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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

Horace E. Bixby, 80 years of age,
still at the wheel after 60 years as a
Mississippi river pilot, enjoys the dis.
tinction of having taught Mark Twain
the art of navigation on the Father
of Waters" He says Mark Twain be.
came a good pilot, having but one
fault-the excessive use of tobacco.
Capt. Bixby is still hale and hearty
and enjoys telling of the various ebi.
sodes of his eventful career upon the
river.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

Sedalia, Mo. - The bank of
Sweet Springs, at Sweet Springs, Sa-
line county, Missouri, was robbed of
$500 in currency at s o'clock Sun
day morning by professional cracks
men, who blew open the vault with
dynamite. The bank building was
wrecked. Three men supposed to be
the robbers were seen going east
afoot soon after the noise Of the ex-
plosion aroused the town.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

The Gillian government has paid
to date $2,81S, $40, United States gold,
for property appropriated for public
use in the reconstruction of the city
of Valparaiso. This is done to widen
some of the streets, s%traighten others
and to modernize that portion of the
city that was so nearly a total wreck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Fall Kills Contractor.

st. Joseph.-Robert Garlich, aged 81
years, a brick contractor, while super.
intending work at the new Wheeler
Matter warehouse, Seventh and Syl
vania streets, stepped on a loose board
on the third floor, fell to the basement
and was killed. He leaves a wife and
six children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Bank Cashier Sentenced.

Plttsburg.-William Montgomery,
former cashier of the Allegheny Ma
tional Bank, which failed for over ST.
100000 some time ago, was sentenced
to serve fifteen years in the Western
Pennsylvania penitentiary by Judge
James s. Young, of the United States
court.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
GuNBoAT OFF TO SHANGHAI.
Navy Department Doesn't Know Why
Warships Are Needed.

Manila. - Consul-General DENLY
at Shanghai has requested Rear
Admiral HARDER to send gunboats to
Shanghai to protect American inter-
ests. The Helena will leave Friday.
Advices from Washington early Fri
day said that no word had been re-
ceived at the navy department con-
corning such a request by Mr.. DENLY,
but that Rear Admiral Harder could
proceed on his authority and not
necessarily advise the department.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Ronaparate sued For Bill

Baltimore.-Charles ]. Bonaparte,
attorney general Of the United States,
personal and political friend Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and political reformer,
was sued for an electric lighting bill
in the court Of common pleas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Jolly George, Fat Boy" Dies.

Mansfield, O.-George j. Sittig, 40
years OLD, died here. His weight was
500 pounds, and he measured eighty
inches about the waist. A special cot
fin was made in which to ship the
body to Pittsburg. Sittig was known
and exhibited about the country as
Jolly George, the Fat Boy"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

Pottsvii!e, Pa.-Albert Wychunis,
a youthful baseball pitcher who
killed a companion, Joseph Reed,
in a game at William Penn, was &C.
quilted of murder by the grand jury.
Wychunis pitched a swift curved ball
while Reed was at bat. which struck
him over the heart and he fell dead.
Wychunis is is years old and his
victim was 8.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Natives Kill Police Chief.

Calcutta. - Advices received by
the government Tuesday state the
European police chief at Lylallpur was
assassinated during the night by ma.
tive anarchists. An attempt was also
made on the life of the British mayor,
but this failed. No details have been
received and it is not known If the
anarchists were arrested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

The Mecca railroad is being con
structed rapidly, solidly and method
ically. Foreigners are employed in DO
sitions of leadership and management
BY imperial order it is now proposed
TO complete the line from Medina tc
Mecca, a distance of $50 miles, before
the next pilgrimage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
PHELPS COUNTY JuRIsT DIES.
Body of Late Judge Geo. w. Smith
Was Buried at Rolla.

Rolla.-Judge Geo. w. Smith, Judge
OF the county court for the eastern
district of Phelps county, Mo-, died at
his home in st. James. The body was
brought to Rolla Wednesday after.
non and inferred in the Rolla Gem.
etery, according to the ritual of the
Red Mems lodge, of which ne was
a member.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
j. p. MORGAN BUYS $4,000 Ruq.

New York;. Pierpont Morgan has
paid approximately $4,000 for a rare
Chinese rug, according to the an
nouncement made by j.. s. Keshishyan
a broker connected with the house Of
Costikyan & CO., rug importers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Woman stole Toys; not Prosecuted.

st. Louisa widow, who stole five
Teddy bears for her children's Christ
mas, was released by the police Of
the Carr street station because the
firm that caused her arrest refused to
prosecute her. The woman was EN-.
ployed by the company, and when the
members heard her pathetic story
they told the police to drop the suit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
FIFTY NIGHT Riders indicted.

