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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

MOVE AGAINST UNFAlRNESS
Abuses Against Which the People
Are Protesting Must Be
Removed.

That is what it is. All the protest
OF recent years against the nor
listic tendencies of the trusts and the
rate determinations of the railroads
is a revolt against unfairness. 1t has
been mistakenly called an attack upon
invested capital, says Youths Compan-
ion.
There is a widespread feeling that
under present conditions of trade one
mai may secure such great favors in
his business that there can be no etfec-
tive competition. If this be true some
men and corporations owe their sue
cess less to greater ability than to an
opportunity and willingness to obtain
and use privileges from which rivals
In trade, more scrupulous than they,
are excluded.
In response to this feeling, the Off
GERS of the national government began
suits against various large combina-
lions of capital. The Northern Securi-
ties company was dissolved by order
OF the supreme court on the ground
that it had been formed in violation
of the laws passed to prevent the de-
struction of competition and the for
nation of monopolies. The combina-
ton OF meat packers was found to
have been using unfair and illegal
methods Of business, and the injunc-
ton against its operation was made
permanent.
Some of the railroad companies have
been returning part of the amount of
their freight bills to ~favorite shippers
in the way Of rebates. They have thus
destroyed the power of less favored
shippers to compete for business.
Hence the demand for some sort of
effective government regulation of
railroad rates.
The people regard the railway as a
public highway, and this view is SUD-
ported by the decision of the supreme
court that the railway companies are
really the trustees of the people in the
management of these highways.
Therefore they hold that the small
shipper should have the same rights
on these highways as the large ship
per, on the principle that the man who
writes two letters a year has the same
rights in the post Office as the man
who writes 1000.
No one knows to-day how this de-
mand for fair play will be met. or
whether the first remedies applied to
the evils will be effective; but it is Ger
tain that the abuses against which the
people are protesting will in some way
be removed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
RooSEvELT'S SUCCESSOR.
Ambitions That May Cause Embar-
rassment to the Present Ad-
ministration.

Although President Roosevelt has
just entered upon a full four years
term the scr mble to be his successor
is already on among the republican
leaders. The booms of Vice President
Fairbanks, Secretary Shaw and Sena-
tor Foraker have already been
launched. and ex-Secretar. Root is also
understood to be a candidate. Secre-
tary Taft's name is frequently and IA
vorably mentioned, but he is said to
have his eye on a federal supreme
tudgeship rather than the presidency,
says the Pittsburg Post. The talk of
Commissioner Garfield as a presiden-
tlal candidate has subsidized since his
report on the beef trust, which was
not received with popular favor. Gov.
La Toilette, of Wisconsin, is under
stood to believe himself as suitable for
making presidential timber, and it
would not be surprising if he should
M a considerable figure in the contest
for the republican nomination. Gov.
Higgins, of New York, may get the
presidential bee in his bonnet as bad
as his predecessor, Odell, who, al
though under a cloud, is still endeavor-
ing to use his position as state chair
man to rehabilitate himself. Our own
Senator Knox might have a good
chance for the republican presidential
nomination if he showed himself alive
to the opportunities of his position. But
he will have to wake up pretty quickly
and do something for the people of
pennsylvania to show that he has their
interests at heart if he hopes to figure
as a national candidate.
The multiplicity of candidc..-3 for the
republican nomination for the next
presidency may prove embarrassing to
the present incumbent of the office.
Each one of them will doubtless want
him to show them some favor, and be
inclined to be offended if he does not
DO so. His one safe course will be to
remain neutral and TO devote himself
wholly to carrying out the pledges
which he has made to the people and
~ SSSuiCu Hill SuCu d great INA
Jorlty. He will find this no easy task.
influential Sc tors of his own party
are evidently determined to thwart his
wishes and to discredit i'm. All the
indications point to his having a battle
royal with powerful republican leaders
II he attempts to secure the enactment
OF the measures carrying into effect
ideas which he has en%unciated and
which have the support of the people
generally.
The attitude assumed by the presi-
dental candidates in Mr.. Roosevelt's
with the senate will doubtless
a large influence in deciding his
W course toward them. Some of
them may be forced into the fight be-
tween the senate and the president,
and their prospects be either thereby
or injured. Until the uues-
which President Roosevelt has
raised are settled by congress it will
be impossible to make any intelligent
forecast as to which of the numerous
republican applicants for the next
presidency will receive their party
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
Mr.. HYDE AND HIS TROUBLES
The New York Legislature and the
State Insurance Department
May Ask Questions.

