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The Adair County news., 1905-05-10

Toxic is q few degrees colder than
London in January and Is degrees
warmer in July.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
HE WOULD RATHER BE SHOT
Man Who Killed SaIOOnkeeper Who
Sold Him the Drinks, willing For
Everyone to Take a Shot.

last st. Louis, ILL.,, Sept. 12.-'I
don't want to be hanged. l don't mind
being shot if have to die, but | want
to be shot legally, not by a mob. I'd
rather have a mob shoot me, though,
than be hanged. I'll give them all a
shot at me from the courthouse steps
If they want it. But I don't want to
be beaten and trampled on by a mob"
Taken back to Belleville for the
murder of Henry Link, saloonkeeper,
John Trappe, whom the sheriff and
his deputies had chased five days,
and who'w was finally caught in Union,
MO-, thus tol,. -..s fear of deatn for his
crime.
Il don't remember shooting any
body" he declared, but if my nephew
says that I shot Link, then l did. | re-
member taking several drinks In the
saloon and if | killed him, he sold me
the drinks that made me do it. I know
was crazed with worry about my
wife and that I was drunk.
Link has always been my friend
and | am awfully sorry If I shot him
although -e dad sell me the drinks
that made me do it, if | did"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
TANNER LEADS THE G. A. R.
Chosen Commander-in-C Chief Over
Brown and Burton.
Old Veterans Went Wild When Re-
suit Was Announeed-Minne-
apolis Next Year.

Denver, Col. Sept. 9.-The thirty
ninth annual national encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic elected
officers as follows:
Commander-in-chief, James Tanner,
of New York; senior vice-commander-
in-chief, George w. Cook, Denver;
junior vice-commander-in-chief Silas
H. fowler, Minneapolis; surgeon gem
eral. Hugo Philler. Waukesha, Wis;
chaplain-in-chief. Rev. Father ], G.
Leary, Chapman. Kas.
Minneapolis was chosen as the meet
ing place for 1906.
The contest for commander-in-chief
was the most interesting feature of the
session. Beside Corporal Tanner, r. B.
Brown, of GAINESVILLE, O.: Charles Bur-
rows, of Rutherford, N. j., and Charles
G. Burton, of Nevada, Mo, were placed
in nomination. Burrows name was i'm
mediately withdrawn. AS the roll call
of departments proceeded it became ap-
parent from the number of departments
seconding Tanner that his election was
a certainty. The total vote for Tanner
was AL. Brown received 1877, Ohio and
Pennsylvania giving him their full vote
and Indiana a majority. The only large
delegation that voted for Burton was
that of Missouri, His total strength
Vas AZ votes.
When the ~adjutant general announced
tho racp1t tho ncnuaptinn want wild Tho
old veterans leaped from their seats,
shouting and cheering and throwing
their hats in the air.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
MASSACRE AND DESTRUCTION
Russian Cities Being Burned and
the Inhabitants Slaughtered.
Foreign Residents and Better
Classes of Baku Flee to Sea
From Danger.

Baku, Caucasia, Cept. S.-The situa-
ton shows 10 signs of amelioration. 1t
could hardly be worse. The terror
stricken inhabitants are fleeing from
the city, knowing that the garrison is
utterly inadequate to protect them;
and although the worst scenes of fire
and massacre have not yet occurred in
Baku itself, none dare think how far
The excess may proceed.
The entire oil and commercial quar-
!ers Of Balakhan, Sabunto and Nomani
have been wiped out by fire, and the
inhabitants remaining behind were
m~assacred and thrown onto the flames.
Biblebat continues to burn, and is
han.
The consulates, banks and admins
tration buildings in Baku are guarded
by troops. All of the English resi-
dents and almost all Of the better
classes have boarded to sea to escape
rom danger. All available steamers
have been employed for this purpose.
Dispatches say several thousand
were killed or wounded in the fighting
at Balkan, where the Tartars were in
trenched in forts, and more than held
their OWE for a time against the
troops.
A whole army of hungry workmen,
driven in from the burned suburbs, has
locked into the city. There is the
greatest restitution, and measures for
transporting the workmen from the city
are imperatively necessary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
BATTLING NELSON'S VICTORY
II Was a Hard-won Battle. In which
Physical Endurance Triumphed
Over Scientific skill.

