Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-15
THE German papers which published
.ha nrama tlrn announcements of tina Ems


| the premature announcement of the Em-
| peror's death are TO be prosecuted.
MAYOR HEWITT of New York claims to
have received a great many letters com
| mending and not one condemning his re-
fusal to review the parade of the Irish So
cieties on st. Patrick's Day.
HORTON PITCHER, of Worthwhile, Dsk.
| was killed, and nine others were seriously
injured. at the burning of the Methodist
University at Mitchell, OAK, on the 9th.
The building. which was completely de-
stroyed. was fully covered by insurance,
and will be rebuilt.
CHAS. +. BLACBAUM, slop superntend-
emit at Maddux, Hobart & Co.'s distiilery,
Cincinnati, O., was found dead in slop
vat half filled with hot slop, on the 9th
He lost his footing and fell into the scald-
ing contents. Leaving the vat uncovered
was his own negligence.
OWING to the continued absence OF
Allen o. Myers, the tally sheets frauds
trial at Columbus, O., We're brought to an
unexpected close on the 9th. Myers was
in Washington, but refused to return
and testify.
LOUIS BLIcH, of Bradford, Pa, who was
shot by George A. Kimball, the bank rob
Der, died on the afternoon of the 9th.
THE puddlers at the Oxford Iron
been on strike for two months against a
reduction, adjusted their difficulties with
the company on the 9th, after sustainin g
loss of wages OF $40, 900.
JAMES WALSH was found guilty at
Stroudsburg, Pa, ION .the 9th, of muir
der in the second degree, for the killing
of his brother on the night of December
q, 1887.
THE entire days mail of the 21st ult.,
from San Francisco to New York Except
the registered letters, which were sent
by another route), was destroyed in a
collision at Cotton, Neb.
The requests of the will of the late
Miss Louisa NJ. Alcott, of Boston, are con-
fined to the members of the family of the
deceased.
THE Union Pacific express due at Dem
yer from the East at a. m. on the 9th,
was wrecked by a broken rail near La
sale, seventy miles east of that city. A
train was sent from Denver to carry ply
scians and other assistance, and it was
said that a number of passengers Were in
jured and some killed.
ALTHOUGH proclaimed King Fred
ercll ILL.,, Of Prussia the new ruler of
Germany signs his name Frederick"
without reference to either his imperial
or royal office.
l.
Crisp went to Genoa on the 10th to meet
the new Emperor of Germany.
EDWARD E. REIsINGER, q member of the
Sons of Veterans, shot and mortally
wounded DIR. Robert Staple. a brother
member, at a meeting of the order iu
York, Pa, on the 9th. No reason is as
signed for the shooting.
THE arrangements for the funeral of the
late Emperor will not b made until the
arrival OF Frederick III. The Emperor
directed that he be buried where his par
ents lie at Charlottenburg.
EMPEROR WILLIAM died in the Imperial
Palace at Berlin at half-past eight O'Clock
on the morning of the 9th The aged
ruler passed peacefully away with his
hand in that Of his devoted wife, and sur
rounded by members of his family and
ministers of state. His eldest son, Fred
erick William, was Immediately pro
claimed Emperor Of Ger many and King
of Prussia.
THE British bark Lenoma, from
Launceston, Australia, with a cargo of
wool, was recently wrecked near Wey-
mouth. The captain and eleven of the
crew were drowned.
On the 9th, H. K. Shurbsr, of New
York, president of the United States &
Brazil Mail Steamship Company, ap-
peaT6u before the house comm UL6o on
post offices and post-roads and appealed
for justice in the matter of remuneration
for carrying the mails. He showed that
his company received but moiety of the
compensation allowed to transatlantic
steamships for the same service.
D. w. ELLIS, treasurer of Perry town
ship, Fayette County, O., has disap-
peared, and is defaulter to the amount
of $4,000. The trustees examined his
books and found him short, and he under
promise to raise the money, went to
Washington Courthouse, and drew
balance of 5000 in bank and left. His bond
is said to be worthless.
THE Paris police on the 9th seized
quantity of scanda9ous placards reflect
ing upon the dead Emperor, which were
being sold by street hawkers on the
boulevard. The newspapers, without ex-
ception, denounced the sellers of these
offensive prints, and demanded their Sc
we're punishment. The press comments
on the death of the Emperor were all dig.
nified in tone and unanimous in express
sons of regret.