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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Much Power from NIAGARA.

Power generated at Niagara Falls is
70 be distributed all over Canada. Bids
have been asked on 10000 tons of
structural steel for the Canadian gov.
eminent. The steel is to be used for
towers which will support the cables
used in transporting the current. AL.
ready power generated at Niagara Is
being sent to a distance Of more than
125 miles, and it is the intention of the
Canadian government to increase this
distance, says the Scientific Ameri.
can. Towns in every direction about
Niagara will be supplied.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

Rolla.-The roof of the oredressing
building owe the fu~rnace-room at the
School of Mines in Rolla, caught fire.
The fire alarm vas sounded, but be-
fore the company could arrive the
students had piled the hose and ak.
tinguished the flames before any
great damage was done. The loss is
not covered by insurance. The furnace
room is a recent addition to the
School of Mines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Girl, 10. Wehs Chinese

Hammond, lndiana.-Ethel Lash
brook, aged 10, giving her home as
Chicago, was married for the third
time in her career Wednesday night at
Crown Point, and her hsuband is Jas.
F. Chung, a Chinese, who gave his
home as San Francisco and his occu-
patton as a salesman for Oriental silks.
The couple obtained their license at
the Crown Point court house, and after
being married by Judge H. B. Nichol-
son took the next train to Chicago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Train Kills Workmen.

Chicago, III Three track re-
pairers We're killed and one fatally
injured Friday when a Lake Shore
freight train backed into the group of
mel who We're replacing ties in the
switch yards at Eighty,ninth street,
South Chicago, The freight train was
moving slowly but the rumbling of an.
other passing train drowned the noise
of its approach.
The train crew were ARE ,ted as
companions Of the victims declare that
no warning signals had been dis
played.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
CANAL TO BE READY IN 1915.
Chief Engineer of Panama Project
Says Cost Will Be $256, DOC, 900.

New York, n. Y.-The prediction
made by Congressman James A. TAw.
ney, before the Fire Underwriters
Association of the Northwest at Chi.
cago, that the Panama canal would be
completed in six years at a total cost
of $3.50, 000, 600, was shown to Col.
Gothals, chief engineer of the WORK,
who is attending a hearing in the
army building here.
That's true" he said. 81 expect the
canal to be open to navigation by Jan.
/, 1915, unless some unforeseen con,
tingency arises, the cost to be What
the Congressman has named"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Violated Bucket-Shop Law.

Dies Moines, Iowa. - The Polk
county grand jury Friday returned in.
dictments against O. NJ. Olsen, man.
ager of the Olsen Commission COM
pany, correspondents of the Merchants
Stock and Grand Exchange, St. Louis,
and w. ]. Winston, of the Winston
Commission company, general brok-
ers. They are charged with conduct
ing bucket-shops in violation of the
Iowa law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

The dahlia is coming to a place Of
honor in the floral world. Last year
a special display Of this flower was
made in Indianapolis and exhibitions
are now in course of preparation in
eastern cites. The dahlia is a stiff,
formal blossom, with no sentiment con.
nected with it. but it has the beauty of
rich coloring in a variety of shades.
There are said to be 500 or more
known varieties of the dahlia, and as
It Is easy to produce new specimens
both professional and amateur florists
are fond Of experimenting with it.
A dahlia fad is impending.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
why He Went Back to His Old Trleks

You migrated" exclaimed the irate
Judge, addressing the culprit; this
gentleman took a fatherly interest in
you after you had promised to stop
stealing, and he gave you a job in his
store, did he not?"
Eyes, sir!"
And when he left you alone in the
place one day you repaid his gratitude
by sneaking behind the desk and
rifing the cash drawer, didn't your"
Yes, sir"
Now, why did you do this?"
Il got emorse of conscience,
tudge!"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Consul General RiGnreu Dead

Monterrey, MeXico.-Benjamin r.
Ridgley, United States consul
general to Mexico City died sud
denly about midnight Thursday night
in the Mexico City pullman while wait.
ing for the Mexico City train. Consul
General Ridgeley arrived here Thurs
day from Laredo and stopped over to
take the Pullman for the capitol. Con-
sui General Ridgeley was accompan-
led by his wife and mother.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
MISSOURI NEWS
Claims $1,000 Prize for Ear or Corn.

Claims $1,000 Prize for Ear or Corn.
Chillieothe.-Two years ago a stock
publication of Des Moines, Iowa, of.
fered a prize of $1,000 for an ear OF
corn on which there were fifteen rows
of fully developed kernels. c. Z. Elley,
secretary of the Republican County
Central committee, brought into the
office Of a local newspaper office an
a of corn that nswer all require.
ments and has wired his claim to the
reward. Several other leading stock
papers have offered similar rewards
and Mr.. Riley stands a chance to win
several thousand dollars. The prize"
ear of corn was raised on Mr.. Elley's
farm, a short distance of Chillicothe
and was discovered when an employee
was about to feed it to stock.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
PUTTING 1T UP TO BILLIE.
Logical Reason Why He Should Be
the One to Ask Favor.

