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Iron County register., 1905-06-22
.A0RWAYs REPLY TO OSCAR
The Storthing Adheres to the Ac.
tion Dissolving the Union.
Swedish Residents of Norway Are
Anxious for a Peaceful Settle
ment of Affairs.


Christina, Norway. June 20.-Tht
storthing has adopted reply to the
long letter which King Oscar sent. on
June 10, to M. Berner, its president, in
the form of an address to the king and
the Swedish people. The reply. while
expressing the utmost good will, ad
heres to the action taken by the storth
ing in dissolying the union.
A great meeting of representatives Of
Swedish residents of Norway was held
here Monday. 1t adopted an impressive
address to King Oscar, requesting him
TO use every influence to secure peace
full settlement, with the view Of main
tanning the friendly relations of all
Scandinavian peoples. The address
points out that Swedes in Norway en-
joy the best treatment at the hands OF
the Norwegian people, and says that
the vast interstate interests involved
demand an amicable adjustment of the
differences between the two countries.
1t is believed here that an extraor
dinary session of the riksdag, to be
held Wednesday, June 81, will take
action looking to the prevention of
further rupture.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
GOV. FOLK IS IN EARNEST
Arrest of Race Track Gamblers Who
Are Trying to Beat the New
Law Has Been Ordered.

Jefferson City, Mo-, June 19.-Gov.
Folk, after comforting with Att'y.-Gen.
Hadley, sent letter to Sheriff Herpel
of st. Louis county directing him to
arrest the race track people who are
operating there in violation of the law
Gov. Folk says:
Information having come to me that
number of persons have been openly
committing felonies in St. Louis coun-
ty by registering wagers or bets on
horse races in defiance of law, and that
1t is proposed to continue this felon-
ious conduct, which condition is one
that can not be and will not be tolerat-
ed in Missouri, you are hereby direct
ed to summon sufficient number of
deputies to arrest all those participat-
ing, either as principals or accessories
in these crimes, and to call on citi
zens, If necessary, to aid you in sup
pressing these violations of law.
"You will kindly give this your i'm
mediate attention, and If the local ia
cilities are not enough to enable you
to uphold the authority Of the state, the
executive will furnish you with such
help as will effectually sustain the
reign of law"
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
DOING PUBLIC BUSINESS.
President Roosevelt Wants to Bring
the Public Service Down to Mod
ern Business Practice.

Washington, June 1.-THE presi-
dent has appointed committee of five
to report to him on improved methods
of doing the public business in the va
rious bureaus and departments. In a
letter addressed to Charles H. Keep,
assistant secretary of the treasurJ,
President Roosevelt says:
''You are hereby designated as chair
man of committee to consist, in ad-
dition to yourself, of the following four
gentlemen
Frank H. Hitchcock, first assistant
postmaster general; Lawrence o. MUIR
ray, assistant secretary of commerce
and labor; James r. Garfield, commits
sioner Of corporations, and Clifford
Pinchot, forester department of agri-
culture, who are to investigate and find
out what changes are needed to place
the conduct of the executive business
of the government in all its branches
on the most economical basis in the
light of most modern business practice
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
THE PLEA OF A COWARD.
Farmland Beats a Man Ninety-Three
Years Old to Death Near
MurphysbOrO, III.

Murphysboro, ILL.,, June 20.-With
his PROSTATE victim dead at the first
blow. Allen Dukes a farmland, contin-
ued to rain blows upon the skull OF
Thomas J. Snider, aged SO, at the farm
of Henry Imhoff, four miles north OF
this city. Blind and SO feeble as to
scarcely be able to get about by the aid
of a cane, the victim of this wanton
murder was accused before the cor
oners jury by his slayer Of having at
tempted murder upon his own person.
and hence claims self-defense for the
deed. Snider was a widower and had
for 16 years lived with the Imhoff
family His slayer is 80 years old and
unmarried. No motive is known for
the deed. and the coaim of self-defense
made by Dukes is given no credence
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
WASHINGTON DECIDED UPON
The American Capital to he the
Scene of the Russo-Japanese
Peace Negotiations.

