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Iron County register., 1892-08-04
THE BULL VICTORIOUS.
Two Men Killed During the Progress OF o
Mexica:; Bull Fight.

Two Men Killed During the Progress OF o
Mexica:: Bull Fight.
SAN LUIS PoTosI, Mex. July 3O.-A sick
ening accident occurred here Wednes-
day night, at bull fight Witnessed by
electric light in the new ring near the
limits of the city There were fully
5000 present, among them being a
number of American ladies and gentle
men tourists. The matadora, Alberto
Lime .tura, was in the act of giving
the third bull fatal thrust with his
short sword when he slipped and fell.
The frenzied bull had him on his horns
in a moment and was goring him fero-
ciously when three of the banderilleros
rushed to the rescue. Suddenly he
charged upon one of the banderilleros.
who sought protection behind a barrier
erected in the ring for that purpose.
The bnll overlook him, and caught him
upon the sharp points of his horns
which penetrated entirely through the
mans body. The crowd was wild with
excitement, the Mexicans cheering the
bull for his grand fighting qualities,
and when the bugle sounded the call Of
the Lasadores to come in and
throw the mad animal to be killed.
the spectators protested vehemently
against such action. The dead body of
the banderillero remained on the bulls
horns until the animal was killed.
Llmertura, the matadora, deed while be-
ing removed from the ring. The per-
formance was then stopped by the po-
lice authorities.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary of Important Events.
FlFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.

In the senate on the 18th. Mr.. Allison, chair
man OF the senate committee on appropri1-
tons, stated that concessions made By the sen
ste cpnferees. amounting to between four and
real, she amounts conceded appearing in other
bills or by distinct understanding to be en-
bodied in deficiency bill during the next short
session. Discussion of the anti-option bill was
then resumed -. In the house consideration
Of the report of the committee to investigate
the pension ofTice was cut off abruptly by the
disagreeinG conference report on the deficiency
bill, and new conference was ordered
IN the senate on the 2sth, the whole day was
taken mp with discussion of the tariff The
conference report the deficiency bill was
adopted leaving only the sundry civil appro
priations bill to be disposed of. In the house
bills were passed setting apart lands in Okla
homa territory for school purposes: forbidding
railroads to charge more than three cents per
mile on passenger fares in Indian territory and
Oklahoma, and permitting the people Of the
territory of Utah to make an exhibit at the
Worlds fair. The conference report upon the
deficiency appropriation bill was agreed to, the
appropriation forithe French spoEation claims.
amounting to s73s, ,7s5 being omitted.
IN the senate. on the 9th. the anti option bill
was taken up and discussed with irregular in
termssion of calendar business for some
hours In the house a motion that the house
recede from its disagreement to The senate
amendment appropriating 100000 for the
WOrli's Columbian exposition was carried, III
to lO5. The remainder Of the day was devoted
to filibustering.
IL the senate. on the 2sth, the motion to lay
the anti-option bill on the table was lost by the
unexpectedly large vote of 81 to 13- Consider
able legislation by unanimous consent was ac
complished. including the passage of an eight
hour law to apply to all contracts and govern
ment works In the house filibustering mo-
tions the Worlds fair appropriation pre-
vailed all day.
IN the senate on the 29th Mr. Aldrich's "key
note" speech on the republican side of the tar
iff question answered by resounding
key note on the other side from Mr.. Carlisle.
Senator's Proctor, Sherman and Allison after
wards took part in the debale, which lasted
during the entire session I'm the house the
usual monotonous proceedings were enivened
by personal explanation by Mr.. Wheeler.
who charged that Mr.. Watson tdem-, Sal had
misstated facts regarding him tWheelerl, and
had also published in recent third party cam
paign book. which he tWatson) had issued,
matters rejecting upon the dignity of the
house and the conduct of it's members. Mr.
Watson ratorted that all that he had published
was true and that he courte1 an Investigation.
A committee for that purpose was appointed
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
POWDERLY'S OPINION.

