Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-12-25

CAPTAIN NoRToN's little life-boat was
signaled at Gibraltar on the 18th. All
on board were well. The boat was ex
pected to arrive at Toulon on the 10Th
after its long voyage from New York.
THE Sisters of the Most Holy Sacra-
ment is the name decided upon for the
new religious order to be established by
Sister Catherine Miss Kate DrexeD,
and which will have for its special object
the amelioration and improvement of
the condition of Indians and colored
people. 1t will be from the start the
richest religious order in the world, be-
ing endowed with Miss Drexel's entire
fortune of between 81, 200, 900 and IS, 00O,-
900.
DINNER and reception was given to
Judge and Mrs. Thurman at Columbus.
O., on the night of the 18th. in honor of
| the ''Old Romans seventy-seventh
birthday anniversary. Seventy seven Of
his neighbors and friends participated.
Mr.. CULLOM introduced in the Senate,
on the 18th, d bill to provide for the
payment of laborerS. cooks. nurses and
all who worked in the commissary de-
partment of the Government during the
late war: and also to place them on the
pension roll.
ELMER SHARkEY. the murderer of his
mother. and Henry Popp, who killed
Morris Grether, were hanged within the
Ohio State prison at Columbus, the
former at 1905 and the latter at 1929,
| on the morning of the 10th. Isaac
Smith. who was to have been hanged
| with them, was reprieved until March
90.
Hon. MICHAEL J. PHELAN, ex-Consul-
General of the United States at Halifax,
Nova Scotia, publisher Of the Western
Waterman and a prominent figure in
Catholic circles of st. Louis, dropped
dead on the street in front of his Office,
on the evening of the 18th, from heart
| disease.
Two of the foremost physicians of
Michigan. DIR. E. l.. Shurley, of Harper
Hospital, Detroit. and DIR. Heneage
Gibbs, of the Michigan State Universe
ty, announce that they have discovered
| a consumption cure, the efficacy of
which is beyond question.
JOSEPH DoNOGHUE, of Newburg, n. Y,
is capturing the skating laurels in Hol-
land. On the nth he won the mile
amateur championship, and on the 18th
| captured the three-mile amateur cham
pionship of Holland in the contests at
Amsterdam.
S. A. KEAN, the Chicago banker whose
failure has been announced, and his
cashier, Warne, were arrested, ON the
18th, charged with receiving deposits
while having full knowledge of the in
solvent condition of the bank.
ARTHUR HOYT DAY, of Rochester,
n. Y. who murdered his wife by push
ing her over the precipitous bank of the
Niagara river in July last, was hanged
at Welland, Ont, on the 18th.
THE effort made to secure the indict-
ment, by the Federal grand jury at In
dianapolis, of Attorney-General Miller
for violation of the ranking privilege,
was not successful
REM LA MONTAGUE. the murderer of
Napoleon Michel, his brother-in-law,
was hanged in the jail-yard at Sher-
brooke Que, on the 10th. just before
the execution Sheriff Webb died in
Jailer Reeds private office of acute
heart failure induced by excitement in
cident to the hanging.
THE Military Academy Appropriation
bill which was agreed to, on the 10th,
Nv Tic IlouSc oh lIlIlltdl y
fairs, provides literally for improve
ments at West Point. Among the items
is SIS. 900 for new tanks and bath rooms
for cadets.
In a speech at Kilkenny, on the 10Th.
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy, the new Irish
leader. deprecated the assault on Mr..
Parne'', and said it would secure it's
vistyI many votes which he would
otherwise never have received.
THE three patients being treated at
the University of Pennsylvania by the
Koch method each exhibited a slight
reaction on the 10Th. No other symp
toms except those expected had develop
ed.
THE plan for the conversion of the
Argentine paper issues into sterling
loan is said to have been settled. 1t
has been agreed by all the English
nitrate companies to limit their output
without increasing prices beyond fig
ures which will yield fair return on
the capital invested.