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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
PULLMAN TAKES A TUMBLE
FALLS FIFTEEN FEET FROM AN
ELEVATED TRACK.
Seven Persons Seriously injured In
"a Remarkable Accident in
St. Louis.

st. Louis, Jan. II. Seven persons
were seriously injured, three painfully
hurt, and ten others had almost mirac-
ulous escapes at 7:15 a. m. Thursday,
when the Pullman car "Harcourt," at
tached to the inbound Wabash train No,
3 of the eastern division, toppled and
fell Is feet from the elevated railroad
tracks on the levee near Carr street.
Fortunately for several passengers
who plunged through the glass windows
of the coach as it fell, the ends of the
car were caught by Sx10 Orders at one
end and by broken telegraph poles at
the other, forming a bridge owe a de-
preston in the ground. Into this de-
preston several fell. Had the car
crashed to the surface, several fatal
tiles would surely have resulted.
The injured:
John W.. Patterson, 43, Milwaukee,
Wis; severe scalp wound, fracture of
left wrist.
W. E. Minor, As, Roselle, N. j.; Sc
we're sprain of right ankle, cuts and
bruises, probable internal injuries.
Charles E. Sutton, As, East Provi-
deIce, R. l.; right ankle dislocated;
body cut and bruised.
Isaac Regensburg, "a, New York; two
severe scalp wounds. right arm gashed.
Mrs. D. Fury, Chicago; side bruised.
Mrs. L. D. Moore, rs, Chicago; back
and right shoulder %sprained; perhaps
internally injured.
Mrs. j. G. Pomeroy, SO, Chicago;
right hip bruised, back wrencheG. Mr.
Pomeroy's injuries are very serious. i.
Catherine Pomeroy, 5, Chicago; nose
lacerated.
Andrew A. Allen, vice-president and
general manager Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railway system, was badly
bruised, and Mr.. Henry Miller, general
manager Wabash railroad, suffered Sc
we're contusions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
BIG COPPER MINE ON FIRE
The Tamrack, Deepest Copper Mine
in the World, Mt Calumet, Mich,
Burning-Three Lives Lost.

Milwaukee, Jan. ia special to the
Sentinel from Calumet, Mich, says:
The Tamarack copper mine, the deep
est in the world, is on fire, with three
men missing and almost certain to have
met death in a horrible form half to
three-quarters of a mile below the
earth's surface. Shaft No. 2, where the
fire was discovered, has been sealed
over at the surface with heavy timbers
tamped with clay, and also shaft No. 3.
1t may become necessary to cool shaft
No. 5 also, to smother the flames. The
mine contains several hundred million
feet of timber, largely pine, and unless
the access of air vas shut off by her.
metically sealing all openings, the
property would be damaged to the ex-
tent of many millions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
Money Lender Com yicted OF usury

Kansas City--P. ]. Hughes, a
money lender, was convicted of usu-
ry and sentenced to serve 80 days III
Jail and fined 500, the minimum pen,
atty. n
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
MILL FAVOR A LOCK CANAL
PRESIDENT PREPARING A MES
SAGE TO CONGRESS.
Ia 1t He VIII Fayor the Construc-
tion of a Lock Canal Across the
ma Isth:nus.

Washington, Jan. 16.-President
Roosevelt is preparing to send to con-
gress a message which will favor a lock
canal. He had conferences with sew
eral members Of the senate committee
on interoceanic canals, including Sen
ators Kittredge, Knox, Dryden, Hop
kirs and Ankeny.
The committee has in its possession
an advance copy Of the report fur
nished by the president, for use in ex-
aiming Chief Engineer Stevens when
he appeared before the committee at
the opening of the investigation made
by the senate. The report contains the
views of the consulting board as ex-
pressed before the foreign members left
this country, together with the amend
ments that have been made since, and
to which Gen. Davis is now getting
their Endorsement.
The message of the president will IA
vcr the construction of a lock canal,
on the ground that it is in the interest
of the present generation and not for
p%osterity, and that it can be built at
less cost of time and money. 1t is said
that the president incidentally asked
the republican members of the commit
tee to support the nomination of Jo-
seph B. Bishop to be a member of a
canal commission and to use every eff
fort to prevent in~discriminate reduc-
tons of the salaries Of canal officials,
which he fears may be the result of the
investigation,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
RESCUED FROM DIRE PERIL
ed Steamer Cherokee Taken on
BY L~ife-Savers.

