Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-04-14

1HE 1rce-WOOl Dill pdSSeu me mouse
on the 18th. Ayes, 1872: nays, 90.
FRED WHITING. an artist, aged 10, was
arrested in Milwaukee. on. the 7th. for
appearing on the street intgirl's clo.h-
ing. His excuse was that he could sell
his pictures easier as a girl.
THE differences between the United
States and Great Britain growing out
of the Behring sea matter have. it is
understood. with the single exception
of the question of damages for the seal
catch fer this year, been formally adj
justed. The details are being rapidly
arranged for the official announcement
which, it is expected, will soon be
forthcoming.
GERMANY has decided to adop. the
Maxim gun.
THE New York chamber of commeSSe
will tender Hon. Whitelaw Reid ban
quet in appreciation of his services as
United States minister to France.
MICHAEL CURRY, a rich contractor of
PittstOn. Pa. committed suicide on the
It'll. by blowing himself to pieces with
dynamite. The deed was committed in
a strip of woods short distance from
his home. Curry stood ON a stump of a
tree, placed dynamite under himself
and then ignited it. An arm and a leg
were found in the tree tops.
THE will of the late Walt Within, u
was admitted to probate on the 7tD.
The poets entire estate, exclusive of
royalties from his writings, amounts to
about $500 OF this sum $4,000 is in
cash. To relatives and friends Whit
man bequeathed $4,000. and the bal
ance of his estate to his brother, Ed
ward l.. Whitman.
THE president. on the eth. directed
the removal of Charles NJ. Leavy. APP
praiser of merchandise at San Francis
co. for completely in the recent frauds
at that port in connection with the I'M
LIBERALIZATION of silk goods imported by
Newberger. Reiss & Co. This action is
the result of an investigation conducted
by Solicitor Hepburn and Special Agent
Jingle.
THE president has recognized the right
of Spain to object to the esta blishment
of a United States consulate at Ponape.
in the Caroline islands. and has accord
ingly recalled Mr. Rand, who was re-
Gently appointed consul at that place.
1t is understood that the government
will take no further action in the mat
ter.
DANIEL MCDANIELS. a widower 40
years old. at Hanging Rock. o., on the
eth. proposed to Minnie Hayes. aged IS.
and she refused him. He exclaimed:
Die. them and struck her twice with
n Ratchet, crushing her skull. He next
cut his own throat with razor. He is
in Jail at IrOnton.
Mrs. CHARLES STURLEY, of Ashland,
Wis. has fallen heir to one-quarter of a
Il. 800 900 estate in New York. The
property was left by an uncle many
years ago, but the viii has just been
found.
VIC EARHAEr. the diver, was en-
ployed by the Cincinnati Evening Post
to explore the hull of the burned
steamer Golden Rule. At 1890 a. m. of
the Sth. he made his first descent and in
few minutes returned with the body
of VIM. Madison, a white deckhand.
Soon after this another body was
brought up which was identified as
that of Riley. the second mate. Later
in the day another diver rescued the
bodies of two other victims of the dis
aSter.
The business failures occurring
throughout the United States during
the seven days ended on the sth num-
bered III. and for Canada 81, or a total
of POS: as compared with 21S the previ-
Gus week. and 231 for the week preced-
ing that. and 243 for the corresponding
week of last year.
THE senate. on the sth, adopted the
amendment to the District of Columbia
appropriation bill appropriating 100000
for exDeuSeS of the visiting mem hers of
the e. A. r. encampment to be held in
Washington next September.
THE comptroller of the currency has
declared final dividend of A. 9 per cent.
in favor of the Park national bank of
Chicago. making in all 100 per cent and
interest in full to March %. 1891.
JUDGE OF CRIMES FOSTER, who con-
Quoted the investigation of the assault
upon members of the crew of the United
States steamer Baltimore in Nalpa-
raise. has been promoted to the court
of appeals by the Gillian council 81
state.