, what on earth has happened?"
tits bewitched, | ami" Mccarthy
vociferated. "Whin ! was scrubbing
the shpot on the fiure, me arms and
legs cam off,"
Every one felt Of him; his arms and
legs were as tangible as ever, but to-
tally invisible. There was a confu-
sion Of voices. and the hubbub was
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-21

Attorney General Andrews had a
hearing this afternoon of some char
ges of "unprofessional conduct" made
against r. r. Reldfort, note-teller of
Bishop & Company's Bank in his cap
acity of notary public. The accusa-
tions were made by Notaries William
Savidge and Frank F. Fernandez, and
these two, with Senator McCandless
We're the witnesses. No action is being
taken as a result of the hearing, but
the charge of trying to shut out the
complaining notaries from the banks
business was sustained and directions
We're given that Reidford must give
the other nOtaries a show.
The complaint was that Notary Reid
ford told those who deal with Bish-
ops Bank that he did all the notary
business for the bank, and when they
declared a preference for some other
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-21
FLEW ON
The WINGS
OF LOVE
CUPID AND NOT HARTMAN,
SCHWERIN NOR PICKED COAL
ENABLED SIBERIA TD BREAK
RECORD.

The Siberia which made the record
run to Honolulu by her arrival from
san Francisco this morning, will be
popularity credited with having excel-
ed her previous efforts on account of
the presence of the owner" e. H.
Hartman, aboard. Further investiga-
tions utterly explode this idea. 1t was
not by the extra consumption of pick
ed coal that the b 6 black ship was
enabled to steal four hours or so from
Father Time, for she was assisted on
her way by the powerful wings of Gu
pid.
There are no less than four young
ladies aboard who are bound to the
Orient to become the brides of mission
aries. They have been in charge of
Rev. Mr.. Noble and his wife. One of
the young ladies is Miss Alice Louise
Smith of Albion, Mich, who is to be
married in Yokohama to Rev. Arthur
Becker, Superintendent of the Mission
High School at Pingyang. She will as
sumo the position of musical directress
there. The other three young ladies go
on to Koreo where the men of their
respective choices are laboring.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-21
KAMEHAMEHA "
MURDERED AN UNCLE
OF H. HARTMAN

''While I am in Honolulu today"
said E. H. Hartman, the railroad mag
nate and American captain of finance,
II am going to try and find some one
who knew of Ch1rles Nelson, who died
in these islands some years ago. He
was an uncle of mine and 1 wish to
meet some body who was acquainted
with him and can tell me about him."
The quest of President Hartman for
his uncle Charles Nelson, recalls one of
the saddest and most unfortunate
pages in the history of the later Ka-
mehamehas. The fact that Charles Nell
son was an uncle of e. H. Hartman
will cause a great &eal of surprise in
these islands.
Nelson was private secretary to King
Kamehameha ". Nelson was an able
man and had the confidence of the
King. The King became Jealous of his
secretary however, in fact the Hawaiian
monarch resented what seemed to the
king, to be the interest that Queen
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-21

Emma took in the young American
secretary. This jealously on the part
of the King was always aroused when
His Majesty wa under the influence of
liquor.
One day the King and his private
secretary were at Lahaina. The King
had been drinking and he decided to go
to Honolulu. He boarded the royal
yacht and started for Honolulu leaving
Nelson behind. A sudden whim sieze1
the King and he had the boat put back
to Lahaina and going to his home,
there shot Nelson through the lung
Nelson survived the injury for several
months but finally died from the ef-
fects of the wound. The death of Nell
son cast a gloom over the King who
constantly suffered remorsa for his act.
A brief account of the tragedy is given
in Professor Alexanders history of the
Hawaiian people. The impression
seems TO be that the Kings suspicion
was unjust and that Nelson was inno-
cent of any wrong with Queen Emma.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-21
CHIEF JUSTICE
FREAR INJURED
WHILE LIFTING y LOG he
RUPTURES THE CARTILAGE OF
A LOWER RIB ON SATURDAY.

Chief Justice Frear met with pain.
full though not serious accident on Sat
turday which will prevent his attend
ance to his official duties for several
days or even weeks. The Chief Justice
who is at present occupying his sum-
mer residence on Tantalus, is always
interested in the artistic establishment
of the place and for mere relaxation he
t9kes a strenuous part in the landscape
gardening which he has planned there.
Saturday, he was engaged in removing
a fallen log from the underbrush which
had become piled over it but he found
the obstacle extremely difficult to re-
move. He bent to the task and was
lifting steadily when he felt sudden
and intense pain in his back and found
his strength suddenly go from him.
The Chief Justice got back to the
house without assistance though suf-
fering severely and Dr. Judd was sum-
moned. The drive from the city of
course took considerable time and the
Chief Justice simply had to bear the
pain meanwhile, DR.. Judd found on
examination that the cartilage joining
one of the lower ribs to the spine had
been torn apart, an accident which
though painful is not dangerous though
it demands complete rest while nature
is making her own repairs.
Tight bandages were placed about
the body and this morning the Chief
Justice was reported to be suffering
but little pain.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-21
THE SIBERIA MAKES
A NEW RECORD
FROM SAN FRANCISCO
HOURS AND 20 MINUTES.

A new Queen of the Pacific was
crowned this morning as Bright Phoe-
bus rose in the east. The S. S. Siberia
Captain j. Tremaine Smith, smashing
all records between San Francisco and
Honolulu, hove into sight off Koko
Head just alb. ut sunrise this morning.
Her time was days 10 hours and 20
minutes, which smashes the best pre-
vious record made two years and half
ago by the S. S. Korea by nearly three
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-21

notary offered to do the business him
self for nothing, in order to have it
kept within the bank This is what
happened, as was claimed in a case OF
Senator McCandless, who had a docu-
ment to be witnessed in connection
with some business with Bishops
Bank. Savidge and Fernandez took the
case up as a test and preferred charges
of unprofessional conduct against
Reidford.
All the parties We're present in An
drew's office this afternoon, ana the
matter was discussed. The complain
ing notaries wanted Reidfords license
at notary taken away on account of
his alleged conduct. The attorney gen.
eral held Reidford's method was not
proper, but as no instruction or warn
ing had been given no action was TAX
en-, and the matter will be dropped