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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-24

.IoHN MORRISON, referee.
GEORGE T.. IouNGs, scorer.
CONDITIONS.
The distance between the target and
firing point WIS two hundred yards, off
hand shooting with open sights In this
match the third class target was used,
which rs according to the regulations al
the club as follows: ITO be used at all
target, Axe feet; bulls eve circular,
tight inches In diameter; center circular,
twenty-six inches i'm diameter; inner cir
cular, forty-six inches i'm diameter outer,
the remainder 81 the target. In the score
the bulls eve counts five, white flag I;
center counts four. red flag; inner counts
three, orange flag; outer counts two,
black flag. IL is possible To score fifty
in ten shots, but none of the range rifle
men have as vet accomplished Several
have made az high ~ forty-three, which
il crowding the limit pretty closely. OF
the possible 1000 to he made at the con-
test OF Monday the boys knocked out
1874, which is an average oil nearly
thirty-five, of the possible fifty, TO each
man, and considering the state of the
weather such score Is really excellent.
ANOTHER MATCH ARRANGED.
The Crystal Falls Sharp-Shooters and
the Florence Rifle Club viii have another
bout, ut the lattcr's club range, ON We'd
ncsdny next, March %. Wednesday
evenings mail brought the following
challenge to President John Morrison,
which IL seli-cxplanatory:
FLoRENcE,, March ~, 1883
Jonx MORRlsox Pres. q. ~ SIS.
DEAR sR The Florence Rife Club hereby
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-24
SHOOTING MATCH.
A BIG VICTORY FOR THE CRYSTAL
FALLS SHARP-SHOOTERS.


An Interesting and Holly Contested
Rifle Shooting Match-The Day
not one Conducive to Good Re-
suits-Oood. Bad and Indif-
ferent Shooting-A Sec
ond Match Arranged.
The Challenge Ac-
cepted = Notes.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-24

AT a meeting Of log owners, held mt the
office Of the Boom Co, ON the first inst,
the following arrangements were made
and tributary streams: Brule river TO
mouth OF Iron river, G.. It. Pendleton a
Son Iron river and Brule river from Iron
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-19
FiETiETH CONGRESS-

In the Senate on the 9th, a Joint resolution
was passed accepting the invitation of the Bel
gian Government to participate in the inter
national exhibition at Brussels. House bill
validating the signature of the Second Assist
ant Secretary of the Interior to pensions was
passed. In the House. the monotonous
tipped, and recess taken until the 10th.
IN the Senate, on the 10th, the principal
feature was the passage of the bill excluding
mining lands from the operation of the Alien
Landlord bill. In the House the monoto-
nous deadlock renamed unbroken.
IN the Senate, on the 11th Senator MorrlIrs
speech criticising the Presidents message and
the discussion of the Dakota bill were the
chief features Of the days proceedings. -.... IL
the House the Direct-Tax bill deadlock re-
manned unbroken.
THE features of the proceedings in the SEN
ate, on the 18th, were the speeches of Mr.. Coke
on the Presidents Tariff message, and of Mr..
Turpie on the admission of Dakota. 80. In the
House, the long-protracted deadlock was
broken amid general rejoicing on all sides, by
the adopt on of motion to adjourn until II :45
a. m. the 18th, offered by Mr.. Cox. The ses-
sion had extended over eight days
THE Senate was not in session the 18th.
$500. In the House, the Chaplain offered up a
petition for the speedy and perfect restoration
of ex-senator Conkling The principal feature
of the day was the reading of the minutes of
the long session, occupying ninety pages of the
journal, exclusive of aye and no votes. Several
bills of minor Importance were passed, and a
night session held, devoted to the consid-
GRAFTON of private pension bills.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-19