He Does Not Think the Pinkertons the
Saints they are Claimed to be by Their
Employers.
WASHINGTON, July 30.-Mr. Powderly,
master workman of the Knights of La
Dor, appeared before the Pinkerton in
veStigation committee yesterday. He
SAID he had some personal knowledge
of cases where violence had been exer-
cised by Pinkerton men, and had heard
of other cases from what he considered
good authority. He read statement
denying the allegations of the Pinker-
tons before the committee.
Mr.. Powderly went on to say that he
had been investigating the character
of the Pinkerton men, and thus far had
found eight of them of doubtful char
acter. despite the Pinkertons' testi-
mony as to the high character of their
employees One of them, Webb, was
charged with wife-murder. Four with
burglary, two with wife-beating and
one with arson. Mr.. Powderly con-
tinued by showing that the Pinkertons
acted as spies and obtained admission
to labor councils on false pretenses.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

Charles Henry Hardin was elected governor
of Missouri in 1872 and served until 1874 He
was native of Kentucky, born in Trimble
county, July Is. 1870. In the autumn Of the
snme year his parents came to Missouri and
settled in Columbia, Boone county. Young
Hardin graduated at the Mama university in
1871, and at once began the practice of law at
Fallon. this state. From 1S4S to 1852 he was at
torney of the Third judicial district, and after
ward serv ed several terms in both branches Of
the state legislature.
In 1855 Hardin was member of the commits
sion t. revise and codify the statute laws of the
state.
When the war of the rebellion broke out and
the question of secession came up for action he
voted against Missouri going out of tho Union,
and in 1862 retired to his farm near this city,
and when the war closed resumed the practice
of his profession.
In 1878 Gov. Hardin endowed the Hardin fe-
male college, near this city with property valued
at over S60000 and has since been president of
its board of directors. He has all his life given
much attention to the cause of education.
His remains will be inferred tenn
porarily on the old homestead just north
of Mexico.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
Destructive Fire at sissop. Cal:

SIssoN, Cal, July 3O.-For two hours
Thursday afternoon fire ragged in this
town. which lies at the foot of Mount
Shasta Sisson is numbering town
with one main street lined by. cheap
wooden buildings, which melted un-
der the flames like houses of
cards. One building was blown up by
dynamite and this checked the flames.
otherwise the town would have been
destroyed. AS it was, one-third of the
village, including the principal busi-
ness houses, and a dozen or more dwell
ings were burned. entailing loss Of
SIS. 600.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the senate. on the 30th, Mr.. Wash
burn announced that he yielded to the
inevitable, and being satisfied of the
impossibility of passing the anti option
bill at this session, would consent to its
postponment to the first Monday in De-
cember The house having adjourned
without taking action, the senate took
the unusual course of initiating joint
resolution continuing the appropria-
tions of last years sundry civil bill,
which expired at midnight, for FIVE
days longer, w.. In the house the ses-
sion was brief owing to the announce
ment of the death of Alex. X. Craig of
Pennsylvania. The usual resolutions
were passed and committee of MEM
bers to attend the funeral was ap-
pointed.
ALICE MITCHELL, the slayer of Freda
Ward, in Memphis, some months ago,
who had been on trial for nine days on
a charge of present insanity, was, on
the 30th, declared by the jury to be in
sane, and an order was entered for her
confinement in the lunatic asylum at
Bolivar, Tenn. She will have a good
defense in the trial for murder, which
will follow should she at any time re-
cover her mind.
The latest news from Venezuela is of
an alarming character. 1t is rumored
that the forty days truce has been
fruitless, and that the revolutionary
forces under Crespo are again advanc-
ing upon Caracas. Villagers and the
government troops are said to have
evacuated the city, and panic reigns
among the inha bitants-
PROF. HoBE, aeronaut. dropped from
his balloon. near St Paul, Mimi. on
the 3Ist, at an altitude of :. 900 feet. and
his parachute failing to spread. the un-
fortunate man fell to the ground with
such force that his body was driven ten
feet into the earth.
WITH the great cogging mill for
chapel. with 100 armed and uniformed
watchmen on guard and over 1000
soldiers within hailing distance, $50
non-union men attended divine worship,
on the 31st, in the Carnegie steel mills
at Homestead.
The county courthouse at George
town. Sussex county. Del, was struck
by lightning, on the a0th, and it was re-
ported that four of the inmates per-
ished in the destruction of the building
by fire, which followed.
EMPEROR WILLIAM. who sailed on the
s0th for England, unexpectedly landed
at Heligoland and inspected the new
forts erected on the island He then
proceeded on his journey.
THE number of deaths in New York
city for the month of July was 1,434.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
tiE;o WITHOUT Ra,l

