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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
NO POSITION FOR NEGRO
ATTORNEY GENERAL WICKER
SHAM KNOWS OF NO VACANCY.
Strained Situation Follows Announce
ment That Boston Lawyer Had
Been Honored by Taft.

Washington, D. C.-When the an
nouncement came from one seemingly
close to the Taft administration that
William H. Lewis, a negro lawyer of
Boston, was to be appointed an assist
ant attorney general of the United
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Church Utility.

Richard, aged five, was being inter-
Viewed in regard to his school work.
"And where do you go to Sunday
school?" was next asked,
ITO the Episcopal" he replied.
What have you learned there?"
Honor thy father and thy moth
err" he said. ,"And do you know, l
went down to the Methodist church
the other day and they were teaching
the same thing there!"-Lippincott's
Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Dill TRUST HAS A RIVAL
Gates and Associates Incorporate Big
Texas Corporation in Illinois for
Crude OIL Business.

Chicago.-Backed by capitalists of
slmost unlimited wealth, among whom
John w. Gates of New York and Tex
% is prominent, and with the resour
ees of the Texas oil fields and Chica
Eo's railroad and water shipping ia.
killties already engaged, a new enemy
has arisen in the path of Standard
Oil, This is the Texas Oil company,
which, with declared capital Of $685..
boo, 900, has filed its certificate Of in
corporation in Joliet, Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
synod Organizes at Fulton.

Fulton.-The synod Of the Southern
Presbyterian church of Missouri, Of
fected an organization by electing
Rev. Eugene f. Abbott of B~oonville,
moderator, he defeating Rev. DR.. ].
Layton Mauze of st. Louis. J. M.
CLANCY Of Kansas City was elected
temporary clerk.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Station Bandits Are Caught.

Joplin.-Otis Gardner and William
Wade, arrested at Columbus, Kan,
were identified by G. R. Gray, night
ticket agent for the Kansas City
Southern railroad, al the men who
held him up and robbed the station Of
$500.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
SHE Given up al Lost.

New Orleans, lathe British
steamship Crown Prince, bound from
Rio Janeiro with $4,000 bags Of coffee
valued at a million and a quarter dol
lars, is now ten days overdue and It
is feared that she is lost.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Eonthall Victim Dies.

Ithaca, N. VI. B. Paine Of Du-
luth, MINI, acting captain of the Cor
nell freshman football team, died at
the Cornell inflrmary from supposed
internal injuries received while play.
ing football.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
New York'a Death Rate.

Ithaca, N. Y.-The city Of New York
has a higher death rate than any Of
the great cities Of the world, except
Toxic, said Prof. Walter +. Wellcox,
the Cornell sociologist and statisti-
clan, in an address to the students.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Garnet WeIahs a Ton.

New York.-The largest Oriental
rug ever brought to this country has
Just been received here. 1t is a per-
sian carpet from the Kirman prov
ince, measuring nearly rs feet by 80
feet and weighing a ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Famous Confederate Ia Dead,

New York.-News Of the death OF
Hugo Richards Garden, organizer and
captain of the famous Confederate
Palmetto battery, reached here from
Southport, N. G. Death was caused
by apoplexy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
EIopement Of Old Man

Chillicothe, Mo.-The secret mar
riage Of Colonel Isaac Hirsch, so years
old and five times mayor Of Chilli
Gothic, to Mary Estelle Garrett, 40
years old, was announced by the
colonel to his friends.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03

Walnut Ridge. Ark.-The coroner's
Jury returned a verdict generating
Dr.. ]. g. Hughes Of the murder Of
All Bagiey, who was killed here BY q
ride bullet fired from d second.story
window OF a barber shop.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Three Rurn to Death.

Blairsville, Pa.-John Mountain, IS
Gears old, a farmer. and his two Chill.
aren were burned to death at their
home near New Alexandria. Noun
aims wife and a son Of Is escaped
without injury.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Coal Worth S5oo.ooo Burns.

Superior, visa huge anthra-
cite coal storage shed on the Ma
hanna coal dock caught fire in an un-
known name at midnight and was
a total loss. 1t contained $4,000 tons
Of anthracite coal. The loss will be
100000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Worrx cause u suicide.

