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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
T E SQUARE MILES
Tint Ii the Extent of the Devastated
Area in IN Francisco-It Con-
tanned 100000 Inhabitants.
Oakland, Cal.-The Daily Tribune

Oakland, Cal.-The Daily Tribuns
says:
A wellknown engineer states that the
area devastated by the fire in San Fran
cisco approximates 10000 acres, or
about 15 square miles. There are few
cities in the world where so much val
liable property is contained in an
equal territory. Within this Is square
miles were nearly 100 banks, some of
the finest of the buildings in the world,
thousands of mercantile and mariufac-
turing establishments, and more than
$50, 600 inhabitants, besides 10000 tran
| sients. The aggregate number of dead
probably will not exceed 700, and will
certainly not reach 1000. Nothwith-
standing the enormous and widespread
| destruction, the homes of $50, 200 peo-
pie are still standing, and practically
uninjured. There still remains the
great ~shipyards at South San Francisco,
the docks and manufactures along the
water front from Mission creek to
Hunters Point, the mint, the post Of
flee, and a large retail district on Fill
more and Devisadera street.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
FIERCE TORNADO IN TEXAS
Bellevue Completely Wiped Out anu
~StOncburG, Hamilton and Htco
BADLY Battered.

Forth Worth, Tex.-Meager advices
received Thursday night state that
the town of Bellevue has been totally
destroyed by a tornado, 20 or 80 persons
have been killed and many are injured
and missing. Fire is destroying the
ruins caused by the tornado.
A special train has been started from
Bowie, Tex, 1875 miles distant, for the
scene. Bellevue is a town of 1900 in
habitants.
All about the town there is devasta-
ton and ruin caused by the wind. Crops
have been laid waste over a large area,
and it is very probable that there are a
number of dead out in the country,
whose names nay not be ascer.tained
for several days. However, the storm
came before it was entirely dark, and
most people were equipped with a cy-
clone cellars. which may keep down the
death list.
Stoneburg, a small town about four
miles from Bellevue, is also reported
as having suffered seriously from the
effects of the cyclone. A cotton gin
and ten or twelve residences were de-
molished, with life loss of from ten to
fifteen.
Great damage to property is reported
between %Stoneburg and Bellevue.
About an hour prior to the disaster to
%Stoneburg and Bellevue a storm is re-
ported to have struck Hamilton, coun-
ty seat of Hamilton county, south of
here, doing much damage to property.
The depot was blown across the
track, carrying down all the wires, and
was wrecked, the station agent being
killed.
A telephone message from City Mar
shall Hooper Of Hico, just before wire
communication was interrupted, says
sthat the tornado did great damage
| there.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
The Caste11anes.

Paris. Saturday last was
day fixed for Count Boni de Castellane
and his wife, Countess Anna, to appear
before Judge Ditto to allow the court
to make formal attempt 10 effect a rec
onciliation between the parties in the
suit for divorce. Judge Ditto was noti-
fed, however, that the meeting had
been postponed until after the pending
French election. Countess Anna does
not wish to injure Boni's political
prospects by having his domestic trou-
bles arrived at this time and agreed to
the postponement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
CONFED VETERANS PARADE
The New Orleans Reunion Winds
Up with IL Great parade-COm-
mander Lee Ill.

New Orleans.-With a grand pa
rade several miles in lngth and re.
Quiring one hour and forty minutes to
pass in review, the sixteenth annual
reunion of Confederate veterans
closed, Friday afternoon, under the
same blue skies and bright sunshine
which welcomed it's opening Wednes-
day morning.
The week has been delightful, and,
despite the thinned ranks of the aged
warriors, this reunion has been pro
nounced the most enjoyable ever held
it cost the local entertainment com.
mittee $45,O00
All trains, Friday night, were
packed with the veterans on their
way home.
Missouri occupied a conspicuous
place in the great parade. Judge
James B. CAN'T, commanding the Mis-
souri, division, led the column, riding
a charger. He was supported by sew
eral Of his staff officers mounted.
The big state of Tesas also played
a. leading part in the parade. AL
though fatigued greatly, Gen. w. L
Cabell, of Dallas, commanding the
Transmississippi division, insisted up
on riding a horse, and discarded the
carriage that was sent for him.
Owing to his blindness, two Texas
veterans led his horse. Gen. Cabel
was supported by his staff officers.
Commander Stephen D. Lee wal
stricken with cramps twice during thu
parade, and was taken to his hotel il
a serious condition. Many of thu
aged veterans were compelled to drol
out,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
THANKS TO GEN. PORTER
Gen. Porter Publicly Thanked For
His Work in Connection With
Paul Jones' Remains.

