Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-09-24

THE James Wick (seedman) corpora
ton, of Rochester, n. Y, has failed
for nearly $1,000 900. The assets. if
properly disposed of, will cover this
amount. James Wick will continue the
business on a smaller scale under his
own name.
ANextensive percussion cap factory
at Zizkov, Bohemia was shattered by
an explosion on the 18th. Two per-
sons were killed and a number of others
seriously injured.
THE motion for new trial in the H.
Clay King murder case at Memphis,
Tenn, was overruled, on the 18th, and
King was then sentenced to hang No.
vember g.
THE San Francisco Examiner prints a
story to the effect that plot has been
discovered whereby the convicts in the
San Quentin prison intended to blow up
the prison with dynamite and kill the
guards and escape. Some of the dyna-
mite, half dozen revolvers and large
number of cartridges are said to be in
the warden's possession.
COMMANDER A. c. KELLOGG, L. S. N,
lately on duty at League Island navy
yard. has lately developed some brain
trouble, which board of physicians
says units him for active duty, and he
has been removed to Washington to be
cared for at the st. Elizabeth asylum.
A PRIVATE agent of one of the Ha-
waiian factions called on President
Harrison, on the 18th, to warn him that
the British contemplate taking posses
sion of that little government and es-
tablishing a naval station there which
would give them command of the Pa
cific trade.
CHARLES j. KIRsCHNER, of Toledo,
O., has been elected supreme treasurer
of the order of Catholic Knights of
America, to succeed O'Brien, who has
disappeared. O'Brien's shortage, upon
further investigation, has increased
from $40, 900 to 81, ZOO.
w. o. OWEN, surveyor for Albany
county, Wyo., and w. G. johnson, head
of a government geological party, re-
port the discovery of glaciers in north
ern Wyoming. The find is high up in the
Tetons. Immediately south of the yell
lowstone national park.
THE town council of Bamberg, S. c..
becoming disguised at the apathy of
the Chicago authorities in regard to the
Tascott suspect held there, turned him
loose, on the 18th, and after receiving
the proceeds of a collection taken up in
his behalf the man "Hardin" mounted
a box-car and rode out of town.
Gov CAMPBELL of Ohio has so far
regained his health as to be able to
open his campaign at Sidney, on the
18th, where he addressed large as
sem blage on current political issues.
ADMIRAL MCCAIN publishes a de-
Tense of Minister Egan, and says he
Joined with the representatives of other
governments in warning Balmaceda
not to deal with the congressionalists
as he proposed. Minister Egan helped
get Montt and his associates safely out
of the country. All his actions We're
upright and wise.
By the explosion of boiler in Van
sse's jelly factory at Montville, O., on
the 18th, three wOrkmen were killed.
1t is also reported that two little girls
playing in a buggy near the factory
We're killed. The building was en-
tirely demolished.
DURING the progress of some artillery
experiments at Jueterbogk, near Ber-
eral persons were seriously injured by
the explosion.
SECRETARY TRACY has awarded the
contract for building torpedo boat
Mum Der 2 to the Iowa Iron works, of
Dubuque, Ia, at S113, 500.
DISPATCHES from Zanzibar state that
Lieut.. Tettenborg and sixty-five sur
vivors of the Zalewski expedition have
arrived at Bagamoyo.
RUSSIA is likely to become a formid-
able competitor of the United States in
the important kerosene oil market of
India
On the 18th the bank of England
shipped ESQ, OO0 in gold TO the United
States.
A SPECIAL cable dispatch from
Managua, Nicaragua, says a terrific
tornado, lasting eight minutes, occurred
at Saucetown, near Leon, on the 9th.
1t destroyed houses uprooted trees and
caused a great panic among the resi-
dents. Many persons are reported to
have been injured.