Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-01-10


adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 4th, resolution calling
the President for information concerning
the state of government of the Island of Hayti
and the seizure of the American vessel Haytien
Republic, was adopted, after which discussion
of the Tar1f bill was resumed, and occupied al
most the entire day. The rules were SO amend
cd as to include the President and Vice-Presi-
dent-elect among those entitled to the privi-
leges of the floor. brief executive session
followed. - In the House. the Nicaragua Canal
bill was taken up, amended and passed A great
portion of the day was wasted in filibusterins
over the question of changing the rules SO as
to curtai the power of the minority to obstruct
bUeiness.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL
& CONGRESS of Austrian Socialists met
in Hainfeld on the 31st. The object of the
conference was to unite all labor parties
for common action.
BURGLARS entered house at Bourne
mouth, England, on the 1st, at which
Count Karoly, the Austrian Ambassador,
jewelry valued at $4,000, belonging to the
Countess.
THE health of the Archudke Louis
Victor, brother of Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria, is improving.
Mrs. MARY CRoNIN, aged twenty three,
was burned to death in her room at No.
242 West Tenth street, New York, on the
1st, her clothing having been set on fire
by the explosion of lamp.
EMPEROR WILLIAM. of Germany, reply
ing to a cOngratulating deputation on the
1st, predicted peace during 1889.
THE cavalry patroling the ground back
of Suakim captured several Arab pris-
oners on the 1st.
int 49, ~
Northern and Southern Presbyterian
churches which had been in'session in New
York for several days, adjourned, on the
LIST, to meet in Atlanta, Ga, April a, and
it was announced that nothing definite
had been decided upon as the result of
the meetings so far.
JUDGE G. B. SLEEPER, of the Fifteenth
(AIinn.) juicial district, died at Brainerd,
in that State, on the 31st.
ENGINEER NICHOLS and Fireman Francis
were instantly killed il the wrecking of
their engine by a broken rail five miles
east of Tama, Ia, on the 31st.
THE Supreme Court of the United States
resumed its sessions on the I'd.
D. LOWTHER SMITH was, on the 31st, ap-
pointed commissioner of public works by
Mayor Hewitt of New York.
OFFICIAL returns from the Congo Free
State show that the expenses of the gov
eminent for 1887 were nearly 100000
francs.
THE sentence of Mr.. Edward Harring-
ton to six months imprisonment at hard
labor, recently, has aroused the Irish
press to fierce indignation.
Four radical members of the Servian
Chamber of Deputies were arrested, on
the ID, on suspicion of conspiracy against
the government.
EARLY on New Years morning a cheap
lodging house on North Sixth street, in
st. Louis, was burned. Mrs. Mary Breis-
acher was killed and others were badly in
jured.
The extensive wholesale house of the
Drug Company, in st. Louis,
was entirely destroyed by fire on the
of the 1st. Loss on stock, $780,
900; insurance, S6O0,000. Loss on building,
100000. Anthony Geraghty, the watch
man, was killed, and colored man is
missing.
a SILK syndicate has been formed by
some of the richest silk firms of London
and Lyons, France.
THE residence of VIM. Gerold, of Terre
Haute, Ind, was burned on the I'd. Mrs.
Gerald and her two children, boy and
girl, were taken from the building in an
unconscious condition. The boy died
pected to live.
SENATOR HoAR presented q petition of
the National Woman's Suffrage Associa-
ton to Congress, on the I'd, praying the
adoption of q constitutional amendment
giving women the right to vote.
COLONEL NORRIS r. HAMILTON, who has
occupied editorial positions on leading
New York and Philadelphia papers was,
on the ID, reappointed State librarian OF
New Jersey for a term of five years.
MR.. DoLPH presented to the Senate, on
the I'd, a memorial of the National Board
of Trade, praying liberal appropriations
for public works, and particularly for river
and harbor improvements and coast de-
lenses.
SENATOR FRYE had not returned to
ed. He was detained at his home in
Maine by the illness oe his wife, which,
however, was not serious.
THE opera house at Hicksville, O., was
burned, on the LIST, entailing loss OF So
900. The fire is said to have been of in
cendiary origin.
A DAUGHTER of the Archduka of Aus
tria, Archduchess Marguerite Cle,aen-
tine, has been betrothed to Prince Albert
Of Thurn and Taxis.
DIR. JOS. l.. BoDINE, the most prominent
physician OF trenton, y. j.. died on the
I'd. He had held a number of positions
under the State government
PRINCESS NATALIE, late Queen of Ser
via, has been invited to spend the Rus
sian Christmas with the Cars household
in st. Petersburg.
THE President sent to the Senate, on the
I'd, an executive communication on the
question of the Chinese treaty. 1t con-
talns an elaboration of the facts previous
ly made public by the Administration and
q copy of dispatch from the Chinese
Government refusing to ratify the treaty
unless given further time to consider it.
The Secretary of State has received
dispatch from the United States Consul
at Puerto Plata, dated December Is. say
ing that the revolution IN the northern
part of San Domingo had been suppressed,
and that many of the participants had
been arrested.
A REPORT in circulation in Berlin, on
the I'd, that the Emperor had conferred
the order of the Black Eagle upon Herr
Won Futtkamer, created much excitement
among the Liberals
ELEVEN vessels bound either to or from
or owned in that city, went
to the bottom OF the ocean, with a
loss of lis lives, during the year 1883,
while nine more were wrecked, but fort
unately without loss of life. The prop
erty swallowed up with these twenty yes
sells was valued at SS50.090.