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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Canada Bars Negroes.

Winnipeg, Manitoba.--The Dominion
government decided to stop the immi-
grafton Of negroes from the United
States and halted at the boundary a
party which intended to go to western
Canada. The negroes we're stopped
because they were regarded as un.
desirable citizens.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Guards, Salary Increased.

The house sent a bill to engross-
ment raising the salary of Porter Gill
ven, deputy warden of Missouri peni-
tentiary, to $4,000, although the war
den, Henry Andrae, receives but ST.
$50. Gilven is a Democrat and An
drae is a Republican. An amendment
increasing the salaries of the guards
to $1,100 a year has been carried.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
state Plans Poultry Farm.

A bill intended to promote the
poultry industry Of Missouri was in
troduced in the house by Represents
tive Holcomb of Jackson county. It
authorizes the establishment of a
poultry experiment station at Noun
tain Grove, where the fruit expert
ment station is now located, on rs
acres of land owned by the state.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

A florist in New Jersey turns his
hennery into a summer garden with
all sorts of flowers and is getting
eggs of delicate flavor and various
tints. violet, rose and carnation fiavors
being In the lead. A hen garden Of
this kind might be a handsome and
useful addition to a combination club
house for the Ananias members and
the nature takers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Salaries.

The Busby measure increasing the
salaries of the clerks and secretaries
Of the various state departments was
passed. 1t increases the salary of the
secretary to the governor from $4,000
to $2,750. The secretary of the board
of railroad and warehouse commits
sioners is raised to $4,000. The gov
ernor's chief clerk will get $4,000.
Other salaries are increased accord.
ingly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
JAPANESE PACT RATIFIED
Western Members Are Won Over and
Measure Is Adopted in Execu-
tive Session of Senate.

Washington.-The new Japanese
treaty of trade and navigation was rat
flied last night after a two-hour execu-
tive session of the senate.
While the apprehension of Western
senators that the treaty might let
down the bars to coolie labor was not
entirely removed, these senators con
tented themselves with expressing
their solicitude.
They interposed no objection to rat
ification, and 1t was accomplished
without a roll call.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
FIVE MEET DEATH IN MINE
Solid Firing Causes Accident at Night
at Hymera, lndlana-Mine Is
Badly Damaged.

Hymera, Ind.-An explosion of dust,
caused by solid firing, resulted in the
fatal burning of five miners in the
Hamilton coal mine, owned by the
Rock Island Railroad company.
The explosion was in the mine en-
try and nothing but the fact of its be-
ing at night kept the disaster from
being more serious. The mine was
badly damaged.
The men have not yet been identi-
fled.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
slx preadnauahts for EnaIand.

London, Eng.-With references to
the reported discussion of the Liberal
party over the naval estimates, 1t is
ascertained that the admiralty wants
six new super-dreadnaughts laid down
this year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Rattlesnakss Appear Early.

The unusually warm weather
throughout central Wyoming the last
few weeks has caused large numbers
of ~rattlesnakes to leave their dens and
many have been killed by ranchmen
and others. Not in the recollection Of
the Oldest inhabitants have rattle
snakes appeared SO early in the year.
Casper correspondence Denver Re-
nIfhlican
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Amendment Is Proposed.

Representative Leighton Shields of
st. Louis introduced in the house, by
request, a proposed amendment to the
constitution, authorizing Incorporated
cities of the state to adopt the initia-
tive and referendum in local matters,
If they so desire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

A post-mortem examination of a
Missouri lady who had a mania for
heavy diet resulted in the discovery
Of LAS separate articles Of hardware
In her little inside. II there is any
truth in theosophy the lady was either
a goat or an ostrich in her previous
existence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

If that Buffalo man who would not
give up a counterfeit bill to an agent
of the government were to get the
full penalty of 500 and a years i'm.
prisonment he might think he had
committed some real crime.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
KILL DIRECT VOTE BILL
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Loaded With the Present
Election Clause.

Washington, d. C.-The proposition
to amend the federal constitution to
permit the election of United States
senators by direct vote was killed
when the Sutherland amendment was
made a part of 1t.
The Sutherland amendment places
in the suggested constitutional amend
ment precisely the same provision
now in the constitution, which gives
congress authority to supervise cleo
tionS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Hail Assessment Bill Dead.

