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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
uLrImAruM OF soILERMAkERs.
Reports Say Strike May Be- Called
Within az Hours.

Cleveland. Ohio.-A meeting of the
executive board of the Internation-
al Boilermakers and Iron Ship
builders was held at Lorain, o., yester-
day, and after the meeting a report
gave currency that the committee had
issued an ultimatum to +. H. Harri.
man and associates of the Hartman
lines.
President Dunn was quoted as say
ing that a strike of boilermakers on
the Hartman lines would be called
within As hours, in the event favorable
action is not taken between o and
that time on the demands made some
time ago by employees of the Chicago
& Alton railroad, and which are still
pending. The members of the execu-
tive committee which met at Lorraine,
where a strike is in progress at the
%shipyards, left that city last night for
Cleveland, according to reports, and
it has been impossible so far to OBJ
tain an authoritative statement from
any of them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
RIoTING GROWS; MANY DEAD.
Roumanian Towns Destroyed, Inhab-
itants Slain.

Vienna, notwithstanding to the
news received Friday in Budapest
from Meldavia, the present movement
in Roumania is spreading. The town
of Dorogoi has been sacked and burn
ed by the peasants. The inhabitants
were compelled to flee for their lives.
At Cucuteni, where many Hunga-
rians live, a fight occurred between
the Hungarian and Roumanian inhab-
itants. Four Hungarians are reported
killed and 80 wounded.
Fourteen peasants were killed in a
collision with troops at BeIgestie,
while in Fokshamu the people are in
revolt against the authorities.
The village of Suffice was destroyed
by peasant rioters. The fate of the
inhabitants is not known.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
GoMPERS MAKES REPORT.
Executive Council of Federation of
Labor in Session at Washington.

Washington, D. Cat the meet
ing of the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor, Presi-
dent Gompers reported on the work
outlined by the Minneapolis conven-
ton relative to the efforts to be
made for the organization of the yet
unorganized workmen.
The conference held for harmonious
and cooperative action among the
trade unionists on the continent of
America and legislation both in con-
gress and the several states, as we'll
as in Canada, Porto Rico and Cuba.
Secretary Morrison submitted a re-
port for the five months since the close
of the federation's fiscal year, showing
an increase of more than $4,000 mem
bers as compared with the correspond
ing five months of last year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
BROWNSVILLE INDIGNANT.
Don't Want Riot Charge Fastened on
T~ownspeople.

Brownsville, Tex.-At a mass meet
ing of Brownsville citizens last Thurs
day night, resolutions were adopted
expressing indignation because of
what is termed an attempt being made
both before the court-martial proceed.
ihgs at Fort Sam Houston and before
the senate committee at Washington
ito clear the negro soldiers of the
Twenty-fifth infantry of tine crime
committed against Brownsville on
Aug. 13 last by fastening the infamy
on the townspeople themselves"
The resolutions declare such a
contamination would be a grave mis-
carriage of justice and an outrage
upon a wronged and innocent people
who know beyond the shadow of q
doubt that the outrage was committed
by the soldiers"
The senatorial committee and also
the Penrose court-martial is urged tc
come to Brownsville and make a thor
ough investigation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
EXPRESS MESSENGER sLuGGED.
Thrown from Train, He Telephones
Account of Attack.

Palestine, TEXAS train No. 4 of
the International & Great North
ern, no%rthbound, was leaving Elkhart,
twelve miles below here, Thursday
night, Express Messenger Winsley Wo-
mack, of the Pacific Express Co, was
attacked and thrown out of The car.
He was not missed fror, the train I'M
til Palestine was reached, and a little
later a telephone message was re-
ceived from him at Elkhart, stating
that he had been assaulted by rob-
bers. The safe in the car was open
when the train reached Palestine.
The sheriff and posse left Palestine
on a special train for the Scene OF the
robbery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Low Death Rate in Canal Zone

Washington-Only two deaths oc.
Cured among the 1884 white labor.
ers in the canal zone during February.
Black water fever caused one of these
deaths and tuberculosis the other. Nc
deaths We're reported among the SOC
American women and children or the
isthmus. The sick rate was "a for
every 1000 persons for the month
Pneumonia was more prevalent than
any other disease, 2G cases being re.
ported. Three cases of smallpox, taken
from incoming ships, were treated in
the zone hospital.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
TAKE TRIP.
Two Women in Boat Submerged for
Two Hours.

