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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
BoneIli CAUGHT in Brazil.

Cleveland, Ohio-A cablegram to
County Sheriff McGorray from RIO
,Janeiro. Brazil, Wednesday, said that
two Cleveland officers are returning,
having in custody Anton F. Bonelli,
the Italian banker. who is charged
with having misapplied $4,000 be-
longing to depositors of his bank.
Bonelli disappeared about three
months ago. Eventually he was
traced to Brazil, where he was taken
into custody by the Brazilian authori-
ties.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Tariff Real Issue Before Peopi..

Mr.. Bryan should drive home to the
people that the tariff is the
mother of trusts" that Aldrich and
Dalzell are congress, and that con-
gress is and will be a mere instrument
of the manufacturers of the north I'M
til the country turns from the policy
of protection. Let Mr.. Bryan hammer
on the tariff issue-that the people
can understand, and upon that they
car divide. The remaining planks Of
the platform can take care of them
selves; they speak for themselves,
and to stress the tariff issue would
not mean denial or abandonment of
Decentralization News and Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Attacks Oklahoma School Law.

Guthrie, Okla.-The validity of
the separate school law, passed
by the last legislature, requiring sepa-
rate boards to be elected by the whites
and negroes in each district, is at
tackled in an injunction suit filed in
the district court here Wednesday.
The suit is brought by D. B. Caver,
who was elected treasurer of the ne
gro board for school district No. 80 of
Logan county at a meeting held July
%, in accordance with the new law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Bank Robbers r all.

st. Joseph-After an Intellectual at
tempt to blow open the safe of the
Bank of Rushville, at Rushville, this
county, the safe in the postoffice, next
door, was wrecked. Stamps and
cash amounting to 500 were obtained.
There were four of the robbers, who
were seen to get into a wagon and
drive toward st. Joseph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

Pleasant Hill-The engine of the
fast Rock Island train, No. 28, Kan
sas City to st. Louis, jumped the track
a mile west of Pleasant Hill, owing to
a defective rail. The train was max
ing about 40 miles an hour at the
time. The engine went into the ditch
and the tender turned over. The only
person injured was a tramp who was
riding the blind baggage. The track
was blocked IL hours.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Riderless Horse in Parade.

Pittsburg, P~a.-Colonel w. j.
Glenn, 6S years old, formerly COM
mander of the Fourteenth regiment,
Pennsylvania National Guard, was
found dead in bed Wednesday at his
home in Carnegie. Col. Glenn was to
have been chief marshal of Carnegie's
homework parade Wednesday, but in
stead his horse was led in the parade
by an attendant. AS the horse passed,
THOUSANDS of persons along the pa
rade route removed their hats.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
EXPLOSION CATCHES TWO.
Mine Cage Stuck and the Blast Caught
Them Helpless.

st. Paul, Minn.-A special dis
patch from Red Fern, S. d., says j.
B. Taylor, N of the best-known min
ing men in the Black Hills, and his
helper, Chris Miller, we're instantly
killed at the Burlington mine Wednes-
day. The men had just stepped into
a cage to be raised from the danger
of a blast, but a break caused the
cage to stick and the explosion caught
the men helpless.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

Since the British set foot in the
sacred city of Lhasa, in Tibet, the
dalailama, the head Of the Buddhist
church, has been wandering about
Mongolia with a large retinue. He
could not stay in a city defled by in.
fldels, and has been travelling from one
city OF the faithful to another at great
expense to the faithful. He now ap-
proaches Picking. The Chinese gov
eminent is probably not anxious to en-
terrain this costly guest, says the
Youths Companion, but is trying to
persuade him to go home and re-es-
tablish the administration Of Tibet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Bank ohher Fail.

st. Joseph, Mo.-After an in.
effectual attempt to blow open the
safe of the Bank Of Rushville, at
Rushville, this county, early Wednes.
day morning, the safe in the post
office, next door, was wrecked, and
stamps and cash amounting to $10C
were obtained. There were four Of
the robbers, who were seen to get into
a wagon and drive toward st. Joseph
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
RECEIVER for Central Home.

Cincinnati, Ohio-J. D. Powers of
Louisville, KY, was Wednesday APP
pointed receiver for the Central Home
Telephone Co. of Louisville by Judge
Cochran upon the application of Judge
Lawsing Of Louisville, a bondholder
and creditor. The company owns and
operates all of the independent long
distance lines radiating out of Louis
vile and extending to all parts of
Kentucky, southern part of Indiana
and into the southeastern section of
Illinois.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Auousta Streets Flooded.

