Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-13
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.

A Summary of Important Events.
CR1sroBAL FERNANDEZ the Cuban kid
naper. was executed at JovelIanos on
the 4th.
THE Johnstown tiood-sufferers' fund
being raised in Paris amounted, on the
9th, to $4,000.
THE business portion of the city Of
Seattle, W. T., was practically wiped out
by a great conf1agration on the evening
of the 9th.
The cotton mills in Offenburg, Baden,
were destroyed by fire, on the 9th, involv-
ing loss of 800, 900 marks. Several work
men were killed.
THE Standard Oil Company has bought
ten acres Of ground just east of Terre
Haute, Ind. on which they will erect an
immense oil-tank.
DISASTROUS floods are reported from
different parts of Bavaria with consider
able destruction of property. The crops
were ruined in many localities.
ANEW YORK detective who went from
the Paris Exhibition to Berlin, had his
pocket picked there on the 9Th. He lost
his money and valuable papers.
AT the meeting of the General Assem-
bly, Of the Presbyterian church in Belfast,
Ireland, on the Sd, the moderator took
occasion to strongly denounce home rule.
THE National reunion of Elks was to
have begun at Pittsburgh. Pa, on the 9th.
The reunion has been postponed until
July 16, owing to the disaster at Johns
town.
THE Matte Winship, detained at Hail.
fax by the Dominion authorities, fur
nished bond, on the 9th, and commenced
getting ready to sail for the mackerel
grounds.
The mayors fund in New York City
for Johnstown had reached, on the 9th,
Sl63, 900, and the Chamber of Commerce
fund $4,000. Other funds are also in
creasing rapidly.
THE President, on the Sd, appointed
Chas- L. Knapp. of New York, Consul
General of the United States at Montreal,
and Alex. j. Reed. of Wisconsin, Unit ed
States Consul at Dublin.
In Coburn, Pa, there is not one good
house left standing as the result of the re-
cent storms. The total loss will aggre-
gate fully $500, 200. The valley is strewn
with bodies of all kinds of animals.
THE citizens committee at Minneap-
oils, Mimi. on the 9Th, voted to send 1000
barrels of flour to the Johnstown suffer-
ers. The order was divided among all
the mills so as to hasten shipment.
THE returns issued by the London
Board of Trade show that the imports
during the month of May increased f4,430
and the exports increased f1,060,0W as
compared with the same month last year.
THE Times counsel, assisted by the
counsel for Mr.. Parnell, began, on the Sd,
an inspection of the private letters of the
latter. The correspondence covers pc
Rod Of six years, and comprises 5000 let
tiers.
A FIRE in the village of Libonsch, near
Ratibori. in Prussian Silesia, on the 9Th,
destroyed 105 houses. including the viii
1age church and vicarage. Seven hun
dred OF the villagers are rendered home
less.
WIN. MILLS, the 100 yards Splinter, who
lived at Watertown, Mass, ami who has
record of 10l4 seconds, was last heard
from in JohnstOwn, just before the disas-
ter there, and it is thought he is among
the victims.
CAPTAIN W1ssnANN has had another en-
latter were completely routed. He has
also destroyed their village of Saadani,
Windji. Captain Wissmann's casualties
were trifing.
In the joint session of the New Hamp-
shire Legislature, on the 9TH, David c.
Goodell, Republican, was elected Cover
nor of the State, receiving 16S votes to
lis for Charles Amsden, Democrat. The
inanCuratiOn took pf1 on the 9Th.
ONE of the heaviest losers by the re-
cent floods in Maryland is the Reading
Railroad Company. They owned and
controlled the Susquehanna q Underwater
canal, which is nearly obliterated. The
company paid $3o0,0O0 for the canal.
THE silver miners in the Ural mount
aims of Russia, struck, on the Sd, and set
on fire the houses of the managers in
Ekaterinburg. The factories adjoining
were also set on fire, and seven persons,
who were in the building, were burned to
death.
COUNSEL for Kemmler, the condemned
murderer, will appeal on habeas corpus
proceedings, in Buffalo, N. V, for re-
view of the verdict, on the ground that
death by electricity is a cruel and unusual
punishment and therefore unconstitu-
tional.
THE New York Commercial Advertiser.
of the 9Th, says deal is being arranged
between the County Democrats and the
Republicans, with q view to increasing
the strength of the Republicans in the
Legislature and ousting Tammany from
control of the city.
1t was expected, ON the Sd, that the pro-
tocol to be drawn up by the Samoan con-
ference would be signed by the repre-
sentatives Of the three governments con-
cerned on the sth. The commissioners
were then preparing to take their de-
parture from Berlin.
FARMERS, living in the country border
ing on the Conemaugh Valley, who load
ed wagons with provisions for the desti-
tute survivors of the food, had to fight
their way into the stricken cities against
the thieving Huns who tried to capture
their precious freight.
JUSTICE GRAY, Of the United States Su-
preme Court, and Miss Jeanette Mat.
fhegs, daughter OF the late Justice Mat
taews. were married at the BRIDES resi-
aeRes IN Washington on the 4th. A
lasgs R9asSsr Of distinguished guests
Witnessed tbs ceremony.
FEE fffsssssaen Of Morocco, who are in
ssssaE9f4 sas54st the authority of the Sui
ssss k,sss eStfarsd Prince Hamid, the
ass5F 81 rs ef.feas. aud killed several of
AS A<H<yFE, fl.s rebellion IS spreading
very f@ss Tes Sultan Is very much
ssaesSsss; SD - raising an army to crush
a.