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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-26

g. 800 BUYS a new nine-room one-farnliy dwell
ing everything up to the minute aH~improve-
ments except steam heat; house rents for S5eo;
lot 33x100; 81. 600 cash. .sAtf
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
SYNOPSIS.

Three girls - Elizabeth, Gabrielle and
Elise-started for Canada to spend the
summer there. On board steamer they
were frightened by an apparently dement,
ed stranger, who, finding a bag belonging
Is one Of them, took enjoyment in scru-
thinking a photo of the trio. Elise shared
her stateroom with a Mrs. ana also
bound for Canada. The young women on
anxiously awaiting her husband, who a
a mania for sailing. They were intro
duced to Lord Wilfrid and Lady Ed1th.
A cottage by the ocean was rented ny
learned that a friend Of her fathers was
to cali. Two men called, one of them
being the queer-acting stranger on the
steamer. The. girls were not at nome,
but discovered by the cards left that one
of the men was E~lizabeth's fathers
friend. The men proved to be John 2.
Blake and Gordon Bennett. The party
was told of the search for smuggier "
the vicinity of the cottage. Elise visited
Mrs. Graham to find that her life was
not the happiest. She learned that the
Grahams and Lady Edith were acquaint-
ed. A wisp of yellow hair from Mr., Ora
hams pocket fell into the hands Of Elise.
Mrs. Graham's hair was black. during
a storm the young women heard a crash
in the basement of the cottage and a mo
ment later Mary Anne, their woman SerV-
ant. entered, her arm bleeding. To as
sure them there was no danger, Mary
Anne descended to the basement alone
and quieted their fears. Lady Edith tolo
the girls of a robbery of jewels at the
hotel. Fearing for the safety Of her owr
gems, she left them in a safe at the cot
tage. Mr.. Gordon Bennett was properly
introduced, explained his queer actions
returned the lost bag and told of mysteri.
Gus doings of a year before CONNECTED
with the cottage. Exploring the cellar
one of the girls found a sphinx, cuff-but
ton, the exact counterpart of when potf
Gordon Bennett and Lady Edith were
found to possess, also. Elise, alone, ex
plored the cellar, overhearing a CONVEX
sation there between Mary Anne and {
man 4@ HeHHW 4"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
The DUTY on Coffee,

The Louisville Courier-Journal i'm
proves the occasion to set cut some
doctrine in the way of tariff
taxation thus: "The truth is that as
long as We must raise public revenue
by means of customs duties, coffee and
tea should always be thus taxed I'M
less we import enough foreign lux
uries to afford the required revenue.
Under any intelligent system of rev
enue tariff in this country coffee and
tea would be so taxed. They are free
under the present system o. high pro
lection because the revenues they
would yield would furnish reason and
means Of reducing or abolishing many
of the duties on home products which
exact of the consumers so much
money, not for the government, but
for a few classes who virtually die
tate the tariff schedules as laid by the
Republican party"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
GOOD story Of If-control.

A good story Of self-control is told
Of the duke of Wellington, who, in
the Peninsular compaign, was sitting
at breakfast with Picton, and other
officers, just before the engagement.
Orderlies were riding up to the tent
every few minutes with news Of the
steady approach Of the enemy.
The duke said nothing, but by the
knitting of his brows was supposed
to be in deep thought. Presently he
turned to his companion and asked:
was your egg well cooked, Plcton?
Mine was a~bominable."
The Iron Duke" was not careless OF
the issue Of the battle about TO be
fought, but had made his arrange
ments long before, and knew exactly
how the enemy would advance ant
what he should do to counteract them
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
Struggle Clearly Defined.

No new congress in the history of
the United States has rel had a more
direct commission from the people to
tighten tax burdens than the coming
one. The west is a1ame with tariff
reform sentiment. The struggle re.
solves itself into one between the
.money power and the masses. The
predatory trusts have the forts, the
big guns and the ammunition. Not
only have they the munitions of war,
but they own the ablest generals and
strategical captains.
Pitted against them is the disor
ganized body of American consumers,
The people know what they want, but
their campaign is necessarily against
an intrenched enemy. The people are
compelled to rely on the dominant
political party's redemption of its
pledges. They have no reason as YET
to doubt Taft's sincerity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
Too Soon to Boast.