Sprlngfeld.-Worry over his arrest
on the charge Of being responsible for,
the death Of Mrs. Leora Hooey Of
Springfield, Dr. Albert p. Reinichen,
d leading physician, committed sui.
eide by taking morphine. ]
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
EXPLOSION lniures six.

st. Joseph, Mo.--Six peopie-three
men, a woman and two children
we're injured. two perhaps fatally, in
a gas explosion which wrecked the
basement of the residence Of Or. Al!
,B. Donelan.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
$50 State SONGS submitted.

Columbia.-"About rs songs a day
are coming to me now in the compe-
tition for the $1,000 prize which is Of
fered for a state song for Missouri"
said Professor w. II. Pommer. About
750 songs are one hand up to date.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
rive Injured in trolley Accident,

Chicago, 1ll.-Five persons were Sc
~riously injured when a Lake street
car crashed into the elevated struc-
ture. Several women tainted and
were carried out Of the shattered car
by men passengers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Newsnanar Man Dies.

Little Rock, Ark.-George @. Nay
lor, business manager of the Arkansas
Democrat, and one Of the best-known
newspaper men in the state, was
stricken with paralysis and died a
few hours later.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Macon Public building Contract Let

Washington, d. C.-The secretary
Of the treasury announced that the
contract for the erection of the pub
lie building at Macon, Mo, has been
awarded to M. Yeager & Son Of Dan
Vile, III.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03

Washington, D. C.-Divorce DEGREES
sbtained in South Dakota courts will
be worthless in the District Of Co.
lumbia u an opinion handed down by
Justice Stafford OF the district SUI
prsme court holds.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Six stills Ralded.

London, Ky.-United States Depu-
ty Marshal G. G. Thompson returned
from a tour Of the country about
Oneida, Clay county, with the worms
Of six stills which he had destroyed
and six prisoners.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
QuIts Turklah Emhaasx.

Washington, 3. Oscar straus,
erican ambassador to Turkey, has
|ered his resignation Of that post,
reported here. mi. Straus was
'tary OF commerce and labor I'M
President Roosevelt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
200 Flee When Bomb ExpIodes.

New York.-A bomb in the front
door Of the grocery store of Antonio
LeFrance, 230 Christie street, partial
ly wrecked the front Of the building
and caused the 200 occupants Of the
tenement to fee in a panic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
HANG Nabraska SLAYER.

Lincoln, Neb.-Bert M. Taylor, Of
Minden, was hanged at the state pen.
ftentiary. The crime for which he
was sentenced to be hanged was the
purder Of his sisterinIaw, Pearl Tay-
bor, a sisted of his dead wife.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Costs Them Money to Swear.

Columbia.-The Anti-Profanity club
is the latest organization to be
fromed at the University Of Missouri,
its sole purpose being to discourage
the use Of profanity. A cash penalty
is imposed for violation of rules.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Charged with Murder Of Girl Of is.

Goderich, Ont.-Edward Jardine
was arrested charged with the muir.
der of Elizabeth Anderson, a 16-year-
old girl, whose body was found in
the cellar Of a lonely house.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Natural Query.

Mrs. Thynn-Don't you think I look
plump in this gown?
Thynn-Yes. Did you have 1t made
at an upholsterer's?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03

Il know a man who is always up
against It,"
"Who is he?"
THE paper hanger when he has to
fix a new wall"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
Illinois Gets a Car.

Car No. 1, in charge of Charles En-
plan, mining engineer, is at Mononga-
hela City, Pa, where demonstrations
of rescue apparatus and lectures are
being given.
Car No. 2 is at the bureau of mines
rescue station at Urbana, ILL.,, where
It is fully equipped with rescue and
other a%pparatuses in charge of R. Y.
Williams, mining engineer, as lectur-
Or, and ]. M. Webb as trainer in mine
rescue work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03

A catalogue Of vices never led any
one into virtue.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
U. S. PLANS CURB
To MINE HORRORS
GOVERNMENT BEGINS 63ucA-
TloNAL WORK IN THE VA
Rlous ORE REGIONS.
MAY LOWER DEATH RATE
Exhibit Cars Will Teach Use of oxy.
gen Helmets and First Aid Prac-
tlce-Car and Instructor Ar.
rives at urbana QIl.).

