Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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| that the position of Emin Pasha, who
was last heard from at Wadelai, is pre-
carious, and that he has had several
| bloody conflicts with the tribes of the
| lake district.
| THE South Carolina house, on the
18th, passed the anti-free-pass bill
which was previously passed by the
| senate. 1t prohibits public officers
from receiving passes.
THE panic on the Rio Janeiro bourse
| is at an end and confidence has been
| restored.
Mr. S. K. MURDOCH, at one time a
| well-known actor, and brother of JAS
| E. Murdoch, died in Philadelphia, on
the 18th, aged IS years
THE Chinese empire has officially
| notified the state department that it
will take no part in the Worlds Col
| umbian exposition. No objection is
| raised to Chinese merchants already in
| the United States participating in the
exposition, but China as a country re-
fuses to take any part whatever in the
| fair.
THE bells rang out the death of the
| New Orleans volunteer fire department
on the 18th. 1t was the oldest in the
| country and the last of the great vol
| unteer system. and New Orleans will
| in the future depend on paid firemen
| like other cities. The volunteer de-
| partment was sixty-fve years old, hav-
| ing been organized in 1926
NJ. CHAs. SoLLER and Col. Andruzzi
| fought a duel at Mendon, France. on
| the 18th. M. Soller was pinked in the
| arm, but received only slight wound,
| while Col. Andruzzi sustained severe
| wound in the breast The quarrel orig
! mated in a discussion on colonial pol
tiles
THE subcommittee of the national re-
publican executive committee arrived
in Minneapolis, Mimi, on the 18th, and
at once went into session to map out
the work of getting ready for the ma
tioual convention next June.
RUNNERS from the ranges in Montana
report cattle standing half covered with
snow and thousands dying from cold
| and starvation.
IN order to afford the young men of
the west and northwest an opportunity
of entering the mechanical department
of the army Acting Secretary Grant
has ordered board of medical officers
to convene at Chicago, February l,
next, for the examination of all app1i
cants for appointment in that service.
SENATOR CULLoM's bill to secure auto
matte couplers provides for vote by
members of railway employees associa-
tions on the pattern to be used. The
railroad companies are to have one vote
for each freight car owned or operated.
The interstate commerce commission
is to pass on the validity of the votes
STEPHEN ROWE, a. farmer residing
ten miles from Charles City, Ia, was
instantly killed on the 18th. He was
operating buzz-saw, when it broke
from its bearings. striking Rowe and
completely disem boweling him.
On the 18th armed footpads stopped a
mail wagon in a public thoroughfare of
Chicago and forced the driver to deliver
to them several sacks, which were found
afterward rified of their contents, which
are said to have been valuable.
THE Brazilian government has asked
for an extension of time for the ratifica-
ton of the treaty of arbitration recently
concluded between Brazil and the
United States.
TIMOTHY MURPHY, a wealthy widow
err. 9S years old, died at Dubuque, Ia,
on the I4th. He witnessed Jackson's
inauguration in 1929.
ABE WATKINS and Louis Thomas
employees of the iron works at the SUI
burb of Haughville, near Indianapolis,
Ind, We're engaged in friendly scuffie,
on the 10th, when Thomas suddenly
drew a revolver and fired four shots in
rapid succession, fatally wounding
Watkins Thomas claims that he did
not intend to injure Watkins. and the
latter declared that the shots We're &C
cidental. Thomas is held for the grand
jury.
Ii Hume CHANG. the viceroy of China
is seriously i'll of influenza and may not
recover.
HESTER LEWIS and Levia Shields
two colorcd women, were killed and
two colored men were seriously injured
by the collapse of Twin bayou bridge
near Natchez, Miss, on the 18th.
boys arm was also broken. The party
was on the bridge with four-mule
team when the structure fell CARRYING
them with it.
THE United States steamship Balti-
more arrived at Callao, Peru, on the
18th, en- route to San Francisco. All on
board were we'll s....
THE president, on the 18th, sent to
the senate the nomination of Stephen
b. Elkins. of West Virginia. to be sec
rotary of war, vice Redfield Proctor, re-
signed.