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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

The smallest orchid grown has an
imposing name. 1t is the Bulbophyl,
lum Lermiscatoides. The B. l.. would
not make a buttonhole, as you can
only see the blossom under a micro
scope, and it will be best to stick to
the royal gardenia for a manly decora-
ton. Nothing has ever proved superb
or to that ideally fragrant flower.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
The Bar ls Up,

But, beyond the vital year, 1882,
Rockefeller has told no story, and
kellogg can not hurl questions at him
regarding the truth or falsity of the
same.
1t was all very clever. Some per-
sons had looked for some trick move
on the part of the Standard Oil at
torneys, but they had not expected
Just what came off Thursday.
Kellogg plunged at once into his
cross.examination when the oil king
took the stand.
Il believe you stated, Mr.. Rookie
Teller, that the oil business was a
business of great hazard?" Yes"
1.-THE element of that hazard which
you mention was the uncertainty OF
productions" Yes"
That was the principal element?'
"The element which | mention had ref
erence to the instability of the invest
ment in oil, there being no knowledge
when the supply would cease"
Now, in the Pennsylvania field, why
did certain portions of the field show
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
EIGHT coNvIcTs DIE IN FIRE.
Are Trapped in Mine by Blaze Started
by Themselves.

Birmingham, Alabama. - Eight
convict miners were burned to death
at No. 8 mine in Pratt City as the
result of a conspiracy in which SO
of them hoped to escape.
They piled lumber in the main way
and set it afire. Confusion followed,
but not as much as they expected,
and Al convicts who made their way
to the main entrance were captured.
In checking up the lists it was
found n man could not be accounted
for. He either escaped at the cost of
his companions or was burned to
death with them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Reynolds Elected by 1852.

Jefferson City-The official figures
on the election of judges of the st.
Louis and Kansas City court of ap-
peals have been announced by the
secretary of state. George D. Rey-
nolds of st. Louis, was elected to
the st. Louis court of appeals, and
James Ellison Of Kansas City, to the
Kansas City court of appeals. The
former is a Republican and the latter
Is a Democrat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
GLENNoN FOR CARDINAL.
Opposition of Bourne Of London Said
to Enhance His Chances.

London, Misunderstanding John
J. Glennon of St. Louis is the latest
candidate for cardinal, according to a
telegram from Rome Wednesday.
The dispatch says the opposition to
making Archbishop Bourne of London
a cardinal is increasing and that this
enhances the chances of Archbishop
Glennon. Archbishop Bourne TO- is
in Rome, where he participated in the
jubilee of the pope's priesthood. He
is said to be strongly favored by Car
dinal Merry del Val, the papal secre-
tary of state.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Game Wardens Busy.

Carlyle, Ill.-The chief game
warden of this county announces
extraordinary efforts are being made
to stop violations of the game law.
Many sportsmen are now aiding the
wardens by furnishing information. A
number of prosecutions will occur at
the next term of the county court. In
addition to watching the hunters in
the field, attention will also be given
to the trains that pass through the
county.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Ends Racing Career.

Lexington, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Cor.
rigan, the veteran turman and
race track owner, Tuesday night made
arrangements with the Fasig-Tipton
company to conduct an absolute dis.
persal sale of his horses in this city on
Wednesday, Nov. rs. This sale will
end the career as an owner of one Of
the Oldest and most conspicuous
figures in American racing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Official Nebraska Vote.

Lincoln, Neb.-Bryan carried Neb-
raska by a plurality of 4,192,, according
to an official tabulation. Taft received
126,997, Bryan 49, II. is thought
that a slight error exists and a re.
tabulation is being made. Chain re-
ceived 5,179 votes, and Debs, 1892.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Miner Gives Himself Up.

Carthage.-After hiding for three
months, Sam Gay, a miner, returned
and gave himself up to the officials.
On Sept. 4, last Gay killed Cleo
Koehler, another miner, near Pros
perity, while at work in the bottom of
the shaft. Gay, after stabbing Koehler
went direct to the superintendent and
asked for his check, saying: Il have
Just killed a man and you had better
give me my check"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

A foreigner at St%oughton is fined $50
for conducting a rattle. He should
learn the American method, says the
Brockton Enterprise. He should run
his rattle under the sanction of some
church or society, call the prizes do
nations and snap his fingers at the
law. 1t is all in the form, not the spir-
it, Of the doing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Twenty-Five Injured.

