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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
ARE CITED TO SHOW CAUSE.
Pension Commissioners Warner IL
Wedding Out Some Bad Tim
Der an His Bureau.

Washington, April 11.-Commission-
er of Pensions Warner has cited ten
members Of the board of pension re-
view to show cause why their services
should not be dispensed with. This
action was taken by the commissioner
because of the discovery of serious de-
lirquencies in the allowance of PEN
sions to members of a Pennsylvania
regiment organized in 1861, but never
participating in the service. Applica-
lions from members of MERGERS bri-
gade, New Jersey national guard, in
which the same circumstances control,
also have been allowed. Commission
err Warner said that he was determined
that such practices should be stopped
in his term of Office.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
TO COMPETE WITH STANDARD
Thirty Independent OIL Companies
to Form n Company to Pipe
and Refine Oil.

Chaunte, Kas., April S.-Representa-
tives of 80 independent oil companies
which control three-fourths of the oil
production of Kansas, met here. Fri
day, and decided to form a company
representing $1,000, 900 of invested cap
ital, to build a fuel oil pipe line from
the Kansas oil field to Kansas City,
and to construct a refinery and storage
tank in that city.
The company to be formed will be
the only one which will compete with
the Standard Oil Co. for the markets
of the middle west. The producers de-
cided that a consolidation of all their
interests is the only salvation of the
independent operators in Kansas. Two
months ago the producers appointed a
committee to investigate the fuel oil
market at Kansas City and the cost of
a pipe line to that point. The reports
OF this committee Influenced the pro-
ducers to form a company and COM
mence the construction of a pipe line
and refinery at once. The Standard
Oil Co., it is said, had a force of men
here watching the proceedings of the
independent producers. The Standard
forces announced that the presence of
these people was merely a coincidence.
There were present at the meeting rep
resentatives of companies operating in
the Indian territory, but only Kansas
companies will be represented in the
company to be organized.
1t is believed that the organization
of the independent operators into a
company will insure a market for the
Kansas producers Independent of the
Standard Oil Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
A LONG PENDING LAWSUIT.
Decision Which Gives Miss Clemen-
tine DaIcou, of Philadelphia, L.
100000 Acres of Florida Land.

Jacksonville, Fla, April 11.-Judge
locke, of the United States district
court, has confirmed the report of the
special commissioner appointed to in
vestigate the validity of the grant OF
1900, 900 acres of land in West Flori-
da, along the Alphabetical river, made
by the Spanish crown to John Forbes.
The case has been in the courts since
1880. The only direct living heir to
the property is Miss Clementine Dali
cou, of Philadelphia. Judge Locke's
decision awards the land to her. Dis
trict Attorney Stripping has filed notice
OF appeal, and the case will go to the
supreme court Of the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
AN EXCEPTIONAL HONOR.
ambassador ChOate Elected "Master
of the Bench of the Middle
Temple in London.

London, pril11.-Ambassador Choate
was, Monday night, elected Master
of the Bench of the Middle Temple"
Among English lawyers this is the
most distinguished honor that they
could confer on any outsider, and it is
the first time in several generations
that other than an English subject has
been elected a bencher of the Middle
Temple, one of the oldest inns of court
in London.
The action calls Mr.. Choate to the
English bar, and selects him member
of the governing body of the Middle
Temple. Five signers of the declara-
ton of independence were members OF
the Middle, Temple. Since then not a
single American has been a member.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
TO DISCOURAGE ELOPEMENT.
Indiana Couples Who Marry In An
other State Will Not BE Mar
ried When Return Home.

Laporte, Ind, April 10.-Under the
new marriage law of this state, which
will become operative in a few days,
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Joseph,
Mich, will cease to be favorite Meccas
for Indiana clipping couples. The new
law, which Gov. Hanley declares shall
be rigidly enforced, provides that when
marriage is contracted by Indiana
couples in another state, it will be de-
clared null and void upon the return
of the couple. A bona fide residence in
the state where the marriage is per-
formed must be proved to establish its
validity. 1t is believed the enforce
ment of this law will abate the elop-
ing evil and keep at home the hundreds
of couples who yearly leave the state
to get married.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
VIOLATIONS OF FRANCHISE.
Allegations Made Against the Chi
cnGO Telephone Co. in an Effort
to Annul It's Charter.

