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Iron County register., 1892-07-07
THE TEXAS LAUNCHED.

The New Battle Ship Texas Takes Water
at Norfolk Navy Yard. Being Christened
by a Daughter of the Lone Star State.
PORTSMOUTH. Va. June 29-The Nor
folk navy yards and Constructor Fran
els T. Bowles have secured a signal
triumph in the successful launch
ing of the great battleship Texas
here. The scene, in spite of a
rain during the entire forenoon. was q
most animated one. About 10, 900 spec
tatOrs We're i'll the yards. and as many
more on steamers, tugs. yachts and on
shore. On the stand of the launching
tower erected from the launching
platform We're Miss Houston Will
liams. of Texas, her mother. Mrs.
Williams; Lieut.W. S. Cole, the private
secretary of Secretary Tracy. and his
official representa- tive on this occasion,
and Ensign Hillary: f. P. Jones. of the
navy. The red, white and blue cords
holding the bottle of wine were tied tc
staff surrounted by a star, emblem
attic of the Lone Star state.
At 11:16 o'clock the signal Ready"
was given. Miss Williams. uttering the
words: . christen thee Texas" broke
the bottle Of wine on the bow of the
noble vessel and she started. 1t was
just forty-six seconds from the time
the bottle was broken that the Texas
was floating as firm as land battery.
Five minutes later she was moored to
her wharf.
The United States ship Texas is a
steel-armored twin screw. sec
ond-class battle ship of 6,335 tons
normal displacement, Length be-
tween perpendiculars, 900 feet: ex-
treme breadth, ca feet, inch: nodded
depth, 80 feet, inches; designed draft
of water forward, % feet: designed
draft of water aft. % feet. The mean
draft will be % feet. 6 inches. When
carrying about 500 tons of coal she can
steam LILO miles at her estimated
highest speed, Il knots, or $500 miles at
10 knots.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
LOCKED OUT.
The Trouble at Carnegie. Phipps & Co.'S
Homestead Mill.

The Trouble at Carnegie. Phipps & Co.'s
Homestead Mill.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July Livery en-
ploye of Carnegie. Phipps & Co, at
their Homestead mills is idle to-day.
except the mechanics and laborers who
are engaged on repairs. At 10 o'clock
1900 workmen assembled in open meet
ing at the opera house and thoroughly
canvassed the situation. The meeting
was orderly and the several addresses
counseled moderation and strict observ-
ance of law and order.
4 resolution was adopted that during
the lockout no members of the Anal
gamated association should be per.
mitted to leave the town without a
special permit from the lodge officials,
under penalty of dismissal from the or
ganization; and another resolution was.
unanimously adopted that the day
mechanics and day laborers shall be.
called out tomorrow morning.
Committees were appointed to watch
all trains and entrances to the town to,
prevent the importation of outside,
workmen. Twenty of the Amalga-.
mated association men were sworn in
as special officers by the burgess this
morning, and will aid in preserving
order. The locked-out men anticipate.
the arrival of Pinkerton men, and are.
prepared to welcome them. The mill
officials refuse to talk on the subject.
Eight effigies of proprietors and Of
ficials ornamented as many telegraph
poles in the vicinity of the mills yester--
day morning. At noon good order pre-
vailed throughout the town, and the
loclled-out workmcn were assembled i'm
groups quietly discussing the situation.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
a REMARKABLE ROBBERY.

ireat Pluck Exhibited by the Prohibition
Candidate for tiovernor of aIissouri--ffe
Pursued and Fought SingIe-Handed
with the Gang of Robbers, but They
Escaped After killing His Horse.
HESNEPIN. ILL.,, June ga remark
able and successful robbery was perpe-
trated at Magnolia, village twenty
miles from here, on the night of June
26. news Of which has just reached
here. About midnight FIVE masked and
armed men forced an entrance to the
Magnolia house, in which were five
guests. After gagging and bind
ing the landlord and his wife
and the hired man. securing
their valuables and frightening
the women servants into silence. the
robbers aroused the guests. marched
them ont III line in the hall and while
two dcspcradoes stood guard over
them, the other robbers ransacked the
rooms. securing $1,000 worth of plum
der. The gang then made their escape,
threatening their victims with death
in case of pursuit. John Sobieski. pro-
hibition candidate for governor of Mis-
souri,, was one of the victims and the
only one to recover his nerve
AFTER failing IN his endeaTOr to
organize posse for pursuit,
he finally mounted horse
and started after the robbers alone,
overtaling three of them camped in
ravine. A lively skirmish followed, in
which Sobicsl1i's horse was killed un-
der him, but neither he nor any Of the
robbers was seriously hurt. Sobieski
being thrown to the ground the rob-
bers took the opportunity to escape
and dashed away. He walked to Wa
qualia and after giving the authorities
description of the robbers, left Tor
Cincinnati to attend the prohibition
convention
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
THE HARRISBURG HORROR.

