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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
EXPRESS ROBBER CUNCLIFFE
A Second Information Filed Against
Him-He Denies the Reports of
Cruel Treatment.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. PA second
information, charging larceny of $3.50
on or before October 8, the day he dis
appeared with $1,000 600, has been
lodged against E. G. Cunliffe by G. H.
Hiner, general local agent of the
Adams Express Co. Cunliffe waived
a hearing on this second charge, which
will be presented to the grand jury.
Cunliffe voluntarily handed to H. W.
Bearce, Of Philadelphia, general super.
intendent of the Pinkerton agency, a
letter denying published reports of i'll.
treatment, and stating that his treat.
ment has been kind beyond his expec.
tations. Several members of Gun.
liffe's family who were present during
the long examination, Thursday night,
corroborated his statement, and Mr..
Bearce said that a number of papers
that had printed the stories of cruelty
would be called upon to ~retract.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
UhEARTHlNG CROOKEDNESS
The St. Louis Grand Jury Said to
Have Struck New Leads.
of Certain Detectives to Come
Under the Limelight.

St. Louis, Oct. 20.-The grand jury
mas struck some new leads in its inves-
tigation of the police department. Re-
cent rows among officers and detec-
lives, in which threats and counter
threats were made, gave the first clews.
These were followed up quickly. Cir
cult Attorney Sager conferred with Gov.
Folk. The governor had unearthed
some evidence while he was circuit at
torney, but it was not enough. Added
to that now in Circuit Attorney Sager's
possession, indictments are said to be
sure.
Women of the half world are being
sought. That they are parties to the
crookedness alleged is certain. Some
detectives may be asked to explain the
possession of much wealth. The bank
accounts and realty holdings Of others
will go under the limelight. Still 9TH
RS with a fondness for almost priceless
Jewels will be given every opportunity
10 explain.
A detectives salary is just $115 per
month, a very good salary, but not one
upon which a man might grow rich or
wear a profusion of gems.
The spread of vice in the west end
is under investigation, too. Disorderly
houses have been established in the
most ~aristocratic neighborhoods. When
citizens complained, certain police Off
GERS laughed at them. These officers
will be asked to let the grand jury in
On the joke.
All in all, there's a rough road ahead
for more than n member of the police
department, and not a few may learn
by actual experience what it means to
be the Subject of a Sweat box exam
nation.
1t is also alleged that a member Of
The police department may have to face
an indictment for the killing of Fred
9rick E. Scheel, the young Belleville
(1ll.) law student, who was killed dur
lng an intimidation melee at a primary
election in September, 1904.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
OBJECT TO BEING MUzzLED
Some Cabinet Officers Do Not Take
Kindly to the Order That They
Must Not BE Interviewed.

Washington, Oct. 24.-When Presi.
dent Roosevelt returns to Washington
from his southern trip he will rescind
the order directing the cabinet officers
to refrain from discussing the business
transacted at the cabinet meetings
with newspaper correspondents, if the
wishes Of some Of his advisers are re-
spected.
Two or three members of the cabi-
net are in perfect harmony with the
president on this proposition, and
these members are largely responsible
for the issuance of the order. Some Of
the other cabinet officials do not relish
the position in which they have been
placed, and when MIR. Roosevelt re-
turns they will take up the question.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
GOV. FOLK IS SMOKED OUT
Fire In the Governors Mansion at
Jefferson City, Mo.
The Governor Holds the Blaze In
Check For an Hour With Gren-
AIDES Before Firemen Arrive.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Oct. 24.-Gov.
Folk fought flames in the executive
mansion for an hour Monday morning,
with hand grenades, while waiting for
the volunteer fire department to ar
rive.
Awakened shortly before four o'clock
by an alarm of fire that threatened the
handsome residence with destruction.
the governor telephoned the volun-
teers and went to work combating the
flames then blazing in the second
story hallway.
Aided by Others, he made a heroic
fight against the fires advance, and at
the same time saved the portraits OF
his predecessors in Office from damage
by smoke and water.
Mrs. Folk and five ladies, members
of the Morning Choral, who were her
guests, were driven from the mansion
by the fire and sought refuge in the
Madison hotel.
An hour passed before the volunteer
firemen arrived, but they soon put out
the blaze. The chiefs excuse for the
delay was that the governors message
was not definite. The damage is es-
timated at from $4,000 to $4,000. The
library was entirely destroyed, also
the entrance hall furniture. The car.
pet alone cost $1,000.
The fire was caused by a defective
flue, and is thought to have smoldered
for a day or so, or since fire was kin
killed. in the crate in the library.
The governor is living at the Madi.
son hotel, and it is likely that the a
sion will be closed entirely until re-
pairs are made. :
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
WAS RICH FOR TEN DAYS
Edward G.. Cunliffe, Who Robbed the
Adams Express Co. of S1O1 900,
Arrested Mt Bridgeport, Conn.

