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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
SUIT CASE VICTIMS HEAD
What is Believed to BE the Head of
Susan Geary Fished Up In
Boston HarbOr

Boston, Nov. 6.-What Is confidently
believed to be the head of Susanna A.
Geary, the dress suit case victim, has
been recovered in a leather hand bag
from the bottom of the harbor. 1t was
dragged to the surface very near the
point where Lewis w. Crawford and
William Howard, who have confessed
to ~disposing of the dismembered body
of the girl, said they dropped it from
the stern of an East Boston ferryboat.
The head completes the body of the
girl. The trunk was found on Septem-
Der 81 and the limbs were picked up
October 27. The leather bag in which
the head had been placed, together
with 80 pounds of loose shot, did not
move, apparently, from the place where
it sank.
The bag with it's contents was taken
to a Howard street undertaking estab-
lishment and will be viewed by Med
ical Examiner Francis A. Harris.
The head was in a good state of
preservation and 1t is thought by the
police that it will be readily recog-
nized as that of Miss Geary.
The police continued the search for
Mary S. Dean, who is said to have had
charge of the home in which Miss
Geary died after being removed from
the fremont street resort.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
TRADE is HOLDING UP WELL
Quarantines Trade in the North,
West and South is Booming.

New York, No. 4.-Bradstreet's week.
ly review says:
Colder weather has further stimu-
lated retail trade west and north, while
higher cotton prices and practically the
lifting of all guarantees have helped
southern demand and collections. job
bling business continues in unusual vol
ume for this season of the year, and
holiday specialties show increased call.
Spring demands are looming up in a
number of lines, apparently fore
s~hadowing a shorter than usual be-
tween-seasons period than usual. In
dustry generally shows unprecedented
activity, with iron and steel a notable
leader, followed by shoe and textile
manufacturing. The building trades,
and therefore the demands for lumber
and other materials, show unexampled
movement for this season. Although
the congestion in railway matters has
been relieved at some points, notably
at lake and rain centers, complaints as
to car shortages continue.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
PRESENTS A GOOD RECORD
Forty Years of Freedmen's Aid and
Southern Education Society.
An institution of the Methodist Epis-
copaI Church Which Has Done
a Noble Work.

Cincinnati, O., Nov. 4.-School prop
erty and equipment valued at 81, S27, 900,
with a total expenditure of ST. 19, 900,
help for 200 900 students, 10000 teach
ers and 5000 ministers is part of the
record of 40 years of the Freedman's
Aid and Southern Education society of
the Methodist Episcopal church, &C
cording to the annual report just made
public. The full report will be presented
at the anniversary meeting in Brook
Ign, N. Y, on November 6 and 7. The
anniversary addresses are to be de-
livered by Bishops Moore and Wilson,
and the entire board of bishops of the
church will be attendance. The society
maintains As institutions among the
white and colored people in the south,
and had last year Ga teachers and H.
$50 students. Nineteen conferences in
the south with 1880 ministers and near
ly 100000 members are said to be an
outgrowth of the society's work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
EXPLOSION WRECKS BANK
Three Children Killed and Thirteen
People Injured at Ishpeming.
Two Men Went Hunting for n Gas
Leak With Lighted Candles and
Found It-They Escaped Unhurt.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. GA News spe-
cial from Ishpeming, Mich, says three
children are dead and 13 people are in
jured, one fatally, as the result of an
explosion there. which completely de-
stroyed the Miners national bank.
The dead:
Steven Goodman, aged IL years.
Alice MCGEE, aged 10 years.
Edward McGrath, aged IL years.
Fatally Injured:
James F. Mullen.
A gas leakage in the basement of the
bank building was primarily respon-
sible for the explosion and loss of life.
Gas vas detected coming from the
building and two workmen went into
the basement with lighted candles to
investigate. The flame evidently ig-
nited the gas in the basement, for a
tremendous explosion followed. The
two workmen were blown through a
basement window and landed unin-
jured in an open bax car standing on
a nearby track. The building was
completely wrecked. The three chill
dren killed were passing the building
on their way home from church, and
were caught in the falling debris. The
explosion broke windows in many
stores in the business district and
scattered the papers and documents of
the bank for blocks around.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
-FOUR PASSENGERS KILLED
TERRIBLE Accident At a Grand Trunk
Grade Crossing on Blue Island
Avenue, Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. Flushing at full
speed into a crowded Blue Island
street car, striking the a in the mid
die and hurting 1t through the air, a
Grand Trunk passenger train killed
four passengers and wounded several
more, probably fatally.
A score more were more or less Sc
riously hurt. Clothes were torn, u
cles bruised and faces scratched. The
car was totally wrecked. The accident
occurred at the Grand Trunk tracks in
Western avenue, a mile south of Blue
Island and two miles from Harvey.
The dead: George Gore, Harvey, H.;
passenger; Fred Mcleod, motorman;
unidentified man, unidentified woman.
The accident was a. repetition OF
many due to the deadly unguarded
grade crossing. The neighborhood Is
sparsely settled, and both trains and
street cars run at full speed. The
Blue Island car, which runs between
Blue Island and Harvey, was bowling
alone, taking its passengers to their
work, when the passenger train struck
It.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
OGRANIzED CHARITY'S WAYS
A St. Louis Minister Severely Ar
Faigns Used by Char
ity Organizations.