BUFFALO, N. Y, April 14.-For some
time the village of Attica, Wyoming
County, has been greatly excited over the
case Of young woman named Emma
Tombs who goes into frances the length of
which she tells beforehand. She has now
been in a trance lasting over thirty days.
Emma sank into her present sleep one
month ago Sunday, March 11). She had
lain wide awake eight consecutive days
and nights, part aking during that time Of
more nourishment than in all the six
months of her previous trance, the amount
being about glassful of milk adj
ministered in teaspoonfuls. During her
presenttrancet the physician who calls daily
has managed to force between her lips
few teaspoonfuls of the liquid, but this
is difficult feat, as she rarely parts her
lips. When closed, her teeth are firm as
vice, any effort to pry them open prov
ing useless. She lies almost perfectly
still, her arms and legs being perfectly
white and cold, and pulse very faeble, be-
ing rated, in the absence of chronom-
eter, at sixty-fve beats per minute. The
face is the only warm part of her body,
being flushed, with alternating fever.
When, some time ago, she predicted
to the reporter she would sleep thirty
days and perhaps longer, she did SO with.
out the least hesitation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-19
A BOLD YANKEE PIRATE.
An American Mate Steals a Vessel and
Makes Things Lively in the Japan Sea.

An American Mate Steals a. Vessel and
Makes Things Lively in the Japan Sea.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-United States
Consul G. r. Greenhouse, of Kanagowa,
Japan, has just advised the State Depart
ment of more or less alarming condition
of affairs in the Japan Sea, where the
small contingent of the United States
Navy doing duty on that station is en-
gagged in chasing pirate bold in the per-
son of James Forbes, an enterprising
Yankee sailor, late mate of the Nereid,
but now master of the low, rakish craft
with which he recently ran away from the
port of Guam, Japan. The Nereid is
trim and tight little schooner of about
thirty tons burden, owned in the United
States, and until seized by Forbes, sailing
under the American flag. Her captain,
Charles Johnson, halls from Massachu-
sets, and his little vessel was trading in
the islands south of Japan.
One fine morning in March last Captain
johnson anchored off Guam, and, leaving
the mate in charge of the schooner, went
ashore to buy box of bareback. While
he was absent, the first mate, Forbes,
served out to himself a quadruple allow
ance of grog, under the influence of which
he conceived the idea of becoming buc-
cancer on his own account. With visions
Of the glorious career of Captain Kidd
ny1Qg through MS D6IuQQleu Dra1n ne
went below and brought up loaded shot
gun, which he playfully pointed at the
Japanese cook and steward of the Nereid.
The cooks yellow countenance turned
as white as his flowing shirt, and run
ming to the side of the vessel, he
cast himself into the sea, unmindful
of the sharks, whose fins could be seen
above the water on every side. He was
quickly followed by japanese sailor who
preferred the chance of life to a certainty
of carrying a skin full of holes, and the
two swan ashore. Left in sole command
of the schooner, Forbes ordered his little
crew of shivering, chattering Japanese on
deck, and pulling down the stars and
stripes ran up section of an umbrella
cover, which did duty as the black ensign
of his newly adopted profession. Then
setting all sail he shot out of the harbor
in quest of prizes.
Fukuda, the cook, and his companion
lost no time in hunting up Captain John
son and acquainting him with the facts.
They then set out for the American Con-
sulate at Kanagowa, where they reported
it's occurrence to Consul General Great
house. The Consul at once communicated
the facts to Commander Glass of the
United States steamer Monocacy, which
happened to be lying in port. The Mo-
nocacy promptly weighed anchor, and
started in pursuit of the pirate. Up to
date he has not been overhauled.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-19
FRANCES IMPENDING CRISIS.
The Dissolution of the French Parliament
Considered Inevitable, and What May
Follow Only at Present Matter of Con-