Chicago, April 6.-An effort to have
the courts declare the charter of the
Chicago Telephone Co. forfeited has
been begun by States Attorney Hcaly
on quo Warranto proceedings in the
circuit court. Mr.. Healy wished to
file information in the case at once, but
Judge Mack refused to allow this to be
done until the telephone company had
been duly notified. The matter there
fore went owe until Saturday morn
ings. The attempt to force a forfeit
of the company's charter is based on
two allegations:
First, that the company has charged
$3.50 and SITS a year for the use Of
telephones when it's franchise fixes the
maximum charge at $125; second, that
the company has charged toll rates on
telephone calls between points lying
within the city limits in direct viola
ton of the provisions of its franchise.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
MANY THOUSANDS KILLED
Appalling Results of the Resent
Earthquake in India.
In Two Towns Alone the Death List
Reaches the Enormous Total
of 1880.

Simla, India, April 11.-Late reports
show the dead in the ruins of two In
dian towns demolished by earthquakes
to reach the enormous total of 1900.
1t is probable that even this figure
will be swelled when more informa-
ton is obtained.
Splendid stone palaces of the Euro
peans, built to Withstand wind storms,
have been demolished, and the falling
of their walls caused the greatest loss
of life. The earth is still quaking, and
natives are fleeing to lower lands.
The earthquake disaster at Dharm-
sala is dwarfed by reports of horrors
from the orchard-clad Kangra valley.
This is the remote mountain home of
tea planters.
The digging out of the dead is a most
difficult task, as the few remaining
natives were so terror-stricken that
they absolutely refused to work, and
have fled into the valley.
More than 10000 persons lost their
lives in the town of Palanpur. There
is not a house left standing in the
town. Of the population of 1851 in
the city, less than 100 are reported to
have ESCAPED unframed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
WELL-KNOWN MEN INDICTED.
The Federal Grand Jury mt Portland,
Ore., Return More indictments
In the Land Cases.

Portland, Ore, April 10.-The federal
grand jury has indicted Is well-known
men Of Oregon and Washington.
Among them are the following: State
Senator R. A. Booth, manager of the
Booth-Kelly Lumber Co.; his brother,
Henry ]. Booth, receiver of the Rose
burg land office; Frank D. Alley, of
Roseburg, abstractor; A. R. and Ed
ward R. Downs, Seattle timber men;
Rev. Stephen w. Turnell, a Roseburg
minister; Edward Singleton, brother
in-law to the Booths; Willard N.
ward R. Downs, Seattle timber men;
deus S. Potter, formerly clerk in the
law Office of F. P. Mays; H. L. Sissler,
of Seattle; Daniel Clark, an ~ex-soldier
of the rebellion; Clarence Zachary, Col.
D. C. Barnard and Charles A. Watson,
of Fossil, Wheeler county.
They are charged with conspiracy to
defraud the government Of a portion of
it's public lands.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
SIGHTED MANY WARSHIPS.
Jnpanese Policing the Straits Avail,
able for Ro~jestvensky to Enter
the China Sea.

London, April 8.-A dispatch from
Singapore to the Daily Express says
that the captain of a coasting steamer
reports having sighted 27 warships 7C
miles southwest of Penang.
A Batavia, Java, dispatch to the
same paper says that Chinese junks
report that Japanese warships are po-
Icing all the straits available to Ro-
~jestvensky in an attempt to reach the
China sea.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
M0NKEYING WITH UNCLE SAM
Before the Federal Grand
Jury in Chicago May Have to
Answer for Perjury.

Chicago, April 7.-Preparations are
being made, it is said, by the federal
grand jury Investigating the so-called
beef trust, to indict certain witnesses,
who have appeared beaore the inquisi-
torial body, on charges of perjury and
for interference with other witnesses.
Evidence tending toward positive in
formation that some of the prominent
witnesses had committed perjury on
the witness stand before the jury. is
said to have been produced, and word
was sen to Springfield for Judge
Humphrey to come to Chicago. I'm
p~ortant developments are expected.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
SCORCHED FROM THE PULPIT
Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills Re-
fers to John D. Rockefeller's Son.
Words of the Young Man, Spoken Mt
Brown University, Given an I'm
expected Application.