Bridgeport, Conn.-Mrs. M. Thurs
ton, wife of former U. S. SEN
ator Thurston of Nebraska, and Mrs.
j. c. Lake, wife Of the assistant mana
ger of the Lake Submarine Boat Co.,
and said to be the first women ever
to make a trip in a submarine boat,
were among the party of prominent
persons that made a trip on a sub
marine yesterday. The boat was sub
merged for two hours in Long Island
Sound, just outside the bridgeport
harbor, during which luncheon was
served and an hour devoted to i'm
promptu speechmaking.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Premier stoIypin uroes Action,

Odessa, Polish Russia.-The Odesski
Novpsti claims to be in possession of
information connecting the antisemitic
excuses in Roumania and the provo
cative agitation in Bessabaria with thu
Vaccinations of the union of true
Russian people and says that in con-
sequence of this Premier Stolypin has
telegraphed the governor of Bessarbria
urging immediate measures to prevent
the spread Of disorders in that PROV
ince.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
NO FREE TRADE FOR AUSTRALIA
Minister of Trade and Customs Says
1t Would Mean Starvation.

London-Sir William John Lyme,
Australian minister of trade and Gus,
toms, who is visiting in London, was
interviewed Monday on preferential
trade. He said there had been a strik.
ing increase in the importation of
American machinery, particularly ag.
ricultural implements, to Australia,
and that the German trade with Aus.
tralia also was increasing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
"KATY" BARS RED SHIRTS.
Engineer Mistook a Signal for Mans
Apparel.

Sedalia, Moe. M. Alvord, general
superintendent Of the NJ, X. & r.,
has issued a bulletin requesting sec.
ton men not to wear red shirts to
work. The explanation is said to be
that an engineer did not heed a red
signal recently, and when he was
taken to task, explained that he mis-.
took the flag for the red shirt of Q
section man.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
centraIia issues Water Bonds.

Centralia.-The city council has is
sued bonds TO the amount of $50 0G
to install waterworks and electric
lights in this city. The bonds run for
five and twenty years. They bear Az
per cent interest and will be sold by
seal bids on April 2 next to the highest
bidder.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
President Names c~ampbeIps Successor

Washington, D. C.-The president
has appointed George w. Wood
ruff of the law department OF the for.
est service to be assistant attorney
general of the interior to succeed
Frank l.. Campbell, who has been
transferred to the position of special
assistant attorney under the depart
ment of justice.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28

Buffalo robes will soon be a thing
of the past" said a local dealer to a
Kansas City Star reporter, who has
had six robes on sale this winter, the
property Of a citizen who could not
afford to keep the precious skins long
er. Five of them have been sold, and
while $500 has been offered for the
last of the lot the dealer is holding it
for 5000, the price demanded by the
owner. The robes are not unusually
large. either.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Moroccan Situation Serious,

Paris, France. - Premier Clemen-
ceau, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pich-
on and Minister of War Picquart con-
ferred Sunday concluding the Mo.
rocco situation and as q result it was
decided to summon an extraordinary
meeting of the cabinet for this after.
noon,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
President Approves cIemencv

Washington-The president has ap-
proved the recommendation OF Secre,
tary Taft that clemency be shown to
Capt. w. B. Cochran, Twenty-fourth
infantry, sentenced to dismissal in the
Philippines for drunkenness on duty
and he has mitigated the sentence to
loss of 80 files.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
JUDGE GUNNELL E A
Former Missouri Attorney Succumbs
to Heart Trouble.