We note a certain disposition to brag
on the part of some of the young men
named by President Taft for high Of
fetal places. Mr.. Dickinson's assur-
ances Of what he is going to do and
how he is going about it and what
tremendous things he intends to
achieve in the war department are
quite unnecessary; and Mr.. Loeb's as
that he is going to be the
best collector of customs the port OF
New York ever had, would just as well
have been omitted. Discreet men
rarely inform the world in advance OF
what they are going to do; and there
Is a scripture which informs us that
away back in the days of the Hebrew
prophets it was adjudged wise to be
ware the hazards of boasting.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01

man. And the nan up and died. So
they're after i'm fur it, and they'll 'ang
i'm, miss, they'll 'ang my boy II they
ketches i'm"
She rocked to and fro a moment in
s~peechless misery, and then contin-
ued:
"And l give i'm money, Miss Elise,
but | don't let i'm come up ere, ex-
cept to-day e follered me unbe-
knownst, miss, and | let i'm go in the
coal ole, God furgive me fur the lib
erty l tookl Mostly e comes down
the shore in is boat, and / meets i'm
quite private. But I've give i'm all
the money / 'ad, and my brothers give
him money, too, and 'e's goin' back to
the old country to live a decent life"
Where were you when I heard you
talking?"
I'm the coal ole at the back O the
cellar. And I beg your parding fur
the liberty I took, but don't lay it up
agin me, miss, fur what else could q
mother do? And, Miss Elise, darlin'r
you'll keep a quiet tongue in yer cad
won't you, and let i'm git away? Fun
'e's shipped as a sailor and sails on
Sunday mornin'."
/ said | would talk it yer with the
others, but | thought if she promised
never to allow him neal the house
again we would say nothing, as he
was really going to leave the country
and reform. She quite cheered VI
then, and insisted on getting me {
lunch. waiting on me with a humility
and alacrity / found most touching
This vagrant son explained various lit
tie mysteries about Mary Anne which
had puzzled me a good deal, and / fel
very sorry, indeed, for the poor crea
ture with her secret trouble.
I had been SO excited that | quit
forgot my own ills, and longed for tn
return of the girls, that ! might tall
the matter over with them. They coul'
not get home before six o'clock, how
ever, so l went out or the veranda T.
wait for them and enjoy the sal
breeze.
TO my surprise, ! found Lady Edit
\, Campbell reclining in the hammock
reading the morning paper. Sh
laughed as | exclaimed in astonisf
! ment, and came to meet mo with
kiss Of welcome.
"You did not expect me- she sait
"and / certainly did not expect to b
! here, but | woke with such 4 wretche
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01

what l had heard. and, II the truth
must be told, afraid to emerge from
the cellar while the man was on the
premises. At last a sound in the
kitchen indicated that Mary Anne had
returned alone. so l went boldly up
the outside steps and around to the
kitchen door.
She sat on a chair nsar the table,
her apron thrown yer her head, the
picture of despair, and I advanced
quietly and laid my hand upon her
shoulder, for my heart ached for the
poor soul.
Mary Anne" I said, very gently,
81 was in the cellar just now, and
heard you talking"
She stared at me with widely dis
tended eyes and trembling lips.
Miss Elise!" she gasped. "You
here?"
Il didn't go with the others, because
my head ached. You have not beer
honest with us, Mary Anne. We didn'
know you had a son."
:. She rested her head in her hand:
and burst into tears.
"Oh, Miss Elise" she sobbed, don
look at me that way-I'm un'app.
enough without that. Yes, miss, I 'av'
a son, and if you card us talkin', yo1
know all about it. He took to drink
miss, and was allus in trouble. An
last year e got to quarreling-il
Montreal it was-and e stabbed
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01