The senate committee on ways and
means, of which Senator Francis M.
Wilson is chairman, reported unfavor.
ably the full assessment bill spon-
sored by Senator Hall (Rep.). The
Hall measure provides that all prop
erty in the state should be taken at
it's full cash value.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
DIsTEMpER

In all its forms among all ages Of horses,
as well as dogs, cured and others in same
stable prevented from having the disease
with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE.
Every bottle guaranteed. Over 800, 900
bottles. sold last year $50 and $l.00. Any
good druggist, or send to manufacturers.
Agents wanted. Spohn Medical Co., Spec.
Contagious Diseases. Goshen, Ind.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

We have It from a German eco
nomist that American women will
soon be forced to labor on farms like
men. Here we have an outlet for
the surplus energy of those fair dam.
sells who seek careers in preference
to husbands.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Tooth Brushes in school.

Lynn, Mass.-If an. order now before
the school board is passed by the city
government all pupils will be obliged
to brush their teeth on arriving at
school each morning. John T. Sulli-
van, who advocates this innovation,
says it will prevent the spread OF
tuberculosis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
That Awful Mrs. Jones.

Mrs. Smith-She is so unobservingl
Mrs. Brown-And always complain,
Ing. The other day, while ballooning
near q storm center, she collided with
a rain cloud and reported to the au-
thorities that the driver of an aero
plane sprinkler had splashed water all
over her best gown!-Widow.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Many readers of newspapers have
wondered at the meaning of those oft
repeated words found at the end OF
mysterious disappearance stories;
Detectives have been assigned to the
case"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
baldwin pefenda Cook.

Des Moines, Ia.-Capt. Evelyn Bald
win, the Arctic explorer, vigorously
defended Frederick A. Cook as the or
iginal north pole discoverer in an ad-
dress under the auspices Of the Press
club OF Des Moines.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
TWO Engines jump Track.

Bristol, Tenn.-Both engines Of q
d~oubleheader coal train on the vir-
ginia & Southwestern railway jumped
the track and turned e down a
bank at C%linchport. Engineer Hicks
OF Bristol was crushed to death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Storm Wrecks veasela.

Cairo, Egypt.-A violent storm is
raging on the Mediterranean sea.
Three British ships are reported
ashore, n Of them-the Tockwith-
is said to be a total wreck near Jaffa.
The fate Of her crew is unknown.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Tariff Resolution Passed.

The joint resolution offered by SEN
ator Wilson of Platte requesting Pres
ident Taft to congress upon
March 4 for a revision Of the tariff,
passed the senate by a vote of Is
to 10.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

"A Chicago youth who admits that be
AS tall. chesty, very handsome and
fundamentally inclined" advert.ses
that he ~ open to wed any pretty
Young blonde who Ii wealthy. 4
cook play the piano ana is willing ID
stay home nights and behave herself.
Ard then they tell US that the women
today are without opportunities.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

A New York says she lost
her respect for her husband when she
caught him with five aces in his hand,
She is perfectly right. A man who
allows himself to be caught that way
deserves no respect.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Fifty Killed In a Wreck.

Valparaiso, Chile.-A railway train
jumped the tracks on a bridge near
the American Braden copper mines
and plunged into the ravine. Fifty
persons were killed or hurt. Several
Americans are among the injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Bandits in Manchurla.

st. Petersburg.-Disturbances al
most amounting to civil war are prev
alent In the plagueinfected regions Of
Manchuria, due to the closing Of near
ly all industries as a result Of the
plague. Riots are numerous.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

At any rate the Chicago woman who
said she rode all night on street cars
to cure a headache has invented a
good excuse for persons who are
prone to stay out until the wee sma'
hours.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
King Resolves Yankees.

London, England.-King George
gave the first levee of his reign at st.
James palace. Those received were
mainly from diplomatic and official
circles. Secretary Phillips and others
of the American embassy were pres
ent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
China Makes Promises 10 Russi..

