Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-10-21

The remains of fhe late Chfef-Justice
Salmon P. Chase, which were buried at
Oak Hill, Washington, May 10, 1878, were
transferred from the old casket on the nth
% a new<one prepared for their reception.
RuMoss orieinsting in the United States
of the assassination OF General Gonzales,
,ex-President OF the Republic of Mexico:
and now Governor of.the State of GUIANA
iuate, prove tosbe entirely without FOUR
dation.
The recent Treasury order reducing the
raterof drawback on dried refined sugar,
does not affect the existing rate Of fodr
cents per gallon less ten per cent FOR Sir
ups resulting from the refining Of import
'.edraw sugar.
The business ia flures occurring through
Hdout the country during the seven days
ended the 18th numbered for the United
States $50, and for Canada 10, n total of
,179. as compared with a total OF 100 for
sthe previous like period.
THE report of the Egyptian Cotton As
..sociation shows that the crop is fully up
to the average. The worms have disap-
peared. The weld is estimated at 3,100.-
600 canters, and arrivals at Alexandria
show tito be Of superior quality.
THE director of the French Catholic mis-
lsions has been Informed that seven hun
'dre1 Christians nave been massacred in
Tanho, Tonquin. also that thirty villages
in that district have been burned and nine
thousand Inhabitants are starving.
~
THE town Of Sabine Pass, Tex, was
totally destroyed by the water of the
Sabine river On the night of the 18th.
Sixty five lives are known to have been
lost. A hotel with fifteen or twenty guests
was swept out-i1to the bay and all were
lost.
The State Depa rtment has received a
brief dispatch from the American Consul
General at HaiifaU confirmatory of the
reports touching the recent seizure by
Canadian customs: officers Of the Ameri-
can schooner Marion Crimes at Shelburne,
N. s.
AMONG the BersIo IONS who grasped the
hand of the President on tine 18th, at the
public reception, were several typical
Enelishmen, VINO seemed highly delighted
to meet Mr.. Cleveland, and who created
some merrimehS by their peculiar actions
: and manners
THE Germaff5 vernment has received
"a long dispatch FRI nm Herr Thilmann, the
German agent'a. sIofia. He describes the
position of affairs as extremely critical.
It is reported that Russia has notified the
Powers of the niece. ,sity for the immediate
occupation of Bulg aria.
7FHE biennial sess ion of the Supreme
sCouncil of the Ttirt third Degree Ma
sons for the southern Jurisdiction of the
United States VIII be- gin in Washington
ION the 18th inst. Tn is is the Supreme
council of the Scott Oh Rite, of which
General Albert PfEe is Grand Comm and
-er.
SAMUEL FIELDEN, ONT of the condemned
Chicago Anarchists, ser ids letter to the
papers in which he spe AXIS of the assault
made on the informer w aller in Chicago
drinking saloon, and il ,timates that the
assault was arranged " the police to
make certain the doom OF the coBd emned
men.
THE second Comptroller of the Teasury
mas decided that where claim against
the government once dee .ided has been
1'eopened and reheard, a Sc cond rehearing
should not be granted. ex !cept upon the
strongest evidence of ire ,ularity in the
former proceeding or new discoveries of
essential fact.
THE coal mime owners of Fifeshme,
Scotland, refuse to concede the demand
of the miners for an increase of ten per
cent.iin wages. The masters, throughout
Scotland are in favor of e ger seral lockout
unless the men abate the ar demand.
Thirty-fiFe thousand miners would be i'll
volved in such a lockout.
THE, negotiations between tn, Standard
OilCompany and the preprie sors of the
Empire and American oil refine ries were
concluded on the 14th by the forl ner pay;
ing the latter 81, 80, 900 for thei n plants. 1
The purchase includes the ind, ,pendent 4
pipe Tines running from the Blu tier and /
Washing ton tPa!) oil fields. 4
RENR-ADMIRAL EDWARD It. NIIcHoLs
died at Pomfret, Conn.,, on the 12tl /, after 4
a shortillness. Admiral Nichols ha d been 4
spending the summer at Pomfret, an d had
been in usual health. He was foas1d IN the /
morning Of the. 9th suffering from a ap-
opletic fit, and was unconscious nutiA his
death. wasssixty -four years cid.
LIECTENsA NT-GEMERAL SHERIDAE had a |
conference with the President ON the 9Th |
on the Geronimo matter, and at the con- |
clusion he said he was unable to tel how |
soon there -wonld be any 1action ea the |
subject Every thing that he had.aeen |
published about the Miles report he char
acterized as speeulatioc of rather wild |
descriptions.
A CoMMCH1cATIoN from Minister West |
has been transmitted by the Department
<of State to the War Departm emit, calling
attention to the threatening state of af-
fairs on the Boundary line between Mon
'tana and the British possessions, and sug-j
costing the adoption of measures calcu-
lated to prevent raiding acress the Line by |,
hostile Blood asd Piegan Indians.
SECRETARY MANNING visited the Treas.
nry Department about noon On the 18th.
and re1nained there for two hours. He
had conferences with Assistant Secretaries
Fairchild and Thompson aad few other
officials in regard to the affairs of the de-
partment. He denied himself to general
callers, and gave particular instructions
against the admission of ofice-seekers.
COMMISSIONER CoLMAs received tele-
gram from DIR. Salmon, chief of the Blu
reau of Animal Industry, on the 18th, in
which he stated that the Investigations of
the past week showed that pleuro-pneu-
monia is widely scattered among the cat
tie of Chicago. He vas perfecting ar
to secure quarantine of the
exposed cattle and the slaughter of the
ones. !,