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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
LATE NEWS ITEMS,

| ADVICES received at Halifax, n. S.,
| from the Pacific coast, report that the
| Nova Scotia sealer Carmelite had cap
tured 1,4OO seals. and the Annie S.
| Moore had taken 500. The Umbria had
not been heard from, but it is believed
she made a good haul. These three
vessels are understood to have cap
tured 100000 worte of skins
A Sunday international bicycle race
| is to be held in the Madison Square
| garden, New York city, beginning Oc-
| tober IS. All the competitors will use
high, ordinary wheels, and every coun-
| try will be represented in the contest.
| competitor in order to secure a share
of the gate receipts will have to cover
at least 1900 miles.
WARRANTS have been issued in Al.
bina, Ore, for the arrest of l. n. Car
son and B. E. Lower on a charge of OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses by
carrying on an alleged loan association
! called the New Jersey Building and
| Loan association" which, it is asserted,
was fraudulent.
MRS. S. III. RUNNER. wife of a we'll
| known Binghampton On. " restau-
| rateur, was burned to death in a small
| fire which occurred in her bedroom
| about 3 a. m. on the Goth. She was in
| the habit of reading in bed, and it is
supposed she upset the lamp and set
| fire to the bed.
THE typhoid fever continues to spread
| at Newark, Ark, despite the efforts of
| the health board to stamp it out. Sew
eral additional cases are reported, and
| it is estimated that 100 persons are now
stricken. There are nearly fifty cases
in the different hospitals.
MAJ. III. C. SEMPLE, a prominent law
| yer of Montgomery, Ala, and Maj. H.
| b. Shorter, president of the Alabama
| railroad commission, have filed appli-
cations for the vacancy in the inter
| state commission caused by the death
| of Commissioner Bragg.
WHILE chastising her 12-year-old son,
! Mrs. Lloyd, of Salina, Pa, accidentally
struck him across pocket containing
! a quantity of toy pistol caps, which ex-
| ploded, stripping all the clothing from
| the lad and burning him terribly about
| the hips and sides.
WILLIAM O'BERMAN, while dragging
a pond in Raritan bay, on the goth,
hauled up an immense stingaree. AT
ter he had thrown the fish into the
boat it made leap and struck C'Ber-
man on the leg near the kee, nearly
severing it.
THos. DAyEAN, aged 25, a farmer who
lived three miles out of Red Bank, N
J., was murdered by gang of Italians
on the 2Sth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
A ROYAL COMMISSION

appointed by Queen Victoria to Take
Charge of Great Britain's Representa-
ton at the Chicago Exposition.
LONDON, Aug. 3O.-The Royal Ga
zette announces that Queen Victoria
has issued a commi ssion to the presi-
dent, vice-presidents, treasurer and
members of the council of the royal
society for the encouragement of arts,
manufactures and commerce. The
preamble rehearses the invitation from
President Harrison to Great Britain to
take part in the Chicago exposition,
and goes on as follows:
WHEREAS, 1t Is our wish that the exhibit.
ton should afford full and suitable repre-
sentatton of the industry, agriculture and
dne arts of Great Britain and ireland, and
our colonies and dependencies in Europe,
Asia, Africa, America and Australia and
that our subjects should cooperate in the
exhibition;
hRoWye, That we, considering the premises
and earnestly desiring to promote the sue
cess of the exhibition. appoint you our COM
missfoners to obtain and distribute full in.
formation as to the best mode whereby the
products etc, of the United Kingdom, our
colonies. etc. may be procured and for
warded, and to assist and operate gem
orally in promoting the success of the said
exhibition, and to report to in writing
every proceeding taken; and, lastly, we
iain this commission to continue in full
force until the exhibition shall be closed.
and the various proceedings connected
Herewith are properly concluded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

Benny Myers, II years old ran away
from a comfortable home in st. Louis
and joined circus. He had q longing
to be near the elephant, to hear the
lion roar and the tiger growL Benny
says he heard all these, and grew tired
that Il circus and menagerie are not
what they are ''craclSed up to be. He
left the show in Indiana, and went to
work on a farm in order to get money
enough to take him home. He showed
up at the parental mansion the other
day, accompanied by an Indian boy
and pale-face youth. The fatted calf
was killed (fguratively speaking) the
Indian boy and the pale-face youth
We're sent to Jail, but afterward re-
leased, and Benny is now in school, and
promises to be a good boy in the flu.
ture.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
Ahead on Mules and Asses.

