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The Washington times., 1905-12-13
STABS WIFE AND SELF
AFTER STUBBORN QUARREL
John Myers, Huckster, Fails in His
Effort to Commit Double
Crime.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Dec. l3.-After
an all-night quarrel. John Myers. aged
g years. OF 2216 Auburn street. stabbed
his wife. Lizzie. aged 80 years, three
times I'm the breast early this morning.
and then plunged the knife into his
own chest and slashed his throat.
Myers is in the hospital. but the phY-
RicianS say he may recover.
DIR. Allen c. Thomas, OF 2s30 Frank
ford avenue. Is attending Mrs Myers at
her home but is not prepared rs yet. 70
saw whether or not she viii recover.
Myers who is a huckster. has been
out Of steady employment for some time
past
The Washington times., 1905-12-13
TWO LIONS PERISH
IN FIERCE STRUGGLE

DUBLIN Ireland Dec. 13.-Ths
menagerie of Frank BoStock, tbs
American tanner. was the scene this
morning Of a fierce struggle between
three lions. which ended in the death
of two Of the animals.
The fight occurred in the lions den,
when two adult lions attacked Duke.
the largest lion in captivity. The ant
mails were soon engaged in 4 deadly
combat and the attendants were pow-
erlesS to separate the lighting hons
After "A fearful struggle buS, Sr1c, d.
81 I'm killing both Of the other lions
The Washington times., 1905-12-13
THE WEATHER REPORT.

The southwestern disturbance has
reached the eastern Texas coast with
a slight increase in Intensity, and the
rain. while continuing in New Mexico
and Texas. has extended into Alabama.
The unsettled conditions over the
Northeast have also caused light local
SHOWS from the lake region stward.
There was no other precipitation Of
consequence.
High pressure covers the Northwest
and the interior Of the extreme West,
and there has been a decided fall in
temperature from the upper Mis=.ssippi
valley and Upper istne region westward
through the Slope region II IS also
considerably colder in the extreme
Southwest and warmer in the South
There will be ratn tonight and Thurs
day I'm the east Gulf and Atlantic
States, rain or snow Thursday in the
middle Atlantic States. and local SHOWS
tonight and Thursday In the lower lake
region.
IL will be colder tonight and Thr
day I'm the lower lake region the -
die Atlantic States. and-the north
norton of the east Gulf States and
colder Thursday In the interior Of The
south Atlantic and the southern por-
ton OF the east Gulf States.
The Washington times., 1905-12-13
Man Accused of Threat
May Do So if He
Wishes.
DIGGING IN PRUDENTIAL
Actuary of Dryddeenn's Dryddeenns Com
pany Shows Figures and .
Methods.

NEW YORK. Dec 1S.-It is not iirely
that f. II. Hartman Will be called
again as a witness before the besisia-
live Insurance Committee to TESTIFY IN
regard to the statement made yeserday
bv Thomas r. Ryan. in connection with
the attempt made by Hartman 10 IN
duce RYAN TO sell share OF the Equlu-
able stock bought by Ryan from james
Ia HYDE. Ryan declared Hartman had
made threats of using the legislature
against RYAN unless a share or the
stock was sold to Hartman
Hartman has been on the stand once
and the committee probably VIII not
summon him again to testify regarding
Rvan.s statement If Hartman wishes
to annear before the committee voiun-
tariIv 10 explain the alleged threats,
which Ryan testified he made, he Will be
given a hearing.
Dryden's Actuary Heard
The first witness called today was
Jobn 4 Gore actuary of the Prudential
life Insurance Company. He presented
several typewritten statements reiatIhs
To the business Of the company, showing
its receipts and expenditures, value OF
policies, etc. They were read and spread
on the record.
The statement showed that during nve
wears from December 81. 1899, to Decem-
her 81. 1904. the total amount received
hy the company in premiums was >llO'-
44s.37T. In the same period, the com
pany paid out to policyholders In death
claims, annuities. etc. $S9,2io.S4s. OF
this. So. .59S, 900 went to settle death
claims.
During the entire time the Prudential
has been in existence. the witness stat
ed. the total premiums received BY the
company amounted in round numbers
TO s2s7 .oOO. 900. and OF this S92. 100000 had
been paid out TO poiicyholders and ben
eficiaries. The income of the company.
anart from premiums. has been ga
100000. and expenses. exclusive Of the
pavrnents on policies. equal si30. 100000
The assets at the end of the year lSO'
were SIS, 81. $50. and the liabilities were
s75.1s7. Jos
The surplus. including s2.0OO.enn CAP
itaI stock. at the end of 1904 was SlS.-
s4.s47. Over 30 per cent OF the surplus
proper. he said. is held 70 pay divi'
dends to policyholders.
Prudential Methods.
The difference in the methods ot val
uing Industrial policies compel the com
pany 10 carry greater reserve in Mas
sachusetts on such policies. and for this
purpose the company carried S2.111.o
sDecial reserve The company also car
ried about 81 600 900 special reserve Il
cover the excess in mOrtaiitv the com
pany has found TO exist over the amount
of the reserve required under the law
OF New Jersey.
The Washington times., 1905-12-13
AM MBASSADOR REID
SAILS FOR NEW YORK
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. Dec. Is - Whitelaw
Reid. United States Ambassador to
Great Britain. accompanied by his fam
ily sailed today for New York on the
White Star liner Oceanic TO spend the
holiday season iE the United States.
The Washington times., 1905-12-13
Through Sleeping Car to Cleveland