Atlantic City, N. j., Jan. 15.-After
spending "a hours in terrible anxiety
lest they be wrecked and swept into
the sea, the passengers and crew, 60
in all, of the Clyde line steamer Chero-
kee, bound from San Domingo for New
York, which went aground on the
Brigantine shoals Friday, were res
cued late Sunday afternoon and landed
at the inlet here. Capt. Archibald, two
mates and the ships carpenter elected
to remain aboard the stranded steam
er. The rescue was accomplished by
Capt. Mark Caste and a picked crew
in the sloop yacht Alberta, and their
experience was almost as thrilling as
that of the stranded passengers. More
than a thousand persons greeted the
storm-tossed party as the sloop sailed
into the inlet with the report that all
hands were safe. Not in years have
the inhabitants Of Brigantine and
Absecon beaches been so wrought up
for the safety of a stranded ships COM
pany, and were so many at
tempts made or p~erilous chances
taken to reach a ship in the face Of a
fierce northwest Atlantic storm as
were ventured in the rescue of the
Cherokee's party.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18

The last report of the librarian OF
congress shows the number of books
in the congressional library to be l.
100000. The increase in their num-
Der is so rapid that it is expected that
in the course of time the COMPRESSION.
al library will be the largest in the
world. Before the extension of the
congressional library to its present di.
mansions the Paris National library,
with 100000 books, stood first. The
library of the British museum and the
ST. Petersburg Imperial library fol.
lowed, each containing about 1,00O,O 900
volumes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18

In the Journal of Political Economy
for the last quarter Prof, Hugo Meyer,
of the Chicago university, discusses at
length municipal ownership in Great
Britain. By our federal street car cen.
u OF 1902, Al per cent. of our towns
of 5000 and less than 5000 population
had street railroads and all the towns
in this country $4,000 had them.
In the United Kingdom a year later
only 10 per cent. of towns less than
5000 had street railways, and only 80
per cent. of towns less than 10000. Our
trackage averaged from one mile for
1000 population to one for $500.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
The fire loss will not go over $4,000.
STEEL WORKS DESTROYED
Works of the Carnegie Steel Co. at
GreenvilIe, Pa, Destroyed
by Fire..

Greenville, Pa, Jan. 12.-Fire, start.
ing from an explosion, destroyed the
works of the Carnegie Steel Co. here
Thursday night, entailing a loss Of be-
tween $40O, 900 and $600,O 900.
A flue in the boiler of a heating fur
mace blew out, deluging the furnace be-
low, which exploded, scattering fire in
all directions. The force of the explo-
sion was so great that fire balls were
lodged in the roof of the ten-inch fin
fishing department and the flames spread
rapidly. Within ten minutes after the
explosion there was no hope of saving
what is known as the old mill. A half
hour later a strong wind swept the
flames into the new tandem mill, ship
ping sheds and boiler houses. The
plant is out of the city water district,
and hose had to be laid a long distance,
and availed nothing against the acres of
flame. Much of the machinery will not
be %hopelessly destroyed, and the foun-
dations, hot bed, ETC., are uninjured.
The loss of product will be serious, as
the plant has been running day and
night on high work. Four hundred men
are thrown out Of work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
G HAS FOUR REASONS
Why III. II. Rogers, the Standard OIL
Magnate, Refuses to Answer
HadIey's Questions.

New York, Jan. 13.-H. H. Rogers
bases his refusal to answer Attorney
General Hadley's questions upon the
following four allegations:
That the questions Attorney-Genera
Hadley asks Mr.. Rogers to answer are
immaterial.
That a decision upon the right of the
attorney general to ask similar cues
tons is pending in Missouri.
That in advance of the rendering of
such a decision in Missouri the attor-
ney general has no right to take depo-
sitions in this state.
That the manner in which the New
York, st. Louis and Kansas City news
papers have reported the proceedings
establishes that the attorney general is
looking for newspaper notoriety, and is
attacking the Standard Oil Co. of In
diana, the Waters-Pierce Oil Co. and
the Republic Oil Co. through the press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
GUNS ROARED At ALGECIRAS
WELCOME TO THE MOROCCAN
DELEGATION.
Activity nj Observation-Disclosures and
British Sailors Fraternize
On the Streets

