Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-07-28

An Italian syndicate has made con-
tract with the Gillian government to
raise the cruiser Blanco Eacalada,
which was snnlk during the war with
Balnaceda- The work will begin soon,
and the Italians viii be paid 1912, 600
for it.
THREE carloads Of -four We're donated
to the sufferers by fire at St. Johns. n.
F., on the Goth. by st. Louisans doing
business on the floor of the Merchants
exchange. The cars were started east
at once.
THE Citizens Defense association of
San Francisco have filed complaint in
the superior court charging -.ohn ID.
Siebe, city and county assessor under
the present adnlinistra ton, with NAL
feasance in office, and praying his re-
moval He is charged with Illegally
reducing more than 400 assessments.
Siebe claims 70 have a perfect defense.
AT St Joseph, No. the jury ia the
case against = r. and G. E. Howells,
and Tibbetts. theiv clerk on trial in
the United States district court. re-
turned verdict of guilty against the
three on the 21st The charge vas
conspiracy to defraud railroads.
| LOWER water at New Orleans has en-
abled the Illinois Central Railroad Go.
to resume freight and passenger traffic
with that CITY.
THE new omnibus of the Continental
hotel in Philadelphia, was caught be-
tween two ca BILE ears on Market street.
on the 22d. and crushed to kindling.
The driver was probably fatally hurt
and Miss Susie kirwin, the opera sing
err and her sister, Mrs. VIM. Blair, the
only passengers, were severely injured
JOHN ST. GERMAINE, a prominent
farmer. was shot and killed by Tom
King near Chadron, Neb., on the ed.
He was riding horseback at the time,
and his body remained perfectly up
right until his horse reached home,
when it was discovered he was dead.
THE steamship Miranda, laden with
contributions for the victims of the ST.
Johns On. F. fire. sailed from New
York for that distressed port on the 22d.
THE Georgia railroad commission has
raised the valuation of the roads in
that state for taxable purposes from
$4,000, 600 to 81, 0O0.O 900.
Two THOUSAND natives were killed
by the recent volcanic eruption on
Great SANGER island in the PHILIPPINE
group
THE PinLcrtons submitted a state
ment in writing to the congressional
committee investigating the Home
stead affair. on the 22d, in which they
declared that all their acts We're lawful,
and that they expected their men to be
sworn in as deputy sheritfs at Home
stead. They also answered categorical
ly, with one or two exceptions, TWEEN
ty-four questions submitted by the la
Dor people through Mr.. Devlin, of the
Knights of Labor.
THE Pennsylvania militia who wer e
things with Il rather high
hand in Homestead, in fact. treating
the citizens as though the place were
in a state of siege, received intimation,
on the ed. that the military were
present simply as an aid to the civil au-
thorities in the preservation of the
peace, and will hereafter act only when
called upon by the peace officers, except
in so far as the mi!iamen themselves
are concerned.
THE statement was made, on the
ed. that the Carnegie people were
ma king strenuous efforts to make out a
charge of murder in the first degree F!
against Hugh O'Donnell, in order to |
prevent his release on bail. and SO re- !
move him from his field of influence |
among the wOrkmen of Homestead. and !
hamper his efforts to bring about set |
Element of the trouble.
OTHE alarm that has been caused in !
Canada by the very large emigration of |
Chinese eastward from the Pacific |
coast appears to be warranted in the !
startling increase in the Chinese popula !
ton in Montreal, Toronto and other |
Canadian cities, which, the superin- |
tendent of Chinese immigration states, |
has doubled within the past four |!
EX-STATE TREASURER EDWARD r. !
holland of Missouri has begun the !
service of his sentence of two years in !
the state penitentiary at jefferson City, !
and is employed as clerk in the cloth |
ing department of that institution. BY !
good conduct he will secure release in !