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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
The Senate.

Resolutions to check naval officers
from lighting a fire under senators
and members to compel the enact
ment Of the naval personnel bill
at this session. were present
ed in the senate by Mr.. Hale,
and after causing a snappy debate
of short duration, went over for flu
ture consideration. Mr.. Ha1e's reso-
lutions cite the presidents order toi.
bidding government employees ito lob
by" and directs an inquiry by the
secretary Of the navy to ascertain
whether the order is being violated.
The latter part of the day was devoted
to the disposition of pension bills.
According to plans the new battle
ship provided for in the naval ap-
preparation bill is to be a sister ship
of the monster authorized by congress
last year, which the bill required
should "be a first-class battleship, car.
rying as heavy armor and as powerful
armament as any existing vessel Of
its class; to have the highest practi-
cable speed and greatest practical
radius of action" The cost of the two
battleships is estimated at $40, 900, 900
each.
The exact and detailed extent to
which child labor Is employed in the
United States is set forth in a bulletin
issued by the census bureau. The sta
tistics presented are for 1900, and re-
late to the employment of children as
bread winners, of whom 1,750,000 in
round numbers, between the ages of
10 and Is, were so employed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
MINE ON FIRE
EXPLOSION CAUSES GREATEST
MINE DISASTER EVER KNOWN
IN sAAR REGION.
MANY MINERS DEAD
Six Hundred Men Were in the 1900
Foot Shaft-6rave Rescue Work
ers Boldly Enter and
Face Death.

Saarbrueck, Rhenish Prussia-A fire
damp explosion occurred in the Reden
coal mine at st. Johann-on-Saar, oppo.
site Saarbrueck. The mine is owned
by the Prussian government. Only GO
live men have been brought out, and
of these the doctors say at least So
will die, as they are frightfully in,
jured through having been hurled
against the walls of the galleries by
the force of the explosion.
Brave Rescue Workers.
Immediately after the explosion res.
cue workers were hurried from all the
adjacent mines and boldly entered the
Reden shaft in great numbers.
The work of rescue has been great
ly. hampered by the poisonous gases
resulting from the explosion and by
a fierce fire that broke out immediate.
ly afterwards. This caused efforts at
rescue to be suspended and the work
ers had to be ordered out of the mine,
Second Explosion.
After all the rescuers had reached
daylight, according to one version, a
second terrific explosion was heard
underground. But, according to an.
other report, many of the rescuers
were still below when the second *,
plosion occurred, and it is estimated
that the casualty list from the two ex'
plosions reaches a total Of 300 men.
All Below Dead-Mine on Fire.
1t is regarded as certain that the
lowest levels of the mines are com
| pletely wrecked, and the inspectors
r celebrating upon further meas
ures to get control of the fire. The
managers are discussing the advisa
bility of flooding these levels as the
only means of e%xtinguishing the
flames. 1t is believed that all the
men who were in the lower levels as
suredly are dead. 1t will take a full,
week to enter and explore the mine
Almost Half a Mile Underground
The disaster occurred 1900 feet un
der ground, and is one and a quarter
IullSS lFUHl Tic HUT VI lu6 SudlI. IL
is the greatest mining catastrophe evel
known in the Saar region.
About 600 men entered the mine
for the day shift, but a number O
them escaped through the Bildstocl
shaft, which communicates with the
Reden underground. The entrance
to the galleries underground is blocked
with dead horses.
MangIed Beyond Recognition.
Most Of the bodies brought to the
surface are mangled beyond recogni
tion. The mine inspectors ordered
the rescuers to return to their homes
but to hold themselves in readiness
for further orders.
Emperor William has ordered tina
a full report of the disaster be SEN
| him.
Experts calculate that the rescu,
work will take one week.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
THAW TO PLEAD INSANITY
TRIAL OF HEIR TO MILLIONS Is
COMMENCED.
Manacled to Prison Guard, Man Who
Killed Stanford White is Taken
From Tombs.