Union City, Tenn.-Fifty indictments
were returned by the grand jury in
vestigating the recent night rider raids
in the Reelfoot Lake region, which
reached a elimination a month ago in
the lynching Of Captain Quentin Ran
kin, Of Trenton. Tenn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

The development of petroleum in
Roumania is rapidly increasing. The
Moniteur de Petrole Roumaine states
that the production of crude oil in
1907 amounted to 1880 900 tons, as
compared with sS7,O91 in 1906, and
10000 in 1898.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

There are at present on duty in the
main thoroughfares of Paris 81 police
men who speak English, nine who
speak German, and six who speak
Spanish, and their usefulness has
been so clearly demonstrated that the
project of police has decided to add
to their number as opportunity may
arise.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

Now a medical expert comes for
ward to assert that the French heel,
considered one of the greatest out
RACES inflicted by feminine vanity
upon suffering nature, is not only
proper, but highly desirable. Still,
feminine vanity will not make so much
of this practical vindication, as, in any
event, it would have kept on wearing
the French heel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Cotton-Oil Plant Burns.

Fort Smith, Ark.-The plant
of the Fort Smith Cotton Oil
company was partially destroyed by
fire Wednesday night. The loss in
Guiding ten freight cars and four
houses burned is $4,000. The mill is
M of the Henson group, with head
quarters at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Stroke-O Oar Arrested.

Syracuse, N. Y.-James A.Ten-
eyck, stroke of Syracuse univer-
sity Soar crew, was arrested here
Wednesday for the Chicago police.
He is charged with being a party to
a pool game by which Christ Hansen
was feeced out of $3.50.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

The Highways Protection league
reports 1872 automobile accidents &C.
CURED in Great Britain in 1907, killing
215 persons and iniuring 675. For
these accidents and other motor a
offenses 2,270 persons were summoned,
of whom 2,046 were convicted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Folk Makes Appointments.

Jefferson City.-Governor Folk an.
ounce the following appointments:
]. B. Cole, of Columbia, a member OF
the state board of Osteopathy for a
period of five years from May /, 1908.
David Hustled, Of CORN, coal oil in.
spector for Scotland county, for a
period of two years from August 20,
1908.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

According to the Scientific Ameri.
can the fact that our macadamized
roads don't wear as well as those in
Europe is because we don't apply the
theory of the stitch in time. European
highway departments watch the roads
and mend them wherever and when
ever they need it without allowing the
damage to become important.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

The new style of hats offers UNI
usual opportunities to the resoureeful
woman. For instance, in an emer-
gency, she can attach the feather dus-
ter to the inverted wash basin and
produce a rather fetching effect.-In-
dianapolis News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

Brazil has spent SIS, 5000 in the
effort to hold up the worlds price of
coffee by government purchasing and
warehousing of the Brazilian produc-
ton. The theory that a national gov
eminent a do anything it chooses in
commerce occasionally gets a very
rude jolt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Commensurate Father Dies.

Valparaiso, Ind.-Theophilus Crum-
packer, father Of Congressman Edgar
d. Crumpacker, died suddenly at his
home here. He was Sc years old. He
served in the state Legislature three
terms, from 1872 to 1878.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
AeropIane Race Next Summer

Paris.--It is announced that the pro-
posed aeroplane race between Paris
and Bordeaux will be held next sum
mer, probably in July. Five halts to
renew supplies Of gasoline. ETC., will
be permitted
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

Fluctuations to the cranks! Am
bassador Bryce's tribute to them as
not infrequently the first pioneers of
great causes, is distinguished appre.
citation. 1t is scarcely so enthusiastic.
however, as Dr.. Holmes earlier OBJ.
servation that there never was an
idea started that woke up men out of
their stupid Indifference but its origi-
nator was spoken of as a crank.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Arkansas River Risinn.

Tulsa, Okla.-As the result Of a
heavy rain which has fallen ~thirty-six
hours, the Arkansas river, for the
third time this year, is on the rise.
Railroads are guarding against wash
outs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Russian Train Robbers Get $125, 900.

Troitskosavsk, RUSSIA local mail
train was attacked by a band of rob-
bers, while running between Kiacta
and Urga. The thieves got away with
$125,000. Three of the train escorts
were killed and m was severely
wounded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

During the five years preceding
19O4-O5 the total acreage annually I'm.
der indigo cultivation in India was
$4,000. In 1905-05 this area had de.
creased to 100000 acres, or a falling
off of a little less than A per cent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Oldest Delaware is Dead.