New York, April 1O.-In the ourse
Of his sermon at Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, Sunday, Rev. Newell Dwight
Hills referred to the gift of 800, 600
made by John D. Rockefeller to the
American board of foreign missions,
and to Mr.. Rockefeller's son. He said
in part:
1.-THE saddest words that have been
written in this generation were spoken
before Brown university by a young
est fortunes in this country. They
were spoken in defense of the trusts.
Listen to them: The American beauty
rose car be produced in all its splendor
only by sacrificing the early buds that
grow up around it.
'The rose has one thousand buds,
and in order to produce the American
beauty the gardener goes around it
with a knife and ships 999, in order
that all the strength and beauty may
be forced into one blossom. In his
economic argument this young man
brutally tells the working classes that
999 small business men must be
snuffed out of existence in order that
his American beauty, the trust, may be
produced. Listen to Christ: Let the
strong bear the burdens of the weak
and again, give, and it shall be given
unto you
These words in defense of the trusts
are the most heartbreaking things in
literature to those who know what is
going to come in the future. Can you
wonder that after that when a man
gives gifts we have no gratitude to re-
turn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
VICTIMS OF ASPHYXIATION.
Father Finds His Three Children
and an Aged Friend of Family
Dead From Gas.

New York, April -Four persons
were killed by Illuminating gas in a
tenement house in the upper East Side.
They were Mary Rogers, rs years old;
Helen Clark, IL; Kate Clark, 10, and
Elizabeth Clark, Z.
Their bodies we're found by the
father of the three children, Samuel
Clark. The gas had escaped from a
defective gas stove.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13

Charles f. fitzpatrick has no pa.
thence with those persons who com
plain that they can not eat because
they have no teeth, Mr.. fitzpatrick
has just had five teeth pried out of
his jaws, so that food may be inserted
between them to keep his interior ma
chinery going. Mr.. Gilpatrick is an
ossiied man, and his Jaws have be-
come locked shut by the hardening of
the joints upon which they swung. On
the poor farm in Hiram township,
Maine, where he is being cared for,
Mr.. Gilpatrick is spoken of as the
petrified man. .
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS.
They Arc GENERALLY Favorable Ex-
cept in the South, Where Cotton
Planting is Backward.

New York, April S.-Bradstreet's
weekly review says:
Trade, grain crop and industrial re-
ports are in the main very favorable,
exceptions being quoted in the south,
where cotton planting is backward and
a reduced acreage is expected, and at
a few points in the west, where inclem-
ent weather and bad roads tend to
check the otherwise full tide of spring
activity. Western merchants who,
earlier in the season, bought conserva-
lively, are now reordering freely.
Collections show improving tendencies,
though many cities report them only
fair.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13

Despite all talk as to the existence
If race prejudice in this country, the
number of colored men of character
and ability who are winning tributes of
respect from their white fellow-citi-
zens is steadily increasing. The
Grand Army of the Republic of Massa.
chusetts has recently elected as de-
partment commander a colored vet
Gran. The man thus honored by the
comrades side by size with whom he
fought in the civil wal is J. H. Wolf,
Of Boston, who, because of this recoa-
milton, will be conspicuous at the next
g. A. r. encampment at Denver.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
NEVER FORGOT EARLY LOVE.
Will Of IA Minneapolis Millionaire
Provides Handsomely For Daugh-
ter of Woman He Couldn't Get.

