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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18

back on 1854 and 1855 remember that we had no
difficulty then in collecting emigrants by the thou
sand who were eager to move from the crowded
East to the West where it literally empty. Till
the spring of 1854 think there was no white settler
in Kansas who had not been ordered to go there. L
was Junior director in the New-England Em1grant
Aid Company at that time. We did not have to
make any effort to persuade people to move from
cities or factory towns upon the empty prairies
We had behind us the eager antiSaVery deter
mination that Kansas should be a free State. L do
not mean to say that this trifiing lnducenent
But have the experience which enables me to say
that with all this generous determination behind
them hardly one of these thousands OF people would
have gone into Kansas in the first three years OF the
beginning but that they could go together Together
is the great word in this affair." as it IS IN every
other important affair in human hfe
We did not have to say to man living in an
attic with his family that he was to take his wife
and children and that they were to work their way
choosing their course between r1Val railways
and through jealous States with no counsellorS but
themselves What we did say was that on such
a day a competent guide would meet such party
at such and such station, men, women or children,
and that they would go together to Kansas. What
followed was that as the Bible says the carpenter
encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth
with the hammer him that smOte the anvil.
If man wanted to go first and select the spot for
his cabin he left his wife and children, and we sent
them after him. We did not make anybody promise
to remain with his companions. We lett every man
and every woman free as to where they should go
and where they should SETTLE but, it is almost
of course say, if a hundred people went out to-
gether coming probably from the same nelghbOr-
hood and arriving after a three-weeks Journey
of adventure, why, they likely to stay together;
or if ybody left the party he left it to join in
yUba their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18

pie who went to Virginia together When our
Civil War broke out or when the Spanish War broke
out, young leaders of the people stepped TO the
front at once to say: Il viii form a regiment -
Practically they said: Rally round nv white
plume a man opened an office at 900 Barrack-st.
he issued his own bills he spoke public meetings
and he made his friends into recruits bright in
their new uniforms; and they enlisted other recruits
and before fortnight had passed he wrote to the
Governor that he had a thousand men who were
ready to go to the war
In days when people tell us that labor cannot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18

Sicily and Southern Italy which
one young Greek and another
led, as if that We're the way
in which young gentlemen in
Greece went into business.
1t was as in NapoleOn's dav:
every young gentleman went into
the army.
And We are not without such
examples here. William Brewster
and William Bradford led one
hundred people 70 New-England.
If Brewster's family had had to
go alone, if Bradford's family
had had TO go alone. they would
not have gone. So Winthrop
led his colony to Massachusetts
Bay; so Baltimore sent his
colony to Maryland. Practically
it was John Smith and Lord
Delaware who collected the peO-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18

peans whose first sight of America is in the
board cities.
The late Frederick Law Olmsted, who in fifty
ways proved himself great a benefactor to
America, said to me that while the public
knew him best as one who had successfully tried
to ruralize the cities he cared for plans which
looked to urbanizing the country. He wrote with
real disnay of regions quite considerable in different
States where the attraction of cities diminishing
the population of the country regions. In this
epgram of his with regard to his work he pointed
out duty which belongs to the leaders in
the agricultural States 1t Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-18

other settlement where their
attractions drew him.
This fundamental necessity of
maintaining together" belongs
deep down in any proposal for
the removal westward of any
considerable body of people from
our eastern cities. OF course
there is not a day when in fact
John Doe with his family does
not leave New-YOrk in the sum-
mer because his brother Dick
or his wife's brother Tom, who
is already in one of the western
paradises, has sent for them.
But such instances, though you
could count them by thousands,
are insignificant and exceptional
while the country receives in
the eight months of the longer
1aVS moro than a million Euro
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
ABOUT DENATURED ALCOHOL
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
BULLETIN TO FARMERS.
Dr.. Wiley Says They Must Content
Themselves With Producing Raw
Materials.

