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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
WHOLESALE SPILLlNG OF
RARE WINES AND LIQUORS

Washington, May 1S.-The cutters
literally ran red with wine and other
intoxicating liquors Wednesday even
Ing, in the immediate vicinity of Hen
derson castle, the picturesque home of
former United States Senator John B.
Henderson, of Missouri, on the heights
overlooking this city. Hundreds of
cobwebby bottles, containing wines of
rare old vintage, imported whiskeys and
brandies. cordials and other beverages
galore, the entire contents Of the Hen
derson wine cellar, valued at more than
$1,000, were smashed and the contents
allowed to flow through the nearby
cutters to the sewer
The destruction Of the wine was ac-
companied by ceremonies and several
interesting incidents. Those who
wrought destruction, by permission of
Mrs. Henderson, who stood smilingly
by while it was accomplished, were
men and women, members of the indie
pendent Order of Rechabites, headed
by High Chief Ruler Wayne W. Cor
dell,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
BURTON MUST GO TO JAIL
The United States Supreme Court
Afirms the Sentence of Senator
burton, of Kansas.

st. Louis, May 22.-Word was re-
ceived at the federal building Monday
that the United States supreme court
had affirmed the sentence of United
States Senator Joseph R. Burton, OF
Kansas, to six months Imprisonment
in the Iron county (Mo.) Jail and a fine
of $4,000.
The sentence carries with 1t a dis
qualification for holding any public Of
flee in future.
Burton was convicted in the United
States district court here November 20
last, and sentenced by Judge Van De-
vanter. The charge against him was
improperly using his influence in behalf
of the Rialto Grain & Securities Co.
to prevent the issuance of a post Office
department fraud order against the con-
Germ.
The Rialto company was conducted
by the late Maj. Hugh c. Dennis.
Execution Of sentence is suspended
for 60 days to allow time for fling a
petition for a rehearing.
Burton is the first United States SEN
ator ever convicted Of this offense.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24

Balm for Baldheads.

simultaneously, from two independ-
eht sources, has come striking testl-
mony Of the virtues of the hairless
mead. 1t is stated that there are no
bald criminals and that there are no
paid lunatics. Neither statement is
Ia1d down as absolute or infallible, but
it is claimed that there are only inst
sutnclent exceptions to prove the rule.
Inc authority regarding the first
statement is j. T. Riley. a magistrate
OF the Halifax bench, who said in
court that he had only met with two
paid charges in his % years eyre-
rlence. With regard to the second
statement, Rev. H. M. Neild, of Brad
ford, quotes "a head official of the
Rainhill asylum who assured him
hat he would never need the hospital
1ty of that institution as he was Quite
bald. 1t is difficult to find authorities
In London who whole heartedly bear
out these two theses. A gentleman
who frequently visits Bethlehem hos
pital in an official capacity says: MY
impression of the lunatics | meet there
is that they are usually a shaggy
race An experienced police inspect
bore out to a great extent Mr..
Riley's statement about the lack of
b~aldheaded criminals, but he advanced
o commonplace explanation. Grim
he said, ARE VIGOROUSLY a
short-lived race. | admit | have seen
very few baldheaded men in this
chargeroom, but by the time a GRIM
lnal reaches the b%ald-headed period OF
life he has either died or has re-
formed. There is one notable excep-
ton, however; that was Charles Peace,
the murderer and burglar"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
CUBANS
AMERICAN SAILORS MoBBED AT
GUANTANAMO.
Une Shot and Twenty-Five Others
Clubbed, Stabbed and Badly
acked With Machetes.

Washington, May 1S.-The navy de-
partment has been notified that 20
American sailors were mobbed by
natives at Guantanamo, Cuba, and
that all the bluejackets we're wound
ed, One was shot, % were dubbed,
stabbed or hacked with m~achetes.
The sailors, unarmed, outnumbered
four to one, fought with their fists I'm.
till all were disabled. Their assail.
ants welded knives, pistols, clubs
and the ~favorite native weapon, the
machete.
1t Is declared that the local police
assisted the rioters, ignoring the
Americans appeals for protection.
The report of the battle evidently
has been suppressed by the Cuban au-
thorities. The American bluejackets
landed at Guantanamo on April 20. In
the afternoon they left the naval res
ervation, carrying no weapons.
1t is claimed that the attack was
made without provocation. The jackies
were scarcely out of sight of the res
ervation when they were surrounded by
a large band of natives, who used their
pistols, knives and machetes with tell
ing effect.
The Americana, back to back, fought
until their wounds forced them to re-
treat. 1t is declared that the native
policemen, instead of quelling the riot,
urged on the attacking party.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
Stimulating Reading.