New York, N. Y.-Manacled to
a prison guard, Harry X. Thaw. the
spoiled scion of the Thaw family of
P%ittsburg, was brought from the olu
gray Tombs Monday to stand trial for
shooting down and killing Stanford
White on the roof of the Madison
Square Garden last June because of
jealousy of his artist model wife Eve
lyn Nesbit Thaw.
Though pallid from his months of
confinement in the Tombs cell, Thaw's
health seemed much improved by his
Incarceration. His arraignment was
purely formal and he will be remanded
back to the Tombs to await the real
beginning of his trial in a few days. A
delay in the Hilgert magic boots"
case caused the postponement of the
Thaw trial Monday.
Report has it that Thaw's defense
will be temporary insanity. If the jury
is satisfied that Thaw was insane from
jealousy when he shot White and that
he is sane now, Thaw will go free.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
THE BAILEY INVESTIGATION.
Legislative Committee May Start on
Hunt for II. Clay Pierce.

Austin, Texas-The legislative in
vestigatpn of Senator Joseph w.
Bailey began it's second week today.
1t is said important developments are
near.
Chairman O'Neill authorizes the
statement that unless H. Clay Pierce,
of the Waters-Pierce Oil Co., would
come to Texas voluntarily, to appear
before the committee, and avail him
self for legislative dispensation from
arrest for any reported pending indict-
ments against Mr.. Pierce in Travis
county, the committee would send two
of it's members to any point in the
United States to see Mr.. Pierce and
get his testimony. In that event, Sen
ator Bailey and attorneys for both
sides would accompany the commit
tee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
SNOW SEVENTY FEET DEEP.
North Dakota Is Buried Under a Great
White Blanket.

st. Paul, Minn.-North Dakota
is covered with snow of an I'M
~precedented depth. Whole communi-
ties are isolated and every railroad
in the state is at the mercy of the ele-
ments. Not a train from North Da-
kota has arrived here for three days,
and the officials have no definite idea
when traffic will be resumed. The
blizzard was athe worst the northwest
has known in half a century. In the
mountain districts monstrous snow
slides have covered the tracks so to
10 feet deep.
Captain and Crew Escaped.
New Orleans, lathe probable
loss of the Norwegian bark D. H.
Morris, LAB net registered, which was
en- route from Norway to Gulfport,
Miss, is reported by Capt. O'Hansen
and his crew of Is men, who have ar
rived here on a gasoline launch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
SMALLPOX IN SMOKER.
Car of st. Louis Train Sidetracked
and Fumigated.

Kansas City, Mo.-A smoker at
tached to the st. Louis-bound
Wabash train that left the Union
depot at 1920 o'clock Friday
morning was s~idetracked when it
reached Excelsior Springs and thor
oughly fumigated. This was nee
essary because Roy Ellis, a smallpox
patient. had been a passenger in the
coach the night previous from Sulphur
Springs and had come to Kansas City
for treatment. He spent the balance
f the night in a st. Louis venue
lodging house, and called or the
health authorities and was at once
taken to the detention hospital.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Refused = Future President.

st, Louis-Miss Mary Ann Casey,
daughter of Samual Casey, of Ken
lucky, who was assistant secretary of
the treasury in the administration of
President Buchanan died at the age
of 81 at the home of Mrs. T. G. Black
well, 1896 Washington avenue. Miss
Casey was one of the bellies of Wash
ington society in the years before the
civil war and often related how Presi-
dent Buchanan courted her and made
her a proposal of marriage which she
refused,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
STATE SUES A RAILROAD.
Minnesota Attorney-General Begins
Proceedings Against Manitoba.

st. Paul, Minn.-Attorney-Gen General
Young Friday began mandamus
proceedings in the supreme court
to compel the st. Paul, Minneapolis,
& Manitoba Railroad Co. to show
why it's charter should not be forfeit
ed.
This company, formerly known as
the Minnesota & Pacific Co., is really
the parent company Of the Great
Northern Railway Co., and the Great
Northern Is joined in this issue, as it
is the owner of the Manitoba com
pany's stock.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Kansas city's Great viaduct.