st. Louis, Nov. REV. Harry L.
Davenport, pastor of Calvary M. e.
church, will ask the grand jury to make
s. thorough investigation of the meth
DDS used by charitable organizations of
St. Louis in the collection and distri-
button of funds.
In the course of a sermon he severely
arraigned the methods of the city's Or
ganized charities, saying among other
things:
"A fact not generally known, and to
some a truth hard to believe, is that a
certain large charitable organization
collected last year over SAC, 900, and that
over 5000 of that was used in sal
aries, orConsumed in running expense.
Five thousand of this goes as salary to
the manager. That of this vast amount
handled for the poor, while SO, 900 was
spent in foods, $2,S25 was spent in in
vestigating the cases to whom the food
was given"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
BLEW IN WITH AN EXPLOSION
New Well HeraIde Arrival With
Loud Explosion, and Revived
Several CLUSTERS"

Galveston, Tex, Nov. with an
explosion that could be heard a mile
away, a new oil well in the Humble
oil field blew in. The crater is 100 feet
in diameter, and the shock was felt all
over the field. That the explosion
opened up another supply of oil deeper
in the earth is evidenced by the rush
of flowing oil in a large number of
wells that had almost stopped flowing,
and the appearance of oil in several
abandoned wells, believed to be dust
ers.
A movement has been started to bore
deeper, and it is claimed that the real
oil lake of Texas has not been entered,
and that it lies between 1000 and $500
feet below the surface.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
A MINNEAPOLIS TRAGEDY
Mrs. Stella Brennan Kills Three
StepchiIdren, Fatally Wounds n
Fourth and Attempts Suicide.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 6.-Three
children are dead and one is badly
wounded while the mother lies fatally
injured at the city hospital as the re-
suit of a tragedy at the home of Jas.
Brennan, a fireman. The dead;
Alice Brennan, aged 10.
Lizzie Brennan, Is.
Arthur Brennan, 5.
Seriously injured:
Thomas Brennan, II.
Mrs. Stella Brennan, ~.
Five shots were fired in quick sue
cession. The first intimation of the
tragedy was heard by w. G. Farmer,
who lived on the first floor of the Bren-
nan home.
The woman says a stranger shot the
children first through a window and
then herself. The police think Mrs.
Brennan did the shooting. The couple
had separated. but recently became re-
conciled. She is step-mother of the
children, and is believed to have be-
come temporarily deranged because
of jealousy Of the children. The wo-
man has tried suicide twice previously.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
THE PUBLIC POCKETBOOK
Monthly Statement of the Public
Debt Shows n Cash Balance ON
Hand of S2S1 ,S15,2SS.

Washington, Nov. 3.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business October
81, 1905, the debt, less cash in the
treasury, amounted to $1,O02, SAG, 125
which is an increase for the month of
$6,068, ZIG. This increase is largely &C.
counted for by the decrease in the
amount of cash on hand due to in
creased expenditures.
The cash in the treasury is classified
as follows: Gold reserve, s15O,OOO, 900;
trust funds, 81, 900, 1884, 1863; general fund,
$3.50, $50 ,215,
In national bank repositories $685.
726.312; in treasury of Philippine
islands, s4,122,O3S Total, 1888, 1922
535, against which there are demand
liabilities outstanding amounting to
81, LOG, 7,247, which leaves a cash bal
ance on hand of 1921, S15, 2Ss.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
JUSTlFIABLE HOMICIDE
Frank OlIer, Who Killed His Father
at Alton, I'LL, Exonerated by
Ii ~COrOner's Jury.

