Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-03-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
AT a caucus of Democratic Senators,
held in Washington, on the 5th, Senators
Cockrell, Kenna and Harris were ap-
| pointed committee to discuss with Re-
publican Senators the arrangement of the
| committees and the order of executive
| business.
| Mr.. WINDOW, the newly appointed Sec
rotary of the Treasury, called upon Sec
rotary Fairchild, ON the 9TH, and had a
| long talk with him.
| GENERAL BOULANGER, in a letter to Sem
| atOr Naquet, disclaims any of the war
like intentions attributed to him by the
Paris correspondent of the London Times.
| VISCoUET VAUDEVILLE, the eldest son of
the Duke of Manchester (England),
has been declared bankrupt. His debts
amount to f120,0OO. His bankruptcy is
attributed to betting, gambling and liV-
/ ing in excess of his income.
| FATHER CoEN, of WOodford, Ireland,
| the famous land agitator, died on the 9th.
KING MILAN abdicated the throne of
| Servia in favor of his son on the 9th. The
| young Prince Alexander was proclaimed
Kiag on the 18th. Premier Ristics and
| NM. Protitich, Belimar and Kovic were
| appointed regents until the Prince be-
comes of age.
THE American pilgrims to Palestine,
numbering forty priests and two bishops,
| left Paris on the 9th.
ALL the members of the new Cabinet
took the oath of Office, on the 9th, and as
| sumed the duties of their respective
| offices.
| On the 9th, Assistant Secretary Rives, of
the State Department, anticipated the in
evitable, and resigned.
| portion of the White House is made
necessary by the increased number of it's
| occupants.
THE newly organized Tariff Reform
League of Indiana, adopted a platform at
| Indianapolis on the 9th.
ROBERT GARRETT started, on the 9th, on
| his trip to Mexico.
| Mr.. PowDERLY is attempting to reor-
ganize the Knights of Labor.
| MAJOR HOTCHKISS, a veteran of the
| Mexican war and war of the rebellion, was
stricken with paralysis at Preston, Mimi,
on the 5th.
MRS. DRIsCoLL, wife of a farmer living
four miles from Oconomowoc, Wis, cut
off her hus ba nd's head with an axe while
he was asleep in bed on the 9th. She then
attempted to kill her sleeping boy. but
| was prevented by she timely awaking of
a daughter. She had been sick, and was
doubtless insane.
MINISTER VESTS successor will arrive
| in Washington early in April.
THE Grand Duke Alexandrovitch of
| Russia will wed Princess Alexandra of
Greece, on June 16
THE National Greenback conference at
Washington, on the eth, numbered rep
resentatives from eighteen States.
| COLONEL SWORDS, of Iowa, is men
| toned for the Office of sergeant alarms
| of the Senate.
GENERAL ADAM BADEAU wants SD 800
| damages from Charles L. Webster & Co.,
| of New York, for failure to publish his
book, 'Grant in Peace" intended as a
| companion volume to Grants Me-
mOirS."
JOHN C. Emo, of New York, has gone to
Ottawa to lobby against an amendmentto
the Canadian EXtraditiOn act, providing
for the return to the United States of for
gers, embezzlers, betrayers of trusts and
other offenders.
THE Boursen Zeitung says that the prop
oSition OF the United States to submit the
Samoan affairs which concern Germany
and the United States alone, to arbitra-
| ton, finds no objection in Germany, but
the latter country adheres to the opinion
that the Berlin conference should settle
| the questions involving Germany, Great
Britain and the United States.
THE Breslau Germany Schlesische
Zeitung of the eth prints the following
sens ational private telegram from Samoa:
"The German frigate Olga has bombarded
Mataafa's camp. The captain of an Amer
lean man of war protested, but seeing his
protest disregarded he opened fire on the
Olga. The shell burst between decks,
doing much damage. The Olga then di-
rected torpedo at the American ship,
blowing her up with all hands"
THE six-year-old son of Mrs. Mars hal
Fultz, of Columbus. Ind, was fatally
burned, on the 9th, by his clothing catch
ing fire from a stove.
THE leaders of the French Patriotic
League will be prosecuted for organizing
illegal societies in order to avoid trial by
jury, as the original charge demands.
THE Boulangist papers accuse the French
Government of supporting gambling IN
copper.
SENATOR BECK. of Kentucky, has almost
entirely recovered his health.
j. H. BAKER was fatally injured by
fall from fire escape, which he was ex-
| hibiting at st. Paul, Mimi, on the 9th.
| HERR STRUBLE has been appointed
| special German Commissioner to Samoa,
10 control the German squadron there
| and to restore order
Representative LAIRD, of Nebraska,
mas fully recovered his health, and is in
| Washington.
| DR- HARRINGTON, of Huntingburg Ind,
Is under arrest for issuing fraudulent PEN
sion papers.
j. III. MAcGARAHAN. a well-known Jour-
nallst OF New York City, dropped dead of
| heart disease on the It'll
| L. '. WILLIAMSON, Philadelphia's aged
and honored philanthropist. died at four
O'Clock on the morning of the 7th.
| SEYMOUR, Ind, has contracted for a
water-works system, to be completed by
November next, at a cost of 100000.
| PRESIDENT CARNoT, on the Sth, signed
| the decree revoking the sentence Of exile
| against the Due d'Aumale