Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-10-08

The story Of Jay Gosid's suddenEll- |
ness at a directors meeting in New
9o-k, on the LIST, is positively denied
by his sons Howard and Edward. who
say no sachrneeting was i,cld.
JOHN L.ihowARp, aged -, a student
at the National college for the deaf
and du1nb near Washington city, has
fallen her to nearly $1,000, 600 through
the death of has fatker in Duluth,
Mimi.
A CIRCULAR has been issued by the
Russian minister of the intecior which I
enumerates thirteen governments in
which the people are completely fam
inc str -cken and eight IN which partial
famiR prevails.
TsE New YSork'agents' Of the White;
Star line announce that the Teutonte,
whi h arrived att Esueenstown at p m:
on the 2sth, beat all previous east
bound records byfabout fifty minutes,
her time beings days:aEd d hours
Cen. GEORGE ERNEST JEAN MAEts
BoULANGER, .eS-minister of war of
France, committed suicide, on the seth,
at the tomb 6f Nine Bonnemain, his
late mistress, who recently died In
Brussels, by shooting himself threFzgh
the head
THE reciprocity conference arranged
to take place in Washington, on the
18th. between representatives OF the
Dominion md the United States has
been postponed at the request of Tres-
ident Harrison until the return of Sec
rotary Blaire to- the capital.
DIPLOMATIC com plications have ss:isen
between tire United States and Grill OF
a sufficiently grave nature to cause
hurriesiIy-salled consultation at the eX-
ecutive mansion, on the 2Sth, be sween
the president and his chief advisers in
the state and navy departments
WuIzgsr GERDSER, 40 years old,
worth pro baby 100000, and large
owner of real estate in Helena, Mont,
and Seattle, Wash, was found lying
dead in bed in his lonely caain on
Watch Tower hill, near Helena on the
2Sth. Gle ahac been missing for tive
days
CART. GEORGE Fl. PERKINS, United
States navy, at his own request was,
on the 1st, placed on the retired list,
after fortyryears' service. Capt. Per-
kins distinguished himself during the
late war as commander of the United
States steamer Chickasaw at Mobile
bay, Ada
TIE LELAND Stanford, Jr., gIniver-
sity at PaloAltO, Cal, was opened, on
the tst, with imposing ceremonies an6
a large attendance of students from all
parts .ofsthes state and Union. The first
class that rInatriculates Will be larger
than rs usual with new institutions Ct
the xii
THE grand jury which investigated
the collapse of the building in Park
place, New. York, in which over sixty
lives were @lost. has reported its lnahlI-
ity to decide whether overloaded floors
or an explosion caused the calamity
The evidence gathered would not war
rant the finding of an Indictment
OwISe tic the low water in the
Owascso outlet, which flows through the
center of ttl,e city of Auburn, n "
and into witch the entire sewage of the
town enpt:ss, an epidemic of typhoid
fever eXistsii,I the western part of the
city Over 500 cases have been reported
to the health officer, who is of the opin-
ion that mary more cases are being
concealed
THE official estimate of the French
wheat harvest for 1891 is 5,Sl9,50G hec-
tares cultivated. Ga hectare is two acres,
\ nc
cultivation produced 81, $50. 070 hecto-
1itres (2s4 bushels, to. the hectolitre-) OF
mixed grain .5IS, 3aS hectares were
planted producing 8, 63S, 992 hectolltres-
, OF rye I,49l, 7ffa hectares were planted,
producing 81, t., 81 heetohtres.
In many Russian villages the peas
ants have nailed up, their ,kuts and left
their communes to sscour the country
in search of worsz. Hundreds of them
failed in their search and are begging
along the roaSsides- In numerous
cases the seed corn which was fur
nished the peasants hy the govern
ment has been eaten instead OF
planted. and the land is living fallow.
TEE director of the mint, with the APP
sproval of the secretary of the treasury,
has issued special instructions to the
superintendent of the united States
assay office in New York city to pay
such approximation of the value of de-
posts Of foreign gold coin ,Qr bars, not
to exceed 90 per cent, as in his opinion
will be proper and safe, pending melt
and ASSAY This is done to encourage
the importation of foreign gold isto
the limited States
GC0. WILLIAM f RUSSELL - MAST
ehusetts, was unanimously renomin~
ated by the Democratic state coavention
at WoESester or the Goth: Gen John W.
Coreoran. of Clinton was nominated
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Eldridge CUsh-
man. of Lallevili.,. was nominated for
secretary Of state: James ). Grjnnell,
of Greenfield, for treasurer and ne
ceiver general: W. ID. Yrefry. of Mar
blehead. for auditor, and George NJ.
Ste arnes. Of Chicopee, Cor attorney
general.
a BOLD robber. who had eat his way
shrough the end OF the ear, at 10 o'clock
on the morning of the 30th, suddenly
covered a messenger on solid Amerl-
can express train of six ears on the
Central Hudson railroad between AL
bany and Little Falls, y. Y, aud de-
.nanded the surrender of his revolver
and the kew to the safe, from which he
secured packages to the probable value
Of II be(, and. giving the signal to the