The census reports now being issued
from Washington show that in mules
and asses (the four-legged kind, if you
please, gentlemen), Missouri beats the
world. She has on her farms PAS, 1O2
mules, by the census count, and 6,441
asses. No other state in the Union
comes anywhere near Missouri in
mules save Texas. AS for jacks, Mis-
souri, has one-sixth of all there is in the
country. Missouri has 946, 191 horses,
only Illinois, Iowa and Texas, in the
order named have a greater number
The census also reveals that 1924
horses, "a, 553 mules and 946 asses were
foaled in Missouri during the census
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
MISSOURI TAXES

che Percentages of Taxes Collected in the
various Counties for 1S90-A Better
showing in the Majority of Counties
Than for the Previous Year.
State Auditor Seibert has prepared a
statement showing the percentage of
taxes collected in the various counties
on the tax books of 1890. In seventy
three counties the percentage of col
lection is greater than for the proceed
ing year. In counties where two per-
sons performed the duty of collector on
account ofdeaths, designations or other
causes, the name OF the collector
elected is is given, and calculations
based on the entire year. Following
is the statement.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
4 Source of Wonderment that n Sinr,o
Life was Saved.

SrATEsvILLE, n. c., Aug 3o.-There
is yet great excitement over the rail-
road accident at Third creek. Friends
of the dead and injured are flocSing
here. 1t is source of wonderment to
those who see the wreck, that n single
life was saved.
The total dead now number twentv-
two and the injured twenty-six. The
dead are being embalmed as fast as
possible and sent to their homes. and
the injured are receiving the warm.
hearted hospitality of the southern
people.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

LATEST news from Chilli, up to the
18th, indicated the complete defeat of
government forces and the occupation
of Valparaiso by the insurgents. The
government loss in the battles proceed
ing the occupation of Valparaiso was
very heavy, the killed being estimated
at 5000. President Balmaceda had fled
and President-elect Vicuna sought the
protection of one of the foreign vessels
in the harbor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
Interesting Figures.

A recent bulletin issued from the
census office at Washington shows the
following facts in regard to Missouri:
Total assessed valuation 1850, S532 795, s II :;
1890, $7S6. 753. Increase of assessed vaIua-
ton. s253547 952. Population 1880, 2,l6s, $3.50;
1890 2,679,IS4 Assessed valuation per capita
1880 S2l57I: 1890, S295 so. Increase per cent
of assessed valuation. 47.59; increase per
cent. of population, SO.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
A Monument to LAFAYETTE,

The French citizens of st. Louis are
contemplating the celebration of La
fayettes birthday anniversary upor
September6
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
How an Old Couple Parted.

Mrs. Mahala Leolar, aged So, died
near Iatan, Platte county, the other
morning. She was taken sick while
watching at the bedside of her husband,
who was seriously i'll. While she was
dying the husband was carried to her
bed and placed by her side, where he
remained until death came. They were
married sixty years ago, and settled on
their farm near Iatan forty-five years
ago. They have eight children and
numerous grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

TWELVE hundred men were landed
from the naval feet at Bar Harbor
Me-, on the cath, and marched to Keep
park, where they We're reviewed by
Secretary Tracy and Admirals Che
rardi and Walker. Most of the cot
tagers and townspeople witnessed the
evolutions. The thick fog which had
covered Bar Harbor for three days
necessitated the postponement of the
feet drill
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

THE special session of the Vermont
legislature which convened on the o5th
is the first special session held in that
state for sixteen years. In the house
resolution, on the Goth, to empower
the governor to receive money due
from the national government was
tabled, and a resolution appropriating
$40, 600 for the representation of Yer
mont at the Worlds fair was referred
to general committee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
Penniess Russian Jewish Refugees a.,
Detroit.

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 3O-Thc Rus.
sian Jewish refugees have begun arriv-
ing in this city. They arc all PENN.
less and unfortunately handicapped bv
their inability to speak the English lam
guage. The Jews here have rented
and furnished few rooms where the
refugees are quartered and fed for
three days. They are then supplied
with tickets to different points out
west Considerable complaint is made
because the Canadian authorities send
all the penniless Jews who get int
that country here to he provided for.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
"A Fatal Gasoline Explosion.

The other day in st. Louis Miss Ella
Cooney was burned to death by the ex-
plosion of a gasoline stove, and Miss
Kate Cooney, n sister, was severely
burned. Owen Cooney, brother, was
badly burned in an attempt to rescue
his sister Ella
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

ACUTE trichinosis prevails at Muhlau,
near Plauen, Saxony. Many people
are i'll, and several have died from eat
ing infected pork. evidently of Ger
man breeding. The local inspector of
meats has been dismissed from office
and prosecuted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

THE report that France and Russia
had virtually agreed that in the event
of victory over Germany they would
have Schleswig conveyed to Denmark,
has caused considerable comment in
Berlin, where the war feeling has been
running high for some time past.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

Stella Damson, colored. got drunk ir
st. Louis, procured a horse pistol and
began to blaze away up and down the
street. She soon had the entire neigh
borhood to herself. the oldest settlers
even making tracks through the back
gates. Officers heard the cannon-like
reports, a squad made a combined as.
sault, captured her, and she now has q
contract to wash dishes at the work.
house for a wear,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

Millionaire 7. W. Swope andJ. E. Nc
Elroy, Chicago real-estate agent, had
n fight in a Kansas City hotel. and drew
revolvers. Bystanders interfered and
prevented bloodshed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
Heirs to a Large Estate.