New York, April 4.-Hyde's practical
surrender of control of the affairs Of
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
does not appease the faction of Presi-
dent Alexander, which is demanding
the retirement of Hyde from active
connection with the company more
determinedly than ever.
Senator Bracket contemplates ask
ing legislative inquiry into the manner
in which the Equitable's finances have
been run.
An official investigation into the
charges against Hyde and others con-
nected with the society will be made
by the superintendent of insurance as
well.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

Mr.. Roosevelt's inclination is
toward becoming the godfather of his
country.--N. Y. World.
Commissioners Garfield is certain
that he has the evidence necessary to
convict the packers combine. All he
lacks now is the conviction.-Chicago
Daily News.
TIE Providence Journal und..
rep.) calls Secretary Taft's letter on the
administrations policy toward the Phil
ippines frank and explicit" and adds:
philippine independence becomes.
therefore, an academic question SO far
as we are Immediately concerned. It is
our present business to do our best for
our interesting wards and assist them
along the path Of progress as fast as is
consistent with their capacity for order
ly development"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
VALUABLE MEMENTOES,
Presentation to Gen. Horace Porter,
Retiring U. $. Ambassador, by
the Alliance Franchise.

Paris, April Am the presence of a
company of distinguished literary peo-
pie and French officials of the st. Louis
exposition, Monday evening, Gen. Hor-
ace Porter, the retiring American am
bassador to France, was presented with
valuable mementoes from the Alliance
Francois, in recognition of his efforts
in connection with the promotion of
interest in the French language.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
DRIFT OF POLITICAL OPINION.

The butcher weighs the bone in
your steak just as he did before Mr..
Garfield made his report.-Washing-
ton Star.
Once let the people be aroused
TO the iniquity of a monopoly and
they will find a way to end it or to
mend it.-lndianapolis News Qnd.).
Delaware republicanism," re-
marks the st. Louis Globe-D Democrat
lis of the robust sort" Slight mis-
print. Delaware'$ re%publicaniSm is of
the robu$s $ort.-Albany Argus.
After the action of the senate
committee in striking out the $3.50 OoO
mileage appropriation graft, it was
natural that certain members of the
house might see the matter in an en-
tirely different Observation-Disclosures
News.
The next session of congress will
in the view of the Washington Star, be
enlivened by a debate on tariff revision
AT one extreme it says will stand Chamn
Clark and those that follow him; at the
other the standpatters.
Those concerned in contemporarv
politics are watching with peculiar in
terest the distribution of patronage I'M
der the new administration. 1t seems to
be assumed that the president will now
the appointing power altogether
into his own hands and will make nom
nations to please himself rather thar to
please h senators. Theoretically. this
Is his right and duty; practically. the
policy is sometimes hard to carry out
Philadelphia Ledger.
OF course, Commissioner Garfield
didn't go into the question of "by prod.
ucts," which would give the beef trust
something to cheer up over, ever If if
didn't make more than 80 cents ON a dbl
lar on each steer slaughtered. When O
to think of it, this, in itself, is moth
ing to make the packers low in their
minds, if they kill enough steers and
nothing has been heard lately about n
cattle famine. Big sales and small prof-
Us is the law Of modern trade. Just
mink what a nice living Mr.. Rockefeller
makes for his family by selling Kerosene
10 cents a gallon.-Kansas City Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
SHE TOOK HIM AT HIS WORD.
lie Toid Her to Strike, and She Did,
PlunSing n Knife into His
Breast.

Lancaster, Pa, March 4.-Ralph w.
Kline, aged 26, an artist, was fatally
stabbed by Jennie Good, aged Is. Kline
and Miss Good were members of a
fishing party near Long park. Kline
and the girl had a quarrel, during
which Miss Good threatened to cut out
his heart. Kline threw out his chest
and told her to stab. This she did,
plunging a knife in his breast. He is
at a hospital unconscious. The girl
fled and has not been arrested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
Preferred Death to School.

Lincoln, Neb.. April 4.-Merle
O'Brien, a boy IA years old, shot him
self and probably will die. The last
words he said were: II don't want to
go to school, The family moved here
recently from York county, Neb., in Or
der that the children might go to
school.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
THE CRUISER COLUMBIA.
h Has Arrived at New York ia
Convey the Remains of Ambas-
sadOr AzpirOz to Mexico.

