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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
A GREAT DEMONSTRATION
The Victorious City Party in PhiIa-
delphia Hold an ~ImprOmptu
Celebration.

Philadelphia, Nov. 9.-There was a
great demonstration at the mayors Of
flee by the victorious city party leaders
and others. Scores of leaders and'hun-
dreds of workers of the reform organi-
cation who had assembled at city party
headquarters 10 offer congratulations to
the successful candidates, formed in
line, and, headed by two brass bands,
marched through the streets to the city
hall.
In the line were some of Philadel-
phia's best-known citizens. Each car
ried a flag, and the enthusiasm was so
great that hundreds of persons on the
street caught the spirit and joined the
marchers The men marched into
Mayor Weaver's large reception room
and cheered him while the bands played
patriotic airs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
A STARTLING ASSERTION
Property Valued al More Than a
Million Dollars Changes Hands
on Alleged Forged Deeds.

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 11.-Since the
first of the year property valued at
more than 81 600, 900 has changed
hands in Seattle on alleged forged
deeds. Thirty-two alleged fraudulent
instruments, nine of which were made
out and a~ttested in st. Louis, some
bearing the name of Mary B. Belt as
notary, and the others said to have been
attested in San Francisco, have already
been discovered by the Seattle real es-
tate association, which has detectives
at work, and it is said turned the mat
ter over to the Pinkertons. No state-
ment will be made public by the Off
GERS of the association, who say the rev.
Citations have but started.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
FOURTEEN PHANTOM SHIPS
Novel Effect of Electric Lighting on
the British and American War
ships at New York.

New York, Nov. 10.-As night fell on
the waters of North river, the lines of
the British and American s%quadrons,
lying at anchor, faded from sight, but
about even O'Clock the watchers on
the river banks saw six British cruis-
ers and the eight battleships of the
American first squadron suddenly flash
into view, their outlines marked by
strings of electric lights. Thus illumi-
mated they looked like phantom ships
in fairy land. A unique feature of the
illumination of the American warships
was the use of the powerful search
lights which on each ship were trained
on the flags that few from foremost
and mainmast, bathing the American
and British flags in a silvery light.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
DISUSED LAW UNEARTHED
st, LOuis Insurance Brokers Ordered
to Take Out Licenses Under the
Law Passed in 1897.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. 1.-THE in
surance department has started a move
ment which will be of some special in
terest in the insurance men of st. Louis.
1t rAates to the enforcement of the in
surance brokers' law passed in 1897. It
first defines what is meant by insurance
broker-that, is one who acts as an
agent, soliciting insurance for any COM
pany other than the n for which he
is the appointed AMI licensed agent;
and then provides that he shall take
out a special brokers' license, for which
he shall pay a fee of $40 per year; and
then sets forth the penalties for viola
ticn of this provision.
1t is understood the insurance men
will test the validity Of the act.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
ADuLTERATI0M OF SEEDS
Pamphlet Issued By the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
1t Directs Attention to Adu~1terntion
of Grass Seeds and Publishes the
Names of Those Selling Them.

Washington, Nov. 14.-Secretary
Wilson of the. department of agricul-
ture has issued a pamphlet giving the
results of an investigation of the sale
of adulterated grass seeds. conducted
under the direction of DR.. B. T. Gallo
way, the chief of the bureau of plant
industry. The investigation showed
that the custom Of mixing inferior
seeds with those of standard quality
was practiced in a great many cases,
the average adulteration ranging from
three to forty per cent. A great deal
of this adulteration is done in Europe
in the case of seeds imported, while
quantities OF inferior seeds also are i'm
ported from abroad and afterwards
mixed with those of better quality in
digenous to America before being Of
fered for sale. In compliance with the
law on the subject, the secretary has
published the of the dealers sell
ing the adulterated seeds.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
CARNEGIE SENDS HIS CHECK
$4,000 to BE Added to the Rus
sim Jewish Relief Fund.

