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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
TROOPS AMBUSHED
MALAYs MASSACRE TWO coMPA-
MES OF DUTCH.
NOT ONE ESCAPED WITH HIS LIFE
Men Were Sent to Get Native Chief,
and Were Attacked While
in Camp.


Victoria, B. C.-Latest mail ad-
vices from Batavia report yhe am
buscade and the massacre of two COM
panies of Dutch troops by natives in
Celebes. Eleven men sent to secure
a native chief we're attacked while in
camp, some being at breakfast and
others swimming and they were butch
cred to a man. Lieut.. Matthes, COM
handing the force. had gone with six
men to the chiefs stronghold, and re-
turning joined forces with Lieut.. Kies
and Is men.
The company had heard nothing of
the slaughter Of the other force and
when they were shifting camp, they
were set upon by a large force of
blacks. Not one escaped.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
NEGRO IN RoMADxA MYSTERY.
Police Believe He Will Prove Woman's
"Ralph Smith,"

Chicago, IL = That Albert Jones.
a negro, arrested as an acquaintance
of Mrs. Charles ]. Romadka, may be
the Ralph Smith" who, the woman
says, gave her $1,000 worth of jewelry
said to have been stolen from Mrs. G.
E. Beck, is believed by the police. The
negro was located through the list of
telephone calls Mrs. Romadka has reg
istered against her al the Victoria
hotel, and it is said that she called him
up several times a day. Jones admits
he knows her, but says he was en-
ployed by her to run errands, for
which she paid him as much as So and
IS each. A search of Jones apartment
is said to have revealed a suit case
full of jewelry and several empty jewel
boxes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
YACHTSMEN RILED
AMERICANS ANSWER TO SWEDEs
UNSATISFACTORY.
SWEDISH CLUB is NOT THRILLING
Prominent Member Says They Mean
Business and Hope Countrymen
Here Will Back Them Up.

Stockholm, Sweden-The Royal
Swedish Yacht club held a meeting
Friday to discuss the reply of the New
York Yacht club to its inquiry as to
the conditions under which a. chal-
lenge for the Americas cup would be
considered. After a long debate, in
which was emphasized the fact that
the New York Yacht club had not CIV
en- a clear reply to the question wheth-
err the length of the competing YES
sells could be fixed at 70 feet or not,
it was agreed to await the settlement
Of this point.
Will Hold Another Meeting.
A further meeting has been fixed for
Oct. q, when other technical and
financial questions will be discussed.
The press correspondent had an
interview with William Olson, a prom
inent member of the club, who said:
II and all the other members of the
Royal Swedish Yacht club are greatly
surprised and hurt at the sighting
manner in which the New York Yacht
club replied to our communication and
their failure to answer in plain Ian
guage Sweden's civil inquiry as to
whether or not it was going to race
with 70-foot boats.
We mean business and we are not
trifing. We hope that the 1000, 900
Swedes in America will back us up
in our cause"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
MINER IN BOMB MURDER.
Two Men Who Committed Crimes Are
On Way to Cheyenne.

Portland, Ore.-A long distance
telephone message to the orego-
nian som Granite, Ore, states that
Frank Tucker was arrested there on
suspicion of beng an ~acconIplice to
the Harvey X. Brown murder at Baker
City.
Tucker made a statement while I'M
der the influence of liquor which
caused his being taken into custody
that he was at Baker City the night
of the explosion; that he knew the
the names of the two men who ex.
ploded the bomb. He now refuses to
say who they were.
He says the two men are on their
way to Cheyenne, Wyo.
Tucker claims to have worked ir
mines in Butte and Colorado, says he
is a member of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners, and says he has a
brother who lives in Scio, Ore.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
WAR VETERAN AND BRIDE DEAD.
Authorities Believe Gen. syck Killed
Her and Then Committed Suicide.

