Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-18
FRIENDS of Sir William Gordon Cum-

no" cIdiIh tldO TIC
packed, and that so far from the de-
Tense being surprised at the questions
which the juryman addressed to the
prince of Wales, the questions were
expected and arranged in advance,
in order to give the prince pretext
| for declaring his belief in Cummings
guilt.
MOZAMBIQUE advices say that the
British admiral and the Portuguese
encouragement have amicably settled
| the question of the navigation of the
Pungwer river.
THE Bell Telephone directors, on the
| 10th. declared regular dividend of
per cent. and an extra dividend of
per cent.
REV. JOHN s. RAY was sentenced at
Wooster. o., on the 9th, to two years in
| the penitentiary for burglary He
pleaded guilty. Ray has filed charges
| in Ohio for several years. Drink caused
| his downfall.
| THE proceedings of the Primitive
| Methodist conference, in session at
Northampton. assumed an exciting
| character, on the 10th, when the mat
| ter of the connection of the prince OF
| Wales with the baccarat scandal came
| up for discussion. Some of the speak
ers went so far as to urge that the
prince should not be allowed to succeed
| to the throne, unless he at once aban-
| doned gam bling.
A RESOLUTION opposing the opening
| of the Worlds fair on Sundays was
adopted at the diocesan convention of
the Protestant Episcopal church OF
| Connecticut at Meriden. on the 9th.
| Of ha tati of the
department of agriculture for June
makes the acreage in cotton 81 per
cent. of the area of 1890, and the aver
| age condition ST..
| MARIE BoULGIE, of Ironwood. Mich,
| stole a piece of goods from Davis &
Fehr's store. and finding she did not
| want that particular piece, asked the
clerks to exchange it. She was arrested.
| The police found over $4,000 worth of
stolen goods in her house. She admit
ted running a store in Hurley for the
| sale of her plumber. She also admitted
stealing 1000 worth of goods in Gin
cinnati last summer and twice as much
| in Chicago.
The iubraj, or regent of Manipur, has
been found guilty of responsibility for
| the murders of Grimwood. Quinton and
| others, the sentence to await the ap-
prevail of the home government. The
| jubraj. it appears from the evidence,
did not actually participate in the mas
sacre, as did the senaputti, but was in
| the palace at the time and might have
| prevented it.
| The Paris L \ ationale announces that
NJ. De Lesseps will be legally prose-
cuted for having misled the French in
vestors in the Panama canal project.
On the 18th the Portuguese senate. by
vote of So to 6, ratified the Anglo-Por
tuguese convention, which will be at
once vigorously enforced.
| THE marquis of Londonderry has of
fered the tenants on his estate the OPP
ton of acquiring their holdings upon
reasonable terms.
SEVEN Italians We're taken from a
| house in Cincinnati. on the 18th, and
locked up at the Hammond-streetp police
| station. They are thought to be band
of counterfeiters engaged in making
| spurious silver money.
| THE erasure of the name of Sir Will
| lam Gordon Cumming from the British
army list was gazetted on the 10Th
| COLLECTOR PHELPS of San Francisco
has received dispatch from the secre
tary of the treasury ordering him to
hold all the struggled goods captured
on the United States steamer Omaha.
| No fines are to be accepted, and full
report of the facts relating to the seiz-
ure is to be made to the department.
| The Tasmanian government has is
sued orders prohibiting the taking of
seals in the south Pacific within ex-
tensive seal limits. This is in conse-
| quence of the closing of Behring sea to
/ the sealers by the United States
THE business failures occurring
throughout the country during the
seven days ended on the 18th, number,
for the United States, 219. and for Can
ada 25, or a total of PA; as compared
with 4 total of 24O for the previous
week. For the corresponding week of
last year the figures were zig, repre-
senting 1875 failures in the United
States, and Il in the Dominion of Cam
ada.