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The Washington times., 1907-09-01

the vocal training itself might be IN
consequent, the atmosphere is worth
every consideration.
Here in America we have nothing
Of this telling OF reverence for the
work OF the masters. Until last sea-
son the entire country supported only
one opera house OF influence. II Is
not an ancient Institution.
There is nothing about IL that would
encourage a beginner on the operate
Stage. In fact. IL has ben necessary
for an American singer 10 have been
abroad. and sung abroad. before an
engagement at home could be hoped
for.
The Washington times., 1907-09-01
The Ideal Siegfrled.

Not only in voice but IN physique
does Jenkins approximate the Wagner
fan ideal He Is a very forceful ex-
ample Of the effect OF an out-of-door
life. In height he stands six feet and
more than three inches His weight
IS much over 200 pounds There is no
unequal distribution of weight The
proportions are perfect in every re-
spect. From hts voice and physical
bearing he has come to be known al
ready as the greatest SIegfried in any
OF the European opera houses.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
WHAT LONDON A

London, Eng.-A message has
been received from Sir Alfred Jones
which confirms the worst fears. This
message is addressed to Elder, Demp-
ster & Co, and is as follows:
Kingston was overwhelmed by an
earthquake Monday afternoon at $3.50.
All the houses within a radius OF 10
miles have been damaged, and almost
every house in the city is destroyed.
Fire broke out after the earthquake,
and completed the work Of destruc-
ton. The public officers and hos
pitfalls are in ruins.
1.-THE business quarter Of Kingston
Is now a heap Of smoldering ashes. We
are thankful that our party Is all
right"
This dispatch from Sir Alfred Is
practically identical with other mes
sages received from Kingston, includ-
Ing one from a correspondent of the
Standard, who is with the Jones party,
with the exception that all the others
give the death list as several hun.
dred,n while a dispatch or d similar
purport received by the Direct West
Indian Cable %. says that the loss 81
We was ssheavy.'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
SAID WOMEN MARRIED HIM.
Remarkable Excuse Put Forward by
4 French 5igamist.

At Versailles, France, recently a
baker was tried on a charge of polyg-
amy, having married five women,
who are living and undivorced. The
pentagamist's defense was that he
( had not married the women; they had
married him. When they proposed
he had not the courage to say 10.
Neither money nor love, he said, had
prompted his n%uptials; he was the
yvictim of the stronger wills of his
successive spouses. OF the five wives
Shree appeared as witnesses, but did
not prosecute, saying that their COM
mon husband was a topper of whom
they were glad to get rid. He was
acquitted-on what ground does not
appear. AS all the years in which
the multiplex husband took wives
were leap years except 1881, in which
1T would seem that in four out of
the five cases the ome had the
right to propose. But the man had
the right, even in the leap years, to
decline, and it was up to him at least
TO explain to his fair suitors that he
was engaged. To establish the prin-
Ciple that a man is not responsible
for the number of his wives unless
me himself does the counting, would
DE plainly against public policy. II
r'Barkis is willin'," that at once puts
all the responsibility on him, no
matter who managed the prelimi-
narieH.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24

Representative Drasts OF st. LOUIS
introduced Z bill ror the appropriation
OF $4,000 with which to purchase 5000
copies of Robert Carter Fowell's key
to repealed and amended sections Of
the Revised Statutes of Missouri" the
books, If purchased, to be distributed
among the several counties.
Representative Butts introduced a
memorial petitioning congress to
establish a national park at Haha-
tonka, in Camden county.
The resolution to place the house on
record as pledging itself to %appropri-
ate for the restoration of the burned
buildings at the colony for the feeble
minded $4,000 was called up Thursday
by Representative Burch, who spoke
for its adoption. He explained the
pressing need of some guarantee that
the money would be forthcoming. The
inmates of the place we're suffering,
he said.
Representative Chancellor, opposed
the resolution, declaring 1t a scheme
"to railroad through an appropriation"
The resolution was adopted. The in
stitution is asking for $50, $500, and the
action taken Is practically q
guarantee that it will receive at least
$4,000 of that amount.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24