New York, Nov. 13.-It is announced
that Andrew Carnegie has contributed
a check for $4,000 for the relief of the
to a letter sent to Isador Straus, of
this city, in which Mr.. Carnegie says:
Il am only too glad to send you the
inclosed as a contribution to the fund
for the relief of your co-religionists in
Russia. The terrible crimes being
committed there are such as might
lead one to lose faith N humanity,
had not the history of the past shown
us scenes equally demoniac."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

The guarantee of the right Of ha.
beas corpus and "inviolability Of the
person" sweeps away at a single
stroke the dreadful system of secret
arrest, secret trial and secret deporta
ton in Russia. 1t robs the minister OF
the interior and his police of theil
terrors. With free speech and the
right Of association and union, polite.
al parties may be formed and the flu.
ture of Russia worked out in the open.
Nothing is said about trial by jury
but the new parliament will have pow.
err to provide for that in the near
future.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

Every day aluminium is applied to
to a wonderful degree. Aluminium pa
per is one of the latest products, and
1t is said to be far superior to tin foil
and similar articles. Aluminium is
used for household utensils as well as
those for military purposes. In textile
mill work aluminium spoCis 20 very
popular, and IS a setting for lenses
aluminium Is much lighter than brass.
1t is use1 on railway cars, on locomo-
tives, photographic plates, letter boxes,
in patented explosives, for making
acid carboys and many other vessels.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

Switzerland. that for so many years
has been able to maintain Itself with
in its encircling mountain walls, free
from the distraction, rivalries and con
tlicts that have wasted and worn its
%neighbors on every side, is about t.
have its isolation, if not its security
broken into by the construction of an
all-water route from Basel to the
North sea.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
TO THE CONFEDERATE DEAD
federate Reservation of the Arr
Iington National Cemetery.

Washington, Nov. 14.-Plals for the
raising of funds to erect a monument
in Arlington cemetery to the confed-
crate dead are to be formulated by 6
joint committee from every confederate
organization in the District of Column
bia at a meeting for that purpose to
be held shortly. A sculptor, whose
name is withheld for the present, has
offered to design the monument with.
out compensation. The cost of the
construction and erection is placed at
between SIS 5000 and 100000, to which
fund it is proposed to ask contribu-
tons from all confederate societies of
the south. The monument will be
placed in the reservation for the con
federate dead in the national cemetery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

Fred Lansing is probably the young
est telegraph operator in America
who Is in complete charge of an office
of any size. Lansing Is II years old,
and is boss of the Western Union
office at Cedar Falls, Ia, a city of
1000. The most intricate messages
the boy copies with ease. His sever
est trial was during the national pc.
litical conventions, when the com
pany was sending bulletins every few
seconds. Fred turned up his "mill'
and kept the pace to the finish. When
the days work is over Fred goes home
and studies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
THE FACE OF THE RETURNS
Depend Upon Them and Exist
ing Election Decisions.

New York, Nov. 14.-At a meeting
held at the Office of former Judge
Alton B. Parker. at which were present
y attorneys, all of whom have been
retained 10 represent Mayor Mcclellan
before the board of county canvassers.
it was decided to rely entirely on the
existing election decisions and the law
as it is recorded in the statutes. Mr..
Parker pointed out that there was only
one question involved, and that was
covered by the decision of the court of
appeals, which was written by him. He
said that it was a dangerous practice
to open the ballot boxes, and in his
opinion was not within the province
of the law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
Paying No Attention to Vandiver.

st. Louis, Nov. 10.-At the st. Louis
offices of the New York Life Insurance
Co. it vas said that the company was
paying no attention to the order of sus-
pension of its Missouri charter. The
private secretary of Hamilton Cooke,
inspector of agency, who said that she
was empowered to speak for Mr.. Cooke,
sold: 1--WE are doing business at the
old stand. We are soliciting insurance
just as theoretically as we ever did,
and we are going to continue to do So"
There are 10000 policy holders in
The New York Life in Missouri who
carry $50, 900, 900 insurance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY
Newly Welded Couple Found Dead
From Bullet Wounds in Their
Bridal Chamber.