Colma, Cal, Sept. 11.-Oscar Battling
Nelson, of Hegeswich, H., won The
white lightweight. Championship of the
world from James Edward Britt in the
eighteenth round of a desperately-con-
tested battle. II was a clean knockout,
administered during a fierce mix-up in
Britt's orn that resulted in the lnal-
ity. 1t came so suddenly tina: It was
entirely unexpected. Inc end came
with a swift left drive followed in a
fash by a right swing 10 the jaw, which
sent Britt to the ropes. and at the
count of nine he rolled over on his
hands and was unable to rise. Referee
Eddie Graney then awarded the deci-
sion to Nelson.
AS far as Nelson was concerned, it
was a smuggling match from the opening,
and he won through superior ability to
endure punishment. At no time during
the fight did Britt's blows stop his ag-
g~ressiveness. while Britt's efficiency
was seriously impaired on two occasions
during the battle.
Under the final agreement providing
for a losers end of the purse-60 and
40 per cent.-Nelson will receive about
$23, 400 and Britt about SIS, 800. In adj
dition each will receive $4,000 royalty
from the moving picture concession.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
DECLARED TO Be ACCIDENTS
Result of IL Thorough investigation
Into the Deaths of the Two Little
Boys In jackson County,, Ill.

Murphysboro, ILL.,, Sept. pa thor
ough investigation of the deaths of
Heber Worthen, seven years old, and
,lrgil Eldron Clutts, nine years old,
who were believed by many person to
have been stabbed to death by an in
sane man, who, some said, was roam
ing the woods of the Hickory Ridge
and Poplar Ridge neighborhoods, nine
miles from Murphysboro, has served
10 allay the fears of the farmer folk.
1t Las been established that Virgil
Clutt's accidental death was caused
by the knife he carried in his hand.
Circumstances indicate that Heber
Worthen was struck by a stray bullet,
fired by a hunter in the ~cornfield or
woods surrounding the pasture in
wn..-. he fell.
WITH these disclosures brought to
their attention, the parents of the two
boys have reached the conclusion that
boLn were accidental deaths.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
THE EQulTABLE's POLICY
B~usinesslike Methods VIII Prevail,
ECONOMY the Watchword and In
yestments of Highest Character.

New York, Sept. 12.-President Paul
Morton outlined the policy OF the new
MANAGEMENT of the Equitable Assur-
ance society in an address which he de-
livered at Manhattan Beach to $50
agents of the society, who came from
different parts Of the country.
After briefly reviewing recent events
In the Equitable, Mr.. Morton said: I
am going to say a few words to you
on your new administration, There
will be no attempt to make it dazzling
bright. The effort will be TO make it
honest and courageous. There will be
the greatest consideration shown for the
policy holders. All of the new directors
are policy holders. Investments will be
of the highest character.
1.-THE institution will not be IL as
an adjunct to any one or several bank
ing houses. Every owner of securities
will have a chance to deal with us, and
our aim will be to buy the very best
at the very lowest prices. The cheaper
the society can be properly admins
tered, the better we can invest our
earnings, and the better showing we
can make the easier it will be for agents
to sell our insurance. | want to see
the insurance business removed as far
as possible from politics. | believe in
the proper laws safeguarding the sa-
z-.I 4-.zaz - a-l T will m
operate in the enactment of any neces-
sary laws with that end in view. We
shall all work to put the business Of
life insurance on the elevated plan 1t
ought t0 OnrnV
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
ONE OF THE FIRST FRUITS
Certain Duties Discriminating
Against America Are Read
justed by Russia.

Oyster Bay, L. L., Sent. 11.-At the
conference between President Roose-
welt and the Russian peace ENJOYS, Mr..
White, by direction of the emperor of
Russia, presented the following COM
munication.
Some years ago, in consequence OF
misunderstanding in the i%nterpreta-
ton of the most favored nation clause,
there were established in Russia on
several articles of American production
customs duties on a higher scale than
those levied On the same articles i'm
ported from other countries.
Ellis majesty, the emperor of Russia,
has commanded me to inform the pres
ident of the United States that he has
been pleased to order the discontinue
ance of the levying of such higher du-
ties on American products in order that
henceforth the manufacturers should
ray the same duties as importers from
other countries"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
PRINTERS EIGHT HOUR DAY
Instructions Issued by President
Jas. Lynch of the International
Typographical Union.

indianapolis, Ind, Sept, 1.-THE In
ternational Typographical union COM
mittee and the Typothetae of this city
failed to agree to an eight-hour day to
commence January l al a conference.
The local Typographical union has or
dered all their members in this city to
strike at nce IN every shop where the
eight-hour day is not in effect. One
hundred and fifty men are involved
here. President James M. Lynch of
the International Typographical union
said: 81 have instructed unions in their
respective cities to demand contracts
Immediately for an eight-hour day to
commence January 1. Wherever the
demand is refused they have been in
structed to strike at once"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
EMPERORS' SECRET TREATY
London Cable Says Gar Agreed to
Pay $500, 900 200 to Japan in
Five Years.