Washington, D. CA life-saving
service for the rescue of miners in
time of disaster is about to be inaugu-
rated by the United States bureau of
mines. Six specially constructed ears
FULLY manned by a corps of miners
Trained in rescue work and equipped
with the latest rescue apparatus and
6rst aid to the injured appliances,
will within a few days be located in
The midst of the great coal districts in
different parts Of the country. These
cars will be ready at a moments no
tice to proceed to the scene of a dis
aster, where the rescue corps, in CO.
operation with the state mining Of
fcials, will do everything possible to
nave entombed miners.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
WASHINGTON.

Washington-The population of Chi
cago. the second largest city in the
country. probably will be announced
about the middle of the month.
Washington.-With an increase OF
$3,273,325 in the public debt and a to-
tai deficit of $17.371. .46s.Os. the United
States Treasury closed the second
month OF the fiscal year. keeping on
an even keel, all circumstances consid.
cred, with working balance of $780,
S26.057.23 on hand and the general
fund down to $S9, ,523 ,207.59. The in.
crease in public debt, which is com.
plete turnover Of $4,000,00O in round
numbers from the month of July. is
due largely to an excess of national
bank deposits over redemptions.
Secretary Macveaghs ruling on the
term commercial paper in the inter
probation of the emergency currency
law, became known in its full import
here Thursday. The way now is clear
for the banks of the United States to
put into circulation $500. 100000 in
emergency money at the first sign of
stringency. The law provides that
commercial paper upon which emer-
gency currency may be issued shall in
clude only notes representing actual
commercial transactions, which shall
bear the names of at least two respon-
sible persons and have not more than
four months to run.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
GENERAL.

Former Governor John p. Altgeld re-
ceived the name of the First lnsurg-
ent' in Chicago Sunday at the sunveil.
ing of four bronze memorial tablets
under the direction of the John P. AIT.
geld Memorial Association.
That Professor William James.
Americas foremost psychologist. who
died a week ago last Friday, has ac-
complished his expressed desire to
communicate from beyond the grave is
the statement made by the Rev. DR..
Frederic A. Wiggin of Brookline, pas.
tor of Unity church and spiritualist
with whom Harvard's great savant had
discussed this engrossing question.
Frank Stahoff, aged 40, was electro
cuted at ST. Louis Sunday by stepping
on live wire which was blown down
during the storm Of Saturday night.
Further reports of the storm show a
great loss of property and additional
names to the lon. list of injured
Mrs. Andrew Brandenberger. go
years old, in st. Louis, Sunday after.
noon swan in the Mississippi river.
unaided. from the eastern end of the
Eads bridge to the landing float in the
rear of the Century Boat Club. almost
ten miles. Evidently she can swim
like sixty
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
FOREIGN.

A wine shortage is impending on ac-
count of the failure of the grape crop
in Europe-Gef fmany in particular
A strong movement in protest
against the high prices of meat has be-
gun in many German cities and espe.
cially in the western part of the coun-
try.
In 1901 the population OF London was
6.5S1.372. 1t is estimated that it now
exceeds seven and half million. Thus
the British metropolis still surpasses
the American by about 100000 peo-
pie. OF the foreign capitals, Paris
comes next, with total in 1906 OF 2-
763,393, and Berlin follows with 2,O40,-
14S.
German naval designers are at work
on small type of battleship which
the Vorwaerts learns is expected to
put the great Dreadnaughts into the
obsolete class. The new vessels will
be lightly armed and very speedy. In
general design they will be similar to
the old Monitor.
This week the Grand Trunk Pacific
railway will celebrate the fifth ami
versary of the beginning of its con-
otiuStioh ny optHiuts tHe government
section between Winnineg and Supe.
rior Junction. $50 miles. The great
project of national railway was
started in September. 1905, when Sir
Wilfrid I.aurier turned the first sod
at Fort William.
The Italian Supreme Court rendered
Judgment affirming the right of the
Holy See TO sell property without au-
thorization from the government. This
decision has created a sensation in art
circles. 1t is feared that art treasures
are to be sold, and it is proposed to in
troduce bill in Parliament prohibit.
ing the Holy See from disposing of pic
lures.
To Study botany in Chile. examine
work on the Panama canal and pos
sibly to make the run over from South
America to England for brief visit
home. James Bryce. the British am
bassador. accompanied by Mrs. Bryce,
sailed Thursday for Colon from New
York. OF the Panama canal, in which
he Is greatly interested. the ambassa-
dor said: 81 regard the canal as the
most extraordinary Improvement of
nature that has ever been made on
this planet"
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
POLITICAL.