Algeciras, Spain, Jan. 15.-Amid the
roar of the guns of the Spanish war
ships Mohammid ell Torres, the Moroc-
can minister of foreign affairs, who
Will represent Morocco in the confer
ence, landed here Sunday afternoon.
1t was a picturesque scene, suggestive
OF the struggle about to begin among
the powers over Morocco. The entire
population, made up mainly of throngs
of Moors and Spaniards, packed the
quays to witness the debarkation of
the Moroccan statesman and his suite
from the Spanish cruiser Rio del
Plata, which arrived Unexpectedly.
The party consisted of 81 persons, all
richly CARRIED in flowing white robes
and wearing white and red turbans,
The Spanish state coaches, which
were brought from Seville, received
Mohammed ell Torres and his suite
and took them to a villa alongside
those set apart for the British and
French delegations.
Gibraltar was another center of
activity Sunday owing to the presence
OF many fleets. The American blue
jackets were conspicuous about the
streets, where they fraternized with
the British sailors. Many of the Amer
lean sailors attended the dress parade
of the British garrison at the citadel.
Rear-Aimiral Sigsbee and the cap
tains of the American squadron were
the recipients of many courtesies,
among them a dinner given by Ad-
miral Sir Edward Chichester, the
commandant of all the naval establish
ments at Gibraltar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
EIGHT LIVES WERE LOST
Terrible Results of What Proved an
Insignificant Fire In the West
Hotel, Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 11.-Eight
persons are dead from suffocation or
from leaping from windows and a score
Of people were more or less injured as
the result of a fire in the West hotel
early Wednesday morning.
The fire. which is supposed in have
been caused by crossed electric wires
was in itself insignificant, being con-
fined to the elevator shaft and the top
floor in the corner of the building, but
the wild excitement which followed the
first alarm hurried people into halls
and out upon window Lodges in a frantic
effort to save themselves.
There was really no help for several
who lost their lives. The wood in the
elevator shaft burned like finder, and
a sheet of flame 20 feet wide mounting
to the seventh story frightened the
guests out of their senses.
At the moment the department got
the blaze under way and the smoke
cleared, a hurried search from cellar to
garnet of the big property showed a
score Of victims more or less overcome
by smoke.
The fire loss will not go over 100000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
THIEVES CLEARINGHOUSE
Are Alleged to Have Net in St.
Louis to Divide Spoils.

st. Louis, Jan. 13.-Circuit Attorney
Sager is quoted as saying that he has a
witness who will tell all about the alli-
ance between members of the police de-
partment and criminals. She is Effie
Goldstein, and during the Worlds fair
she had a fiat at 21O6 Market street, in
the very heart of the bad Lands"
where policemen and thieves met to di-
vide the proceeds of thefts.
Three policemen also saw Mr.. Sager,
Friday, and told of secret orders they
had received from their superior officers
not to modest certain panelworkers.
These policemen will be taken before
the grand jury Monday. 1t is believed
that they are only the forerunners of
other policemen who will volunteer to
tell what they know of the protection
of criminals by the policemen and de-
tectives.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
RURAL DELIVERY SERVICE
Figures Taken From a Statment
Prepared By the our As
sistant Postmaster.

Washington, Jan. 15.-A statement
prepared by P. V. DeGraw, fourth as
sistant postmaster general, regarding
the operations of the rural free deliv-
cry service since its establishment up
to January l, shows that the total
number Of petitions received and re-
ferred was $1,000, of which 1925 were
acted upon adversely.
The number of routes in operation
on the date named was 34,677.
More than one billion pieces Of mail
were handled by rural carriers during
the fiscal year 1906, each piece costing
a little less than one and one-half
cents.
The approximate net cost of the 49,
055 carriers In the service for the fis-
cal year 1905 was $16,871,733.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
OUTDOOR WORK FAVORED
Unreasonable Weather That Re-
stricts Winter Trade Keeps eu:-
door Workers Busy.

