Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-26

raided by the police, on the 18th, and
scores of men of more or less promi-
hence in sporting circles were run in.
| THE British admiralty has ordered IN
inquiry into the sinking of the Italian
emigrant steamship Utopia, at Gibral-
| tar, owing to collision with the British
iron-clads Arson and Rodney. 1t is
| rumored that the iron-clads were not
| altogether without blame, having been
| anchored in a place unusual for men-
ot-war at that station. All agree, how
ever, that the British crews acted in a
| gallant manner after the accident.
ABOUT 2,O0O Italians, working on the
Pittsburgh, Ohio Valley e Cincinnati
railroad and on a pipe line, about is
miles below Bellaire, o., have organ
lied and are drilling in companies and
as regiment. They are also receiving
| guns. 1t IS said that they are organized
on account of an order received from
Chicago. People in the vicinity are
considerably alarmed.
PATRONS dynamite factory, about
four miles from Ottawa, Ont, was
blown up. on the 18th, and the entire
plant shattered to atoms. No one was
! injured, the workmen having been
warned in time to escape. The explo-
sion was caused by fire which started
| in the main building.
| THE German war office has been
startled by the discovery that hundreds
of kilogrammes of cartridges charged
with smOkeless powder have been
| stolen from the ordnance works of
| Spandau by a sub-officer of the German
army and sold in Berlin.
HAwAus volcano is again very active.
| Several cones have sunk from rs to 100
feet, and some have disappeared alto
gether. There have been many earth
quake shocks, but no damage, other
than the shaking down of several stone
walls, has occurred.
THE English liberals and Mccarthy
| ties concluded. on the 10th, after con-
| siderable discussion, to accept Mr..
| Gladstone's speech at Hastings as the
| platform Of the Irish campaign.
On the 18th an unknown steamer ran
| into the receiving ship Vermont, lying
at the Cob dock, at the Brooklyn navy
yard. cutting hole twelve feet deep in
the Vermont's port bow, down to within
two feet of the waters edge. The dock
was also damaged. The steamer got
away. refusing to answer a hail as to her
name.
REVENUE officers. on the 10Th, seized
the oleoInargarine factory owned by
| the Providence (R. L. Dairy Co. The
seizure was made on the charge that
the concern had recently shipped a
number of unstamped packages.
The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the
seven days ended on the Goth, number
for the United States, $50. and for Can
ada, %, total of 275; as compared with
a total of 273 for the previous week.
For the corresponding week of last
year the figures were 255, representing
215 failures in the United States and 20
in the Dominion of Canada.
CHARLES n. FELTON,, United States
'senator-elect was one of the witnesses
examined. on the Goth, by the legisla-
tive committee investigating the bribery
charges in connection with the Califor-
MIA senatorial contest. He stated that
he had not spent dollar in the recent
canvass, nor had he authorized anyone
to do SO for him.
JOSEPH PERRIEN, one of the wealthiest
citizens of Detroit, Mich was decoyed
from his home, on the night of the 10Th.
by parties unknown, and held for SIS, GOO
ransom. On the following day, how
ever, his captors, informing him that
their Jig was up" released him, after
warning him that they would get him
next time"
A RUMoR prevails in Dublin that
Michael Davitt will appear as a candi-
date in opposition to Mr.. Parnell at the
next election in the Northern division
of Cork which the latter now repre-
SentS.
ALFRED +. CHAPMAN, proprietor of
the Liberal Freemason, died in Boston
on the goth. He was 60 years of age
and was widely known in masonic cir
cles throughout the country.
The Hastings (Neb.) board of trade
has adopted set of resolutions com
mending the citizens of New Orleans
for their action in putting down the
Malta.