Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-10-16
Two steerace PASSENGERS ON 1na

| New Ork TO l1NefpOOl. Inc paSSen-
gers made up purse of $3.50 for the
widow and children of one of the men.
A PHILADELPHIA thief, on the Sth,
stole silk dress from Pauline Hall, the
actress, and went to pawn shop to dis
pose of it. Seeing detectives in the
room, he laid the bundle on the counter
and said he would call again. An ex-
animation of the bundle revealed S25,
600 worth of damon and other iewelry
in silk stocking tucked in a sleeve of
the dress. The valuables were re-
stored to the owner.
| The result of the Edelman- am
tragedy at Atlanta. Ga, is that while
the homicide is free man, the two
| witnesses whose testimony cleared him
are in the penitentiary for perjury.
| a YOUNG woman at Redwood City,
Cal, forced to marry against her will,
committed suicide and the minister VIII o
| performed the marriage ceremony
preached her funeral sermon.
AT the close of the service in the
| Cathedral of Koumkapeo, Turkey, on
| the 9th. an Armenian in the congrega-
| tion fired two shots at the archpriest.
| Neither of the bullets took effect. The
man escaped.
THAT portion of the new Indiana
Election law, passed by the last Legis-
laturc, adding conditions to the aualifi-
cations of voters, has been declared I'M
constitut ional by the Supreme Court
II is said that the coal miners of the
Monongahela pa. distri ct will demand
an increase of half a cent per bushel.
If the operators refuse the demand a
strike will ensue which will affect 6, 900
miners.
SURVEYS of the Pennsylvania ship
canal are practically finished, and the
commission appointed by the Legisla-
ture will ask the State to complete the
canal, along the Beaver river route, to
Lake Erie.
TIE Camden On. j. coroner's jury has
returned a verdict holding Francis
Lingo for the murder of Mrs. Miller,
and he will be held in the county Jail to
await the action of the grand jury.
On the 9th the Count of Paris and
party, including Colonel Coppinger L.
5. A. visited Fortress Monroe and Rich
mond. Va.
THERE has been heavy fall of snow
on Mount Shasta, Cal, and at Sisson
light snow fell at intervals on the Sth.
JAMES a. SIMMONS, against whom an
Indictment has been found for aiding
and abetting Peter Classen in wreckins
the Sixth National Bank of New York
City, failed to put in an appearance be-
fore Judge Benedict in the United States
Circuit Court, on the 9th, when the case
was called. His bond of $50 coo was
declared forfeited.
JUDGE BAREETT, of the New York
On no
cell. who was arrested on suspicion of
stealing some $4,000 from the safe in
the Vendome Hotel a few weeks ago
He was irraigned on writ of habeas
corpus. The evidence was insufficient
to hold him.
y NUMBER of deaf-mutes assem- bled in
Boston, on the 9th, and were addressed
in the sign language by several promi-
nent mutes in protest against recent
ly-promulgated theory of Prof. Alexan-
der Graham Bell that the offspring of
congenital deaf and dumb parents are
almost certain to inherit these defects,
and urging Congress to pass a law pre-
venting their ntermarriage.
IT has recently leaked out tina: DR..
Roy V. Pierce, of Buffalo, n. Y, is de-
PENDANT in a suit for 500, 900 on the
ground of having alienated the affec-
tions of Mrs. William 5. Wyse, of New
York. The doctor declares it case of
blackmail.
An explosion occurred, on the 10th.
in the pyrotechnic school at Bourges,
France, which is a leading cent ter of
military and industrial manufactures,
and capital of the department of Cher.
Ten persons were killed and many in
jured by the explosion.
THE Vienna municipal authorities
have voted to contribute 5000 fiorins to
the fund for the relief of such work
men as may be deprived of employment
by reason of the United States tariff.
PORTUGUESE gun-boats have formed a
naval Gordon across the mouth of the
Zambesi river, to offer passive resistance
to the passage of British stern wheel
boats should they attempt to ascend the
river.