New York, Jan. 13.-Bradstreet's
weekly review says;
Though ~unfavorable weather coadi-
tons have deferred distribution Of the
heavy wearing apparel, autcmn-like
temperatures continue to favor outdoor
operations and prolong the demand for
building materials and to prevent ces
building materials and to prevent ces-
is always more Dr. less enforced idleness.
Mining lines, particularly iron and steel,
machinery and inter-related industries
are active as heretofore, and the out
look for 1906 grows even more promis-
ing, while the general tendency is for
prices of finished products to advance.
Clearance sales rule in retail lines, but
it is especially noteworthy that orders
on spring account are of large proper
tons; that prompt shipments are being
demanded, and that the season has
opened three weeks to a month in ad-
vance of the usual date. Incidentally,
annual inventories, now virtually COM
pleted, make exceptional showings, thus
co~rroborating earlier reports of a heav-
Ter turnover in 1905.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET
Work Carried On Day and Night to
Provision 1t For n Three
Months Voyage.

Old Point Comfort, Va, Jan. 49,
Great reticence is observed by every
body connected with the court Of in
quiry seeking to fix the blame for the
collision between the Alabama and the
Kentucky in New York harbor. It is
understood, however that the evil
dence shows that the commander-in-
chief, Rear-Admiral Evans, should
have provided more pilots.
The Alabama rejoined the fleet, her
injuries having been fully repaired at
the Norfolk navy yard. The gigantic
job of provisioning the fleet for its
three-months' voyage has been COM
pleted, the butchers men having
worked night and day getting aboard
the million pounds of beef and NUT
ton, all frozen. The meat bill is $780,
600,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18

Former Judge William H. Moore, the
well-known t%inancier of New York and
Chicago, has the distinction of wear.
Ing the most costly overcoat in the
United States. 1t was made to order
for him from selected sable fur at a
cost OF $4,000. Every sable skin
forming the lining to the coat is abso-
lutely perfect, having been examined
n passed upon by one of the most
expert furriers in New York before it
was permitted to become part of the
10000 o%vercoat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
A Swiss life insurance ha

A Swiss life insurance company has
taken action which indicates that
Temperance" has money value. It
has undertaken to insure members Of
q temperance society composed Of
railway employees for A per cent. less
than employees who are not members
Of 1t. For some time past a Swiss &C.
cicent insurance company has given
total abstainers a reduction Of 10 pei
cent. In insurance rates. SO well sat
isfled Is the company with results that
after January /, 1906, it will make the
reduction to total a~bstainers is pc
Gent
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
S in operation
THE LID DOWN IN OMAHA
For the First Time in Many Years
Omaha, Neb., Experienced a
"Dry" Sunday.

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 15.-Accoriing
to the police the cid" was down tight
in Omaha Sunday for the first time in
many years. None of the 245 saloons
in the city were open. This is the
result of the vigorous agitation re-
Gently ~inaugurated by the Civic Fed
Grafton. The saloon men had agreed
to keep their places closed last Sun
day, but many of them violated the
agreement, with the result that % of
them were arrested, and their cases
r now pending. Convinced that the
federation was in earnest, the saloon
keepers made nc further effort to re-
sist.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18

A Danish officer is pictured to us
making observations in regard to the
deviation of rifle bullets. One day,
when walking on the ramparts al Dup
pei, he saw a Prussian sharpshooter
taking aim at him. While the soldier
placed himself against a tree, in order
to take a steadier aim, the officer
raised his glass to watch his move
ments. This is all right" said he;
the musket is just on a line with my
breast. We shall see." The trigger
was pulled, and the Danish officer
quickly wrote down: "At distance OF
about five hundred yards the deviation
of a ball from a rife musket is about
one meter"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
Another Of the many

Another of the many instances
whore faithful service has proved a
barrier against interference for polit.
ical reasons with the service Of a
Massachusetts postmaster is that Of
John s. Fay, Of Marlboro, who has
been In charge OF that Office since
April 26, 1855, when he was appoint
ed by President Johnson at a salary
Of s1.100. He had been successfully
reappointed, twice by Grant, once by
Hayes, Arthur, Harrison and McKin,
ley, and came under Mr.. Cleveland,s
special ! : during each OF his two
farms.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
THE GREENE-GAYNOR CASE
The Two Defendants Are Fighting
the Case Inch by Inch mt Sa-
vannah, Ga.