Washington, June 16.-Ameriea's
national capital has been selected as
the seat OF negotiations between the
pieniDotentiaries of Russia and Japan
for a treaty of peace. The choice Of
Washington as the location of the
peace conference marks another for
ward step in the negotiations towards
ultimate peace in the far east instituted
by President Roosevelt.
Official announcement of the selec-
tion of Washington was mada by Sec
retary Loeb at the White House
Thursday afternoon. 1t was in type
written form and read as follows:
When the two governments were
unable to agree upon either Chefoo or
Paris, the president suggested The
Hague, but both governments have
now requested that Washington be
chosen as the place of meeting. and
the president has accordingly formally
notified both governments that wash
ington will be so selected"
This statement was supplemented
shortly afterward BY semi-oficial
announcement that "after meeting and
organizing, the plenipotentiaries of the
two governments, if it should be found
to be uncomfortably hot in Washing
ton, may adjourn the meeting to some
summer resort in the north, and there
continue their sittings until such time
as the weather in Washington shall be
more comfortable
President Roosevelt is gratified that
the arrangements of preliminary ma
ture have been completed without un-
due friction. He would have preferred
that the conference be held at The
Hague, although the selection of Wash
ington naturally is complimentary to
him, personally, and to the American
government
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
THE WAR PARTY DIES HARD.


Concerted Effort to Dissuade the
Czar From Concluding Peace.
st. Petersburg, June 20.-The war
party has by no means surrendered On
the contrary, backed by the military
element it is making a concerted ef-
fort to dissuade the emperor from con-
GLIDING peace. Even with the two
armies already elinching, members of
the war party are filling st. Petersburg
and Peterhof with optimistic views,
and Lieut.. Gen. Linevitch and his lieu
tenants are reinforcing their argu-
ments with roseate reports of the STRAIT
egic situation. Many Russian corre-
spondents at the front, evidently in
spired from St. Petersburg, are food
ing their papers with dispatches in the
same strain.
The Novoe Vremya's correspondent,
in his zeal against the conclusion of a
humiliating peace, points to the haz-
ards for the government in disbanding
an army of half million men with
out giving them taste of success.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
SENATOR HICKS is DEAD.
His Vote Put Racetrack Gambling
Out of Business in the State
of Missouri.

Lamar, Mo-, June 19.-State Senator
l.. D. Hicks, of Marshall, who has been
critically III at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. e. Adams, in this city for
the last three weeks, died at the ad-
vanced age of n years. His wife and
daughters were at his bedside.
1t was his vote in the senate that
passed the new law that killed the old
breeders bill, at the last session of the
legislature, and put racetrack gamb-
ling out of business in Missouri. He
had voted the other way and changed
his vote. Had he not the bill would
have been defeated.
1t is queer coincidence that his
death should occur on the same day
that the old racing law which permit
ted gambling expired.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
JOHN PAUL JONES, REMAINS.
Their Formal Transfer to Take
Place in Paris Probably on
July @ or :.

Washington, June 1.-THE following
statement has been issued at the navy
department regarding the removal to
this country of the remains of John
Paul Jones:
Rear-Admiral Sigsby has been or.
dered to coal and be ready to proceed
to Cherbourg, France, for the purpose
of bringing to this country the remains
of the late Paul Jones. The ceremonies
connected with the transfer of the re-
mains will probably take place in
Paris on the 9Th or 7th Of July, and
the squadron will sail for Chesapeake
bay on the 8th Of July. The squadron
will probably sail for France on Sun
day or Monday.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
HAS REVOKED ITS ACTION.
st. Louis Typographical, No. 8, Bows
to the Mandate Of the Inter-
national Body.

st. LOUIS, June 19.-The st. Louis
Typographical union, No / 5, at a mass
meeting in the Crawford theater, Sun
day afternoon, adopted resolutions ask
ing for reinstatement in the Interna-
tional Typographical union and recov-
cry of the charter.
AS result of the action the three
year contract with the ST. Louis Ty-
pothetae, calling for nine-hour day
and a $3.50 q week scale, was nulli-
fed.
1t remains now to be seen what the
Typothetae will do. Should they de-
clare "open shop" under threat Of
which the local took the action which
resulted in the suspension of Its char
ter, strike would probably result.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS.
With warmer weather Distributiys
Trade and Crop Developments
Are Improving.