Colorado Springs, Colo.-Judge AL
len T. Gunnell, a former state sen
ator and a prominent attorney,
died at his home in this city last
night of heart trouble. Before com
ing to Colorado, the judge was a resi-,
dent of Sedalia, Mo, where he was as.
ISOLATED with the late United States
Senator Vest and Judge John F. Phil.
Ups of the United States federal dis.
trict court in the practice of law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
County Officials Reprimanded.

Joplin.-Letters have been sent by
Prosecuting Attorney H. G. Compton
to all the constables and chiefs of po-
lice in Jasper county, where the Sun
day liquor law has been violated, rep
rimanding them for inattention to
duty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Raise Fund to Probe Graft.

Portland, Ore.-The Oregonian says
fifty thousand dollars is being raised as
an investigation fund to bring Francis
j. Heney and Special Agent Burns to
Portland to probe into local municipal
graft. Transactions for years back
and up to the present will be examined
under the searchlight of the investi-
gators.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
TRIED TO SAVE MCKINLEY.
James Parker, Who Was Near the
President When chot, Loses Mind.

Atlantic City, N. flames Par
ker, who attempted to save the life
of President Mckinley by striking
the arm of Czolgosz, as the latter fired
the fatal shot at the president, is in
jail here, a raving maniac.
Parker was taken in charge by the
police and will be committed to a N
asylum.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Faulkner to Be Released.

Jefferson City, Mo.-Harry Faulk'
ner, sentenced to serve a penitentiary
term of three years for perjury in con-
nection with the Doodle scandal in the
St. Louis municipal assembly, will be
released March 30, under the three,
fourths law, his prison record having
been good.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
MISSOURI NEWS
Yahn Sentenced. Then ParOled.

s. CSaaSles.-The case of Theodore
j.. Yahn, who was arrested in the Phil
ippine Islands last summer and
brought back to st. Charles to answer
to the charge of embezzliDg $1,1OO
from the Jones Elevator Co. of st.
Louis, doing business in st. Charles,
was called in the circuit court here
yesterday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
China Asked for Money.

Shanghai. - Viceroy Tuan Fang
is convinced that the situation in
the famine districts is so serious
that a general uprising will be una
voidable unless prompt relief is afford
ed. He has, therefore, memorialized
the throne, asking for $750,000 for the
purchase of rice in Siam.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
kidnap Rich Mans Son.

Salonika, European Turkey.-Rob-
ert Abbott, the son of a we'll
TODD British subject, was kidnapped
Sunday from his fathers garden, which
is in the immediate vicinity of the Brit
ish consulate general. 1t is believed
the deed was done with a view to Sc.
curing a ransom.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
New Zealand Mail Cut Of.

Washington, D. Gin consequence
of the Withdraw wal by the Oceanic
Steamship Company of it's steamers
or the route between San Francisco,
Auckland and Sydney, the p~ostoffice
department is without the means
of dispatching parcels post-marked
to New Zealand and Australia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Y. IN, c. A. Heads Student Convention.

Marshall.-Over 100 delegates are in
attendance here at the student confer
enc of the Y. M. G. A. of Missouri,
Delegates are here from all over the
state, including many prominent men
from st. Louis, Kansas City and st.
Joseph. DR.. w. H. Black, president OF
Missouri college at this place, deliv'
cred an address.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Open Switch bitches Train.

Danville.-Cairo passenger train No.
8 on the Big Four struck an open
switch at West York at 4 o'clock this
morning and hit a string of freight
ears on the siding, derailing the en-
tire train, the engine and all coaches
turning over on their sides.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Bureau 10 Prevent Fraud.