Savannah, Ga, Jan. 12.-The Greene
and Gaynor case, involving charges Of
conspiracy to defraud the government
and embezzlement in connection with
the big government engineering works
in this vicinity, has not reached the
point OF drawing a jury for The
actual trial, so slow is the progress
made in the presentation OF the de-
PENDANTS special plea and it's opposi-
ton by the prosecuting attorneys. The
day was consumed in the consideration
of this special plea, and there is every
reason to believe that it may be next
week before the jury stage of the case
is reached.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
MURDER AT GRANITE CITY
Nichola AnastOsz, n Greek Merchant,
Killed in His Store in Gram
lite City, Ill. g,

st. Louis, Jan. 16.-Nichols Anastosz,
killed in his store in Granite City, ILL.,,
at seven o'clock Monday evtning by a
negro, who robbed the corpse of $160
and then escaped with a companion.
They were pursued by two policemen,
who fired at them as they ran. An as
sault upon and robbery of John Han
kin, which Immediately preceded the
Arastosz murder, is believed to have
been the work of the same highway
men.
Anastosz was killed before the eyes
of his younger brother, Johann, who
fled from the store with the negro
murderer shooting at him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
WoRKMEN INJURED
Collapse of n Se~ven-StOry Warehouse
in COurse of Construction
in Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. ia seven-story
warehouse building in course Of con-
struction by the Harder Furniture &
Van Co., at the intersection of Fortieth
street and Calumet avenue, partially
collapsed, Monday, injuring three work
men, one of them seriously.
A heavy gale vas blowing at the time
and it carried down a part Of the north
wall, which fell in upon the floors
where over 100 men in the aggregate
were at work. The majority Of them
were protected by the floors, none of
which gave way. The damage to the
building is estimated at $40, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18

The German government has offered
three prizes for the best field kitchens
available for army use, and it is stipu-
lated that every such outfit must De Of
a size making it possible to carry it
on a horse, with space left for the
drivers luggage and forage for the
horse
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18

The shah of Persia never, under any
circumstances, sleeps on a bedstead;
and no matter where he has stayed
whether 1t be in royal palaces or no
tells, he has either had the bedsteat
removed from the sleeping apartment
or else has relegated it to some remote
corner, so as to enable him to SLEEP
in the exact center of the DON ON q
couple of huge cushions or soft ORR
entail mattresses stretched upon the
floor
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
LATE DR.. HARPER's ESTATE
1t is Said to BE Small, Owing to His
observation-disclosures Mostly
Life Insurance.

Chicago, Jan. 16.-It is announced
that the estate left by the late Presi-
dent Harper Of Chicago university is
small, and consists almost entirely Of
life insurance policies. 1t is estimated
that DR., Harper, during his life, gave
between $4,000 and $4,000 to the
American institute Of sacred literature,
a publishing concern in the work Of
which he was greatly interested. He
also gave much money to needy stu
dents, but the amount of this will
never be known.
1t is said that the entire estate is
given to the widow without reserve.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
OUT IN THE FIFTH ROUND
AureIiO Herrera Finished Young
COrbett HandiIy in the Fifth
Round at Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 13.-Aurelio
Herrera, of Bakersfield, Cal, knocked
out Young Corbett in the fifth round,
night, at the Pacific Athletic
club pavilion. Herrera's victory was
an easy one. Corbett's exhibition was
disappointing. He lacked the vim and
dash that had won SO many battles for
him, and his once forceful blows failed
to inflict any damage upon the we'll
conditioned body of his opponent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18

At last the long looked-for and diff.
cult Northwest Passage has been
found. Since 1897, when John Cabot
is said to have tried to pass through
the Arctic ocean from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, there have been many un.
availing efforts to discover the North
west Passage, and hundreds of men
nave persisted in the attempt. But at
last this passage has been successfully
n~avigated, the honor of doing it hay,
ing lately been o by Capt. Road
Amundsen, of Christiania, Norway.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-01-18
WM.J.B BRYAN A MORO DATTO
III Nebraska Statesman Created q
DattO BY the MorOs of
MindanaO.

Duluan, Mindanao, Jan. 12.-W. ].
Bryan was, Thursday, created a datto,
and saluted by 80 pieces Of native ar
tillery, after which he was conveyed
along the river to Datto Piang's palace
in a royal vinta "a small boat, manned
by 40 Moros. Here he received many
presents. MI. Bryan says it has been
the most interesting day he has spent in
the orient.