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The Irish standard., 1908-06-27
KING AND QUEEN At
RE|D-WARD NUPT|ALS
DAUGHTER OF AMBASSADOR
REID BECOMES WIFE OF
RRlToN IN COURT CIRCLES.
ENGLISH MONARCH
SMILES APPROVAL
Pair Are Married In Chapel Royal OF
st. James PaIace-Great Crowd
Awaits Arrival Of Bridal Party In
Square.


ward and Queen Alexandra smiling
approval from their private gallery,
Jean Reid, daughter Of Whitelaw Reid.
the American ambassador to England,
was married Tuesday afternoon In the
Chapel Royal of st. James palace to
Hon. John Hubert Ward, brother OF
the earl of Dudley and equerry-in-
waiting to the king. The ancient
chapel, one Of the few remains of the
old palace Of the Tudors, In which
Queen Victoria and several Of her
daughters were married. was prettily
decorated with flowers for this, the
most fashionable Of recent weddings
In London. A great crowd assembled
in St. James square to watch the ar
rival Of the bridal party. and the king
and the queen and other members Of
the royal family, who, by their attend
ance ut the chapel and the subsequent
reception at Dorchester house, the
city residence Of Ambassador Reid.
paid a compliment to the American
ambassador and his daughter seldom
accorded even to members Of the
| Ensnsn NOBILITY.
King and Queen Watch.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
drove up from Buckingham palace and
proceeded at once to the royal gallery.
where the prince and princess Of
Wales. the duke and duchess of Con-
naught and Princess Patricia already
had arrived.
AS is customary in the Church of
England service the officiating clergy
men, accompanied by supplied
choir, met the bridal procession at
the door and preceded it up the chapel
the choir singing: Lead Us, Heaven.
~ Father. Lead Us" The service
was the full choral one Of the Angli
can church. The congregation re-
NAMED standing until the conclusion
of the ceremony.
Many Notables Present.
The king and the queen accom-
panied the bridal party to the armory
room in the St. James palace, where
the register was signed, first by the
bride and groom and then by King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra, the prince
and princess of Wales, the duke ant
duchess of Connaught. Mr.. and Mrs
Reid, D. o. Mills, Ogden Mills ant
Ogden Reid.
At the conclusion Of the services In
the chapel all those who had beer
present, including the members of the
royal family, attended the reception al
Dorchester house, where hundreds Of
friends came during the afternoon te
offer their congratulations and admire
the marvellous display of wedding
presents.
Congratulations from King. =,
King Edward, who is greatly pleased
with the alliance formed by his favor
lite equerry. was profuse in his con
; CALCULATIONS to the bride and thu
groom and their families. With Queer
Alexandra, the prince and princess o
Wales and the duke Of Connaught hi.
majesty remained at Dorchester hous,
for some time, mingling freely will
the guests.
In addition to the political and 80
, cial leaders of England and the young
i, er friends of Mr.. and Mrs Ward
, there we're present at the reception
the diplomatic representatives Of al
foreign countries and their STATS, an,
large numbers OF the Americans resi-
dent in England.
The Irish standard., 1908-06-27
Two Die In Explosion.

New York, June 25.-Two persons
we're killed and several injured in an
explosion in the Pennsylvania railroad
cut at Thirty-frst street and Ninth
avenue Wednesday.
The Irish standard., 1908-06-27
Storm DELAYS Traffic,

Du Chen, Wis, June 25.-The storm
washed out the railroad to Waukon,
Ia, so badly that there will be no
traffic over the division for from four
to six weeks.
The Irish standard., 1908-06-27
GROVER cLEVElAND'S
CAREER.

CAREER.
Born at Caldwell, Essex county,
N. j., March 10, 1887.
In 1s41 family removed to Fay
etteviiIe, N. Y.
Served az clerk In 4 country
store.
In 1853 appointed assistant
teacher Of New York Institu.
ton for blind.
From 1855 to 1859 assisted his
uncle In preparation Of Gamer.
lean Herd Book" and had a
elerkshlp In a law firm In 6uf-
faIo.
Admitted to the bar In 1859.
Appointed assistant district at
torney Of Erie county January
I, 1868.
Defeated for the district attor.
nsyshIp Of Eric county In
1865.
Elected sheriff Of Erie county
In 1870.
Elected mayor Of Buffalo In 1881.
Elected governor Of New York
In 1882 by plurality Of
100000.
Elected president Of the United
States In 1884.
In 1885 broke all records by
vetolng 115 out Of ss7 bills.
Married Frances Folsom In the
White House June 2, 1886.
Defeated In campaign for 70.
election In 1888.
In 1889 engaged In the practice
Of law in New York.
Elected president of the United
States In 1892.
Settled Venezuela boundary dis.
pute In 1895.
After leaving White House In
1896 established home In
Princeton, N. J.
The Irish standard., 1908-06-27
Russian Chief AssassInated.