New York, June Bradstreet's
weekly review says.
Distributive trade and crop develop
ments, while still on an irregular
character, hold and have perhaps add
ed to the improvement manifested last
week, for which warmer weather is re-
sponsible. Sales of summer goods are
more active and business for fall de-
livery appears well from all sections
save Texas, where impaired wheat crop
returns have deterrent effect. Conf
dence in the future still continues. Ex-
port trade is good railway earnings
are large, building is active and steel
mills engaged on the heavier forms Of
finished material will not close down
this summer The labor situation,
though disturbed here and there, is on
the whole a pleasant one. Crop pros
poets in general continue favorable, al
though corn conditions are spotted and
the plant is very much behind.
Prices of all products still seem to
favor the, agricultural interests.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
NEGOTIATIONS
MOVING SLOWLY
The Course of Diplomacy Doesn't
Move With Rapid Strides.
EACH STEP CAREFULLY TAKEN
Calls by Minister TalSahira and Ana
bassador cassini is the sum of
the Days Developments
at Washington!

Washington, June ALPHABETICALLY no
new developments are observable in
the negotiations for peace between
Russia and Japan. President Roose-
velt, for a day of two, has been deeply
engrossed in other matters, and while he
has not for moment lost sight of the
arrangements for bringing together
the far eastern belligerents, he has re-
allied fully that the next move in the
great game of diplomacy now being
played is with the contending nations
themselves. That move is the selection
of the ENJOYS to represent them at the
Washington conference.
Both Minister Takahira of Japan and
Ambassador Cassini, of Russia, called on
the president Monday afternoon. Short
ly before three o'clock Minister Taxa
hira drove to the White House and was
received by the president in the blue
room.
Soon afterward Ambassador Cassini
drove to the executive residence and
was received by the president in his
private Office His call was brief. As
he was leaving the White House he
said that the negotiations were moving
forward slowly. He added that he had
not conveyed to President Roosevelt
the names of the Russian plenipoten-
tiaries, and had not received from him
the names of those of Japan.
While the same reserve that hitherto
has characterized the personal ex-
changes which have taken place were
manifested about the interviews of Am
bassador Cassini and Minister Taxa
hira, it is known that they were net
of great importance Each of the
diplomatists presented to the president
official advices from his government
expressive of the satisfaction felt at
both st. Petersburg and Toxic over the
selection of Washington as the seat
Of the peace conference. The president
already had been advised by Ambassa-
dor Meyer, at st. Petersburg and Min
lister Griscom, at Toxic, of the cordial
feeling felt toward Washington by the
Russian and Japanese governments
Personal assurances of that feeling
conveyed to him by the representatives
of both powers served simply to ac-
centuate the official advices received
from this governments officials
Whether the conference will actually
sit in Washington or not, has not been
determined; of course that is detail
which will be left to the envoys them
selves by their respective governments.
1t is said that no decision will be
reached on that point until the confer
ees meet here and organize,
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
URUGUAYAN COLONIZATION.
Missouri and Colorado Farmers May
Seek Homes in Uruguay,
south America.

New York. June 15.-The COLOMBIA
ton Office has reported, says Herald
dispatch from Montevideo, with refer
ence to the note sent recently by the
Uruguayan legation at Washington,
announcing that many farmers from
Missc2ti and Colorado have resolved
to emigrate to Uruguay. and requested
information about their fiscal standing.
The report says it is necessary to as
certain the probable number of emf
grants, their fiscal condition and other
details before the government can give
an opinion.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
A FORL0RN HOPE FOR HOCH
II Money Necessary for Appeal Costs
Is Forthcoming Eeprieve
Will be Granted.

Chicago. June 16.-"Bluebeard" Jo-
ham Hoch, who was sentenced to be
hanged June % for the murder of one
of his numerous wives, may be given
one more chance to escape the gallows.
His case may be taken TO the supreme
court of Illinois. In conference here,
Gov. Deneen assured counsel for
Hoch that in case the states attor-
ney's Office Is assured by Wednes-
day, June q, that sufficient money is
forthcoming to provide for the prep
aration of the necessary record, re-
prieve will be granted until the October
term of the supreme court. The sum
needed is 800.
The governor assured Assistant
States Attorney Olson that he had no
desire to interfere with the carrying
out of the verdict, but wished to give
the accused every right afforded by
the law
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
WOMAN SLAYER CAPTURED
Gustav Margel, Who Killed Mrs.
Hilla, Caught.
He Was Brought Down BY Load of
Birdshot by POsseman Near
Mnrsville. Ill.

st. Louis, June 16.-tiustav Margel,
pursued by a sheriff's posse in his
flight after having killed Mrs. Jose
prime Hilla, of Glen Carbon, ILL.,, was
shot and captured 36 hours later by
Posseman Brandt in the woods about a
quarter of mile from No. mine of
the Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co. at
Maryville, III.
The discharge of Brandt's gun
brought others of the posse to the
scene Margel was taken 70 Maryville
ard placed under a physicians care,
preparatory to his removal to the jail
in Edwardsville,
His wound is not thought to be Sc
rious. In addition to the revolver
which he aimed at Brandt when the
latter first discovered him. second
pistol was found behind the tree where
he was shot
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
LOST in VIRGINIA HILLS
President Roosevelt Loses His BEAR
ings During Sunday Tramp
in the Virginia Hills.

