Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-11-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


the remains of Hulett Criner, the Ameri-
can killed in Mexico several days ago.
The Vatican is said to be preparing an
encyclical condemning and stigmatizine
the Italian Government
LORD SALIsBURY's statement at the
Lord Mayors banquet regarding the oc-
| cupation of Egypt has made profound
impression ia French political and finan
Gal circles. 1t was in effect that England
would vacate Egypt when she got ready
| The strike of the spinners at Darwin
| Lancashire, has been settled, and the
operatives will at once resume work.
THE New York Board of Trade ant
Transportation, at meeting on the 10th
| adopted resolutions tolerant of tariff re-
vision and urging the Government tt
provide coast and seaport defenses.
GENERAL j. R. CHALMERS, who was de-
feated for Congress in Mississippi in the
recent election by Judge Morgan, an.
| nounces his intention to make a contest
| for the seat.
THE Standard mines at Mount Pleasant,
Pa, have been flooded and the fire is
thought to be under control The water
will be pumped out and arrangements
| made to thoroughly ventilate the mines
| as they are said to be filled with black
| damp.
A RUSSIAN engineer claims to have dis
| covered process of reducing petroleum
to the form of crystals, which may be
easily and safely transported to any d is
lance and then reconver5ed into liquid
| form.
c. H. WELLS, the brakeman whose neg
ligence caused the recent terrible disaster
OF 10
| with criminal negligence.
FRANK RYAN, a runner in Castle Gar
den, New Y ork, was arrested on the 10th
on the charge of robbing an emigrant,
| named John Ulsen, of $500.
STEWART, the absconding Western I'm
ion manager of Wichita, Kas., charged
with bringing stolen money into Canada,
was acquitted at Winnipeg, Man., on the
10th.
WHEN the case of VIM. Henderson, alias
Carson" alias "GentIeman George" the
notorious safe-burglar, was called in JUS
tice Naeher's court in Brooklyn on the 10 tn,
the prisoner failed to appear. He had
been charged with till tapping, and was
released on 5000 bail, which was declared
forfeited.
ASSOCIATED with r. J. Lane in the
board enterprise, which is said to have
absorbed so large a share of the funds of
the Arlington (Mass.) Natl onal Bank, was
George F. Davis, young man of extrav-
agant habits. living in Boston. Two
weeks ago Davis died suddenly. 1t is
now asserted he embezzled 100000 or &c.
900 of the banks money.
THE British Parliament has been further
prorogued to December 8.
THE First National Bank of indianapolis,
Ind, has decided to go into liquidation.
A STRIKE is threatened among the coke
workers of the Connellsvlle (Pa.) region.
THREE men were poisoned, one fatally
on the 18th, by drinking adulterated beer
near Saginaw, Mich.
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's cottage home
at Washington has been christened coax
View" 1t will be the permanent home
of Mrs. Folsom and the occasional home
of the President and wife.
AT st. Petersburg, Lord Salisbury's
speech on the Bulgarian situation is con-
strued as pacific.
The twenty first annual meeting of the
NJ. E. Board of Church extension was held
in Philadelphia on the 18th.
AN American woman, who refuses to
twenty days. fast at Paris.
Hon. N. NJ. BELL, Superintendent of
Foreign Mails, is warm advocate of an
international parcels-post system.
THE Canadian Government is said to be
considering the question of treaty with
the Sandwich islands.
JUDGE SAGE in the United States Cir
cult Court at Cincinnati threw the fam
Gus telephone suit out of court for want of
jurisdiction.
PRINCE WALDEMAR states that the de-
olson as to his acceptance of the Bulgarian
throne rests with his father.
A PROMINENT officer Of the Pennsylva-
mia Railroad Company said on the 18th
that the rumor that the Pennsylv ania
railroad surplus would be used for the
purchase of a controlling interest in the
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Com
pany is without foundation.
THE Colonial exhibition at London has
been closed. The total number of visitors
was $3.50, 749 and the average daily at
tendance numbered 35,s46.
THE freight train men of the Cleveland
& Pittsburgh road have asked for an in
crease Of wages end for an adjustm ent of
other complaints in regard to hours and
service, sim liar to the grievances LAT ely
set forth by the New York, Pennsylvania
G. Ohio men.
RETURNS so far received indicate that
the convict labor constitutional amend
ment, recently voted on in Illinois, has
been defeated.
THIEVES at Boston on the night of the
18th went through the pockets Of Wilson
Barrett's troupe while performing, taking
q lot of jewelry, ETC., most Of which was
recovered.
Cannes, France, on the 18th, to notify
coed Prince Alexander.
THE residence of s. II. Baker. proprietor
of the Pennsylvania Car Works at La
trobe, Pa, was first wrecked and then
burned by natural gas explosion in the
heating furnace on the 11th- The family
escaped injury. Loss, S., 900.
The wedding of Miss Annie Hoxie,
niece and adopted daughter of II. NJ.
Hoxie, of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
Company. to Mr.. c. Thorne, formerly of
New York, but now of st. Louis, took
place in New Y ork on the 1Ith-
GENERAL FAIRcHILD, Commander-in-
Chief of the Grand Army Of the Republic,
will visit Nashville, Tenn, arriving Mon
day, December 6, spending two days. His
visit, it is intended, will be made a grand
affair.
ANOTHER sensation has been occasioned
in the mysterious Frisco express robbery
case by the reception at the office
of the St. Louis Republican of
package of papers, documents, etc,
to the value of about $4,000 to the