Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-08-20

fRONTON. MISSOURI
THE twelfth conference of the Young
Mems Christian association of all lands
opened in Amsterdam, Holland on the
18th.
AN ukase has been issued by the car
prohibiting, from August 81, the expor-
tation from Russia of rye and rye meal
of all kinds and brands.
SECRET orders have been received by
the police of Moscow, which will have
the effect of expelling every Jew from
the district within two months.
A LIQUID which instantly kills the
phylloxera, the pest of the vineyard,
covered by Prof. Forroneinto, of the
university of Turin.
IT is believed that the United States
steamship Pensacola, which is now at
of commission, as her present condi.
ton is hardly seaworthy.
THE Swiss government has nearly
completed the work of fortifying Mount
ST. Gothard. and an army endeavoring
to pass the gaps of the mountains
would now be exposed to an extermin-
ating fire.
BARON HIRsCH. who is at Carls bad.
has signed a document empowering
DIR. Lowenthal and other gentlemen to
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public to the value of 10, 600, 900 pesos,
about 81, 500, 900.
THE English and provincial press and
men of letters in Europe and America
unite in saying affectionate things of
the late James Russell Lowell, and all
agree in the opinion that his death is an
international loss.
ACTING SECRETARY NETTLEToN has
directed that certain curious relics of
Columbus, intended for exhibition at
the Worlds fair and ultimately to be
turned over to the United States, shall
be admitted duty free.
MRS MARY DURAND, IS years old, a
sister of the French general of that
France worth $1,000, 600, died. on the
10th, from starvation at her home in
Egg Harbor City, n. j.
OWING to the depression in trade and
the high cost of living in Rome many
families are abandoning that city as a
place of residence. 1t is estimated that
5000 persons have migrated or emil
grated during the past three months.
IN a review of the European political
situation, the st. Petersburg Novosti,
says: IF it is the policy of Great
Britain to continue firm in her attitude
toward France and Russia the peace of
Europe will be guaranteed for all time
to come"
DIR. ROLAND p. FALKNER, of the uni
versity of Pennsylvania, has been asked
by the senate committee on finance to
assume the direction of its coming i'm
portant investigation into the effect of
the Mckinley tariff upon wages and
the cost of living.
SECRET service officers seized 50. 900
worth of opium in Shasta, Cal, on the
10th, and broke up nine furnaces run
by Chinese employed in manufacturing
opium from the crude material. The
existence of the plant was unknown to
the people of Shasta
THE International Geographical con-
greSS resumed its session at Berne,
Switzerland, on the 18th. A resolution
was introduced for the preparation of
a map of the earth on scale of one
one-millionth, to show the vast extent
of territory still open to exploration.
Mrs. SARAH Polk, the aged widow of
the tenth president o; the United
States, died at the old homestead in
Nashville, Tenn, at 7:3O a. m, on the
18th. Her remains were laid beside
those of her distinguished husband, in
the side yard of the family residence.
IT is reliably stated that the Ameri-
can Steel Barge Co., of West Superior,
Wis, is already outlining plans for en-
ploying steel whalebacks on the Missis-
sippi river. The river cities and indi-
vidual interests looking to a betterment
of ocean and river commerce are coop
Grating to that end.
A PLAN is on foot to settle 1000 High
land crofters on Vancouvers island.
They are members of the royal naval
reserve, and it is desired to have the IN
convenient in case of emergency on the
Pacific coast. They will be engaged in
the development 'of the deep-sea fish,
cries on the west coast
Two OF the WuSuch (China) rioters
on their trial confessed that they muir
dered two foreigners during the WI
such riots The self-confessed murder
ers were executed on July 5 in the ku-
angchi district. Their heads were sub
sequently put on exhibition at Wusuch
as a warning to other evil doors.
Upon the arrival at Davenport, En-
gland, of the United States training
ships Jamestown and Portsmouth, on
the 12lh, their commanders and the
duke of Edinburg, admiral command
ing at that naval station, exchanged
visits. His royal highness expressed
his qualification at the fine showing
made by our naval apprentices.
THE condition of the German en-
peror is beginning to excite the great
est fears in London. The official tele-
grams describing the injury admit that
when he fell Emperor William rup-