Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-09


ton. in session at Cedar Rapids, on the
LIST, nominated Hon. Hiram c. Wheeler,
of Sac county, for governor. by ac-
clamation; for acknowledgement
George Van Houten, of Taylor county;
supreme judge, S. NJ. Weaver; superin-
tendent of public instruction, Henry
Sabin; railroad commissioner, Frank
7. Campbell.
THE London police have warned the
German and French socialists and
anarchists against any overt act during
the kaiSer's visit to that city.
A BRAZILIAN tourist fell into the
crater of Mount Vesuvius, on the LIST,
and met horrible death. A compan-
| ion was saved by the guide.
The new form of debt statement is
sued on the LIST shows that the increase
of the public debt during the month of
June, less cash in the treasury, amount
ed to 1899, 1872. Total cash in the
treasury, S745. $40, 1878. The bonded
debt decreased S2,21S, 666.22.
A TERRIBLE tornado swept over the
Crefeldt district of Rhenish Prussia on
the LIST. In the town of Crefeldt booths
and a hall which had been erected for
the use of rifle meeting, together with
hlIN IouStS. were utSIioNSu.
persons were killed and injured.
THE Pail Mall Gazette wants the
British government to censure the Duke
of Cambridge for smoking in Kew
gardens against the rules.
NESUvIUs has renewed it's volcanic
activity, and the torrent of lava rush
ing down the mountain side is rapidly
increasing in volume.
SECRETARIES FOSTER and Rusk left
Washington, on the I'd, for West Vir-
ginia, to spend the Fourth of July with
Mr.. S. B. Elkins.
On the I'd, $500 iron workers of
Glasgow, Scotland, struck against a
proposed reduction of per cent. in
wages.
HENRY BRAZILIAN, the negro who so
brutally murdered Jno. Mecca. an Ital-
ian, in Charlotte, n. c., on the night of
April II last, was hanged, on the 1st
in the corridors of the Mecklenburg
county jail. Through his spiritual adj
wiser he confessed he murdered Mecca
TREASURER NEBECKER issued his
statements of assets and liabilities, on
the I'd, under the new form adopted by
the department. The total assets are
stated at S2O5, 1913, sos and the total liza
bilities at S51, $40, 499, leaving a cash
balance of Sl53, 1913, 500. The assets are
made up of the following items: Net
gold, SILT, 667. 722; net silver, S17.264, 500;
treasury notes on hand, 50, IS 1858; net
United States notes, 81, 601.744; trade
dollar bullion, 81, S4S. 2O3; fractional sill
yer and minor coins. SO, $50, O03: nat
ional bank notes. $500 ia, and de-
posts with national banks, SIS, sos, 500.
A DISASTROUS storm swept over Ran |
som and Sargent counties, S. D., on the
I'd, completely destroying nearly 10000
acres of growing crops. In Miller
township there are 1900 acres of grow
ing wheat ruined and in Kingston town
ship 700. Whole farms in Ransom coun-
ty have been devastated by the terrific |
storm of hail and wind which swept |
over it.
The st. Louis Republics Holy Land |
tours contest resulted in the selection
of Rev. DIR. Cave for the tour of the Holy |
Land and Father Brennan for the tour
of Europe. Rev. DR.. Matthews, the third |
on the list, will also be presented with !
a tour by the promoters of the contest. |
The votes of the three were: DIR. Cave, |
150,S73; Father Brennan, 116, 9OS; DIR. |
Matthews, 70. al.
A STATEMENT prepared at the treas
ury department shows there was a net |
decrease of 81. 21O, 954 in the circulation |
during the month of June and a net de-
crease of 81, O36. 504 in the money and |
bullion in the treasury during the same
time,
ARGUMENTS were made, on the I'd, in
the Few Tails murder trial at Sturgis,
S. D., and the case went to the jury in
the afternoon. After being out two
hours the jury returned verdict of not
guilty, and the white men charged with
Few Tails were set at lib
erty.
JUDGE JAMES NJ. LOVE, of the United
States district court for the southern
district of Iowa, died at his home in
keol1ul1 on the evening of the I'd.
Judge Love was born in Virginia in
1919. and has occupied a position ON the
United States bench since 1855.