Vladikavkaz, Russia, June 26.-Col.
Galliaensky. chief OF the military cir
cult, was assaSsinated here Wednes-
6sy. .
The Irish standard., 1908-06-27

Attorney for Administrative.
Bank of Commerce Bldg.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-01

maica, whence he moved to Newport
in 1860, and became the minister of
the congregation in that place. Of his
sons, Judah was the most distin-
guished. At an early age he showed
great business ability, and soon after
going to the French territory of Loui-
siana in 1902, he became a leader in
mercantile circles. He was a public
spirited man, and when Louisiana was
ceded to the United States he enlisted
as a private under Gen. Jackson, was
severely wounded and left for dead
on the field at New Orleans.
Touro never married and devoted
his fortune to philanthropic purposes,
giving regardless of creed or nation
ality. His broad patriotism made
itself manifest at the time when the
completion of the Bunker Hill monu-
ment was in doubt, when he and
Amos Lawrence subscribed the
amount necessary to finish the work.
A committee consisting of John Quin-
cy Adams, Daniel Webster, Joseph
Story, Edward Everett and Franklin
Dexter prepared an inscription to
commemorate Touro's generosity on a
tablet which was placed on the NOM
ment. He died in New Orleans, but
his body was brought for burial to the
old Newport cemetery, where his
tomb is inscribed: "The last of his
name. He inscribed it in the book Of
philanthropy, to be remembered for
ever"
Rev. Abraham Pereira Mendes,
whose name also appears on the mem
orial tablet, was also born in Jamaica,
and, like Touro, sprang from an old
Portuguese family. For ten years,
from 1883 until 1898, when he died,
DR.. Mendes was the rabbi of the old
Newport synagogue. His sons, Rev.
DR.. Frederick de Soda Mendes and
Rev. DR.. Henry Pereira Mendes, are
the leaders of the orthodox wing of
the Jewish community of New York.
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ton to perennial reform which was
genuine. Not that the reformers did
not occasionally have ian ak to grind"
but that, in the main, they aided the
best candidates. But at times they
saddled themselves with some bogus
reformer and jammed him through
at the polls, felicitating themselves
that they had put another owe the
political plate when they had in
reality only added a Cheap CRATER
to the city's pay roll.
When this happened 1t made the
regulation, g~ilt-edged grafters in the
council indignant. Not that the ire
former should turn out to be look,
ing for something" but that he so
often took anything he could get. This
made trade bad, for it scaled prices
and such a recruit to the ranks of cor,
ruptlUn caused a bear" market in
votes.
A cheap scoundrel earned just as
much contempt in the council as an
overcoat thief earns from a railroad
manipulation Of stocks. | recollect the
arraignment that one Of the "regu-
lars" gave II of these easily pur-
chased 'reformers."
Said the regular" putting slowly at
a big black cigar, the little finger of
his left hand adorned with a four hun
dred dollar Sinner" and his shirt
front sporting its mate, presented by
his admiring "constits:"
Il reckon | size that guy up right,
at the start. | tell EN- I seer what
kind of a lobster he is, the first flop
of the box. | tell EN-, you watch him;
he's no reformer, and he's no thor
oughbred. He blows up in the stretch
the first time they're off at the gut.
An, say! Did he? Well, he's elected
all right, and he goes over an hooks
up with the geezeer in the next ward
that went in the same time he goes in.
Them two frames up and goes out for
the stuff. Do they get it? Yes, they
get it, and how much? Say, on the
level now, on the square, they split
three hundred between EN- for a little
thing they pull off. A hundred and
fifty apiece, see?"
He paused and took a fresh puff at
his cigar, and resumed: why, If any
cheap stiff d come to me and try to
insult me with less than $500 I'd throw
the skate out of my Office" And the
end of his cigar glowed with righteous
indignation,
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-01
IN SUNSET OF LIFE
ak MARVEL" SPENDING LAST
DAYS AT CONNECTICUT HOME.
Noted Author Now in His Eighty
Seventh Year-"Reveries of a
Bachelor" That Made Him
Known World Over.