Washington, June 2O.-President
Roosevelt, "Ted" Jr., and two of the
latters school chums were lost fors some
time Sunday afternoon in the Virginia
hills, south Of Washington.
They tramped until the president
himself admitted that he was tired
When he finally got his bearings and
found telephone, he lost no time in
summoning his carriage to take him to
the capital
Enough is enough" he remarked.
"Still, the trip was worth it. | know
lost ten pounds weight"
Iron County register., 1905-06-22

It is in the mind Of the war depart
ment to mark the battlefield Of San
tiago with the names Of the men who
fought and who we're killed and their
regiments, and committee has gone
there for that purpose. The locations
are easily found. The hill of Ell Pozo,
whence Grimes fired the first shot; /,
the bloody ford where Hawkins and
Kent came into the first fire, and
where afterward the wounded lay ur-
til the stream ran red; the block
house Of San Juan and the ruins u
that at El Caney and the Kettle Hal
which made ollr pfesident
Iron County register., 1905-06-22

The main-track mileage OF the Unit
ed States railways would circle the
earth along the equator eight and
half times. Their revenue in 1904,
$4,000, 100000, would pay this interest
bearing debt Of the United States
twice over, and leave surplus which
would support the government of
Spain, with its 1S,OOO,OO0 inhabitants.
for year. On the pay-rolls Of the
American railways there are moe
men, 100000, than were in the armies
of Grant, Lee and the rest of the union
and confederate commanders at Ap
pomattox.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
WHAT KANSAS FARMERS NEED
Cwenty-F Five Thousand Men and a.
24O Teams Needed to Harvest
the Kansas Crops.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 17.--Kansas
farmers need $4,000 men and 2,24O
teams to harvest their crops, according
to report made by the superintendent
of the state labor department of Kan
sas to A. B. Jamison, superintendent
of the free employment department Of
the Missouri state bureau Of labor sta
tistics of this CITY, The harvest, in
Guiding threshing, will last about 60
days, and the wages will, it is stated,
range from SITE to $3.50 day Two
hundred men have already been signed
in Kansas City for the work, and the
shipping of men from this city to the
Kansas fields will begin Sunday.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
THE SULTAN is PERTURBED.
Arabs Are Marching on Mecca, and
CONSERVATION Reigns in the
Yildiz Kiosk.

Paris, June 2O.-A diplomat from the
Balkan district, who is here, received
the information in private dispatch
that a force of Arabs, in revolt, is
marching on Macca. Great consterna-
ton is said to prevail in the palace of
the sultan.
His authority rests largly upon the
religious prestige coming from the con
troll of Mecca, and it has been freely
predicted for years that his crown
would fall if Mecca should ever be lost
to him. For this reason considerable
importance is attached to the report
that Arabs are now engaged in move
ment to capture that town.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
STREET FAIRS UNLAWFUL.
pares an Opinion On Street
Fairs.

Springfield, Ill, June 20.-At the re-
quest of the state board of agriculture,
Atty.-Gen. Stead hasprepared an opin,-
ion on street fairs, in which he holds
that it is unlawful to hold street fair
in any city, also that fair associations
holding street fairs upon streets or not
within an inclosed space, to which ad-
mission is charged, and over which the
said association can maintain peace
and good order. prohibit gaming, gam
bling and the like. are not entitled to
the 5000 appropriated by the legislature
to each county or other agricultural
society holding fairs
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
SENATOR AND GOVERNOR
Senator CullOm Goes to Spring
field and COnfers With
Gov. Deneen.