Joplin, MOTOR the purpose of pre-
venting the existence of fraudulent
mining companies in the Joplin lead
and zinc district, it was decided at a
meeting of the commercial club to ap'
point a bureau of three men to answer
all questions, free of charge, concern.
ing the standing of any mining proper.
ty in the district.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Public Contracts Let.

st. Louis.-The contract for build
ing the new quarantine hospital
has been let by the board of pub.
lie improvements to Gillick Bros. for
$58,SS2. The contract for a horse
hospital for the fire department at
Twentieth and North Market streets
was let to Duffner & Stecker, at 49,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Brigadier General Whit is Dead.

Philadelphia. - Brigadier General
Theodore j. Whit, U. S. A.,
commanding the Department of Mis-.
souri,, with headquarters at Omaha,
died suddenly at a hotel here. He
came to Philadelphia to undergo med.
ical treatment. He was G2 years old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Plotting Anainst Prince.

Sofia. Bulgaria.-Some of the news
papers here, which usually are consid-
cred to be we'll informed, assert that
the police have discovered evidence Of
u plot against Prince Ferdinand. Slight
c%redence, however, is given the story.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Chadwick Line MAY Be Extended.

Springfield, Mo.-There has recent
ly been a revival of talk in railroad
circles of the Chadwick branch of the
Frisco system being extended through
the southwest corner of Douglas coun-
ty to Gainesville, the county seat of
Ozark county.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28

And now the Japanese generals are
assailing Kuropatkin's so.called his
tory of the late war. The Japanese
gentlemen say the story is more of a
defense of himself than a statement of
actual facts. And when 1t to
history it must be admitted the Jap
anese generals made some themselves.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Seeks Strangers Home for Suicide,

st. Louis.-Miss Grace Truitt, about
10 years old and quite pretty, commit
ted suicide last night in the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Langs, No.
4252 Finney avenue, after having been
taken in, a stranger, to spend the
night.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Folk Calls Special Session.

Jefferson City, Mo.-At 7 o'clock
yesterday evening Gov. Folk issued a
proclamation converting the legisla-
ture in special session Tuesday, April
9. This is just seven days later than
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Train Hits Car: II Hurt.

Detroit, Mich,--A dozen persons
were injured Friday, two of them
fatally, when an inbound Lake Shore
train struck a Fourteenth avenue
street car at the Fourteenth avenue
crossing. A number of the injured
are children who were on their way
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Loses $3.50 In Diamonds.

st. Charles.-Mrs. H. E. Rice, Of st.
Louis, wife of the manager of the
Grand opera house in st. Charles,
while en- route to s. Charles Sunday
afternoon, lost a small chamois bag
containing jewelry valued at $3.50.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28

Mulberry plantations are being
opened in India with a view to enlarg-
ing the propagation Of the sllkworm,
as well as to make the mulberry gar
dens a distributing center from which
cuttings and young plants may be dis
tributed to the public.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
CHICAGO Has Warm Dav.

Chicago, Ill.-The highest tempera-
ture for the first day of spring within
the 81 years existence of the Chicago
weather bureau was experienced here
yesterday, when the mercury reached
rs degrees. The highest for any for
mer month of March was March 20,
1895, when 80 degrees was recorded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
browns While BATHING,

Santa Monica, Cal.-While bathing
in the surf at Ocean Park Wednes
day, c. X. Mcclure, who recently
came with his family from Minnesota,
vas seized with a cramp and was
drowned in the breakers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Missouri Farmers oraanlze,

West Plains. Mo.-A state union
Of the Farmers Educational AMI
Cooperative Union OF America
has been organized here by delegates
representing every county of the
state.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28

DR.. Charles Harrington has recon-,
mended that the president extend an
invitation to the coming congress of
hygiene and demography at Berlin to
hold it's meeting at Washington in
1909 or 1910.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28

Some people are born lucky. For in
stance, according to a London paper,
there are 16 houses in Limehouse the
tenants of which did not pay any rent
for several years because no landlord
could be found.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
New York Defeats St. Louis.