Bridgeport, Conn, Oct. 2~O.-Edward
George Cunlife, wanted in Pittsburg,
Pa, for the robbery of SOL, 900 in cash
from the Adams Express Co., was ar
rested here.
In the presence of Superintendent
Birmingham, Detective Thornhill, Hen
ry Curtis, the local agent of the Adams
Express Co., and Capt. Arnold, Of the
Bridgeport detective force, Cunliffe ad-
mitted that he took the money.
Five minutes after | took the money
| was sorry" said Cunliffe, "but it was
too late to do anything.
"What can you expect from a mar
getting a salary of only $65 a month
and handling thousands of dollars a
day? I was tempted and l fell"
The robbery for which Cunliffe is
wanted in P%ittsburg was committed on
the night of October 8.
Nearly $4,000 of the money stolen
by Cunliffe was recovered at the home
of CunNffe's brother-in-law, Joseph w.
Boardman, at Bristol, Conn. The
money was in a suit case sent from
Bridgeport to- B%oardman, and had not
been opened up to the time that Board
mans house was visited. Boardman
knew nothing of the money being in the
house.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
SLIGHT LETTING DOWN
Heavy Rains I'm the West and High
Te~mperatures South Have AZ
fected Badness Somewhat.

New York, Oct. 2l.-Bradstreet's
weekly review says:
Trade reports are rather nor irieg-
ular, but inquiry is still at high ten
sion. Heavy rains west and too high
temperature south and east have exer-
cised bad influence. but back of this is
to be reckoned the fact that wholesale
trade has been active for three months
past, and some quoting is naturally in
order. Colder weather now advancing
is reported stimulating retail trade
and influences recorder business with
jobbers. Lifting of guarantees has
unquestionably helped southern trade,
but the effects of this have been partly
counterbalanced by the holding of cot
ton for higher prices, which also re-
tards collections. Car shortages are
becoming acute, the Pacific coast
now feeling their influence, and grain
and lumber, coal, coke and ore ship
ments are delayed thereby, with effects
on retail trade and collections.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
BANK CASHIER A SUICIDE
sequel to the Looming of Bank Funds
to Politicians BY the Cashier OF
an Allegheny Pa) Bank.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 19.-After an in
vestigation Of the books of the Enter
prise national bank of Beaver avenue,
Allegheny, which disclosed that the
rank was insolvent, T. Lee Clark, cash
icr of the Institution for years, went to
and after spending a sleepless, nervous
night, took a dose of laudanum and
shot himself through the head, He
fingered until 2:30 p. m, when death
came.
An hour before the announcement of
mis- death was received a telegram came
from the comptroller of the currency
at Washington to close the doors and
appointing Bank Examiner John B.
Cunningham as receiver.
Folk wing closely on the exciting
events in Lower Allegheny came the
announcement of the president of the
hank. Fred Gwinner, that Clark had
leaned Thousands of dollars to Penn
s~ylvania politicians; that he himself
had Endorsed a note for $50, 900 for
Clark, concluding with the statement
that il the shortage was only $100, 900
he would gladly pay it himself"
The bank has state deposits which
viii amount to about $500, 900, of which
S39S,000 is IT. the checking or active
account and the rest is state sinkinn
funds.
Mr.. Gwinner, in his statement, said:
Nearly 100000 of the $4,000 state
deposits of our bank is out on paper of
state politicians. W. H. Andrews has
borrowed nearly $4,000 Frank J..
Torrance has borrowed considerable. I
do not know how much. But the bank
IS Solvent"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
BESIDE THE ACTOR GARRIcK
The Ashes of Sir Henry Irving In
tered in Westminster Among Re-
mains of HIustrious Dead.