Muskogee, Okla.-Mrs. Mautiac
Wahoney, the oldest Of the Welaware
Indians, is dead and her remains have
been laid to rest in Coon creek ceme-
terry, ear Dewey. She was 100 years
old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Arm Cut OF to Get Cancer.

Wichita, Kan.-Ray Seger was oper-
ated on for cancer Of the shoulder at
the Wichita Hospital. The left arm
and shoulder had to be taken off and
a section of the flesh and the collar
bone were also cut out.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Three Bows Frozen to Death.

Ventura, Cal.-Frozen to death in
the snow that covered the high peaks
north of the Santa Clara Valley the
bodies of three Santa Paula boys,
sons of %well-known ranchers, were
found after a search of two days.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
so.ooo.ooo Foot casser in,

Pawhuska, Okla.--Just outside this
city, in Usage county, one Of the great
est gas wells ever discovered in the
United States has been struck. The
well is said to have a daily capacity
OF 60, 900, 900 cubic feet, the equivalent
in heat units Of 5000 tons Of coal a
day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

The plan of the proposed Henry
Hudson memorial bridge at New York
calls for a reinforced concrete span of
40 feet. and represents one of the
boldest engineering projects of the
time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

kissing, declares DR.. Napoleon Bos-
ton, spreads more disease than flies.
W. scorn his statement because we
don't like his name. Reminds us Of
Waterloo and Bunker Hill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Woman Hurt Jumping in Hotel Fir,

Houston, Tex.-Gasoline exploding in
a % in the Boyle Hotel set fire to
the building and resulted in the seri-
GUS injury of several guests. Mrs. F.
D. Burke jumped from a second-story
window to the ground, sustaining in
juries believed to be fatal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Woman SERVES AS Mayor.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS first lady mayor
Gin her own right" is to be Miss M. j..
Dove, and the town over which size is
to rule Is High Wycombe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

A way has been found to make pa
per out of c%ornstalks. This will create
a pleasant harmony for the man who
likes to combine his reading with the
pleasures of a corn-cob pipe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Sins to Death on pavement.

Tulsa, Okla.-Slipping on the wet
pavement, J.. H. Tipling, a painter, fell
down the steps leading to the base
ment Of the First National Bank build
ing and was killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

North Carolina has just acquired it's
first woman dentist, Mrs. D. 2. Nc
CURE, of Asheville, having obtained
a license to practice from the North
Carolina Rental association.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

The inventive Yankee is still at it.
During the last fiscal year the United
States patent Office received some
5S,527 applications for mechanical pat
euts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

At a s%piritualist seance in New
York, We are told, a mans arm was
heightened two feet. That's stretch
ing it some.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Indiana Woman shoots self.

Peru, Ind.--Mrs. George Bowman,
aged 40 years, was found dead in q
barn with q bullet in her brain. TIE
cause Of the suicide is unknown.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

There is one advantage in looking
for the north pole. In the face of the
gravest danger one can always keep
cool.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

Anybody who doubts the ability Of
the American Indian to be as civilized
as anybody should observe him in a
football game.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

That man who is going TO cross the
ocean in a balloon should pause to
consider that the water in the Atlantic
is still deep and wet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

The most recent church census of
the country shows 40 denominations,
with 161, 731 ministers, 210,199
churches and 1885, 1876 members.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Agreement Satisfactory Everywhere

Cologne.-The Kolnische Zietung
prints an inspired Berlin dispatch, in
which it is stated that the American
Japanese agreement will be received
with satisfaction everywhere.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

There is the usual cold comfort
for all parties in the returns from
Medicine Hat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

The horn of a rhinoceros is not
Joined to the bone of the head, but
grows on the skin like a wart.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

Louisiana has 100000 acres OF
swamp land, which are at present to-
tally useless.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

A device which forces water down
to the roots of plants is said to pro-
duce wonderful Improvement in crops.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

The right hand, which is more sem
sitiVe to the touch than the left, is
less sensitive than the latter to the
effect of heat and cold.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

Customs officers in New York had a
big job on hand lately. They seized
10000 kid gives.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

A scientist tells us that metals get
tired" Now you know why the gold
gave nj before it got to you.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

A girl must feel blue at times, when
she finds it necessary to be the pink
Of Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03

The worlds wool record is held by
Australia, with Argentine second and
the United States third.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
Judge Coffee

a really high grade coffee for, CSC 4
pound. Satisfaction guaranteed. Be care
full you get the genuine. ASK your dealer
Y ne does not handle ii, write us. Never
Bros. Coffee and Spice Co., St Louis. No.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-03
o !

and save money for your entire family BY Dyeine
away, thinking them too soiled or faded for mn I'M.
Tier use. Send us a trial order and lei us show
y cow TO make new clothes out OF old ones
we Dye or Dry Clean anything. Chenoweth nya.
,ng Y Cleaning Company, Chenoweth BuIldine
washington Avenue. near 14th Street, 81. Lonis''
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
How Pythons Settle ouarrels.