The Dissolution of the French Parliament
Considered Inevitable, and What May
Follow Only at Present Matter of Con-
lecture.
LONDON, April 12.-The dissolution OF
the French Parliament as demanded by
General Boulanger in his manifesto to the
electors of the Department of Nord, is
now conceded upon all sides to be newt
able, but the assumption of the alarmists
that a popular verdict in favor of that
moveme at will inevitably lead to the over
throw of the Republic and the resuscita-
ton of the form of government which pre-
coded it, is no., by any means well-found-
ed. If, during the crisis which will I'M
questionably follow the dissolution,
General Boulanger shall retain his hold
upon popular favor-and there is
no apparent reason why he will not-lle
can not consistently, with pledges he has
given, or demands which he has made, ac-
cept any thing more than reinstatement as
Minister of War, or at the most, In the
event of the triumph of his followers at
the polls, an election to the presidency.
great many prominent Frenchmen believe
General Boulanger to be a sincere Repuh-
lican, and this conviction is rapidly
gaining strength. If called to the
chair of the presidency he would
unhesitatingly accept the honor, but
that he would strive for further exalta-
ton in the face of his frequent patriotic
declarations, and the growing certainty
that she Monarchists would make a CATS
paw of him if they could, fewer persons
believe than are generally supposed to en-
terrain the idea. It is not General Bou-
LANCER who menaces the peace or threatens
to change the form of government OF
France, but the disappointed and discred-
tied politicians who have, strive however
hard they may against the thought, had
their day and abused their oppor-
tunity. Prominent among this. class
of men is Jules Ferry. With the
remembrance of the Tonquin expedition
fresh in the mind of every Frenchman, M.
Ferry can hope for political resurrection
at the hands of no party. He is too able
to drop entirely out of sight and too mar
row minded to permit a new man to as
sumo the reins of power without making
an effort to hamper his progress, but, like
many others who are now bidding for
popular support to enable them to ''save
France" he is marked as man who can
do the country more good as an agitator
than as leader, and infinitely less harm
out of power than in it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-19
A HORRIBLE CRIME.
Two Pedd1ers Murdered at Somerset, Ken
lucky, and Hogs Found Eating Their
Flesh-A Confession.

Two Peddlers Murdered at Somerset, Ken
lucky, and Hogs Found Eating Their
Flesh-A Confession.
SOMERSET, Ky, April. 12-John and Henry
Hill and Mary Smith are in Jail at James
town, charged with one of the most
atrocious crimes in the history of the
State. Two weeks ago two peddlers came
to Somerset. Next day they disappeared.
A few days after hogs were seen in the
woods near here eating what looked like
flesh. They were driven away and exam
ination revealed portions of a human
body. Yesterday afternoon Mary Smith,
who was housekeeper for the Hill brothers,
ran into the house of James Jones,
the nearest neighbor of the Hills,
and asked for protection. She
made horrible confession, the
substance of which was that she was
forced by the Hill brothers to assist in the
murder of the two peddlers. They at
tempted, she said, to smother them with
quilt, but the peddlers struggled so hard
that Harry Hill gave her knife and told
her to cut their threats, which she did.
and caught their blood in dish-pan.
The Hills took the bodies to the cellar,
where they were left for two days and
then taken away, she knew not where.
The victims had about two hundred dol
lars on their persons in money and jew
elry.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-19

PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 11.-Lieutenant
Ryan, of the United States navy, and ].
II. Meade were arrested yesterday for the
abduction of Miss Minnie Parsons, aged
seventeen years, who disappeared from
her home January 81 last. Lieutenant
Ryan and Meade, it was learned, met Miss
Parsons on January 81, and the three went
to Trenton, where Ryan and the girl occu-
pied room at the American House as
man and wife. After few days stay in
Trenton Ryan took Miss Parsons to the
Windsor Hotel in New York. Here traces
of the girl were lost, but Ryan and Meade
were tracked back to Pittsburgh and ar
rested. Both men were held in $4,000
bond, which they Were unable to procure
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-19
TRIBUTE TO JUSTICE.

Eloquent and Well-Timed Words of Gem
eraI John Is. Henderson in the Supreme
Court of the United States.
WASHINGTON, April 13.-General John
B. Henderson, of st. Louis, concluded
legal argument before the Supreme Court
of the United States one day this week
with a tribute which has occasioned not
little favorable comment Itwas a tribute
particularly appropriate at this time, and
is deserving of wider circulation than the
utterances in the courtroom gave it.
General Henderson's words were as fol-
lows
'sMay it please your honor: These evil
dences of debt constituted q contract
in the State where they were made.
The local law recognized them as
binding between the parties. The
instruments came here with the indorse-
ment of local judicial sanction. We
have before us the standard by which the
parties themselves measured the obliga-
tons of their contract This Court will
not now change that standard. 1t is the
especial glory of this tribunal that local
influences can not here turn aside the
currents of justice. In this world MOTH
ing is immortal but truth. The monu-
ments we build of brass and stone finally
molder and decay. The eternal princi-
Piles of justice take new strength and lus-
ter from the lapse OF time. The stone tab
lets on which the decalogue was inscribed,
no longer exist, but the Ten Command
ments still remain in perfect moral gran
deur, teaching man his social duties. The
Roman forum is well-nigh gone, but
Roman law survives in all it's beauty and
in all its benefcience, and SO will
live, hope and believe, the decisions of
this court. For nearly quarter of cent
ury, in modest way, l have argued
causes before you, and in that short period
l have witnessed many changes in the
personnel of this court; but no change
have yet seen in the wisdom and learn
ing of it's decisions, or in that unerring
certainty with which they point to the ad-
ministration and establishment of justice.
1t is because of this that they have re-
ceived the stamp of judicial authority in
all the nations of Christendom, and it is
because of this. that they will live when
this magnificent structure, in which they
have been delivered, shall have sunk int
und1stinguishable dust"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-19
AN EXPERT OPINION.