London, Oct. 21.-Beside the actor,
Garrick, and under the shadow of the
statue of Shakespeare as the inter-
prefer of whose plays he won fame, the
ashes of Sir Henry Irving were given
burial in Westminster Abbey, thus be-
ing accorded E%ngland's greatest trib-
ute to her dead.
The services, which were of an i'm
pressive character, were conducted in.
the presence of a congregation which
included many from the highest official
life of England, eminent representa-
tives of all walks of life, and all the
representatives of that gallery to which
Irving was so invariably attentive who
could find standing room in the abbey.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26

The age of the sun has been for
many years a matter of controversy
between biologists and physicists.
The investigators Of tidal friction
claim that five hundred or one chou
sand million years have elapsed since
the birth of the moon, and otker sci
entists. arguing from purely geological
reasons, claim the age Of the sun to
be between fifty and one thousand
million years. On the other hand, it
is asserted by physicists that, at the
rate at which the sun is emitting en-
ergy, it can not have been active for
than twenty million years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26

London physicians have taken up
the laughter treatment and are pre-
scribing it as an alternative to tonics
or drugs. For the time being the raw
food cure, electric baths, open air,
starvation, Finsen rays, soothing mu-
sic and going barefoot are set aside in
favor of unrestrained mirth. For one
thing" says a London doctor, discuss
ing the new remedy, sit accelerates
the circulation and so aids digestion.
1t relieves the brain by quickening the
movement of the blood through the
veins and vessels"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
over THREE HUN
DRED WARSA|PS
Togo Escorts the Mikado Through
Lines of His Victorious Craft.
A MEDLEY OF FIGHTING CRAFT
Not the Least Conspicuous Were the
Captured and Renamed Russian
observation-disclosures Popular
Enthusiasm.

Toxic, Oct. 24.-The naval review
passed off without the slightest hitch.
1t was a most impressive sight, not,
however, on account of the class and
number of the ships, but as a conglom-
Grafton of fighting, craft fresh from the
var and crowned with victories of un-
precedented magnitude.
A Medley of Fighting Craft.
Three hundred and eight warships,
including the former Russian battle
ships Peresviet (renamed by the jap
anese the SagamD, Poltava (the Tam
go), Nicolai l Qki), the ironclads Gen.
eral Admiral Apraxine (O~kinoshima)
and Admiral Seniavin (Minoshima),
IL auxiliary cruisers, including three
captured vessels, % torpedo boat de-
stroyers, including the captured Be-
dovi and Ryeshitelni, n torpedo boats
and five submarine boats were drawn
up in six lines.
Emperor Reviewed the Lines.
The emperor, on board the cruiser
Asama, led by the protected cruiser
Yaeyama and escorted by the gun
boats Tatsuta, Chihaya and ManShu,
passed along the front of the first line,
which was headed by the battleship
S~hikishima, Admiral Togo's flagship.
When the Nicolai l., which was 1T
the end of the line. was reached, the
cruiser Asama, headed due north and
then in a westerly direction, entering
between the second and third lines
and afterwards resumed her original
position. During this maneuver Ad-
miral Togo was at the emperor's side.
Foreign Officers Received.
The emperor then received in au.
dience on board the Asama Admiral
Noel and the captains of the British
and American warships present, the
battleship Wisconsin ami the cruiser
Cincinnati.
Popular enthusiasm was aroused to
the highest pitch. Besides the thou.
sands who witnessed the naval pa.
geant from all sorts of craft in the
bay, all the available points of vantage
along the shore were densely covered
with eager spectators. \,
Much JOY and Satisfaction.
The spectacle caused much joy and
satisfaction among the Japanese, es-
pecially in the breasts of those who
recalled that only 40 years have
elapsed since at that very spot no wa,
ships except those of foreign powet )
had ever floated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26

Stockholm is built on a series OF
Island formed by Lake Malaren. 1t
is indeed the city of a thousand island
and rock reefs, which are sown broad
cast many miles beyond the mainland
where the lake and river join the sea,
The steamers which ply up and down
the lake afford endless excursions.
Seward you may sail a day among
the islands until you reach the long,
low reefs on which the Baltic beats.
In spite of their cold climate the
Swedes delight in the open air.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
A STARVING MOTHERS DEED
Tried to Cremate Herself and Child,
But Was Prevented BY
a Neighbour.