Verdict of the Coroner's Jury Fixing the
Responsibility for the Accident, by
which Ten Lives were Lost.
HARRIsBURG, Pa. June 29.-The cor
oner's investigation as to the cause, and
who is responsible for the recent rail-
road disaster in this city, closed at noon
yesterday and the jury rendered the fol-
lowing verdict:
First-We find that n. S Hayes. the Steelton
operator. was guilty of gross neglect in allow
ing the second section of No. to on the
block before the first section had left the block
between the Steelton and Dock street towers.
Second-That Robert NJ. Brown was guilty of
grossly naglecting his duty as fl ,gInan in not
going back far enough and placing caps on the
track and remaining until the second section
arrived to flag it.
Third-That the engineer. Hugh Kelly. is
charged with gross neglect in not having his
train under full control on approaching Dock
street tower. and running past danger sg'sl
and run hing into the first section, causing tos
wreck.
Fourth-We censure the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Co. for allowing local freight train to bs
on a passenger track the time of an ap-
proaching passenger train
Engineer Kelly was placed under bail
for future appearance if wanted.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
NEWS AND NOTES,
4 Summary of Important Events.
FIFTY-SECONO CONGRESS.

IN the senate, on the 9th, disposition was
shown to push as many of the appropriation
bills through as possible before the expiration
of the fiscal year on the Hth. Nearly the
whole day was given to consideration of the
legislative, executive and judicial bill. in which
considerable progress was made. Mr.. Hale
tMe-l offered resolution reciting that the
present high wages and low prices of neces-
saries are due to republican protection -. In
the house the conference report on the military
academy bill was disagreed to. and the bill was
recommitted- The general deficiency bill was
passed.
IN the senate. on the 2Sth the agricultural ap-
preparation bill was passed, with an amend
ment, and the Legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill was taken up In the
house the committee on invalid pensions was
accorded the floor and bills were passed to pen
sion army nurses now without means of sup
port who served six months in caring for and
nursing the sick and wounded; to provide a
pension Of $50 per month for nonspecified disa-
bilities, and TO remove the disabilities of those
who participated in the rebellion and have
since enlisted in the army navy of the
United States and become disabled.
IN the senate on the 29th the legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriations bill was
amended passed and sent to conference. The
invalid pension bill, carrying appropriation
of Sl44 $4,000; the post Office appropriation bill,
and the bill for the relief of certain settlers on
lands in North and South Dakota were passed.
and an agreement was reached to take vote
on the silver bill on the 1st.--. In the house
the day was taken up in consideration of GER
tain conference reports on the army and Indian
appropriation bills upon which new conferees
were appointed, and in fiibustering by the re-
publicans against taking up the tin plate bill.
IN the senate, on the 30th. thu time was taken
up in discussion of the various appropriation
bills. A joint resolution extending existing ap
preparations fifteen days was passed - In the
house the republicans succeeded in preventing
the consideration of the tin-plate bill. and the
conference report on the District of Columbia
appropriation bill was considered and new
conference ordered. The joint resolution ex-
tending existing appropriations fifteen days
passed.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
FOR RETALIATION.

Senator Davis Bill to Provide for Retail.
alton Against Canadian Discrimination
in the Matter of Canal Tolls Reported
Favorably in the Senate from the Conn
mittee on Foreign Relations.
WASHINGTON, June 80. - Sena tor
Davis yesterday reported to the senate
from the committee on foreign rela-
TONS with favorable recommends
ton, the bill introduced by him to pro-
vide for retaliation against Canada. 1t
is entitled: "A bill to secure certain
reciprocal advantages to citizens, ports
and vessels of the United States"
The bill provides that after August
1, 1892, whenever and SO often as the
the president shall be satisfied that the
passage through any canal or lock con-
nected with the navigation of the S.
Lawrence river, the great lakes or the
waterways connecting the same, of
any vessels of the United States or of
cargoes or passengers in transit to any
port of the United States, is prohib-
tied, or is made difficult or unjust or
burdensome by the imposition OF
tolls, or otherwise. which, in
view of the free passage through
the ST. Mary's Falls canal now
permitted to vessels of all nations, he
shall deem to be reciprocally unjust
and unreasonable, he shall have the
power and it shall be his duty to sus-
pend by proclamation to that effect,
for such time and to such extent, in
Guiding absolute prohibition, as he
shall deem just, the right of free pas
sage through the st. Mary's Fall
canal, so far as it relates to vessels
owned by the subjects of the govern
ment so discriminating against the citi-
zens. ports, or vessels of the United
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
THE STATE PORTFOLIO.