Augusta, Ga.-The middle portion
of the city is under water. The
gates at the locks, where the
city's canal begins, have been locked
since early Tuesday night, but the
stream is 4 feet above the dam. All
cotton mills are shut down. The
water covers their floors. The crest
of the food is not expected until
Wednesday night.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Monster Melon For Bryan.

Charleston.-Scott County Demo-
cratic farmers admirers of William j.
Bryan have shipped a monster wa
termelon to the Nebraskan. The
speciman of Southeast Missouri pure
food product tipped the scales at
sev~enty-three pounds and was in per-
feet condition. The melon was sent
from Blodgett, Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Death Ends Divine's Career.

Kansas City-The Rev, John K.
Bum, IA years old, secretary of the
Episcopal diocese of Kansas City, died
at his home here. His death closed
a service of 20 years in Kansas City.
Before coming to this city he had
held churches in Detroit, Marshall,
Mich; Lawrence, Kas.; Louisville,
KY, and Cumberland, Md. He was
born in Cincinnati.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Bizbee, Ariz., Flooded.

FL Paso, Texas-For the third
time this summer Bisbee, Ariz.,
has been swept by a disastrous flood.
Half a dozen persons are missing.
The flood came almost without warn
ing, a torrent of water 10 feet high
sweeping down the two principal
streets. Scores of buildings e Sc
riously damaged. The damage Will
run into the thousands.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
crazed by Thugs Blow; Kills Wife,

Crazed by Thugs Blow; Kills Wife.
st. Louis-Suddenly drawing a re-
volver, F. w. Schultz, 10 years old, a
grocer and saloonkeeper, shot and
killed his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Schultz.
Schultz was arrested. During a re-
cent encounter with a burglar he was
dubbed over the head with a ball
bat and severely injured. 1t is be-
lieved his mind was affected by the
blows.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

A religious exchange says it is a
waste of money to spend campaign
funds in the printing and circulation
of campaign literature. I'VE never
read a campaign document through
to the esd" it declares, and never
knew any one who did" 1t is safe to
say that the who makes this as
Sertion does not always recognize
such documents when he sees them,
Campaign literature takes many forms
and is found in u~nlooked-for places.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Indian Agents Appointed.

Washington, d. C.-Sherman G.
Brink and Charles ]. Hunt were ap-
pointed district agent and assistant
district agent, respectively, to the In
dians in Oklahoma. Both are resi-
dents OF Oklahoma and their duties
consist Of looking after the minor In
dian children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Left SIS a Year for Buns.

London-Among the queer legacies
that are revealed in the probate court,
one of the queerest and most futile
is that OF Mrs. Catherine Stewart Pc
tire. a parsons wife, who left SIS a
yea to buy hot cross buns every Good
Friday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Ambassador Thompson Doing Well.

Washington, ID. C.-The state de-
partment Wednesday received assur-
ances from David E. Thompson, am
bassador to Mexico, who was injured
by being knocked down by a bicycle
in the city of Mexico Tuesday, that
he was doing well and suffering only
from a badly broken and dislocated
arm.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Girls in Beer Factory Strike.

Kansas City-One hundred and
twenty-five members of the Beer Bot
tiers Union No. 1874, who were en-
ployed by the Ferd Helm Brewing
Co., are on a strike. Twenty of the
strikers are girls who belong to the
Tin Foil Workers union, an auxiliary
to the mems organization.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

There is no use denying that the
Bryan program of publicity is better
than the one so far outlined by Mr..
Taft's managers. 1t would not be pos
sible for them to satisfy the voters
with concealment of their contribu-
tons until after election if that policy
should be persisted in while the Bryen
accounts were open to the eyes of the
world.--N. Y. Evening Press (Rep.)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

Red Cross Society Issues Appeal.

Washington-The executive commit
tee of the Red Cross has authorized
Charles l.. Magee, secretary of the
society, to issue an appeal to the
public for funds for the food suffer-
ers of the south. The need for aid
over a large area Of the south is de-
clared to be very pressing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
A. a. brown Receiver Named.