Sylvester Critchtcw, Cae 0T the Home.
stead Rioters, Held for Murder In the
First Degree-S1tcesSes Testified that
He Carried Gun a.ss Fired 1t. and the
Court Decided that He Could Not be
Released on Bond.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 29.-At s:45
yesterday morning Judge Magee, in
the criminal court, aad before him a
dozen attorneys and about fifty spec
tators in the hearing of the release-on-
bail cases OF Sylvester Critchlow and
lanes Close, the Homestead strikers
charged by the Carnegie Steel Co.
with murder. Three pinkerton detec-
tives sat in the audience. Before court
opened attorneys for the defense and
prosecution engaged in general dis
cussion.
VIM. j. Brennan, representing the
prisoners, was angry at the Carnegie
officials. Why" he exclaimed. Sec
retarv Lovejoy is bigger anarchist
than Berkman, who sho. Frick. He is
a bigger coward, because he commits
i legal rather than physical murder.
Lovejoy shows he is coward by turn
ing his prosecutions into prosecutions. -
Capt Breck, for the Carnegie COM
pany, asked why Brennan did not ar
rest the Pinkerton detectives then in
court and charge them with murder.
I'VE are after bigger game than the
Pinkertons," retorted Brennan. Frick's
being shot is the only thing that saved
him from arrest for murder, and we
are bound to bring him before the court
yet"
J. n. Dixon, a plate-worker in the
Homestead mill, and H. II. Hervey, as
sistant paymaster, testified to having
seen Critchlow, on the morning of the
battle, with gun over his shoulder GO
ing toward the Pinkerton barges.
Samuel Stewart, Il clerk in the Home
stead office, who furnished his company
the names of all strikers who carried
guns on that day, says he saw Critch-
low with a gun in the morning, and at
4 o'clock he saw him behind the strilx-
ers' barrcade lying on his face peep
ing through a port-hole. Stewart saw
him, press the trigger and fire, and saw
the smoke from his gun.
Critchlow's lawyers tried to break
this testimony, but Judge Magee in
terposed. saying: Here we have di-
rect testimony of a man aiming and
firing a gun, and of the death of the
man. This case is different from
O'Donnelrs. The iatter's association
with the rioters was solely for the pur
pose of preserving peace
Capt. Cooper, Pinkerton detective
testified that Conners was shot at II
o'clock.
Attorney Brennan then demanded
the release of Critchlow.
Judge Magee decided otherwise. He
said: Il will refuse to accept bail, and
hold the prisoner for murder in the
first degree
An awful pallor overspread Critch.
lows face at these words. He tremblec
violently. He had firmly expected h
would be released, as was O'DonneI
and the others.
JAS. Close was at once admitted to
$4,000 bail. the prosecution not object
ing in his case, nor was any witnesses
produced. Up to noon his bail bond
had not been furnished
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
Emplorment Agents Hardlx Used.

PITTsBURGH, Pa, July 30.-Two en-
ployment agents, supposed to be repre-
senting the Carnegie Steel Co.. were
mobbed by workmen on South Diamond
street Thursday night They had
collected crowd of mill men, idle,
because the iron scale had not been
signed, and promised good wages for
work on a new railroad, not located.
A rumor was started that they were
getting men for Homestead, which so
enraged the mill men that they madly
set upon the solicitors and gave them
severe punishment. A detail of police
was called and suppressed the riot
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
The Retaliatory Measure,

KINGSTON, Ont, July 3O.-Minister of
Customs Bowel is quoted as saying
that in view OF the Passage of the re-
tallatory bill, respecting canal tolls,
by the United States, the Canadian
government will not retaliate or change
the present rates on grain for Europe,
but will refer the matter to the
British government charging that the
United States is violating treaty,
which will result in arbitration which
will decide whether the Canadian gov
ernment has been discrim; -latiny in it's
desire to secure ira ffic for the ST. Law
rance route
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
DESPERATE DAGOES.