Cowan, w. Va. When a
Baltimore & Ohio passenger train on
the West Virginia and P%ittsburg divi-
sion between this place and Camden
On-Gauley went over a forty foot en-
bankment Tuesday, five trainmen and
twenty passengers were injured. One
person, it is believed, will die and
several others were seriously hurt and
may not recover.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Runaway Boy is Held,

st. Louis.-Frank Schaller, IA years
old, of Avondale, st. Louis County,
who ran away last week and fell into
the hands of the police of st. Louis,
is held at Clayton. The boy says he
was not treated we'll by his stepfather
Joseph Fritsch, and refuses to live at
home. An effort will be made by
Sheriff Herpel to find a home for
him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

The French concern which has or.
dered so aeroplanes of the type de.
signed by American inventors refuses
to explain Us to what use the flying
machines will be put, saying the mat,
ter is a secret, but it is intimated in
dispatches from Paris that the air
ships will be for naval purposes, and
that hereafter such appliances may be
expected to play an important part in
war maneuvers on the water. And
those who are watching the expert.
ments at Fort Myer, Va, are certain
the army must have flying machines.
Things are being revolutionized rap.
idly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
MIX FOR

The following is a never failing rem
edy for rheumatism, and if followed
up it will effect a complete cure of
the very worst cases.: Mix one-half
pint of good whiskey with one ounce
of Toris Compound and add one ounce
Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. Take
in tablespoonful doses before each
meal and at bedtime" The ingre-
dents can be procured at any drug
store and easily mixed at home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

Van Buren,, Ark.-A rabid, cat
sprang upon the back Of Francis
the 4-year-old daughter Of City Attor-
ney Forester, and bit her in the should
er. The animal then attacked some
men, who kicked It from them and
killed It with clubs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

William M. Chase, at the request OF
the Italian government, painted a por.
trait of himself this summer to hang
in the saloon of modern painters in
the Ufizi palace in Florence. The
picture was done at a single sitting of
three hours. 1t hangs opposite a por.
trait of John Singer Sargent, also
painted by the subject at the request
of the government. The only other
portrait of an American painter in the
gallery Is that of G. P. A. Healy. The
two saloons of painters in the palace
contain the portraits of famous artists
of all nations nearly all done by the
artists themselves.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

New York has discovered a new and
unique use for prisons. A mar there
who killed two very bad men in self
defense pleaded guilty to manslaugh-
ter, so he might be sent to prison, out
of reach of the gang" of the men he
killed. In other words, he saw no way
of saving his W life except to be
locked up. AS Ravens of refuge this is
a decidedly new role for prisons to
play. And the incident does not speak
in trumpet praise for the metropolis
ability to protect life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Girl Tells of Killing Negro.

Kansas City.-A c%oroner's jury has
~exonerated Miss Corinne McCowen, is
years old, who shot and killed Norvell
Powell, a negro, in a confectionery
store. The jury's verdict was that she
shot in self defense. Miss McCowen
was a voluntary witness. Her story
of the shooting was dramatic. Before
she finished she was crying.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Collectors sister Marries Earcoa,

Montgomery.--M. F. Harrigan, a
farmer Of Audrain. and Miss Annie
Blades, a sister Of County Collector
Blades of this city were married at the
home Of the bride by Rev. Holly Hale,
pastor of the Christian church at
Wellsville.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
VIM. E. Benson of Kansas City Dies

Kansas City-William Edgar Benson
who has been an official of the board
of education since 1880, and it's sec
rotary since January, 1891. died at his
hime in this city. He was 81 years
old. Mr.. Benson came to Kansas City
from Chicago in 1869. In 1876 he was
elected city clerk and held the office
two terms.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Aged Woman Burned to Death.

West Plain.-Mrs. T. Y. Gossit, 10
years old, was burned to death at her
home near here Thursday. She was
sitting in a chair before the fireplace
when her clothing caught fire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

In a recent address to the people of
Servia Crown Prince George said; Il
hope that in a few days we shall be
able to give our lives for the king and
the fatherland." The crown prince
should take something for his liver
and try to get over his pessimism.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
As Yale Sees At.

Tanke-It must be great to be a
Harvard man.
Styne-Why SO?
THE streets up there are so crooked
that people can't tell whether you're
walking straight or not."-Yale Rec
ord,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
700 Physicians on Carpet.

