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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-15
NICARAGUA PRESENTS
SERIOUS SITUATION
Rebels May MARCH on Capital
---GrOce and Cannon Stay
er Shot to Death.

ALANAGUA. MIC. Feb. 14.-Heayy
field guns. posted on the hills by the
Madriz force yesterday. began a bonn
bardment of Matagalpa. which Oh
February !, was taken by the revoiu-
tionlsts under General Chamorro.
Prior to the opening OF the bonn
bardment the government notified the
American consular agent at that city.
William II. De Savigny, so that the
non -combatants could withdraw.
MIR. Desavigny protested against the
bombardment. which. nevertheless
was carried out $50
The Madriz troops were under COM
mand OF General Lara. Subsequently
the attack upon. the city was aban-
doned. but il Is likely to be resumed
at any moment. The extent OF the
damage has not been estimated.
The situation In Managua is tense
and no one can say what is likely to-
happen in the next few days. partic-
hiuTiy III Olc cNcHt VI thc 6O'N'"hN''N
forces failing to defeat the revolution
lists.
TO add to the serious aspect of af-
fairs at the capital, Il is known there
are hundreds there ready to take part
with General Estrada and the other
revolutionary leaders. the moment
their success is assured.
Killed in Street.
Captain Constantine Saenz. who
was in command OF the firing sqdad
at the execution of the two Ameri-
cans, Groce and Cannon, was shot to
death in the streets this afternoon by
a Nicaraguan soldier. The excite
ment following this tragedy was in
tense and it became necessary TO
call out the police and to order rein
sorcements OF fifty police from Leon
A large number of additional poll
cal arrests have been made. Among
the new prisoners is Alfonso SOlor-
zano. who. was the Mexican vice con
sui here, but who yesterday was re-
moved from that post. Vice Consul
Henry Caldera has received tele-
gram from Consular Agent De Savig-
ny. Mt Matagalpa. transmitting the fol
lowing letter from General Chamorro
You know of the battles fought in
the last few days by my command in
Sagala and San Ramon and the TAX
ing by my troops of Matagalpa and
Jinotega. and also the six hours bat
tie of the eleventh in which so much
precious blood was shed on both
sides. BEING DESTROYS to stop further
hloodshed, | authorize you to convey
to Madriz nv readiness to reopen
reace negotiations and if he accepts
notify me and will notify Estrada"
So far the only comment President
M1driz has made on this message was
tina; De Savigny was active in behalf
OF Chamorro.
Rear Admiral Kimball has notified
cons and proprty Of neutrals in Mata-
galpa.
The American consul at MaBagua.
Jose Olivares. after riding all night,
arrived today at Matagalpa. The con-
sui is accompanying a courier who
came here recently and appealed to
aim to prevent the destruction Of Am
erican property.
Mr.. Olirares at once decided to in
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-15

~ NEED or ENLIGHTENMENT.
Inc Cape Henry Forihcauon con-
p,fire oaEhs 70 zee nat q copy Of
Captain W r. Bc1rEelrs article on
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Entered at the Newport News. Va
Postofiice as SecondClas Matter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27

Street cars are always too fast
or too slow for some Of the passen-
gers.
Don't have two strings to YOU bow,
but have an extra one in your pocket.
The hobo has this much to his
credit: He isn't a wolf in sleeps
clothing.
1t only takes two to make a quarrel,
but they are bound to get a third par
ty into it if it's possible.
Don't try to have eyes in the back
of your head.
When you say "cheer up" follow it
up with cheer.
What a world Of early risers this
would be If they all thought they'd
wake up to find themselves famous.
A burned child breads the fire.
which doesn't indicate that one good
burn deserves another.
Never threaten to kiss a girl unless
you make good. Most girls hate a
buffer.
Some fellows can dodge an automo-
bile almost as adroitly as they can a
creditor.
You have reasons for disliking
some people, but for the life Of you,
you can't see why they dislike you.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
ODDITIES HERE AND THERE.

