Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-01-10
Territory declared unconstitutional by Judge

| John p ST. John chosen permanent chgirman
- Louis ana Leg stature elected E. D. White
| U. s. Senator for term beginning March 4, 1891
| May 31-NatIonal Prohibition convention at
Indianapolis nominated Canton 3. Fisk, of New
! A. Brooks OF NJ ssour. for Vice-President.
| Jun. 1.-The Z. S. Senate confirms the nom
| inaton of Lieut. General Philip H. Sheridan to
be General of the Army under special act Of
Congress reviving that rank.
Jun. 4-Gov. Hill, OF New York, signed bill
abolish ng hanging for murder and substituting
| death by electricity :. Hermann (Rep.} elected
| to Congress from Oregon.
Jun. 5-Belva lockwood accepted nomina-
| ton OF Equal Rights party for President OF
| Juo. 6-P. A. Collins chosen permanent chair
man of Democratic National Committee at ST.
| Louis. Grover Cleveland renomlnated by ac-
| camation as Democratic candidate for Pres
| ident of United States.
| Jun. 7-Democratic National convention nom
| mated Allen G. Thurman for Vjce-Pres ident Of
United States adopted platform and ad-
| Jun 12-Jonathan Chace reelected U S.
| Senator by Rhode Island Legislature.
| Jun. 19-Repubi can National convention met
| in Chicago, and on the s0th elected NJ. NJ. Estee
| California; permanent chairman.
| Jun. 2l-Platform adopted by National Re-
| publican convention.
Jun. a5-Natonal Republican convention
nominated for President of the United States
| Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, and Levi P.
| Morton, OF New York. for Vice-President.
Jul. 11-U. s. Senator M S. Quay, of Penn
| sylvania, elected chairman OF the Republican
Jul. 17-Calvin S. Brice co. elected Chairman
| National Democratic Camraign Committee.
| Jul. 20-MelvilIe W. Fuller confirmed by q.
S. Senate Chief Justice of U. S. Supreme
| Court
| Jul 21-M1ls Tariff bill passed by Q. s. House
| Aug. 14-Major-General Schofeld placed in
| command of U. S. army
Aug. l5-At the convention in Washingto OF
| the American party James l.. Curtis New
| York, was nominated for President U. S. and
| James n. Greer, Tennessee for Vice-President.
| Aug. 21-U. S. Senate refused-30 to 27-to
! ratlfy fisheries treaty.
| Sept. 3-Eagle Dem.) elected Governor OF
| Arkansas by about II, 90 majority.
| Sept. House bill excluding Chinese passed
in Q. S. Senate-T to 3:
| Sept. S-"Retaliation'' bill passed in Q. S.
| House of Representatives-174 to 4....Judge
| James M. Greer declined nomin alton for V .ce-
| President on American party ticket.
| favor of Republicans; plurality OF 1s,495 for
Burleigh for Governor.
! ed Commander in-Chef OF G. A. r.
| Sep. 17-Motion' to reconsider vote passing
Chinese Exclusion bill rejected in U. >. Senate
30 to 21.
Sep a1-President Cleveland received official
| information Of refusal of Chinese Government
Sep s6-John Il Oberiy nominated by Pres
ident Cleveland to be Commissioner OF Indian
Oct. l-President Cleveland signed Chinese
Oct. Substitute for Mills Tariff bill re-
! ported in United States Senate. p. D. Wig
| CLINTON, Of California, selected to fill vacancy
| caused by Judge Greer's declnation of Amer
| lean party's nomination for Vice-President 80.
| Governor Gordon and other State officials re-
Oct s-CnietJustice Fuller took the oath OF
| office at Washington.
Oct l7-Ex-Pres dent R. B. Hayes elected
commander in-chier of the Loyal Legion OF the
United States.
| Oct. 19-F./eenth annual convention of Ma
| tional W. {. T. Q. met in New York, Miss
| Frances Z. Willard delivering the annual adj
| dress.
| Oct. 90 First session of the Fiftieth Con-
gress, the longest for nearly hundred years,
| ended by adjournment sine dtS.
| Oct. 2a-Miss Frances E. Willard reelected
| president Of Nat onal w. c. T. y.
Oct. 26-Alfred H. Love declined cand dacy
| for VicePresldent on National Equal Rights
| (Belva Lockwood) ticket.
Oct. gu. S. Supreme Court decided State
| license tax upon commercial travellers from
| other States TO be unconstitutional
Oct. 30-Lord Sackville West British Minis
| ter at Washington, notified by Secretary Bay
| ard that he not acceptable representa-
| tive to the United States.