Woodstock, Conn.-Congressman G..
E. Littlefield was appointed receiver
of the Wall street firm of A. G, Brown
& Co. by Judge Holt of the United
States court of the southern district OF
New York. Mr.. Littlefield will be re
ouired 10 give a bond Of $250,000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

~Stuyvesant Fish, former president
OF the Illinois Central railroad, takes
a gloomy view of Republican pros
perity, although he supports Repub-
lican policies. When asked a few days
ago at Newport, II the demand for cap
ital was not increasing, Mr.. Fish re-
piled: Yes, by charity organiza-
tons"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

Capt. A. G. Olsen, the other officers
OF the ship, and IL passengers, join In
q sworn statement that on June "a,
while the steamship Livingstone wa
in the Gulf of Mexico, out from Calves
ton, a sea serpent 200 feet long was
seen resting on the water moi more
than GO feet from the vessel. 1t was
dark-brown in color, as large around
as a -four barrel, and had a head six
feet long and three feet wide. Most
terrifying Of all the particulars is the
description of the rattles with which
1t was asserted the serpent's tail was
adorned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Forest Fires Continue

Pasadena, Cal.-Forest fires that
have been raging for nearly As
hours between the third and fourth
range back of Mount Wilson, on the
government reservation, continue and
are devastating a fine forest region.
A large force of rangers has been as
sembled to fight the flames.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Roosevelt Back to OYSTER RaY

New York-President Roosevelt
and party arrived at Hoboken on
a special train over the Delaware
& Lackawanna railroad at 1855 Thurs
day morning from South Columbia,
N. Y. The party boarded the yacht
Sylph, which Immediately started for
Oyster BaY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
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Saves His Wife from Death.

Tannersville, N. Y.-Mrs. Maui, wife
OF Francis l. Maui of Philadelphia,
slipped off the edge of a G0O-foot cliff
near the Hotel Kaaterskill the other
afternoon and was caught by her
husband Just in time to save her life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Missouri Conference for Union.

Hannibal-The Missouri conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal church,
south, in spite of an address by Bishop
Morrison opposing 1t at this time,
adopted a strong resolution for union
with the Methodist Episcopal church,
the parent organization.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
New Mauser 25-Ssot Rifle.

Oberndorf Wurtemberg-Paul Maus-
er, the aged inventor Of the rifle bear.
ing his name, has invented a new mill.
tary rife, the principal feature of
which is a 25-shot automatic cartridge
feeder.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
eabv aov Nearly Kills Sister.

Holland, Minn.-Angered after an
alteration with his younger sister,
Joe Hittle, 5 years old, struck her re-
peatedly on the head with an iron
hammer. The little girl was very seri-
ously hurt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Kansan browns at Atlantic civ

Atlantic City, N. J.--E. M. CARRIER,
40 years old, a delegate from Holton.
Kas., to the meeting Of the Illinois
Life Insurance association in Phila-
delphia, was drowned in the surf while
bathing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
SOUTH IS FLOODED
ATHENS, GA. LIGHTING PLANTS
SUBMERGED.
FORTY Die IN THE CAROuINAs
Nineteen Drown When Structure
Gives Way-22 Washouts on
Railway.

Athens, Ga.-Two bridges OF the
Oconee river already have gone
down here and the others are totter-
ing. All over the city the gas and
electric supply is cut off, the plants
being submerged. Southern and Sea-
board trains all wei this part of the
state are delayed.
A n%orthbound train on the South
ern railway barely escaped crashing
through an undermined trestle near
here. Two boys tagged the train.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

The Paris walters thought better Of
their threat to reveal the horrors Of
the restaurant kitchen and called off
their strike. They took counsel to-
gether and decided that no person
would ever believe them! Worse and
worse.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

Two monster whales have Just been
killed on the Eden coast of New South
Wales, thereby furnishing a reminder
that the whale fishery was once looked
upon as the staple industry Of the Aus
tralian continent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

The prince of Wales is going back to
England without delgning to take a
look at this country. 1t may be that
he feels spunky because nobody in
vited him to speak at any Of our Chau.
tauQuas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Gas Menaces Londoners-

London-The Lancet has discovered
another n to the health of Lon
don, in the statement made recently
at a meeting of one Of the gas compa-
MES that 10, 600, 900 cubic feet of gas
escapes every year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Rrideoroom is is and Bride is

Vossburg, Miss.-Ernest Martin and
Miss Beula Harrington, both of this
place, eloped and were married. The
Groom is 16 years and the bride IL
wears old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Ends Life In Jail BARRIERS Chair.