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 24.-Because
her husband spent all his money for
liquor, leaving her and her nine-months-
old baby without even enough food to
keep away hunger, Mrs. Sidney San
som, poured kerosene over herself and
child, and ignited it. J.. A. Neill, a
%neighbor, extinguished the flames, but
not until she and the baby had been
terribly burned. They may recover
The police have undertaken to manage
the husband, and ere collecting his
wages daily.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA
Two Small Children Of Irving An
dersOn Killed and the Parents
Badly Injured.

Guthrie, Okla, Oct. 21.-A tornado
near Jennings, Payne county, killed
two small children of Irwin Anderson,
living on House creek, badly injured
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson and demolished
the house of Edward Root, breaking
his daughters ankle. The storm fol-
lowed the Cimarron river, and in Yale
destroyed many houses. The residents
escaped injury by fleeing to caves.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
AN INTERESTING INCIDENT
President Roosevelt Meets and
Greets the Widow of Gen. Stone-
wall Jackson.

Charlotte, N. c., Oct. 20.-President
Roosevelt especially endeared himself to
the people of this city, and its thou
sands of visitors assembled to greet
the distinguished visitor, by the cor
diality of his greeting of Mrs. Stone
wall Jackson.
Mrs. Jackson" he said, upon being
presented to the widow of the cherished
confederate general, you do not know
had glad am to meet you, the widow
Of the great Stonewall jackson. Why,
it's worth the whole trip down here to
have a chance to shake your hand"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26

A new and remarkable addition to
the useful applications of electricity is
just now receiving the attention of
the postal authorities of several Euro,
pean countries-the invention of Count
Taeggl, an Italian. 1t consists of a de-.
vice for the transmission of letters
between distant points by electricity.
For this purpose It'll proposed to con-
struct a miniature railway strung on
wires about the height of ordinary
telegraph-poles, the letters being trans
mitted in tiny inclosed carriages pro-
PEELED by electricity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26

"Jui LII, a police censor, has been
dismissed from office forever by an
imperial edict for disobeying the inn
perial order not to examine by torture,
and also for his great cruelty always
in dealing with prisoners" says the
Pekin Times. He had been nick
named Jul Forty, as he always started
out by giving prisoners forty blows.
Recently a man died while receiving
100 blows by his orders, which caused
Jul Lu to be reported by the Pekin
censorate, and the result has been the
edict of dismissal"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
Following the termination Of hostili-

Following the termination Of hostili-
ties between Russia and Japan, q no
table feature in the Far East is tho
awakening in China to a more active
life along the lines Of a more progress
sive civilization. With the lesson
taught by the occupation OF Pekin by
the troops Of the leading powers, and
by the late war fought mainly on her
territory, her rulers and people have
bad suck practical lessons Of the gu.
periority Of modern civilization over
their a%ntiquated methods as to inspire
them with al active desire to follow
their example,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
COL. JACOB T. CHILD DEAD
Was Former Minister to sin m News
Publisher and Author
of the Pearl of Asia.'

Richmond, Mo-, Oct. 20.-Col. Jacob
T. Child died here from paralysis. He
was United States minister to Siam
from 1884 until 1888, and was consul
general at Hankow, China, from 1892 to
1896.
He founded the first daily newspaper
in st. Joseph, and was for many years
publisher of the Weekly Conservator
at Richmond, Mo. During his life he
was editor of several other papers and
was the author of the Pearl of ASIA"
the first book on Siam ever published
in the English language.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26

The vaccine for the cure of tuber-
c%ulosis, the discovery of which was
recently announced at the information
al congress at Paris by Prof. Won
Behring, will be brought within the
reach of the poorest people in every
part Of the world within a year, ac.
eording to a statement made by DR.. E.
Bischoff, of the firm of c.. Bischoff &
Co., the professors American agents.
DR.. Bischoff is satisfied that a cure
for consumption has actually been
discovered, and denied that Won Beh-
ring is holding back his discovery for
the sake of the money to be gained.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
UNSUITABLE HOMICIDE
George StadIer Shot and Killed by
Frank l.. Busche, His BrOther-in-
Law, ut PlattsmOuth, Neb.