Nov. president Cleveland issued Thanks
| giving proclamation.
Nov 6-Presidential election in United States
resulted in choice of General Benjamin Harri
| son for President and Levi p. Morton for Wee
President States electng a33 Republican
| electors to IS States choosing 16s Democratic
| electors. Popular vote, 11,340,51s, divided as
fol ows: Cleveland, 5,53S, o45; Harrison, $780,
| COZ: Fisk, 2572f3 Labor, ia, GA.
| Nov. 20-Alfred H. Colqutt reelected U. S.
Senator by Georgia Legislature.
| Nov. 21-El iah ". Halford, managing editor
private secretary by President-elect Harrison.
Nov. a3-Mr. Powderly reelected Master
| w Orknan OF pno Au1SltS Oh LaDOr.
Nov. 2S-Alabama Legislature reelected
| John T. Morgan q. S. Senator.
| Dec. 3-Second session of Fiftieth Congress
| begun at Washington
| Dec. 7-Governor Beaver. of Pennsylvania,
| ele cted president of American forestry Con-
| greSs in session at Atlanta, Ga.
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
| Feb. 9-Prof Francis Patton, D. D., LII D.,
| elected president of Princeton On j. College.
| May Bishop Ireland, ST. Paul, Mimi, ele-
| waited to Archbishopric, with jurisdiction
| over Minnesota and Dakota.
| May 7-Methodlst General Conference, in ses-
sion in New York, decided-249 to 173-not
| to admit women delegates: Eighteenth quad
rennial session OF the African M e Church h. q
| Parmly, of New Jersey, elected president Of
American and Foreign Bible Society.
May 11-Southern Baptist convention met at
| Richmond, Va
May 15-Amercan Women's Baptist Home
Mission Society held its eleventh annual meet
| ing at Washington.
May 17-Presbyterian General Assembly
opened its centenni al meeting at Philadelphia.
May 19-African Methodist Conference at
| Indianapolis elected Messrs Arnett, Gaines,
Tanner and Grant as Bishops.
| May 22-S. A Pilsbury elected president OF
| American Baptist Missionary Union 49,. John
| Fl. Vincent and j. N. Fitzgerald elected Bish-
ops by Methodist General Conference in session
May % and pa. W. joyce J. P. Newman
and d; A: Goodsell elected Bishops by the
| May 25-James NJ Thoburn chosen Mission
airy Bishop to India by Methodist General Con-
|
| Jul 26-George w Brown elected president
of Business Educators National invention in
session at Minneapolis, Mimi.
| Sep. 7-Report of q. S. Commissioner OF
Education places the daily attendance of chill
dren at public schools during the past year at
100000.
Dec. 12-Elliott T. Shepard, of New York,
elected president of the National Sabbath
| Union. in session in Washington.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Apr. 16-D. A. Hoffman, Jackson,
! Mo-, while insane, set his house on fire and
three of his children persisted in the building
and he and three other children were fatally
| burned.
Apr. 2s-A little boy hanged himself near
Grove City, Pa, because his mother whipped
| him.
May liza man aged TO and woman aged
~ married at Shelbyville, ILL.,, making the
fourth marriage of the groom and the fifth OF
Jun. 21-Paul Wittle, a ten-year-old boy in
New York City, committed suicide through
fear of punishment for playing truant.
| Jun. GA young woman committed suicide
by jumping from the suspension bridge at
! Niagara Falls.
| Jul 31-Two maiden ladies near Dansvile,
| w. Va, discovered burglars in their house, and
shot one dead and fatally injured another.
Aug. 10-Residents of Jacksonville, Fla,
| evacuating city because of yellow-fever scare.
Aug. 11-Remains of General Sheridan en-
tombed at Arlington Heights Cemetery, Wash
Sep. Mrs. Steinlee, Delhi, O., while insane,
drowned her Two little children and herself.
Sep. 5-Winnie johnson, largest colored
woman in the world, weighing $40 pounds, died
at Baltimore, Md.
Sep. ga tramp near Cameron, Mo-, at
tackled sixteen-year-old boy, when the lat
ter's brother, aged Ia, opened fire on the tramp
and shot both him and his brother. Mrs.
| McCune, Mastic. Pa, hanged herself because
| IA vicious horse at Bragtown, Ind, bit off
the top of the head OF a three-year old boy,
| causing instant death.
Sep. 11-Mnnle J. Brown. Providence, r. L.,
| aged A. committed suicide because her mother