Hon. John w. Foster, of Indiana. Chosen
Secretary of State by President Harri-
son and Promptly Confirmed by the
Senate-Secretary Fosters Experience
in Diplomatic Work.
WASHINGTON. June 30.-Hon. John W.
Foster, of Indiana, whose nomination
to be secretary of state, vice James u.
Blaine, resigned, was confirmed by the
senate. has had diplomatic career
probably unequaled in American his
tory. Born in Indiana fifty-five years
ago, he was educated in the public
schools and graduated from the state
university. He was admitted to
the bar, and IA connection with
his practice of law was engaged
in newspaper work. being connected
with the Evansville Journal He
served in the war of the rebellion. and
after its close took a prominent part in
the politics of the state. In 1872 he
served as chairman of the Republican
state central committee, and in the
next year he was appointed by Presi-
dent Grant minister to Mexico. He
served successfully as minister to
Russia and Spain, acquitting him
self with great credit, and win
ming for his country higher
regard than it had previously enjoyed
at these courts. While Mr.. Cleveland
was in the presidential office he compli
mented Mr.. Foster by sending him as
special envoy to Spain to negotiate
commercial treaty, in which he was
successful, but the treaty failed of
ratification in the senate. When the
Mckinley bill made it incumbent
upon the department to consummate
the reciprocal trade arrangements pro-
vided for by section 3 of that act, Mr..
Foster was placed in charge of the ne
gotiations. His selection was vindi-
Gated by the facility and success with
which these arrangements were per-
fected. Recently he has had charge OF
the Behring sea negotiations, and was
agent of the United States to pre-
pare the case for presentation to
the arbitratorS. Since his retirement
from regular diplomatic service of the
government, Mr.. Foster has acted as
counselor for the Chinese. Spanish and
Mexican legations in Washington, and
his acceptance of the office. it is under
stood, involved a considerable personal
financial sacrifice.
Mr.. Foster is an elder in DIR. Bart
let's Presbyterian church. His family
at home consists only of wife. his two
daughters, both being married, being
residents of Watertown, \. y. Mr..
Foster has his legal residence in Evans
vile. Ind.
His immediate confirmation by the
senate is an unusual compliment to the
nominee. one which has heretofore
been extended only to senators, sitting
in the body, when nominated to Office
by the president.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

IN the senate, ON the 1St. the silver
bill came up for 4 vote under agree
ment. notwithstanding an attempt to
further postpone it, and was passed 81
to 2s....In the house the conference
report submitted by Mr.. Hatch on the
agricultural appropriation bill was
agreed to. and the house then pro-
ceeded with the considera ton of bills
reported by the committee on labor,
several of which were passed.
A TERRIBLE explosion of fireworks
occurred in the storerOomS of the Amer
lean Toy CO.. l55 Fifth avenue. Chicago,
on the 1st. The roof was blown out
and the building almost instantly took
fire. The crowd which gathered were
treated to Il premature Fourth of July
display. and when the fire engines ar
rived sky rockets. roman candles and
serpents were soaring through the
shattered roof. while fire-crackers and
torpedoes. exploding in punches of hun
dreds. made din like that of pitched
battle.
THE steamer Queen arrived at Vic
toria, Il. c.. from Alaskan ports, on the
1st, bringing news of the seizure of
twenty-seven sealing vessels of the Vic
toria fleet by United States war vessels
and revenue cutters. and the seizure of
the supply steamer Coquitlam by the
United States revenue cutter Corwin.
Six thousand skins in all were found
on the poaching vessels and were con-
ffscated.
THE business failures occurring
throughout the country, during the
seven days ended on the 1st. number.
for the United States. III. and for Can
ada &c. or total of 1877; as compared
with 100 for the week previous to the
last.
THE National Note CO.. of New York.
which recently begun business in the
negotiation of commercial paper. has
been compelled by the government to
stop business because of the Illegal use
of the word national in the title.
THE president sent to the senate, on
the 1st, the name of George ID. John
ston. of Louisiana, to be a civil service
commissioner, vice Hugh S. Thompson,
resigned.
THE senate, on the 1st, refused to
recommit the silver bill to the finance
committee by a vote of % to 81. This
was test vote and victory for the sill
yer men.
THE opening of the English elections,
on the 1st, was marked by the return
to parliament of Lord Randolph Church
ill, conservative, without opposition.
The latest news from Venezuela is
decidedly favorable to the revolution
lists.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
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The Worlds Fair RiII

