Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-27

| HE 1ceIlUS OI TIC Sallidd
against the United States on account
of the arrest and detention of the 1tata
continues to grow in bitterness. 1t is
| beyond their understanding why the
vessel should be detained SO long in
| California.
| Mrs. JAMES LYONS was shot and
killed by her husband at their home in
| Pawtucket, r. l., on the GOTH The
woman had a babe in her arms at the
time, and the shots were fred at such
close range that the burning powder
set fire to the infants clothing.
HoN. JOHN INGLEs, lord justice-gen-
eral of Scotland, died ON the goth, aged
81 years.
| THE burgomaster of 'Treves thinks
that 500, 900 pilgrims will visit that city
during the exhibition of the ''holy
coat"
Tom PACE, aged 16, an employee of
the Enslie Furnace Co, of Birming-
ham, Ala, fell into lake of molten
Stag, on the goth, and was roasted to
| death.
THE American Wheel Co., otherwise
the wheel trust, has been placed in the
hands of Noble Butler as receiver. The
| assets OF the concern are stated as ST.
JOS, 0o8; liabilities, S1,sO0,O0 The
| action was taken in order to protect all
| creditors and prevent the depreciation
of the assets by attachments
FRANK C. ALMY, the murderer of
Christie Warden, near Hanover, n. H.,
was captured, on the Goth, in barn on
the premises of the father of his victim.
where he had been in hiding ever since
the commission of the crime. He made
desperate fight before surrendering,
and only gave up when the bone of one
leg was shattered by two bullet
wounds
PRESIDENT HARRISON celebrated his
ffty-eighth birthday anniversary ON the
Goth, on Mount McGregor, N. Y, where
Gen. Grant died. He was entertained by
W. j. Arkell and family at their cottage,
and attended a dinner given in his honor
at the hotel in which 100 guests
participated. The president paid an
eloquent tribute to Gen. Grant in an
after-dinner speech
GEORGE w. Cox, prominent grand
army man of Lincoln. Neb., buried his
fourth wife on the nth. and on the
Goth was united in marriage to Miss
Pasby. a young lady of 90. Cox is 60
years of age.
The dead body of Clark Woodman,
one of the wealthiest citizens of Omaha,
Neb., and an influential director in
the Linseed Oil trust, was found, on
the Goth, in his room at the grand Pa
citic hotel at Chicago. The general
supposition is that the death was that
of a suicide, but by some who knew
him best it is attributed to heart dis
ease.
QUEEN VICTORIA made her formal in
spection of the French fleet in Osborne
bay on the 21st. The fleet was drawn
up in line, flying the French and Brit
ish flags, and every officer and sailor at
his post. Admiral Gervais received her
majesty on board his flagship, the
Marengo. and as the queen reached the
deck of the vessel the cannon of the
fleet Numbered a royal and imperial
salute.
QUITE a number of the members of
the Brussels congress made an excur-
sion, on the 21st, to the field of the bat
tie of Waterloo. The English dele
gates chose, with few exceptions, to
absent themselves from the scenes of
the memorable victory, SO that the ex-
cursionists were mostly French, Ger
mans and Belgians.
THREE masked robbers boarded an
express train at Collins station, Ga, on
the night of the 20th covered the ex-
press messenger with their revolvers,
robbed the safe of $4,000, pulled the
bell-rope and alighted and escaped be-
fore an alarm could be given.
The president went angling for pick |
erel at Fern lake, near Mount Nc
Gregor, n. Y, early on the morning of
the 21st, returning at p. m, with a
string of fifteen fine fish-four or five |
of which he had caught himself.
On the 21st several convicts at the |
Walla Walla Wash. penitentiary over
powered the warden and attempted to |
escape on a work train that had been |
run into the prison brick-yard. The |
engineer, however, ditched the train, |
and the guards shot two convicts dead |
and wounded another, after which or
der was restored