! caves Washington Al $40 D. m daily
via Pennsylvania Railroad. on the Chi
caEo Limited. returning. leaves CIeVa-
land At 7:o0 p m. daily.-AGV.
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Speaker Cannon Spikes
Ship Subsidy Project
Committee on Merchant Marine Has Major
ity Against Such Legislation, Which Fact
PleaSeS Tariff Standpatters

The fact has leaked out. following in
spection OF the list of House commit
tees, that Speaker Cannon has apparent
ly taken some decided liberties with the
ambitions OF the snip subsidy advo-
Gates In fact a study of the Committee
ON Merchant Marine led to the conclu-
sion that the Speaker has loaded Il up
for the purpose of making good his as
surance, given 10 a number of the mem
bers, that he wouldn't stand for any
subsidy legislation At this session.
According TO those who have looked
into the committee and investigated the
views OF members. the Speaker made up
a list that at first glance appears favor
able enough to the proposal OF the mor-
chant marine commission.
1t is figured that the first eight mem
-bssss on the committees are IN favor or
a substantial plan of subsidy. while the
succeeding ten. though their views have
not been so generally known or widely
advertised, are opposed absolutely TO
any such legislation as the commission
favOrs, and entertain such divergent
Views as 10 what they would substi-
tute for 1t. that there is no chance that
they will bring out any bill
Subsidy Advocates Wary.
The subsidy advocates are not dis
posed to accept the situation until they
know more about It. and are looking
into it with much care and in great
detail The Speaker is their first stumb-
ling block He is credited with a de-
termination that this Congress shall be
an economy body and TO that end has
The Washington times., 1905-12-13
New Express Train to Philadelphia and

New York leaves Washington at 3:00p n,
daily via Pennsylvania Railroad Three
hours to Philadelphia; five hours TO NsUy
York Dining car, purlor cars and
Coaches.-AdV.
The Washington times., 1905-12-13
Brave Boatswain
Cheered His Men

NEWPORT. Dec 13.-"We'H save her
yet. boys," was the cry OF Chief Boat
swain Hugh Sweeney that brought the
gunboat Wasp through the batteI with
the hurricane.
The little craft, with but one boiler
steaming anc an antiquated set Of
sails, enabling her 10 make barely thrss
knots an hour against wind and weathsF.
managed to reach the dock at the Naval
Training Station shortly after o'clock
yesterday afternoon Her crew OF sixty
men. exhausted. were all enthusiastic
in praise of their commander. and vhsn
the story had been told the officers az
the training station Joined in cOmmen-
ia ffOr1 Of
The Washington times., 1905-12-13

made clear that he will allow no public
Duloing bill. This is accepted now as
hnai' and it is realized that to kick is
useless.
since the Merchant Marine Committee
was announced the Speaker mas been
quoted as telling different members that
ne didn't consider the present session
proper one for pressing the subsidy
issue his opposition is based on the
economy argument, but there is also
thought TO be d tariff phase which he
regards as important
During the taking of testimony before
the merchant Marine Commission il was
brought out in rather sensational fash
ion, by the testimony of more than one
witness, that the Steel trust has sold
Smpbuiiding steel abroad at prices far
lower than il has oeen charging 10
American shipbuildeSs In some cases
IL WAS sal}eged that smericas steel had
been sold to shipyaTds on Ike Clyde as
low AS 30 per cent Jess than prices
charged 10 Americans
The Washington times., 1905-12-13
Argument of Ants.