rotary Root later indicated the desira-
bility of sending warships at once to
the distressed island, it turned out
that Admiral Evans had anticipated
the direction, and had started on a
torpedo boat destroyer, the swiftest
vessel in the American fleet, for King
ston, ordering two of the slower bat
tIeships to follow as soon as they
could.
Acted First, Authority Later.
The appeal for food supplies direct
ed attention to the fact that under or
binary conditions none of the govern
ment supplies could be used for out
side relief say by special authority
Of congress. That fact, however, did
not prevent Secretary Metcalf from
ordering two supply ships with full
cargoes of food at once to Jamaica.
leaving for tomorrow the question as
to how the supplies are to be given
to the needy inhabitants.
There are stores of food at San
Juan, P. R., and Havana that might be
used for emergencies, leaving the de.
partment to draw later on the large
stocks at New York.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
Mo LONGER Novel.

When James P. Magenis was chief
deputy in the internal revenue service
he was stricken with a severe attack
of typhoid fever, and it was some
weeks before he was able to
his duties.
Before his illness his hair was lux
uriant, but after it a bald spot began
to show, which was notices by a dep
uty, who spoke to him about it.
Pardon me, jim" he said, but
you are getting bald, and you know a
head of hair like yours is quite a
novelty these days"
YES" said Magenis, Il have been
told my hair was quite a novelty,
but do you know" he said, and a
CLEAN of fun was in his eye, Il no
tice since my Illness, that every time
l run my hand over the top of my
head the novelty is wearing off"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
BOY WAS SOMEWHAT MIXED.
Had Wrong Idea of the Sound to Be
Removed.

Deacon Allen Sheldon, who recently
passed away, was universally respect
ed by all who knew him, and his
stories were listened to with much de-
light, says a writer in the Boston
Herald. He used to tell the following
with a great deal of interest:
When a very small boy he asked his
father to let him go with him to the
town meeting. He went, with the
promise that when he returned he
would tell the folks what happened.
In those days the church was sup
ported by a tax on every property
holder. Whatever of interest came up
fer the church had to be voted on at
the town meeting.
The pastor being feeble and his
voice not strong, an article in the
town warrant called for the removal
of the sounding board from over the
pastors head, since it acted as an ex-
tinguisher, and not as originally
Planned. When Allen returned he
told his mother about the sounding
board, and said:
Mr.. Flagg got up and said, in his
sIueaky voice: MI. Moderator, l
make a motion that we remove the
sound from under the board"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
PROMPT TO ACT.
Navy Department Responds to the Cry
for Bread.

Washington, D. C.-Official news
of the disaster at Kingston, Jamaica,
reached Washington SLOWLY; in fact,
the first report did not come to hand
until well along in the afternoon,
when a dispatch was received at the
state department dated: Jamaica,
1881 p. m, Jan. &c." and signed Amer
lean Consul" stating that Kingston
had been destroyed, and hundreds of
lives lost, and that food was badly
wanted. The dispatch al regarded
as warranting the taking of instant
measures of relief. Indeed the navy
department has been in advance in
this matter, for through Capt. Beehler,
the officer in charge of the naval sta
ton at Key West, wireless communica-
ton was early established between
the navy department and Admiral
Evans, commanding the Atlantic feet
at GuantaL mo, Cuba, and when Sec
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
Calls for Investigation.

1t WAS, of course, improbable that
the s~hip-subsidy bill could be expected
to become a law without charges of
bribery and corruption. Mr.. Alexander
r. Smith has been defending himself
from such charges, in the New York
Sun, and of course denies it. He adj
mits that money was needed, but
when / said that | might be able to
secure the funds to meet the expense
there was of course no thought of cor
ruption. Mr.. Smith very d~iscreetly
omits to say where it was, or of whom,
he thought he might be able to 'se-
cure the funds" Before President
Roosevelt sends his special message
to congress recommending the ship
subsidy steal he should investigate
who is spending money to plumber the
people.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
East Street, Looking Toward the Water Front. This Section Was
Completely Devastated bv the Earthquake and Fire.

