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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30
NEWS AND NOTES,
4 Summary of Important Events.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.

IN the Senate, on the 20th, the principal
features of the days proceedings were the
speeches of Senators Pascoe and Chandler
on the paragraph in the Presidents message
respecting Federal control of elections. Mr..
Ingalls, gave notice that on the 23d he would
move the consideration of Mr.. Buffers bill
for the deportation of Southern negroes, for
the purpose of making some observations
thereon.-.--.In the House the Speaker an
nounced the appointment OF the Worlds
Fair committee as follows: Messrs. Gambler
(Mass.), Hit Iu), Bowdoin (Va.), Beldon
On ", Frank (Mo.), Springer (Ill), Hatch
(Mo.l, Wilson wv. Va.) and Flower (N. ".
The House then went into committee of the
whole on the Oklahoma Town site bill.
IN the Senate, on the 2lst, Mr.. Berry (Mo.)
addressed the Senate on his BILL adversely
reported, requiring the superintendent of
census to collect statistics of farm mort
cages, which, after general debate, went
over The calendar was then taken up and
a number of bills were passed, after which
the Senate went into executive session. -. In
the House the day was consumed in wran-
gle over a ruling by the Sp eaker The APP
peal from the decision of the Speaker (de-
ching to recognize demand for tellers)
was finally laid upon the table-yeaS l49,
nays 136.
IN the Senate, on the 22d, the bill provid-
ing for census of farm mortgages was fur
Their discussed and referred. number of
bills on the culendar were passed Febru-
airy was agreed upon as the day for taking
up the Blair Educational bill, after which
consideration of the calendar was resumed.
$500. In the House the Oklahoma Town Site
Entry bill was passed, and the bill for the
erection of three United States peEiten-
tiarieS, one to the north and another to the
south of the thirty ninth degree of north
latitude and east of the Rocky mountains,
and one to the west of the Rocky mountains
was considered in committee of the whole.
IN the Senate, on Che 23d, after the routine
business of the morning had been disposed
of, Mr. Ingalls, called up the bill to Assist
the Emigration of People of Color from the
Southern States, and asked that it be read
at length by the clerk. after which he deliv
cred ii long speech in opposition to the
measure, which was listened to with intense
interest by crowded floor and galleries
In the House, after the passage of some resO
buttons, several bills We're reported from
committees, ordered printed and recommit-
ted, after which the House went into com
mittee of the whole on the Customs Admin
iStrative bill.
The Senate W as not in session on the oath.
$500. In the House the only important mat
ter considered was the Customs Adminstra-
tive bill, the pending amendment being that
requiring goods about the payment of the
duty on which there is any controversy to re-
main in the custody of the Government
pending settlement, which was finally de-
feated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30
AN AWFUL ACCIDENT.
A Father and Mother Their Why to
Bury Their Babe Killed by Railway
Train-Two Others So Badly Injured
that They Die.