Kansas City, Mo.-The inter-city
and interstate viaduct connecting this
city and Kansas City, Kas., has been
opened for traffic. 1t is a steel and
concrete trestle reaching from bluff to
bluff to the Kaw valley and extending
over the railroad yards and the Kaw
river. Construction has cost $500, 900.
Roadways for wagons, street cars and
pedestrians are provided, and an
enormous saving of time and distance
is effected. Practically all inter-city
travel will S the new route.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
jim CROW IN OKLAHOMA.
Separate Coaches and Waiting Rooms
for Sons of African Descent.

Guthrie, Okla.-The proposed con.
stitutional plank, known as the Jim
Grow" measure, was submitted to the
constitution makers when they Assem-
bled for the last week for which they
will receive pay.
The provision embodies the senti.
ment Of the railroad committee in
the following words:
Common carriers shall provide
equal, but separate, coaches and wait.
ing rooms for sons of African descent,
the legislature is hereby authorized to
enact the necessary laws and provide
necessary penalties to carry this pro.
vision into effect"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
FEVER CASES DECREASING.
Chicago Has a Marked Increase In
D%iphtheria, However.

Chicago, Ill.-The combined Of
forts of the health department, build
ing department and state factory in
spector's office showed results yester-
day in a marked decrease of the num-
Der of scarlet fever cases reported.
This result, however, was accompanied
by the greatest number of new cases
of diphtheria reported in any day of
the epidemic, as well as an increase
in the actual number Of deaths from
contagious diseases.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
DRYDEN Defeated.

Trenton, N. Certain now that
John F. Dryden can not be elected
senator, the republican leaders
are advising a change of front by
his supporters in the legislature, and
have suggested another conference by
the forty-four republican legislators,
with the suggestion that new candi-
dates be taken up and a new caucus
choice be made. Strong Dryden ad-
herents are opposed to another con-
ference. 1t is recognized clearly that
sentiment is growing stronger hourly
against Dryden.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
svmnathv from France.

Paris-President F~allieres, Foreign
Minister Pichon and the municipal
council of Paris have t%elegraphed En-
peror William expressing the sym.
pathy of France in the Saarbrueck dis.
aster and recalling the generous as.
sistance given by German miners at
the time of the Courrieres catastrophe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Ranker Burkbardt Dead.

California;. A. Burkhardt, presi-
dent of the Farmers and Traders
bank, died at his home in this city, at
the age of u. He represented Mont
teau county in the legislature during
the sessions of 1895; was sheriff of
the county from 1869 to 1873, and sew
eral times mayor and councilman of
California. He had been in business
in California for so years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
san Antonio Editor Dies.

San Antonio, Tex.-Frank Grlce,
editor and publisher of the Daily
Express, died here Sunday night after
q lingering illness of several months.
Mr.. Grice came to San Antonio in 1877.
He began his career here as city editor
of the Express and in a few months az
sumed editorial control Of the news.
paper.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
State Happenings.
missouri License Law Upheld.

Jefferson City.-The supreme court
has decided that the solicitation of Or
ders for picture frames comes under
the state law prohibiting peddling
without a license. ]. P. Looney was
convicted in Oregon county and fined.
He appealed to the supreme court on
the ground that the interstate COM
merce act protected him in soliciting
for a Chicago firm. The decision rem!
dered in effect stated defendant vas
selling goods and making delivery al
same time, therefore the interstate
commerce act did not apply.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
rhe 1hree condemned convIets.

jefferson City.-In the Cole county
circuit court Judge Martin overruled
a motion for a %rehearing of the muir,
der case of Vaughan, Ryan and Ray
mond, convicts, who were recently
found guilty of having killed John
Clay, a guard, when they broke out
of the %penitentiary in November, 1905.
The court sentenced the three convicts
to be hanged on March /. An appear
was Immediately taken to the suI
preme court, which acts as a stay OF
execution pending action Of that court.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
A Former Partner Of Edison.

