Iron County register., 1888-10-25


parture and gave them an enthusiastic
ovation.
THE Creek Indians are in deep mourn :
Ing over the death of John r. Moore
their national treasurer. Mr.. Moore was
one OF the most prominent men in the
Greek Nation.
PROF. vow EsMARcH, the well-known
German surgeon, who was living danger.
ously i'll at the residence of DR.. Frederick
Lange. in New York City, was reported
better on the 18th.
THE President on the 18th, approved
the act granting to the Duluth & W inni-
peg Railway Company the right of way
through the Fond du Lac Indian Reser-
vation in Minnesota.
IT was stated. on the 18th. that Sir John
Macdonald will soon leave for England
Consultations with the Cabinet will be
had, and it is likely that the Fisheries
dispute will come up.
An international celebration was held,
on the 18th. at Pembina Oak, in honor
Of the opening of the Red River Valley
railway. An excursion train was run
from Winnipeg, Man.
The New York Base Ball Club won the
fourth game of the worlds champion
ship series ir Brooklyn, on the 10th, by q
score of 6 to 8, thus securing three out OF
the four games played.
The first session of the Fiftieth Com
gress, which closed on the Goth, exceeded
by nineteen days the length of the ses-
sion of any previous Congress since the
foundation of the Government
THE steamer City Of New York, which
arrived from Liverpool, on the 18th, made
the passage from Queenstown to New
York in six days and twelve hours, the
best third trial in shipping annals.
AcrrS- on the advice of Italian and
foreign clericals, the Pope has decided to
instruct the Bishops throughout the world
to continue to agitate for the restoration
of the temporal powers of the Pope.
F.. K sr1MsoN. aged forty-two, post
master at Mackinaw City, Mich. was
drowned by the capsiz ing Of his boat, on
the 18th, while attempting to board the
propeller st. Louis with mail and papers.
ABERL1s publisher has issued the COM
plete English translation of the German
doctors report of Emperor Frederick's
illness, which was not published in Lon
don, owing to DIR. Mackenzie's threat Of q
libel suit
has been discovered at Saratoga, N. Y,
having an iron-clad oath, pass words,
etc, in regular bandit style, and num-
ber of mysterious robberies at that place
are thus accounted for.
A PARTY of nurses who we're trying. on
the 18th, to get from Pensacola, Fla, to
their homes in New Orleans, were stopped
at River Junction by order Of the Board
of Health of Escambia County, and sent
back to Camp Perry, Jacksonville.
FoarY THOUSAND copies of DIR. Macken-
zie's book on Emperor Frederick's case,
were seized at Leipsic by the police on
the 18th. The book is not allowed to be
sold in Berlin, and the police are seiz ing
copies exposed for sale at all the book
shops
THE Papal Secretary Of State has is
sued circular to all the Papal nuncios
at foreign courts, which states that the
Pope is well satisfied and pleased with
the visit of Emperor William. and that
the latter recognizes the Pops's SOW
ere1gnty.
PROF. PAUL GIBIER, o. Paris, arrived in
New York City from Cuba. on the 16 tn.
and sailed for Jacksonville on the day
following. He has gone South to inves-
tigate the cause of the yellow fever
scourge in the interest of the French
Government
An order was issued, on the 10th. by
the French copper syndicate to decrease
the output of copper OF American mines.
An increase in price of one half cent
pound is expected to follow, and it Is es-
timated that 1,OOo miners will be thrown
out Of employment.
ANOTHER terrible accident occurred on
the Lehigh Valley railroad. on the 1s til.
by which seven persons were killed and
twenty-six injured, by a fast freight
plunging into a construction train un-
loading ties at a siding near Lost Creek,
on the Pottsville branch.
TRE Commissioners of the District of
Columbia, on the 18th. finished their esti-
mates for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1890, and ask for an appropriation of
50. 712, 400, much larger sum than Con-
gress has ever before been asked to ap-
propriate for the District.
Mr. MICHAEL DAvTrr has written LETT
ter to the London Times. in which he says
that the Irish people will not accept the
scheme proposed by the Liberals for the
government of Ireland. unless an Irish
Parliament is allowed to solve the land
question and fix com pensation to the
landlords.
EMPEROR WILLIAM visited Pompeii,
Italy, on the 18th. He was intensely in
ferested in all he saw in the buried city,
especially in some excavations which
were made In his presence. Several
valuable bronze objects were unearthed,
which the Emperor accepted as souvenirs
of his visit.
Two THOUSAND customs officials were
employed in Hamburg, on the 18th, in
collecting from the citizens statements OF
the possession OF dutiable articles, the
duties of which will hereafter go to the
imperial German treasury, Hamburg re-
ceiving military subsidy of 5000 coo
marks annually.
J. II. CHANDL RR & CO., wholesale jewel
ers Of Cleveland. O., assigned on the
18th. Liabilities, $50, 900; assets. $45, 600.
The failure grew out Of boycott de-
clared against the firm by the Watch
makers and Jobbers' Association. Vio-
lating the rules of the association was
ths cause Of fhe boycott.