a Father and Mother on Their Why to
Bury Their Babe Killed by n Railway
Train-Two Others So Badly Injured
that They Die.
CHICAGO, Jan. GA most distressing
accident which resulted in the death of
four persons, occurred at Rose Hill
Cemetery, a few miles from here, on
the Chicago e Northwestern railroad,
yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Fred Payne were on
their way to bury their fiye-months-old
babe, with a few friends who were ac-
companying them to the cemetery.
There were only four carriages in the
procession. Mr.. and Mrs. Payne were
in the carriage Immediately following
the hearse, and with them were Mrs.
William Reprogel and Grace Payne,
their little daughter. AS the Payne
carriage came squarely on the track,
the Milwaukee express, which was four
minutes behind time and was nearing
the city at high rate Of speed, struck
the carriage in the center, tearing it
into splinters and instantly killing Mr..
and Mrs. Payne, and so seriously injur-
ing Mrs Reprogel and Simon Anderson,
the driver of the carriage, that they
died within two hours afterward.
All who Witnessed or knew anything
of the occurrence agree that no warning
whatever of its approach was given by
the flying train.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE Senate was not in session on the
25th......In the House, Immediately att
er the reading of the Journal, the Gus
toms Administrative bill was taken up
in committee of the whole. Amend
ments offered by Messrs. Bland and
Breckenridge were lost Mr.. Mckinley
offered an additional section relating to
the withdrawal of bonded goods, which
was adopted. After several other
amendments had been offered and re-
jected, the committee arose and report
ed the bill to the House when it was
passed. February Is was assigned for
eulogies to the memory of the late Rep
resentative r. w. Townshend, of 1lli-
nois.
HERR KNOTHE, a German clothmaker
at Tomazow, Russian Poland, has failed.
His liabilities are half million rou-
bles. Herr Knothe's embarrassments
were caused by the withdrawal of Rus
sian trade and the enormous export
duty imposed upon his products.
A SWISS Catholic congress will shortly
be convened at Freiburg. 1t will be
the first conference of the kind ever
held in Switzerland.
THE founding hospitals in Russia are
to be reformed. Investigation discloses
that seventy-seven per cent. of the in
mates die in infancy and another eleven
per cent. before they arrive at the age
Of twenty-one.
A LARGE number of Russians, trevcl-
ing through Roumania ostensibly as
peddlers, have been arrested for incit-
ing the Roumania peasantry against the
government The number of Russian
spies infesting the Balkan States has
increased of late. and their presence is
causing a great deal of uneasiness to
The various Balkan governments.
EMpERoR WILLIAM is devoting several
hours each day to the practice of fenc-
ing.
Mrs. HARRISON gave her first public
reception. on the afternoon of the 18th,
from three to five o'clock. 1t was nu-
merously attended.
THE Rio Grande express was blown
from the track at Monument, Col, on
the 25th, and several passengers were
injured. The two coaches and sleeper
which were blown from the track took
fire, but by great efforts the train men
succeeded in extinguishing the flames
before any one was burned.
Miss BIsI.AND, the Cosmopolitan Mag
azine's round the-world traveller, who
started on the same day with Nellie
BLY,, is a passenger on the steamship
Bothnia, which sailed from Queenstown
for New York on the 10th.
PETROLEUM has been struck at Johns.
town, \. Y, at depth of 915 feet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30
Still Discussing Revision,

New YORK, Jan. 24.-The whole of
The sessi of the New York Presbytery
yesterday afternoon at the Second Pres
byterian Church was occupied by con-
tinuance of the debate on the question
of a revision of the Confession of Faith.
The time was taken up according to rule
by alternate debaters for and against
the change. 1t is understood that the
members who favor the report of the
committee recommending the change
have safe majority, but some telling
speeches were made against their posi-
ton. The end of the debate seems still
far off. 1t was decided to sit to-day as
usual and adjourn over to Monday after
noon, in order to give the clergymen an
opportunity to prepare for their Sunday
sermons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

BRISTOL. r. l., Jan. 24-The United
States sea-going torpedo boat No. 1 was
successfully launched at 9:45 a. m. YES
terday from the ship-yard of the HERES
hoff Manufacturing Company. A bottle
of champagne was broken over her bows
and the boatwas christened Gushing by
Miss Catherine X. Herreshoff, daughter
OF the president of the company. The
fires were started as the vessel left the
ways, and within thirty-two minutes
after striking the water the auxiliary
machinery was started. Rear-Admiral $
Il. Luce, CommanderG. A Converse and
Lieutenant Winslow, were present.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

in the galleries. Sen
a tors Dawes and
Blodgett were readin g
newspapers, Senator
Wolcott examining a
magazine. Members
from the House OF
Representatives walk
ed about among the
Senators, chatting with
them. or curiouSly
watching the crowds
in the gallery. At 1:49
~. IN. Senator ingalls,
entered the chamber
from the Republican
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30
A Terrible Case of Infanticide.