Washington, D. C.-The depart
ment of Agriculture, through Doctor
H. w. Wiley, of the Bureau of Chemis.
try, has undertaken to educate the
farmers regarding the manufacture of
denatured alcohol. Two bulletins were
issued devoted to the description of
the source from which Industrial and
denaturalized alcohol may be obtained,
the method of manufacture and
some uses to which it may be put, as
well as statistics showing the pos
sibilities in the development of the in
dustry.
From Doctor Wiley's discussion of
the subject, the conclusion is reached
that the manufacture of alcohol on a
small scale is not likely to prove profit
able. Because of the regulations
under which the farmer would be re-
CURED to conduct his still if he engaged
in the manufacture, it is evident
that he must be content with produc-
ing the raw materials and that he can
not look forward to becoming a practi-
cal distiller.
Doctor Wiley expresses the belief,
however, that by paying attention to
unused sources Of raw material and
with improved methods of manufacture
ing and d%enaturing, this price can be
diminished.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
GOVERNMENT TO sue
PAPERS TO BE FILED IN ST. LOUIS
AGAINST STANDARD OIL.
HADLEY TO FURNISH FACTS
Mlssouri's Attorney-General Says He
Is Satisfied That Prosecution
Will Succeed.

st. Louis, Mo.,-The suit to be
filed in st. Louis by the federal gov
eminent to dissolve the Standard Oil
trust is believed in Jefferson City to
be the result Of the disclosures made
in Attorney-G General Hadley's prosecu-
ton of tn Waters-Pierce Oil Co.
Charles Connors, a special repre-
sentative of the department Of justice,
spent two weeks in Jefferson City in
August going over the evidence ad-
duced in Hadley's investigation.
Mr.. Hadley says:
Il have had no information on the
prosecutions to be begun by the fed
eral government since Mr.. Connors
was here in August. but l have been
informed that it is the evidence dis.
closed in the Missouri suit that is to
be used. Mr.. Connors made a care
full study of that evidence. The pros
ecutions begun in Ohio and Texas
were On the strength of the Missouri
testimony, and that is all the known
testimony, SO far as ! am informed,
though it is possible that the other
states found some additional testi-
mony.
II am satisfied that a suit along the
lines l am informed the government
intends to proceed on will be success
full. I believe there is sufficient tes.
timony to bring about success for the
government"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
PULLMAN AFRAID OF LAW.
Fears Enormous Surplus VIII caus,
Restrictive Legislation.

Chicago-The Pullman Co. fears to
distribute to stockholders Its enor-
nous surplus Of 100000, 900, because
such action might invit erestrictive
legislation. This $50, 900, 900 has been
taken from the public in eight years,
and also 8 per cent regular dividends.
In 1898 the company had $780, 900, 900,
A stock dividened of so per cent, "a dis
tribution of 20 per cent was made.
Noticing the enormous earnings, the
State of Illinois began a fight on the
company which forced it to get out of
the real estate business. Big revenue
was gained from the town of Pullman.
AS the company charter did not pro-
vide for real estate business 1t was
forced to sell all lands and leases and
houses in Pullman, but was allowed
to retain an office building in the city.
Stockholders want the surplus, but
the company fears it may be hit by
law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
All Over the State.
Charged With a Murder.

SHaf8So WIN q WuroeFs ~
Warrensburg.-Deputy Sheriff Louis
Geer has returned from Chicago, hav.
ing in charge Frank Sassaman, charg-
ed with the killing of Carl Miller, near
Holden, about two years ago. About
a year ago a woman giving her name
as Annie Bentley, a domestic, of
Topeka, Kas, went to Holden and in
formed the officers that she and
Robert Sassaman, in November, the
year before, travelling from st. Louis
to Kansas City in a wagon, ear War
rensburg were overtaken by Carl Mil
Ter, an old man, who owned a good
wagon and team. They travelled in
company until M night they camped
lear Holden, when Miller was killed
and his body sunk in an abandoned
well.
The officers, on investigation, found
the body. An effort was made to
CAPTURE Sassaman in Kansas City, Kas,
but he evaded them. Nothing was
heard of him until officer Geer re-
eeived a letter several days ago, in
which a st. Louis woman stated where
Sassaman could be found in Chicago.
His arrest followed. Sassaman i'm
mediately acknowledged his identity,
and came back without reqdisition
papers. He acknowledge that he was
with Annie Bentley neal Holden when
Miller was killed, but he asserts that
he didn't do 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
MUST WEAR IDENTIFICATION TAG
Uncle Sans Soldiers "Must Know
Who They Are When Dead"

