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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
CHICAGO STRIKE
TO Be EXTENDED
The Expected Settlement Came to
an Abrupt End.
STAND BY EXPRESS DRIVERS.
Express Companies Refused to He
instate Any of Their Men, and
Then Came the Halt-TrOsp Is
May be Called Out.

Chicago. May 22.-Sunday brought
no change in the attitude of both sides
of the labor controversy now in psog-
ress in Chicago, and everything points
toward an extension of the teamsters'
strike to many other business houses
during the week. The officials of the
seven express companies, whose re-
fusal to reinstate any of their striking
employees caused the collapse of the
settlement of the troubles Saturday
night, still adhere to their determine
ton not to give employment to any OF
their former employees, and the other
firms involved in the difficulty de-
clare that they will stand by the ex-
press companies in the fight. The
Transfers union has taken just as
firm a stand as the employers, and 1t
was stated by President Shea, Sunday
night, that the union would never call
off the strike until the express compa-
mics came TO terms.
When First Spread la Expected.
The first spread of the strike is ex-
! pected to ONE this morning, when the
Lumbermen's association, an organiza-
tions employing 2,400 teamsters' issue
an order to their men to make deliver
les to all business houses, regardless
of whether they are involved in the
strike or not. In anticipation of such
an order, the teamsters met Sunday
afternoon and voted to go on strike
should any teamster be discharged for
refusing to obey the order of the as
ISOLATION. With non-union drivers
making deliveries for the lumbermen,
trouble will undoubtedly spread to
affiliated industries, as the union men
employed on buildings will refuse to
handle material delivered by n%on-union
labor. Should this strike be called to-
day, and there is little to indicate how
it can be avoided, there seems to be
nothing that can prevent a general in
dustrial upheaval throughout the city
unless something unforeseen happens
to bring about a settlement of the
teamsters' strike.
The Authorities Busy.
Mayor Dunno and Sheriff Thomas E,
Barrett spent Sunday in trying to as
certain If there was going to be a
spread of the strike. During the at
ternoon a conference was held in the
mayors Office. President Samuel
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor was invited to attend the
meeting.
After talking over the situation with
Mayor Dunno and Sheriff Barrett, Mr..
Gompers withdrew from the confer
ence to have a consultation with Presi-
dent Shea of the Transfers union.
Mayor Dunno said should there be an
extension of the strike and the riot
ing of two weeks ago resumed, there
Is a probability that troops will be
called upon to maintain order.
Sheriff Barrett said that he would
continue swearing in deputies, ant
would make special efforts to increase
the number.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
POLICE THINK IT A MURDER.
Another Theory As to the Cause Of
the Death of John ID. Quinn
at Joplin, Mo.

Joplin, Mo-, May 20.-John B. Quinn,
who was thought to have committed
suicide here Thursday, is now believed
by the police here to have been muir
dered.
He was found dead in his Office with
a bullet hole through his head. The
ball had passed through his brain
from the left to the right temple and
buried itself in a roller-top desk.
From the fact that there were no
powder burns visible around the
wound at the temple and the peculiar
range of the bullet, several physicians
repudiate the suicide theory.
There is a story current of a quarrel
between Quinn and another prominent
Joplin man Thursday afternoon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WAR.
Insects Cause a Loss of 500, 200. 200
Annually to Farm Crops, Ac-
cOrding to EntOmOlOgist.

Washington, May 23.-Some start
ling facts regarding the annual losses
sustained by farm crops as a result of
the d%epredations of beetles, borers,
plant lice, Hessian flies, bill bugs,
wire worms, grasshoppers and other
insect pests have been gathered by G.
L.. Marlatt, an entomologist in the de-
partment of agriculture. He declares
that the destruction to various crops
by these insects amounts to $700, 000,-
600 a year, or more than the entire
annual expenditure of the government,
including the pension roll and the cost
of maintaining the army and navy.
Mr.. Marlatt says that to n familiar
with the work of these insects it is an
easy matter to approximate the prob
able shrinkage in crop values due to
their activities. He places the tax
which they impose on growing and
maturing crops at $780, 600. 900, and
adds $500, 0O0, 900 to cover the losses
suffered by cereals and forage crops
in storage and destruction to natural
forests and forest products.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
KAISER WILLIAM IS ANGRY,
Private Letter Written By the
Czarina Falls Into the Hands
of German officials.