We cannot help living in some de-
gree the lives of heroes who are CON
stantly in our minds. Our characters
are constantly being modified, shaped
and nodded by the suggestions which
are thus held. The most helpful life
stories for the average youth, says
Success Magazine, are not the meteoric
ones, the unaccountable ones, the as
tonishing one like those of Napoleon,
Olived Cromwell, and julius Caesar.
The great stars of the race dazzle most
boys. They admire, but they do not
feel that they can initiate them. They
like to read their lives, but they do
not get the h%elpfulness and the en-
couragement from them that they do
from reading the lives of those who
have not startled the world SO much.
1t is the triumph of the ordinary abil-
ity which is most helpful as an in
SEPARATION and encouragement. The life
Of Lincoln has been an infinitely
greater inspiration to the world than
the life Of Napoleon or that of julius
Caesar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
STAND COLLAPSED,
MINISTERS INJURED

Des Moines, Ia, May 19.-Five COM
missioners to the general Presbyterian
assembly were injured, none seriously,
late Friday afternoon, by the collapse Of
a temporary stand which had been erect
ed for the purpose of getting a large
group photograph of the assembly. Up
wards of 500 were on the stand when it
collapsed.
The injured.
DR.. l.. G. Luking, Roswell, N. NJ,
hip bruised.
Rev. w. o. David, Monogh, W. Va.
hip bruised.
George Wills, Mendoza, ILL.,, back in
jured and rendered unconscious.
Rev. j.. M. McGaughey, Clarion, Ia,
leg strained.
Rev. w. G. Buell., Taos, N. M, back
bruised.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
RAILROAD RATE BILL
TO GO TO CONFERENCE

Washington, May 22.-The railroad
rate bill was considered for three hours,
Monday night, by the house committee
on interstate and foreign commerce,
and the decision reached to recommend
disagreement to all of the senate
amendments and to send the measure
to conference. The committee will not
ask that instructions of any character
be given to the house conferees.
There vas no disposition to criticize
the amendment comforting jurisdiction
on the courts to review orders made by
the interstate commerce commission in
the house, as well al in the senate COM
mittee, many members c%ontending that
the bill as it was passed by the house
gave that authority to the courts. This
amendment and others which collective
ly are known as the Allison compromise,
undoubtedly will be agreed to by the
house conferees.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
u. S. VlCE-CONSUL KILLED
A Threat, Many Times Repeated,
Finally Executed at Ia
tOuIn, Russia.

Batoum, May CIV. H. Stuart, the
American vioe-consul, was shot and
killed at his country place Sunday
night. The assassin escaped.
MI. Stuart was a British subject, and
n of the largest ship brokers and ex-
porters of Batoum. During the revolu-
tionary troubles of last fall his life
was many times threatened by long
shoremen. and at Christmas a deputa-
ton visited Mr.. Stuart's Office and prac-
tically compelled him to give them
$1,000 under the guise of a holiday
gratuity for dock laborers.
[Batoum is a seaport town of Asiatic
Russia, on the st shore Of the Black
sea, four miles north Of the mouth of
the Chcruk, a liver of Turkish and
Russian Armenia. Its population Is
about 5,000.I
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
STANDARD OIL CO..
ISSUES STATEMENT

New York, May 1S.-The Standard
Oil Co. has issued to its shareholders
a statement in reply to the special mes
sage recently sent to congress by Pres
ident Roosevelt and the report on the
country's oil industry by Commissioner
Garfield of the bureau of corporations,
which accompanied it.
Whatever measure of prosperity it
has enjoyed says the statement, sis
not traceable to illegal or reprehensible
methods, but to its economic and elab-
crate industrial organization, covering
as it does every detail of %transporta-
ton, manufacture and administration.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
Road of the CRATER.