Pikeville, Ky.-The body of Gen.
eral Webb Syck, a civil war vet.
home in Fairview, and that of his
young wife, a bride of two weeks, in
her bed. 1t is believed Gen. Syck
killed his wife and then committed
suicide.
Mrs. Syck was the generals third
wife. She was formerly Mrs. Jane
Burris, connected with some of {
most prominent families in Northeast
r Kentucky. The shooting is sup
posed to have followed a bitter quar-
rel Of the previous day.
Gen. Syck and his bride had just
returned from their honeymoon trip
through the South. 1t is thought his
mind became unbalanced during the
quarrel with his wife, as he was des-
perately in love with her and insanely
jealous.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
W. c. r. U. HOME UNDER FIRE.
Guaranteed as Unsanltary and Matror
Is Accused Of Brutality.

Eau Claire, Wis.-Following the
advice of the state board Of Health,
the health authorities Of Eau Claire
made an investigation of the State
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
maternity home in this city and found
the place to be unsanitary and I'VE
crowded. Every inmate is afflicted
with the itch. The home was placed
under quarantine and officials are in
vestigating charges made by inmates,
who allege that they we're horse
whipped by the matron, locked in dark
rooms for several days on a bread and
water diet, and that wheat bran and
dry bread constituted the principal
part of the daily menu.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17

A South Dakota town has passed an
ordinance forbidding male and female
persons to loiter on the steps of any
church, public building or doorway of
any store for the purpose of visiting,
eating candy or peanuts, or in any
street, alley, or vacant lot, or other
obscure place, for the purpose of
flirting in the evening. In other words,
says the Houston Post, the South Da-
kota idea is to get married people di.
vorced and to embarrass as far as
possible the efforts of those who de.
sire to become mergered.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
General Won Buelow Is Dead.

Potsdam, Germany-General Adolph
Won Buelow, the imperial adjutant,
died 0 fheart failure. The wife
of the general died October 9. Her
husband, who had been suffering from
asthma, had a severe attack in the
night of Oct. 8, when she saw him
apparently %.suffocating, she cried:
"The general is dying; so am l." and
fell dead at the generals bedside"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17

A New York bank cashier stole $780,.
900 because a woman told him to do
it. 1t is wonderful how well men obey
women sometimes. There are many
cases of this kind on record since the
day Adam took the apple just to please
Eve, but how few are the instances OF
which we have record where men
have wandered back from the paths of
sin and pleasure Just because a woman
told them to! And 1t is all the more
remarkable, too, because that has
been woman's chief occupation since
she made the acquaintance Of man.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
OIL OFFICIAL DstlEs INQUIRY.
Fefuses Even to Be Sworn at Pitts
burg Municipal Probe.

Pittsburg, Pa.-John G.. Pew,
vice-president of the Peoples Gas Co.,
owned by the Standard Oil Co., re-
fused to answer any questions put to
him by a councilmanic Investigating
committee regarding the price of pro-
ducing natural gas and the profits and
methods of doing business. He re-
fused to be sworn.
The committee was appointed under
an act which gives the city the right
to make Investigations for it's own
welfare.
The meeting adjourned until the
city's law department can ascertain to
what extent the committee can go in
compelling witnesses to testify.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Draw Race Line.

Hattiesburg; Miss.-A resolution
calling for separate schools for
Italians, Syrians and Russian Jewish
children in Hattiesburg has been
adopted by the board of education. 1t
will be presented to the city council
in an effort to obtain funds for erect
ing separate school buildings. Recent
race %antagonism against Italians re-
suited in the resolution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Cornerstone is Laid.

Aurora-Despite an occasional down
pour of rain, the cornerstone of the
new Modern Woodman building, which!
Is to be n of the modern business
blocks of the city, was laid with i'm
pressive ceremony before an immense
%concourse of people, who thronged the
public square and braved the inclem-
ent weather. Two addresses on the
order were delivered by ]. H. D. Stew
ems of st. Louis and s. G. A. Rubey Of
Clinton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
South Dakota Prisoners ESCAPE

Aberdeen, S. Delight prison
ers in the county Jail here waiting
trial for various offenses, ranging from
petty theft to highway robbery, es-
capped Thursday night by saving
through the bars of a window. Sew
enteen others refused to take advan-
tage of the opportunity to escape.
None of the escaped prisoners have
been recaptured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Raw River Naviqable.

