Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-05

i NUMBER Of prominent naval officers
left Washington, on the 10Th. for Eliza
bcthport- y. J.. to be present at the
launch of the naval academy ira ining
ship Bancroft. at Moore & Co s yards
Nh PAUL DANA. son of Hon. Charles
Dana, of the New York Sun, was. on
the 2sth- elected president of the New
York board of park commissioners in
place of Albert Gallup, whose term had
expired.
THE president on the 2Sth. sent to
the senate the nomination of T. Jeffer-
son Coolidge. Of Massachusetts,. to be
envoy extraordinary and minister plen-
ipotcntiary Of the United States to
France
4 DESTRUCTIVE cyclone visited the
northern townships Of Hastings county.
Ont. on the 2Gth. leaving widespread
ruin in its wake. The force of the
storm YVES most severely felt in the
townships of Carlow, Mayo and Mount
Eagle.
THE National CiviI-Servicc Reform
League met at = o'clock on the morn
ing of tin, 18th in Baltimore. Nd. The
Treasurer Of The league made his report.
winch showed a very satisfactory con
oiti'rt ~ finance. George William Cur
It's WAS again reelected president.
TIE body IF Peter tupp. for years n
prominent attorney of milwaukee,. and
at one time assistant city attorney. was
found in the Milwaukee, river. on the
2gth. NJ. Rupp disappeared under a
financial cloud three o. four weeks
age. 1t Is considered a case Of suicide.
THE indianapolis TndD Typothet:p
has mcrnorializeG congress protesting
against the practice Of the government
in furnishing printed envelopes at the
cost price of the envelopes only. 1t Is
estimatc,. tilat the number of envelopes
furnished in this way exceeds 3O0, O0O.-
900 annually.
WILLIAM Aston. of New York. who
die,i in Paris on the night of the 25th.
WAS. next to his nephew. VIM. Waldorf
Aston. probably the richest citizen OF
America. his wealth being recently cs-
tiTratcd at $50. O0OOOO He was brother
III IiIt dlt opltIl IdtOD &iSlpA- ~ liD tlitti
February ~, 1890
4 SENSATION was caused in London
sporting circles. ON the Doth. by the
duke of WestminsterS statement that
his famous horse Ormc was poisoned.
and could not run for the 1000 ruincas
stake on the Sd. 1t is alleged that the
horse was poisoned at the instance of
certain bOolxmakers.
TEE funeral of VIM. AStOr at the
American Episcopal church in Paris, on
the 27th. was entirely private. being at
tended only 10y members of the family.
Many flowers were received from friends
in Paris and elsewhere. The service
was confined to the ordinary forms of
the Episcopal church.
THE fact that the Mississippi from
Memphis to the gulf is gradually APP
preaching extreme flood height is caus-
ing uncasiness in spite of positive
knowledge that the lcvecs are stronger
than at any previous time in their his
tory. and that anything like 4 general
rTfiow is practically impossible.
TIE Paris wine shop in which the
anarchist Ravachol was arrested was
blown up and destroyed by bomb.
supposed to have contained twelve
pounds of dynamite. on the evening of
the 18th. Ten persons We're seriously
injured and VI. Very, the proprietor.
was fatally hurt. dying before midnight.
The building was wrecked.
A LARGE number Of dynamite bon. rs
were exploded in various parts of Italy,
Including the island of Sicily, on the
2sth. No one was killed. though sew
er;il buildings were DESTROYED and some
persons were injured The Italian po-
lice have bepun an active campaign
against the anarchists and all here
after arrested viii be tried for con-
spiracy.
THERE is a possibility that the na-
tional convention of the peoples party
may not he held in Omaha. Neb.. as
expected Local hotel keepers prom
iscd To give rates of three to five dollars
per day. hut they have raised them to
five to eight dollars. Leaders of the
party say that if this is not rer;1cdied
theF will transfer the convention to an
other city.
THE Grant birthday association of
New York gave Il banquet. on the night
OF the eth. at Delmonico's. at which
covers Were laid for 120 persons. Gen.
e. y. Dodge presided. and among the
srcaHcr> were Stephen Il. Ellli9s, Con-
CrcSSmen Henderson. of Iowa. and
breckenridge. of kentucky. and Gen.
Horace Porter, of the Grant Monument
association.
IL the Raum investi~a ton. on the
goth. Gen Raum denied making a state
mcnt To Mr.. Enloe in a private CONVEX
sltion. Mr.. Enloc called Mr.. Raum a
lmr and graspcd a sponge glass to
throw at him, but was prevented by
Congressman Cooper. Gen. Raum
arose hastily from his seat and in
heated tone said to Mr. Enloe that the
Jzlan did not live whom he feared-.'you
Ito Enloel or anybody else"
WHAT proved to be most disastrous
and costly conflagration originated in
the flies of the Central theater in Phil
adelphia. during the preparations for
the performance of the Devils AUG
ton on the night of the 9th. MANY
of the people behind the scenes We're
overcome by smoke and heat and had
to be carried from the building. while