Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-31
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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Santiago, Chilli Senior Urriburn, to note
the presence of Gillian police agents in
the immediate vicinity of the American
legation, as also the attempted arrest,
| on the night of the 10Th, of Frank Egan,
| the American minister's son.
JEROME /. CASE, Racine's wis. fore
most citizen, died on the morning of the
22d. He had been suffering for six
weeks from diabetes He was one OF
| the best-known men in Wisconsin, and
his phenomenal horse, yEye-See, y
spread his fame all over the civilized
| world. Mr.. Case was one of the largest
manufacturers of threshing machines
| in the country.
IT is stated with much positiveness
that the president has decided to ap.
point ex-Congressman John Ii. Baker,
! of Indiana, to the vacancy in the court
of claims.
THE mills of Buffalo, Mimi, will con,
tribute 100000 pounds of flour to the
Northwestern Miller cargo for the
starving peasants of Russia. The total
amount subscribed, up to the evening
of the 21st, exceeded 1000, 900 pounds.
THE senate in executive session, on
| the 22d, confirmed the selection OF
Stephen b. Elkins to be secretary OF
war.
ALBERT JOHNSON kidnapped 6-year-
old adopted son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Ellis. of Boston, on the 21st, and took
| him to Exeter, n. Y, where johnson
| and n woman named Watkins were ar
rested and the boy recovered. 1t is be-
lieved the object of the kidnapping was
to secure a ransom, as Ellis is wealthy.
The bishop of Sodor and Man, Ri.
Rev. John w. Bardsley, has been APP
pointed bishop of Carlisle.
THE British steamer Cavalier from
and it is feared all on board were
drowned.
THE steamship Abyssinia, of the
Guion line, with 1855 souls on board, was
reported by the steamship Spree, on the
22d, to have been burned at sea Pas
sengers and crew are thought to have
been rescued by the Teutonic
BISHOP FROPPEL, the noted clerical
leader in the French cham Der of depu-
ties. died in Paris on the ed.
THE tusk of large mastodon has
been discovered at Darlington, ten miles
north of Charlottesville, Ind. The find
proves to be much better than was at
first thought, and promises to be one OF
the finest ever made in this country.
SUPERVISOR THOMAS j. WEIGH, OF
Sycamore, n. Y, was, on the 22d, fined
$3.50 and sentenced to the penitentiary
for thirty days for contempt of court.
Welch is the man who took the third
ward returns to Albany when he should
have given them to the inspectors for
correction.
DR.. PLUME. of Ames, Ia, jumped out
of third-story window of the Kelley
institute in Des Moines, Ia, on the ED,
and died from the effects of injuries re-
ceived.
REV. Jos. DwENGER, bishop of Fort
Wayne Ind, who has been dangerously
i'll for some months, was reported. on
the 22d. as lying at the point of death.
There was no hope of his recovery, his
death being only question of a few
hours. The prelate was suffering from
heart disease, and was being kept alive
by large doses of strychnine and other
powerful drugs.
Col. ANDREW II. DAWSON. of New
York. is in Chicago in the interest of
Mrs. Maybrick, the American woman
who was sentenced to death in Liver
pool, England, on the accusation of
having murdered her husband, and
whose sentence was subsequently COM
muted by the home secretary to i'm
prisonment for life.
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
malta of Chilli has sent reply to the
letter of the Argentine minister, Senior
Urriburn, in regard to the CHILEAN po-
lice espionage upon the American lega-
ton. Senior Malta promises to with
draw the detectives from the neigh bor-
hood of Minister Ems hq|Ne- hut
says that he will continue toSn&i' An
the uniformed police around ths1ega-
ton.
Mrs. ADA THO RIPE LOTUS, who it is
alleged came over from Europe with
the avowed intention of killing Presi-
dent Harrison, has been adjudged in
sane and taken to Bloomingdale IN y. }
lunatic asylum. DIR. Douglas of Belle
vue hospital, says she is suffering from
type of insanity similar to that of
Guiteau.
THE executive council of Massachu-
sets, on the Esd, advised the pardon, by
the governor, of James Dunlap, the
bank robber. Dunlap was sentenced
to twenty years Imprisonment in 1878
for the robbery of the Northampton
bank. and with remission of time for
good behavior. his term would have ex-
pired in February, 1894.