Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-16
BY ELI D. AXE.

IN the British house of commons, on
the Sth, the educational bill passed to
its third reading.
THE Dublin Freeman's Journal an
nounces the death of the Nation, a
weekly newspaper of that city, on its
fftieth anniversary.
DURING thunderstorm, on the 9th,
lightning struck J. w. Richter's eleva-
tor. containing 60. 900 bushels of wheat,
to the ground
THE British board of trade returns
for June show that imports increased
s.,920, 900, and that exports decreased
e100,0O0, as compared with those OF
June last year.
THE business failures during the
seven days ended on the 10th, mum Der,
for the United STATES, 222; for Canada,
25: total, 247; as compared with a total
of 237 for the week previous, and 1877
for the corresponding week of last year.
SPECIAL TREASURY AGENT MOORE
has, after investigation, recommended
the removal of Frank Ii. Clark, collec,
tor of customs at Ell Paso, Tex, on the
ground of immoral conduct and neg.
lect of business. His accounts are all
right.
T THE Morse code of signals has been
substituted for the Meyers code in the
revenue marine service. The Morse
code has been in use in the United
States army and navy, and by this
change the system of signals in the
government service becomes uniform.
THE July returns to the department
of agriculture show some improvement
in cotton condition during the month OF
June. The general average for the
whole breadth has advanced points,
standing $50. This is points below
the July return of last year and above
that of 1889.
THE state department has been re-
quested by the mayor of Philadelphia
to instruct United States consuls to
keep a lookout for the fugitive de-
faulter, Gideon w. Marsh. and report if
he is seen in their respective localities;
and the state department has complied
with the request
IN Smolensk, Russia, recently, the
police ordered all the Jews to embrace
the Russian orthodox faith. The Jews
assembled in their synagogue and
solemnly vowed that they would stand
by the faith of their fathers They
sold their houses and other property
within two days and emigrated.
THE typohthete society of master
printers of New York, in session on
the 18th, adopted a resolution opposing
the demands of Typographical Union
No. for an increase of wages and re-
duction of working hours to nine.
The resolution will be presented to the
meeting of the national body in Gin
cinnatI next fall.
UP to the 9th Comptroller Lacy had
not received the resignation of Bank
Examiner Drew, of Philadelphia, as de-
manded in his letter of the Sd. Comp
troller Lacy says that Mr.. Drew is
practically out of the service. The
formality of dismissal, in case he does
not voluntarily resign, may, however,
be taken by the department.
THE late w. FL. Gladstone, eldest son
of the British eX-premier, was buried
at Hawarden, on the Sth. His father
and other members of the family &C
companied the body to the vault, fol-
lowed by the villagers and many friends
from various parts of England and
Scotland. Arnold Morley and Cyril
Flower represented the house of COM
mons.
THE four condemned men, Slocum,
Smiler, Wood and Jugigo, the Jap, were
electrocuted in the Sing Sing On. "
penitentiary on the morning on the 18th.
They were touched off in the order
mentioned Accounts from the scene of
the execution state that the death of
each of the men was instantaneous and
painless, the electrodes working per-
fectly.
FROM Saarbrucken, Germany, comes
an item of news in pleasant contrast to
the stories of strikes and lOckouts
everywhere. Villeroy's iron works at
Saarbrucllen have just celebrated their
jubilee, and the proprietors presented
a handsome bonus in money to every
one of the $500 employees. The event
was of the most pleasant kind, both
masters and men joining in the feast
and rejoicing.
A DISPATCH from Rome says that the
villagers in the slope of Mount Fesu-
vius are abandoning their homes and
their vineyards, fearing that one of the
greatest eruptlons IN the history of the
mountain is impending. The earth
quake shocks that have always pre-
ceded destructive outbursts of the vol
cano in the past have been felt in sew
eral parts of Italy, and of late in close
proximity to the mountain.
DURING n speech by DR.. Barrows at
the evening session of the Christian
Endeavor convention at Minneapolis,
on the 10th, lightning struck the
electric-light wires and left the conven-
ton in total darkness. President
Clark quickly arose and requested
everybody to keep their seats. The
choir then struck up a hymn. and the
audience was kept under perfect con-
troll, avoiding what might have proved