San Antonio, Texas.-The New
York Nationals defeated the st.
Louis American league team by a
score of IL to 2. Batteries: New
York, Wiltse, ferguson and Bresna-
han; st. Louis, Jacobson, Farris, Criss
and BueIow.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
TO Abolish SUNDAY excursions.

indianapolis, Ind.-General passen.
ger agents and other officials of the
various railroads operating in Indiana
and Ohio will gather in this city for
the purpose of discussing the question
Of abolishing Sunday excursions and
cheap rates.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Farmer Wins Decision.

Hot Springs, Ark. Original
Kid Farmer won the decision
over Eugene Bezenah Friday night
after 20 rounds of tame fighting. Mar
vim Hart and Peter Maher are matched
to fight 20 rounds next month.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28

Naturally, the Chicago man who has
retired from business with only S.
600, 600, because he has enough" is
being sharply criticised. Why doesn't
he keep on working to get money to
endow universities and establish edu-
cational funds and libraries?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28

That this is the children's century
was judicially affirmed by the supreme
court of Mississippi, says the Balti-
more American, which affirmed in a
suit for damages brought by the par
ents of a boy injured by an electric
light attached to a tree that the small
boy in the pursuit of happiness guar
anteed by the constitution has an In
alienable right to climb a tree.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Wife Murderer's Sentence COMMITTED.

Albany, N. Y.-The sentence of
James Flaherty, who has served "a
years in Auburn prison for killing
his wife in Brooklyn in 1882, has been
committed by Gov. Hughes, permitting
his release on Monday next.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Suicide From Illinois.

Nevada.-Miss Henrietta Broker,
daughter of Robert Broker, commit
ted suicide here by hanging to a rafter
in the barn. 1t is believed that long
illness had unbalanced her mind.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
CapitaIist Found Dead.

Kansas City-Thomas A. Gaines, a
retired capitalist of Pa~ttonsburg, was
found dead in a rooming house here.
Death was due to heart disease.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Freedom Expected Soon.

Jefferson City, Mo.-The families
and friends of julius Lehman and
Emil Hartmann, two of the st. Louis
boodlers still doing time in the peni-
Tertiary, are hopeful that they will be
released about April /.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
sanderson Trial Besins.

Carthage, Mo,-The trial of Arthur
Sanderson of Carthage, Mo-, charged
with first degree murder, began here
Wednesday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28

King Edward is busy revising the
prayer book of the Church of England.
There was a time when people would
have doubted it if they had been told
that Edward would ever take up such
serious work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
BeeII Wins From Dwyer

Denver, Colo, March 23.-At the
Denver Athletic club here Friday
night, Fred Beell of Wisconsin won
from M. ~ Dwyer of Denver in a
catch-as-catch-can wrestling bout, &C.
curing two In three falls.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Was Hanna's Lieutenant,

GAINESVILLE, Or. w, Hissey, who
for a number Of years was Senator
Hanna's chief political lieutenant in
Ohio, is confined in the county jail,
awaiting hearing on a charge of lun-
acy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Boiler Workars STRIFE

St. Louis-About three hundred boil
er workers, employed in st. Louis
fonndries went on strike at 8 a. m.
Saturday. They demanded an eight.
hour day instead Of nine, and an in.
crease In wages from soc to 40c.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
MIsconnln kills ounarshln Rlll

Madilon, Wis.-The legislature
has killed the municipal ownership
bill Of the Socialists, which provides
fer public operation of utilities which
will be condemned when once put in
the hands Of a receiver by courts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28
Potosl to Build New Courthouse.

Potosi,-The voters of Washington
county have voted , issue bonds for
100000 to build a new courthouse at
Potosi. The building is to cost $35, 900,
there being $4,000 on hand from the
sale of the old building.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-03-28

Marie Corelli says there is an invis-
ible power which compels her to
write. This will lead Hall Caine to
believe that invisible powers must be
possessed of unworthy tendencies.