Sir James Ferguson, vice chairman
Of the Royal Mail Steamship Co., is
among the killed.
The dead are being buried under
smoldering ruins.
The mercantile community suffered
most severely, warehouses falling upon
them.
Many professional men are dead or
injured.
The negroes are looting.
CHASTITY scenes are being witnessed.
All the ships have been destroyed,
and all the buildings in and around
Kingston are in ruins. Very few of
them are safe to live in.
The governor and his party are
safe.
It is reported that an extinct vol
cane in the parish of Portland is
showing signs of activity, but this has
not been verified.
No news has yet been received from
other parts of the island Oh Jamaica,
communication being very difficult.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
WHITE BREAD
Makes Trouble for People with Weak
Intestinal Digestion.

A lady in a Wis. town employed a
physician who instructed her not to
eat white bread for two years. She
tells the details Of her sickness and
she certainly was a sick oma
I'm the year 1887 ! gave out from
overwork, and until 1901 I remained
an invalid in bed a great part of the
time. Had different doctors but moth
ing seemed to help. / suffered from
cerebro-spinal congestion, female trou-
BILE and serious stomach and bowel
trouble. MY husband called a new
doctor and after having gone without
any food for 10 days the doctor or.
edcred Grape-Nuts for me. ! could eat
the new food from the very first
Ilouthful. The doctor kept me on
Grape-Nuts and the only medicine
was a little glycerine to heal the
~Sllmentary canal.
when I was up again doctor told
me to eat Grape-Nuts twice a day ano
no white bread for two years. / got
well In good time and have gained IN
strength so I can do my own work
again.
my brain has been helped SO much
and ! know that the Grape-Nuts food
did this, too. | found + had been
made III because + wal not fed right
that Is I did not properly digest white
bread and some other food ! tried tc
live on.
4 have never been without Grape
Nuts Ioo1 since and eat 1t every day
You may publish this letter II you lik'
90 It will help someone else Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Greek
Mich. Got the little book, sTrhe Roat
20 Melville" III pkgs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
BRING GOOD HEALTH
Or. William Pink Pills, Used After
the Grip, Arrest Fatal Decline and
Rebuild the system.

MHFtN TTETS TE NN.NE-Ha
Any bodily weakness caused by a
deficiency in the blood can be cured
by the use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills
because these pills actually make new
blood. After attacks of the grip the
blood is generally run down and the
patient continues to decline.
about three years ago. says Mrs.
Jennie Cowan, Of It's N. Henry
Street. West Bay City, Mich, Il
caught a severe cold, which ran into
the grip. l was confined to my bed
for two weeks. At the end of that
time / was able to be about, but was
completely run down. | was SO weak
/ could hardly stand. my cheeks had
no color and I felt faint. My heart
would iutter and it was difficult for
me to breathe at times. Neuralgia
settled in the back of my head and
stomach and I suffered from rheuma-
tism in my shoulders.
II had the care Of the best doctor
In town but became no better until a
friend told me one day how she had
been cured by DR.. williams Pink
Pills and | decided to try them, I
500 felt better and continued using
them until I was entirely cured. They
built me up again to perfect health
and | use them now whenever / feel
at all sick and they always help me-"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are inval.
unable In such cases. as well as In
other blood diseases, because they not
only drive of the germs of the disease
but build UP the system. The pills
have cured anaemia, rheumatism, af-
ter-effects Of fevers, neuralgia and
many other severe disorders.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on
receipt Of price, so cents per box,
six boxes $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24

The special committee sent to st.
James to investigate the stories con-
corning the management of the fed
eral soldiers home there and the dis
honesty charged against some of the
former administrations, reported to
the house Monday. The report de,
clared there was direct evidence both
for and against the late superintend.
ent, but that it was made clear his
resignation was not demanded upon
political grounds. 1t also stated that
the home had been and was being
well conducted. The committee was
discharged.
Hereafter all probate judges and
all judges of county courts through.
out the state must give a bond In the
sum Of $1,000 before entering upon
the discharge Of their official duties,
IL a bill introduced by Representative
Swiers becomes a law.
Senator Avery introduced a bill pro.
vidlng that no person shall vote for
himself Of herself as a director, Off.
GER or employe on stock held by them
q trustee. OF any corporation, organ.
lied under the general laws III the
state, whereby they receive remuners.
ton. 6alary or advantages.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24

Peyund is a household friend in
mere than a million homes. This
n0nr6er is Increasing every day.
Pernna has 6cc0me a househ0M aOoyd
all oger the English speaking a0oyn.
1t is an cid tried remedy tor all ca
tayyhaI diseases Of the head, threat,
lungs, stomach, kidneys, bladdey and
female organs.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1907.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
A City Of $4,000 People.