Washington, D. Gin the house Of
representatives, Monday, Mr.. Olmstead,
Of Pennsylvania, presented a resolution
of thanks on behalf of the people of the
United States to Gen. Horace Porter,
late ambassador to France, for his I'M
firing efforts to discover and disinter
the body of Admiral John Paul Jones.
The resolution was unanimously adopt
ed, with a further resolution that Gen.
Porter's speech recently delivered at
Annapolis, Md, on the occasion of the
interment of the body Of Americas first
admiral, should be printed in the con-
gressional record and made a congress
SIGNAL document.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
BEYOND LAWS PROTECTION
UNIQUE Verde Rendered. BY a Tex
as Coroner On IL Death Due
to Lynch Law.

Dallas, Textile county coroner's
inquest over the body Of William Dun
can, a 20-year-old negro, who was
lynched at lakewood, was as follows:
After a thorough investigation, the
court finds that one Willie Duncan,
alias George Lawrence, cid commit a
crime that placed him beyond the pro-
lection of the law, and the court is OF
the opinion that he got swift and speedy
justice by Judge Lynch, whom we
did not have the honor of meeting
when be came to the little town OF
lakewood.
(Signed) M. 0. JOHNSON,
Justice of the Peace of Precinct No. 6.
Leon county, Texas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Little Rock. Ark.-Arch Shep?
ard, a negro, was hanged at Arkansas
City for the murder Of August Tesch, a
white man, at Walnut Lake, in March,
1906. Shepard declined to make any
statement on the gallows, save that he
was ready and willing to pay the PEN
atty for the crime.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

The mails will be heavy this com.
ing season IL attractive stationery and
desk fittings are any incentive to let
ter writing. In engraved papers the
severely plain, square initials are be-
ing superseded by very elaborate
crests and monographs. Something
quite new, and equally illeglble, is the
Gothic style Of letters. Tall, pointed,
churchly looking /, H. G,s and e. D.
G.s, etc, are being done in Roman
gold and la old reds and blues, all
very large and effective against cream.
white vellum.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

A request was recently sent out
by an English paper for suggestions
of novel ways Of earning money. Some
Of the replies have novelty enough and
to spare. Here are a few "profes-
sions'' which were proposed: A pro
fessional fee catcher, a custodian for
safety pins, a collector Of dried flies
for hens food, purveyor Of fads to
the leisure classes, a lion hunting
agency for society's use, a motor car
library to call at out of the way places
with the newest books, q maker up Of
minds, a grievance abater, a manners
teacher.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

While excavating for the new rail
way buildings at Capetown recently
some workmen found a considerable
number of the curious old "~postoffice
stones" In years gone by it was the
regular practice with the commanders
of the English and Dutch East India
companies fleets to leave a package
of letters under large stones on the
shore, to be taken to Europe by the
next home-going feet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

The ~Quadrennial General COnfer-
ence to Begin in birmingham,
Ala, On Thursday.

Birmingham, Ala.-The regular
quadrennial general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south,
convenes in this city Thursday next,
and promises to be one of the most i'm
portant in the history Of the denomina-
ton. In addition to the accredited Gel
egates, between 800 and 1000 Wis
itors are expected. One of the frater-
nal messengers will be Vice-President
Fairbanks, from the northern Metho-
dist Episcopal church, and Rev. DR..
Dinsdale T. Young, Of London, repre-
senting the WESLEYAN church of Eng
land.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Sir Norman Lockyer, director OF
solar physics at the South Kensington
observatory, London, agrees with the
theory advanced by Prof. Milne to &C
count for the San Francisco earth
~quake-that is, that it was caused by
the earth falling to swing perfectly
true on its axis, which is bound up
with the recognized theory regarding
sun spots.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
Willy AFRICAN cHlEFTAIN
Bambaatn Eludes His Pursuers, and
Attacks COnvoy-Severe
Fighting. ,

Durham, Natal.-The native tribal
chief Bambaata, who has caused so
much trouble during the last few
weeks, and has succeeded in GLIDING
all the pursuing parties sent after
him, attacked a convoy which was car
rying provisions to Col. Mansel!'3
force. 1t is believed that severe fight
ing has occurred.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

The word whisky is Of Irish origin
Indeed, the Irish claim that whisky
itself is of Irish origin, and, more
over, that the Irish taught the Scotch
people how to make whisky. AS fol
the name, it springs from the Irish
word uisgue, which means water. The
distilled spirit was called by the Irish
in ancient times uisgue beatha, Of
life-giving water.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

The smallest known vertebrate ami.
mal-that Is, an animal with a back
bone-is a tiny fish that lives In the
Philippines, where it is a favorite OBJ
ject of food. 1t is so small that thou,
sands of them are needed to make a
meal, Besides producing this micro
scopic vertebrate, the ocean also fur
nishes a home for the largest crea
lures.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
Many people seem to think that the

Many people seem to think that the
use of dogs in war is comparatively
modern. Yet ancient Corinth was
saved from the foe by courageous ami
mails that fought the invader while
the garrison slept. To-day the dog is
used for active operations as we'll as
for ambulance work. Trained dogs
have been used for outpost duty and
for the carrying Of ammunition. For
ambulance purposes their work has
been proved to be Of the utmost value
abroad,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
WALTER SOME RS A SUICIDE
Body of the Missing Cashier of the
International Bank of HulIs, ILL.,,
Found In n Cellar.