China Makes Promises to Russia.
st. Petersburg .-China, through her
minister here, has given verbal assur-
ances to the Russian government that
no obstacles will be placed in its way
for the immediate consuls in Mon
golia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

st. Paul, Minn.-Indians Of the Nett
Lake band in northern Minnesota are
starving and freezing, according to
William Orr, Of Orr. MINI, who has
denounced the iaxity Of the bureau Of
Indian affairs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Wife Can Be nenorted.

Richmond, va.-The United States
circuit court decided that an unde-
sirable alien woman may be deport.
ed, even though she has become the
wife Of an American citizen. Judge
Pritchard fled a dissenting opinion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Three Killed In kansaa wr.ok

Saltwater, Ok.-Three passengers
were killed, two others probably ia.
tally injured and many slightly hurt
u q wreck Of Atchison, Topeka q
Santa Fe passenger train No. 41o near
here.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
All in Chinese VILLAGE Dead.

st. Peterbusg.-A telegram from
Hardin reports the grewsome discov-
cry Of a Chinese village near there in
which the entire population was dead
from the plague. Many bodies lay in
the open covered with snow.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
7lndlan suspect Kills Himself.

Yreka, Cal.--George H. Nichols. the
half-breed Indian who was reported
to have killed his mining partner,
John Dobbins, killed himself later by
shooting himself in the head. The
body was found on the mine trail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Dickinson Heads Land COMPANY.

SN'"VH To~Hs EaHu CuWpdhys
Memphis, Tenn.-Jacob M. Dickin-
son, secretary OF war, was here for
Washington's birthday, and was elect.
ed president of the Speedway Land
company, a local concernin which he
is financially interested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
$4,000 Taken by Robbers.

Pittsburg, Kas.-The country here
is being searched for two men who
held up Mrs. zarnold, postmistress at
Fuller, a village near here, obtaining
10000 intended for the pay roll Of
the Sheridan Coal company.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Iowa Woman Found Murdered.

Marshalltown, lathe body Of Mrs.
Matilda Hermesmeier, who apparent
ly had been murdered by thieves, was
found IN the kitchen Of her home near
Baxter. II is believed she was killed
several days ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
banana Peal causea Eafal Eall

New York.-Slipping on i banana
peel at the head of the stairway
leading to an uptown subway station,
an unidentified man tumbled 80 feet
to the foot Of the stairs. He was
dead when picked up.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Harvard astronomers have discov-
cred a new star, but as said star is
not one of the football variety, the
discovery is not making much Of a
hit with the students.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Hymera, indian explosion of dust,
caused by solid firing, resulted in the
fatal burning Of five miners in the
Hamilton coal mine, owned by the
Rock Island Railroad company. The
mine was badly damaged.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Europe has now definitely decided
that Tolstoi was insane, This may
be true, but 1t seems as though a lit
tie more Of that sort of insanity
wouldn't hurt Europe any.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Chicago is a burglars paradise"
says a jurist who is in a position to
know. Aside from that and a few
other defects it is a good place to live
in II one isn't particular. z
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

If the fashion of wearing tight
trousers and padless coats comes into
general use we know a great many
supposedly brawny men who will
dwindle woefully in appearance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
RoniIla Has withdrawn.

Puerto Cortez.-Gen. Manuel Bonil-
la has withdrawn formally as a can
didate for the provisional presidency
of Honduras and there is prospect Of
an early agreement with the govern
ment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

A Boston spinster wants a five-dol-
lar tax on bachelors. But surely she
would not have any man value her so
cheaply that he would marry her to
save a paltry five.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Prison Property is Appraised.

Prison Properly Is Appraised.
The property belonging to the state
within the penitentiary walls was ap-
praised by a special committee Ap-
pointed for the purpose, at s1,S41,-
1895.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
EASTER POST CARDS FREE.

Send &c stamp for five samples Of our
very best Gold Embossed, Easter, Flower
l~oveliest designs. Art Post Card Club, 73I
Jackson St., Topeka, Kan.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
civil RIIl Is Given to Hollse.