Plattsmouth, Neb., Oct. 23,-George
Stadler was shot and killed.by Frank L.
Busche, his brother-in-law, at the
Busche home. Stadler was trying to
force an entrance to a house where his
wife and children had taken refuge
after he had threatened to kill them.
He threatened to kill Busche unless ad-
mitted, and had broken down a door
when the shot was fired. A coroner's
jury acquitted Busche.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26

Belzoni and others found in an an
cient sarcophagus artificial teeth made
of sycamore wood. A set of artificial
teeth on the bridgework system was
also found in an Etruscan skull of
about 200 A. d. Plaster reservations
of the nose, ears and lips are clearly
described in Susruta about 300 B. G.,
But the earliest representation of an
artificial limb is that of a satyr who is
depicted with a wooden leg on a
Graeco-Roman vase in a collection at
the Louvre In Paris. In a Graeco-Ro-
man mosaic there is also a sportsman
Represented with a wooden leg.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
THANKSGIVING FOR PEACE
Thanksgiving Services and Fcstal
Masses in All the Churches in
Russian Empire.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 23.-Services Of
thanksgiving for the conclusion of
peace were held In all churches
throughout the empire and festal
masses were celebrated. The emper-
or's rescript announcing peace was read
to the court, and the celebration held
in the Kazan cathedral in st. Peters
burg was attended by the ministers and
other high functionaries.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
ANOTHER FOOTBALL VICTIM
John G. DOndero Dead at William
ante, Conn.,, of Injuries Received
in a Football Scrimmage.

Williamantic, Conn, Oct. 23.-John
c. Dondero, aged n, died as the result
of an injury received in a football
game in Jewett City. Dondero was q
member of the Williamantic team, and
it is said that he was in no condition
TO play the game. After a scrimmage
he lay on the field unconscious and was
taken to a hotel, where he died. Doc
tors state a cerebral hemorrhage was
the cause Of his death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
Convicted of Stealing Bonds.

Boston, Oct. 23.-Col. Henry w. Com
stock, a financier from the west, has
been found guilty of the larceny of two
bonds of theNew York Central & Lake
Erie Railroad Co., valued at 50, 900, from
Mrs. Cora A. rockingham, of Quincy,
Mass. Sentence was deferred.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
CASE OF THE MEAT PACKERS
Judge Rules Against Conspiracy and
UphoIds Monopoly Demurrers
In Packers Cases.

Chicago, Oct. 19.-Federal Judge J.
Otis Humphrey gave a divided de-
cision on the demurrer of the meat
packers, charged with illegal consipra-
cy. He overruled the portion Of the
demurrer in which the packers at
.acked the odd-numbered counts,
charging conspiracy in restraint Of
rade. The demurrer to the even-num-
lered counts, charging monopoly, was
sustained.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
SAVED FROM THE GALLONS
Gov. Folk of Missouri COmmutes the
Death Sentence of Edgar BAL
ley to OF Years.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Oct. 21.-Gov.
Folk has committed the sentence of Ed
gar Bailey, condemned to death, to SO
years in the ~penitentiary.
Bailey was to have been hanged in
Kansas City for the murder of Cabman
Ferguson during the cabmen's strike
several years ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
FOUND IN BURNING BUGGY
Body of Missouri Farmer Found In
Burning Vehicle, and Foul
Play Is Suspected.

Trenton, Mo-, Oct. 21.-Bert Joiner, a
Grundy county farmer, was found dead
in his buggy three miles north of
Trenton. The buggy was on fire, and
all the clothing had been burned off
the dead man.. Foul play is suspected,
although no visible marks appear on
the body, Joiner's revolver lay in the
buggy, with one cartridge exploded.
Joiner was held up or the same road
recently by a negro and a white man,
whose purpose was supposed to be rob-
berry. He exchanged shots with them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-10-26
Detroit Centenarian Dead.

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 20.-Ehlert W.
Strelow, a resident of this city since
1869, died, aged 100 years and 2 months.
His sight was so good and his nerves
so steady that he was able to shave
himself until after his one hundredth
birthday. He was the father of nine
children, five of whom are living.