WASHINGTON. July 1.-The senate
Worlds fair committee has ordered a
favorable report on the bill introduced
by Senator Palmer making an aprr,-
priation of s., 0O0, 900 to aid the Worlds
Columbian exposition. The measure
as reported is about the same as, the
Durburr ow, or house bill.
Senator Pettigrew, chairman of the
committee, will report the bill and ask
that it be referred to the committee on
appropriations, and that that commit
tee be instructed to report it as an
amendment to the sundry civil appro-
priations bill
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

Born Withir, "A Prison.

LONDON, June 30.-Mrs. Anne Mar
garette Montagu, who is serving sen.
tence for one year, for the manslaughter
of her infant daughter, Mary Helen
Montague, has been delivered of son
in prison This makes eight sons,
all Of them living. born to Hon. and
Mrs. Montagu. Their only daughter
was the little one done to death
by Mrs. Montagu's cruelty. Mrs.
Montagu has had nearly an average
of one child year since her marriage
in 1885, The boys are all fine little fell
lows, but several of them also have
been cruelty treated by the mother.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

PUBLIC feeling in Paris regarding the
charges against Capt. Borup. late mill
tary attache of the American legation,
is quieting down. There is a general
disposition to accept as true his state
ment that whatever information he
procured was secured for the war de-
partment in Washington, and that, If
the plans of the French government
were betrayed to Germany and Italy
he had nothing to do with it
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
UNDER OUR FLAG.
The International Navigation Co.
Comply with the Act.

The 1nternaffOnnf .NavIgatiOn Co. Will
Comply with the Act.
PHILADELPHIA, July There was a
rumor Wednesday night that the Inter
national Navigation Co. would soon
comply with the terms of the recent
act of congress admitting the steam.
ships City of New York and City OF
Paris to American registry, and requir-
ing four ships of similar size and swift
ness to be constructed in the United
States The ships. it was also said,
would be built by the Cramps
Charles II. Cramp was seen and con-
firned the report
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

THE Royal Gazette. on the 2Sth, pub
fshed the queens proclamation dis
solving the British parliament and
summoning the new parliament to meet
on Thursday, August 4. The wrlts
We're issued accOrdinply
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
AMERICAN POACHERS
In Hudson Bay Attracting Attention
the Canadian Government.

the Canadian Government.
OTTAWA. Ont, June 29.-In the house
of commons Monday, in reply to a
question as to whether the government
had taken notice of Gov. Schultz an
nouncement of the depredations of
American poachers in Hudson bay. and
whether these facts would be referred
to the Behring sea arbitra tors. Sir John
Thompson said that the government
had not lost sight of the matter, and
would take such steps as were neces-
sary to protect Canadian interests. The
matter. he said could not be referred
to the Behring sea arbitrators. as only
questions which We're fixed by the
treaty could be so referred.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
Half a Million Goes Up in Smoke at
Seattle, Wash.

SEATTLE. Wash. June 29.-F1re Mon
day night threatened to sweep the town
as it did three years ago, but the prog
ress of the flames was checked after a
loss Of about $500. 900 had been caused.
Tire fire started in the heart of the city
ana gained headway so rapidly that
CONSERVATION prevailed. Schwabacher
Bros wholesale grocery was destroyed
and the Hotel Northern was badly dam
aged. Dexter Horton new bank build
ing was saved by hard work The in
surance on Schwabachers' establish
mcnt was $500, 900.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

REV. IRA J. CHASE. Indiana's preacher
governor, was renominated on the first
ballot in the republican state conven-
tion at Fort Wayne, on the 2Sth. with
Theodore Shockney, of Randolph coun-
ty. for lieutenant governor, and full
state ticket
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