Six brothers named Vorhauer, resid-
ing in St. Louis, have established their
claim to large estate of deceased
uncle in Germany.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

Senator E. II. Richardson has ap
pointed to the Missouri State university
Thomas Robert Fowler of Pettis coun
ty. Mr.. Fowler is a nephew of Circuit
Clerk Thomas Fowler, and is a most
worthy young man. In the possible
event that young Fowler should not
pass examination, it will be in order for
Senator Richardson to name an alter
nate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

THE Swiss federation has thanked
the American and other consuls for
their congratulations on the sixth CEN
tennial of Swiss independence. and has
ordered commemorative medals distrib-
uted among the consuls
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
Missouri Teachers.

The Greene county teachers institute
closed a highly successful session of two
weeks at Springfield the other ev eaing.
Over 200 teachers were in attendance
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

In an article in the London Deutche
Revue, Lord Lorne insists that the Ar
gentine republic should become a Ger
man colony 'for the reason that that
country is destined, sooner or later,
to become European by means of a
protectorate."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

SECRETARY of the Spanish Legation
Manuel Senoa was arrested at Cape
May, n. J., on the 27th, on complaint
of Rev. VIM. FL. Burtle, for having
driven a horse in hard and cruel
manner
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
A Long BicycIe Trim.

r. B. Thomas and c. r. Griffith,
young business men of Kansas City,
have begun a trip of 1900 miles on BIZ
cycles, going to the east.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

SIR GEORGE BADEN POWELL, the
British sealing commissioner, who
writes from the Pribylov islands under
date of August 5, says: 1--WE have in
spected all the rookeries on the Priby
Low islands. Fifty schooners have been
warned and several arrested"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
4 Chinaman.s Funeral.

The funeral of Wong Tim Slang. "a
wealthy laundryman, took place in st.
Louis a few days ago and attracted con.
sidera bic attention.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

THERE was a destru ctive storm at
Berlin, n. V, on the night of the 27th.
Crops were destroyed and houses car
ried away. Miss Addie Taylor, aged
55, and Charles Smith were drowned
At Hoag's Corners n mill and tenement
house and two iron bridges We're washed
away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

THE parade of the Union Veterans
union at Cleveland, o., occurred on the
27th. the line of march being shortened
on account of the feebleness of a good
many of the veterans. The column
was mass of American flags, nearly
every member carrying good sized
one. 1t made a beautiful sight.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

THE news from all parts of England
and Ireland is to the effect that the re-
suit of long-sustained heavy rains is
distressing. The crops are all under
water. and will be spoiled unless sun
shine comes speedily. In some sec
tons the potatoe disease has made its
appearance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
Appointed Oil Inspector at st. Joe.

Gov Francis has appointed Peter Nu-
gent inspector of oils for st. Joseph for
term expiring June p, 1898. The Of
fee is quite lucrative.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

THE London Standards st. Peters
burg correspondent says that United
States Minister Charles Emory Smith,
acting under instructions from Wash
inGton, has requested an interview
with the Russian minister of the in
terror to discuss the question of the
emigration of Russian Jews to Amer
lea.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

CHAs. STEPHEN, an American journal
ist who was travelling through Mexico
to collect data for book on that coun-
try and its leading people died of yell
low fever in the City of Mexico re-
Gently.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

Mrs. JOHN JACOB AsToR, Mrs Fred
Vanderbilt, Mrs Townsend Borden,
Mrs Richard Irwin, Mrs. VIM. Jay and
other well-known ladies, have ex.
pressed a willingness to contribute for
the relief of the families suffering from
the Park place disaster. 1t is ex-
pected that Mrs. Astor and her associ-
ates will form an auxiliary relief fund
at once.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

HoN. S. c. PoMERoY, ex-United States
senator from Kansas, died at the resi-
dence of Mrs. J. C. Within. at Whitins-
vile, Mass, on the 27th, in the 10th
year of his age.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
Scalded to Death by Preserves

Ellis, the 4-year-old son of Martin
Reis, of St. Louis, upset kettle of hot
preserves, which scalded him SO badly
that he died in a few DAYS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