Governor Deneen has opened the
campaign against return to legislative
power of the bipartisan combine
which dominated the last General AS
sembly.
At the Second National Conserva.
ton Congress at st. Paul, which be-
gan Tuesday, it is expected
that there will be addresses
dealing with everything from water
power sites to conservation of bird
life, but the real interest of the con.
vention lies in the expected fight of
the public land states for control of
their own natural resources, rather
than by the Federal government.
Idaho held her first direct promary
election Tuesday
Lloyd C. Griscom, chairman of the
New York county committee, was in
conference during the better part of
Wednesday with several state leaders,
and issued statement to the effect
that they would not only present Mr..
Roosevelt's name for temporary chair
man of the convention, but do their ut
most to have direct nomination
plank inserted in the platform-a def
to the Old Guard leaders.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
Championship Motor Track.

Denver.-The promoters Of the Dem
yer motor speedway have completed
one of the best tracks in the United
States for automobile and motorcycle
racing. Five miles east of City Park
upon the Union Pacific railroad these
promoters have leased 5000 acres of
prairie land and built a three and one
third mile oval course. that for low
grades and elimination of curves has
no superior. 1t is natural road with
hard clay base and has been graded.
filled and rolled until it is as smooth
as an asphalt boulevard.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
eussenheim Secures 10000 Trout

Senator Guggenheim has received
notice from the bureau of fisheries
that in accordance with his request. a
large number of brook trout fry have
been deposited during the last few
weeks in various streams and lakes in
the state.
The report says that 100000 Of these
small trout have been deposited. in
numbers ranging from $1,000 to 10000,
in the various streams and lakes.
The number of trout planted in each
place ar ): Crystal Lake, 100000. Buck
horn creek, $4,000; Big Thompson
pond. $4,000: Big Thompson river. 3O.-
900; Rio Grande river. 10000; Red
Mountain creek. 10000; Sylvester's
ponds. 10000; Spring creek. 10000;
Fish creek. $4,000: Bear river, 25.OOc;
Grand river. 10000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
THUS TAFT ALLuDEs TO HoosE.
vELT's ADVISORY SPEECHES
TO THE PEOPLE.
NEW NATIONALISM"
RECEIVES A RAP-sAFETY LIES
IN HOLDING FAST TO THE
CONSTITUTION.

Minneapolis.-After speaking at the
Conservation congress in st. PAU Mon
dny morning. and at the Minnesota
Btate fair grounds outside this city, In
the afternoon. President Taft left for
Beverly by way of Chicago.
In his conservation address, the
president won quick response from
his thousands OF hearers, by an appeal
20 practical common sense In dealing
with conservation problems.
In the opinion OF many who heard
aim. he also made answer to the re-
cent agitation for new nationalism."
or n federal centrallzation of power.
by declaring that the only safe course
TO pursue was to hold fast to the limi-
tations of the constitution and to re-
Mr.. Taft. amid applause, made fire.
quent references to the services of
Theodore Roosevelt in the cause of
conservation, but he declared that the
time for rhapsodies and glittering gen
eralities had passed. He suggested to
the congress that it should invite its
. speakers to come down to details, to
specific evils and to specific reme-
dies.
These sentiments by the president
seemed to receive the approval of
nearly all his hearers. They came near
the end OF a long. detailed and ex-
haustive discussion of conservation,
and he ended his speech with the au-
dicnce on its feet.
Mr. Taft did not attempt to solve
the problem OF water power site con-
!, tru1. as between the states and the
general government, but after stating
the arguments advanced on both sides
OF the subject, he said he would sub
unit the whole matter to the federal
congress for determination. HE said.
~The danger to the state and to the
people at large from the waste and dis
sipation of our national wealth is not
cue which quickly impresses itself on
the people of the older communities,
because its most obvious instances do
not occur in their neighborhood while
In the newer part Of the country the
sympathy with expansion and devel-
opment is SO strong that the danger
fs scoffed at or ignored. Among sci
entific men and thoughtful observers.
however. the danger has always been
present; but 1t needed some one to
bring home the crying need for a rem
edy OF this evil so as to impress IT.
self on the public mind and lead to the
formation of public opinion and action
by the representatives of the people.
Theodore Roosevelt took up this task
1n the last two years Of his second ad-
ninistration, and well did he perform
IT."
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
SPORT.
WEsTERN LEAGUE.