Norfolk, Va, Nov. 10.-A special
to the Virginian Pilot says Helen Hope,
who, Wednesday night, was married to
Randolph G. Johnson, at Perguimans,
N. c., was found dead in her bridal
chamber with a pistol in her hand and
a bullet wound through her head.
johnson was lying across the bed dead,
with three bullets in his head and
body. The couple had been sweethearts
from childhood, and the cause of the
tragedy is inexplicable.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

No doubt one of the first steps to be
taken by the new Russian parliament
will be the abolition of the dvorniB
system, that minatory and degrading
arrangement under which every house
hold in Russia, rich or poor, must ac
cept the presence of a dvornik, or spy
responsible to the police for a full &C
count of the daily life, the converse.
lions, opinions and movements OF
those whom he is set to watch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

Topeka, Kas., Nov. 14.-The tender
of the locomotive, one mail car and one
baggage car of the fast Rock Island
%east-bound passenger train No. A, we're
derailed neal Valencia, Kas., about IL
miles west of Topeka. The Rock ISL
and officials claims that nobody was
killed or seriously injured in the wreck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
COLLISION AT PUEBLO, COL
Five Persons Injured, Three Seri-
Ously, in a Denver & Rio Grande
and Rock Island Collision.

Pueblo, Col, Nov. 14.-Five persons
were injured, three seriously, in a col
lision between Denver & Rio Grande
passenger train No. 4 and Rock Island
passenger train No. 40 in the Rio
Grand yards here. The seriously in
jured are: Miss Edith Robertson,
Rockford, H.; R. G. Boot, Rockford,
Ill.,; Martha j. Davis, Kansas City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

Consul Fisher, writing from Tamsui
Formosa, says that inquiry has re.
Gently been made at his consulate for
catalogues and prices of sugar mills
and sugar materials, and that if man
ufacturers will send him catalogues
fully describing their goods, together
with prices, he will place same in the
hands of the inquirers. The larges,
part Of the sugar machinery now in
use in Formosa, continues the consul,
Is of German or English make.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
French war Minister Resigns.

Paris, Nov. 13.--Following the ex-
citing scene Of Friday in the French
chamber of deputies, Henry Berteaux
has rendered his resignation as minis
ter of war. He said he could not toler-
ate the humiliating position the min
istry was forced to occupy by the op-
position groups in the chamber.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

In a timely analysis of the life in,
surance situation David Parks Fack,
Ter, former president of the Actuarial
society, has put forth some sugges
tons which policyholders will find ii
profitable to consider. Mr.. Fackler.
like many other experienced observ,
ers, believes that the present cost OF
life insurance is greater than it should
be. The reason, he thinks, is to be
found in the methods the greater com.
panies pursue in getting business.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
BANK LOOT RECOVERED
Fifteen Hundred Dollars of Money
stolen FrOm an Indiana Bank
Found in n Hollow stump.

Cambridge City, Ind, Nov. 10.-Fif-
teen hundred dollars in bank notes
wrapped up in a bundle of newspapers
were found by Clarence Mason, a farm
err living five miles southwest of this
city. The money was concealed in a
hollow stump. Mason also found a
dark lantern and a large brass ring,
supposed to be a piece of the safe. The
papers wrapped about the money were
identified as belonging to the First ma
tional bank at Hagerstown.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
GETTING RID OF THE QUEER
More Than n Quarter of "a Million In
Counterfeit Money Goes to
the Flames,

Washington, Nov. 13.-More than a
quarter of a million dollars worth Of
counterfeit bank notes, queer" coins,
dies, plates and other counterfeit
money-making apparatus was de-
stroyed by fire in the treasury depart
ment at its triennial house cleaning.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
MET DEATH IN A RUNAWAY
John Henry Heman, a st. Louis Con.
tractor, Killed On the Eve of
Inheritins $4,000.

st. Louis, Nov. 14.-John Henry He
man, a contractor, Sc years old, was
killed by being thrown from his buggy
in a runaway at Theresa and Washing
ton Heman was to have re-
ceived $50, 900 as his share in his IA
theirs estate within two weeks. The
estate has been in litigation for three
years, and the claims of the heirs only
recently had been satisfactorily adjust
ad
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
Mysterious Death Of Attorney.

