Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

AlphonSe LaCrOiX and others accused
of having caused the dynamite ex-
plosions at Liege, Belgium, on May Is
last was begun in Brussels on the 18th.
NEARLY 1,5O0 victims of the great
fire in st. Johns, \. f., are living in
huts in Annerman park, and wide
spread generation of disease is feared.
Doctors visit the camp frequently to
direct the sanitary operations. Great
difficulty is experienced in preparing
food for the crowds that are destitute,
and there is great deficiency of house
room and much suffering results from
the consequent overcrowding.
AT meeting of the municipality of
Manchester, England, on the 10Th,
81 900 was subscribed for the relief of
sufferers by the st. Johns (N. F. fire,
and more was promised.
THE president, on the 10Th, sent to the
senate the nomination of George Shiras,
Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be associa tie
justice of the supreme court OF the
United States. Mr.. Shiras is leading
member of the bar of Pittsburgh, where
ne was born sixty years ago. He was
mem Der of the famous class of SO at
Yale. and graduated with distinguished
honors- He was admitted to practice
in 1856 in Pittsburgh, where he has
since resided. He has never held public
office nor has he ever served on the
bench.
4 FALL of rock in the Bendaff slate
quarry, county Cork, Ireland, on the
goth, overwhelmed ten worSmen, nine
of whom were killed.
THOs. Cook, the head of the we'll
known London firm of excursion man
ayers, died in that city on the 18th.
The bark Maxwell was wrecked off
New Brighton on the night of the Goth.
The crew were saved by New Brighton
life boats, but three members of the
crew of the Liverpool life-boat lost
their lives by attempting to assist in
the rescue.
HOS. Louis E. MCCoMAs, of Mary
land, has been appointed by Chairman
Carter secretary of the National repub-
lican committee. Mr.. McCOmas has ac-
cepted the position, and has entered
upon the discharge of its duties in New
York city.
f. \. CARR. Sixth cavalry, was, on the
Goth. appointed brigadier-general of the
army. vice Gen. Stanley, retired. Sen.
Carr is the senior cavalry officer on the
active list, and one of the few remain
ing officers of the regular army who
a division during the war.
He is graduate of the military acade-
my, having been appointed cadet from
the state of New York in 1876.
Gov. PATTIsON of Pennsylvania, on
the Goth. gave his ultimatum to a COM
mittee of citizens of Homestead who
called upon him and requested the re-
moval of the troops. The governor
said he would keep guards there and
stay there himself all summer if neces-
say to vindicate law and order, and if
necessary would spend every dollar in
the treasury and then mortgage the
stats to accomplish that end.
JUDGMENT for $500 was docketed,
on the Goth, in the county clerks office
in New York against Andrew Carnegie,
the millionaire steel manufacturer, in
favor of the Continental Trust Co.. as
receiver of the defunct American Opera
Co.. of which Mr.. Carnegie was presi-
dent. The amount is due, it is said on
Mr.. Carnegie's subscription to the capt.
tai stock of the company.
1HE executive committee OF the
board of trustees of the Northwestern
elected Prof. Henry Crew,
Ph. D.. of the Lick observatory, Cali
fornia, to the chair of physics in the
college of liberal arts, made vacant by
the resignation of Prof. c. S. Cook. DIR.
Crew is graduate of the Johns Hop
kins university.
CHARLES f. DACKERs, son of Sir sgd
ney Dackers. late admiral of the British
navy, died at his home neal Yankton,
S. d.. on the Goth, from injuries re-
ceived in a wrestling match.
THE influenza epidemic has become
SO alarming in Santiago, Chilli. that
congress has adjourned. So many MEM
bers have been attacked that the body
was left without a quorum The death
rate is increasing daily.
THE house Judiciary committee, on
the Goth, summoned Robert A. Pinker-
ton and VIM. Pinkerton to appear be-
fore the committee, on the odd, for ex-
animation in regard to their police and
detective system
JOHN L. RICH was nominate for gov
ernor or the first ballot in the repub-
lican state convention at East Saginaw,
Mich, on the 21st-