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

HON. ROBERT j. CHESTER, the oldest
Mason in the world, died at Jackson,
Tenn. on the 14th, aged 80 years.
A TRAIN-LoAD of st. Paul boomers
has gone to Washington to urge the
claims of ST. Paul for the democratic
national convention.
THERE is extraordinary activity in
the Waterviiet On. W arsenal govern
ment gun foundry. Instructions have
been received to rush all orders for big
guns. and waste no time in final polish
or fancy finishing touches. Thirteen
s-inch guns are now being finished with
the utmost speed. and a large number
OF Calling guns are under way.
THE steamship Fulda arrived at
Genoa, Italy, on the 18th, after temp
estuous voyage full of sad incidents. A
stoker jumped overheard and was
drowned; a sailor died of influenza;
Storage passenger died of apoplexy
and was buried at sea; Mrs Harold
Courtney, of New York. saloon pas
senger, while suffering mental aberra-
ton, made two attempts on the life OF
her husband. During the last three
days of the voyage she was confined in
the cabin under a guard of sailors.
THE frame of the battleship Oregon,
under construction at the Union iron
works in San Francisco. having been
completed, the work of putting on her
outward plate has been begun. The
Oregon will have a displacement of TO-
500 tons, and is the first battleship to
be built on the Pacific coast
CARDINAL SIMEoNI, project general
~f ID
the 14th, as the result of an attack of
the prevailing epidemic, influenza. He
was in his seventy-sixth year. Cardinal
Serafino Vannutelle will succeed him
as head of the propaganda
THE works of the Waterbury CONN.,
Brass Co. were burned on the 14th.
The loss will reach $3.50, 900; well in
sured. Two hundred and fifty hands
are thrown out of employment
A CABINET Officer is quoted as saying
that the president was growing very
indignant about the Gillian outrages.
at looks" said he, much as if we will
have to give her a good licking"
The injunction which Martin A.
Frank, of New York, obtained in his
action against the Edison Electric
Light Co. and the Edison General
Electrical Co.. restraining the Edison
Electric Light Co. from declaring
dividend on an Issue of debenture
bonds, has been vacated by Judge
Barrett of the New York supreme
court
ANARCHISTS made an attack upon the
town of Bornos, in Andalusia, Spain,
on the 18th, and were only repulsed
after considerable fighting aud repeated
cavalry charges. Numerous arrests
have been made. The region is greatly
excited by the incident, coming as it
does SO soon after the Here's incident
Two young children of William Allen,
Jr., of Millbrook. Mich, were horribly
burned on the night of the l4th, and
died in few minutes. Their clothing
became saturated with oil from an
overturned lamp and caught fire from
an open stove.
The agitation among the coal and
iron and other workmen of Fifeshire
Scotland, is becoming SO intense that it
threatens to eliminate in strike of
1000 men.
American sculptor, died in Rome, on
the 18th. of pneumonia.
Ming How, Chinaman, was hanged
at Canyon City, Ore, on the 10Th, for
the murder of a countryman. The
drop failed to break How's neck, and
he died in convulsions after twelve
minutes of terrible suffering.
GEORGE DIXON, living on farm near
Pierre. S. D., is one of a family of eight
who have fallen heir to an estate in
England said to be worth $15, 600, 600.
Dixon is quiet sort, of fellow, and
don't have much to say about his good
fortune. He expects, to leave for En-
gland shortly to take possession.
Mr.. FUREEss, Liberal member of par
Lament for Hartlepool. is asking for
donations from Englishmen with which
to defray the expenses of transporting
to Russia grain contributed by Amer
lea for the relief of famine sufferers in
the former country. He estimates the
cost of such transportation at Sf0,0
Mr.. Furness himself donates $3.50 to the
fund.