Alton, ILL.,, Nov. 3.-Frank Oller, aged
1S, who killed his father, Frank Oller.
with a rolling pin during a terrific
fight at their home in this city, was
exonerated by a coroner's jury and re-
leased by the police. The jury's verdict
was justifiable homicide.
The boys mother, Mrs. Maria OIler,
defended him, saying that her husband
had threatened to kill her son because
he would not allow him to obtain con-
troll of $500 he had been awarded for
the loss of his foot in a street car acct
dent. She believed he would have
killed the youth and her too if he had
not been killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
THE UNEMPLOYED OF LONDON
Conditions in the OverpOpuIated
British Metropolis Are Be-
coming Alarming.

London, Nov. 1.-THE desperate con-
dition of the unemployed poor of Lon
don was brought to the notice of Pre-
mier Balfour by a remarkable deputa-
tion of the wives and other women rel
atives of the unemployed, who did not
hesitate to tell the premier unless some
thing is speedily done to lessen their
gufferings there will be bloodshed.
Don't forget that hungry men are
desperate men," said one of the speak
ers, who all had the sam tale to tell
Of husbands out of work and starving
wives and children.
Only 80 of the women were admitted
to the presence of Mr.. Balfour. The
premier was very sympathetic. He ac-
knowledged that the evil was very real,
but he had little to suggest in the way
of alienation except an expression Of
hope that public charity would come to
the aid of the unemployed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
BOGUS COINS ON VACANT LOT
Remarkable Crop Found Among the
Weeds Upon a Vacant Lot In
the Heart of St. Louis.

st. Louis, Nov. 3.-Miss Palona Schep-
pacher, 16 years old, of 2201 Division
street, found a big pile of shining coun-
terfeit money in a vacant lot adjoining
her home. When the police were noti-
fled and search was made in the lot
over 1000 counterfeit coins were found,
covered over with weeds.
The police believe that the makers
got frightened, thinking they were un
der suspicion and concluded to unload.
The coins found indicated that nine diff
ferent molds were used, and Uncle
Sans men would like to get track of
them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
THE PRESIDENT THANKED
st. Louis Feels Grateful to the Presi-
dent for ~ntere In Free
Bridge Movement.

Washington, Nov. 6.-Ben Westhus,
of st. Louis, was received by President
Roosevelt, and the st. Louisan pre-
scented to the president the resolutions
recently adopted by the allied business
and trade organizations of st. Louis,
supporting the free bridge movement.
Mr.. Westhus also called on Attorney
General Moody, and presented to that
official a memorial pertaining to the
movement for a free bridge. The me-
mortal, which is beautifully engrossed,
contains congratulations to the presi-
dent for the stand he has taken in re-
gard to the project.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
TWO MEN UNDER ARREST
They Are Charged With Participa-
tiOn in the Boston Suit
Case Tragedy.

New York, Nov. 1.-Two men are
under arrest at police headquarters in
this city, charged with homicide in con-
nection with the dress suit Ease mys-
ter in Boston. One of the men,
William Howard, is said to have con-
fessed that he and his fellow prisoner,
Louis Crawford, alias Albert H. Emory,
were the ones who took the body from
a hospital on fremont street, Boston,
and threw the dismembered portions,
which were concealed in dress suit
cases and a hand satchel, into Winthrop
(Mass.) harbor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
TO RECOVER PUBLIC LANDS
Suits For the Recovery of Lands Al.
legged TO Have Been Obtained by
Fraud and Collision.

st. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 4.-United
States District Attorney Houht has filed
complaints in the United States circuit
court in. which he brings suit against
Frederick A. Hyde, John A. Benson
and C. H. Glover to recover 26 tracts
of land in ~Itasca, Cook, st. Louis and
Lake counties, in Minnesota, which
are alleged to have been originally
obtained by fraud and collision with
the officers of the Washington land Of
fees.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
Probably the largest sawdust pile

Probably the largest sawdust pile
in the world is the one at Cheyboygan,
Mich. This is the product of one mill.
The mill being run by water power
had no way of disposing of its saw.
dust. The company was not permitted
to dump, it into the river, and for a
few years. an attempt was made to
burn 1t. As a consequence 1t was sim
ply hauled out into a vacant field and
during the 80 years Of its growth has
acquired monstrous proportions. It Is
3 hill 1850 feet long, S15 feet wide
and ranges from 20 to so feet In
height. The hill covers some ~ acres
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
EIGHT KILLED
BY A TORNADO
The Terrible Twister That Struck
Mountain View, Okla.
DEVASTATION IN ITS WAKE
Cement Said to Have Been Struck By
h Storm and Sixteen Persons
Killed, But This as Yet
Lacks Confirmation.

