Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-15


ter of unqualified censure to Command
err Reiter, who was relieved of his COM
mand for his action at San Jose, Qua
temala. when senior officer of the Ran
ger and Thetis at the time of the kill
ing of General Barrundia on board the
steamer Acapulco.
RAY LYON, of Corning, o., committed
suicide at Portsmouth, o., on the night
of the 9th. He called upon DIR. Loder-
idge to find the exact location of his
heart, then proceeded to a gun-shop,
priced several revolvers, and after hav-
ing bought one, loaded it deliberately
and shot himself through the heart
LORD SALISBURY is said to be satisfied
with Mr.. Blaine's latest utterances on
the Behring sea question, which is re-
garded as substantial agreement to
submit the whole issue to arbitration.
YELLOW HORSE and Swift Bear. for
| merly of the Rosebud Agency, and hith-
| erto thought to be friendly. and their
| following, have declared for war.
ADvICEs from Nebraska border towns
| indicate more quiet feeling since the
arrival of the State militia.
| THREE prisoners escaped from the
| Ohio penitentiary at Columbus, on the
sth, by scaling the wall with ladder
| IT is reported that the Musunake
| Indians. located in the southern part OF
| Tama County, Ia. have an attack OF the
| Messiah craze and there is apt to be an
outbreak at any time.
| AN explosion occurred. on the Sth, IN
| the mills of the California Powder
| Works at Bowling station. Six white
men and two Chinese were at work IN
| the mills at the time. One Chlnaman
| was literally blown to pieces. Fred
| Larsen. one of the whites. was severely
| burned about the arms and body and
will probably die. c. j. Campbell vas
| burned and mutilated about the head
| and body.
| SIGHoR BARACHINI, editor OF the
Pittsburgh Pa Caprerail, and an
italian named Flippini, returned from
Canada. on the Sth, where they had
l been to fight a duel Neither was'h1rt.
| The duel grew out of attacks in Bara-
chini's paper upon Flippini.
| SHERIFF GEORGE PERRY. of Wood
stock Ont. who became widely known
| through his connection with the impriS-
onment trial and execution of Birchall.
died on the Sth. in his seventy-third
year.
| A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Ar
mour, Douglas County, S. D.. on the
Sth. destroying two whole blocks,
almost the entire business portion OF
the town.
TIM LESIuAN. burglar, VIM. McDavis,
forger. and Harry Mack and VIM.
| O'Neal. blowers, escaped from the
Tippecanoe County Und.) Jail on the
/ n+I tod hn1 i've
vacant cell until the time for locking
up. AS the jailer stepped from the
bathroom he was confronted by the
prisoners who struck him with piece
of gas pipe, relieved him of his keys,
broke the telephone wire and escaped.
ENGLAND is experiencing the most
severe weather known in about a cent
ury For some weeks, from John
O'Groat's house on the Scottish border,
to Landsend, the country has been
wrapped in a mantel of snow and the
canals and streams ice-bound. Several
of the tidal rivers are frozen fast.
THE magazine of the bradford Nitro
glycerine Company in Wood County, o.
exploded. on the 9th, tearing up the
ground for radius of half mile,
smashing the windows of farm houses
and creating general CONSERVATION
, | Fortunately there was no loss of life.
A BULLETIN issued by the Census Blu
reau on the 9th, gives the total Indian
population of the United States as 244,
; 7O4. This makes the total population
of the country, including Alaska (esti
mated at 81. OOO). almost 63, 600. 600.
THE American Harvester Company
, died before it had fairly begun to creep
the parties thereto having discovered
6 Grave legal obstacles to the cOnSumma
, ton of their designs on the wallets o
: the farmers.
A LONDON dispatch of the 9th an
. nounced that the Behring Sea negotia
tons between the United States ant
q Great Britain had taken Favorable
turn.
= JOHN PATTON. bool-keeper of tn
:. South Dakota penitentiary at Siou2
:. Falls. is missing. together with ST.
? of the funds of the institution.