Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-06-07

HE third convention OF une NdtlOnal
Association of German Jour-
nalists and Authors met in Philadelphia
on the 2Sth.
1t was reported at Berlin, on the 18th,
that NJ. Waddington, the French Ambassa.
dor at London, is about to be succeeded
by M. De Freycinet.
NEARLY five thousand saloons in Phila-
delphia closed their doors to open nc
more, at midnight on the 31st, when the
Brooks Liquor law went into effect.
THE Missouri Pacific Railway Company,
S772, 705 interest, and on several Other
items of Indebtedness due on that date.
EMPEROR FREDERICK went from Berlin
to Potsdam, on the yacht Alexandria, OF
the LIST. He was enthusiastically cheere6
by the populace. The trip seemed to d.
him good.
MRS. SHERIDAN sent to Senator Man.
derson, ON the 10Th, the thanks of Genera
Sheridan for the good news that the bill
reviving the grade Of General had passed
the Senate.
FOUR THOUSAND Frenchmen and Italian!
met at Marseilles, France, on the 9th, an(
Italy's foreign policy, particularly her al
lance with Germany.
e. s. AND Fl. d. AUcHINCLoss' Tracing
sloop Katrina, which has been in course
of construction at City Island, N. Y, dur
ing the past few months, was successfully
launched on the Goth.
A MYSTERIOUS fire started, on the 2Sth
in Scotland Yard police headquarters IL
London, in a room where the government
records Of dynamiters are kept. No
much damage was done.
MoLLIE GARFIELD will be married a
Mentor, O., to her fathers private secre-
tary, j. Stanley Brown, on the 14th. AT
the same time and place one of her broth
ers will marry Miss Maxon.
JUDGE THURMAN denies the report thai
he has consented to the use of his name
as a candidate for the Office of Vice-Pres-
tdent. He has not been consulted, and is
a candidate for no Office.
THE Chief of Engineers reports that the
construction of the proposed breakwater
in Santa Monica bay, California, is entire
" feasible, but its cost will be necessarily
great, probably not less than $6,OO0,OOO
The Washington newspaper corre-
spondents, en- route to the Democratic
National convention at st. Louis, will lay
over for few hours at Indianapolis, Ind,
as the guests of the editors of that city.
GENERAL CLINTON B. FIsKE was unan-
imously nominated for the Presidency by
the Prohibition convention at Indianap-
oils on the 31st. John A. Brooks, of Mis-
souri,, was nominated for Vice-President.
LORD STANLEY, the newly appointed
Governor General of Canada, expresses
confidence in the Canadian Ministry, and
says he has no preconceived ideas OF
policy to force upon an unwilling peo-
pie.
ARCHBISHOP WALSH has received in
structions from Rome to publish in the
Dublin Freeman a letter which will rectify
the erroneous views that have found ex-
preston with regard to the papal re-
script.
THE alleged newspaper man who re.
sently sailed on the Sarmatian and ere.
ated comment by his lavish display OF
wealth, is said to have been John K.
Miles, who is wanted in Philadelphia fol
forgery.
THE secret of the failure of the Senate
committee on the judiciary to make re.
charges preferred by one Dunlevy, OF
Chicago, which the committee have under
investigation.
OVER :, 600 persons witnessed the game
of base ball played at Buffalo, N. Y, on
the 1st, between the newsboys of the De-
troit (Mich.) Euening Journal and those o.
the Buffalo IN. W Ne,os. The latter wor
by a score OF Is to 2.
0
NJ GOBLET, in his speech in the French
Chamber of Deputies, on the 31st, in re.
ply to an Interpolation regarding the
Tisza incident, limited at a line drawn
beyond which none of the enemies o.
France would be allowed to go.
THE President, Secretaries Whitney ant
Fairchild and Colonel Lamont left Wash
ington, on the 10Th, for New York, to at.
tend the Memorial Day services in that
city and Brooklyn. In New York they
were joined by Secretary Endicott.
E.v. RoApEs, cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank of Paris, O., was arrested
quietly, on the 2Sth, and gave bond for his
appearance before the United States Com
missioner, on a charge OF embezzling
stealing and taking away funds of the
bank.
THE Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail
road announced, on the 30th, that, begin
ming June 4, its frst-class freight raSs
from Chicago to st. Paul will be forty
cents instead of sixty cents as heretofore
with a corresponding reduction in the
other classes.
THE North Gernsan Gazette asserts tina
Duke Adolphe of Nassau will succeed tt
the rule of the Grand Duchy Of Luxem.
burg upon the death or the present incum'
bent, King William of Holland, and that
when this event takes place the Crane
Duchy will again become part of the Ger
man Empire.
Mr. BLAINE wrote letter to the New
York Tribune, under date of May II
which appeared in that paper of the 30th
in which he positively refuses to be a can
didate for the presidential nomination al
Chicago. and asserts that he would Eot
accept should the nomination be made
against his protest.
THE Democrats expect to get vote or
the Mills Tariff bill without any further
amendments than those offered ant
agreed to in caucus, and believe they
will not lose more than four votes in theil
party, If indeed that many. Three or foul
want an amendment to the internal reve'
nue. section, but it is not probable that il
will carry.
SENATOR GEORGE HEARST, of Califor-
mia, purchased, during his recent visit II
the City of Mexico, 1900, 900 acres OF sugar
coffee and tobacco lands, located In TAG
State ef Vera Cruz. He also obtained, Ii
connection with other California capltai
lists, important concessions TOT the Duiiu.
ing of a new railroad from the City OF
Mexico to the Pacific ocean.