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The La Jara chronicle., 1908-01-31

Colo.
Roy Poulson, of Sanford, was
looking after business matters in
town, Monday.
Mrs. Charles Magnes has re-
turned from a weeks sightseeing
trip in Denver.
Ed Bridgman and family are
here from Shelby county, ILL.,.
looking for farm.
DIR. A. L. Gilmer will be in La
Jara for the practice of dentistry
February 10th to 18th.
w. F. Murray, the cattleman,
was here from Denver, this week,
buying cattle for shipment.
For SALE-A good iron bed and
steel springs for sale cheap. En-
quire at The Chronicle office.
The Denver dog catchers are
having as hard a time these days
as the friendless canine did in days
of yore.
M. NJ. Malone was on the sick
list, this week, but under DIR.
Schenck's careful treatment is
rapidly improving.
We still have number of sub
scriptions to the American Farmer
to give away. Don't delay too
long. They are going like hot
cakes.
Middleton Bros. are hauling
rock for the foundation of their
new house which is to be erected
in the south part of town as soon
as possible.
FL. NJ. Duncan, brother-in-law
to A. G. Hahn, was here the latter
part of last week, looking over the
valley land. Mr.. Duncan is bank
er and hardware man in South
Dakota.
A. B. Hicks and family left for
Colorado Springs last night look
ing for location. AS will be re-
membered Mr.. Hicks recently dis
posed of his ranch near La Jara to
Ed. Rawlings.
The Pueblo Indians, at Toas,
have closed the roads through the
Pueblo lands and compel the Mex
leans to go miles around in their
trips to lands beyond. The people
are about to appeal to Washington
to compel the Indians to give a
right of way through the Pueblo
land.
On the evening of February 9TH
joint installation service of the
orders of Woodmen of the World
and the Women of Woodcraft
will occur at their hall in La Jara.
These services will be witnessed
by the immediate families of both
organizations. A banquet and
general social time will wind up
the occasion which promises to be
most pleasant one.
The Royal Neighbor lodge initi-
ated two candidates Monday even
ing-Mrs. Geddes and Miss Palm
er. The candidates conducted
themselves very we'll during the
trying ordeal after which a boun-
tiful repast was served as bracer
to the overworSed team. The aux
Hilary of the M. w. A. is fast filling
up with congenial members who
have the faculty of going in for
good time upon every occasion.
Mesdames Anderson and Flint.
ham entertained at an "old ladies'
dinner at Sunnyside yesterday.
1t proved to be very pleasant oc-
casion and one that will long be
remembered by all present. We
can well imagine the interesting
conversation which took place yes
terday, and the recollections of
by-gone scenes in the days of hal
cyon youth before Father Time
had besprinkled the locks with
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19

Washington-The %postoffce appro,
priation bill had rough sailing in the
house of representatives Thursday. IFS
progress was halted at every turn by
amendments upon which there was
lengthy discussion. The attacks be
gun on the section relating to the
pneumatic tube service, which was
forced to undergo a change so that ex
tensions of such service should not
be confined to the several cities named
in the bill, but that they should be
made wherever the postmaster gen
eral may think best. The house was
a unit for Withholding a portion'of the
pay to railroads for transportation OF
the mails until a correct system OF
weighing should be established, a pro
vision to that effect being incorporat
ed in the measure, and finally a Wig
orous, but Intellectual, attack was
made on a proposition by Mr.. Goebe,
of Ohio to increase by $4,000, 900 the
appropriation for paying the expenses
of railway mail clerks while ~travelins
business of the department.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
To Raise Carriers Pay.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the largest
appropriation bill in all its history
1922 1870, 392-z-the postoffice appropria-
ton bill Friday passed the house,
having been under discussion four
teen days, This is $1,425,0 900 more
than was reported by the committee.
Chairman Overstreet, when the read
ing of the bill had been concluded,
waged a vigorous fight on the propo-
sition to increase the pay of the let
ter carriers, which was voted into
the bill last Wednesday, but that &C.
ton was confirmed 1876 to 1926.
The closing debts on the bill dwelt
mainly on the rural delivery service,
the only amendment to get through
being n increasing by 5000, 900 the
appropriation therefor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
CHINA GIVES an.
Proposed to Release Japanese Ship
Through Fear of Superior Force.