Kansas City, Mo.-A decree of
Judge Pollock in the federal court
in Kansas City, Kas., Thursday to the
effect that the Kaw river is navigable
and that it's channel must be extended
to an average width of 600 feet will
necessitate the lengthening and rails
ing of many of the costly steel bridges
spanning the river, nearly all of which
have been built since the destructive
flood of 1903.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17

The man who is said to have ac-
companied Gen. Phil Sheridan on his
famous ride from Winchester, TWEEN
ty miles away" died at his home In
a Pennsylvania village the other day.
He may have accompanied Sheridan
on that historical occasion, but the
part he played was quite too small to
bring him any personal recognition
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
PROFESSOR RUNS MILK ROUTE.
Wealthy Resident of Winsted Suburbs
Charges 10 Cents a Quart.

Winstead, Conn.-Professor. M. 1.
Pupin, instructor in Columbia univer-
sity, inventor of the ocean telephone,
and one of the wealthiest residents of
Norfolk, near here, has gone into the
milk business in the latter town, run
ing a cart from house to house. 1t is
understood that he gets 10 cents a
quart, while other milkmen get but Z
cents.
Professor Pupin ran a vegetable
wagon through the village last sum-
mer and most of the New York fam
lilies comprising the Norfolk summer
colony were among his customers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Wife Search Cost $500.

Hastings Neb. - Henry Stromer,
a wealthy farmer is back home
from Milwaukee where he went
to search for a wife, and, it is said,
was fleeced out of a $500 bill by a
prospective bride. The woman was a
fortune teller, and she told Stromer
that she had a vision Of him giving
her $500 and her %consenting to marry
him. Half of it came true.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
crisls on CONGO Question.

Brussels - The question of the
Congo independent state appears to
have reached a deadlock. Neither
parliament nor the king is willing to
give way. The cabinet held a long
meeting and decided to submit a
series Of new propositions to his
majesty. In political circles another
ministerial crisis is feared.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17

Baltimore, Md.-A dispatch from
Cape Henry to the Maritime Ex-
change says: Barge Sexon, lumber
laden, from Georgetown, S. c., to New
York, stranded 80 miles north of
Cape Hatteras at midnight Oct. IL.
The captain and two men of the barge
were drowned. One man. Fred Lunt,
managed to reach the shore and was
picked up by life savers
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
THIS CRAB is 5000 YEARS OLD.
Found Alive lmbedded in Rock SAND
at Nottingham, England.

Nottingham, England-Ten feet be-
low the surface, imbedded in
rock sand, a live crab is stated TO
have been discovered. The crabs
shell measured three inches by two
inches. 1t has eight legs and two
feelers. The suggestion is made that
the crab must be 5000 or 1000 years
old. There have in the past been
many instances where toads are re-
ported to have been found alive in
the center Of blocks of stone.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
One Man Killed in Frisco Wreck.

Birmingham, Ala.-In a collision
between a Louisville & Nashville
freight train and a Frisco pas
senger' train at Pratt City, Ala, Con-
ductor ]. G. Smith was killed and
eight injured. E. T. Wilcox, general
freight agent of the Frisco, is one of
those hurt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
PULASKI Votes Nov. 9.

Dixon-The Pulaski county court
met pursuant to call Of Presiding
Judge G. w. Berry and ordered an
election for Nov. 9 to vote on the ques-
ton of local option in Pulaski county.
There is but n licensed saloon in
the county, located at Dixon, the 9TH
er towns, Croker, WaynesvtlIe and
Richland, having successfully opposed
the r~elicensing Of saloons in these
places a few years ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Accused of MESSAGE lnterferenee.

st. Joseph, Mo.-Joseph Pow
ers, a Burlington telegraph oper-
ator at Waldron, Mo, has been ar
rested for interfering with CONNER
cial messages and train dispatching.
The officers expect to make further
arrests. The operators. sought to
harrass Western Union and Associated
Press operators who took strikers
places some time ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
BURGLAR Kills Peoria Policeman,

Peoria, lll.-During a pistol fight
with a burglar who had robbed a
residence of several thousand dol
lars worth of diamonds, Ed Barrett, a
policeman, was shot and killed early
Sunday morning. The mar who fired
the shot escaped. This is the second
murder of the kind in Peoria in five
days. N
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Couple EIope on a Handar.