Boston. Tx Marvel has just
passed his eighty-sixth birthday and is
now spending the sunset of his life at
the old home in Edgewood, Conn.
Somewhat aside from the highway Of
literary activity, he is still remem-
bered as the man who away back in
the fifties saw in human events the
stuff of which dreams are made, and
around the experiences of his W
youth and bachelorhood wove a YES
ture of reverie that made them a de-
light wherever books are bought and
read.
Donald Grant Mitchell was born in
April, 1922. Being a sickly, delicate
boy, he seemed altogether unlikely to
bear the strain of college education,
and entered Yale with little hope of
completing the prescribed course. But
strength came with effort, and after
hard work, alternated by moments of
comparative leisure, in which he ed
tied the college magazine, young
Mitchell graduated successfully and
delivered the farewell address in 1S41.
After leaving Yale he became a suf-
ferer from the same pulmonary
trouble which in the three preceding
years had proved fatal to three mem
bers of his family. 1t was this illness
which compelled Mr.. Mitchell to give
up the plans he had formed of doing
journalistic work in New York.
For a time he retired to an old fam,
lily homestead in Salem, Conn. Then
he undertook a trip to Europe, from
which he returned much benefited in
health. The literary result of this
journey was his first book, Fresh
G~leanings," published in 1S47, the year
in which he began, without continuing,
his study Of law. Then followed an
other trip over the Atlantic. Mr..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-01

Whose finish ?" said |.

Whose finish?" said |.
"Oh, we will probably be beaten"
he admitted, but we want to give
them a campaign of education and en-
"lightenment. What that ward needs,
what every ward needs, is a chance to
have its higher nature aroused. What
they want, I'm convinced, is more OPP
portunity to see the light"
MY friend" was my reply, I've
travelled some in that ward. What
they want there is not more light, but
more beer"
Yet, despite sometimes misdirected
energy, these men and their associa-
tons did much in making political
conditions better. For that they de-
serve substantial credit. So long as
they were absolutely non-partisan they
welded considerable influence, and
properly, but on occasion they allowed
prejudice to bias them and did inius-
tice to good men.
The other type of well-known re-
former was the one who continually
headed reform" movements. He
might be a candidate for alderman, or
the legislature, or congress. But wher,
ever there was a kick" coming, and
a meeting advertised to protest. or Or
ganize, this class would be on hand
early and get the Craftsmanship of the
meeting, usually coming out in a
ringing speech Of denunciation
against the infamy which the citizens
had met to combat. This put the re-
former next if it was a proposition
to nominate an opposition candidate.
and he often goI away with the nomi-
nation. Or, if he was a professional
man, a lawyer, a doctor, or a real es-
tate man, even, it was a pretty fair ad.
vertisement, wasn't it? Not so poor"
to have your picture in the paper next
day, with a long account of you, your
business and your speech, etc. Some
thing that would have cost you coin
to have in the papers, and you got it
for nothing. And then the reporters
out to interview you and quite a rack
ct started about you.
And in every large city | suppose
there are only a few bright promoters
like that standing around waiting to
sell a gold brick Or two.
Some of these 'reformers'' were
pretty fierce when they happened to
land in an office. A few of them were
swept into the city council astride the
top of a wave Of popular Indignation
and they were the hungry boys, some
of them, They were simply on the
qui vive to be approached" And
when they were tempted they fell
swiftly and without a sound. Their
motto was that of the Hon. Webster
Flanagan, with a different interpreta-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-01
LEFT 1T TO MRS. BROWN.
Reverend Gentleman Very Willing to
Evade Responsibility.

