Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-02-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A ROYAL decree has been signed au-
thorizing the completion of the defenses
of Lisbon, thorough reorganiza ton of
the Portuguese army and the purchase
of eight ships of war.
RI Hon. SIR PETER O'BRIEN, Chief
Justice of the Queens Bench division of
the Irish Court, will succeed Justice
Mash on the Irish Education Commits
sion.
THE Parnellite members of the Brit
ish House of Commons met, on the 18th,
and elected Mr.. Parnell chairman.
Resolutions were unanimously passed
expressing full confidence in the Irish
leader, and hopes that the present ses-
sion of Parliament would bring nearer
the legislative independence of Ireland.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has prohibited the
public exhibition of portraits of himself
or his ancestors without the imperial
sanction.
MoNSEIGNEUR RoTELLI. Papal Nuncio
at Paris. will shortly be elevated to the
Cardinalate.
DURING a recess in the trial of VIM.
Mayne, at San Diego, Cal, on the
18th, on the charge of assault to murder,
Bertha Johnson, the prosecuting wit
ness, shot Mayne three times, taking
effect in the head, neck and shoulder,
inflicting probably fatal wounds.
IN the suit for s., 900 damages brought
in New York City by Rev. a. 7. Miller,
a colored clergyman. against the Peo-
pies line of Albany & New York steam
boats, because of his being refused a
state-room. the jury. on the 18th, rem
dered verdict for $500.
GOVERNOR HovEY of Indiana, on the
18th, addressed the House committee on
invalid pensions in favor of the passage
of service-pension measure of some
kind, and Mr.. 5. T. Holman addressed
the committee on behalf of the army
nurses, and requested the passage of a
bill granting them pensions.
THE British Parliament convened on
the 18th.
\ SHUTDOWN of the wrapping paper
mills of the country is probable, owing
to over-production.
Mr. HoAR introduced in the Senate,
on the 11th, bill providing that I'm al
the States of the Union, Representatives
to Congress shall be elected in and for
the districts now prescribed by law I'M
til the apportiOnmento of Representatives
shall be made by Congress according to
the census to be taken in 1890, any law
of such States hereafter to be passed to
the contrary notwithstanding.
MOUNT Zoo, in the Bingo district of
Japan, began to rumble on January 16,
and the inhabitants of the nelghboring
villages rushed away from their homes
in great confusion. Soon the top of
the mountain was lifted off, sand and
stones being belched forth, some of
which fell at Midsunomimura, q village
six miles away. Only one man lost his
life, but fifty-fve houses were de-
stroyed. and the total loss sustained is
estimated at 50, 500, 900. This is the first
recorded eruption of Mount Zoo.
THE Pequest Iron Works in Warren
County. y. J., resumed operations, on
the 18th, after a total suspension of two
years.
SWITZERLAND has instructed her rep
resentatives to invite other governments
to participate in the approaching labor
conference at Berne.
THE latest decree of the provisional
government of Brazil establishes nine
national holidays. July is included in
the list, presumably by way of compii-
ment to the United States. Other holi-
DAYS are to be November Is, the day the
monarchy was overthrown; September
:, the anniversary of Brazil's indepen-
dence of Portugal, and May -, the day
that slavery was abolished.
THE Catholic Orphan Asylum on t1fth
avenue and Fifty-first street, New York
City, was damaged by fire to the extent
of $50. 900 on the 18th. The 400 male
inmates of the asylum all got out IN
safety.
THE Spanish Government has deter
mined to bring before the courts OF just
ice the defrauderS of the Cuban revenue
who escaped to America.
| HERR GERHARDT RHoLFS, the African
| traveller, has suggested that the Ger
man people subscribe fund of S123,OOO
| to enable Emin Pasha to extend the IN
fluence of Germany in Uganda and re-
! gain the lost province.
! ARISTTDES LoBo, Brazilian Minister
of the Interior, has withdrawn from the
Provisional Cabinet. and Cesaria Alyena
has been appoint ted to succeed him.