Noiseless paper for theatre pro-
grams is a German novelty.
A ton of ice will cool about 2S4, 900
pounds Of water one degree.
More paper is made in Holyoke,
Mass, than in any other city in the
world.
There are more than a million and
a quarter more women than men in
England and Wales.
In a high-grade violin there are six
ty-five pieces Of wood of three or more
kinds.
A Swedish inventor plans a method
by which lighthouses may call out
their names in stentorian tones, in
stead of using the in~articulate howl
Of foghorns.
The value If vanadium in a steel al
10y lies in the fact that 1t removes
oxygen and nitrogen, unites with the
iron, and forms carbides that increase
the strength Of the steel.
Among the coke-producing states,
PENNSYLVANIA ranks first and West
Virginia second.
Misfortune overtakes the speeders
rather than the plodders.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
CR|PPEN GUILTY;
PENALTY IS DEATH
AMERICAN PRESERVES sToIcAL
ATTITUDE AS HE HEARS
JuRps VERDICT.
VERDICT IN 20 MINUTES
Counsel for Physician Convicted or
Charge He Slew His Actress Wife,
Belle EImore, Announces APP
peal Will Be Taken.

London, Eng.-"Guilty," was the YER
dict returned by the jury against DR..
H. H. Crippen, the American charged
with the murder of his actress wife,
Belle Elmore Crippen, at the conclu-
siop of one of England's most sensa-
tional trials. The penalty is death by
hanging.
The jury was out 20 minutes. Grip
pen received the verdict with stoicism.
He bore the anne s-elf-assurance WHICH
had marked him at many %criticGl
points in the trial.
A new record was established for
English justice.
The verdict was a surprise, in view
of the favorable aspect put upon part
of the charge to the jury delivered
by Lord Chief Justice Alverstone.
The justice had said no doubt must
exist in the minds Of the jurors over
the identity of the body found in the
cellar Of Crippen's home. The ver-
dict showed no such doubt existed.
Counsel for Crippen announced an
appeal would be taken.
Miss Ethel Glare Leneve, for whose
love Crippen killed his wife last May,
will be placed on trial Tuesday,
charged with being an accessory after
the fact.
The date for Crippen's execution
was set for either November IA or No
vember Is. 1t is possible his appeal
will not have been passed by that
time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27

A girl who has a large circle of
friends naturally runs around a good
deal.
Go early and you'll go in the rush.
Life soon denies all pleasures to
those VINO deny themselves none.
1t is wise to put sand into the bot
tom Of tall vases before slipping the
flowers into place. The weight of the
sand will prevent the flowers from
being topheavy.
led to like any really good thing.
When a girl objects to being kissed
it's a sure sign that the wrong fellow
is trying.-Boston Transcript.
You can't order remembrance out
of a mans mind.-Thackeray.
l would give all my fame for a pot
Of ale and safety.-Shakespeare.
One thorn of experience is worth a
whole wilderness of Warning.-Low-
ell.
The manly part is to do with might
and main what you can do.-Emer-
son.
II a man really loves a woman, Of
course he wouldn't marry her for the
world il he were not quite sure he
was the best person she could by any
possibility marry.-Holmes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
SAYS HE MURDERED TWO
Youthful Bandit Capture at East st.
Louis confesses to Committing
Long Series of Crimes.

st. Louis, Mo.-Confessing to a
score of robberies, many of which had
been attributed to the candy bandit,
and admitting two murders, Lee Rho
fdus, "a years old, a recent bridegroom,
wa locked up at the East st. Louis
police station, after he had been iden-
titled by several persons whom he
claimed he had robbed. Rhodus made
a complete statement as to the rob-
berries, but gave only vague informa-
ton as to the murders.
One Of the victims, he said, was a
Captain Potter, who lived in northern
Missouri. He refused to go into any
details of the crime. His other vic.
tim, he said, was a man by the name
of Michaels, a Chicagoan.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27