Star City, Ind, in the Hands of a Mob O
Riotous Italians aud the People Com
peeled to Flee for Safety-Shocking Ex
cesser Committed by the Rioters.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 30.-The
people of Star City, village of 500 in
habitants on the Pittsburgh, Cincin-
natl Chicago & st. Louis railway, are
having terrible experience with a
gang Of Italians who are employed by
the indiana Gas Co. in laying the pipe
line from the gas fields to Chicago.
Nearly LOCO men are employed by the
company, and as many of them have
their families, the camp contains nearly
1900 people.
On Monday number of the men qui
work and went to Star City in body
and began drinking. They soon be-
came boisterous and quarrelsome, and
frequent fights among themselves oc-
Cured. The authorities were pow
erless to maintain the peace, and the
town was practically abandoned to the
brawlers, who soon turned their atter-
tioE to the inha bitants and cleared the
streets. assaulting everyone. whether
man, woman or child, who appeared.
For half day fully 200 of the labor
ers paraded the streets defying the au-
thorities, breaking windows and tear
ing down fences. The two saloons in tn
place were broken into and cleaned
out, the desperadoes drinking all the
liquor they could find.
Going to the railroad depot the riot
ers robbed the office of what money it
contained and assaulted H. 3. Stanton,
the agent. in horrible manner. After
beating him nearly to death they
dragged him out upon the street.
stripped him of his clothing and sus-
pended him by his arms to tree. He
was rescued almost an hour later in an
exhausted condition, and may die.
When night fell the people of the viii
lage abandoned their homes and fed
from the place to surrounding towns,
where they could get protection.
The rioters are still in control, and
have secured whisky from other places,
and the scenes of Monday and Tuesday
are being re-enacted, except that the
fighting is among the rioters, as the
citizens have not dared to return to
their homes About one-fourth of tn
entire camp is engaged in rioting, and
blood has flowed freely, but it is no.
known that any one has been killed.
No demand has been yet made upon the
governor for troops.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
Mr.. Frfck Getting Well Rapidly and
Looking After Business.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 30.-A bulletin
issued by Surgeon Litchfeld at a. m.
says: MIR. Frick passed a comfortable
night and is resting easy" but Mr..
Frick is doing more than that. he is
almost well. His wounds are nearly
healed and there is no trace of in
fammation, nor has suppuration been
noticed. He eats heartily, reads
voraciously and sits propped up in bed.
Daily the heads of departments report
to him. and practically the wounded
chairman directs the conduct of the
enormous Carnegie business
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

As A precautionary measure against
the introduction of cholera. the secre-
tary of the treasury has directed col
1ectors of customs along the Atlantic
seaboard to prohibit tie landing of emf
grants from France.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

MEXICAN rangers captured a party of
robbers near Trespidras. recently. and
after identifying the men by stolen
property upon their persons. took them
out and shot the entire number. leav-
ing their dead bodies where they fell.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

THE supreme court of New Hampshire
rendered decision. on the Goth, sus-
tanning the constitutionality of the law
under which Frank Almy. the murderer
of Christie Warden. was to be hanged,
and denied the motion of his counsel for
q new trial.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

GUNSIsoS, Col, july 29.-The mining
excitement of Colorado seems to have
been transferred from Creole to Pit
kin For some time wonderfully rich
strikes have been made in this
camp. and especially in the Hindoo
and Tycoon mines and properties ad-
Joining. The influx of miners and
p-ospectors is wonderful, and it is esti-
mated that at least 500 new men have
gone in during the past month. Among
the numerous companies located upon
cia sms are those from Boston and Hall
fax Some of the assays made from,
minerals run as high as 81. 500 per ton.
4 Fearful Conha grafton at Stanford, Ky.
STANFORD, KY, July 29.-Stanford
witnessed fearful confagration yes
terday morning at o'clock. The fire
originated in Bruce's livery stable and
swept the best block in Stanford, in.
Guiding the livery stable with twenty
five horses and over 200 carriages and
buggies. McRobert's drug store, Huff
mans furniture store and undertaking
establishment. Fosters hardware and
grocery store, Vandevere's dry good
store, Shank's dry goods store and
Walton's opera house were also fame
swept. Loss about s1s5, ZOO. But little
insurance, possibly $500
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

Ex-GOv. CHARLES IT. HARDIN. of Mis-
souri,, died at his home in Mexico. Au-
drian county. on the Goth. Shortly be-
fore he died he took the hand of his
wife and clasped it in last good-by,
being unable to articulate
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER VAIN
WRIGHT, of the Grand Trunk railway,
says he thinks that the retaliatory pol
icy proposed by the United States, if
carried into operation. will injure the
western and New England states more
than it will Canada
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

CHOLERA has made its appearance in
Poland, and several eases were reported
at Warsaw on the 2sth. 1t also contin-
ues to rage with virulence in the south
east of Russia
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

THE senate. on the 27th, confirmed
the nominations of Watson \. Sperry,
of Delaware, to be minister to Persia,
and Truxton Bcale. of California, to be
minister resident and consul general of
the United States TO Roumania, Servia
and Greece
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
Seems AlmosteFncre<1ible.