The city is one Of low lying build
ings, clustered along the shores Of
one of the finest and most securely
land locked harbors in the West In
dies. The population, which numbers
$4,000, is largely made up of native
blacks.
Many steamers carrying tourists to
Jamaica we're en- route to the island
when the earthquake occurred, but it
so happens that, according to sched-
ules, none Of the ships from New
York or Boston was in Kingston hsr.
Dor Monday afternoon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
Thoroughly Reliable.

if ever there was a reliable and safe
remedy it is that old and famous por-
Gus plaster-Allcock's. 1t has been in
use for sixty years, and is as popular
to-day as ever, and we doubt if there
is a civilized community on the face
of the globe where this wonderful pain
r~aliever cannot be found. In the selec-
tion of the ingredients and in their
manufacture the greatest care is taken
to keep each plaster up to the highest
standard of excellence, ard so pure
and simple are the ingredients that
even a child can use them.
Allcock's are the original and gen.
uine porous %plasters and are sold by
Druggists all over the world.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
Missouri
Legislature
o-ppolntments Confirmed.

All the appointments of the gov
ernor, made during vacation, were con.
firmed, with the exception of Thomas
E. Mulvihill, to be excise commissioner
of st. Louis, and George P. Jones and
Theodore Bland, to be members of the
st. Louis police board, and two mem.
bers of St. Joseph police board. There
is nc opposition to the police commits
sioners, but their m went to the
committee on municipal corporations,
along with that of Mulvihill, and that
committee has not yet submitted a re-
port. 1t will not hold a meeting until
Monday night.
Following is the list of the other ap-
pointments made by the governor dur.
ing vacation and confirmed by the
senate:
Speed Mosby, pardon attorney, for a
term ending January /, 1909.
J. A. Hitler of st. Louis county, fac
tory inspector, for a term ending May
10, 1909.
A. c. Moroney, to be election COM
missioner in st. Louis for a term end
ing May 13, 1909.
w. L. Watkins of %Chillicothe, state
supervisor of building and loan as.
sociations, for a term ending June 20,
1909.
Robert M. Washburn of Columbia,
state dairy commissioner for a term
ending May 1, 1907.
Members of the board of managers
Of the colony for the feeble-minded at
Marshall-Dora Hall Stager of st.
Joseph and Thomas w. Lacey of Mar
shall.
W. II. KEENAN, of Mexico, member of
the board of managers for the con-
federate home.
J. G. Gordon of Lexington, member
of the board of managers for the deaf
and dumb school at Fulton.
George A. Trigg of Richmond, mem
Der of the board of managers for the
industrial school for girls at Chillico-
the.
Charles NJ. McAfee Of Springfield,
trustee for the fruit experimental
station at Mountain Grove.
Members of the state board Of
geologic. M. Shepard, Springfield;
Elias Catch, st. Louis; L. F. Cottri,
Edna; Stonewall Pritchett, Webb
City.
Members of the state board of health
Doctors R. H. Goodier, Hannibal; w.
8. Thompson, Armstrong; John L.
Thatcher, Oregon; Frank ]. Lutz, st.
Louis; J.. A. Babcock, Farrensburg; A.
H. Hamel, Desoto; Ira Upshaw, st.
Louis; T. F. McDearmont, st. Charles.
Members of the board of managers
of the Pennington insane asylum
Paul P. Hinchey, De Soto; Dr.. c. B.
Jones, Poplar Bluff; George A. Hope,
st. Louis.
Members of the board of regents for
Lincoln instftute-Calvin M. Wood
ward, st. Louis and A. RosshiII, Col
umbia.
Members of the state board of media
ton and arb1tration-Ford A. Allen,
Kansas City, and Joseph Pope, Jeffer-
son City.
Members of the board of regents of
the Warrensburg normal-R. 8. Har-
vey Of Eldon.
Members of the state board Of phar-
macy-Adoph Branderburger, Jeffer-
o City, and Charles Geitner, st.
Louis.
Member of the board of managers
for the Boonville reform school for
boys-L. Fl. Denny Of Glasgow.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24

