Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-01-21
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ALL the refugees, nine III mum per,
| who have been under the protection of
the American legation at Santiago, Chilli.
| have been transferred to the United
States man-of-war Yorktown, to be
landed on neutral ground. so
SURGEONS STITT and White OF the
United States cruiser Baltimore testi-
| fed at Vallejo, CAL, that the death OF
Turnbull was directly caused by neglect
in the hospital where he was carried by
the Gillian police. The Chilians refused
to allow the Baltimore's surgeons to
treat their men and declined to do it
themselves except in a very superficial
way.
THE commercial travellers of the
country have already began to move
on congress for an amendment to the
interstate commerce law, which will
permit the railroads to give them spe-
cial rates of fare and an extra allow
ance Of baggage. The. house commit
tee ON Interstate commerce seems fa-
vorab1y disposed toward the request Of
the commercial travellers.
BARONESS MAcDoNALD of Earns
cliffe has instructed her lawyer to de-
mand from the Toronto (Ont Globe an
immediate retraction of the alleged
Islander connecting her name with the
northwest land scandal. t
VERY Rev. HENRY GABRIELs, d. D..
president of the st. Joseph seminary,
Troy, N. Y. has been appointed to the
vacant bishopric of Ogdensburg. N. Y.
JUDGE GEORGE v. HAWK. the distin
guished jurist of New Albany, Ind, died,
on the 18th, after brief illness, from
the grip, aged 60 years. He was twice
elected to the supreme court.
THE trial of the guns and mounts of
the dou BILE -turretted monitor Mianton-
oman has been made, eleven shots hav-
ing been fred during the trial. In
every respect the trial was a great sue
cess, the few delays and mishaps being
only those which are always encoun-
tered in using new machinery for the
first time. Fs s.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER THOMSON,
charged. in conjunction with Prince
Louis Clovis Bonaparte, with conspir-
ing to defraud Resale Clovis Bonaparte
out of a diamond necklace and other
jewels valued at over 500, 1000, surren-
dered himself into custody, on the 18th,
at the West London police court.
The American Sugar Refneries Co
of Jersey City, N. J., at stockholders
meeting, on the 18th, voted to increase
the capital stock of the company by
S25, OQO, 900.
THE American and French squadrons
in Chinese waters have been instructed
to winter on the Yangtszeki
JOHN G. WHITTIER, the poet, has the
grip.
CRAzED by the grip, Frank Ruther-
ford, of Cincinnati, stabbed his wife, on
the 18th, with pair of shears, killing
her almost instantly.
THE friends of DIR. Graves are indie
fatigable in their efforts to secure new
evidence in his behalf.
PRINCESS MARY VICTORIA OF TEcK,
prostrated with grief at the death of
her betrothed. the duke of Clarence
and AvondaIe, by whose bedside she
watched until the last, Immediately
took to her bed. herself quite I'LL.
THE machine shop of r ose Polytech-
mic institute at Terre Haute, Ind, was
damaged by fire, on the 18th, to the ex-
tent of s15,0 The fire is supposed to
have been caused by spontaneous COM
bustion in an exhaust chute used for
removing dust from the carpenter shop.
The costly machinery with which the
machine shop is equipped was not
damaged to very great extent; loss
covered by insurance. The shop will
be rebuilt at once.
GEORGE s. KNIGHT. the actor, died ut
the home of his mother, Mrs. Rebecca
Sloane. in Philadelphia, on the 18th.
Mr.. Knight was stricken with paralysis
four years ago in California. and had
not been on the stage since that time.