Minneapolis, Mimi, April 10.-When
Augustus King, a part of whose ST.
600, 900 fort1ne Detective Norman w.
King, of this city, will fall heir to,
made out his will, he did not forget
the woman whom, years ago, he loved
and whose hand he asked in marriage.
In his will he has made provision for
this woman's daughter, Miss Henrietta
Bateman, formerly of Minneapolis, but
now of Montclair, Col, a suburb Of
Denver. She will receive about $780,
coo as her share.
Many years ago Augustus King
courted this girls mother. He was
refused, however, and she instead
chose John Bateman.
During all the long years he lived
alone he never forgot the love of his
youth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13

China has ten railways in operation,
With a total mileage of 2,235 miles.
That is all the railway accommoda-
ton for the 40O, 900 900 people in the
Celestial empire. Three Of the roads,
Hardin to Newchwang, 500 miles;
Newchwang to Dalny and Port Ar
thur, $50 miles, and Newchwang to
5hanhaikwan, $50 miles, are Cor were)
Russian, covering in all 1900 miles
Of prolific Manchuria. Thus the Rus
slams, before the war, had their grip
On more than half Of China's existing
railroad mileage. The English own
me little road a miles Iona.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
WHERE G. A. R. ORGANIZED,
Soldiers Monument at Decatur, ILL.,,
the &. A. IL. Was Or
saniZed, Unveiled.

Decatur, ILL.,, April IA monument
erected in memory of the Macon coun-
ty soldiers and heroes of the civil war,
and also to commemorate the fact that
the Grand Army of the Republic was
organized in this city. was unveiled
in Decatur Thursday.
There was a parade, in which COM
pany H, Fifth regiment, the Fourth
regiment band, the G. A. R. mem
bers, the Decatur cadets band and
others took part.
The monument was erected at a cost
of $4,000, mostly raised by a body of
Decatur women organized for the pur-
pose.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13

On a piece of birch bark, by the
Light of a tiny oil taper, Robert Nc.
Neill, who laid down his life in the
quest for riches, scrawled a last mes.
sage to his loved INT and b~equeathed
to them the wealth that was his. Nc.
Neills death came while he was pros.
pecting near the headwaters of the
Stewart river, Washington. Viola and
Freda Finn, of Spokane, Wash, daugh-
tiers of the deceased sister of Mcneil,
are the mes to whom the dying mar
left his property. They were notified
by long-distance telephone.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13

On March 5 last, Secretary James
Wilson completed eight years serv-
Ice as secretary of agriculture. He
has been reappointed, for a third
term, by President Roosevelt. Should
the secretary keep his seat to the end
Of the present administration he will
have ~ continuous years of service
in one cabinet Office to his credit.
This record has not been equalel
since the early days of the republic.
Albert Gallatin served from 1901 to
1914 as secretary of the treasury,
while William Writ served from 1877
to 1929 as Encouragement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13

With the more general use of auto.
mobiles in European countries the de.
STABILITY Of giving special instruction
and training to chauffeurs and others
concerned with the manipulation and
construction of automobiles has been
considered by the directors of tech.
meal schools. Already there are two
special courses of instruction provided
for automobiles, one at Aschaffenburg
Germany, and the other at Brussels.
Belgium.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13

His excellency, the v~iceroy of tn;
Two Kuang, at Kuelin a short time
ago, at the execution of a famous
rebel chief, stepped forward anG
caught some of the blood and dranl
1t. Whether he wished to become i'm
pregnated with the courage of the
robber, or whether it was a feeling
OF revenge that prompted the act, car
only be surmised.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
A JEALOUS ALABAMA GIRL.
Miss Oma Harding Killed Hill A
Ballard and Then Turned
Weapon On Herself.

Huntsville, Ala, April S.-Hill A.
Ballard, a nephew of Gov. Cox of Ten
nessee, vas shot and killed by Miss
Oma Harding, who then turned the
pistol to her own breast and fired a
shot that caused her immediate death.
While OF his death-bed Ballard stated
that he and Miss Harding were en-
gagged to be married in May, and that
the only reason for the deed was the
young woman's jealousy of her room
mate,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
Lost 800 and Gained n wife.