Washington, D. C.-Acting upon
the recommendation Of Surgeon Gen
eral O'Reilly, Acting Secretary Oliver
has ordered that hereafter identified
ton tags of aluminium the size of a
silver half dollar, stamped with the
name, company, regiment or corps of
the wearer, be suspended from the
neck Of every officer and soldier I'M
derneath the clothing by a cord or
thong. These badges will be issued
gr%atuitously to enlisted men and at
cost price to officers.
Gen, Berry, acting chief of staff,
states that there can be no question
about the great Importance of such
badges as is demonstrated by the thou
sands Of graves Of unidentified dead
Of the civil war.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
ARKANSAS ANTITRUST SUITS.
Case Against One Oil Company Dis.
missed, Others Pay Fines.

Little Rock, Ark. - By agree
ment Of Prosecuting Attorney Rhoton
and attorneys representing five of the
cotton oil companies doing business
in this county, orders were entered
ending the antitrust suits against the
companies. One of the suits, that
against the Dixie Cotton Oil Co., was
dismissed by agreement, while the
other four companies, the Southern
Cotton Oil Co., the Consumers Cotton
Oil Co., the Arkansas Cotton Oil Co.
and the Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. each
paid $3.50 and costs. The companies.
although denying that they have ever
been in any pool or trust, state that
they will keep out of such trusts in
the future,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
TO HAVE PARLIAMENT
ROOSEVELT PROMISES 1T TO THE
Philippine PEOPLE.
GOOD BEHAVIOR The PRICE
Installation of Assembly Next
March.

Washington, D. C.-The presi-
dent is preparing to redeem his prom
Use, made to the Philippine people
through Secretary Taft, that they shall
have a Parliament of their own, COZ
ditioned upon good behavior for a
that Secretary Taft himself will pro-
coed to the Philippines next spring to
witness the installation of the new
form of representative government.
On March 27, 1905, the Philippine
census was published, and conse-
quently two years from that date,
March 81, 1907, under the terms of the
act of Congress, the President will
direct the Philippine Commission to
call a general election for the choice
Of delegates to what is known as the
Philippine Assembly. This body is to
take over all legislative powers here
tofore exercised by the Philippine
Commission in that all parts of the
archipelago not inhabited by Moros or
non-Christian tribes.
FiIipinos Grows Restless.
AS this date draws neal the Philip
pine people are showing signs of agita-
ton and to the officials here it is evil
dent that they are expecting some
benefits that cannot at once be realiz.
ed.
For instance, the assembly of provis-
ional governors recently in session in
Manila, with a view to arranging the
preliminaries for the meeting of the
Philippine Assembly, is reported to
have recommended that the suffrage
be widely extended.
1t is pointed out here that this is
not possible for the reason that the
act of Congress under which the as
sembly will be convened expressly
states the qualifications of voters.
These, in brief, are that the voter
must be at least 20 years of age
(Which was the Spanish requirement);
must be able to read and write either
Spanish or English; must own a GER
tain small amount of property or must
have been in the rast an office-holder
under the Spanish government.
These qualifications were framed
upon the old Spanish practice and no
Philippine Assembly can change them.
The new assembly or legislature will
consist of two houses to be known as
the Philippine Commission and the
Philippine Assembly, the latter to
consist of"nat less than so nor more
than 100. members.
1t is possible that the present com.
mission will be merged in the upper
house.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
KENTUCKY BANK BURNED,
Bucket Bridge PowerIess-VauIt Not
Opened.

Padueha Ky.-The bank of Har-
din, Marshall County, burned
Thursday night, the fire originating
from unknown causes.
The building was a two-story brick
and only the walls remain. The fire
started at 10 o'clock and the bucket
brigade was unable to do anything
with It.
The Hardin Herald, Masonic Hall
and Bank Of Hardin occupied the
building and everything is a total loss.
The money and books are in the
vault, but the vault has not been open.
ed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
assssteesess NsA&&AsAsetHei
! BRIEF /;