Shanghai, China-An official state
ment has been issued by the Chi
nese Government regarding the seiz-
ure Of the Japanese vessel, Tatsu
Maru. 1t is stated that the ship
anchored first off Chun Chow, outside
OF Portuguese limits, then changed to
Kin Chow, in Chinese waters. The
Chinese naval police boarded her and
found a cargo Of rifles and ammuni-
ton was being discharged. The Jap
anese captain is alleged to have of.
fered brides or to give up the arms
provided the ship was released.
The official statement says: 1.-THE
Chinese officers, observing that Portu-
guese police boats were lowering
around the steamer, feared complica-
tons and wrongfully hauled down the
Japanese flag.
"At 4 O'Clock on the next afternoon,
no Portuguese officials having boarded
the ship, she proceeded up the Canton
river and the next morning the Chi
nese officials informed the captain of
the steamer that the customs regula-
lions provided for the holding of a
joint inquiry within three days, but
this inquiry vas not requested.
China, fearing that Japan was seek
ing a pretext for trouble, a~pologized
for hauling down the Japanese flag,
and propose TO release the ship, only
recognizing force majeurs.'"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
SHOOTS WIDOW, KILLS SELF.
Jealous Lovers Crime Committed In
Presence of Young Girl.

Chicago, Hl.-Mrs. Minnie Heiss,
a wiAow, is dying at the Chi.
cago Polytechnic Institute from three
bullet wounds, the victim of a double
love tragedy, in which her assailant
Charles Weidman, a spurned sutton
shot himself dead at her feet. Weld
mar had been a frequent visitor at the
Heiss home.
The tragedy was enacted in the
presence of Esther, ~15-year-old daugh.
ter of the woman. Mrs. Heiss stag.
gered and fell at the first fire and was
caught in the arms of her daughter,
who heroically tried to save her moth.
er's life. Weidman fired two more
bullets at the woman, and then shot
himself behind the right ear. He died
later at the Alexian Brothers hospital.
Weidman is believed to have been
prompted to end the woman's life
through jealousy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
GIRL WITNESS GRILLED.
Hitchcock's Counsel Seeks to Make
Helen Won Hagen Discredis Herself.

New Ypr@-Helen Won Hagen,
prosecuting witness in the case
of Raymond Hitchcock, the actor &C.
cused of wronging young girls, was on
the stand Friday morning, undergoing
cross examination. John d. Stanch-
field, counsel for the defendant, { >ught
to establish, by Elsie herself, that her
morals were of the depraved order be-
fore she met Hitchcock.
Mrs. Mary Won Hagen. mother of
the girl, was the next witness, and vir.
tually shattered the case of the pros
cution. She c~ontradicted the testi-
mony of her daughter and declared
there vas never anything wrong be-
tween the comedian and the child.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
HOW 70 KNOW PURE PAINT.
A Way In Which It May Be Identified
Before Using.

After a building has been painted
Ions enough for a weather test, it is
easy to tell If the paint used was made
of pure White Lead or not. But such
telated knowledge m like locking
the barn after the colt is stolen.
What one wants is a test that VIII
tell the quality Of the paint before it
and the labor of putting it on are
paid for.
Nature has provided a way in which
genuine White Lead may be positive
ly distinguished from adulterated or
fake White Lead before you spend a
cent on your painting.
Pure White Lead is made from me-
tallic lead, and, under intense heat.
such as is produced by a blow-pipe,
pure White Lead will resolveitself back
into metallic lead. If, however, it is.
not genuine White Lead, or if it con-
tains the slightest trace of adultera-
ton, the change will not take place.
Therefore the "blow-pipe" test is an
absolute and final one.
The National Lead Company are.
urging everyone interested in painting,
to make this test of paint before using
it, and they guarantee that the pure,
White Lead sold under their Dutch
Boy Painter" trademark will always;
prove absolutely pure under the blow
pipe" or any other test. To make it.
easy for you to perform the expert
ment they will send you free upon re-
quest a blow-pipe and everything nec-
essary for you to make the test, to-
gether with a valuable booklet on
paint. Address, National LeaG Com
pany, Woodbridge Building, New York,
City.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Surely a No.Account pon.