Dover, Me.-Herbert Woodbury., a
hotelkeeper confined in the county
jail, awaiting trial for the alleged
murder of his wife, committed suicide
by cutting his throat with a razor
while being shaved.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

In Austria a married man cannot go
up in Il balloon unless he has the writ
ten consent of his wife. Over there
they must regard %ballooning as more
dangerous than remaining late at the
cluh
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
steam Hammer crushes skull.

Pittsburg-While working at a pow
erful steam hammer in the Duquesne
steel plant, a foreign workman slipped
and fell, his head going under the
hammer. His head was horribly
crushed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
win Reduce Lumber Cut.

Washington-Consul Tilton, at To-
ronto. has reported to Washington
that according to certain statements
there the Ontario lumbermen have de-
cided 70 reduce the cut d lumber.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
To See Warfare up 10 pate,

Berlin--Emperor William has invit-
ed Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, United
States army, to be his guest at the
imperial maneuvers in Alsace-Lorraine
in September. This invitation reached
Gen. Wood in Switzerland.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Cholera il Russian Poland.

Berlin-Asiatic cholera In its west
ward march across Russia has reached
LODI, Russian Poland. The German
health authorities have increased
their watchfulness on the eastern
frontier along which hundreds Of med
ical inspectors have been stationed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

Fully 300 guests at a French ban
quet suffered ptomaine poisoning from
a duck. Oh, the marvels of French
culinary art, which can produce 300
dainty portions out Of one decayed
duck!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Neqro Chosen College President.

Negro Chosen College President.
Sadalia.-A. G. Maclin has been
appointed president of George r.
Smith College, a negro educational in
stitution of this city. Maclin is its
first negro president. He is a native
of Keeling, Tenn, and was graduated
from Walden University, of Nashville,
Tenn, and has been professor OF
mathematics at George r. Smith Col
lege for the last year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
postoffice SAFE IL Robbed.

Rochester, N. Y-The %postoffice al
Fillmore, Allegheny county, wal
robbed during the night by safeblow
ers, who got more than $1,000 wortl
OF yaluables.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

Encorf.ums on Cleveland may re-
mind us That honest men lived before
the time Of Theodore Roosevelt. Also
that In ail probability they are not
all dead ever now.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

1t will soon be cheaper to send a
letter from England to this country
than to mail it to France, just across
the channel. Is this a cast of blood
or language, or Just plain business?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

Los Angeles man who inherited big
fortune says he is going to make 20
600 people happy, and now fully that
many people will try their best to
make him unhappy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

The king of Servia wants his sons
married to American heiresses before
he is deposed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

The German ministry Of marine has
begun preparations for the complete
fertilization of H~eligoland, for which
81, 800, 900 has been granted by the
~reichstag.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

The sultan is thinking of changing
his name to emperor. We should sup
pose he would want some kind of an
alias, considering the life he has led.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

Statistics indicate that living eX-
penses have been increased IL per
cent. in New York during the past
year. In a majority of the cases it
isn't much of a living, either.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

Speed maniacs occasionally kill
themselves, but otherwise they gener-
ally go unpublished.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

A man has been discovered in New
Jersey who is immune from the bite of
a mad dog. How does he stand on
mosquitoes?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

Mrs. Hetty Green has quit hotel life
because she has to wear too many
clothes" Where's she going to live
in a b%ath-house?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

Seeing that he is a sort of antelope,
it is suggested that the thar born in
the New York zoo is a member of the
git thar" family.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

How can the Sick Man of Europe
show anything but the feeblest kind
of a constitution?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

The transient hotel population of
New York is figured at $50 600 people
a day. The hotel properties are valued
at over $50, 900, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

A new disease has been discovered
In Pittsburg - automobile heart.
Every now and then it stops and you
have to get out and crank it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

If speculation were 10 be entirely
abolished the buying of cantaloupes
would cease.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

Mr.. Edison has SIS, OOO. 600, but what
good does it do him while he works l6
hours a day?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

The case OF Castro proves that it
sometimes pays to be little.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

One University of Chicago profess
sor does not believe in the miracles.
But there are still plenty of people
who do.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

The apple orchards look as if cider
vinegar might live up to its name for
awhile, after next fall.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
REGISTERED Mail Is Stolen.

Palmyra-A mail pouch of registered
letters was stolen from the depot at
Palmyra.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

The giant bees of India build combs
Is feet high.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03

Twenty-Five ome lay delegates at
tended the general Methodist Epis'
copal conference in Baltimore.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-09-03
Work for Thousands.

Clarksburg, w, Va.-About 1000
men have just been given employment
at the mills of the Cherry River Boom
and Lumber Co.