University Of Texas defeats Okla.
Romans in n of the fastest games
v e seen on the gridiron.
Wyoming r~anchlnan is captured by
Indian chief, who proves to be his
old college chum.
Negro at Fort Bliss start fight in
saloon outside reservation and two
are reported dead.
Parole plan for dealing with inebri-
ates, made famous by Judge Pollard, OF
st. Louis, is Endorsed in England.
James A. Burditt, aged 80 years,
died Of heart trouble at his home near
Monroe City, Mo. He lived in one
house 70 years.
Perry case decision makes Chicka.
saw freedmen citizens by blood.
Panama canal commission issues cir.
cular informing bidders of immense
plan.
Winter wheat declined lie in Chicago
Tuesday.
Independent oil refiners enter com
plants against several eastern and
western lines, alleging unjust discrim;
ination in freight rates.
Switchmen's union waived demand
for an eight-hour day, but will demand
an increase of 10 cents an hour in the
wage scale.
Tons of bullion at Hammond, Ind,
attract thieves, and many attempts
are made to rob refinery.
War against Standard Oil Co. is car.
ried before interstate commerce com
mission by independent roads.
Prof. Burgess declaration in Berlin
that Monroe doctrine is obsolete is not
In line with presidents views.
Mrs. Eddy, head of the Christian
Science church, reported dangerously
Ill at Concord, N. H., takes her usual
rides. She refuses to be interviewed.
Jim Wilkins, negro, will be hanged
in the courthouse square, in Lawton,
Okla, so everybody can see it."
Gov. Magoon will endeavor to stop
dueling in Cuba.
Mrs. Bessie Hamilton, bride of Ham.
ilton, alleged forger, deserts her Kan
sas home to visit him in st. Louis.
Trainmen's brotherhood rejects offer
Of Chicago managers for a &c increase
for the switchmen. St. Louis mana
gers consider the situation, but defer
action.
John Seward, a private detective at
Joplin, Mo-, confessed to perjury and
was sentenced to prison.
The annual report of the commits.
sioner Of the general land office shows
that the total receipts for the year
ended June 80 were $685. 24, an in.
crease over the preceding year OF
$568, 712. The total area of the land
disposed of was 1~9,437,187 acres, an
increase of 1874. 565 acres.
Hartman lines are planned for all
centers from lakes to Gulf and At.
lantic to Pacific.
Brownsville, Tex, hopes to return
to pre-war prosperity through irriga.
ton possibilities.
Advices received at London from
the Falkland islands say that the
French ship Leon Beureau from Swan.
sea, July 8, for San Francisco, put into
Port Stanley, Falkland islands, recent.
ly, with her cargo on fire. She was
beached and the fire extinguished.
Cotton is still unsettled and prices
nervous, fluctuations being very irreg,
ular after opening bulge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
Monkeyed with the Brake.

Guayaquil, Ecuador-Seven persons
were killed and nine were injured at
Mocha, a station on the Quito rail.
road. On the arrival of a train at
Mocha, a village station opened a week
ago, the cars were surrounded by a
group of people belonging to the neigh.
borhood, who inspected the passenger
car with great interest. One OF the
natives, without knowing what he was
doing, opened the brake, and the car,
which had been detached, ran back at
a high rate of speed for about a mile,
and was crushed to pieces.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
THE NIGHT WHEN GHOSTS WALK
Pittsbure's Annual Celebration of
Halloween.

Pittsburg, Pa. - Erstwhile clowns,
chorus girls, policemen, convicts
and foot ball players thronged
the streets of this city Wednesday
night in t1e celebration of %Pittsburg's
annual carnival-Halloween. The
streets were damned with the thou
sands of jewellers and merrymakers,
and the carnival was one of license
and liberty, with no police restrictions
beyond destruction of property or per-
sonal injury.
Men, mt and children alike took
part in the carnival.
Until after midnight the din of
horns, cowbells and rattles kept up,
while the streets bore the appearance
of a variegated snowfall with the con-
fetti ankle deep.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
Students Stone Policemen.

Lexington, Ky.-Tn a general fight
between 600 Kentucky state college
students and policemen, four police
men were struck in the head with
rocks and severely injured. The col
lege students we're playing Halloween
pranks, and had attempted to pry a
street car from the track, when the
patrolmen arrived on the scene. The
students Immediately seized rocks
and began pelting the policemen. Re-
serves were called, and FIVE of the
students were arrested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
Loot Bank at Laid. III.