New York, Sept. "a London cable
TO the World says: at is known per-
fectly we'll at the japanese legation here
that a secret treaty has been made be-
tween the czar of Russia and the en-
peror of Japan, despite the usual diplo-
matte denials. The kaiser advised the
ear to make the secret treaty when
they met on their yachts in the Baltic
sea. The Intermediates in the negoti-
atoms were the Japanese minister at
London and the German ambassador at
st. Petersburg. King Edward helped
the making of the treaty.
at provides that the czar of Russia
the car, not the empire-shall pay
$500, 900, 900 indemnity to Japan in five
years, less the amount which Russia
will pay Japan for her care and main
tenance of Russian prisoners of war, as
provided in the treaty of Portsmouth.
The compact was made without the
knowledge ever Of Baron Komura and
Mr.. WHITE"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
UNITED STATES
CROP BULLETIN
Department of Agriculture Gives
Some Interesting Figures.
CORN is KING THIS SEASON
According TO the Crop Estimating
Board About Everything Ia
Farmer Has Crow Has Civ
en- Good Returns.

Washington, Sept. 12.-The depart
ment of agriculture has issued the fol-
lowing crop bulletin:
The crop estimating board of the bu-
reau of statistics of the department OF
agriculture finds from the reports
of correspondents and agents of the
bureau, as follows:
The condition of corn on September
l was $50, as compared with $50 last
month; S4.6 on September 1, 1904;
SOL at the corresponding date in 1903,
and a ten-year average of ST..
The following table shows for each of
the states having 1000, 900 acres or up
ward in corn, the condition on Sep
TENDER 1 with the t~en-year September
averages:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14

The average condition of barley, when
harvested, was S7,S, against 89.5 on Au-
gust 1, 1905; 84.7 reported September 1,
1904; S2.1 at the corresponding date in
1903, and a ten-year average of 1878.
The average condition of buckwheat
on September 1 was 91.S, against 1926
one year ago; 91.5 on September /,
1904; 91.0 at the corresponding date in
1903, and a ten-year average of $3.50.
The average condition of fax on Sep
TENDER ! was 94.2, as compared with
96.7 one month ago and S7.8 on Sep
TENDER /, 1904. y
The average condition of tobacco on
September / was 85.1, against 84.1 one
month ago; 1877 on September /. 1904;
1874 at the corresponding date in 1908,
aud a five-year average Of 81.3.
The average condition of potatoes on
September 1 was 800, against 87.2 one
month ago; GIG on September 1, 1904;
S4.3 at the corresponding date in 1903,
and a ten-year average of 8O.2.
The average condition of rice on Sep
TENDER l was 1922, against 92.9 one
month ago; 1877 on September /, 1904,
and 1876 at the corresponding date in
1903.
Of the 10 principal clover seed pro-
ducing states, one, namely, Illinois, re-
ports an increased acreage; four, name
ly, Ohio, Utah, California and Colorado,
report no change in acreage, and all
the other principal states report de-
creases.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
RECOGNITION OR A STRIKE
Great Convention of n e Dele
gates Next December to
Plan Campaign.

Philadelphia, Sept. 7.--President John
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
states that at the expiration of the pres
ent wage agreement. which ends next
April, the union must be recognized or
a strike is almost certain, The other
contentious will he for an eight-hour
day and an increase of the minimum
wage scale.
A great convention of anthracite coal
miners will be held in December at one
of the coal region cities, at which 1000
delegates will assemble. These men
will plan a tentative campaign for us,
providing the coal operators do not
yield.
Said Mr.. Mitchell: 81 can only re-
iterate what I said at Tamaqua, that
no permanent industrial peace can be
established in the coal regions until the
union is formally recognized. 1t isn't
a matter of sentiment, but of practical
business. Unless the operators allow
us, as contracting parties, to assist in
fixing wages and improving conditions
of employment, there is always likely
to be friction"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
AN EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY.
| Latest Reports Indicate $40 Killed
and Thousands lnjured-ImpOssi-
BILE to Estimate Property Loss.