Guthrie, Okla, April 7.--Albert Stew
ems, a young farmer near Carnegie,
Caddo county, in a joking way, offered
300 for a wife recently. His offer was
taken seriously, however, and last
night he was married to Miss Katie
Bruton, daughter of a farmer near
Mount View,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13

A vein of silver has been discov.
cred on lands north of Massey and
the Bruce mines, neal North Bay, On.
tario, Four carloads of the ore.
shipped to a smelling plant in New
Jersey, netted $50, 900, and two more
carloads have been forwarded, which
it is expected will average $4,000 per
car
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13

The founder of the Red Cross move,
ment, Henri Dunant, is still alive at
the age of 76. He resides neal Lake
Constance, Switzerland, and is in poor
health. His plan for aiding the
wounded was for years scoffed at in
Europe as the conception of a mere
crank, and the credit of being tho
first ruler to consider it sympathetic.
ally and to adopt it in his army is due
to Napoleon III. of France. Afterward,
at the Geneva conference of 1864, the
nations of the world accepted M.
Duuant's proposals.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13

st. Johns, N. F., April G.-The
steamer Evangeline arrived from Lon
don with her bow stove in by ice
foes and her piston rod broken. She
encountered heavy weather, and sight
ed more than fifty icebergs drifting
south across the liner track.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
A Blaze In st. Louis,

st. Louis, April 6.-The Arcade
building, on Arcade and Vernon ave.
nues, was destroyed by fire. The build
ing was occupied by a number Of
stores, markets, pharmacists and liv-
ing rooms. The loss will reach about
$35, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13

A clergyman returned from Manila
lectured in San Francisco the other
day. He said that IN a municipal
parade in Manila among. the process.
sionists was a company of city rat,
c%atchers, who marched trap in hand.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13

Perkins, Okla, April 1O.-The five
year-old son of John Balkley was
drowned in a mudhole in a corn-field
where his father was at work. He was
left at one end of the field and
drowned while his father was blowing
the round.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
Tragedy Mt Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma, City, Okla, April AT
A boarding house here, Thursday night,
NJ. L. Sheppard, recently of Holden
vile, l. T., shot and killed his wife
and then committed suicide. Domestic
difficulties is assigned as the cause Of
the tragedy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
New Lease For Darlington

st. Louis, April 1~1.-Frederick Sey-
mour Darlington, convicted of the
murder of James P. Mccain, has OBJ
tanned a new lease Of life, and the ar
gument on his appeal in the supreme
court, which was to have been made
to-day, will be postponed until the Oc-
tober term of that tribunal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13

The French governments statement
OF last years receipts from the to.
bacco monopoly shows a clear prof,
of $4,000 francs. A curious feature
of the statistics is that the largest
sum is derived from the sale of two
cent cigars, the proceeds of which
would suffice to build three new bat
tleShinS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
Gen. Clayton VIII vacate June !

Mexico City, April 10.-Gen. Powell
Clayton, who is to be succeeded as
United States ambassador to Mexico by
Edwin H. COnger, will vacate his Office
and leave for his old home in Arkan-
sas on June /. The American club will
tender Gen. Clayton a farewell ban
quet on May 20.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
Death of an Aged Minister.

Bunker Hill, H.. April 8.-Rev. Luke
billiard, aged 81, died at his home
near Dorchester. Decease dleaves a
widow, Is grandchildren and 6 great
grandchildren. He was a Baptist
preacher, having been ordained in
1916.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
Fell and Broke His Neck.

Atlanta, ILL.,, April 8.-While running
to a fire, Glen Crihfeld, aged 10,
tripped and fell, breaking his neck and
dying instantly. He was the son Of a
widely known editor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
KILLED HIS OWN SON.
An Aged Man Was Forced t. Do 1t
in Order to Save the Lives of
His Grandchildren.

Placerville, Cal, April 11.-At Indian
Diggings, Eldorado county, Austin
Morgan Starkey, aged "a years, to
save the lives of his two grandchildren
and himself, shot and killed his son,
Joseph Starkey, aged IS years. The
son had been drinking to excess, and
attempted to exterminate his brother
Johns family with an ak, and had
already chopped a ten-year-old child
to death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13

Springfield, ILL.,, April 6.-The demo-
Gratis made a clean sweep at the city
election yesterday. Devereux was re-
elected mayor, and the new council
will stand nine democrats and five re-
publicans.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-13
Received with satisfaction

Panama, April 10.-The news that
Secretary of War Taft proposes a de-
crease in railway rates is received
with satisfaction here. The isthmus
will benefit greatly by the reduction.