Muskogee, Ok.-Seven hundred
physicians who are practicing in the
state will be on the carpet at the next
meeting of the state medical board,
of which Doctor w. T. Tilley, OF
Muskogee, is president, charged with
obtaining license to practice through
fraud.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

Notice has been given to British sub.
jects at Tangier, Morocco, by the
British consulate that his majesty's
government will refuse henceforth to
advance money as ransom in the event
of their being captured by brigands
either in or outside the town. This
decision has been received with great
Indignation by the British colony.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Dug For Rabbit. Found Gold.

Oil City, Pa. - While digging
around a hole in which a rabbit
had disappeared, Edward Woods and
Thomas Dickinson, lumbermen, uncov-
cred an iron kettle containing $4,000 in
gold coins. The residents believe the
money was buried by John Caldwell,
an eccentric farmer, who died in an
insane asylum nearly 30 years ago
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Austria Increases Patrols.

Bud-Pesth.-The Austro-Hungarian
patrols on the Servian frontier are be-
ing strengthened because Of the report
that Servian troops recently fired
across the Danube at a point neal
Semendria OF a party of Austrian en-
gineers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

The New York Mail maintains that
Bulgaria" is the name of a sleeping
car. The Richmond Times-D Dispatch
is sure that Herzegovina" is an order
of goulash. Then Bosnia is a glass
of slivervitz. And this encourages the
Cleveland Leader to ask: Which can
we Servia?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

A professor Of archaeology at Yale
gave his bride a necklace of Jewels
and pendants dating 300 years B. @.
Other learned people will envy the
bride, but her women acquaintance
will probably pity her for having to
wear such an o~ld-fashioned ornament.
Real happiness, as supposed to be the
aim Of presents, depends, after all, on
the point Of view.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Two Killed by Gas.

Kansas City,-An explosion OF
natural gas in the basement Of the
Kellogg & Phillips commission house,
52s Walnut street, caused the death
Of two men and the injury Of six
others. all laborers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
The Real Place.

First Amateur Fsherman-Where
is really the best place to get the
best trout?
Second Ditto (confidentially)-In
any first-class fish Observation-Disclosures
American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Banker Killed by Train.

New Orleans, La.-Peter u. He'll
wig, a leading cotton broker and
bank director Of this city, was man.
gled in getting off a train Saturday
morning. He was coming in from
his country home at Waveland.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Insurance Agent Shoots Himself.

st. Joseph.-Herman F. Limback,
general agent Of the National Life
Insurance company, committed suicide
by shooting himself in a hotel at
Wathena, Kan, opposite st. Joseph.
He was so years old and leaves O
family. Ill health was the cause.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Work for Burlington Men.

Burlington, Ia.-Notice was received
at the West Burlington shops that
200 locomotives, used On the Burling-
ton system, would be sent in to be
repaired and put in first-class condi-
ton before the first Of the year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

Cape Charlottesville at Morehouse
destroyed the Marshall Harrison store,
n drug store, hotel, telephone ex-
change, p~ostofice and Iron Mountain
depot. Polk Holcomb, who slept in the
store, was burned to death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Woman Fatally Burned.

C%arlinville, Ill.-Mrs. Ben Hall
of Girard, ILL.,, died Saturday from
burns received Friday evening while
burning leaves. The flames ignited he
clothing and before aid reached her
she was fatally burned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Governor Film Two Vacancies.

Jefferson City.-Gov. Folk made the
following appointments: Ernst ].
Powell of Linneus, school commission
er for Linn county, vice E. M. Sipple,
resigned. Alexander Carter, presiding
Judge of the county court of Audrain
county, vice ]. w. Smith, resigned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Brewers TO Give up Saloons.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Brewery own.
ership Of saloons in Minneapolis will
shortly be a thing of the past, II
plans now under consideration and
discussian by officials and attorneys
of local breweries are consummated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
rnn Active n polItlcs.