A man in Missouri recently sued a,
railway company for damages for.
the death of a hound killed on the
track, says the Youths Companion.
The company defended itself upon
the following points:
Said dog was chasing a rabbit un,
defendants tracks in violation of the,
game laws.
Said rabbit lived on dsfendant'g
right of way, and was therefore the.
property of the defendant.
Plaintiffs dog was a trespasser,
and was hunting defendants property
without permission.
!, Said deceased was not much of a
dog, anyhow, OF it could easily have
kept out of the way of defendants
trains.
And having fully answered, defend
ant prays to be discharged.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19

John Ryder Randall, who lately
died, was the author of Maryland, My
Maryland" one Of the most stirring
songs that the war produced. The
words were inspired by the encounter
between the Massachusetts troops and
the people of Baltimore. They we're
soon after sung to the old tune, 'Lau.
riger Horatius.' Thus, remarks the
Youths Companion, from the opening
of the war the south had a swinging
song. Maryland, My Maryland"
caught the ear of the north, and al.
though it is explicitly local, has be-
come a national hymn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Mikado's Ministry Defeated.
PRINCE TO FOLLOW MME GOULD.
Paris Certain Wedding viii Result, II
It Has Not Already Taken Place.

.Parig-Prince Helie de Sagan is
to sail for New York. accord.
ing to reliable authority, either from
Havre Saturday might or from Cher.
bourg Monday.
The Prince was believed for several
days to be already on the ocean, a pas
senger aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm,
or perhaps on the Adriatic, on which
Nine. Anna Gould and her sons sailed
He turned up in Paris. however,
Friday afternoon. 1t has been impos.
sible to secure from him any state.
ment concerning reports that he has
already married Nine. Gould-reports
which the latter has emphatically de-
MED.
The fact that he is to follow her to
America confirms Paris society in it's
belief, however, that though there may
be no wedding as yet, Nine. Gould is
on her way to secure her family's con-
sent to the alliance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Joplin News.heraId Chance.

Jefferson City-A reorganization Of
the Joplin News-Herald, Joplin's aft
ernoon republican paper, has been ef-
fected, by which Secretary Of State
Swanger, Harry Mitchell of Boonville
Republican, Charles D. Morris Of tho
st. Joseph Gazette, p. E. 3. McJim-
sey Of the Springfield Republican and
John +. Holmes, recently chosen a
delegate at large to the republican
convention, become interested with 2.
p. Burton, for some years editor and
principal owner of the paper.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Talk on Executive Encroachment.

Washington-Senator Bacon of
Georgia, in the senate, Friday spoke
of executive encroachments on the
legislative power of the government
and read freely from newspaper re-
ports to show that legislation is be-
ing mapped out in the White House
at conferences at which congressman
are not even present.
The bill providing for the shipment
Of material intended for the Panama
canal in American ships was passed
by the senate Friday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
His Choice.

A country clergyman on his round
Of visits interviewed a youngster as
to his acquaintance with Bible sto~
ries.
my lad" he said, you have, of
course, heard of the parables?"
yes, sir" shyly answered the boy,
whose mother had indicted him in
sacred history. Eyes, sir"
Good" said the clergyman. Now
which of them do you like the best
of all?"
The boy squirmed, but at last,
needing his mothers frowns, he re-
piled.
II guess 1 like that one where
somebody loafs and fishes"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Pass American Bottom eIII.

Washington-The bill to require the
transportation of materials and sup
plies to be used in the construction
of the Panama canal in ships of
American register was passed by the
senate Friday. AS amended the bill
exempts from the restrictions ports in
which no American vessels are to be
secured for shipping goods. Another
amendment provides that bids for sup,
plies shall be accepted, nGming al.
tentative price for shipment in Amer
lean or foreign ships, Senator Bacon
claiming that such an amendment
was necessary in order to allow bid
ders for furnishing lumber to COM
pete successfully.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Socialists Voted Down

London. The House of Commons
has rejected, by a vote of 241
to 95, the bill providing that mu.
inequalities or other local authorities
shall furnish employment, at union
wages, to all men asking it and show,
ing that they cannot otherwise earn
livings. The Labor and Socialist par
ties deemad the measure their most
important in years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Horseman killed in Runaway.