Thus. IT is urged by opponents OF the
subsidy. no grant would be or substan-
iaI value as means OF promoting ship
building in this country unless IL should
be large enough 10 bring about sub
stantial equality between Americans and
foreigners in the cost of their materials
and II this were done. II would simply
be an immense subsidy TO the Steel
trust.
This tariff phase is one that the stand
patters are not anxious to have opened
up. They realize that any general dis
cussiOn Cf ship subsidies would develop
into an animated tariff debate and this
is the particular thing the standpatters
would avoid.
The Washington times., 1905-12-13
Second Gunboat LimpS
Into Harbor at New
port.
PRAISE FOR B0ATSWAIN
Nothing But Commendation
for Sweeney Who Saved
His Little Vessel.

NEWPORT, R. l., Dec i3.-The
gunboat Hist arrived at 9 o'clock this
morning.
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Ranking Warrant ofheer.

Sweeney is ranking warrant officer.
and commands the Wasp. which IS used
for short spins around Newport harbor
TO train the apprentices before they are
assigned to real war vessels. The men
are put through the rudiments of sailor
stunts, and no commissioned officer IL
on duty with them
Some Idea OF SweeneY's achievement
may be gained by noting that his vessel
was leaking for two days and had TO
be hand bailed. while the intrepid skip
per stretched what were practically
Jury sails to help work the yacht back
to harbor after all save one Of her boil
ers were out OF commission.
The Washington times., 1905-12-13

700 feet of good dressed Lumber. 5000
Frank Libty & Co. 6 & N. Y. ave.-Adv.
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Blown Out to Sea.

the training station Joined in commen-
dation Of his work
Blown Out to Sea.
The Wasp was blown nearly out TO
the Gulf Stream last Sunday. while en-
her errand OF mercy to the storm-beaten
brig Harry Smith. which was a the
entrance 10 Vineyard sound Early in
the morning a leak was discovered in
the stern compartment The pumps were
started. but in a few hours became
cIogged and useless. Then the sixty men
on board were formed Into bucket lines
and began the fight against the seas
baiiing by hand
For ten hours. while all the men were
AT the buckets the Wasp was rolling
about in the trough OF the sea, COM
pletely at the mercy of the wind and
wave The water gained rapidly and put
out the fires Al one time on Sunday
in the aft and frerOOm compartments
the fiod nearly reached the headlights
Heavy seas came aboard the helpless
craft. breaking In the deckhouse. smash
ing doors and carrying away the deck
Then it was that the men wanted to
abandon the ship but Boatswain Sween-
ey said: Well save her yet
Spurred on by their commander. the
crew redOubled efforts. and soon their
work began to tell.
Flood Finally Conquered.
The men baiIed all day and finally tho
flood in the engine room was reduced so
that fire could be started. One engine
was set in motion. and the boat began
10 make headway against the sea. Early
Monday morning the start was made fog
Newport
The Wasp left here at I O'Clock last
Saturday on it's relief mission on get
ting out TO Gay Head al dark Saturday
night the men on the Wasp could Sea
nothing OF the Harry Smith as the
" Gather was very thick
The Wasp was hove 10 Tor the night,
the storm increased. and the rescue ShFo
was blown away without getting a
glimpse OF the craft she went 20 aid
The Washington times., 1905-12-13

Nothing but commendation is heard
for Chief Boatswain Hugh Sweeney.
who brought the little gunboat Wasp
back 20 Newport. yesterday, after
weathering a bowling gale that ham
mered the diminutive yacht for more
than forty-eight hours Officers on duty
in the Navy Department say that
Sweeney's management of his vessel
displayed seamanship OF the highest
character. to say nothing Of his control
OF the crew which manned the boat.
composed in large measure of raw ap-
prentices just assigned TO the training
station.
II is probable that Secretary Bona
parte will write Sweeney a commenda-
tory letter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
Goodland Items.

Rev. S. w. Croker and family
went to Cub Creek last Sunday to
attend the wedding of his sister,
Miss Almina Crocker, to MI. Frank
Graves.
Orville Crocker is recovering
from a siege of grip.
F. M. Adams went to st. Louis
with his sister, Mrs. Oesch, who
had spent a week at the old home
A company Of thirty-four young
people met at DR.. Adams one Sun
day afternoon recently, in honor
of his daughter, Lucy, and spent a
few hours with music, chat and.
laughter.
Misses Blanche and Ella Eaton
and Don Eaton are attending
school in Ironton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb made a visit
to Ironton last week, and Arthur
Love accompanied them home.
Giles Mcmahon, of Colorado,
spent a few days lately with his
mother at Goodland.
Born-On May 4, 1895, to Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Henson, a son.
Mrs. Cora Brooks is very i'll with
innammatory rheumatism at this
writing.
F. M. Adams is flying around in
a new buggy. He and his family
went to Black to church last Sum
day.
Lon. Goggin is visiting his sister,
Mrs. Anderson, near Ironton.
PAULINE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
Exquisite Reproduction Of
A Remarkable Painting
Practically
GIVEN AWAY.
"The Three Most Beautiful Roses
By Paul de Longpre.