It is stated that 600 dogs are killed in
the St Louis dog pound every day: and
that an average of fifty dead dogs are
picked up on the streets daily. This is
an aggregate of almost quarter of
million yearly. The carcasses are con.
verted into fertilizers.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

DR. COOPER, of Amesbury. Mass. has
made an analysis of water taken from
the well at the Cable house. Salisbury
Beach, Mass He found that the water
contained large percentage of chloride
of ammonia, pitrates and other organic
matter. This seems to explain the
cause of the wholesale poisoning at the
Cable house.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

DIR. c. o. PRoBsT, of Columbus, secre-
tary of the Ohio board of health. is pre-
pairing a circular to send to all the To-
cal boards of health in the state. giving
instructions as to the best method of
preventing and curing cholera.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

THE steamer City of Paris arrived at
New York from Liverpool on the 27th.
having beaten all previous records.
making the trip from Queenstown in 5
days, Is hours and 5S minutes.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

IT was stated in Pittsburgh, Pa, on
the Goth, that petition was to be pre-
sented to the county court of Allie
gheny county. asking it to appoint
tribunal of arbitration TO settle the
Homestead trouble
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

THE supreme court of Michigan
handed down opinions. on the 2sth, de-
claring unconstitutional the two legis-
lative bills reapportioning the state
representative and senatorial districts.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

Rev. A. Fl. CRANE, pastor of the Sew
ard-street Methodist church in Omaha,
Neb., has accepted position offered
him by Bishop Thoburn as superin-
tendent of Methodist missions in Bonn
bay. India, and will leave for his new
field of labor September 1. Mr.. Crane
is one of the most noted pulpit orators
in the west
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

A BOAT containing five Americans
was capsized In the river Reuss at Luz
cerne, Switzerland, on the 25th. One
lady, Mrs Ann E. Sarge, of St Joseph,
Mo-, was drowned. The other occu-
pants of the boat were rescued by peo-
pie on the banks of the stream
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

CROPS covering an area of 10000
acres in the vicinity of Pennington,
Mimi. were destroyed by a terrific
hailstolm IN, on the 2sth. doing damage
estimated at 100000 Hailstones as
big as hens eggs fell to q depth of six
inches
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

THE business failures occurring
throughout the country during the
seven days ended on the Goth. number,
for the United States. III, and for Can
ada. %. or a total of 1913, as compared
with 1877 for the previous week, and 247
for the corresponding week Of last
year:
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

Up to the Goth the Louisiana board of
health had heard nothing of the re-
ported existence of cholera at Vera
Cruz DIR. Salmon, secretary of the
board, said he had no doubt that if
the news were true. it would have been
communicated to the health authorities
of louisiana
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
PASSED AWAY

Death of Ex-Gov. Charles III. Hardin, OF
Missouri at a Ripe Old Age-Brief Sketch
of His Career.
MEXICO, Mo-, July 80 - Ex-Gov.
Charles H. Hardin passed away at s:45
e. n Shortly before he died he took
the hand of MS wife and clasped it a
last good-by, being unable to articu-
late
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

WIN. SULLIVAN, probably the oldest
man in the state of New York. died at
Fairport. on the 21th. He was 107
years old last December. and had never
required the services of physician.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
Crushed to Death.

Dan Kimble, miner. was killed at
the Linzee mines, near Carthage. while
engaged in retimbering drift Five
tons of dirt fell from the roof and
forced a heavy timber on his chest.
The deceased, leaves a wife and child.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04
Another Gasoline Accident.

At Kansas City Mrs August Erhardt,
a young wife, received burns early the
other morning from which she died
three hours later. Mrs. Erhardt was
lighting a gasoline stove. and gas that
had generated in the tank exploded
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

MOSES s. BEACH. who was for more
than twenty years either part owner
or sole proprietor of the New York Sun,
and who sold it to it's present owners,
died at his home in Peekskill, y. Y,
on the 27th.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

ONLY Gil planters as against 701 last
year have applied in Louisiana for the
sugar bounty. Consolidation of plan
tations is the cause of the decrease.
The bounty, it is thought, will reach
SO, 600, 900.
Iron County register., 1892-08-04

AN attorney of Wilmington, Del. has
received draft for $500 from Berne,
Switzerland. being the amount of the
indemnity paid by the canton of Berne
for the false Imprisonment for five days
of five Americans who were arrested
as pickpocFets. The costs of the sui.
were also paid by the canton.