Kansas CityzDavid Waldo, wealthy
horseman, well known throughout the
United States and who formerly owned
a race track here, was killed near
independence, Mo-, in a runaway acct
dent. His body was found late at
night lying in the road, where 1t had
been thrown from a wrecked buggy
which lay near by. lie was a grad
uate Of Washington and Lee university
in Virginia, and father of Jed and VIM.
Waldo, who were famous jockeys a
few years ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Widows Pension Bill Passes senate

Washington-The senate Thursday
passed the widows pension bill, pro-
viding that every soldiers widow now
receiving less than $12 per month
shall receive a minimum of $12 here
after, upon proof of her husbands
death, and without proof that his
death was from causes incident to his
military service. The bill has al
ready passed the house.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
TRAGEDY IN SCHOOL
TWO WELLESLEY GRADUATES
DIE TOGETHER.
THEY HAD LONG BEEN FRIENDS
Police Theory lis That Crime Was
Murder, Followed by Suicide
One Was Mental Wreck.

Boston, Mass.-Two women
shot Wednesday morning in the
fashionable Laurens School in the
Back Bay. They were found dead II
bed. One was Miss Weed, who es-
capped Tuesday night from a santa
rum in Newton and fed to the school,
where Miss Hardee agreed to care for
her during the night. At 6:20 o'clock
Wednesday morning the head nurse
heard two shots. She a to Miss
Hardee's room and found both women
unconscious. The head nurse ran to
the matron, but when the latter
reached the room both women were
dead.
The police believe that Miss Weed
shot Miss Hardee and then committed
suicide.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Should Have Steady Nerves.

h nervous system of the musician
IS often very sensitive and any habit
like coffee drinking may so upset the,
nerves as to make regular and neces-
sary daily practise next to impossible.
Il practise from seven to eight hours
a day and study Harmony two hours
writes a Mich. music student. Last
September | was so nervous | could
only practise a few minutes at a time.
and mother said | would have to drop.
my music for a year.
This was terribly discouraging as
! couldn't bear the thought Of losing
a whole year of study. Becoming con-
WINGED that my nervousness was
caused largely by coffee, and seeing
Postum SO highly spoken of. / de-,
cided would test it for a while.
Mother followed the directions,
carefully and I thought | had never
tasted such a delicio is drink. We
drank Postum every morning instead
OF coffee, and by November | felt more.
Ike myself than for years. and was
ready to resume my music.
now practise as usual, do my
studying and when my days work is.
finished am not any more nervous
than when | began.
cannot too highly recommend
Postum to musicians who practise half
a day My father is a physician and
recommends Postum to his patients.
Words cannot express my appreciation
Tor this most valuable health bever-
age, and experience has proven its
superiority over all others" 'sThere's
a Reason
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to.
MELVILLE in pkgs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
"Pikersr to BANQUET AGAIN.

Folia-Citizens of Folia have
planned a Pike county banquet for
March 20. The principal dish on the
bill of fare will be Pike county wild
duck, with the necessary trimmings"
and "fxings," The speakers will all
be home products, including Dave A.
Ball, E. w. Major, E. E. Campbell,
Judge E. w. Stark, DR.. j.. M. Crewd-
son, r. Pearson and L. G. Blair.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Insane Girls Mistreated.

Moberly-The grand jury Of Ran
dolph county, after an inquiry
at the poor farm at Huntsville,
reported that two insane girls there
have been mistreated and are in the
care of the doctor. The girls have
been at the county farm for several
Folk Honors Recuisition.
Jefferson City-Governor Folk hon
ored a requisition from the governor
of New York for the return to that
state of Phillip Jacoby of Kansas City,
who is charged with grand larceny.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19

While suddenly alarmed people are
talking about the need Of reforestra.
ton, some Of the railroad companies
are going quietly ahead planting trees
for their W future use. The Penn.
sylvania road, for example, has now
many hundred acres under cultiya-
tion. with over 1000, 900 trees growing
and seed planted for many more. II
every corporation and individual with
Q DIT OF available land would do
their part by quietly planting a
few trees, the forestry problem
would be solved without much din.
Guilty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
sherif's Quest Futile.