The road of the CRATER is not an easy
one. The temptation to graft is in
sidious, and men who mean TO conduct
themselves with honesty and dignity
may be betrayed into it. Modern
business methods" is q sufficiently
euphonious term to fool a brisk and am
bilious man not too much given to re-
Election or determination. And all
goes we'll for a time. The bank account
increases, the man feels himself to be
shrewd and influential; he is able to
put his family 'at the top of the heap"
honors come easily to him, and young
men are fattered to be associated with
him in business. Then, says The Read
er, the exposure comes. Those that
nave trusted him know him for what
he is; his own specious plea of 1.-The
modern business method sounds
strangely inadequate even to himself.
His name, which he hoped to see as
ISOLATED in the minds of men with great
enterprises, and which he expected his
sons to use as a sort of open sesame
becomes, suddenly, the synonym for
dishonesty, greed and failure. The
CRATER has, perhaps, thought himself
hardened. He finds, to his dismay,
that he is not. Shame awakens: con-
science no longer sleeps. The dreams
OF his ambitious youth come to haunt
MIN. He would give his fortune, many
times duplicated, for the innocence and
integrity of his early manhood. He is
not a bad mamie can suffer, he can
be ashamed, he a lon~ for innocence.
Perhaps, on reflection, there are no
pad men. AT any rate, the CRATER has
SHOWN himself capable of dying broken
hearted or of going, a melancholy luna
tic. to the asylum for the insane. His
career requires stern metal. Let him
who enters it be sure that his con-
science is dead, his family pride buried,
mis- self-respect quenched, and that he
is obdurate to the r%eproachful tears of
the women who love him! Having
a quite, quite sure of all this, one
might adopt a grating career in an
expectant spirit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
FRISCO CITIZENSHIP
RECORDS DESTROYED

San Francisco, May 19.-Anxious ap-
pficants It the courts have called the
county clerks attention to the grave
fact that the records in wei 200, 900
cases OF citizenship have heen des-
troyed. The political Importance Of
this can not be overestimated, as in
the majority of instances absolutely no
documents exist whereby naturalization
and the right 10 vote can be proved.
At the same time the opportunity for
political fraud is enormous.
The county clerks books on citizen
ship wsich were consumed by the fire
date from 1852.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
THREE BISHOPS ELECTED
Rev. d.. j.. J. Tigert and Rev. DR.. Seth
Ward Chosen Bishops BY Bfr-
mingham Conference.

Birmingham. Ala, May 1S.-At the
general conference of the Southern
Methodist Episcopal church Thursday,
DR.. ]. J. Tigert, formerly of Louisville,
secretary of the general conference,
was elected bishop, receiving 160 votes
a majority of 90. Others receiving
large votes were Rev. J. c. KiIgore, of
Durham, N. c.; Rev. Collins Denny, Of
Nashville; Rev. w. E. McMurray, of
st. Louis, and Rev. Seth Ward, of
Texas. On the second ballot there was
no choice, but Kilgore led with 100
votes. On the third ballot DR.. Ward
Of Texas, assistant secretary of the
mission board, was elected, receiving
l4O out of 271 votes. Conference then
took recess. Another bishop is to be
chosen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
MANIAC MURDERER
KILLED BY POSSE

Atlanta, Ga, May 16.--J. H. Clark,
a maniac murderer, who killed one
man and wounded four others, was
found by a posse one-half mile from
the scene of the crime and shot to
death at 1870 Tuesday afternoon. He
fired at his pursuers, but failed to
hit anyone.
J. H. Clark was night telegraph op-
orator at Chamblee, u miles from At
hnta. He went insane while on duty
Monday night, armed himself and went
out on a rampage. He killed VIM. J..
Cheeks, of Dunwoody, and seriously
injured Will Purcell, e. c. Purcell and
w. S. Mast, all of Chamblee, and W. J..
Cocker, of Dunwoody.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
DR.. HUNTER CORBETT
CHOSEN MODERATOR

Des Moines, Ia, May 18.-After one
of the most spirited contests in recent
years, Rev. DR.. Hunter Corbett, a dis
tinguished missionary to China for
many years, was elected moderator of
the Presbyterian general assembly.
Three ballots were necessary to de-
termine the result, the final vote stand
ing: Dr.. Corbett, 1893; Rev. DR.. J. M.
Barley, of Detroit, Mich, 308; Rev.
DR.. j. f. Hendy, of Missouri, 4.
Five candidates were placed in nom
ination and the oratory that accom-
panied the presentation of names occu-
pied a period of more than two hours.
On motion of DR.. Barkely the election
was made unanimous. DR.. Corbett, the
new moderator, is a native of Penn
s%ylvania, and has for As years been en-
gagged in missionary work in China.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
If They Don't They Will Have
United States Marines to >
Reckon With.
Two Hundred There Now and -Four
Hundred More Are On Board
the Columbia.
The Force That Sailed On the Cruis-
er Columbia, Ostensibly FOL Sam
to Domingo, To BE Held at
Guantanamo, Cubn, Ready
For Any Emergency

