Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-14

A REPRESENTATIVE of the French Gov
eminent is to be sent to inspect and report
on the condition and prospects of the Pam
anna Canal.
OWING to the refusal of the Egyptian
government to sanction a modification of
the treaty, the work of deepening the
Suez Canal is delayed.
"JAcKSoN'S DAY" was celebrated in
elaborate style by the Democrats of New
York city by grand banquet at Delmon-
1co's to Governor Hill.
AN elevator scheme, by which it is pro-
posed to furnish each farmer a separate
bin, and loan him money on its contents, if
needed, is on foot in Dakota.
THE Charleston Is. Co. Presbytery has
declared DR.. James Woodrow unfit to
teach in the Theological Seminary, be-
cause he believed in evolution.
Mr.. GLADSTONE has declined an invita-
ton to visit America and study the work
ings of the United States Constitution
with a view of modelling home-rule
measure for Ireland.
THE announcement was made on the Sth
by the Executive Council of the American
Exhibition Company that the date of the
opening of the exhibition has been changed
from May, 1886, to May, 1887.
SECRETARY WHITNEY has decided not to
reconvene the court martial in the case of
Paymaster-General Smith of the Navy.
He will approve the findings of the court
and submit the case to the President for
his action.
ANOTHER suicide has occurred at Monte
Carlo. A wealthy Mexican named Cheyre
gambled away his entire fortune at the
tables and then took his life. He was
buried in a common grave. He has left
wife and family penniless.
THE treaty of peace between France and
Madagascar, it is reported, cedes territory
to France, surrenders the northwest ports
which France originally claimed and
gives the French Government supremacy
over the foreign relations of Madagas scar.
JAMES r. KEENE. the ex-California mil
ionaire, in giving testimony before ref
cree at New York on the Sth, stated that
he is absolutely without income, and is en-
gagged in no business, and that the money
necessary for his support he receives from
his wife.
The new Board of Trade at Duluth,
Mimi, was dedicated on the 9Th. Guests
were present from the boards at Chicago,
st. Louis, Milwaukee, Tacoma, Washing
ton Territory, st. Paul and Minneapolis
and other cities and from grain centers in
Dakota and Minnesota.
1t was announced on the 9th that Miss
Sarah Althea Hill, the plaintiff in the cele-
brated Sharon divorce case, was to be
i'd kl,a -kI, r.l
David S. Terry, ex-ChiefJustice of the
Supreme Court of California, her leading
counsel in her proceedings for divorce.
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THE furnacemen at the Edgar Thomson
steel works. Braddocks, Pa, who refused a
ten per cent. advance in wages offered by
the firm, unless their hours of work were
reduced, were notified on the eth that their
places would be filed if the scale was not |
signed by the 9th. A lockout was antici-
pated.
THE estimated fire losses in the United |
States and Canada in December, 1885, are
S.. 300, 900, and the aggregate loss for the |
year, 1914 200 900, SIS ,000, 900 less than in
1884. There were 165 fires of $4,000 and
upward in December, including seventeen |
fires where the reported loss was 100000 |
and more.
J. CLINsKILL, a merchant of Battleford, |
n. w. T., has gone to Ottawa to impress |
upon the authorities there the necessity |
of taking proper precautions to prevent an |
Indian uprising. He says the Indians are |
enraged because of the execution Of the |
eight Indians in November, and are max
ing all sorts of threats.
A SECRET meeting of the Merchant Steel |
Manufacturers of the United States began |
a session at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 7th, for
the purpose of correcting existing incon- !
sistencieS of the trade and the considera- |
tion of prices. The attendance was large
representatives being present from nearly
every steel mill in the country.
THE President will give the first State
dinner of his administration on the even
ing of the 18th. His guests will be the
Cabinet and their wives, the General of
the Army and Mrs. Sheridan, the Presi-
dent of tho Senate and Mrs. Sherman,
and the Speaker and Mrs. Carlisle, and the
guests sojourning at the White House
during the week.
COLONEL HENRY L. SCOTT, U. S. a, died
in New York on the 9th of paralysis, aged
seventy years. He was married to Miss
SCOCC, Oh 0eneraI " IN
field Scott, and acted as Inspector General
on General SCOTS staff, but retired from
active service after the Generals death in
1872 The wife of Colonel Scott died in
Baltimore recently.
MEssRs. Bates, Holden and Smith, three
Cleveland capitalists, have leased 5000
acres of gas territory in Butler County,
Pa, and are negotiating 10000 acres more
in Hancock County, West Virginia. 1t is
their intention to construct pipeline
eighty miles long, and convey the gas to
Cleveland as soon as the right to enter the
city is granted by the Councils.
IT was learned in San Francisco on the
4th that certificates empowering the hold
er to land in the United States are being
issued to the Chinese by the Chinese Con-
sui at Yokohama, Japan. Cinnamon who
arrived in the steamer Oceanic, December
10Th were landed on one of these certifi-
Gates. They are signed by Warren Green,
United States Consul General to Japan.
THE new French Ministry is compos ed
as follows: NJ. DeFreycinet, President of
the Council and Minister of Foreign At
fairs: II. Sarrien Minister of the Interior;
NJ Sadi Carnot, Minister of Finance; M.
Globlet, Mini ter of Public Instruction: M.
DeMole, Minister of Justice; N. DeVelle,
Minister of Agriculture; General Boulang-
er, Minister of War; NJ. Auber, Minister of
The Marine and the Colonies; Nj. Barbaut,