La Sale, Ill.-The Farmers and
Miners bank of Laid, a mining town,
was held up and robbed during the
afternoon. The assistant cashier, ].
]. Hurley, was alone in the bank when
two men entered and, covering him
with r%evolvers; ordered him to throw
up his hands. They then marched
Hurley to a back room, where they
bound him. The robbers then helped
themselves to $1,000 and escaped. They
left $3.50 in gold, besides quantities OF
silver on the bank counter and dis
turbed little in the vault.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
TYPEWRlTIsT WINS AGAIN.
Writes 2467 Words In 30 Minutes,
Five Mistakes.

New York, N. Y.-Rose l.. Fritz.
of this city, who won the worlds type
writing championship in Chicago last
June, came out ahead In the contest at
the National Business show in Mad
ison Square Garden.
OF the other Is entrants, Paul Nun
ter, who defeated Miss Fritz last fall,
came nearest to her record. He wrote
1856 words, but made 81 errors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
Was Probably Crazy.

Joplin-Impressed with the idea
that he had revealed the secret work
Of the Masonic fraternity in a dream,
and that he was marked for assassina-
ton through a vow taken in every Ma
sonic lodge room in the world, ]. G.
Hudson committed suicide here by
drinking carbolic acid and cutting his
throat. The first known Of his hallu-
cination was when he told 1t to the
physician called to attend him. He
declared that he had learned Masonic
secrets, and this was known to mem
bers of that organization. Every mem
Der, he believed, had sworn to kill
him, and only awaited a favorable op-
portunity. He had come to believe
that the only escape from assassina-
ton was through suicide. Hudson
was 3S years of age. He leaves 9
family.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
Convlcted Of wife Murder.

Convicted Of Wife Murder, Kills Self.
Baltimore-In a cheap lodging house
on East Baltimore street, DR.. ]. Bax-
ter Mathews, Of Greensboro, N. g.,
blew out his brains with a 32-caliber
revolver. DR.. Mathews was convicted
March ., 1906, at Greensboro Of the
poisoning Of his wife. Dec. 1, 1905. He
had been out Of custody under bail
pending the decision Of his appeal for
a new trial, which was denied him, and
It is supposed that he committed sui
eide rather than serve the sentence,
said to be 20 years in the penitentiary,
to be imposed upon him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
Baby Found Dead, Hanoinu.

Shawnee, Okla.-The family of
T. A. Betty, living near Stineton,
went into the cotton field, leaving a
year-old boy asleep on the bed. The
baby awakened, crawled to the edge
of the bed and then fell, his neck be-
ing caught between the bed and a ta-
BILE. In this position the child vas
hanged.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08

London, Eng.-Sir. George Henry
Lewis, acting as solicitor for the duke
and duchess Of Marlborough, says he
is authorized to state, that no deed
Of separation between the duke and
duchess has been signed, and that the
children Of the couple are not in the
custody Of the duchess, but are with
their father at Blenheim castle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
Was Refused Bail.

Troy-Capt. A. G. Grimes, u years
old, a gray-haired confederate veteran,
who shot and killed Joseph Hines and
wounded Jasper Church, at his club.
house on Kings lake, near Grimes
station, in Lincoln county, was refused
bail after the inquest, and was lodged
in jail. 4
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
JAMS Ruylnu Tobacco.

Richmond, Va. - Four Japan.
ESQ officials are here for the pur.
pose of buying tobacco for the Jap
anese government. 1t is to be the
purpose in their mission to do away
with all middlemen in the buying of
tobacco for their government monop.
oily.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
Freedom in Siberia.

st. Petersburg.-The car has issued
a decree permitting political exiles
in Siberia to travel wherever
they please, instead of being con-
fined to any particular place. But
it has added in the decree that none
of them may return to Russia for the
next two years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-08
THE UTES WON'T FIGHT.
"Heep.FuII Breadbasket" More Con
Conducive to Longevity.

Sheridan, Wy.-A messenger ar
irving at Arvada from the con.
ference between the military and the
Utes, reports that the conference was
still in session when he left, but the
indications were that the Indians
would agree. 1t is understood the
military offered to take the Utes home.
issue rations during the winter and
promised to take up the matter of al.
lowing them another abiding place by
next spring.