Quincy, 1ll.-The stark body Of
Walter w. Somers, missing cashier Of
the International bank of Hulls, ILL.,,
was found, Monday, in the cellar Of a
residence adjoining his own. He disap-
peared en- April IA, leaving a deficit of
1920 in his account. His father, John
Somers, a banker at st. Joseph, ILL.,,
had made good the deficiency. Somers
had shot himself in the temple.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Perhaps the queerest city in the
world is that of Nang Harm, the home
of the royal family Of Siam. This
city's popularity lies in the fact thai
it Is composed of women and chill
dren alone. 1t is in the center o.
Bankok, has high walls around it ant
In it's population of 5000 there is moi
a single man, though the king occa
~sionally pays them a visit. The name
Nang Harm means "veiled women"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
VIM. j. BRYAN IN JERUSALEM
He Addressed the Christian Mission
nry Alliance In the Tabernacle
On the Life of Christ.

Jerusalem.-Hon. William j. Bry-
an, who is visiting Jerusalem, in the
course of his tour Of the world, on Sat-
urday addressed a special meeting held
in the tabernacle by the Christian Mis-
sionary alliance. He spoke for 10 min
utes with captivating eloquence on the
life of Christ and his teachings, and ex-
pressed establishment at the small pro-
portion of Christians in America and
Europe visiting the Bible land.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Every child and adult can be help
full to fight consumption. School chill
dren can help by complying with the
following rules: Do not spit except
in a spittoon, or a piece of cloth, OF
a handkerchief used for that purpose
alone. On your return home have
the cloth burned by your mother, OF
the handkerchief put in water until
ready for the wash.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

st. Louisa deadly poisonous
powder, taken by mistake for medicine,
ended the life of Mrs. Sarah Tannen-
baum less than two months after her
reunion with her husband, from whom
she and their two children had been
separated since he came to st. Louis
more than two years ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

So great is the honor accorded to
the woman who takes the part of the
Blessed Virgin in the Passion Play
at Oberammergau that the last Marie,
Anna Flunger, has decided to remain
unmarried in order that she may have
a chance of being selected to play ii
again.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
STRUCK A sUNKEN ROCK
Steamer Founders Among the Drit-
tsh Channel Islands With a Loss
OF Fou Lives.

Guernsey, British Channel Islands,
The passenger steamer Courier, with a
crew of nine men and carrying about
twenty exc~ursionists, foundered, Mon
day, off Sark soon after leaving that
island. Three members of the crew and
n passenger were drowned, all the
others being rescued. The steamer
struck a submerged rock two miles
from Sark.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Austin, Textile states attorney
general has filed four antitrust suits
in the Twenty-sixth district court or
behalf of the state against the For
Worth Live Stock exchange, the For
Worth Stock Yards, Armour & Co.
and Swift & Co., for alleged violation
Of the antitrust law of Texas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
Feared oyeration, Ended Life,

st. Louis.-Because respondent, and
fearful of an operation which physi-
clans told her must be performed for
appendicitis, Lizzie Dorey, a bride of
seven months, and only IS years old,
committed suicide by drinking car
bolic acid at her home. X
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Mason bees make their nests in
crevices of old walls and e in emp.
ty shells. Their homes are made Of
grains of sand stuck together by a
glutinous secretion from their own
bodies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Los Angeles, Cal.-Friday,. H. e.
Huntington opened with a gift Of $780,
600 a fund to alleviate the ruined for
tunes Of professional men and women
who lost their all in the San Francis.
co disaster.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
Cossacks xiii Peasants.

veronezh, Russia.-The imperial gov
ernor-general of Veronezh has hastily
left this city for the village of Die
wittza, where, 1t Is reported, Cossacks
have killed 10 and wounded so persons
in SURPRISING the peasant disorders.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

L~eaf-cutting bees make their nests
in decayed trees, in holes, on posts
and like places. Their nests are lined
with circular pieces of leaves, and
are so arranged that they are honey.
tight,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
Man Ties Hands nnd Hangs Self,

Yukon, Okla.-After securely tying
Ills hands together with a rope, Jerry
Alexander, aged SO, committed sui
eide by hanging in his sons barn,
northeast Of here. He weighed 270
pounds.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
AIRED Nan Ends His Troubles.