Rollo, Mo.-The civil service com.
mission has ordered the removal Of
Frank Ellis as deputy collector. ELLIS
was found guilty Of "pernicious politi-
cal activity in violation Of the rules.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

No, the new comet isn't bob.tailed.
Its caudal appendage is not naked to
the visible eye" as Mr.. Aldrich re-
marked to the telescope man who had
his instrument turned on Venus, but 1t
a be detected through a powerful
telescope.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
wrioht and Farnum divide Prize

Paris.-Both Wilbur Wright and
Henry Farnum have fulfilled the con-
ditions Of the highest prize contest,
and the Aero Club has decided to dou-
BILE the amount of the prize and
award half of this sum to each asropl-
anist,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

A Danish woman with "a children
has just landed in New York. A few
more families like this from Denmark
and the servant girl problem will be
solved,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
White sentenced for KIIIIna NEG

Pine Bluff. Ark+-For fatally
stabbing Marcus Weis, negro, Frank
Kouns, white, will serve two years in
the ~penitentiary. Kouns testified that
the negro threatened him, but had no
corroborative testimony.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Girl Goes on Balloon Trip,

Canton, 0.-With Miss Blanch
Vignos and her brother, Charles
Vignos, as guests and clio Stevens, of
New York, acting as pilot, the balloon
ohio" made an ascension from here.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Coast Steamer Overdue.

Victoria, B. C.-Grave anxiety
exists for the safety Of the Canadian
Pacific coasting steamer Tess, now
several days overdue from the west
coas; of the island. Heavy gales have
been raging along the coast.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

So far there are 16 signs of a severe
The old-fashioned forecasts are getting
to be almost as mixed as those Of the
weather bureau.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
cotton DEALER kilIed bv rrair

New Orleans.-Peter Il. Hellwege
Of the cotton firm Of Peter Il. He'll
wege & Co, was run over and killed
by a railroad train at Elysian Fields
avenue and North Prior street.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
surrenders After killino Man

st. Joseph.-John Curtis, county
storekeeper at Hickory, Mo-, fifteen
miles south of Trenton, shot and killed
Noah Smith, blacksmith. Curtis sur
rendered to Trenton officers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
ullnoisan Killed hx Indian.

Greenville, Ill.-omar Scott, a son
of J. N. Scott of this city, was
killed by a Cherokee Indian in
Warner, Okla. The news of the killing
has just reached his father here. De.
tails are lacking.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

The crown princess of Germany is
colonel of the regiment in which her
husband is major. That's about the
relative rank of ordinary married cou-
pies in this country.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

Prof. Starr denies that the Filipinos
are lazy, and thus Chicago takes the
credit for settling another world prob
lem.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

Hannibal-The towboat Iris sank at
Beebe island, eight miles above Har-
nibal. No lives were lost.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Broker Killed While Hunting.

Ellsworth, Kan.-Sidney B. Tremble
a bond broker of Chicago, was &C
cidentally shot and killed by Frank
Stuart while hunting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

The government contemplates a new
Issue Of postage stamps. We don't
care what color they change to but
let them be mighty careful about the
flavor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

The New York Times says: "Old
gas meters must 60" Must? Great
Scott, do the old things ever do any
thing else?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

Exchange says: "Cranberries are a
good liver corrective" But what pos
SCISSOR of a good liver wants any cor
rections made?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

You always get full value in Lewis
Single Binder straight &c cigar. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory. Peoria, III.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

Society, says Lady Randolph
Churchill, has no brains. For society's
retort read that sentence without the
commas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

1t begins to look now as though bal
loonists fall to earth not less often but
more easily than aviators of aero
planes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

They can send the suffragettes to
jail, but they don't seem TO be quite
able to shut them up.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
Farmer, FeIIina Tree, KiJIs son.

Observation-Disclosures Hauser, a farmer
living near here, accidentally felled
a tree on his ~3-year-old son, killing
him instantly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

Oregon produces a peach weighing
17R ounces. Cleveland has hundreds
of 'em that average 1875 pounds.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

Feet Aehe-Use Aliens Foot-Ease
Over 10000 testimonials. Refuse limitations. SEM f0
free trial package. A. s, 0lmsted, LIE Roy, Ny
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces I'm
nsmmatlon, alays pain, cures wind collie. Csc o bottle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

How W. dislike to accept a favor
from a person we dislike!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26
AND THE CAT

She-John, dear, the doctor says I
need a change of climate.
Her Husband-All right, the wealth
err man says it will be colder to-
morrow
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

A~nacharsis: Laws catch flies and
let hornets go free.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-11-26

One trouble with a tightwad 10
that he doesn't care who knows it.