Chicago, Nov. 11.-Luther H. Dear
born, a prominent attorney, was found
dying at the foot of the steps leading
to his front door. Cause Of death q
mystery. Mr.. Dearborn was a member
Of the Thirty-seventh, Thirty-eighth
and Thirty-ninth general assemblies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
BIG COTTON AND FLAX FIRE
Bales of Cotton and 1000 Worth
of FIax Burned at Athens, Ga.

Athens, Ga, Nov. 13.-Athens was
visited by a disastrous Ilre, which
wiped out a large cotton warehouse
belonging to Deadwiler & Co., and
more than 1900 bales of cotton stored
therein, together with 100000 worth of
flax belonging to the Aberdeen linen
mills of this city.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
The loss will aggregate $4,000; COW
cred by insurance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
seven Girls Injured.

New York, Nov. 14.-Seven girls
were injured and damage amounting to
about $4,000 vas caused by a fire
which destroyed a five-story factory
building at Leonard and Meserole
streets, Brooklyn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

A magnificent hospital has been
thrown open to the poor Of Paris by
Baron Henri de Rothschild. Here
treatment, food and lodging are abso
lutely free, not only to the Baron'u
Jewish co-religionists, but to all men,
women and children, Of whatever race
or color, who can not afford to pay for
1t. Here Is a noble charity to which
the baron has devoted his whole life
He always hated the drudgery and
emptiness Of shekel gathering and
mercantile work. From his earliest
childhood he could take no interest In
financial enterprises.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
A BRACE OF WRECKS
The Union Pacific and the Rock Isl-
and Fash Have IA Train Wreck
in Kansas.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 14.-East-
bound Union Pacific train No. 1O4 COL
lided with a work train one mile west
of Bonner Springs, Kas., and a number
Of persons were injured, but none
killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

Omaha, Neb,, Nov. 14.-Because he
had been deprived of the Comfort,
good-fellowship, society and assist
ance' Of the wife who publicly horse
whipped hiD n day last week, Robert
A. Ball has brought suit against Mark
A. Sweeney for $40. 5000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
says Deep waterway Is Favored

Jacksonville, ILL.,, Nov. 9.--Congress-
man H. T. Rainey, who is here, gave
out a statement that the committee
from congress on the waterway from
Chicago to st. Louis will recommend
building the same. Its cost will be
100000. 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
yardamnn After the DistiIIers.

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 10.-Gov. Var
daman has called On all the district at
torneys and other officers to vigorous
ly enforce the laws regarding the i'm
portation of whisky by express COM
panies from st. Louis, Kansas City and
Memphis distillers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

An Englishman in Paris named
Crabbe has invented a paper waist.
coat, which is designed as a protec'
ton against chills. The garment
weighs only an ounce and a half. and
can be folded so as to go into an or
binary envelope.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
ELEVATED TO THE PEERAGE
A Former Resident of Chicago and
Husband Of an American Woman
HOnored by King Edward.

London, Nov. liking Edwards
birthday honor list includes the raising
to the peerage of Alexander j. Forbes
Leith, who was formerly a resident Of
Chicago, and who married Miss Marie
January, of St. Louis. The honor is
conferred for services rendered by Mr..
Forbes-Leith in organizing a system for
the providing of volunteers and in pro-
viding supplies during the South Afri-
can war.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
Dismissed For Marrying.

Annapolis, Md, Nov. 11.-Rollo Car
Isle Palmer, of Charlotte, VT, a mem
Der of the second class of the ravel
academy, and % years old, has heel
dismissed for marrying while on leave
last summer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
o.toIoo,n,s First Mayor Dead.