Manchester, England, May 1S.-Ac-
cording to the Despatch, a letter from
the c%zarina, written to a friend in
Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen into
the hands of the German officials. In
the letter the czarina blames the
grand dukes for the disasters which
have overtaken Russia. She also bit
terly criticises the action of Germany,
in endeavoring to profit by the mis-
fortunes of her neighbor.
The kaiser is said to have read the
letter, and much unpleasantness has
been caused between the two courts
as a result of the free expression Of
opinion by the czarina.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
DISASTROUS COLLISION.
Eight Dead and Four Injured in a
Freight Collision Near Nc
Henry, ky.

Greensboro, KY, May 19.-One Of the
most disastrous railroad wrecks in
western Kentucky for SOM time oc-
Cured on the Illinois Central, near
McHenry station, at $3.50 o'clock
Thursday afternoon.
AS q result of a collision between
two freight trains, eight persons are
known TO be dead, other bodies are
probably covered in the wreckage and
several persons are injured.
The two trains were smashed to
pieces, the engines being reduced to
scrap iron.
A large number of cattle and hogs
were roasted to death by the heat from
the demolished engines, there being
two cars of live stock in one of the
trains.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
STRICKEN AT CONVENTION.
Rev. DR.. Cushing, of Burmah, In
dia. Stricken Down at the
Baptist Convention.

st. Louis, May 19.-Just as the Bap-
fist convention was about to adjourn,
during the afternoon, the venerable
DR.. Cushing. president of the Baptist
university at Rangoon, Burmah, India,
was stricken on the stage and fell, ap-
parently dying, to the floor.
While waiting for the ambulance to
arrive one of the leaders of the con-
vention offered up a prayer for the
stricken man, the audience standing
with bowed heads while the supplica-
ton vas being voiced.
DIR. W. H. Mayfield and DR.. w. G..
Tyzzer, of st. Louis, who were in the
audience, hurried to the side of DR..
Gushing a few moments after he col
lapsed, but he was beyond medical aid.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

James H. Hyde, the storm-center Of
the Equitable fight, is reputed to have
the most splendid stables in America.
There is a special oom devoted to the
harness, spotless and shining as table
silver. In a case are curbs, bits, bells.
stirrups and whips. There are carved
wooden cases, containing a veritabla
museum of old stirrups, postilllon
whips and hunting horns, and a great
hall containing not less than % car
riages. The stables are ruled over by
Francois Guillot, a true Partisan, who
served w. K. Vanderbilt for ten years.
Mr. HYDE has an office in the stable
handsomely furnished and equipped
with telephones and electric bells.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
POISONER HOCH WILL HANG
The "Modern Bluebeard" Found
Guilty of Wife Murder.
Jury, ut Chicago, Find That He
Killed Marie welcker-HOch and
Assess Death Penalty.

Chicago, May 20.-Johann Hoch,
murderer of his wife. Marie Welcker-
Hoch, was yesterday afternoon SEN
fenced to death by a Chicago jury,
which decided his fate in less than
half an hour after retiring from the
courtroom.
A verdict of guilty was voted on the
first ballot. The first vote on punish
ment was ten for death and two for
life Imprisonment. Two more ballots
were required to secure a unanimous
vote for death.
When the verdict was announced,
Hoch who had assumed a disinterested
manner during the closing hours of the
trial, Strengthened in his chair. and
then sunk as though in a stupor, nod
ding his head repeatedly, seemingly
unable to realize the meaning of all
that was going on.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
TAPS FOR LAST 1872 SOLDIER.
Soldiers Fired VOlley, BugAer
Sounded Taps. and Hiram CrOnk
Is with Army of the Dead.