Mile Green, colored, sixteen years
old, residing at Georgetown, four miles
north of Sedalia, has been arrested
charged with killing her infant child on
December so. After killing the child,
it is charged. she buried its body in the
yard, and day or two ago the hogs
rooted it up and were devouring it when
the discovery was made.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

1NDIANoLA, Ia, Jan. 23.-Potts. the
noted Des Moines 'Searcher," has been
sentenced to three years in the peni.
tertiary on an indictment for perjury
growing out of one of his liouor sa;1
ureS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30
prematurely Gray.

LONDON, Jan. 24.-In letter to a
friend in London Stanley waites: MY
hair is like the snow from Ruwenzori.
but it is the crown of a busy period and
l wear it without regret as the gift Of
Time
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30
Threatened Coal Famine

CHICAGO, Jan. ga special from Fit.
Dodge, Ia, says: Northern Iowa ia
threatened with an immediate coal
famine, and If the present cold weather
continues great suffering is sure to re,
suit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

THE Dublin Freeman Journal says
that Michael Davitt in his lecture at
Cork, on the 22d, declared his undated
confidence in Mr.. Parnell and his stead
fast LOYALTY to him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

THE Counsel of State of Holland has
given its approval to bill providing
for the purchase of important lines of
railroad by the government.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

ASSISTANT SECRETARY TICHENoE de-
cided, on the 21st, that imported over
weight cigarettes must be regarded as
cigars, and are liable TO internal-revenue
tax the same as cigars.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

MGR. GRUSCHA, haplain-General of
the Imperial army of Austria, will sue
coed the late Cardinal Bauer as Arch
bishop of Vienna.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

A gentleman, in apologizing for lam
guage used, said: Il did not mean to
say what / did, but the fact is that. as
you will see, | have had the misfortune
to lose some of my front teeth, and
words slip out of my mouth every now
and then without my knowing it,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

The shoemakers of Erfurt. Germany,
went out on general strike, on the
23d, for an increase of wages.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

treal, Can, general inspector of out
ports and agent of the customs secret
service died, on the 21st, of pneumonia
resulting from influenza.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

On the oath the Syracuse On. " Iron
Works property, which has been in liti-
CATION since 1884, was sold on a judg-
ment in favor of the holders of $50, 600
worth of the bonds of the assigned COM
pany.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

Mr. JOSEPH HICksON, managing di-
rector of the Grand Trunk railway OF
Canada, was, on the 21st, gazetted a
knight.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30
NET TONS.
Estimated.

We do not think that we will pass
Great Britain In 1890 if trade in both
countries continues as it is but in 1889
we exceeded her production in 1887.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

REV. Dr.. TALMAGE took luncheon and
spent the afternoon of the oath with Mr..
Gladstone at Hawarden Castle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

MIR. GLADSTONE in a speech at Ches-
ter, on the 22d, said he would decline to
criticize the British Governments dis
pute with Portugal until he should be-
come better informed in the matter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

BY the death of Mr.. Christopher r. NJ.
Talbot, Liberal NJ. z. for Glamorgan-
shire, his three daughters inherit in
equal shares an estate valued at e5, O00,-
O0n
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

On the oath Herr Most was sentenced
to one years Imprisonment and $500 fine
for his fiery utterances in a speech in
New York City about the time of the
hanging of the Chicago Anarchists.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

AT banquet given in his honor, on
the 21st, Mayor White of Windsor, Ont,
said he was not afraid to stand by
platform the chief plank of which was
political union with the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30
Committed Suicide.