Mountainview, Okla, Nov. 6.-The
tornado that struck this place Satur.
day killed at least eight persons.
The dead are:
w. T. White.
F. w. Clark.
J.. S. Barkley.
Mrs. Jennie Jones.
Mrs. w. M. Holt and two children.
Mrs. Robert Hume.
Mrs. Smith.
The seriously injured are:
T. D. Dunn.
j. w. Gray.
Mrs. George Broughton, aged rs, ana
her three-year-old child.
Mrs. J. s. Barley; probably fatally.
John Jordan, aged II; probably IA
tai.
Mrs. E. Mcbride and daughter.
]. E. Hollis.
]. D. Hollis.
B. A. Mittendorf.
J. W. Hittle, Cache, Okla.
Joseph Walker, Oceana, OKLA; prob
ably fatally.
Many others are less seriously in
jured.
The schoolhouse, two churches, two
livery barns, one hotel, a cotton gin
and about a dozen dwellings were
blown away and more houses we're
wrecked.
The business part of the town was
untouched, except a few windows be-
ing blown in.
The twister came up in exactly the
same manne as the one at Snyder.
Immediately after the storm intense
darkness prevailed. Many cattle were
killed.
The little town of Cement, SO miles
from Mountainview, in Custer county,
was struck by the storm and 16 per-
sons reported killed.
A general storm prevailed all over
Oklahoma. At Moore, several build
ings were wrecked, and the downpour
of rain was terrific.
In Guthrie and vicinity the heaviest
rain Of the year prevailed.
A heavy rain preceded the cyclone,
and as the sky was completely over
cast the storm came absolutely with
out warning, and the first intimation
the residents of the city had of a cy-
clone was the crash made by the
schoolhouse, as 1t whirled over the
roofs, crashed into the ground, the
structure being crushed like an egg
shell. r.,
No damage was done outside Of the
town. The pathway Of the tornado is
about 100 yards wide and only one
mile long, but in this small area the
havoc was great.
The Methodist church is a complete
wreck. The Christian church, which
was used as a school building, was to-
tally destroyed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09

At least this much progress toward
civilization has been made by the erst-
while warlike Sioux Indians, nearly
half of them are communicates OF
Christian churches. And so enthu-
siastic are they in their religion that
in far off China and Africa mission
aries supported by money contributed
by these supposed savages are teach
ing the Gospel to heathens. From be-
ing the subjects of missionary work,
they are joining in the task of Chris
tianizing the world.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09

After five years of a lull there is
again an agitation in this country and
abroad to have all liquid poisons kept
in bottles made in such a fashion that
the moment any n picks one of
them up the dangerous contents will
be revealed by the warning sense of
touch. This agitation has resulted
from the growing number of cases in
which persons have got up at night
and mistakenly have drunk some poi
o under the idea they were taking
medicine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09

That considerations of common
sense and a decent regard for the
health and comfort Of a vast number
Of people are having weight in the de.
termination of the date of future pres.
idential inaugurations is evident from
the response made to the efforts of the
committee charged with the duty Of
preparing and urging a constitutional
amendment changing the date from
March to a later day in spring. Forty,
n governors Of states and t%erritorieA
have agreed to serve on the commit.
tee which will draw the amendment
and urge its acceptance by congress.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
A TELLTALE ROPE FOUND
1t Was Evidently Used to Bind Stu
art l.. PiersOn to the Track
at Gambler, o.

Mount Vernon, O., Nov. 3.-Evidence
has been found which is being used to
prove that Stuart l., Pierson, a Kenyon
college student, was really bound to the
railroad track when he was ground to
death last Saturday night by a passing
train.
Buried beneath a culvert 200 feet
from the spot where young Pierson was
found, the authorities have discovered
three lengths of rope and a wad of OBJ
sorbent cotton, both saturated with
blood,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
FUNERAL OF CHAS. ]. DEVLIN
Lasalle, ILL.,, and the Remains In
TERED in St. Vincent's Cemetery.