at her throat she wore the little gold
key which had excited my curiosity
once before.
/ spoke of it, and she at once drew
1t out and handed it to me, while | told
her the story of the cuff button and
its unusual design.
"And," | concluded, your pin sur
prised me and so did Mr.. Benefits,
but please tell me why you were inter
ested in it."
Her sweet face grew very grave,
and she hesitated a moment before re-
plying, then took the pin from me
and held it in her hand.
Elise" she said, slowly, this little
pin was given me by one | loved very
dearly, and whom | have lost"
by death?"
NO, not death; there are worse
things-far worse"
/ thought of Mary Anne, and won
dered If she would not indorse this
sentiment.
81 kept the little gold key" she
continued, touching it lovingly. 1T
was the only thing | kept, but could
not give it up. And he-but why
should / burden you with my troaDle!
It is all past and over, and / never
refer to it."
Some day." | hazarded, you viii
marry and be happy"
Il am happy now she returned
"or, rather, I make myself believe u
But I shall not marry, for ! have but
one heart, and this is its key.
should like to see your button some
time when it is convenient, for it was
a strange coincidence. As for Mr.
Bennett"
"well?"
II was not looking at his pin, bn'
at his face. He is so like-so strange
" like-the other"
ITO BE CONTINUED)
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
snnils for the Victor.

John Burroughs, the Sage Of Slab
Sides" is well-known as one of the
foremost of nature writer's in this
country, Some time ago he visited his
brother. Eden Burroughs, who lives In
the Catskills, at a place called Hobart
The two brothers went f%ox-hunting to
gether. The honor of the hunt came
to Eden, who shot the only fox. 1t Sc
happened that fox skins were worth
about Ave dollars at that time, and
the successful Nimrod took much
pride in telling how he got the better
of the Sage of S~labsides." Later, In
boasting to a few friends about 1t in
the presence of his brother John, he
was interrupted by: you have Drag
ged about that fox hunt long enough
You shot the fox, sold the skin, ant
got five dollars. I wrote a little &C
count of the hunt and got SIS from
the magazine which published 1t. 81
there you arei-Judge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
REPUBLICANS FACE A CRISIS
Can New Administration undo the
Evils Of Its Predecessor?

Besides the tariff, to which Presi-
dent Taft would confine the work Of
the special session OF congress, it is
almost inevitable that the census bill
vetoed by President Roosevelt will
come up for final passage, either as it
was passed by the Sixtieth congress or
amended t o meet the objections stated
in the veto. The work of the census
bureau cannot we'll wait for the regu-
lar session.
The Importance of the census in
making the basis for distribution
among the states of representation in
congress and the election of president
and v~ice-president is so great that
every person employed in taking it,
whether in clerical or field work,
should be chosen with an eye single
to efficiency and accuracy in the count
of heads. If the application of civil
service rules to some thousands Of
census employees left exempt by the
bill as it passed in the last congress
will contribute to this end, the bill
ought certainly to be amended in this
particular before it becomes a law.
1t seems that everything is cut and
dried for the passage in the house OF
whatever tariff bill President Taft and
Speaker Cannon may agree upon, by
compromise or otherwise. The bar
gain appears to be already made, and
If Mr.. Cannon can hold down the lid
upon the Republican insurgents there
will be no wide latitude in the discus
sion of schedules.
1t is a condition and not a theory
which confronts the new administra
ton. The increasing extravaganza o.
the last eight year has brought the
Republican party to the necessity o.
raising more money, either by an un
popular bond issue or by still more
unpopular taxes. The needed rev
enue might be provided by revising
the tariff with a view more to revenu
than to protection, but neither Presi
dent Taft nor the house leaders viii
depart from the principle of protec
ton. The Republican senate leader
certainly will not.
The Republican party faces the mos
troublesome crisis it has seen sine
McKinley's first election. Every part
is in deep water under whose contro
the finance and business of the cour
try go wrong. The question of tn
next few months is: Can Presiden
Taft pull his party back to dry land
If he cannot the house of represent;
tives to be elected next year will SURF
ly be Democratic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01