Conrad Bodd, of ST. Louis, aged forty
eight, committed suicide by taking NOR
phine. He leaves wife and five chill.
dren.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

THE locomotive engineers of the Van
derbilt lines who had been in session at
the Tiff House in Buffalo, \. V, for
several days, left for their homes on the
oath, without making public any of their
proceedings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

By vote of 141 to Al the Spanish
Chamber of Deputies has passed bill
granting the right of suffrage to all
male persons of Spanish birth of and
above the age of twenty-five years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

Many men run after felicity, said
Sydney Smith, like an absent-minded
man hunting for his hat, while all the
time it is on his head or in his hand.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

AT the meeting of the New York
State Bar Association at Albany, on the
21st, Colonel Robert G.. Ingersoll de-
ivered an eloquent address on Grimes
Against Criminals
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

FRANCIS Bowen. one of the oldest
professors of Harvard College, was
found dead in his bath-tub at Cam
bridge, Mass, on the 22d. He was
seventy-two years of age.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

"A picture dealer at Lancaster, Pa,
tried to get license to sell goods by
auction, but the local law prevented
him. He therefore had his clerk issue
an execution against him for 81 ,O0O and
now the sheriff will sell his goods by
auction
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

1T was reported on the oath that D..
Peters had arrived at Subaki
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

GENERAL. SHERMAN will be given a
dinner by the Union League Club of
New York City on February s. his sew
entieth birthday. President Harrison
and the members of the Cabinet are ex-
pected to attend.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30
THE RACE PROBLEM.
Speech by Senator ingalls,, Of Kan.
sas, On the Subject.
Reply to the Speeches of Senators Butler
and Morgan on the Latter's Measure
for the Deportation of Negroes
From American Soil.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The Senate droned
through the routine of the morning work.
There was a constant buzz of conversation
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

THE great bridge across the Firth of
Forth, which will be formally opened
by the Prince of Wales in March, was
tested, on the 21st. by the passage of a
train weighing 1000 tons. The testwas
pronounced in every respect a success.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Condition of st. Louis Banks.

A~~---@-1'
Secretary of State Lessueur has COM
pleted a compilation of the returns MADE
to him by the St. Louis banks doing
business under the State law. The call
was made on the banks to show their
condition at the close of business on De-
cember 81. 1889 and the figures given
bclow indicate that the st. Louis inan-
cial institutions are in very healthy
state. The last call prior to this one
was made in July last, and it showed
a total of S43, 80, 571.41, but of this
S.. PSI, 295. 35 was matured exchange,
and, under the law which went into eff
feet with the Revised Statutes, this
item is now omitted. The statement of
the st. Louis banks shows the following:
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts undeubtcd-
ly good on personal and col
lateral Securty........ SIS, j5O, 3GS 10
Loans and discounts undoubted-
ly good on real estate security. 991 1924 80
ers ....... .:............ ........ 176,5ss 80
United States bonds on hand. $50 o.
Other bonds and stocks at their
present cash market price. 3,015,403 50
ket value ..i ..... '........... 644.oe4 "a
Furniture and fixtures .......... 1903 10
Due from other banks, good on
Checks and other cash items 1,9O0362 II
National Bank notes, legal ten
der United States notes and
gold and silver certificates BIB S9S So
Gold cOIn................ ......... $50 50
Silver con............... 1882 81
Total. ......................$44, 272 81 Sc
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in ............S 5,450, 900 90
Surplus funds on hand......--- 3,S3S, S13 81
Deposits subject to draft At sight
by banks and bankers IL ...... 2,946, 324 81
Deposits subject to draft at sight
by individuals and others. g, S60,31 81
Deposits subject to draft at given
ttleS- 81 ,lS0 IN
Bills payable and bills redis-
counted. .......--...
Total - 81 Do IL Sc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

THE Comte de Paris, at the termina-
ton of his visit to Lisbon. will, instead
of returning to London, make visit to
America, lasting about two months, or
until the existing feeling in Portugal
against Great Britain shall have been
appeaSed
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

LORD HARRINGTON will shortly take a
trip TO recruit his health.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

"A good way to use bits of meat:
Chop fine and moisten with beaten eggs,
make into fat cakes and fry brown.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