Rome, Sept. 9.-All Italy is suffering
from terrible depression because of the
news from the south, where one of the
worst earthquakes ever experienced has
occurred. Although the earthquake was
felt all over Calabria and to a certain
extent in Sicily, the worst news comes
from Pizzo and Monteleone and from
IS Villages which are said to have been
completely destroyed.
According to the latest news received,
$50 persons have 5een killed and a great
number injured. 1t is as yet impossi-
BILE to even estimate the property
losses.
The shock lasted for Is seconds at
Catanzaro, and soon thereafter was felt
at Messina, Reggie, Monteleone, Mar
tinano, Stefacomi, Piscopio, Triparni,
Zammaro, C~essanili, Nadia, Olivadi and
other points. Scenes of indescribable
terror ensued.
Troops, engineers and doctors have
been hurried to the scenes of disaster
to assist in the rough work of rescue
and salvage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
GUARDIANS FOR MILLIONAIRE
Wealthy IownD,, Alleged to BE of
Unsound Mind, Is No Longer
His own Boss.

Grundy Center, Ia, Sept. Guar
dams were appointed for George Wells
pioneer citizens and millionaire land
owner, on petition of his sister, Mary
Wells Nelson, who alleged him to be of
unsound mind because of advanced age,
Wells being over "a years old. He is
one of Iowa's richest men. He owns
nearly $4,000 acres of choice farm lands
in Grundy, Emmett and Kossuth, val
ued at from $50 to $100 per acre. He
has 5000, 900 on deposit in Chicago
banks, $150,000 in Iowa banks, and has
other personal property worth $500, 900.
R. M. Finlayson, of Grundy Center,
and Charles Biebenheimer, Of Wells
burg, were named as guardians, and
furnished bonds in the sum of $1,000
600.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
BEAT HIS HEAD TO A PULP
I~ndianian, Aged ~, Kills His Fa-
ther-in-Law, Aged 81, While the
Latter Was Asleep.

Delphi, Ind, Sept. Sired Thomp-
son, aged y, a veteran of the civil war
and a w~ell-known farmer, beat to
death his father-in-law, William Dill
linger, aged 81, with an old-fashioned
harrow tooth. Thompson and Dillin-
ger had engaged in a fisticuff, but Mrs.
Thompson interfered and made peace.
All retired for the night in the same
room. At 3 o'clock Thompson arose
and again viciously attacked his sleep
ing companion, hammering his head
to a pulp. After three hours search
the officers found Thompson asleep in
a fence corner near his home. He made
no resistance and denied the crime.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
PERISHED IN THE FLAMES
Humble Home of a Railway Porter
Destroyed, and -Four Chill
dren Burned to Death,

Rolla, Mo-, Sept. 9.-The cottage &C.
cupied by the family of Peter Stubble-
field, in the southeast part of Rolla,
was destroyed by fire at night, and four
children, ranging in years from 6 to II,
were burned to death.
Three of them were Stubbleield's
children, and one his sisters child. His
wife and t~wo-year-old boy narrowly es-
capped the flames.
Stubblefield is a porter On the Frisco
railroad, and was absent on a run. The
cottage was old, and burned like pa
per. The fire is supposed to have orig
mated from a lamp.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14

The average condition of spring wheat
when harvested was 1878. The second
year that spring wheat has been sep.
arately reported upon on September 1,
comparison can, therefore, only be made
with the condition one month ago,
which was 1872, and with that report
ed September 1, 1904, which was 66.2.
The condition of the five principal
states is reported as follows:
Minnesota, "a: North Dakota, 80;
South Dakota, 80; Iowa, 81; Washing
ton, 81.
The average condition of the oat crop,
when harvested, was 90.3, against 90.8
last month; $50 reported September 1,
1904; 75.7 at the corresponding date in
1908, and a ten-year average of S1.4.
The following table shows for each of
the nine principal oat states the condi-
tion when harvested, as reported on
September / with the ten-year aver
ages.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14

Public interest has recently been eX
cited by a remarkable dinner party
given in London, at which "a people
sat down and which cost $4,000,
Some high-class chefs who know the
deepest mysteries of their business are
inclined to say that this was really
nothing after all. It could have been
made to cost much more if it had been
necessary, and that in a quite legitt.
mate manner. The most expensive
soup that can be served is Chinese
birds'-nest soup, which can hardly be
done at less than 15s an ounce, which
means ct los for a moderate plate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1872
A Republican, In the Person of
Lieut.-GOv. John G. Mckinley, Is
Governor Pro Tenn of Missouri.