on the hundred dollars valuation; Pro-
vioed, the aforesaid annual rates for
school purposes may be increased. In
districts formed by cities n towns, to
an amount not to exceed one dollar on
the hundred dollars valuation, and in
other districts to an amount not 10 ak
coed sixty-iye cents on the hundred dol
lars valuation, on the condition that q
majority of the voters who are taxpayers,
voting at an election held to decide the
question. vote for said increase. For the
purpose Of erecting public buildings in
Countess, cities or school districts, the
rates of taxation herein limited may be
increased when the rate of such increase
and the purpose for which it is intended
snail have been submitted to a vote Of
the people, and two-thirds of the quali-
ned voters of such county, city, or school
district, voting at such election, shall
vote therefor. The rate herein allowed to
each county shall be ascertained by the
amount of taxable property therein, ac-
eordlng to the last assessment for state
ana county purposes, and the rate al
lowed to each city or town by the number
OF Inhabitants according to the last CEN
sus taken under the authority of the
state, or of the United States; said re-
strlctlon as to rates shah apply to taxes
OF every kind and description, whether
general or special except taxes to pay
valid Indebtedness, now existing, or bonds
which may be Issued in renewal of such
Indebtedness.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27

Be sure to include borax In the
toilet accessories when going off for
an outing. Should the water be hard,
borax will soften 1t, SO that the skin
will not suffer.
We've known cooking-school girls
who didn't pan out we'll.
Girls who carry watches in the
belts are guilty Of wasting their time.
A girl with coral lips generally finds
some fellow eager to corral them.
Some girls can stand a man who is
dissipated If his fortune isn't.
Life is too short for it's possessors
to wear long faces.-Farrar.
Give and receive; If we would have,
first we must give.-Whittier.
Mirth bars a thousand harms and
longthens life.-Shakespeare.
Before enterprise and industry
every barrier must yield.-Platt.
Whoever Is sensible Of his own
faults carps not at another's fail
ings.
What is too hard for the head 10 do
is seldom too hard for the heart
Norman.
Those who are greedy Of praise
prove that they are poor in merit.
Plutarch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27

and left uncared for, with the result
that in a few years time the sand Of
the desert and the weeds choked up
the waterways. and the land relapsed
into desolation. But the new ministry
at Constantinople has awakened to
the Importance Of the matter, and Sir
William Willcocks, the famous en-.
gineer, who wrote a most valuable
monograph on the Babylonian canals
"a few years ago, has been intrustcd
with the work. The total cost Of the;
work on the Euphrates Is estimated
~ . quarter Of q million Of Turkish
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
ELEVENTH CONSTITUTIONAL

H-..4."a ... . AME NDM IN l i, - Eet
Providing for the support and mainte-
nance of the University of the State Of
Missouri, including the college of agricul-
ture and the school of mines, by levyinq
three cents on each one hundred dollars
assessed valuation, the proceeds of which
are to go into the state treasury and to
be paid out as may be provided by law;
provided that ii the state tax on property
Is discontinued such. revenue for malnte.
nance shall be secured by apportionment
to the, counties of the state and to the
city of St. Louis.
Proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton of Missouri to be submitted to the
legal voters of the state of Missouri for
their approval or rejection at the regular
general election to be held on the Tues
da next following the first Monday in Mo-
yember, A. d. 1910, providing for revenue
for the support of the University of Mis-
souri,, by adding to article X of the Con-
stitution one new section to be known as
section twenty eight (28), which is in
words and figures as follows:
Be I enacted BY The people of the State of
MfSSoAri:
Section %. A state tax of three cents
on each one hundred dollars valuation
Shall be annually levied and collected ON
the assessed value of all property subject
by law to taxation in this state. The
proceeds of said tax shall be set apart in
the state treasury and applied to the sup
port and maintenance of the university Of
az t1h Vi Allcooollf AllSlldlllS lllS COi@
lege of agriculture and the school Of
mines, and shall be paid out in accord
ance with acquisitions of the board Of
curators of the university, which requisi-
lions shall be drawn in such form as ID
or may be provided by law; Provided,
that, If the general property tax for state
purposes Is discontinued the annual in
come hereinbefore provided for the sup
port and maintenance of the university
Of the state Of Missouri, including the
college Of agriculture and the school Of
mines, shall be secured by apportioning
to each of the counties of the state and
to the city of st. Louis an amount equiv
alent to three cents upon each one hun
dred dollars valuation on all property
taxable for local purposes. Such appor-
tionment shall be made annually by the
state board of equalization and the in
come arising therefrom shall BIS paid into
the state treasury and disbursed upon
acquisitions of the board of curators Of
the university, as ~hereinbefore specified.
provided. that for the purpose Of meet
ing such apportionment the county court
of each county and the municipal ASSEM-
bly, of the city Of st. Louis shall, If nee
essary, levy, in addition to the tax which
may now be levied for local purposes, a
special tax Of not exceeding three cents
on the hundred dollars valuation on all
property taxable for local purposes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
PROPOSED BY INITIATIvEPErITION
TENTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND

WIS III itOINNL AWEfNG-
MENT.
Providing for the prohibition of both
the manufacture and the sale of intox-
icating liquors in the state of Missouri,
save and except that Intoxicating liquors
may be manufactured In the state and
sold In the state for medical, scientific
and mechanical purposes, and providing
further that wine may be manufactured
IN the state and sold in the state for sac
ramentai or religious purposes.
proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton of Missouri, to be submitted to the
legal voters of the state of Missouri for
their approval or rejection at the regular
general election to be held on the eighth
day of November, A. d. 1910, and pro-
h1bit1ng the manufacture and the sale OF
intoxicating liquors except for medical,
scientific and mechanical purposes, also
excepting wine for or relig-
lous purposes, to-Wit:
Be It enacted BY the people of the State of
Missouri:
Section l. Prohibition.-The manufac--
ture of Intoxicating liquors shall be and
IS hereby prohibited in this state except
for medical, scientific and mechanical
purposes. The sale of Intoxicating liq-
uors also shall be and is hereby prohib-
tied in this state except for medical, sci
entihc and mechanical purposes. The
manufacture or sale of wine for sacra-
mental or religious purposes shall also be
pXcppted
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
ENGLISH STEAMER SINKS
Fifty Drowned and rs Saved in Wreck
of Whalley, Ner ArazoIIes, Off
Para, South America.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-Fifty per-
sons are known to have been drowned,
with a possibility that the number
may be increased, in the sinking Of
the British steamer Whalley. The dis
aster occurred in the Atlantic ocean
Off the city Of Para, on the coast Of
Brazil. In view Of the A%rrozales light,
the steamship was helpless in d ter
rife storm and was dashed against
rocky projections Of a rough coast and
sunk.
1t is reported that rs Of the passen-
gers and crew were rescued. The YES
sci will be a complete loss.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
Desert to be Reclaimed

should for SO many centuries been des-
oiate and waste. But the natural rich
ness Of the soil is not the only factor
N the fertility of the land. Even more
than Egypt 1t was dependent on care
fui and scientific irrigation, and in the
days Of the great sovereigns OF Baby
lon the canals we're most strictly and
jealousy guarded. But when the an
Gent empires finally fell the canals
and irrigation works were neglected
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27

The fact that the oyster, season ~
open is notified by, the news item that
a Pennsylvania woman found a 5000
pearl in an oyster which she was al.
Stimulating in New York. This is cal
culated to increase the feminine de.
mand for oysters, and may entail the
further drain on the family purse Of
trips to New York
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27

The tide Of immigration is swelling
but the vigilance against un~desirables
81 also increasing. OficiaI reports
show that i much lager number than
usual failed to pass the test during the
last few months. There Is no inten.
ltiOn to keep out the worthy, the indus
frious. and the law-abiding. but the
government is exercising commenda-
Ipls care to exclude the other sorts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
BLIND, NOW SEES
Miner, Through Kindness of Employ
er, Reaains Sight Lost In
Premature Blast.