TAE London Times correspondent at
Lisbon says strong protests have been
made against the Interpretation of hos
tility to England placed upon the pres
ence of the American Minister at the
anti-English meeting of the Geographic
cal Society.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

On the oath the schooner J. c. Craig
arrived at Portland. Me-, with the crew
of the schooner Fairfield which sank.
on the night of the 23d, nine miles off
Small Point. The crew took to the
boats and were picked up by the Craig.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

POSTMASTER GENERAL RAIKES, of
England, has assumed the parentage CT
a Colonial Penny Post bill which he in
tends to introduce in Parliament.
Meanwhile he is earnestly advocating
the measure on every available occasion
with the result of having already gained
several converts to his views.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

IN executive session of the Senate, on
the 22d, the seal of secresy was removed
from the Samoan treaty signed at Ber-
lin, June IA, 1889, by the plenipotenta-
ries of the United States, Germany and
Great Britain. The treaty had been
published before
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30
4 Pettis County Tragedy.

John Hastings, thirteen years old, the
son of Squire Samuel l.. Hastings, of
Dumpville, Pettis County, was accident
ally shot and instantly killed, a few
days since, by his brother William, aged
seventeen years. The boys were hunt
ing rabbits. when Williams gun was ac-
cidentally discharged, the shot striking
the boy in the left breast in the region
of the heart. He fell dead in his broth
ers arms. Coroner Overstreet decided
that an inquest was not necessary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

DIRECTOR OF THE MINT LEIGH denies
the published statement that 5000. 900
illegal United States silver dollars
made in Mexico and sent to the United
States are now in circulation. He says
he is unaware that any such coin is in
circulation anywhere in the United
States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

WIN. +. Villas, ex-Secretar of the In
terror, was in Washington on the 21st.
In the evening he attended dinner in
Baltimore, Md, but returned the next
day to the capital, to remain for several
days. This was Mr.. Villas first visit to
the capital since his retirement from
public life
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30
Cut Her Throat.

Mrs. Robert Craig, st. Louis mil
liner. while laboring under the halluci-
nation that she was pursued by persons
who wished to murder her, cut her throat
with a table-knife, inflicUing an ugly
cash. which, however, will not neces'
sarilV prOyp fatal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

Miss Clara Waldecker, a singularly
beautiful woman of twenty-eight sum-
mers, who claims to have supported her
sell ever since she was fourteen years
of age. is before the courts in st. Louis
as plaintiff in suit for the amount of
two notes f22, 400, in which her parent.
are defendants.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

Thirteen horses were cremated in a
St. Joseph stable a few nights ago.
There were 1876 horses and mules in the
stable when the fire broke out. The
celebrated trotting mare, Two Eyes
e. a fast PAGER. promising colt and a val
liable stallion were among the animals
cremated. The horses were owned by
Peter Podvant. who loses $1,000 with
81, 900 insurance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

An English lady of great beauty
and attraction who was an ardent adj
mirer of Ireland crowned her praises of
it at party by saying: Il think l was
meant for an Irishwoman." Gross the
channel, madam" said Lover. who was
present, land millions will say you were
meant for an Irishman. N. Y. Ledger.
Some women dread wrinkles almost
as much as they dread the approach of
death. They regard them as the auto
graphs which age writes upon the face,
hopeless epitaphs upon the tomb of
beauty. When wrinkles come lovers go;
and kisses are never pressed upon crows
feet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30

THE condition of abnormally low tenn
perature prevailing over the country, on
the morning of the 22d, was the most ex-
tensive of the season. With the eXcep-
ton of East Florida, Texas, New Mexico
and the Indian Territory the tempera-
ture over the entire country was below
the average.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-30
Why He Suicided.

The fact that Conrad Bobb, the st.
Louis barber who committed suicide, by
taking dose of morphine recently had
misappropriated and squandered the es-
tate of Peter Scherdin, of which he
was executor has just come to light and
furnishes clew to the motive for the
rash act.