Springfield H., June Ex-senator
CuIlom called on Gov. Deneen at the
executive office, and had talk with
him lasting from $50 to 1880 o'clock,
while half score of lesser politicians
cooled their heels in the reception
room The political situation in Illi-
nois regarding the United States SEN
atorship was undoubtedly gone over,
and the senior senator probably tried
TO show the governor that it would be
to his best interests not to take up the
cause of former Gov. Yates for United
States senator. 1t Is believed Senator
Cullom made this trip from Chicago
expressly to see Gov. Deneen
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
NEW PENSION OFFICE ORDER
Orders for Medical Examination to
Emanate From the Medical
Branch of the Bureau.

Washington, June 16.-Commissioner
of Pensions Warner has decided that
after July l, all orders for the medical
examination of pension claims shall
emanate from the medical branch of
the bureau under direction of the
medical referee. The proposed change
will dispense with the use of more than
200 rosters of examining surgeons.
The commissioner also contempletes
changing the present method of keep
ing the records of claimants for pen
sion on large, cumbersome books, to
the card system.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22

A sojourner in the south nowadays
finds the people chiefly interested in
two things outside of their intimate
personal affairs. Some of the people
are intensely interested in one of
these subjects and some in the other.
A good many, indeed, are interested in
both. One subject is the provision Of
increased and improved means Of edu.
cation for children, particularly white
children, and the other the settlement
of vacant or half occupied lands with
white people and the development OF
the sections industries. The two sub.
iects hang together.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
MOURNING FOR GEN. GOMEZ
All Public Business Suspened in the
Cuban Capital.
The Body Of the Old Pariot Laid An
State at the Palace Amid
Masses of Flowers.

Havana. June 19,-The first day Of
mourning for Gen. Maximo Gomez
who died Saturday evening, was char
acterized by cloudy weather, and occa-
sional rain sprinkles. The flag of
every nation represented in Havana is
at half mast over the legations and
consulates, and from Cabanas fortress
a gun booms every half hour In every
street there are long rows of Cuban
flags draped in mourning, and even the
poor tenements have crepe tied to the
windows. The Spanish club joined in
mourning by hoisting the Castilian
flag at half mast.
The body of Gen. Gomez was taken
to the palace where it now lies in
state in the principal salon, surrounded
by great masses of flowers sent by rel
atives, friends, comrades the govern
ment departments and social and polit-
ical organizations. The body is guard
ed by a detachment of rural guards,
ard several of the generals friends are
acting as guard of honor. There
was procession of visitors to the pal
ace Sunday, but the face of the general
was not exposed after it was finally
looked upon by the members of his
family. Band concerts and perform
ances in the theaters, which are GUS
tomary on Sunday, as well as all So
cial gaieties were wholly suspended
Sunday.
Congress, at special session, Sunday
morning, decided that the period OF
mourning should continue for three
days, duBing which time public busi-
ness will be suspended Both houses
appropriated $4,000 for the funeral,
which will take place Tuesday.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
KILLS BABES AND HERSELF
wisconsin Woman Cuts the ThrOats
of Her Four Little Ones and
Commits Suicide.

Dubuque, Ia, June 17.-Mrs. Paul
Klass has killed her four small chill
dren and committed suicide at her
home near Kisler Wis, eight miles
east of Dubuque. She used large
butcher knife cutting the little ones
throats. The Oldest child was six and
the youngest a baby.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22

The raw material for future Ameri.
can citizenship is pouring in on us at
an astounding rate. Can we convert
1t into the finished produce In the
past nothing has impressed foreigners
more than our marvellous assimilative
power in Transforming immigrants
from Europe into loyal Americans.
But did they come then at the rate Of
10000 a week, and were they from
Southern Europe and from lands
where republicanism has never been
tested? 1t is this change in the type
of immigration that is causing some
alarm.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22
THEIR LATCHSTRlNGS OUT.
Denver and St. Paul Would Enter
tain Peace Commissioners Dur
ing Heated Term.

Denver, Col, June 17.-Mayor r. w.
Speer has telegraphed to President
Roosevelt a formal invitation to the
Russian and Japanese peace plenipo-
Lentiaries to held their sittings in Den
we'd. The mayors invitation will be
followed by others from the chamber
If commerce and other organizations.
Iron County register., 1905-06-22

Indiana, Wisconsin, Nebraska and a
few other Western States have laws
directed against the smoking of cigar.
cites. Bills of the same sort have been
before several states in the same sec.
ton. including Illinois, Michigan and
Minnesota. In most cases tnese laws
are SO strong that they are weak. They
are so sweeping and so harsh that the
offenders are taking their cases to the
higher courts, with the hope of having
them declared unconstitutional.