Richard Dwyer. the California horse
man, has leased the Ogden half-mile
race track and will open a twenty-day
meeting there on Sept. %.
A purse of $1,000 is being raised at
Grand Junction. Colorado. for match
race between Saul Halyve, the young
Moqui Indian. and any runner of ma
tional or international reputation.
Arthur Mitchell, in his attempt to
beat Armstrong; ten-mile record of 9
minutes 13 2-5 seconds. rode the dis
tance in minutes 1-5 seconds. rid
ing mile in So rs seconds. five miles
in minutes 81 seconds, both worlds
motorcycle records for a dirt track.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
Ambitious Electric Merger.

Greeley-By the merging of the
Denver. Greeley & Fort Collins Rail
road Company and the Greeley &
Northern Railway & Utility Company.
a new company. having for its object
the building of an electric line be-
tween Greeley and Denver. has been
organized; also an electric line to
reach into the Routt county coal fields
apd finally connect with an eastern
railroad.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
Wonderful Colorado Increase.

Denver.-Seventeen cities of north
ern Colorado gained in population
from 22.604 in 1900 to 52,s07 in 1910.
or at the extraordinary rate of 1886
per cent. according to preliminary an
nouncement made by Census Supervis-
or A. B. McGaffey. These gains ranged
from 60 per cent. for Boulder to 3S7
per cent. for Fort Morgan. although
the supervisor claims not to be able to
make public more detailed information
at this time.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
10000 Cars potatoes.

Greeley.-W. H. Olin, formerly of
the Colorado Agricultural College. now
agricultural superintendent Of the
Denver. Laramie & Northwestern rail-
way, estimates that there will be TO-
900 carloads of potatoes shipped out
of the district this year. Notwithstand-
ing the lateness of the crop and frost.
the potatoes have not looked SO well
in years.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
To Establish a Working Policy.

Denver.-To discuss what part Of
Colorados delegation shall take in the
National Irrigation Congress, to be
held in Pueblo. Sept. 26, meeting of
the delegates recently named by Gov
ernor Shafroth has been called by T.
c.. Henry. chairman, for Sept. 3 at s
p. m. at the Denver Chamber of Com
merce. The call was issued at the sug-
gestion of Governor Shafroth.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
COLORADO
COMING EVENTS In COLORADO.
Z " z N r =

COMING EVENTS In COLORADO.
Sept. s-s-Prohibition state convention
Z. at Denver.
Sept. 5-1f-Interstate fair at Denver.
Sept. 1-9-Hotchl<iss fair at Hotchkiss.
imas.
Sept. 12-14-Delta county fair at Delta:
sept. l4-16-Otero county farm festival
at La Junta-
Sept 14-1e-Fremont county fair at
Canon City
eblo.
Sept. 26-3o-National Irrigation Con-
gress at Pueblo.
Sept. 27-30-State Federation of wom-
ems Clubs at Canon City.
sept. 20-Republican state convention
at Colorado Springs.
Sept. 27-30-Reunion of San Juan pi-
oneers at Del Norte.
Sept. 26-30-Weld county fair.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
Important Agricultural Discovery

Sheffield, England.-At Mondays
meeting of the British association. DR..
k,sseli and DR.. Hutchinson. wh, have
Aons been experimenting in soil fertil-
a;y. announced the discovery of the
ulicro-organism which destroys ahe
basts ria essential to the fertility of
tile soil--the most important agricul-
sura. discovery made in fifty ye;,,s
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
a Disease New to the Northwest

Butte.-A disease that recently
broke out at Radersburg. resulting in
the death of two persons, tn, illness
of several others and the paralysis Of
ali those afflicted. is believed by Hell
ena physicians to be poliomelitis. This
u the first outbreak of the disease in
the Northwest.
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-09-09
$4,000, 900 Denver building Recorc

Permits for new building during Au-
gust reached a total Of s733.055 in
value. an increase over the same
month of last year of $4,000. Building
permits issued since January LIST are
about $10.000,0OO. and it is expected
that s4,O0O.oO0 will represent the value
of structures to be built during the
next four months.