Oskaloosa, Ia, Nov. 14.-Hon. Will
lam T. Smith, Oskaloosa's first mayor
and first banker, is dead. He came to
Oskaloosa in 1887 and engaged in the
practice of law. He was president Of
the Iowa Central railroad for two
years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

San Luis Obispo, Cal, Nov. 1.-The
Ramona hotel, a 3o0-room structure,
full Of eastern tourists, was burned to
the ground at night. No lives were lost.
The loss is estimated at s250.0p9
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
Charged with Inccndinrism.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. Enlarged
with inc~endiarism, Thomas Byrnes,
assd 26, from one of the best families
10 Memphis, is under arrest. Byrnes
confessed to having started nine fires
during the past month.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
yellow Fever in Havana.

Havana, Nov. 1.-Two cases of yell
low fever have recently developed in
Havana. One of the persons stricken
is an American tourist, A. q. Outwater,
Of Passaic, N. j., who is employed al a
teller in a bank in Jersey City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
,rwas the Cornpany's Treat.

McKeesport, Pa, Nov. 14.-Every-
body in the National Tube Co.'S plants
here is smoking perfecto cigars. Ten
thousand smokes were handed out to
the workers because all the worlds
records for pipe-making had been brok-
ken rt NNE a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
Caffon Oil Men Confer,

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 10.-Over $50
cotton oil mill proprietors and man
ayers of Texas, Arkansas and Missis-
sippi met at the Hotel Gayoso, and
discussed means Of combating trust re-
strictions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
Things stirring In santo Domingo.

Washington, Nov. "a revolutiona-
ry movement has developed in Santo
Domingo, and a new uprising is threat
ened. Proper steps are being taken by
the navy department, at the instance
of the state department, TO maintain the
peace.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
Imerican RECREATION Of Lnbor.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 4.-Old City
hall was crowded when President Sam
uel Gompers called the American Fed
Grafton of Labor to order for the open
ing of the silver anniversary Of the
organization.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

Guthrie, Okla, Nov. 13.-C. c. Hay
croft, aged Sc, a G. A. R. leader, died
of lockiaw at Stillman. Several days
ago his right foot was cut off by a
Santa Fe train.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
The Halliday Trnct Sold.

Duquoin, H., Nov. 13.-The Halliday
tract, comprising 1000 acres of rich
farming land, northeast of here, has
been disposed of by Messrs. Willhite,
of Bloomington, to R. T. Jaques and w.
s.. Potter, directors of the Fowler ma
tional bank of Lafayette, Ind, for $685.
Eno lHHFH
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
MARSHAL and Postmaster Fight.

Norris City, H., Nov. 9.-Henry
Wakefield, postmaster, was probably ia
tally shot by Marshal Buttry, while
resisting arrest. The officer was also
wounded. but not seriously.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

It is said that New Orleans has
learned valuable sanitary lessons this
year, and that next spring she will be
able to defy Yellow Jack. The Crez
cent City has been at school a lorg
while on this subject.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
FEARS WERE GROUNDLESs
bard Reporting Successful Ex-
petition In Labrador.

New York, Nov. 10.-Mrs. Leonidas
Hubbard, Jr., who has been exploring
in Labrador, and for whose safety fears
were entertained, has reported her sue
cessful completion of the expedition.
The following telegram signed by her
and dated at Chateau Bay, Quebec. has
been received by Herbert l.. Bridge
man, Of Brooklyn:
Successful. Will return home by
the steamer King Edward"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16

st. Louis, Nov. 10.-Four upper Mis-
sissippi river towboats have been
bought by M. F. Cromer and Ernest F.
Rue. They will be used in construction
work for the Florida East Coast rail
way in the Palmetto state.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
ni.rrncinu an Honored name.

81. Joseph, Mo-, Nov. 14.-Robert
Kesrney, a grandson Of Gen, Phil
Kefrney, Of civil war fame, was con-
yicted of highway robbery by a jury
here and sentenced to five years in the
Be~nitentiary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-16
Camp Indicted for killing Allen.

Havana, ILL.,, Nov. 1O.--The grand
jury indicted John L. Camp, Jr., fer
killing James Allen, at Bath, on Sep
TENDER 3. Allen had attacked Camps
wife, it is alleged, and Camp defended
her.