Springfield, Mass.-Joseph T. Muir
ray, 70, of New York City, died
here, at the home of his daughter,
Miss May Murray. In the '70's he was
a partner of Thomas A. Edison, manu-
featuring telegraph instruments in
Newark, N. J. Before the war he was
a noted abolititionist.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Has a stormy Time.

st. Joseph-Postmaster William M
Tygart, of South st. Joseph, has had
a stormy time of it since his appoint.
ment a year ago, and has begun prepa-
rations to resist charges that have
been filed with the department at
Washington Of conduct %unbecoming an
officer of the government.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Stirred Mayer co action.

Sedalia.-Mayor John A. Collins has
issued orders to the marshal and the
police force to enforce an ordinance
adopted in 1894 establishing a "cur-
few" law. The law has been a dead
letter until recently, Numerous com
plants from parents of boys who fire.
quent pool halls and saloons has
stirred the mayor to action.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
70 Review currency Question.

New York-The announcement has
been made that Leslie M. Shaw,
secretary Of the treasury, who will
retire in March, will devote his last
address at the annual banquet
Of the Missouri society on Thursday
to a comprehensive review Of the
currency question.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

An invention of Frau Antoinette
ATntzen and exhibited at the recent
musical exposition in Berlin consists
Of a method of increasing the res
onalce OF the voice by inserting a
film under the roof of the mouth,
making a sort of sounding board. The
apparatus is intended for the use of
orators, officers, sea captains, ETC., al
we'll as for singers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Another Japanese Treatx claim

Honolulu, Acknowledgements Consul
Mkt Saito is credited with the state
ment that proposed local legislation
limiting issuance Of saloon licenses
to citizens Of the United States Is
a violation Of the Japanese treaty
rights.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

The biggest gain in numbers of i'm
migrants last year vas from Italy,
Russia, Greece, Turkey and the ORR
ent. 1t should not be rashly said
that this is not cause for congratula-
ton. 1t may be in the places they
came from.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Younu Man Kills Hinself

New York-Lathrop Smith, of Kar-
sas City, Mo-, registered at a hotel
here and committed suicide by shoot,
ing. He was attending Columbia uni.
versity, and was highly connected at
home. No cause known.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Salt River Was on a Boom,

New Iondon-Salt river reached
within Z inches of the high-water mark
Of 1875. All the orn in the lowlands
along its course in Rails county has
been swept away. The loss is the
heaviest for years by nigh water. The
river is now falling.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Met a Terrible Death,

Cincinnati-Caught in the jaws Of
a rag s~hredding machine, Stephen Ait
meyer, aged So, was slowly crushed to
death. His fellow employees yer un.
able to aid him and his entire body
was dragged into the machine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

Work seems to be waiting for the
person who IA do it. In Detroit the
employment agencies are said to be
practically idle because there are few
out of work. In Boston a free state
employment bureau, opened on De.
cember 8, announced in an advertise.
ment printed en- the Saturday before,
that it had on its books demand for
than 400 workers at wages vary.
ing from five dollars a month and
board for a boy, to $50 a week for
workers in an electrical shop.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

We are having the kind of a win
ter in which a shrewd husband can
make a big hit with his wife and at
the same time experience no personal
discomfort by getting uD to light the
kitchen fire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

There is reinsurance for Mr.. At
wood in the words from Berlin that
surgery can now attach a beheaded
mans head to the trunk again, that
is unless the man has lost his head
entirely.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Any WAY to Get In.

81 Paso, Tex.-Twenty-six Japanese,
including several women dressed as
boys, were found concealed in a box
a near here by immigration officers.
They had waded the river to avoid
payment of the head tax.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Marines wreck corean Resort

Pekin--Some American marines
attached to the legation guard wrecked
a Corean resort here on January IL.
The men Of the guard as a unit, how
ever, declare they know nothing of
the outrage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

When the United States gets that
biggest battleship in the world the
secretary of the navy wants, her
saucy ship will be a beauty that will
attract the admiration of the globe.
She will, in fact, be the belle of
the seas,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Turk Tellinn on Greek.

