Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-12-03

BosToN CoRBErT, who killed ]. Wilkes
Booth, has come to the front as a law-de-
fer at Concordia, Kas.
THE editors Of the Journal la Discussions
at Madrid have been arrested for publish
ing the head line: "Alfonso is Dead; Long
Live the Republic"
THE steamer Emma Graham, of the Gin.
cinnati Packet Company, sunk at Ripley Is
Landing, Ohio River, ON the 9th. One
man was known to be drowned and several
others were missing.
IT is stated that Prince Alexander is
willing to grant an armistice if Servia
withdraws her troops from Widdin and
pays an indemnity of S. ,0O0, 900.
STRIKING coal miners in the Fourth
Pennsylvania Pool attacked and beat a
number of "blacklegsn who attempted to
return to work on the 9th. A serious riot
was expected.
A PLASTER cast of the dead Vice-Presi-
dent which was made on the 9th was not
satisfactory, and another trial was to be
made.
A SUBSCRIPTION list for the benefit OF
Riel's family has been opened at Montreal.
SoUATTERs on land included in the dis
off the lumbermen who hold patents on
pine lands.
Don MANUEL RODRIGUEZ is leading a
revolt against the State of Nuevo Leon,
Mexico.
ROBERT FOWLER, who was to have been
executed at Morganfield, KY, on the 9th,
but who was respited, had to be hurried
out of that place to avoid a mob.
EIGHT Indians, convicted of murder and
participation in the Frog Lake massacre,
were hanged on the 9th at Battleford,
Northwest Territory.
THE failures in the United States for the
seven days ended the 9th numbered 225;
for the year to date, 10,086.
GERMANY and England have signed an
agreement to recognize Spanish sover-
eighty over the Caroline Islands, Spain
having conceded commercial facilities in
that quarter to these powers.
A STATE of siege has been proclaimed in
the provinces of Barcelona and Carthagena
and Canary Islands.
SILAs HAYES, of Benton, Ark, stole his
sweetheart, Miss English, ran away and
married her, and on his return home was
shot in the face by her guardian.
PROF. GOODWIN SMITH, who has beeh
dangerously ill at Toronto, Ont, is now
considered out of danger.
SAM CoLLYER, of New York, challenges
Billy Edwards to prize fight for $4,000 a
side.
GOVERNOR MARMADUKE Of Missouri is
sued a proclamation on the 9th asking the
people to properly honor the memory of
Thomas A. Hendricks ON the day of his
burial. <-t.
AT Havana, Cuba, all places of amuse-
ment are closed and the city is in mourning
over the death of King Alfonso.
THE British expeditionary force had a
successful fight with the Burmese at Pagan
and have captured Mingyan.
THE committee representing the Chicago
and st. Louis Cattle Association, which
met at Springfield, ILL.,, on the 9th, decid-
ed in favor of consolidation under the
name of "The Cattle Growers Association
of the United States"
A REGULAR meeting of the Cabinet was
held on the 9th. ALI the members were
present. The Presidents message, so far
as completed, was read and unanimously
approved. 1t is said to be an unusually
strong paper, containing many new and
valuable suggestions.
TELEGRAMs have been received in Paris
by Carlist chiefs from Don Carlos which
indicate that he expects a republican ris
ing in Spain.
THE Queen Regent of Spain has accepted
the following Cabinet: Senior Sagasta,
Prime Minister; General Jovellar, Min
lister of War; Senior Comacho, Minister of
Finance; Senior Rios, Minister of Public
Works and of Public Instruction; Senior
Gamazo, Minister of the Colonies; Senior
Beranger, Minister of Marine; Senior Con-
zalez, Minister of the Interior; Senior AL
ONO Martinez, Minister of Justice; Senior
Moret, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
APPLICATIONS have been received at the
Interior Department from the Globe and Bell
Telephone companies asking for an extern
sion of the time during which briefs may
be filed in the telephone case. An extern
sion of few days has been granted by the
Secretary of the Interior.
Two ladies, Mrs. Woodward and Miss
Phillips, were induced to go from Chicago
to Dallas, Tex, on promise of employment,
which they found to be work in a variety
dive. This they refused and are stranded
there.