The wagons of the greatest show
on earth" passed up the avenue at
daybreak. Their incessant rumble
soon awakened ~ten-year-old Billie and
his f~ve-year-old brother, Robert. Their
mother feigned sleep as the two white
robed figures crept past her bed into
the hall, on the way to investigate.
Robert struggled manfully with the
unaccustomed task of putting on his
clothes, Wait for me, Billie" his
mother heard him beg. You'll get
ahead OF me-"
Get mother to help you" counseled
Billie, who was having troubles of his
own.
Mother started to the rescue, and
then paused as she heard the voice
of her younger, guarded but anxious
and insistent:
you ask her, Billie. You've known
her longer than / have."-Everybody's
Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Enlisted to Escane Marri.o.

Wooster, Ohio.-Word was received
tuesday night that Alph w.
Eddy, the young travelling man who
disappeared in Milwaukee on August
IL, two days before he was to have
married Miss Warren Of this place,
enlisted with the United States army
at the Jefferson Barracks st. Louis,
August 81.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Whites Fall on NEGROES.

Jackson, Mississippi. - Just as
Booker t. Washington closed his ad-
dress at the coliseum at the fair
grounds Tuesday. a section of the gal
lery occupied by white persons col
lapsed and fell on the colored persons
below. Bishop Charles B. Galloway,
sustained painful bruises. Thomas
Helm, capitalist has a broken arm.
Many negroes were injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
s4andard,s secret cnde nst

Muskogee. Okla.-A copy of the
secret code of the Standard Oil
company is lost, according to local
police who Friday recovered a valise
stolen here from w. A. Ledbetter.
general attorney for the Waters-Pierce
OH company in Oklahoma, several
weeks ago. The code was in the valise
when taken but was removed by the
thief. There are said to be only thir-
teen copies in existence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Victims of Auto Accident

Auburn, Me,-Dr. Charles e.
Williams, a physician of this city
and Mrs. Williams were the victims
OF an automobile accident at Leeds
Friday night. Their machine was
overturned, pinning them beneath.
Mrs. Williams died a short time after
she had been removed from the wreck
and the condition of DR.. Williams is
serious.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Senator's Son to Wed.

Lamar.-At a lucheon at the home
of Judge B. G. Thurman announce
ment was made of the approaching
wedding of DR.. G. d. Alice and Miss
Katherine Clarke on October 20. DR..
Alice Is a son of Senator Alice of
Clean, Mo. Miss Clarke is a society
belle of Lamar and a social favorite
of southwest Missouri.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Two Children Hurt at chilIicothe.

Chillicothe.-During the wait for
the Taft special in Chillicothe two ac-
cidents occurred at the Wabash city
station. Jeanette Walsh, 10 years
old, and Harold Mcpherson, IL years
old, were knocked down and painfully
injured by an extra stock train. The
train stopped at the station, where an
immense crowd had gathered to hear
Mr.. Taft, and when the train "whistled
through the crowd was unable to get
clear of the tracks. The injuries of
the children are not serious.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

The government is going to Law a
molasses road in Massachusetts. That
is, it will prepare a binder for ma.
cadam roads the basis of which will be
the residue Of sugar-cane manufacture
a by-product for which there is at
present no known use But isn't there
some danger that the small boys and
girls will carry off the road for all-day
suckers Or some other terrible things?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

A Philadelphia heiress alleges that
she went through a mock marriage
with an American for the purpose of
keeping her parents from purchasing a
foreigner with a title for her. We can
hardly believe her story is true, be-
cause it is reported that her mother
has forgiven her.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Dynamite DESTROYS Store.

Aurora.-The clothing store OF M.
Myerhardt was mysteriously demol-
ished by a dynamite explosion. The
whole city was thrown into a panic
and the residents went into the streets
with revolvers and shotguns, expect
ing to encounter bank robbers. In
vestigation is being made.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Priest spends Niaht in IAN.

st. Joseph.-Clothed in his priestly
habiliments and vainly endeavoring
to solve his predicament, Rev. Father
Daniel Pembroke, former priest of
st. Patrick's parish of Maryville, Mo-,
spent a night in a cell at central
police station here. He is held for in.
v~estigation as to his sanity. His arrest
was at the instigation of Bishop
Maurice T. Burke of the st. Joseph
diocese. Bishop Burke says that Penn,
broke has been annoying him for ten
or twelve years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Folk Offers Fraud Reward.