Lasalle, ILL.,, Nov. 4.-Funeral serv.
ices for Charles J. Devlin was held
here Friday. The body arrived from
Chicago, accompanied by members OF
the Devlin family, several relatives
and by a number of business associ.
ates. The funeral procession was
formed at the station and proceeded to
st. Patrick's church, where high mass
was celebrated, while the body lay in
state before the altar, which vas a
gift from the deceased. The grafton
was delivered by Father Powers, OF
Spring Valley, Devlin's boyhood friend,
Burial was in st. Vincent's cemetery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09

Although perfumes have been used
by most of mankind for over 5000
years, their value as a therapeutic
agent has only recently been demon
strated. The perfumes of flowers or
those coming from plants are said to
be the most healthful and soothing to
the nervous and those afflicted with
diseases of a nervous character. Accord.
ing to the doctors the scent Of vio,ets
is a natural sedative, having the power
OF subduing or toning down a nervous
system or temperament whose equili-
brium Is easily disturbed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
FOUR FLOORS COLLAPSED
Two Men Went Down Beneath Hum
dreds of Tons of FireprOof Ma
teriaI and Debris.

Omaha, Neb., Nov. -Four fire.
proof floors of a new six-story building
''e.ng constructed by Hayden Bros at
Sixteenth and Douglass streets, COL
lapsed, killing Albert Lumpkin and
James Mcnamara. The men were car
ried down with the %ireproofing materi-
al and were covered with a hundred
tons of debris when their bodies were
found.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
One of the extraordinary monu.

One of the extraordinary monu-
ments Of the world is the colossal
statue of Christ erected recently on
the border line between Chile and Ar.
gentina, 10000 feet above the level Of
the sea, on the summit of the Andes,
to commemorate the remarkable
treaty of peace and arbitration which
prevented the two nations from plung-
ing into a bloody The statue is
cast from bronze of the old cannon
which the Spaniards left at the time OF
Argentine independence. The sculp
tor is a young Argentine, Mateo
Alfonso,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
LEADER OF GANG OF THIEVES
Myra Oldham, a Negress, Arrested in
st. Louis for Shoplifting, Says
Ia is Head of a Gang.

st. Louis, Nov. 3.-Myra Oldham, 20
years old, a negress, confesses that she
lis the leader of a gang of thieves and
shoplifters who have been stealing
goods from downtown department
stores. After her arrest at her home,
she told the police that five negro wom-
len and one negro man had been asso-
ciated with her in a systematic scheme
tof robbery. She gave the names and
addresses of the other members of the
band who were arrested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09

The last British soldier will shortly
take his departure from the continent
of North America. The British gov.
eminent, after long negotiations, has
recently notified the Dominion au-
thorities that it is ready to turn over
the famous Halifax IN. s. citadel to
be garrisoned by Canadian volunteers,
as the Quebec citadel already is. The
Halifax citadel is a massive stone
structure a mile in circumference. 1t
crowns a hill $50 feet high that over
looks the city and the harbor-a nat.
ural fortress if there V e was one.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09
NEGLECTED. OFFICIAL DUTY
william p. Smythe, of Missouri,
American Consul Mt Burslem,
England, Decnpitated.

Washington, Nov. A cablegram
from Secretary Root sent by direction
of the president, cut short the official
life of William P. Smythe as American
consul at Burslem, England. Mr..
Smythe was removed upon the COM
plant of the auditor for the state de-
partment that he had been negligent in
the discharge of his duty.
He was born in Ireland and appointed
from Missouri last June.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-11-09

Prof. Otto Won Stockslager, the dis
tinguisned Belgian explorer and adj
yeturer, whose recent gift to the mu.
scum OF his native town, Herenthals
attracted much attention in Europe.
has announced the discovery Of one e
the strangest Of mankind.
rae of amphibians. In Lake Brauser
which Won Stockslager discovered
and named in honor of his distinguish.
ed co-worker. Frans Brauser--the Bel.
gian discovered a tribe of men, wor,
or and children who live practically
all the time in the water, eating and
sleeping there.