Knoxville, Tenn.-MOnroe M. Dead.
erick, grandson of the late Chief
Justice Deaderick of the Tennessee
supreme court, and Miss Hazel
Wilbur Of New York eloped on a
handcar from Unatra Springs to Ed
win, the county seat of Unicoci Coun-
ty, and were married.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Indian Chief Exhumed.

Houston, Tex. = The skeleton Of
an Indian chief has just been dug
up on top of Twin mountain by
Jim Byrd, a hunter, who has lived in
the vicinity for so years. Bride bits,
a butcher knife and widowed frag-
inents of a federal uniform were
found. The place was abandoned as a
fort 80 years ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Liebknecht Goes to Prison.

Leipsic, Germany-Dr. Carl Lieb-
knecht, the Socialist leader, was
Saturday found guilty of treason in
writing his pamphlet, "The Curse of
Militarism," following his trial which
lasted nearly a week. He was sen
fenced to eighteen months imprison-
ment as a first-class prisoner in some
military fortress.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Three Thousand Farmers Expected.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-The Ma
tional Farmers Association, with a
membership extending throughout the
United States and Canada, will cor
vene in this city on Oct. II for its an
nual meeting, which will extend for
five days. Three thousand delegates
are expected to be present, a large
majority of whom will come from Ok
lahoma.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17

Aeronauts are basing vast ~expecta-
tons upon the aeroplane type of air
ship, but every public attempt to show
what these heavier-than-air flyers can
do has resulted in demonstrating that
there is no telling what sort of capers
an aeroplane will cut when it lifts
into the air.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
4-Year.oId Suicide.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES his sister res
primanded him when he threw rocks
at a mud man she was constructing, A.
year-old Lester Owen executed his
threat that he would kill himself. He,
killed himself with a target rifle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Mexican officer Suicides.

Ella Paso, Tex.-Discouraged by
Ill health, General Ifivro Rojan,
c%ommandant of the Braves district of
the Mexican army, committed suicide
in his quarters at Juarez by shooting
himself in the head with a pistol. Gen.
Rojan was 45 years of age and had
commanded the Braves district for
the last five years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
MAY Fine Santa Ee Million.

San Francisco, Cal.-After a
brief elaboration, the jury in the case
of the Santa Fe Railroad Co., charged
with rebating shipments rendered a
verdict of guilty on all counts enumer-
ated in the indictments found by the
grand jury. The maximum fine for
the offenses charged is $1,100,0 900 and
the minimum is $66, 600.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17

1t is now permissible in England
for a man to marry his wife's sister,
If the wife Is dead. Is 1t rot about
time, asks the Brooklyn Eagle, to
enact a law in America for the pro-
lection of the wife's mother from the
alleged funny man, who never was
funny?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Banker a FOUND Guilty.

Chardon, Ohio-R. N. Ford was
found guilty on n count in the
indictment, which charged him with
wrecking the bank at Burton, o. The
jurors found the banker guilty on the
count which charged him with secret
ing with intent to embezzle."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17

Gov. Woodruff of Connecticut says
that people are now so thoroughly
informed that if they are robbed by
financial schemers it is entirely their
own fault. This seems to materially
reduce the ranks of the innocent in
weston.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Girl Patrlcide Not Indicted.

Charleston-The grand jury in SEES,
sion in this county did not indict Miss
Mamie Willard, the young woman who
shot and killed her stepfather, Ben
Watley, Aug, %. This result was not
unexpected. Miss Willard rushed to-
the defense of her mother, whom Watt
ley was attempting to kill with al
knifn
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17

The big scientists Of the British as
ISOLATION continue to be 'all torn up"
over the question whether the atom,
which is the unit of matter, is Of
chemical or electrical cSigin. Yet it
does not seem in keeping with the
eternal fitness Of things for such
mighty men Of learning to quarrel
over a little thing like that.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Missouri stookman Dead.

