Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE third annual dinner of the BoS-
ton Chamber of Commerce was held, on
the night of the 18th, at the fremont
House, President Alden Speare presid-
ing. Nearly two hundred guests were
in attendance, including many of the
solid business men of tho city.
On the 18th the khedive sent spe-
cial train to meet Stanley at Suez.
THE American Society for Psychical
Research held it's annual meeting in
Boston on the night of the 18th. Prof.
VIM. James, of Harvard, presided, and
stated that, owing to a lack of funds, it
would be impossible to successfully
prosecute the work of the society in its
present form any longer. 1t was ac-
cordingly voted to disband the society
Immediately and reorganize as an Amer
lean branch of the English Society of
Psychical Research.
JOHN BURNS, the London labor lead
er, has written to the officers of the
American Federation of Labor saying
that he cannot come to the United
States to lecture as requested.
Mrs. FITzGEoRGE, wife of the Duke
of Cambridge, died on the 18th.
NEWSPAPERS received from Brazil
state that on November IS, when news
of the revolution reached Manahoa,
there was collision between citizens
and troops, four of the former being
killed and number wounded. When
the President appointed by the Provi-
SiOnal Government arrived another out
break occurred, but there was no blood
shed.
TIE Johnstown flood commission met
in Philadelphia, on the 18th, and re-
ceived the report of the secretary.
IN consequence of the extreme pres
sure brought to bear upon him, the Sui
tan of Zanzibar has accepted the terms
laid down by the Russian Government
with reference to the customs service on
the coast line.
THE boiler of a steam shovel used on
the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad at
Fallston, Pa, exploded on the 18th.
Wesley Frances and Benjamin Jackson
were fatally injured. Ten other en-
ployes were more or less seriously in
jured.
THE following is list of the new
Portuguese Cabinet officers: Premier
and Minister of the Interior and ad in
term Minister of War, Pimental; Min
lister of Justice, LOyronaS; Minister of
Finance, Bianco; Minister of Marine,
Arroyo; Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Ribiero; Minister of Public Works,
Aronca.
GOVERNOR HILL of New York. on the
18th, decided the Mississippi extradi
ton cases. He revoked his warrant for
Johnson, Wallely and Har ding, but de-
cided that the other five (Muldoon,
Donovan, Murphy, Cleary and Butler)
should be taken to Mississippi in pur-
suance of Governor Lowry's requisition.
SENATOR CULLoM. on the 18th. intro
duced bill providing for the establish
ment of a bureau of the War Depart
ment to be known as the Bureau of Har-
bors and Waterways, to be charged with
the construction, execution. conduct
and preservation of the harbor and wa
terway works of navigation now being
operated by the United States.
IN the secret session of the Senate,
on the 18th. the Russian Extradition
treaty was under consideration. Dur
ing the discussion great deal of oppo-
sitlon to the clause providing for the
eXtradition of political criminals devel-
oped, and after short debate the Senate
recommitted the treaty to the commit
tee on foreign relations.
WALKER BLAINE. solicitor of the
State Department., died of pneumonia,at
eight o'clock on the evening of the 10Th,
at his fathers residence in Washington.
He was young man of unusual promise.
DAVID BLANCK, one of Philadelphla's
best-known cricket players, has been
missing since about the 1st. He then
left Philadelphia for Washington, and
has not been heard from since passing
Baltimore.