Jefferson City, No, Sept. 11.-For the
first time since 1872 a republican is
holding down the gubernatorial chair of
Missouri. Gov. Folk has gone to Port
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14

After Russia, Germany is the rich.
est country In children. For every
10000 inhabitants there are 1853 living
births a year, as against only 226 in
France. Hence the increase Of popu.
lation in Germany is correspondingly
great. In the course OF the 18th cen.
fury the population within the pres.
ent territory Of the empire has much
more than doubled, in spite Of the con.
siderable numbers of Germans whs
have emigrated during this time. In
1916 there were "a, 800, 1000 souls in the
territory Of the present empire, while
to-day $4,000 there are 56.300.000
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Man and His Finncee Hurled from
n Bridge and Killed on the
Tracks Below.

Philadelphia, Sept. while en-
route from Atlantic City to Philadel-
phia in an automobile, Neill Wolfe, Sec
rotary and treasurer of an automobile
company in this city, and Miss Mary
Hamill, his fiancee, a daughter of a
wealthy Germantown shoddy manufac-
turer, were thrown from the automo-
bile on a bridge over the West Jersey
& Seashore railroad, lear Atoo, N. j..
and hurled 80 feet to the tracks below.
Miss Hamill was almost instantly
killed, and Mr.. Wolfe died soon after.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
PARKER Is A S1OO, 900 MAN
Brooklyn Rapid transit CO. willing
to Pay Him the Above Amount
as Chief Counsel.

New York, Sept. 7.-Former Judge
Alton B. Parker has succeeded Prof.
Collins as chief counsel for the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Co. at an annual
salary of $100, 900, it is said.
Prof. Collins has retired, and the
firm of Collins & Sheehan, which has
acted for years in ar advisory capacity
to the company, will now be known as
Sheehan & Parker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14

One of the familiar tests by which
a chemist recognizes the presence of
arsenic Is the odor of garlic given off
when one of its compounds is heated
in the blowpipe flame. The same smell
Of garlic Is produced when certain
fungi grow or substances containing
arsenic. And it is interesting to note
that one species of fungus is found to
accomplish this feat of chemical analy-
sis more effectively when it Is grown
in connection with yellow algal cells
in other words, when it forms the
plant association known as lichen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14

The artificial eyebrow is the latest
aid to beauty of the applied" order.
Such eyebrows, sometime made singly,
cost from $1.50 to $3.50 per pair. ac-
cording to the grade of the work of
construction. the work being always
necessarily Of fine order. And any
where from eight to twenty pairs may
be annually needed by the beauty
seeker who would thus remedy ma
lures defects in the matter of eye
brows. But the game is we'll worth
the candle for most of the faces so
improved.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14
Between walls ffsing almost peri

Between walls rising almost perpeD.
dicularly sometimes 500 feet above
them, ships will sail through the Guile
bra section of the Panama canal. A
canyon five miles in length and bum
dreds Of feet deep will be built. At all
events, ships must pass ten miles be.
Tween the lofty perpendicular walls, ex'
clualng t~wo-thirds Of the sky from
view, on their way between Colon and
Panama. Through this artificial can.
Won half of the oceanic m OF
me- world must find its way, the Guile
N'mass standing in the midst of it as
IS nonument to American enterprise
cSlt may survive the memory of ma
tons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14

To the average a who racks his
brain to make domestic ends meet on
G2 Of G3 a week there is some.
thing startling in the light recently
thrown on the life and habits of Mr..
Samuel Dunlap, of England, the octo.
genarian millionaire, who died a few
weeks ago. Mr.. Dunlap's ho~usekeeper
declares. among many other strange
things, that during 40 years this own.
er of millions only purchased one suit
of clothes. a cheap pair of grey trou.
sers, and two overcoats; while four
straw hats, at a shilling each, were all
the head-covering required for 16 years,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-09-14

We pay but slight attention to the
loss of a ship these days unless many
lives are sacrificed. Therefore it is
surprising to know that in the heavy
storms of last April 113 vessels we're
destroyed, of which II were pro-
PEELED by sails and SO by steam. In
addition, 376 suffered damages.