The Medical Record Discusses Mr.. Conk-
ling's.Case and Sees But Little Chance
for Ultimate Recovery.
NEW YORK, April -. - The Medical
Record tomorrow will make allusion to
Mr.. Conkling's case. After describing the
disease, it says: "The management of
these cases is manifestly In the direction
of prompt evacuation of pent-up secre-
tons. At the earliest possible moment a
free incision is to be made in the abscess,
which in these cases is far up into
the typanum, and which is not
generally reached by the ordinary
puncture of the drumhead. When the
disease has progressed further Wilde's
incision and perforation of the mastoid
give relief, but unfortunately both opera
tons are resorted to when too late to be
of any benefit. 1t is to be hoped that in the
case of the distinguished ex-senator the
rule regarding the operation may have it's
exception, and ultimate recovery take
place; but as purulent pachymeningitis
has already declared itself the chances
are on the wrong side"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-19
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE Senate was not in session on the
14th....... In the House. the Indian appro-
priation bill being under consideration,
Mr.. Perkins (Kas.) took the floor
and made speech in favor of
protection, severely criticising the Mills
Tariff bill, and Mr.. Joseph IN. NJ made a
speech in favor of the admission of New
Mexico as a State. Little progress was
made with the bill under consideration.
THE war among the millionaire coke
operators of Connellsville, Pa, was said,
ON the 18th, to be costing about $4,000 a
day.
Gallagher, of Buffalo, and Leonard, of
Belfast, n. Y, on the 14th, was won by
Leonard in two straight falls.
GRASSIE BULKLEY, husband of the I'M
happy young bride who committed suicide
in Washington on the 18th, holds Mr.. Hill
yer, his father in law, responsible for the
mental torture which drove his daughter
to suicides grave.
RICHARD SLEE, a jealous barber of
Washington, accused fellow shopman of
flirting with his wife. A fight ensued, in
which Slice lost an ear, part of which. it
was said, his antagonist swallowed.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made for the
representation of this country at the Mel
bourne (Australia) International EXPOSE
ton, for which $50, 900 has been appropri-
ated.
HATTIE WoosTEIN, charged with the
murder of DIR. Harlan in October last,
was acquitted of the crime at Los Angeles,
Cal, on the 14th.
THE stealings of Teller Cameron of the
Union Bank of Winnipeg, Man.,
amounted to $500, 900. He was arrested at
Pembina on the 18th.
ONE man was killed and several others
slightly injured by an explosion of pow
der in freight car in the yard of the
Louisville & Nashville railroad, at Mont
gomery, Ala, on the 14th.
Mrs. Taft, the aged mother of DR.. j.
Taft, of Riverside, o., was run over and
killed by freight train in Cincinnati on
the 18th.
GEORGE CLARK was found guilty of
murder in the first degree, at Waynes-
vile, Pa, on the 14th.
SECRETARY WHITNEY has appointed two
boards of examiners, one of engineers
and the other of constructors, to investi-
gate changes proposed by the contractors
in the cruisers Newark, Baltimore,
Charleston and San Francisco, and the
gunboats Concord, Bennington and Pet
rel.
THE rules of the Washington Baseball
Club impose upon their players fines for
drinking: For the first offense, S25; sec
ond offense, $50 third offense, 500, and
for habitual drinking blacklist.
w. A. Rowe, the American bicyclist,
was defeated at Leister, England, on the
14,h. in the first of a series of three races
for GOO and the championship of the
world. by Richard Howell, the English
champion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-19
Investigating Frauds.