New York, April 4.-The United
States cruiser Columbia arrived in this
port to carry to Mexico the body of
Don Manuel de Azpiroz, the Mexican
ambassador at Washington, who re-
Gently died in that city. 1t is expected
that the widow and daughter OF the
dead ambassador will sail on the Co
lumbia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
A Catholic Nun Killed,

Louisville, KY, April Ain a colli-
sion between a westbound Broadway
a and a Panhandle transfer engine,
at Fourteenth and Broadway, Sister
Margaret Anthony was killed and Sis
ter Mary Leander and Miss Mary Nc
Gill were injured. The sisters belonged
to the order of st. Helena, and were
teachers in Sacred Heart school.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

New Brunswick, N. j., April Al.
Frank Cordova, the former pastor Of
the South River Methodist church, who
eloped twice with Miss Julia Bovine, e
choir singer in his church, has been
taken to states prison to serve his
four year term.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
Denied n New Trial.

Cambridge, Mass, April 4.-.The mo-
ton for a new trial Of Charles L. Tuck
er, convicted of the murder OF Mabel
Page, was denied in a decision reached
by Judges Sherman and Sheldon, who
presided at the trial.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
Tie Up Many Wagon plants.

Chicago, April A general strike
Of wagon and carriage builders against
members Of the Carriage and Wagon
Builders association is on. More than
100 plants, which introduced the open
shop February /, are affected.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
Government Wants Information.

Washington, April 4.-The bureau of
corporations has made a request Is, 900
oil dealers throughout the county for
inside information as to their dealings
with the Standard Oil Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
Tobacco Heart.

Church, see u man in a Connecticut
town has been sued for breach of promise
by two women, one living in Havana,
Cuba, and the other in his W state.
Gotham-That fellow must have a to.
bacco heart, with a Havana filler and a
Connecticut wrapper,-Yonkers States
man.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

st. Louis, April 4.--Jerome s. Hig-
Gins, the veteran mapmaker, died at a
hospital, as a result Of an operation
for kidney trouble. Mr.. Higgins ST..
pervised the census Of st. Louis In
1900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

Unfortunately, there are men in this
world who complain bitterly at having
to pay ID cents a gallon for kerosene,
but who seem to be perfectly willing to
pay, l5 cents a glass for whisky Boston
Globe. ~
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

Alton, ILL.,, April Awhile playing
with a pet dog, Josephine Bickert, the
eight-year-old foster child of Mrs.
August Custo was pushed and fell into
9 cistern, where she drowned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
Probably Not.

I'm Japan the mikado is known as
the son of Heaven"
But | dare say that isn't what they
call him in Russia. brooklyn Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

London, April 4.-The prince Of
Wales has undergone a slight opera
tion. No uneasiness is expressed re-
garding his condition.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

Make other people happy" IS a fine
enough motto all right if you are able to
produce sufficient quantity to leave a sur
plus after the demand for home consum-
ton is atlstied.-lndianapolis News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

,Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli.
BILE medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w,
Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

In Persia g~raftsrs are boiled to death.
In this country they are enthusiastically
roasted.-N. Y. Mail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

II your stomach troubles you at any time
a k "Stomachic." Will relieve you at
ana cure you. Save druggists profits. Sold
only direct-delivered to YOU for 81 90
Slomachic Co., Sturgis, Mich.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
The SubstitIIte-

Mrs. Fuffy-My husband writes tho
lovellest verses for me; does yours?
Mrs. Duffy-No, but he writes me the
most beautiful checks.-Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

Kidney Pills I have lifted 600 pounds
and felt no bad effects. Ihave not felt
the trouble come back since, although
l had suffered for five or six years, and
other remedies had not helped me at
all"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Toster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
A ROVHI DOnaftnn-

New York, April 4.-Ralph VOORHEES,,
Of New Jersey, has donated $1OO,O 900 to
the American Tract society.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

Speaking of investments, what brings
greater returns than a word of cheer
spoken at the right time?-The Com
moner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

Those who boast much of their ancestry
are not keeping up the average of pos
~terity.-The Commoner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

A man usually estimates his value &C.
cording to the scale of his own making
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

ney Pills did me a
great lot of good,
and if it were not
true l would not
recommend them.
1t was the strain
of lifting h a t
brought on kidney
trouble and weak
ened my back, but
since using Doan,s
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
0tMn, drag f,i,t win W lire, refund u !. money 81 if PAzo
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06

In a Pinch, Use Aliens Foot Ease.
Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease.
q powder. It cures Corns, Bunions. Painful
smarting, Hot, Swollen feet. At all Drug.
gists and Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-04-06
THE STRAIN OF WORK.
Best of Backs Give Out Under the Burden
of Daily Toll.