Later advices received from Jamaica
declare that all people have been
warned to keep away from Kingston.
The stencil is described as awful.
Money is useless. The banks have
been burned, but the vaults are sup
posed to be safe.
The misery on all sides is indescrib.
able.
Rich and poor alike are homeless.
Provisions of all kinds are urgently
needed.
1t is impossible to say where any
body can be found.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
Critics Little Joke.

A dramatic critic said in New York
the other night that he got off a good
Joke at H. B. Irving's expense.
II met Mr.. Irving" he began, "just
after a performance of the Bells
Mr.. Irving asked me how | liked him.
lyon were immense said |, In
me scene you were quite the equal of
your father
what scene was that?' he asked.
1.-THE scene said !, Just before
Matthias tells his horrible drea1a
MI. Irving frowned.
But he said, i wasn't on the
Jtage then
Neither said l, was your ia,
her"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
lananese Hot Baths.

In Japan hot baths are used at a
temperature of 104 degrees. Fahren-
heit. Immediately they leave this
the bathers plunge into perfectly cold
water. A European doctor who has
spent many years in Toxic declares
that, after a bath of this heat and the
subsequent douche, he used to feel
warm all day in the coolest winter
weather, while in summer the bath
had the exactly contrary effect, and
was most cooling and refreshing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
Hloks star y aEraakn shoM.

bakersfield, Cal.-Miner Hicks,
whose sudden rise to notoriety through
lis entombment for Is days made him
the object Of many show offers. has
,een engaged by N. y. Schmidt Of
Berkeley at a salary Of $500 per week
or n year. The iirst exhibition was
.iven In Hakersville. Harry Linville.
rominent in the rescue wcsa. was Gu
aged to act as lecture. and two ct
he miners also were takon aloag,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
1000 ARE KILLED In
JAMAICA EARTHQUAKE
10000 Homeless ~People-Misery on
All Sides Is Indescribable Dead
Are Buried Underneath the
Smouldering Ruins.

ST. Thomas, D. w. --latest re-
ports received here from jamaica say
it is estimated that 1000 persons have
been killed by the earthquake and fire
and that 10000 persons are homeless.
The damage to Kingston alone 10
placed at fully 100000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24

at times dizzy spells when everything
was a blur before me. The passages
of the kidney %secretions were irregu.
lar and painful, and there was con.
siderable sediment and odor. l don't
know what I would have done but
for Doan's Kidney Pills. l could see
an Improvement from the first box.
and FIVE boxes brought a final cure"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box
Eostev-Milburn Co. Buffalo. N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
John, 3. RockefelIer Re.eIeetss.

Cleveland--At a meeting Of the Off
GERS Of Euclid Avenue Baptist church,
John D. Rockefeller vas reelected SUI
perintendent Of the Sunday school. Mr..
Rockefeller will, within the few
months, have served in that capacity
for a quarter Of a century,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
Mount Etna RumbIinq.

Catania, Siciiy-The earthquake at
Kingston, jamaica. was coincident
with Increased activity o Mount Etna
and slight earthquakes In the Medon-
ian mountains.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-01-24
TO C A
<iSe Weeks in Bed With Intensely
Painful Kidney Trouble.
Mrs. Mary Wagner, OF 1867 Kossuth
avenue, Bridgeport, Conn, says: Il

was SO weak
ened and gener.
ally run down
with kidney dis.
ease that for a
long time l could
noe do my work
and was five
weeks in bed.
was con-
tinual bearing
down pain, ter
rible b~ackaches,
headaches ant