Washington, D.. ,C.-The civil sun.
dry appropriation bill, biggest Of all
supply measures, was reported to the
house carrying $14o,59o,o30, or $751;
4S1,S03 more than last years bill and
S14.4S6,5 500 less, than the estimate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
To Build Mark Twain Statue.

The house committee on appropria,
lions approved the bill introduced by
Representative Frank H. Sosey of Ma
rion county, providing for the erection
of q $4,000 Mark Twain monument in
Hannibal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
KIIled as LouIslana Town Rurns.

Donaldsonville, LA loss estimat-
ed at $685. 900 was sustained when
flames originating IN the kitchen Of
the Nicholas hotel, almost destroyed
the business section Of the city. Three
lives were reported lost.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
True Humility.

Il suppose you are tempted to put
on airs since you own a motor car"
II should say not" replied Mr..
Chuggins. "A man with a motor a
puts in most Of his life a~pologizing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Explosion in Gas plant.

ST. Louis, Mo.--Eight men we're in
jured I'm an explosion which wrecked
and set fire to the office and Iabora-
tory building Of the Laclede Gaslight
company's Station B, at Main and
MuIlanphy streets.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

A federal Judge tells us that hens
are not birds. Too true! Various
hens we have tried to eat bore a close
resemblance to fossils Of the stone
age.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

There is a powerful movement in
favor of grand opera in English, de-
spite the fact that such productions
tend to discourage the elegant art Of
conversation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Three and a half ,&illions was the
value Of the foreign trade of the
United States last year., Pretty big
country this, isn't it?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Russia affords a big market for
American typewriters. To judge from
the cartoons we see, Russia is not a
big market for American safety
razors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

A Denver surgeon was stricken with
appendicitis while operating on a pa
tient for that disease. Maybe it is
catching, after all.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

That Jersey architect who failed to
provide a stairway for a new school
house must have realized that this is
the age of aviation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Charter Bills Were Burned.

1t has developed that the senate
and house bills giving Springfield and
joplin new city charters were both
destroyed in the capitol fire, and will
have to be re~introduced.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Most Of those who ten about rearing
a family and saving money on $1,000 q
year do not have to and hence are bet.
ter able to theorize In the abstract.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
Have to Pun Them In.

Ella-There are just as good FISH
in the sea-
Stella-But you have to have a pull
to land them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Gaseous ~imbecility" has taken its
place in the hall of famo beside an
nocuous desuetude."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Chicago is to have grand opera In
English next season. If Chief Stew
ard has his way it will also have 1t in
clothing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

If a mans wife can read about poll
tics without wishing she were a man,
he will never experience the pleasure
of being henpecked.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

In the Boston high schools 5000
girls are taking the commercial
course. The boys will have to go west
or south.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Some people can find a ty~pograph-
ical error who never find an idea of
their own.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Not q EUcFatIVo JOB
Friend-So your friend has left col
lege. What is he in?
Pater-Debt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Can a woman become a member OF
the Daughters Of the Revolution just
because her ancestors murdered the
kings English
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
t%eething, softens thesgums, reduces iniamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, Csc o bottle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Limits Salary of Insurance Heads.
The Busby bill which repeats the
present law prohibiting insurance
companies operating in Missouri pay.
ing their presidents more than $780,
0e0 a year, passed the senate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Garfield Tea puriies the blood, ~cleanses
the system, clears the complexion, eradi-
Gates disease and promotes Good Health.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02
What women feel is more convin-
cling to them than what men know.

The satisfying quality in Lewis Single
Binders found in no other &c cigar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Higher education, too, has its dan
gers. An Illinois girl started for col
lege, but got married on the way.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE."
That is LAXATIVE BROMo QUfNINE. Look for
the signature Of ID. W. GROVE. Used tho World
over to Cure q Cold In One Day. Csc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Possibly the pet in the cat show
would enjoy keenly life in the
alley.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Better health is sure to follow the use Of
the natural Herb laxative, Garfield Tea.
Ali druggists,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

Next June we all may long for the
balmy days of January.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

We have yet to discover an egg that
has been improved by the cold stor-
age treatment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

And many a man never realizes the
value of his home until he has occa-
sion to collect the fire insurance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-02

A woman always fears she won't be
in time for the bargain sale.