New York, May 19.-New York paid
.obsequious honors to the late Hiram
Cronk, last soldier of the var of 1872.
More than $4,000 New Workers, with
barred heads, filed past the flower-cov-
cred bier in which the dead soldier lay
in the city hall. The expenses Of the
Unusual, but BETTING honors to him,
are borne by the city.
The catafalque rested in the rotunda
of the city hall, draped with flags and
lowers, while the building was draped
in black. 1t was the first time since
the death of Gen. Grant that a body
has laid in state in the city hall.
After the body had been lowered into
the grave, at Cypress Hill cemetery, a
squad of soldiers fired a yolley over the
grave and a bugler sounded taps.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

In McMillan's woods, on the Gettys-
burg battlefield, where the left support
of Pickett's charging column formed
In the battle of July 3, 1863, Capt. Her
man H. Mertz has found an interesting
memento. It is a land turtle, appar-
emily of great size, which for more
than 40 years has carried around with
it the name and company of a men,
Der Of the United States signal corps
On the top Of the well-worn shell is
carved the American flag, waving over
three turrets, the insignia OF the en-
gineer corps, and bears this inscrip
ton: ~. Lee, Co. b., U. s. e. 1863"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
SEVENTY MILE HURRICANE
1t Killed One Man and Started
Things Moving at Forth Worth.
Three Churches, Fifty Dwellings, a
School Building and Other
structures Wrecked.

Fort Worth, Tex, May PA heavy
windstorm, blowing at the rate of 70
miles on hour, struck this city from
the southwest at $50 Sunday night.
Part of the west wall of the Texas &
Pacific passenger station was blown
in. and John Young, a train dispatcher,
killed. The storm was most W.
west of the city. and all telephone and
telegraph wires in that direction are
down. A passenger on a Texas & Pa
cific train from the west reports that
the town of Mineral Wells was partly
blown away. One church building be-
longing to the African Methodist Epis-
copal congregation here was demol-
ihed. Many business buildings lost
their roofs, including the First nation
al bank building, a seven story struc-
ture,
The Baptist and Episcopalian
churches in North Fort Worth were
badly wrecked. while the roofs of the
Grand hotel, in East Wetherford
street, and the Johnson house, in West
Bluff street, were torn away.
Fifty dwellings in various parts of
the city were damaged. The Second
ward school building was partially
wrecked.
The storm extended as far east as
Terrell, but did no particular damage
at that point. Handley, seven miles
east of here, suffered much property
damage. 1t is not learned at this time
if any one was killed outside of Fort
Worth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

A recent and most curious discovery
made in connection with the study OF
radium is it's peculiar property OF de-
stroying the poisonous effect of the
venom of serpents. This was ascer-
tanned in France by Prof. G. Phisalix.
He states that an exposure OF from
fifty to sixty hours to the rays OF ra-
dium is sufficient to destroy the poison
GUS character Of the poison of the
viper, and the same is true of the poi
son of the cobra, which is interesting
in view of the fact that the latter pol
son reslsts the action Of heat much
'onger than any other.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
GIVEN A ROUSING WELCOME.
Fifteen Thousand People Greet Conn
mander Eva Booth of the saliva
ton Army In Kansas City.

Kansas City, No. May 18.-Com-
mander Eva Booth of the Salvation
Army addressed $4,000 people in Con-
vention hall, which was a larger
audience even than her father spoke
to here, and which he said was. the
largest meeting ever held by the army
outside of London. United States Sen
ator William Warner delivered the ad-
dress of welcome, and a chorus Of 1000
sang.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

A method has recently been invent.
ed of depositing a metal coating cleo
trically on laces and other fine fabrics.
The process is still kept a secret, but
1t turns out the most surprising re-
suits, in effect changing the tissues
exposed into the daintiest fabrics ct
gold, silver or bronze. The utility of
the metalized laces covers various
fields; they serve for table ornamental,
ton and for center pieces; architects
use them in mural decorations; in APP
plications on upholstery and for the
hangings of panels in salons, boudoirs
and rich dining halls.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
A DENIAL OF AUTHORITY.
Pullman Company Refuses to Rec
OGnize the Authority of the Kan
sas Railroad Commissioners.