The trust and dependence which
characterized Rev. Mr.. Browns atti-
tude toward his wife's judgment in all
practical affairs were sometimes
touching, but occasionally they were
amusing.
I'm sorry you've been troubled with
the toothache," said the family dent
list, when Mr.. Brown appeared in his
office one day. Il gave you the first
minute / had free after receiving your
wife's telephone message. Let's see,
which tooth is 1t that's troubling your"
MN, it's not aching just at pres
ent," said Mr.. Brown, after a mo-
ment's hesitation, during which he
made a cautious Investigation with his
tongue. Didn't Mrs. Brown mention
to you which tooth it was? l always
rely on her in such matters "-Youth's
Companion.
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Mitchell was an eyewitness of the
Paris outbreaks of 1S4S, and he de-
scribed them in his second book, en-
titled "The Battle Summer"
New York called him. He
edited there a satirical and humorous
paper, ''The Lorgnette," contributing
to it special articles of his own signed
John Timon." Subsequently these
articles were printed in two small vol
umes.
All this time Mr.. Mitchell had been
working out the various chapters of
the book which was to make him
known not only throughout the United
States, but also in foreign countries
"Reveries of a Bachelor" The first
"reverie" appeared in 1.-THE Southern
Literary Messenger" then a leading
literary periodical published in Rich
mond.
The "Reveries of a Bachelor" at
once became widely popular. When
the second edition was issued Mr..
Mitchell says he began to revise the
book, and then, because revision
would have completely changed it,
left it as it was.
After the publication of Dream
Life" in 1851, a book only second in
success to the "Reveries," Mr.. Mitch
ell in 1853 realized one of the most
vivid of his dreams by marrying Miss
Mary f. Pringle of Charleston, s.. G.
The same year President Pierce ap-
pointed him consul at Venice. Accom-
panied by his wife, he spent a year
in that city, part of the time being
given to collecting materials for a
history of the republic of Venice,
which he never completed. On his
return to this country in 1856 he set
tied upon his farm at Edgewood.
Mr.. Mitchell was for some time as.
sociate editor of the Hearth and
Home, New York, and frequently ap-
peared as a lecturer. He had a large
acquaintance among literary men; he
was intimate with Washington Irving,
to whom he dedicated his Dream
Life" Longfellow, Hawthorne, Bryant
and N. P. Willis.
Mr.. Mitchell changed his style after
middle age, and wrote many things
more practical than would seem pos
sible for the author of Dream Life"
He became noted as a landscape gar
dener, and his utterances thereon are
authority. The park at East Rock,
New Haven, Conn, was laid out and
adorned by his directions, and so were
many private parks and grounds.
MI. Mitchell had IL children. His
wife died on December 5, 1901, after
a happy married life of more than 4S
years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-01
Whv Didn't She2

A little boy Of five years, playing
with his sister n day, leaned too
far out of the second-story window,
lost his balance and fell into the yard
below. Very m%iraculously he escaped
being injured, and his parents and
friends were so delighted that they
gave him quite a number of pennies,
nickels and dimes.
The next day, after he recovered
from the shock of the fall. he was
counting his money, and on seeing his
little sister enter the room, exclaimed:
Gee, Gladys, look at all the money l
got for falling cEt of the window!
Why don't you it?"-The Define
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ton. What are we here for?" was
their slogan, and they went after fran
chise "divvies" or any other "divvies'
like a terrier after d rat.
Real reforms were not so elaborate
ly advertised as the sham ones; the
louder the "holler" about the reform,
the less genuine reform was in sight.
And then there were the fad reform
ers, going about seeking what they
might devour in the shape of having
unmuzzled dogs caught with a soft
curtain rope instead of a wire moose,
cab-horses provided with seats while
waiting for a fare, the distribution of
copies of Browning's poems to cross
ing policemen, or some such similar
projects.
There are sometimes uneasy people
in every community who want to run
the rest of their neighbors; the bigger
the community the greater they are
liable to be in number. And in a city
of two millions of inhabitants they are
sure to be found. They haunt the gal
lery in the council chamber Of the
city, they infast the mayors office,
they surge in with the crowds having
hearings in the public offices in the
city halls, and whenever they have no
connection whatever.
Substantial reforms are of slow
growth. 1t took over 20 years steady
work to drive the infamous justice of
the peace system out of Cook county.
Some notable reformers went along
very well for L time until they got so
prominent that they were offered a
high-salaried political position. And
then they dropped practically from
sight as reformers and reappeared as
pay roll artists. This caused at times
a revulsion of feeling among the re-
formers at heart. but they did not let
a little thing like that entirely discour.
age them. ,
| got so that / could usually spot
a reformer as far as | could see him,
The majority of reformers are very
busy walkers and takers. They are
not confined to one nationality, al
though l should Judge that the bulk
OF them are Americans. They all have
missions If you agree with them,
and do everything they ask, you are
"a patriot" If you disagree with some
of them In any way, shape or tanner,
you are either a scoundrel or without
mental balance, But to be "a patriot
in the eyes of those who were fanati-
cal you must accede to their demands.
Patriots" said Sir Robert Peel,
they spring up like mushrooms in
the night; ] can make so patriots in a
single hour; have only to refuse
some unreasonable or absurd request,
when up starts a patriot
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ernorship he resigned temporarily in
view of his special mission to Ameri-
ca, which is expected to have momen-
tous results, although nominally he
will merely thank the Washington ad.
ministration for renting a portion
of the Boxer indemnity.
Tong-Shao-Yi said that the six years
he had spent In Mukden as governor
had been an interesting experience.
He could affirm that all complications
were at an end. He will leave for
the United States on his mission in
the beginning of November. He looked
forward, he said, with great pleasure
to the opportunity to meet old friends,
and he was especially pleased to be
able to witness the presidential cleo.
ton.
After his mission to the United
States is completed Tong-Shao-Yi will
go to Europe, where he will devote
himself for six months to the study
OF financial problems.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-01
Too Rounh for the Cows.