headache this morning I simply could
not CO."
Why, so did l."
81 know-Gabrielle told me. They
wanted to put 1t off again, but VIII
frid had already gone. and l knew he
would be disappointed, so l persuaded
them to go. About noon my head got
better, and my room felt so close and
stuffy l longed for your cool breeze
and lovely view, so I managed to
dress and walk up here, thinking we
might compare symptoms. l rang, but
no one came, so l appropriated the
hammock, as my walk had used me up
completely. l hope you don't mind
| very much"
/ fastened to assure her l was de-
lighted, as l had had more than
enough of my W society. So we had
a long, comfortable afternoon, and by
and by Mary Anne brought us tea
with an appealing glance at me which
l interpreted as a plea for silence
and l am glad to be able to say J KEEP
her secret inviolate.
II envy you your complexion" l re
marked, as 1 admired the seashel
tints of my guests face. "Noy. / an
quite pale and h~eavy-eyed, but yol
look as fresh as a daisy, yet you have
had just as horrid a day as L"
1T takes a great deal to make thu
Campbells lose their color" she re
piled, 'or rather, to make it sta!
lost. l was pale enough this morning
but as soon as the pain left me tn
red returned. l am shockingl
healthy, you know-good, sturdy oil
Scotch blood"
"But Lord Wilfrid often looks YER
pale"
ooh, Wilfrid is an alien-we all te
him so, much to his disgust; and h
is far from well, poor fellow, althoug
1 think he is improving. Have 20
noticed that he seems brighter an
better of late?"
i I made an appropriate reply, an
the conversation drifted to othe
| things. AS we sat together In tn
/ hammock, swaying gently to and fir,
4 l happened to notice that in the lac
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
COERCION OF LABOR
WoRKMEN ARE AT THE MERCY
OF TRUST MANlPULAToRs.
Demand for Tariff Cut on Steel Prod
ucts Met with Threatened Cut in
Waees-stock Weapon Of
Tariff Barons.

Not very long ago a millionaire gam
bier in steel stocks, temporarily In
control of important manufacturing
plants, astounded the business world
by closing down and throwing thou
sands of employees out of work in pros
porous times.
When this stock manipulation got
ready he opened his plants again.
Market conditions had absolutely
nothing to do with the temporary idle
ness he forced on his men. He was
gambling on the speculative chess
board and the pay rolls of his en-
ployes we're his chief pawns.
1t is not surprising that employees
Of steel manufacturing plants are
again apprehensive. They know by
experience that they are at the mercy
of trust manipulators. Steel trust OH
cials deny that there will be any pres
emit cut in wages, But their denial
does not cover the immediate future.
Demoralized prices is all the excuse
they need for reducing wages.
Balance cause and effect. Steel
trust officials, in spite of C~arnegie's
ridicule, are opposed to tariff reduc'
ton. They have lately discovered a
serious purpose to reduce the stee.
schedules. Instantly there is a furry
in Wall street, and an organized
squeeze of small holders of stee
stocks.
But the threat Of a tariff cut OF
steel products has a far wider ant
deeper effect than the stock ticker'
show. simultaneously with the threa
there arises the shadow of empty din
ner pals. There is a counter threat
though partly yelled, Of wage cuts ant
lockouts. 1t is the same old story o
coercing labor into an advocacy o
high tariff.
Ever since the high tariff baron
were intrenched in power this perioc
ical coercion has been more or les
effective. They do not stop at threats
as we have seen. They close dow
plants, regardless of market cond
tons, at the psychological momer
when hard times will influence publ
sentiment. The wage weapon is tn
tariff barons' strongest.
Recent hearings before the way
and means committee riddled the a
surdity of the claim that labor gets
fair proportion of tariff taxes. Labc
gets the crumbs, while the holders {
trust stocks and bonds divide the rel
winnings. Yet labor's more or les
helpless position enables the trui
barons to use it in the manufacture
public sentiment.
That is why wages fluctuate whe
there is no real economic reason WI
they should.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
Mr.. Taft is pledged to give us relief
from the tariff burden. We confidently
await his definite action to that end.
Presidential Power Assumed.


A conference committee of the two
houses of congress agreed to a pro,
vision in the diplomatic and consular
bill that no ambassadorship shall be
created unless it has been provided for
by act of congress, and the conference
report has been agreed to by both
houses. What it was that led to the
adoption of this wise restriction we
do not know. But certainly there
should be no powsr in the president
to create new offices without authority
of congress. The status Of men in Of
flee ought to be fixed by law. And
when it is thus fixed it ought not to
be changed except by the action of
congress. A man who is appointed to
the diplomatic service is appointed to
a legally created and a legally de-
fined office, either that of ambassador
or minister. To hold that 4 minister
can be changed into an ambassador by
the act of the president is to admit
that the president has the power to
create a new office, OF purse he has
no such power.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
Jim cummins rxonerated.