Cape Girardeau-For the third time
Sheriff Gober of Scott county has re-
turned empty handed from a trip after
a negro who slew Frisco Conductor
George Wolf at Chaffee a year ago,
and for whom a reward of $500 is
standing. Sheriff Gober's latest clew
took him to Pawnee. Okla, where a
suspected negro was held.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Sheriff to Test the Law.

Jefferson City-A mandamus suit
was filed in the supreme court that
will interest almost every sheriff and
coroner in the state. 1t is an ac-
ton on behalf of John Scott, sheriff
of Cole county, to require the county
clerk to accept his declaration as a
candidate to succeed himself, as re-
CURED under the new state primary
law. The point at issue is whether a
sheriff or coroner who was elected in
1906 can succeed himself in Office.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19

The proposition to furnish munich.
pal free breakfasts to school children
In the tenement districts in New
York because many pupils have, of
necessity, such a slim breakfast that
when they get to school they cannot
do good work, has appealed to many
at first sight, says the Boston Globe.
but the officials of organized charity
in that city object s%trenuously and
with some degree of reason to the
free-breakfast idea; first, on the
ground that it is not legal, and
secondly that it tends to pauper.
ization.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Was One of the Founders.

The police are now conducting M
investigation at the school. All infor-
nation regarding the identity of Miss
Weed and Miss Hardee has been SO
far refused at the school except to the
police. No detailed report of the trag-
edy has yet reached headquarters,
Miss Weed was one of the founders
Of the school and was recently sent
to a %sanitarium in West Newton.
On October l, the day upon which
the Laurens School, as they called it,
was opened, Miss Weed broke down,
as a result of overwork, and was taken
to a sanitarium in West Newton,
where she had since been under treat
ment for nervous prostration. While
in the sanitarium Miss Weed had been
subject to severe attacks of melancho.
liza. Tuesday night she escaped from
the sanitarium and made her way to
the Laurens School.
Because the revolver was found
clutched in Miss Weeds hands. and
through the reports of her unsettled
mental condition, the police believe
that she shot Miss Hardee and thea
killed herself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
stabs Woman on Street.

New York-Margaret Smith, a
striking looking woman OF 80,
whose personality is shrouded in
mystery, was fatally stabbed three
times in the throat Friday in front of
215 East T~hirty-sixth street, by a man
who is supposed to be her sweetheart.
The man, who was arrested, refused
to tell anything except his name. He
said he was Harry Gourley and that
he lived in Brooklyn,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Veteran Missouri Pastor Dies.

Parkville-Rev. David R. Hindman
died here, aged 81 years. He went to
California from Pennsylvania in 1S49
and served through the civil war with
the Union army. At the close Of the
war he entered the Presbyterian
church, serving in the synods of Mis-
souri,, Iowa and Kansas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Frank o'Brien Captured in Omaha.

Omaha, Neb.-Frank O'Brien, alias
Dougherty, was arrested by the South
Omaha police on the charge of being
implicated in the murder Of John Bak.
err, an old man, in st. Louis, on the
night of March A. Bakers body was
thrown into Cahokia Creek, where It
was found the next morning.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
NEWS o. MISSOURI
VIE eets Husband Freed.

Jefferson City-George Lovern, who
was sent to the ~penitentiary IN 1906 to
serve five years for bigamy, has been
%pardoned. When Lovern married the
first time, his wife had been previous
ly married and divorced. and later
obtained a divorce from him and mar
ried again. When he married the sec
ond time he believed he had been d.
yorced, but at the trial entered a plea
Of guilty. His second wife has re
NAMED faithful, and it was largely her
labors that resulted in his pardon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-03-19
Result of Business Growth.

Recently a livery firm in a southern
town built a one-story frame addition
to its stable for the accommodation of
wagons, etc. Jerry, the night watch
man, whose long service has con
WINGED him that he is part proprietor
of the concern was overheard explain
ing the matter to a couple of inmates
in this wise:
Yes, our business done co~ncreased
SO dat we's been obliged to build dis
hyar substantial in de reah!"