Mrs. Rorer, of cookbook fame, tells
Of seeing a maid drop and break a
beautiful platter at a dinner recent
ly, says Everybody's Magazine, The
host did not permit a trifle like this
to ruffle him in the least.
These little accidents happen most
every day." he said, alphabetically.
you see, she isn't a trained waitress.
She was a dairymaid originally, but
she had to abandon that occupation
on account of her inability to ha-.dle
the COWS without breaking their
horns"
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When the common soldiery came
the girl again lowered the toll-bar
and demanded toll. This was met
by jeers from the soldiers, where
upon she wisely raised the guard. All
day the dusty troopers passed through
and all day Charlotte Hillman stood
at her post. For every ten soldiers
who passed the gate she cut a notch
in the %toll-pole. Early fed beyond the
Blue Ridge with the remnants Of his
disorganized army; in the Valley Of
Virginia, Lee, beaten back by Grants
overwhelming numbers, gave UP the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-01
TESTING PAINT.

Property owners should know now
to prove the purity and quality Of
white lead, the most important paint
ingredient, before paying for it. To
all who write, National Lead Co, the
largest manufacturers of pure white
lead, send a free outfit with which to
make a simple and sure test of white
lead, and also a free book about paint.
Their address is Woodbridge Bldg,
New York City.
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GIRL DEF1ED A WHOLE ARMY.

and beautiful girl, Charlotte Hillman,
famed locally for her girlisn charms.
Even the war~-hardened Sheridan
seems not to have been proof against
the persuasion Of a pair of black eyes
and a pretty face, and when toll was
demanded, straightway produced the
1.-THE, setting an example that was fol
lowed by his staff.
But" said Sheridan, as he passed
through the gate, Il cannot youch for
my army
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-01
No Fiction Wanted.

Little Boy-Uncle, won't you tell us
a story?
Genial Uncle--Certainly, my boy.
What kind of a story?
ooh, any kind only so it's true. Tell
us about Jack and the Beanstalk."-
New York Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-01
MEMORIAL TABLET UNVEILED.
Newport and New York Hebrew Con.
gresations Unite in Ceremony.

Newport, R. IAN interesting cere-
mony took place in the Touro syna-
gogue in this city the other day when
a tablet to the memory of Rev. Isaac
Touro, Judah Touro, Abraham Touro
and Rev. Abraham Pereira Mendes,
was unveiled.
Invitations were issued Jointly by
the congregations Jeshuat Israel of
Newport, R. l., and Shearith Israel of
New York. Rev. Isaac Touro was OF
Portuguese origin. but settled in ia
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-01
Development.

Remember" said the earnest in
ventor, 'it amt so very many years
since the telephone caused laughter"
That's true" answered the man
who has trouble with central. "At first
it caused laughter; now 1t causes pro-
fanity."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-01
Feminine TolLGate Keeper Paid by
Government.

1t is related that the army, headed
by Sheridan and his staff, left Win
chester by the valley pike early in the
morning, the column moving toward
Stephens City. Just as day was break
ing the staff reached the toll-gate and
was much discounted to find the toll
spole down and guarded by a young
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-01
A Mild RehukA.

Patron Gust finding standing-room
on an overloaded street carl think
this company should be stopped from
overlooking it's cars this way.
Conductor-Please, sir, the company
don't overload them, IT'S the people
gettin OF after the cars is fulll.-New
York Weekly.