Mexico-J. R. Johnson, junior menu
Der of the firm of Johnson Bros, isf
dead. He was a prominent stockmanI
III the state. He leaves an estate val
ued at $125,O 600. He was the owner Of
1000 acre Of land and the Ringo Ho-
tel in this city. n
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Leaves Wealth to Clerk.

Humboldt, Kas.-Dr. Carl Voeg-
tel, a veteran of the German army
and of the civil war, died a few
days ago and left his entire estate to
Henry Kuhn, a boy, who had clerked
in his drug store for the last ten
years. He had no relatives.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Frisco Carriers Indicted.

San Francisco-The federal grand
jury reported to United States
District Judge De Haven three
indictments against the Southern Pa.
cifc Co. and two against the Pacific
Mail Steamship Co. for carrying
freight for less than the legal rate be-
tween Kobe, Japan, and various cities
in the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Found Dead In 4 Bath Tub.

Joplin-His body submerged in a
bath tub Of cold water, VIII McFad-I
den, Of Kansas City, was found dead
in a rooming house here. Heart fail
ure is believed to have resulted In
drowning. The widow resides in Kan
sas City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17

A San Antonio. (Tex.) school teach
err says it is impossible to make a pes.
simist of a ~12-year-old boy. Go way
man. Tell one to w%hitewash 200 yards
Of fence and he will think the whole
worlds going to smash.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
State Board Without Funds.

Jefferson City-It is probable that
an error on the part of the legisla-l
ture in appropriating money for the!
support of the state library commits
sion may leave that body without
funds. The legislature appropriated
$4,000 last winter for its support, after
first having created the board, the
same being a measure introduced by
Senator Kinney of st. Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Earthnuake Recorded.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mines in
struments record a most unusual Sc
ries of four earthquakes since Thurs
day evening. The fourth, which was
the s~everest, seems to have orig
mated in the middle of the Pacific
ocean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
FORMER President suelna.

Fort Smith, Ark. G. War
mack, former president of the Ma
tional Coal and Coke Co., is suing the
company for $12,500 on charges of
fraud. He claims that he was cheat
ed out of about $40, 200, but sues spe-
officially for the smaller amount.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Utah Miners Go on Strike.

Park City Utah-Objecting to
the employment of some non-union
miners, $50 miners employed by the
DAILY, West Ontario and Little Bell
mines, all members Of the Western
Federation of Miners, quit work
Wednesday and the properties sns.
pended operations.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Two Operations On Mitoheu.

indianapolis, Ind.-Vice President
Lewis and Secretary Wilson Of the
United Mine Workers Of America re-
turned from La Sale, H., where they
left President John Mitchell. Two op-
erations for appendicitis and hernia
We're performed on Mr.. Mitchell.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
probe for ST. Joseph Gas Company.

st. Joseph-Charges that the local
gas company is discriminating against
this city by shutting off the supply Of
natural gas to manufacturing con-
Germs will be investigated by a utili-
ties commission created under a new
law passed last winter. 1t is assert.
ed that this action on the part of
the gas company gives manufacture
ers in Kansas City and other places
a decided advantage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Girl Cleared Of Murder CHARGE,

GAINESVILLE, Wis.-The jury in the
case of Florence Dugan, who is
charged with trying to kill her re-
cent sweetheart. George Schumacher,
found her not guilty and she was dis
charged.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Killing Frost in ozarks.

Springfield-Killing frost, the first
this fall, fell over the Ozark region,
late vegetables being ruined. The
corn, however, is matured well past
the danger point. Warm weather has
prevailed in this section up to this
week and the fall has been a late one.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-10-17
Two Children Killed bv Traln.

Lorraine, o.-Mathew Glovoski, s
years old, and his sister, Lucy, aged
II, were run down by a Lake Shore
train and killed on a crossing near
Amherst and their aunt, Miss Sophia
Glovek, was fatally hurt.