Salonica, European Turkey-It is
reported here that a Greek band re.
Gently burned two houses that were
filled with people at a little village
named Gretchen. neal Drama Euro.
pean Turke
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

Philologists have found that origin
ally tho word chauffeur meant muir
derous brigand. How in the world
could the meaning of it ever have
been so changed?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Prominent Canadian Dead.

Fredericton, N. B.-Andrew G.
Blair, n Of the best known public
men In Canada, died suddenly here. He
was formerly premier Of New Bruins
wick, and for several years minister
Of railways and canals in Sir Wilfrii
Laurier's cabinet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Bad Fire In New York.

New York-A loss estimated at $780,
600 resulted from a fire that burned
out the garage Of the New York Trans.
portation Co. at Eight and West Forty.
ninth street. Amy automobiles were
rendered worthless.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

John E. Wilkie, chief of the secret
service, is one of the best amateur
magicians in the country. He performs
wonders with a deck Of cards and his
straightforward maneuvers with coin,
handkerchiefs and other objects are a
source Of constant wonder to his
friends.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

The New Zealand International ex-
hibition, now in progress, is the most
important one vel held in Austral-
asia. It covers IA acres, and the cost
of the main buildings is estimated at
100000, though the entire expendi-
lures before opening were probably
three times that sum. All nations
were invited to exhibit, and it is re-
GREETED that American Manufac-
turers did not respond. The Stand
ard Oil company, through its New
Zealand representative, is the only
American concern with an exhibit,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Railway AGENT Killed.

st. Joseph-o. L. Flincher, night
agent of the Chicago & Great West
ern railway at Savannah was killed
when he delivered a message to the.
engineer of a freight train passing,
through the town at a high rate Of
speed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Two killed. sixteen Hurt.

Dayton, Ohio-Miss Lillian Hubar
was killed and sixteen other passen-
gers injured when a Big Four train
crashed into a street car here. Prof.
Merch, assistant principal of the Day.
ton schools, and Mrs. Frank Randy,
of this city, were fatally hurt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

P~arisians, who like to have a des-
ignating epithet for everything and
everybody, call the actresses who ride
in touring cars, wrapped up in automo-
bile coats, the little bears of the
ho~uleyardS."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

The burning of the brides toys is
part Of the wedding ceremony in
Japan. The bride lights a torch
which she hands to the bridegroom,
who with it lights a fire in which the
TOYS are DESTROYED.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31

Jefferson City.-Gov. Folk Friday
granted another respite to William
Spaagh. Jr, p~ostponing his execution
until April %.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Five Years for Falls. Reports

Atoka, I. T.-Walter c. Rudisill,
former cashier Of the Coal Gate Il.
ID national bank, has been convicted
Of making false reports to the comp
troller Of the currency, and sentenced
to five years In prison.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
His Mind Gave Wax.

A message from the western part of.
this BARR county says that Charles
Davis, the youth who says he shot and
killed Claude Haley accidentally while
fighting a savage dog last Saturday,
has become insane.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
Green County Wants courthouse.

Springfeld.-The county court mas
decided to withdraw the question of a
site from the courthouse proposition
to be submitted at a special election,
March 26, fearing that it might inval
idate the election.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
won 100000 Il Monte Carlo.

Monte Carlo-Herr Henneberg, a
PoIander, who caused a sensation
here last year by winning near.
ly 5000, 600, has returned here and
retains his winning streak. Friday
he won $4,000 at a single sitting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-31
NAV Mover Re Rebuilt.

Kingston.--The fear is growing that
in view OF the enormity OF the disaster
there is scarcely a score Of houses
capable OF restoration--the rebuilding
Of the city will prove impossible.