Jefferson City.-Governor Folk Of
fered a reward of $500 for the arrest
and conviction of anyone found guilty
of violations of the election laws in
the matter of the registration of voters
at st. Joseph. Previously he offered
similar rewards applicable to st. Louis
and Kansas City. He is determined
that the registration lists of these
three cities shall be purged of illegal
voters.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
BAKER Assault case on rriaI.

Carthage.-A plea for separate
trials in the case Of Thad Raney, Mrs.
H. M. Raney and Mrs. Myrtle Baker.
charged with a deadly assault upon
Albert Baker, was granted by Judge
Haywood Scott. The trial Of Mrs.
Myrtle Baker will be held first.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Explosion Kills Two

Webb City.-Ffve hundred pounds
of dynamite and a steam boiler ex-
ploded at the Apache Maid mine here,
killing Robert G. Feland, a mine oper-
ator, George Smith and Jasper Lee,
injuring Frank Hoiderby and Ed John
son and destroying the mine build
ings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Arrest In stranqIino case.

Chicago, Ill.-Luman G. Mann, 20
years old, the son Of a wealthy
business man residing in Oak Park,
was arrested here on a warrant charg-
him with the murder of Mrs. Fan
ME Thompson, who was found stran-
gled In a rooming house at 1241
Michigan avenue on July 3.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Cotton Spinners End Strike.

Manchester.-The operative spin
ners and cardroom workers have at
length succeeded in adjusting their
differences with the cotton manufact-
urers, both agreeing to accept a S
per cent reduction. The question Of
wages, however, will be taken up three
months later for the purpose Of read
ipstment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Flrst White Woman Dies.

Muskogee, Ok.-Mrs. w. H. Nc
Nally, wife of w, H. McNally, died
here. Mrs. McNally was the first
white woman ever in Wagner, and
her husband was the second Mayor Of
M town.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
RoIIa Votes School Levy.

Rolla.-A special school election
held in Rolla resulted in voting a levy
of Is cents on the 800 valuation for
purchasing a ward school site to be
located in East Rolla, and bonding the
district for $500, with which to erect
a school building.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Aged Man HANGS Himself.

Marshall.-William E. Parrish Of
this city, aged 70, a retired merchant.
hanged himself in his yard. His wife
had just returned from Chicago and
he had prepared to go to the train to
meet her. He leaves, besides his
widow, eight children. The act was
caused by i'll health.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

"Auto-suggestton' is receiving con,
siderable attention from scientists.
Did you ever catch the monologue of
the man gn his back in the dust trying
to coax the machinery of one of the
snorting g~o.devils?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

An up-to-date farmer in Connecticut
insists on having a flying machine
clause in his insurance policy, arguing
that flying machines are quite as I'M
certain as %tornadoes, for you never
know what or when they are going to
strike.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Seeks Affinity; Takes Money.

Milwaukee, Wis.-After planning an
elopement with a West side matron,
Gustaye Schmidt is accused of robbing
her husband. Burning with indigna-
ton, Mrs. Alicia Bishop confessed
their plans to her husband, and repeat
ed the story on the witness stand in
the district court.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
New Oklahoma oil Field.

Tulsa, Ok.-At Tanaha, southeast of
this city about ten miles, the Heela
OIL company and others drilled in a
great oil well, which opens up an en-
tirely new field. The strike has ere.
ated excitement in oil circles.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Natural Gas Under Investigation,

st. .Joseph.-Consumers of natural
gas here entered complaints against
the quality and quantity that comes
through the mains from the oil fields
OF Kansas and Oklahoma. Gas in sui
ficient quantities is received for ordin-
airy purposes in fair weather, but frost
and falling temperature for some
reason, seen to affect the supply to fac
tory and family.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Record Fish Distribution.

Washington, D. C.-Commissioner
of Fisheries Bowers had a conference
with the president Tuesday, and told
him that the federal fish commission
during the last fiscal year distributed
2,S11, 100000 fish and eggs throughout
the country, which broke the record
by 10000, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

A $4,000 fire at the city asylum for
the insane at st. Louis early Monday
was the second instance in two
months that two neighboring eleemos-
ynary institutions have been imper-
lied by blazes believed to be lncen-
diary. A thorough police investiga-
ton has begun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

A perfectly good imitation of a Car
negie hero medal is offered to the man
who has read all of the political plat
forms, speeches of acceptance and
campaign books.-Louisville Courier
Journal
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
New York Registration Falls of

New York-Comparative apathy
among the voting population of
the city seems to be indicated by
the figures for the registration in
Greater New York. For the whole CITY
the figures for the two days registra.
ton totalled 40S,4O7 as against 434.761
in 1904 a falling off of 1854.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Wedding Printed. Il .I,lled

Muskogee, Ok.-Jack H~argrove was
married in this city Friday night to
Mace Dotson. Mention Of the marriage
was made in the newspapers and the
result was the arrest Of Hargrove on
q charge Of numbering a woman at
Wharton, Tex.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
New stamps Arc Elnest Ever.