Higginsville. j. Mccormick, IS
years old, and Mexican and civil war
veteran, is dead as the result of a
blow from the fist of Jim Cummins,
a member of the ono famous James
gang. After an investigation of a
%coroner's jury a verdict was returned
that Mccormick came to his death as
q result of a blow struck by Cum
Minis, and holding Cummins entirely
blameless because Mccormick was
the aggressor. The men had been en-
emies for a long time. A concert was
in progress in the main building and
Doth had been invited. They met in
the hall. Mccormick applied an cpl
Lhet to Cummins, who Immediately
retaliated with a blow. Conclusion
Of tie brain resulted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
PREDEsTlNED TO THE BAR.
GoldfieId Youngster Had Early
Learned the Value of bubble.

Doctor Norris of Goldtield, New.
called his eight-year-old son into the
library after breakfast the other morn
ing, and regarded him with a sad
frown.
Harry" he said, "why ne ypr 60
often late at SCHOOL,"
I'm never late, father" Harry re-
sponded promptly.
Careful, SON." said the doctor. "Try
to remember. Haven't you been late
at school in the last few days."
mo, sir"
Then why has your teacher writ
ten me this letter, saying you were
late three times last week."
ooh, III tell you, father, said Harry,
r~eassuringly. 81 don't know what kind
of a clock they have at our school,
but Pm always on time, OF course,
they start school sometimes before |
get there. but that isn't my faults
it?"-Harper's Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01

A rural manufacturer duns his sub.
scribers in the following novel man
ner: "All persons knowing themselves
Indebted to this oncer are requested
ID call and settle. All those indebted
to this concern, and not knowing 1t,
are requested to call and find out,
Those knowing themselves to be in
debted, and not wishing to call are
requested to stay at M place long
enough for us to reach them.n-Har.
per's Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
MISSOURI NEWS
cracksmen Rob Lemp office.

SNaSNoiiGN NV 6GNhR INV
Kansas City.-A new standard Of
achievement for craftsmen has been
set in Kansas City. Two large safes
in the branch office of the William
]. Lemp Brewing Co. at Twentieth
and MCGEE streets. were robbed Of
$175 by a process which included two
nitrogrlycerin explosions and human
strength. One of the explosions re-
suited in damage to the building and
office furniture estimated at $500. A
second safe in the cashiers office
was opened without the use of ex-
~plosives. Edward Godron, manager
Of the Kansas City office of the brew
ing company, found that SITS, a gold
watch and some Columbia half dol
lars had been taken. Blood on the
edge of the safe showed the safe.
blowers were injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
Needed Her at Once.

When Bonaparte Bluebell announced
his engagement to Lily Doe everybody
in the blacksmith shop congratulated
him on winning such a hard working
and forenanded mate. But Erastus
Coi:e remarked:
"Peared lax you wouldn't never
speak up, Bonaparte. It's going on six
months since you begun to fiddle roun'
Lily"
Oats So" Bonaparte frankly admit
ted, but l didn't lose nah job till las
night."-Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
Ball and Chain for Anderson.

Mexico.-Word was received by
Sheriff Ernest of Montgomery county
from the authorities at Keokuk, Ia,
that Luther Anderson has been cap
tured and is now in the Fort Madison
county Jail. Sheriff Woolley, when
asked how he intended to handle An
derson upon his return to Missouri,
said he was going to place him in
the Audrain county Jail if he had to
keep him in a cell with a ball and
chain on him all the time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
M. x. &. T. Retrenchinq.

Sedalia.-The Missouri, Kansas &
Texas shops here closed unutil April,
the explanation is the months appro-
priation for the plant is exhausted.
There has been a reduction of work
ing hours In all of the shops on the
system, but the heaviest cut is in
Sedalia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
Doctor Seeks New Trial.

Montgomery,-Circuit Judge Bar
nett Of this city went to Troy, where
he will hear the motion for a new
trial in the case of Dr.. w. H. Hemp
hill, who wal given three years in
the penitentiary in connection with
the death of Miss Elizabeth Gleason,
the Lincoln county school teacher.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-04-01
Eancv Prices ON Mules.

Elsberry.-Lincoln county mules and
horses are bringing fancy prices, and
indications are that there will be no
falling off. Mr.. N. l.. Luckett of near
Elsberry paid $435 for a span of mules.
Driving mares are bringing from $3.50
10 $3.50 per head. With these prices
in view the farmers are encouraged
TO raise more horses and mules. The
annual horse show will be held in
Elsberry April 3.