St. James, Mo.-A respondent old
Frenchman named Peloid hanged him
self to a tree. A few months ago he
gave his property to a neighbor, who
In turn was to give the old man q home
sor life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Fort Wayne, Ind.-The big steel
safe Of the post office at Avilla was
blown early Saturday, and the robbers
escaped with 5000. cash and the
stamps. The explosion was heard by
only n man in the town and he was
afraid to venture forth until daylight.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
Seventeen Years. wooing Succeed

Bowie, TeX.-After seventeen years
of persistent wooing, Dr. j. j. Willing
ham, Of Chicago, has succeeded in
winning the hand of Miss Estelle Bar
ker, of this city, and the couple were
married at the residence of the brides
narents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Ottumwa, Ia.-Monday an unidenti-
fed mar wa shot and Instantly killed
because he refused to pay for a 30-cent
breakfast in a Pullman car. He ran
and the station police, shooting to
brighten, accidentally killed him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Terre Haute, Ind,-The wife Of
John Disston. Of %Grandview, ILL.,, near
here. has given birth to the second
twins within IL months. The first
twins are alive, and the new ones are
doing well.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
Girl Drowned In southern Lake.

Birmingham, Ala,-A small boat
containing Maud and Maggie Hilton
and a friend named Miles Davis, at
East Lake, a summer resort, upset as
the girls attempted to change positions.
Maud was drowned and Maggie and
Davis were rescued.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Austin, Textile state court Of
criminal appeals affirmed the death
penalty in the case Of Marielles Thorn
as, a Harris county negro, who killed
John Blair and Tom Shropshire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Austin, Textile state supreme
court confirmed the title of the state Of
Texas to more than $4,000 acres Of
lower Rio Grande land, claimed by s.
Sullivan, of San Antonio.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
pIon 600 cotton worehou,ca,

Houston, Tex.-President Calvin
of the Farmers union states Of
ficially that the local unions are talk
ing up the cotton warehouse plan, and
that there will be 200 Of them estab-
lished by contemplating time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Gibraltar. During the naval maneu-
vers at night the British torpedo boat
No. sc became stranded two miles north
Of Algecirss. 1t is hoped to float the
vessel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Jefferson City, Mo.-Attorney Gen
eral Hadley Is now on the high road
to recovery and 1t will only be a few
days until he ID able to be at his desk
again.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
Pennsylvania MouIdcrs to Strike,

Scranton, Pa.-Monday a general
strike of the molders in the district
from Honesdale to Tamaqua for a
nine-hour day was officially declared
at meetings held throughout the dis
trict. .l.NN
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

Messina, May 1.-The volcano Of
Stromboli, after a period Of quiet, is
restmlng activity and is emitting
smoke and solid material.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

A Pennsylvania bride has made sofa
cushions out of her courtship love let
tiers. 1t would probably be difficult
to find softer filling.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

st. Petersburg.-The imperial gov
eminent has decided to refuse to grant
indemnity to foreigners who sustained
damages to their property or other
losses during the revolution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

What has become of the old-fash-
Toned woman who was. accused of
~prinking?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03
For Reward ana Commentator.

Washington, May President Roose-
welt has called upon the war and navy
departments TO report the names Of the
officers and enlisted men Of the marine
corps and army who displayed special
gallantry in checking the San Francisco
fire, with a view Of their reward and
commentator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

II is wonderful what interest the
gossips take in a woman whom they
occasionally see in tears.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

After a man passes so his whiskers
begin to look as if he had forgotten to
keep moth balls in them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-24
Rebuilding of San Francisco.

New York.-The Herald says: 1t
was determined yesterday that $780,
100000 shall be the capitalization of
the new mortgage loan corporation
which is to be organized here to ad-
vance money for the rebuilding of San
Francisco. The promoters of the en-
terprise at first argued that $10,000,-
900 capitalization would provide an
ample vehicle for handling hundreds of
millions of investments, but it was
found that San Francisco favors a
much larger capitalization, giving op-
portunity for investment by the Pacific
coast. Hence it is now considered best
to capitalize for s100,O0,O0O, with paid
in subscriptions reaching s10,O00,o00
cash.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-05-24
Traction Companies Defeated.

Chicago.-The Supreme Court of
the United States, by denying the petit
tion of the Chicago traction companies
for rehearing of the case SO sweep
ingly decided against them last March.
on Tuesday destroyed the last hope of
the street railway interests in the liti-
cation over the ninety -nine-year fran
chise. Immediately both the city au-
thorities and the traction officials be-
gan to plan for the new condition. The
news was hardly an hour old before
conferences had been arranged and
calculations begun on the possibility
of making new arrangements, under
final and definite relations. between
the companies and the city.