Lieutenant George G. Warren, of No.
chemical, Washington, d. G., says:
Its al honest fact that Doan's Kid
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-14

dent in youth crippled him. He TO the United
States in 1851. and in ten years became member
of the firm Of David Dows & Co. In 1883 he was
elected a member OF the Produce Exchange. and
afterward became it's president. He is the author
Of the ''gra.uity system" of that organization. He
was chairman of the committee which directed the
erection of its present home cost OF 100000.
Mr. Orr served on the Canal Commission ap-
pointed by Governor Tilden in 1879 and aided IN
the exposure Of the frauds of the canal ring He
was q Democratic Presidential ElectOr in 1876 and
became a Civil Service Commissioner in 1888 He
served as president of the Chamber Of Commerce,
but IL best known perhaps. as the president OF the
po,,d Transit Commission. which post he stu.
boISs He is director trustee of the Erie Kali
road the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, the
peIa,vsre and Hudson, the New-York Produce Ex-
Change Bank, the queen Insurance Company, the
Eaja1aI Insurance Company, the Fidelity and
CeSnaItv Company, the Associated Merchants
Somna1y and a number OF other companies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-14

Marshall Edmund F. Harding, and Joseph de r.
Junkin of Philadelphia
The Tribune learned yesterday that Mr. Dos
Passos will argue that the Equitable is insolVent
not because 1t has not under its control sufficient
assets to pay its annuitants and policyholders In
full but because 1t has property or assets OF its
own outside the small capital paid in originally
He will say:
is insolvent 1t is unable to repay 70 the
policyhoders the sums which have been illegally
and fraudulently expended in extravagant salaries
and commissions and it's failure to properly invest
large sums OF money belonging to the insured
These sums aggregate many times the amount OF
its 10000 capital
The effort to continue the business OF the Equita-
BILE society by the three trustees appointed under
the trust agreement made by Mr.. Ryan is Illegal
impracticable and visionary. The trustees whom ne
has appointed possess the confidence of the public,
and Mr.. Ryan's motive may have been OF the best
in seeking to control the affairs of this society
Whether he entered into this venture to mako
money by buying for 5000 share OF stock which
was valueless or whether he sought recoup him
self out of general control Of the funds OF the
society, need not be diligently studied In any case
he cannot succeed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-14
PEABODY MUTUAL,S HEAD.
Ne50 President Issues First Letter
to POLicYhOIders.

Charles Augustus Peabody. a 'New-York
lawyer, who represents William Waldorf Astor
In America and director in a number of banks
and railroad companies. was unanimously elected
President Of the Mutual Life Insurance Company
shortly after noon yesterday, and will take Office
on January !. when Frederick Cromwell. the
President pro tenn. will be relieved from office
and return TO the treasurership of the company
Mr. Peabodys salary VIII be only $4,000, al
though his predecessor. Richard A McCurdy,
received $4,000. This sweeping cut in the
Salary Of the head is likely to be reflected through
The entire line Of offices before the housecIean-
Ing committee gets through with it's work This
change viii make the Mutual the most econom-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-14

A. Baker president of the First National Bank
commonly known the Morgan Bank. He mas
for long time been William Waldorf Astor's rep
Tesentative in America. He is director of me
Galatin National Bank. the Bank for Savings
the National Bank Of Commerce. the Astor Ma
uonal Bank, the Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany, the Westchester and Bronx Title and Mort
gage Guarantee Company. the Union Pacific ran
way Company the Cherry Valley, Sharon and Al
bany Railroad Company, the Delaware and Hud1
son Railroad Company. the Yazoo and MssissipPi
Valley Railroad Company, the Albany and Sus,
quehanna Railroad Company. and president and
director Of the New-Orleans Warehouse Company;
Mr.. Peabody has been active in New York cluo
and society life and is member of the University
Union League, Racquet and Tennis. Down Town.
St. Anthony and Tuxedo clubs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-14
JOHN CLaFLiN.

avo He "a the SON OF h B. Clafiin, the founder
OF the drygoods firm which bears his name. and
has long been prominent in the mercantile world
III. was q member OF the Board or Rapid Transit
Commissioner. and has bald oth>r pubic AppoAn~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-14
EQUITABLE SUIT TODAY
fiction for ReceiUership To BE ar
pued bg j. II. Dos Passos.

The s,,it If ! wilcox Brown for receivership OF
the r7outable will come up before Justice Hazel OF
tb Tinted States Circuit Court, this morning al II
o'clock The case win be argued by John r. Dos
rassos who has been retained by Mr.. Brown. to-
xethsr with George Gordon Battle II sno"o'iA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-14
ALEXANDER {. ORR.

Alexander E. Orr was born in 1851 in Ulster, Ire
land, Scotch-Irish parentage. His family In
tended him for tia India trade bur soci-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-14

unents OF Importance. He recently appeared befors
the Armstrong committee and member OF the
finance committee testified that the New-York Ldfs
had frequently taken part in syndicates. He Is
member OF tina Metropolitan, Tuxedo and o<as
cluhx