At the urgent solicitation of the
Woman's Home Companion, Mr.. Paul
de Longpre, who is the greatest
painter of flowers in the world,
consented to make a painting of
what he considered "The Three
Most Beautiful Roses" and the
painting is without doubt one OF
the masterpieces of this great artist.
This magnificent picture is repro
duced in all it's original gradeur
on the cover of the Woman's Home
Companion for June. Although
this cover is an accurate reproduce
ton of a painting worth hundreds
of dollars, yet the June number,
which has this exquisite cover,
may be obtained at any fi~rst-class
newsstand or direct from the pub
fishers for the trivial sum of only
ten cents.
Mr.. Paul de Longpre is justly
styled the "King of Flower Paint
ers." He not only paints roses,
but every flower that grows, and is
the highest authority on flowers,
His paintings are found in the
most select homes. Some have
sold for as much as seven thou
sand five hundred dollars (S7,500),
Artists, art critics and competent
judges all agree that the covers Of
the Woman's Home Companion far
excel those of any other magazine,
The Woman's Home Companion is
a magazine which in beauty and
excellence, art, stories, illustra-
tons and fashions, ETC., excels all
other home and family magazines.
The Woman's Home Companion is
published by the Crowell Publish
ing Company, New York City,
also Chicago, ILL.,, at One Dollar 9
year, and is the favorite magazine
in nearly half a million homes
where it Is read each and every
issue by three million people.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
Glover Items.

Mrs. Jennie Hughes and Mae
Miller were the guests of Mrs. j..
HI. Sutton Sunday.
Miss Mamie Sutton spent Friday
and Saturday in Ironton.
George Gibbons and sister, Lena,
were in Glover Thursday.
Miss Gussie Gilman is staying
with Mrs. Scoggin.
VIM. Heifner has moved into our
town to spend the summer in this
beautiful valley.
Miss Vertye Dunn was a visitor
in the Heifner family Monday.
Walter and Ellsworth Miller
passed through our town on their
way to their parents home on
Crane Pond, Saturday afternoon.
Miss Bertha Govero, of Jordan,
was seen on our streets Saturday.
Misses Minnie and Ruth Huff
were shopping here one day last
week.
MI. Miles and sister, Mamie, at
tended the show at Hogan Mon
day night. They report an ex-
cellent time.
MI. G.. w. Scoggins shipped a
car Of hogs and cattle Monday.
Well, this is all for this week.
A. s.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
JUNE XXXyIII. IRONTON. MO. THURSDAY. MAY IS. 1905:
Things Mail Catalogues Do Not
Contain.

When the catalogue comes from
your mail order house, draw al
easy chair to the table where the
light will shine full upon the page,
and put on your glasses that no
bargains may escape your eye.
What a wonderful (?) book it is,
to be sure-more wonderful for
what it does not contain than what
it does contain. We miss things
which we would be glad to see.
Where is there an offer to pay cash
or exchange goods for your wheat,
oats, corn, beans, butter, eggs and
hay? How much do they pay for
cattle, sheep and hogs, fob, at your
depot? How much tax will they
pay to support your schools and
educate your children, for improv-
ing roads and bridges, the support
of the poor of the county, for the
expense of running the business of
township, county and state? On
what page is their offer to contri-
butte money to the church? What
line of credit will they extend to
you when your crops are poor and
money gone, when through illness
and misfortune you Ire not able to
send s'cash with ORDER for your
groceries, clothing, farm tools and
crockery? What do they offer to
your entertainment next year?
Where is their offer to contribute?
What did they do last year? In
short, will they do anything to in
crease the value of your estate?
Will they give anything for social,
church, school or government sup
port, or do they take your dollars
out of the community with no re-
turns except the goods you buy?
DO they part with any cash to help
build your rural telephone line, or
to help grade and gravel your
roads? Do they aver part with any
cash for you for anything? And,
as a matter of fact, don't they
charge you more for the same
grade of goods than your dealer?
The gospel truth is, and it can cas-
lily be proven, the home dealers
charge you less than the mail cat
alogue price, and pays the freight
for you besides. This statement
is true Of every local advertiser in
the columns of the Democrat, and
this paper is willing to prove it's
faith in the assertion by guaran-
teeing prices made by its adver-
Users as being as favorable to the
purchaser as any the mail cata-
logue fgure.-Carthage Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
Sabula News.

