Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-02-13
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE discovery was made upon the ar
rival of the steamship La Plata, from
Buenos Ayres, at Antwerp, on the 4th,
that S170,O worth of specie bonds had
been stolen from the pursers safe dur
ing the voyage. The money was part
of large shipment from the Argentine
capital to the Antwerp banks.
LARGE numbers of pc, c-es who intend
to locate on the Sioux reservation in
South Dakota when the proclamation
opening it is issued are steadily arriv
ing in the vicinity. They have pur-
chased supplies and are ready to move
at a moments notice.
JUDGE FLEMING was declared elected
Governor of West Virginia by the Leg
islature of that State, on the 4th, by
vote of 43 to 40. His Inauguration was
set for the 9th, to be followed by an in
augural ball on the evening of that date.
AUGUST 10 the annual convention of
the American Society of Microscopists
will assemble at Louisville, K, the ex-
ecutive committee having SO decided.
THE Legislature of Virginia, on the
5th, adopted, unanimously, resolutions
of sympathy for Secretary Tracy in his
affection.
THE British Minister at Athens has
sent protest to the Porte against the
Cretan firman, intimating that the Pow
ers are disposed to interfere.
THE annual convention of the Ma
tional Guard Association of the United
States met in Washington, on the 5th,
and at once began discussing plans for
legislation to be urged in Congress to
secure Government equipment for State
militia.
THOMAS BARRY, who has achieved
some notoriety by attacking the Knights
of Labor and starting a workingmen's
society of his own, was barred out of the
convention of the Michigan Fedora ton
at East Saginaw on the 5th.
THE annual encampment of the Mas
sachusetts Grand Army of the Republic
began at Boston on the 5th. General
Alger, Commander-in-Ch addressed
the comrades in advocacy of the imme-
date passage of the Dependent Pension
bill.
LORD SALISBURY has arranged for i'm
mediate occupation by England of the
Makololo and Shire districts of South
east Africa.
LAMPsoN, the Republican Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, who was ousted from
his position by the Democratic Senate,
has decided. after consultation with his
attorneys, not to carry the case to the
Supreme Court.
Miss CHARLOTTE DUNLAP, highly
respected young lady of Susquehanna,
Pa, who was connected with one of the
first families of the place, committed
suicide, on the 5th, by taking strychnine
1t is said that her act resulted from q
love affair.
A NEwSBoY named Thornton, with an
armful of books, was blown from a
train on the Grand Trunk railroad near
Brampton, Ont, as he was attempting
to pass between the cars. An engine was
sent back to recover what was thought
would be a mangled corpse, but he was
found to be comparatively uninjured.
A FRENCH loan of $4,000, 900 francs
will shortly be issued.
ADvICEs from Shanghai say that the
imperial troops have defeated the ma
tives of Formosa and destroyed their
stronrholds There was heavy loss.
Those of the natives who refused to &C
knowledge allegiance were killed I'M
merClfullV anu OIUen WIFI
THE influenza epidemic is increasing
| in Mexico. Whole settlements of In
dams have been attacked, and the death
rate is high. In Gaudalajara the dis
ease is especially prevalent. The mill
tary hospitals are unable to accommo-
date the large number of sick.
GRAVE fears are entertained by the
settlers of San Juan County, \. NJ, over
the demonstrations being made by the
| Navajo Indians. Frank III. Quinn ar
rived in Durango, Col, on the 9Th, from
the San Juan river with news that has
even startled the people of Durango,
who fear there may be general mas
sacre on the San Juan, La Plata and
| Animas rivers.
| IN the secret session of the Senate,
on the 9th, the resolution of Senator
| Edmunds declaring that the rights OF
| the United States in the harbor of Pago,
Pago were not infringed by the Samoan
| treaty, was rejected, SO to Is.