Topeka, Kas., May 23.-The Pullman
company has refused to make answer
to a complaint before the state board
Of railroad commissioners regarding
excessive sleeping car charges. The
company contends that the board lacks
authority to regulate it's rates. This
contention is based on the fact that the
clause in the old railroad law giving
the board control over the Pullman
company is not covered in the title to
the act.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

Take a map Of the United States.
and, with ruler and pencil, block out
a rectangle, with the northern line
parallel with Cleveland. the southern
boundary passing through Cincinnati,
the eastern border in the %neighbor-
hood of Harrisburg, Pa, and the
other resting upon the western boun-
dairy of Ohio. Study it carefully, line
by line. For that ~rectangle is the
baseball belt-the country which now
produces the great professional ball
players-and from that circumscribed
area every high-class baseball organ
ization in the country now draws its
chief supplies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
A MOS! SERIOUS PROBLEM.
The Attention of Congress VIII be
Called 20 the Hordes of undesira-
BILE Foreigners Pouring In

Washington. May 2S.-Presidcnt
Roosevelthas taken up the immigration
question. and is preparing to call 1t
to the attention of congress and to
the country.
The president believes that one OF
the most serious problems nov con-
fronting the American people is how
to deal with the hordes of undesirable
immigrants Europe is pouring upon
our shores.
During the fiscal year which ends
June 80 all immigration records will
be broken. In those - months well
on toward a million steerage passen-
gers will have arrived in the United
States, looking for homes or work. The
greatest number arriving in any pre-
vious year was S57 ,046, during the IL
months ending June /, 1909. For 1904
the total was S12,s70, and for 1906 it
will be between 900, 900 and 1000. 900.
These are appalling figures. They
are the more appalling when they are
analysed and their significance fully
understood. They mean that in a sin
gle year there pours into the country
a multitude of people, poor of purse
and many of them poorer yet in quail
ifications for citizenship, equal to or
greater than the present population OF
IS states of the United States.
President Roosevelt is carefully
studying a collection of reports bear
ing upon immigration, with the inten-
ton of urging consideration of the
prohIem unon conoress at an carly day
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

To be exempt from military service
In Switzerland one must pay a tax Of
$25 a year, no matter whether one be
a cripple or an invalid. And if the
bill is neglected the Swiss is prohibit
ed from entering any beer garden or
public entertainment until the full
sum is paid.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
JOHANN HOCH

Hoch, who, because Of his many
marriages to women, some of whom he
is accused of having murdered, and
many more of whom he is said to have
deserted, is known as the Modern
Bluebeard," poisoned his wife, Marie
Welcker-Hoch, and even before the
woman was dead made love to her sis
ter, Amelia Fisher-Hoch, who subse-
uuently caused his arrest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
SEND ALONG MORE MEN.
T~elegraphic Order to StriSe-Brenk-
err Curry in Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo-, May 22.-F. G,
Curry, the strike-breaker, who has been
in this. city for several days recruiting
men, received a telegram, Sunday
night, from the secretary of the Chi
cago Employers association, instruct
ing him to send to Chicago all of the
men he can secure. Curry had been
instructed Saturday when a settle
ment seemed likely, not to send any
more men. Curry sent several hundred
men to Chicago early last week. The
men are offered $3.50 a day with board
and protection from violence. Only
white men were sent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
LIEUT.. CHAPMAN KILLED.
A Suspicious Fatality During o
Sham Fight by Troops From
Fort Reno.

Ell Reno, Okla, May 19.-Lieut.
E. L. Chapman, stationed at Fort
Reno, was shot in the back and in
stantly killed, Thursday, while assist
ing in the meneuvers of six companies
in a running fight.
Six companies of infantry were out
for field maneuvers in the presence Of
Brig. Gen. Jesse M. Lee, whose head
quarters are at San Antonio.
While engaged in a running fight
across the prairie northwest Of town,
Lieut.. Chapman, who was acting as the
battalion adjutant, received a shot from
a ball cartridge fired from the compa.
MES opposing him. He died where he
fell.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
Bowen-Loomis Matter Postponed.

Washington, May 12.-The further
investigation of the Bowen-Loomis
matter has been postponed, pending
the ~arrival>in this city of William W.
Russell, late minister to Colombia,
whom Mr.. Bowen wants to have exam
ined before any decision in the case 10
reached.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
GEORGE H. WOOD CONVICTED.
His Plea of Not Guilty Withdrawn
and a Plea Of Murder in the
second Degree Accepted.

