Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-10
NEWS AND NOTES.

NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
NJ. H. HANCOCK has been rearrested al
Austin, Tex, churged with the murder Of
his wife on Christmas eve last
CHIEF ENGINEER ECKEL, of the Syracuse
IN. " fire department was run over and
killed by a hook and ladder truck on the
1st.
WHILE playing with a revolver at Read.
ing, Pa, on the 31st, Hiram Leidy, aged
five years, shot and MORALLY wounded his
three-year old brother Allen.
A NUMBER of ladies have been arrested
at Laconia, N. H., charged with stealing
Memorial Day offerings from the Union
cemetery. Other arrests will follow.
Ex-PREsIDENT ARTHUR sent congratu-
1ations to President Cleveland on his mar.
riage, and received box from the White
House containing wedding cake on the
4th.
THE striking French miners at Decaze-
vile are becoming desperate They de-
stroyed grocery store with dynamite on
the I'd, and threaten the mine officials with
violence.
SECRETARY BAYARD, on the 4th, re-
ceived telegram from Consul General
Phelan at Halifax, as follows: american
merchant vessels can purchase fresh fish
of all kinds"
OF the fifty five members of Parliament
who attended the Chamberlain meeting in
London on the 31st, fifty-two resolved to
vote against the second reading of the
Home-Rule bill.
IT has been decided that the preliminary
yacht races for Americas cup will take
place from the middle to the last of Au-
gust. The International race is set from
September to 20.
"SIR ROGER" TICHBoRNE, otherwise
known as Arthur Orion, of Victoria, Aus
tralia, the claimant to the Tichborne es-
tates in England, is stopping at the Mad
ison House in New York.
SECRETARY MANNING has rendered his
resignation, but at the urgent request OF
the President has accepted a leave of alb
sence until October, his resignation mean
time not being acted upon.
Our Canadian neighbors are getting
quite pugnacious, and are indulging in
talk about blowing American fishing ves-
sells out of the water, and all that sort of
thing. But that's English, you know.
THE German Landtag has received 44J
petitions from Rheinish and Westphalian
brewers, against the using of substitutes
for malt and hops. The petitions will be
referred to the Government for considera-
tion.
DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, and Mrs.
Sargent, gave brilliant reception at DIR.
Priestley's London residence on the even
ing of The Sd. The elite of the world OF
fashion, literature and art were among the
guests.
AS THE procession passed the President
at New York on the 31st, P. s. Gilmore's
band played Memberships wedding
march, the significance of which was in
stantly recognized, and evoked unbound
ed enthusiasm.
THE President has approved the act
amending the act granting the right of
through the lands of the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Nations of Indians to the ST.
Louis & San Francisco Railroad Com
pany.
ONE of the last official acts of the Presi-
dent, previous to his marriage, was the
pardoning of B. F. Bigelow, the default
ing teller of the National Bank of the Re-
public of Washington. Three years ago
Mr.. Bigelow was sentenced to five years.
imprisonment.
THE Dublin police surprised two parties
of unarme6 Orangemen which were drill
ing near Armagh and Portadown on the
3D.. The Orangemen made no attempt to
conceal their actions, which they believed
to be lawful. The police took the names of
all who were engaged in drilling.
KING MILIEToA of the Samoan islands
having appealed to the American Consul
for protection against Germany's subyer-
sion of his authority, the latter hoisted the
American flag and notified President
Cleveland of his action in establishing a
protectorate over the disputed territory.
AT the meeting of the National Stove-
makers Association at Cleveland, O., on
ed seven and half per cent. When the
convention adjourn ed the members were
Immediately called to order and formed
the Stove Founders Matt onal Defense As
ISOLATION.
THE President proceeded at once to
business as soon as he arrived at the
White House on the morning of the lst.
He approved a number of bills, including
the act authorizing the Kansas & Ar
kansas Valley Railway Company to con-
struct and operate a railway through the
Indian Territory.
THE business failures occurring through
out the country during the seven days
ended the 4th, numbered for the United
States 100 and for Canada %, or a total of
1ss, as compared with a total of ISL the
preceding like period. More than one-h half
of the casualties are reported from the
Western and Pacific States.
The Bavarians, having quite made UP
their minds to get rid of King Ludwig,
are now anxiously discussing ways and
means. Meanwhile the King has with
drawn from the vulgar gaze and barred out
his ministers, who have lately been per-
mitted to communicate with His Majesty
through the royal hair dresser.
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FFrY-oNE true bills. charging riot and
conspiracy, we're found by the Milwaukee
grand jury Investigating the recent labor
riot at Bay lew and the Socialist riot at
milwaukee Garden. Among those indict-
ed are: Paul Grottkan, editor of the -as--
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