Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-07-11

THE constitutional convention of Wash
| ington Territory. met at Olympia, on
| the Fourth of July.
ANOTHER terrible colIiery disaster was
reported, on the Sd, from the district of
Stetienne, France. An explosion of fire.
damp occurred in one of the pits in which
three hundred miners were at work.
Their escape was completely cut off, and
| there appeared to be small chance of
any of them being rescued alive.
A DISPATCH received from San Fran
| cisco, on the Sd, by George Gould, presi-
dent of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany, confirms the report of the loss of
the company's steamer Granada On the
rocks at Punta Tejohan. The vessel and
cargo will be total loss. Tho steamer
was valued at $3.50, 900, and the cargo at
$4,000.
THE Russian press declares that in the
event of war between Russia and Ger
many, Denmark, Russia's natural ally,
would range her forces against Germany.
The Danish papers treat the subject very
glngerly, but protest in an exceedingly
cautious manner against Russia's as
symptoms.
WHILE ex-President Cleveland was
driving in a carriage with Joseph jeff err
son, the actor, near BuZzard's Bay, Mass,
on the Sd, one of the horses became I'M
manageable and both gentlemen were
thrown from the vehicle to the ground, es-
Gaping with slight bruises, but both were
severely shaken up.
CHAUSCEY NJ. DEPEw sailed from New
York for Liverpool, on tho Sd, accom-
panied by his wife, young son and a
retinue of servants. Many railr Dad men
and others were present on the dock to
bid bon voyage to the party. Mr.. Depew
will probably be away about two months.
The Treasury Department monthly
statement of changes in the circulation
shows a net decrease of ST., 324, 701 during
the month of June. There was decrease
of So, 251 .0O5 in gold certificates; $685. =
29S in National bank notes; $1,s10, 69S in
United States notes; 1907, 1916 IN gold coin,
and 1886 $50 in standard silver dollars,
and an increase of 81, 564 ,635 in silver GER
tificates.
THE carpenters. painters and smiths
OF Copenhagen joined in a general strike,
on the 9Th, attributed to the agitation of
the Socialists.
In fight with several tramps stealing
ride at Monocacy station, Pa, on the
5th, Joseph r. Kaucher aud George Wart-
man, of Reading, both special officers in
the employ of the Reading Railroad
Company. were badly hurt. Kaucher
was shot in the head and Wartman in
the leg. They were attacked by two
tramps who escaped.
A FIRE in Wredenhagen, in Mecklen-
berg Schwerein, Germany, on the night
of the 4th, destroyed fifteen houses, ten
barns and a church. Two hundred peo-
pie were rendered homeless.
THE Dowager Empress Augusta re-
ceived some of the American engineers at
Coblentz on the 9th.
WIN. ROBINSON FINLEY died at Altoona,
Pa, on the 9Th, aged seventy eight years.
He was physician for fifty eight years,
prominent Mason and well known
throughout the State of Pennsylvania.
In the Burke case at Winnipeg, Man.,
on the 5th, the whole time was taken up
in The exam;nation of Assistant States
Attorney Baker of Chicago. His evil
dence was principally that of a legal ex-
pert. He also identified Burke as the
original of the man in the photograph
taken at the unwilling of the Irish Ma
tionalist monument
THE German Government has just
placed orders to the amount of three
millions of marks for repeating rifles.
They will be made in German factories.
HERR LAUBs, the cashier of the pro-
vincial treasury at Stettin, in Prussia,
absconded, on the 9Th, with A., 900 marks.
1t is believed that he has fed to America.
THE Prussian Episcopal Congress will
meet at Fulda, August 6.
THE North German Gazette advises the
German holders of Russian securities to
accept repayment instead of agreeing to
their conversion and reinvesting under
more unfavorable conditions.
THE Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany, on the 5th, withdrew its rate of two
cents a mile for parties of ten or more
travelling together on one ticket.
SECRETARY WINDOW and Assistant Sec
rotary Tichenor had a conference, ON the
9th, on important questions pending be-
fore the Treasury Department.