Washington, May 22.-More than six
hundred marines will confront the lib
eral leaders on the isthmus of Panama
in case they attempt to promote riots
and revolution at the time of the cleo
ton in Panama en- June 20. Although
the canal zone is under the secretary Of
war there is no indication that the wal
department will have any troops lear
the isthmus at the time of the ap-
preaching election, and Secretary Taft
must rely upon the marine corps to pro
tect the canal zone
Only 200 marines are on the isthmus
at present. These are in command of
Maj. c. G. Long. More than 400 ma
rines are on the Columbia, which is on
its way to Guantanamo, and will be
within easy call in case the politics be-
ONE stormy in Panama.
The zone police force has been
strengthened materially and is SO well
equipped that it is in reality a minia-
ture army and is ready for service at
any time. Under the leadership of the
well-trained marines 1t is believed the
police force will be able to quell any
disturbance which may arise. Secre-
tary Root and secretary Taft have also
made it clear that they will take a hand
in disturbances outside of the zone, and
If the liberals begin any movement
against the present government of Pan
ANA it will be with full knowledge that
the United States expects to intervene
in disturbances which will delay the
canal work or affect it in any way.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
ENORMOUS BOOKINGS
FOR STEEL RAILS

Pittsburg, Pa, May 1S.--Since the
order books were opened, two weeks
ago, the United States Steel corpora
ton, the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., the
Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.. the Penn
sylvania Steel Co, the Maryland Steel
Co. and the Tennessee Coal & Iron Co.
have booked an aggregate of 1000, 900
tons steel rails for delivery in 1907.
This is an unprecedented amount Of
business for this time of the year in the
history of the steel trade.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
FOREST FIRE RESULTS
FOUR KNOWN DEAD AND 4
SCORE OR MORE MISSING.
-Four Villages Wiped Out, n Dozen
More Partially Destroyed, Five
Counties Devastated and o
Square Miles Fire-Swept.

Escanaba, Mich, May 21.-Four
known dead, a score or more persons
missing, hundreds of families homeless,
several million dollars worth of prop
erty burned, four towns wiped out en-
tirely and a dozen more partially, five
counties devastated and 100 square
miles of territory f%ire-swept.
This is the dreadful picture that the
northern Michigan peninsula presents
after the worst forest fire since the
Peshtigo disaster in 1871 has spent it
self.
General Superintendent w. E. Wells
of the Escanaba & Lake Superior road,
along which right-of-way the great
est loss occurred, has returned from
2 trip of inspection over the fire-strick-
en- area, and says that the flames have
gone down and for the time being the
danger is yer unless a new gale arises
to again fan the embers into flames.
The following summary briefly tells
the story:
The dead are:
Peter Lafond, a cook, smothered in a
lumber camp near Katos; body found.
Three unknown children, dead at
Quinnesec, Mich. They were separated
from their parents while the village
was burning and persisted.
Scores of homesteaders and woods
men are missing and many have prob
ably persisted in the flames.
Territory devastated, five counties
Marquette, Menominee, Delta, Alger
and Dickinson.
The territory 1rs-swept is 100 miles
square.
Towns totally burned:
Talbot, Mich. 300 population; only
a few houses left standing.
Quinnesec, Mich, 400 population;
only n house remains.
Saunders, $50 population, all wiped
out.
Niagara. Wis, 300 population; all
wiped out.
Towns partially destroyed: North
land, Cornell, Antoine, Spring Valley,
Kingsley, Woodlawn, Foster City, Sala,
Metropolitan.
Saved BY n Change of Wind.
Menominee, Mich, May 21.-The
town of Soperton, Mich, owned by the
Bay Shore Lumber Co., suffered a heavy
loss from the forest fires. For a time
Soperton and Wabeno people were cut
off. All that saved the towns and peo-
pie from complete humiliation was a
shifting of the wind.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24

Robert A. Smith, who has Just been
reelected mayor of st. Paul. Mimi,
has served six or seven terms in that
Office, five Of them c~onsecutively.
Mayor Smith is rs years old, not a
youngster as mayors go. and as be-
sides his various terms as mayor he
has filed other Offices a good part of
his life has been oflceholding. Half
a century ago be gave up n Office In
Indiana to take n in Minnesota. In
1866 malconteDts used to talk about
the continual Office holding Of this
nan Smith.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
MET AN UNTiMELY DEATH
'Ted" walker, n Young st. Louis
millionaire, Dead From Burns
In His Pike County Home.