DUBLIN, April 13.-The examination of
the persons charged with defrauding the
Equitable Insurance Company of New
York was continued at Belfast to-day. A
case in which negro named Wilson, alias
"Black Joe," was insured for $4,000
without his knowledge, was investigated.
Another case in which policy for.
5000 was obtained on the life of Wilson
from the Marine company, was postponed,
the bench ruling that two companies could
not prosecute together. Mr.. Todd, coun-
sci for the prosecution, said he should
prove that the prisoners had insured Will
son by means of forgery when he was;
suffering from dropsy and heart disease.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-19
THE FISHERIES TREATY.

Consul-GeneraI Phelan Thinks Our Peo-
pie Would be Foolish to Oppose the Rat
ification of the Fisheries Treaty.
WASHINGTON, April 13.-Consul- General
Phelan, who is here on his way from Hal
flax to st. Louis, speaking of the Fishery
treaty yesterday, said: "The people of
Nova Scotia are all opposed to the treaty.
They do not want it. Our people are very
foolish in opposing the treaty, tor it OBJ
tains for us more than one could have
hoped. All the criticisms have seen are
based upon the apparent assumption that
this treaty is an original one. This is not
correct. They forget the treaty of 1918,
and that the English people were tena-
cious in holding to everything they could.
In my opinion the more public the treaty
is made the better, for when it is submit
ted to the American people in all its bear
ings and intelligently discussed, they will
see how favorable it is to us'.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-19
q SAD ENDING.

Tickle Woman's Romance Ends Dy
Death From Poison Self-Administered--
Social Sensation at the National Capt.
tai Recalled.
WASHINGTON, April 14.--Mrs. Degrasste
Buckley, daughter of Judge c. j. Hillyer,
died Wednesday night, at her father's
residence, from the effects OF poison,
taken with suicidal intent on the previous
day. She was taken very i'll on Wednes-
day morning, and physicians were hastily
summoned Every effort was made to,
save her life, but without avail. Miss
Bessie Hillyer, who was engaged to be
married to w. L. Trenholm, son or the
Comptroller of the Currency, on February
3. was married on the both of last Deem
Der to Degrassie Bulkley, in Baltimore.
The sensation that was caused by the
elopement of the young couple, accom-
panied to Baltimore by Mr.. Antonio
Nogueras, son of the Portuguese Minister.
is still distinctly remembered.
Tt was the talk of society for week,
when a fresh impetus was given by the
filing of a bill for divorce in the name Of
Bessie Hillyer Buckley, asking that the
marriage be declared void, alleging that
undue influence was used to effect 1t, and
that Mr.. Bulkley was under age at the
time.
To this there came number OF denlals.
Mr.. NOgueraS stated tnaS MISS n1iiycI
seemed to be acting of her free will, and
Rev. Mr.. Ferguson, the Baltimore clergy
man who performed the marriage,
said that he failed to see any
constraint in her actions. The
county clerk in Baltimore said that
young MI. Buckley had declared he was
of age. Mrs. Buckley had returned to the
residence of her father after her mar
rage, and remained there until December
80 On that day a conference was held at
the office of II. G. Cady, in this city, at
which young Mrs. Buckley appeared, ac-
companied by Senator Stewart, friend
of the family, and young Buckley. Then
the case was finally laid before her for
decision. 1t was shown how her father
was opposed to the marriage, but she was
told to take her choice of husbands.
81 shall go with Grassie," she declared
and the young couple left the office.
They went to hotel and remained
week They then went to live at a private
residence, but the bride remained but
few days, going home, where she has since
lived. The family and friends refrained
from giving any reason for the step,
which was said to be final. 1t was staten
that divorce proceedings would follow.
Young Buckley refused to discuss the
matter. The family are especially sor-
rowful on account of the peculiar circum.
stances surrounding the case.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-04-19
Tyndau on Gladstone.

LONDON, April 12.-Prof. Tyndall, in an
article on the Union, severely character
ICES Mr.. Gladstone's course, which, he
writes, lacks the counsel or control of the
Liberals, the majority of whom, however,
double back upon their own steps, not
content with running, dog-like, after
leader who thinks too meanly of them to
even consult them, and turn and rend
the very flower of their flock. Mr.. Glad
stone, he continues, has done for men and
the country, what they ought to recollect,
but, in the words of Carlyle, ga minister
wicked enough to propose to sever Ire
land from England would deserve to have
his head brought to the block".