THE long raven locks and flowing
beard of Prince Michael of the Fly
ing Roll, recently sent to the Michigan
penitentiary, of which he was denuded
when the prison gates closed behind
him, are now on exhibition in Detroit
museum
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

Two ITALIAN cooks near James Mills.
n. Y, found a package which they
supposed to be salt. They used it in
fiavoring soup which they were pre-
pairing for fifty men. Both the cooks
tasted the soup before dishing it out
and both We're taken i'll. One has since
died and the other is not expected to
live. The supposed salt was arsenic.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

IRA c. MINISTER and Miss Mary
McComb eloped from Council Bluffs. Ia,
on the 2Sth. and We're married in Lin
coin, Neb. MINISTER'S grandmother is
very wealthy. and promised to make
him her heir if he would marry girl
of her own choosing. MINISTER hesitat-
ed long between Miss McComb and the
fortune, but finally chose the former.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

IN connection with the Borup affair
a semi-official note appeared in the
Paris newspapers, on the 2Sth. thank
ing President Harrison for the prompt
action taken by the United States in
the matter, and praising Minister Cool
idge for his part in the affair.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
A Little BOy Killed.

Willie Wanger, aged 2 years, son
of Mrs. Anna Wanger, a widow. was
killed by a cable train in Kansas City a
few days ago.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

VIM OBRIES in addressing n meet
ing at Cork on the 29th. said the Nc
Carthyites had full confidence in Mr..
Gladstones, and they now knew that
his home-rule bill would be as good.
and in some respects; better than the
bill Parnell accepted in 1856.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

THE Goshen IN. W national bank
closed its doors on the 2Tth. Cashier
Murray. who is also county treasurer,
did not make his appearance, and it was
rumored he had absconded.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

BANK OF IRELAND stock has had a
further decline of six pounds and was
offered, on the 2Sth. at e305. Irish
railway bonds are also falling on ac-
count of home rule legislation.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

The president issued a proclamation,
on the 2sth, declaring reciprocal treaty
relations with Cuba. under the reci-
procity clause of the Mckinley tariff
.aw
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
sued for Damages.

The WearBoogher Dry Goods Co. of
ST. Louis has been sued for 81, 600 for
damages caused by the death of an
elevator boy in its house.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

CIRCULARS calli-g meeting of Cath
Ollie archbishops have been issued.
New York has been selected as the
place for the gathering and next Octo-
Der the time In view of the differences
existing on the school question the
meeting is looked upon as the most
momentous conference of Catholic dig
nitaries ever held in America.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

The British parliament was pro-
rogued by Queen Victoria on the 2sth,
and later in the day the dissolution
proclamat ton was issued.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

THE officials of the Amalgamated as
sociation were informed. on the 2Sth.
that ''every man in the employ of the
Carnegie steel works at Homestead.
Pa, would be discharged on July l."
the company having decided to run the
works thereafter with non-union en-
plOyeS
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
Religious Services In Saloons.

The saloons of West Plains were Wis
itcd by w. c. T. [. ladies and permis-
sion asked to hold services therein,
which was granted them. The ladies
We're treated well. and after praying
and singing departed as quietly as they
came.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
Fears of an Epidemic of smali-Pox In
Chicago.

CHICAGO. June 29.-Chicago is threat
ened with another smallpox epidemic.
One man died of the disease Friday
after exposing several persons. Small
pox is now raging in the immigrant
quarters in New York and Pittsburgh,
and from both places travellers are con-
stantly coming west through the city.
The disease exists in several places
along the Ohio river, and other places
from which there is constant travel to
Chicago. Health Commissioner Ware
has been warned of the danger and has
arranged for free vaccination.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

Spectators are endeavoring to pur-
chase the house in st. Joseph in which
Bob Ford killed Jesse James, to exhibit
at the Worlds fair
Iron County register., 1892-07-07

John T. Davis, of the firm of Samuel
c. Davis &; Co. st. Louis. will erect in
ST. Louis a dwelling 120x61 feet, three
stories high. containing twenty rooms,
and the estimated cost is s125,O00. The
time for the completion of the struc-
ture is fixed at two wears.
Iron County register., 1892-07-07
A millionaire to Marry.

The engagement of Milton Tootle,
Jr.. young millionaire of st. Joseph,
to Miss Lillian Duckworth. of Cincin-
natl is announced.