Washington.-Postage stamps in
new designs are TO be issued within a
month to replace those now in use.
Postmaster General Meyer saw and
approved the proofs of the engravers'
plates of the new 2-cent and 1.cent
stamps.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

result was remarkable. The kidney
action became normal. the backache
ceased, and my health is now I'M
usually good"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

Probably that Milwaukee hermit
who refused to wash for eight years
was not a teetotaler and consequently
did not want to encourage any undue
intimacy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

Flowers may have memories, but as
long as the corsage bouquet and the
h~oneysuckle on the porch can tell no
tales what does it matter?-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

A man in Des Moines buys his mo-
ther-in-taw five pounds of candy every
week, The scheme should work and
is safer than the slow poison PLAN
Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

An insurance man says there are
1880 women in New York who are
past IS years of age, This is not sur.
prising; there art lots of chorus girls
In New York.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
shoots Wife: Kills Him.s,t

Philadelphia.-Luring his wife to
this city from Newark, N. j., by a tele-
gram, Fred Wiesman, Of that city,
shot her, and then committed suicide
by shooting himself Mrs. Wiesman
may recover
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

a runaway elephant in a New York
Q got into the snakehouse. which
suggests tbat its keepers had more
than the usual amount Of human an
iloyaace In having an elephant 81
their hands and seeing snakes at the
game time
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

Italy wants American moving pic.
lures. The motto abroad about any.
thing seems TO be When in doubt
about getting the best. bring It from
the United States" And yet we are
not proud, but speak to every nation
In as friendly a way as ever.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

London,-The study of spiritualism
is gaining a great vogue in England,
and the pulpit Of the Established
Church is being invaded to expound
the theories and reputed discoveries.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Attends Nesting; Kills Himself.

Monroe City.-E. Smith, of Hume
well, attended a meeting in this city
and then went direct home and hung
himself. He is the father of Mrs. v.
Heubsch, of this city, and was a life
long Republican.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

Bloomsbury, Pa.-The opening of a
cold blister upon his lip with a hatpin
a week ago, resulted in the death of
Curtis McCloskey, of blood poisoning
He was % years of age, and is surviv-
ed by a wife and two children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

Now that the North cape's cliffs
have been desecrated by the brushes
of the advertising painters we almost
wish that Peary would never give
them a chance at the north pole.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

back was weak and
rheumatic. Pains ran
through my back,
hips and limbs. I
could hardly get.
about and lost much
sleep. The action Of.
the kidneys s
much disordered. 1.
began using Doan's
Kidney Pills and the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

Tientsin, China. = The bubonic
plague is raging IN the large coal
mining district OF Tungchang. Ac-
cording to the latest reports the dis
ease is also spreading to Hanow.
where many deaths have occurred.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Missourian Killed Under rrain

Little Rock.--Arthur Goodale OF
Bevier, Mo-, threw himself in front OF
a passenger train at Alexander, a
small town below here, and was
crushed to death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Reverldae canoals natea

Reno, Nev.-Senator Beveridge, who
was to have addressed a Republican
meeting in this city is i'll at Lake
Tahoe. His physicians forbid him to
do any public speaking for some time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

OF course plants are capable of feel
ings. Hasn't the corn ears to hear and
the potatoes eyes to see? Haven't you
heard the trees moan and seen the
ros blush?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15
Campaioner props Dead

Osgood, Ind.-While electioneering
Max Feuhr, a wealthy German farmer
and Democratic candidate for Asses
sor, was stricken with heart failure
and fell dead in the arms of Howard
Akers, candidate for Recorder.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

And now comes the pigskin further
to divert attention from the game of
saving the country.-Boston Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

A Chicago princess who is stranded
in Paris finds it is mighty little in the
way of groceries that she can buy on
her title.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

Louisville, Ky.-For the first time
in twenty years, Louisville is entirely
cut off from packet service with Gin.
cinnati, on account Of low water.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

"All in favor of apple dumplings
please rise" says the Baltimore Sun.
The ayes have ii.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

Men will have to buy the dominion
OF the air with blood. That was how
the land was won and the sea.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

Esperanto, of course, Is not a dead
or ever a dying language. Its rat
Ting in the throat" is an a~uricular IL
fusion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-15

It is hard to tell which tastes bet,
ter, the first piece of fanky, Juicy,
spicy, raisiny mince pie in the fall, or
the first cucumber in the spring.