Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-11-19
NEWS AND NOTES,
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

lis, patient in the ST. Peter CMinn.
hospital, deliberately committed suicid
by setting herself on fire. She got III
on a chair, threw her apron over TIL
gas jet and thus communicated the fir
to her clothing. She was so badl,
burned before being rescued that sh,
died in great agony.
The provinces of Rio Grande do Su
and of Pernambuco have declared theil
independence, and Bahia is also expect
ed to secede from Brazil.
TERRIBLE scenes are still reported
from the famine districts of Russia
At Cheliabinsk a woman killed hel
three children and then hanged hersel
upon being refused small loan OF
money by a rich neighbor with which
to buy food for herself and her famish
ing babes.
Mr.. WELLS, the lucky Englishmar
whose punting at Monte Carlo has beer
such a feature this season, closed hi.
campaign against the gambling table.
on the night of the 9th and left for En-
gland. having won $40, 900. This, added
to previous winnings. makes total OF
$500. 900 taken from the tables.
THE annual banquet to florists, nurs
erymen and gardeners provided for in
the will of Henry Shaw, the philan.
thropist, was given at the Mercantile
club, St Louis, on the night of the 10th
A fine gathering of representatives OF
the three favorite pursuits of Mr.. Shaw
were present
THE funerals of the eleven victims OF
4 "a LOFT
Pa, took place on the 18th. The whole
town was in mourning, the mines and
mills havingoshut down, and business
of all kinds being generally suspended.
Religious services were held in all the
churches. Thousands of persons fol-
lowed the funeral procession to the
cemetery.
EX-PRESIDEET RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
and j. l.. NJ. Curry, who are in Ala
bama in the interest of the cause of
visited the Southern exposi-
ton at Montgomery, on the 10th, and
delivered brief speeches. Both speak
ers We're loud in praise of the display
of the wealth and resources of the
state.
On the 18th the prisoners in the Nor
row county Jail at Mount Gilead, O.,
picked the lock, and, overpowering the
sheriff, made a break for liberty
Every prisoner escaped. Among the
number were Rev. Gano, a wife muir
derer, and two burglars, who are
thought to be dangerous crooks.
THE annual meeting of the general
committee of the Methodist
Episcopal church was opened at Cleve-
and, O., on the 18th. Some fourteen
bishops of the church were in attend
ance. The treasurer's report showed
IN increase in the missionary fund of
about S92, 900.
JOHN {. SCOTT, a young medical stu
lent from Galveston, Tex, committed
suicide in the German hospital in Phil
ldelphia, on the 18th, by cutting his
throat with n broken piece of glass
while in a fit of temporary insanity.
THE Canadian government has de-
,ided to adopt vigorous immigration
policy. Agents of the government will
7isit Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
he Dakotas, Nebraska and Michigan
% induce the farmers to move to NJ ami
.oba and the northwest.
AT VENEDOCIA, O., on the 18th,
boiler explosion killed C. w. and A.
Thomas. They were drawing lum Der,
md had let the water run out of the
ooiler Both men leave large families.
THE New York customs officials have
discovered gigantic system of opium
from Canada in which
lumber of wholesale druggists are said
% be involved.
Mrs. S. ]. c. DOwNs, president of the
". C. L. L. of New Jersey, died, on the
9th. of peritonitis, at her home in
Orange.
THERE are 1000 cases of influenza in
Iontevideo.
THE Baltimore & Ohio railroad di-
ectors have declared a stock dividend
# 90 per cent.
On the 18th the worst storm of this
stormy season swept over the
British isles, resulting in the coasts
,eing strewn with wrecks, in which
many lives were lost. Much property
vas destroyed or damaged at the va
ious seaside resorts, and in London the
wind played sad havoc with chimneys
md such property as was hanging loose.
THE official vote of Iowa, which was
on the 18th, showed a total
,ote cast for governor of 400, PA, the
argest vote ever polled in the state.
3oies' plurality is 1916. The entire
democratic state ticket is elected by
pluralities, the smallest being
or Knoper, for superintendent of pub
ic instruction, which was $685.
AN immense crowd packed the Y. NJ.
l.
IN the evening of the 18th, to witness
he presentation of a magnificent silk
oannner to Miss Emma Corners, the
brave young school-m a am who. with a
life. defended the American flag which
1oated overher schoolhouse from those
who sought to tear it down.
THE official vote of Pennsylvania is
Is follows: Auditor-General, Gregg,
'ep,, 411,54s; Wright, dem, 354, 1877;
Hague, pro-, 1880. State treasurer,
Morrison, rep. 400, 994; Tilden. dem,
sc, 1877; Drayton, pro-, ,07O. For con-
convention, 172, ri; against,
ZIG, 542.
IMMIGRANT INSPECTOR SCHELI, at
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, returned to
Canada eleven contract laborers on the
18th.
A WAREHOUSE at Miller's Station.
nd. containing twenty tons of pow
Ter, exploded early on the morning of
he 18th. The buildings were totally
and the total loss will be in
he neigh borhood of 49, No one
vas hurt. The people for miles around
hought there was an earthquake.
DIRECTOR-GENERAL DAVIS of the
Worlds fair is seriously ill with a com
dictated affection of the throat and
ungs brought on by exposure. On the