Mrs. G. L. Collins is so me better
at this writino.
Add. Reese and Lee Dunn were
in Ironton one day last week.
The people of this place spent a
very pleasant time at an ice cream
social at Mrs. Rood's Saturday
night.
g.. w. Pinkley of Lesterville was
in our town Friday.
There we're eight men here last
week taking orders for enlarged
pictures.
G. L. Collins is tearing down his
saw mill here to move to Crane
Pond.
Miss Florence Miller visited in
town one day last week.
Picking strawberries is the BUSH
ness of the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reese visited in
Annapolis Sunday.
HONEYBOY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25

For Glass and Picture Frames 60
to Albert's.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
Des Are Items.

w. j. Fitz is visiting his sister,
Mrs. Lee Watson of Pennington.
Thos. P. Fitz is also visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Geo. w. Morris.
I was out on Leatherwood Creek,
some fourteen miles north of Des
Arc. There are some good little
farms out there but they are very
late putting in their corn. l only
saw one good crop of wheat. That
was at Brunot on the farm of w.
H. Hays. While out there l heard
the Baldwin whistle blow at Iron
ton. 1t must be twenty-five miles
away. There is some good timber
out there, but it is too far from the
market.
Chas. Heath is down from Flat
River. He returned Monday with
his family.
E. w. Graves and wife are still
at Hot Springs. We expect them
home about the first of June.
Very few went to st. Louis on
the excursion Sunday.
Sherman Ballard, who had his
leg broken, has gone to the rail-
road hospital for treatment.
Mrs. Cora Bergman and son are
visiting at Piedmont.
Mrs. Florence Lovelace and Miss
Bessie Lovelace spent a few days
in st. Louis last week. Also VIM,
Stevenson and w. j. Fitz.
Mrs. Brewington has bought q
new one-horse surrey.
Rev. Seaton preached here las
Sunday. Also baptized one sane.
tilted man into the Methodist
Church. ISAAC.
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A Life Worth While.

81 shall be content if because of
there shall be better fruits and
fairer flowers"
These are the words of Luther
Burbank, the modern miracle
worker, whose life and deeds prove
the sincerity of his purpose and
reveal the qualities of true great
ness.
The man who can say these
things from the heart has a grasp
upon the vital things of life which
cannot fail to make his influence
of almost infinite value to his fell
low men.
He is truly great.
He sees things in their right per-
spective.
He is an accurate Judge of values.
He can separate the wheat from
the tares.
He knows what is worth while.
For him the mad, heartless rush
of the money getter has no attrac-
tons.
The goal is not worth the cost.
From him the sickening scram-
BILE for public Office meets with no
approval.
The price is too great.
To him the sordid chickering's Of
business and the petty, senseless
doings of society make no appeal.
Life has a richer meaning.
He has realized the beauty and
the Joy of unselfsh service to men.
He has discovered how to make
his own life count in the lives OF
others.
To give men s'better and fairer
flowers" to give pleasure and sat
isfaction to untold millions, to add
to the beauty of the world, and to
make life richer and fuller, is to
such a man the attainment of what
is highest and best.
The brutal desire for power over
men is supplanted by the benefi-
cent direction of the forces of ma
ture in the service of men.
A more beautiful world and bet
ter men and women-this is the
ideal of such a life.
Surely it is a life worth WHILE
st. Louis World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
TO Cure a Cut, Sore or Wound

apply Ranuon's Nerve & Bone Oil promptly II Is
ntiseptic-stop the pain and causes heafinRby
nrst intention .25cand moneyback fnot satisfied
Arcadia Valley Drug Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-05-25
owl Aches and Pains.

Mrs. Josie Sumner, Bremond,
Texas, writes, April Is, 1902: 81
have used Billiards. Snow Lini-
ment in my family for three years.
/ would not be without it in the
house. | have used it on my little
girl for growing pains and achesin
her knees. It cured her right
away. / have also used it for frost
bitten feet, with good success. It
is the best liniment ! ever used"
25c, Soc, St.00, at Arcadia Valley
Drug Co.