Webb City, Mo.-Through an act Of
kindness William Dorsey, a miner,
blinded by a premature explosion two
years ago, has recovered his eyesight.
Spencer X. Ortt, a mine operator,
for whom Dorsey had worked, took
pity on the sightless former employe
after all obligation for the accident
had been met, and took him to an ocu-
list, who discovered an operation
would recover his eyesight.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27

A court has decided that platonic at.
lection for a married woman does not
Justify gifts Of silk hose and lingerie
not even in these ultra-modern times.
Stick to Browning and essays on
friendship, and the lady will be safe in
a divorce suit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
Building Falls; Ten Injured.

Louisville, Kentucky. Ten per-
sons were injured, nor Of them IA
tally, when the building occupied by
the Ahrens & OFT Manufacturing com
pany as a city office and salesroom
partially collapsed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27

The mint officials have just discov.
cred that the citizens of the United
States don't seem to be able to keen
any of the $11, 900, 900 coined annually
In gold. So they are going to stop
coming 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
Plans on Foot by Which MesopotamIa
VIII Be Restored to Ancient
Fru~itfulness.

II has always seemed a most extra
ordinary thing that the land between
the Tigris and the Euphratss, which
was the seat Of the greatest empires
OF the ancient world, and which shared
with the Nile valley the distinction Of
being the richest co%rn-growine land.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
Cattle Are Burned In Wreck,

Calhan, Colo.-Three men wer bad
~ hurt and 262 head OF cattle were
burned to death in a collision between
q cattle train and q local freight train
on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railroad, two miles east of here.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27

Our leading lady smugglers may
console themselves with the thought
that collector Loeb will have no such
perfected system of search when the
ocean-going aeroplane is in commits.
sion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
Former CUBAN president Dies.

Havana, Cuba.-Salyader Cisneros,
Marquis de Santa Lucia, who was sec
ond president Of the Cuban republic,
died at his plantation near Ueuvitas
from injuries received in falling from
his horse.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27

From the depths of the sea a new
island has added itself to the Aleutian
group. Uncle Sam should hurry up
with a more definite government for
Alaska, which is twice as large az
Texas and still growing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
Scotland Buys Amer,oar nr.n,..

SVUtIaITu buys HFHtFTcan Granite,
American granite Is being shipped
20 Europe. Not long ago 800 tons az
blue granite from South Carolina were
sent to Aberdeen. Scotland. 1t re-
'quired Al cars to transport the stone
70 Charleston, s.. G., from the quarries.
Y will be manufactured into monu.
ments.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27

A very young magazine writer in.
sists that girls of the present age do
not know how to kiss. It is hoped
that he will, with more experience
have cause to revise his opinion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27

A hen that sings has been discov-
cred in South Carolina. Owing to the
stiff price of eggs, she will not be-
likely to cast much of a shadow over
the hen that lays.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
Arrested as Fugitive.

San Francisco, Cal,-0n a charge Of
being a fugitive from Justice, Harry
Rheinstrom, son Of a Millionaire brew
er of Cincinnati, and husband Of Edna
LOTUS, the actress, vas arrested on
complaint of DR.. Lowell.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
Inspectors Make Raid.

Columbus, O.-Postal inspectors ar
rested half q dozen Hungarians who
attempted to blackmail an archbishop
In Hungary. The inspectors were aid
ed BY detectives from the local de1
partment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-10-27
Consider This Advice.


No woman should submit to a surgi-
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia E. Pinkham'S
Vegetable Compound, made exclusive
ly from roots and herbs, a fair trial.
This famous medicine for women
has for thirty years proved to be the
most valuable tonic and inyigorator Of
the female organism. Women resid-
ing in almost every city and town in
the United States bear willing testi-
mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia
It cures female Ills, and creates radi-
ant, buoyant female health. If you
are i'll, for your own sake as well as
those you love, give it a trial.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.