st. Louis, May 19.-James Theodore
Walker, a young millionaire clubman,
society leader and traveller, who was
familiarly known to his many friends
at "Ted" Walker died at his country
home ear GAINESVILLE, Pike county,
Mo-, Thursday night, after two days Of
agony caused by being burned last
Tuesday by an explosion of gaso-
line in his automobile garage.
His young wife, who, as Miss Lily
Lambert, was one of the most popular
young society girls of the town, was
at his bedside when the end came.
The accident happened about 6:E0
p. m. last Tuesday, in a little shed on
the estate directly in the rear of the
young couples beautiful country home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
A PRESBYTERIAN
BROTHERHOOD

Des Moines, Ia, May 22.-The Pres
byterian general assembly, Monday
morning, determined upon one of the
most important church movements un.
dertaken by it in many years. 1t voted
unanim ously to begin at once the or
ganization of a mems society under the
name Presbyterian Brotherhood"
whose purpose shall be to bring the men
Of the Presbyterian church more close
ly in sympathy with the church and to
bring about a Spiritual development
fraternal relations, denominational feal-
ty, the strengthening of fellowship and
the engagement in works Of Christian
usefulness"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
DENOUNCED AS CRIMINAL
Ex-GOv. Francis DenOunces the In
c~lination to Deny Statehood
to Territories.

Excelsior Springs, Mo-, May 1S.-Da-
vid r. Francis, of st. Louis, in an ad-
dress at the sixteenth annual conven-
ton of the Missouri Bankers ~associa-
ton, on "The Banking Interests of tho
Southwest" voiced the protest Of the
southwest against the inclination ap-
parent at Washington to deny state
hood to Oklahoma, Indian territory,
New Mexico and Arizona and denounced
the policy as criminal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
SUMMER S SINGED
Fire Sweeps Monument Beach. Mass.
just Before Season
Opens.

Monument Beach, Mass, May 49,
Fire swept through the summer cot
tage settlement here early Thursday.
Twenty-four cottages and the New
York, New Haven & Hartford railroad
station were destroyed.
The loss is estimated at $50, 900.
The cottages would have been occu-
pied by June.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24

When Kansas was suffering from
the visitation of grasshopper the
whole country united in raising
money and contributing food and
clothing for the sufferers. Many a
mean man was developed then. The
contributions were SO generous that
opportunity was afforded for graft.
And more than n man now rich laid
the foundation of his fortune in the
cash or goods which he stole from the
relief fund. Much the same thing has
been noted in a smaller scale in the
San Francisco case. -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
VICTIM OF BOMB THRowER
Count KeIIar, n Russian CoIonet Of
Dragons, Severely Wounded
at KaIisx, Poland.

Kalisz, Russian Poland, May 22.--
Count Keller, a colonel of dragons
was severely wounded by the explosion
Of a bomb which was thrown at the
officer while he was returning from .
review Monday. His horse was killed
and his orderly was injured. The would
be a%ssassi, a young man, succeeded in
escaping.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
FOUL CRIME FOLLOWED
BY MURDER and SUICIDE

Joplin, Mo-, May 8.-Hazel McKin-
ney, IA years Of age, was criminally as
sauIted and murdered in a lonely
stretch Of woods near Cave Springs,
five miles west of this city, Thursday.
by John MSfgan> a miner, who after
ward shot and killed himself. The
bodies were found lying together,
Thursday night, by a party in quest of
the girl.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
MUST PAY LIKE OTHER FANS
Chicago Preachers Erased From the
Free Fist at National League
Baseball Games.

Chicagoi May 21.-Ciergymen will
now either be compelled to forego the
pleasure SO far as the National league
base ball games are concerned or pay
like all other lovers of the game. The
new rule which President Murphy Of
the Chicago club has begun to enforce
caused a stir among the local preach
ers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-24
coudrey Will BE Seated.

Washington, May 19.-Harry M.
Coudrey, republican, of st. Louis was,
Friday, declared entitled to the seat
in congress from the Twelfth Mis-.
.souri congressional district by the
house committee on elections No. 2.
The contested seat has been held by
Ernest E. Wood, of st. Louis, demo.
crat. The election was in the fall of
1904.
The committees report has not
been made public and will probably
not be read until late in the session
now drawing to a close.