Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-28
NEWS AND NOTES,
a Summary of Important Events
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,


probably not over $4,000. No steps
have been taken to prosecute Prentis,
On the 21st the president appointed
W. Z. Ilpler consul of the United
States at Coquimbo. Chilli.
The Dominion minister of marine
and fisheries says licenses will be con
tinued to American fishing vessels un
der orders in council until the modus
vivendi bill, which passed it's thirt
reading in the house, on the 18th, passe:
the senate and receives the governor
generals assent.
THE Cambridge (Mass.) Afro-Ameri
can league was addressed, on the 18TH
by George Lewis Clarke, who claims tc
be the original of Uncle Tom" He
says he was sold in Sanford, Va, in
1S4l, and taken to Lexington, Ky.
whence he escaped to Massachusetts,
met Mrs. Stowe and furnished her with
the facts that formed the story of ''Cn
Gle Toms Cabin
THE New York court of general ses
sions, on the 18th, overruled the demur
rer of the New York & New Haven
railroad directors to the indictments
charging them with keeping stoves in
They must stand trial.
JUDGE VAN BRUNT, in the New York
court of general sessions, on the 10Th,
dismissed the indictments for bribery
against Billy MolOney, Delaney and
keenan,. in connection with the Broad
way railroad franchise. These are the
last of the indictments in connection
with the scheme.
JUDGE BLoDGETT, of Chicago on the
10Th overruled the point that the
amount involved in the case of Miss
Phoebe Couzins against the Worlds fair
lady managers was less than 81, 900,
and therefore not within federal iuris-
diction.
THE Russian government is consider
ing the question of suing the Roths-
childs, Bliechroder and other financiers
interested in the proposed Russian loan,
for breach of contract. The suit will
be instituted in Berlin, if at all.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla, was visited by
another destructive confagration on
the night of the 18th.
THE negotiations between Victoria,
New South Wales and South Australia
for uniform action in submitting the
federation proposals to the people of
those colonies have failed, and each
colony will pursue its own course.
MARTIAL law has been proclaimed in
Port-au-Prince, and the Haytien capt.
tai is literally in a state of seige. owing
to agitation caused by supporters of
Gen. Legitime, the deposed president.
THE president authorizes a denial of
the report that he has sold his cottage
at Cape May Point. On the contrary
he expects to spend a part of the sum-
mer there.
THE gifts received by the president
and Mrs. Harrison upon the recent
grand tour number 400. Arranged on
tables in the corridor on the second
floor of the white house they make a
great show. So many people want to
see them that there is talk Of allowing
them to be put on exhibition at the Ma
tional museum for limited time.
AFTER a desperate resistance and de-
Tense by citizens and students the Bull
garian gendarmes succeeded, on the
10Th, in forcing an entrance to the
palace of eX-Queen Natalie and COM
peeled her to quit the country. Many
persons on both sides were severely in
jured in the encounter.
THE London Times says that the
British government never received a
communication from Mr.. Blaine sug-
costing mode for the protection of
seals. This is stated in contradiction
of dispatch of recent date in which
Mr.. Blaine was represented as having
written such letter.
Cn,,,,rSSrnNrp p,r-u will
tender his resignation if the president
thinks his continuance in office will be
embarrassing to the administration.
THERE are 5000 prisoners in Russia
awaiting suitable weather for their
transportation to Siberia The pris-
oners will be voluntarily accompanied
by their wives and families, numbering
1000 persons.
BEFORE the propagation of the Brit
ish parliament Lord Salisbury will ask
for grant to enable England to take
part in the Worlds fair at Chicago.
BY a powder explosion near New
Philadelphia, O., on the 18th, John
Croft was killed and his brother Ed
ward fatally I'M ured.
SEVEN distinct earthquake shocks
were felt at SuSanville, Cal, on the
10Th, two of them being very severe.
THE rules of the Massachusetts house
of representatives were suspended. on
the Goth, to admit a resolution direct
ing the commissioners of the Worlds
fair to observe the Christian sabbath.
THE Farmers Alliance convention at
Cincinnati, resolved, on the Goth. to or
ganize n third party, and adopted a
platform therefor.
THE will of Col. P. G. Ballingall was
filed at Ottumwa, Ia. on the Goth. and
caused a sensation when it's contents
became known. To his relatives he be-
queathed but small portion of his
property, the bulk of it-valued at $780,
000-going to the city
THE 1.O0O-mile walk for $1,000 n side
between Ii. o. Messier and Frank Hart,
the colored pedestrian, at st. Paul,
Mimi, ended suddenly on the after
noon of the Goth in Messier's favor,
Harris feet having become so sore that
he could GO no further. The score was:
Messier. 265 miles: Hart, pa miles.
THE report is confirmed that Nat
Whittle, Il miner of Blue Canyon. Ariz.,
has been killed by Indians. The In
dams were in ambush close by his
house, and shot him twice through the
body. The Indians are said to have
headed east toward New Mexico.
THE press censor at Odessa has for
hidden all southern journals to publish
anti-Semetic articles. Passports are
denied young Jews intending to emf
CRATE who are liable to CONSUMPTION.
JAMES FoGARTY. the well-llnown
baseball player, died in Philadelphia, on