THE Vermont legislature met in spe-
cial session, on the 25th, the disposition
of the direct tax refund and the ques-
ton of increasing the states appropria-
ton for the Chicago fair being the chief
questions to be acted upon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

The bureau of engraving and print
ing Uhas begun the printing of the
''Windom note" This note, which is
of the denomination of 81, is printed
on the new distinctive paper. and will
take the place of the Hancock" 81
note.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

*The accounts of the collectors of these
counties have not been adjusted, but the
state taxes collected by them, as shown by
their monthly statements, have been paid
into the state treasury.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

THE news of the fighting in Chill had
favorable influence upon the London
stock exchanges on the 25th. Gillian
bonds advanced slightly in price. The
feeling prevails that the struggle so
disastrous to Chilli is about to be ended
by a decisive battle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
4 Child Burned to Death.

2-months-old boy was burned to
death in a house boat in St. Louis. The
father was fishing and the mother visit
ing, leaving the little fellow alone.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Trust
Co has brought suit against the Nevada
Gas and Electric-I.ight Co. to foreclose
an $50, 600 mortgage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
Present Your Bonds.

The state fund commissioners have
decided to pay 800, 900 SO per cent.
bonds due November 1. Holders can
have their money now.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

1t is said that quite a number of tax
payers of Jasper county will resist the
collection OF the tax to erect two new
courthouSeS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
CHARGED With Embellishments.

Jonathan Walters, way-bill clerk for
the Adams Express Co. at st. Louis. has
been arrested on the charge of embez-
cling $500.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03

THE business failures occurring
throughout the country during the seven
days ended on the 2Sth, number, for
the United States, 204, and for Canada,
%. or a total of 900; as compared with
total of 216 for the week previous
For the corresponding week of last
year the figures were 1s9, representing
1G5 failures in the United States and "a
in the Dominion of Canada.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
Taken Away from a GYPSY Camp

white child. who says it's name is
Jones and that it was stolen in Missou-
ri, was taken from a gypsy camp at
Seneca. Kas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
Father and Son Reunited.

Ten years ago John Handley lived in
st. Louis. His 1o-year-old son ran away
from home and no trace could be found
of his whereabouts. The father re-
moved to Sedalia some eighteen months
ago. The other day while excavating
for sewer on the streets he was APP
preached by a young man for work.
The latter almost instantly recognized
the elder man by exclaiming: Glow
are you. father; we haven't met lately"
1t proved to be his long lost son, and
the meeting was joyous one. The
young man had just returned from Den
yer, where he had spent greater por-
ton of the past ten years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
A BLOODY TRAGEDY.

John Baxter, of Brooklyn, Fires Four
Shots, and Each One Ends Il Lffe-His
Wife and Two Children and Himself the
Victims.
New YORK, Aug. 29.-John Baxter,
his wife and two children were found
dead in their rooms at No. 312 East One
Hundred and SiXtieth street. All had
been shot. 1t is supposed to be case
murder and suicide. Baxter was a
painter, aud said to be a son of the
well-known character of the same name
of the Ninth ward.
Close by the body of Baxter lay an
American bulldog thirty -two-caliber
revolver, containing three cartridges
and four empty shells. Shots were
heard at 10 o'clock last night by other
tenants in the house, but no investiga-
ton was made until this morning.
The policeman found on table in
the room where the bodies lay letter
addressed to Baxter's mother. 1t was
in the handwriting of the dead man
and showed that he had contemplated
the deed. No reason was given, but it
is supposed the man was insane. The
children had been shot while asleep
and there was no evidence of strug
gle. The couple had been married
seven years and did not live happy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
Something New in Politics.

COLUMBUS, O, Aug. so. Something
new in the way of d political meeting.
and which is expected will be one of
the largest things of the kind ever held
in Ohio, is now being arranged for by
the democratic state executive commit
tee. 1t is to be democratic governors
day, and it is the intention to have
every democratic governor in the
United States present, there being
thirty of them in the forty-four states
of the union. Allen G. Thurman, the
"Old Roman" will preside. The meet
ing will be held in this city the latter
part of September.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-03
Will Resist His wife's Suit for Divorce.

Sioux FALLS, S. D., Aug. 30.-It is
evident that James G. Blaine, Jr., will
fight the divorce suit brought by his
wife, who now resides in this city.
Yesterday Judge John Garland re-
ceived instructions from Mr.. Blaines
attorney in New York to make an APP
pearance in the case when it was
started and to deny the allegation of
desertion or adultery if made. The
ground on which the contest will be
made are not yet fully determined, but
the papers will be drawn within four
weeks. The case will come up before
Judge Thomas, in Deadwood.