1t was in October, 1894, that the big
python at the ZOO fell into the deplora-
BILE error of swallowing his compan-
ion, snake only few inches shorter
than himself. A similar disaster is
reported from Bombay, where for some
years two large Indian pythons had
occupied a cage in the museum of the
Bombay Natural History society.
There was some misunderstanding be-
tween them over partridge, for they
were found so tightly entangled in
each others coils that the utmost en-
deavors of peacemaking keepers fail
ed to effect separation, and they
were left to settle the matter accord
ing to their own lights. Next day
there was only one very stout python
visible. These large reptiles evidently
know but one way of settling a quar-
rel.-London Sketch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
A CUSTOM HOUSE TALE.
The American Who Landed In Ger
many With Box of Candy.

Germany is jealous of the foreign
candy maker and eXacts rigorous toll
upon anything in the shape of confec-
tionery that comes across its borders.
Ignorant of this, one of Uncle Sans
sons disembarked from liner at a G err
man port carrying in his hand a five
pound box of candy bearing a New
York trademark. At sight of the box
the Teutonic customs officials exhibited
marked activity and prc9ared to seize
upon It.
"Not for mine," said the American
II won't give up sou. I'd rather eat
the stuff here and now" He opened
the box and commenced to dispose Of
its contents without delay. Everybody
In sight was offered handful. Nobody
declined except the customs officer,
who said bandly that he had not
sweet tooth. The traveller himself ate
many pieces. 1t was not long before
the last bit had been eaten.
As soon as the box was empty the
official seized the traveller by the arm.
'The gentleman" he announced, will
accompany me to the bureau, where
we'll make out his bill for duty. Come.
1t is at the other end Of the dock"
"NeverI' said the American. "You
have no right to charge me duty.
didn't bring it in. I'll see my consul
right away, and he'll send big fleet
and lombard this blooming town."
softly" said the officer. you'll pay
duty, all right. There are fifteen wit
nesses to prove that that candy of
yours was consumed on German soil"
The duty was paid, and the consul
has not as yet been consulted.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
The Living Present.

He that hath so many causes of joy.
and SO great, is very much In love with
sorrow and peevishness who loses all
these pleasures and chooses to sit
down upon his little handful of thorns
Enjoy the blessings of this day If God
sends them, and the evils Of it bear
patiently and sweetly, for this day only
is ours. We are dead to yesterday,
and we are not yet born to the morrow.
But If we look abroad and bring into
one days thoughts the evil of many,
certain and uncertain, what will be
and what will never be, our load will
be as intolerable as it is unreasonable
Jeremy Taylor.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-06-03
THE LONE STAR RANGERS.
Courageous Men Who Are Loyal Guard
ans of the Law. Y

When in Austin, Tex, Il few weeks
ago" said j. d. Robey of Me.nphis,
Tenn, my attention was directed 10 a
party of about dozea men--big, hHsks
fellows most of them under thirty
years. who We're uGlmping along Con-
gress avenue not in Il swaggerig war.
but with kind of rolling, sailorlike
gait that seemed to diferentiate them
from ordinary citizens
''They had on broad brimmed SOM
breros, blue woolen shirts and high
heeed boots. and would have taken
them for cowboys but for the big six
shooters and cartridge belts that We're
strapped about their waists. This led
me to surmise that they We're mem
bers of the celebrated ranger force.
and it turned out that they were. Their
peculiar walk came from spending so
much of their time on horseback.
"The Texas rangers are n pet insti-
tuition, for they are a body of men who
are ready to brave death at a minutes
notice and who are the most loyal
guardians of law and order any state
or nation ever employed. Utterly fear
less Of peril, they will 20 after the cat
tie thieves of the western plains or the
smuggler of the Rio Grande or sit in
district court rooms with their hands on
their Winchesters to preserve the peace
at some murder trial. the hearing OF
which would bring on fresh tragedies
even before Judge and jury were it not
for their presence.
Occasionally ranger gets killed in
the performance of his duty, but it is
far more frequently the case that it is
the bad man or rustler who tries an
argument with the mounted officer that
gets his quietus from the muzzle of
death dealing gun. There is not man
in the force who is not a dead shot.
and the ruffians they are after very
rarely want to bring matters to that
point where the deadliest aim gets the
decision. Baltimore American.