S%omerville, N. j., May 20.-After
building up and supporting with ex-
pert testimony the wierdest theory of
double personality for their client, the
lawyers of George H. Wood, on trial
for murder, asked permission to re-
tract the plea of not guilty and enter a
plea or murder in the second degree,
which was granted. Wood was SEN
fenced to 80 years in prison.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
WITHOUT DISSENTING VOTE.
Votes to Reunite With the
Cumberland Branch.

Winona Lake, Ind, May 23.-Amid
& storm of applause, without debate or
a dissenting voice, the general assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian church, Mon
day, voteo to reunite with the Cum
berland Presbyterian body, which
withdrew from the original denomina-
ton February 4, 1910, thereby in effect
bringing together the two largest
branches of the Presbyterian faith.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
FOR THE TRIP TO FRANCE.
Rear-Admirnl Sigsbee's Squadron
Detached to Escort the Remains
of John Paul Jones Home.

Washington, May 23.-Orders have
been prepared at the navy department
directing ~Rear-Admiral Sigsbee, whose
squadron has been selected for the trip
to France to bring to the United States
the remains of John Paul Jones, to be
re ady to proceed from New York not
later than June 8.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

Over seven thousand miles of rail
road will be constructed during 1905.
the greatest mileage of new line since
1887. In the latter year, 1888 miles
were built, but that figure has not
been approached since. The plans for
the present year, according to a rail
way publication, provide for 1882
miles, and it is estimated that o
than 1000 miles will be actually grad
ed and the steel laid.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

Washington, May 22.-The presi-
dent has appointed Judge Elmer B.
Adams to the judgeship of the Eighth
federal circuit at st, Louis, vice
Amos M. Thayer, deceased. G. A. Fin
kelnburg has been appointed to sue
coed Judge Adams on the bench of the
eastern district of Missouri.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
Two Killed i'm a Riot.

Chicago, May 21.-In a riot, Sunday
night, between white residents and a
crowd of negroes in the neighborhood
where Enoch Carlson, an eight-year-
old boy, was killed by a negro last
week, mi white mar and a colored
man we're killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

Outside the polar regions there re-
mains UNEMPLOYED. 1t is estimated,
about one-fiftieth of the land surface
of the globe. Fifteen years ago the
unknown portions were about one
eighth of the earth's total.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

Every COW in Belgium must a
earrings now, for a regulation has
been issued that all animals Of the
bovine species are to be thus adorned
on reaching the age Of three months.
This is a hygienic measure, intended
to prevent the introduction into Be-
GUM az animals suffering from tuber-
culosis. Breeders are obliged to keep
4 strict account Of the animals raised
by them. and the ring, on which Is en-,
grayed a number, is fastened in th~
animals ear for the purpose Of pre-
venting the substitution q ore AMI.
nal fol another
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
Turks and Macedoninns right.

Athens, May 22.--An encounter be-
tween Graeco-Macedonian bands and 8
strong Turkish detachment is reported
to have occurred in the district OF Lam
dagina, in Macedonia. Eleven insur.
gents and 50 Turks are reported to have
beer killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
Testing oiled Roads.

Topeka, Kas., May 20.-The roao
commissioners of Finney county have
contracted for the construction of q
mile of oiled road in the sanaiest part
OF the county, and IL the experiment
proves a success, road making in this
state will be revolutionized.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
ne Came FROM ONTO.

Guthrie, Okla, May ~19.--Judge J. j.
Merrick, aged Ga, a member Of the
Second and Seventh Oklahoma legis-
latures, died here. He was a native of
Carroll county, O., and was a soldier in
the civil war.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
queer Ideas Of Parlor,s Uses.

Guthrie, Okla, May 23.-In the Paw
nee district court, Judge Hainer grant
ed q divorce to Mrs. John Farrell, who
charged her husband with intoxicatior
and with using her piano for a water
ing trough for his horses and her par
lor for a race course.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
.Fattest Boy In Illinois. Dead.

Duquoin, H., May 23.-Willie Har-
riss, residing near this city, known as
the --latest boy in Illinois," died at
his home, after an illness of several
months duration. AT the time Of his
death Harriss was 20 years old and
weighed yer 500 pounds stripped.