Iron County register., 1892-03-03

5rou County gfgister.
By ELI d. AK&
IRONTON. MISSOURI
THE project of erecting a monument
to the late Cardinal Newman at Oxford,
England, has been abandoned.
THE house committee on the judiciary.
on the 22d, ordered favorable report
On Mr. Oates bill amending the natur-
alization laws.
SECRETARY BLAINE was closeted with
the president for half an hour. on the
cath. discussing matters pending be-
tween Great Britain and America.
THREE bank officials in Sydney, n.
s. W., have been sentenced for seven
years each for fraudulent mismanage-
ment of the affairs of the institution.
AUGUST HERDE. Swiss cook. who
was admitted to Bellevue hospital in
New York city, recently. has been dis
covered to be suffering from typhus
fever.
THE case of NJ. B. Curtis. the actor on
trial at San Francisco for the murder OF
Officer Grant, resulted in a mistrial, the
jury standing ten for conviction and
two for acquittal, and being unable to
fully agree.
THE Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern Railway Co. has perfected arrange
ments by which it's trains will enter the
World fair grounds in Chicago over the
Baltimore & Ohio tracks, at the south
west corner.
EDWARD N. FIELD, senior partner of
the bankrupt firm of Field, Lindley,
Welchers & Co., of New York, was ar
raiyned in the court of oyer and ter
miner. on the 2ad, for trial on an indict-
ment for forgery.
RT. Hon. WIN. E. GLADSTONE arrived
in Paris. on the 26th, to remain for a
few days previous to resuming his
Journey back to England. Mr.. Glad
stone appears to be hale and in every
way enjoying good health.
A DISPATCH to the London Times
from Mendoza, Argentine Republic.
says that the elections have passed off
peacefully, that the state of siege has
been raised and that all danger OF re-
volt appears to have passed
THE Schmidt local option bill was
defeated in the Iowa senate, on the
2sth, by vote of - yeas to 23 nays,
the number necessary to a constitu-
tional majority being 26. Every demo-
crat was present and voted yea
THE statement is made in Paris that
the members of the right in the French
chamber of deputies have decided to
make no further attack on the repub-
lie, but to contine their operations to
assaults upon the existing ministry and
individual statesmen.
NEWSPAPER comment in st. Peters
burg upon the speech of Emperor
William to the Brandenburg diet is
most unfavorable. The opinion is gen.
orally expressed that its worst effect is
to inspire doubt as to the stability of
the emperor's pacific Intentions.
FATHER VEALE and DIR. Henning
We're examined in the Lille Johnson
habeas corpus case at Memphis, on the
25th. Father Neale testified to her
good character, and DIR. Henning said
if she remained for any length of time
in jail the confinement would kill her.
A MUSICAL memorial service in re-
membrance of Mr.. James Russell Low
ell. at Appleton chapel. Boston, on the
Esd, attracted large and distinguished
gathering. Among the speakers were
Bishop Brooks. President Eliot, Col. 7.
w. Higgins, Prof. Torrey and Prof.
Royce.
THE steamer Advance from Santos,
which arrived at New York, ON the
25th, had several cases of sickness and
death from yellow fever during the pas
sage. Her captain reports that the in
habitants of Santos are leaving the city
in great numbers owing to the contin-
ued epidemic of yellow fever.
In the British house of commons, on
the Esd. NJ. Balfour gave notice that on
the 25th he would move that Mr.. De
Cobain, member for East Belfast, hav-
ing failed to obey the order to attend
the house of commons to answer the
charges brought against him of gross
immortality, be expelled from the house.
CUSTOMS INSPECTOR DONOHUE Stroked
the hump on an immigrants back on
board the steamship La Bretagne, in
New York harbor, just for luck, and
his luck came Immediately, as he dis
covered that the protuberance was an
artificial one, and was deftly stuffed
with valuable lot of jewelry, which
the cunning passenger was endeavoring
20 smuggle.
THE Fifth congress of International
navigation will be opened, on the I'd
day of July next, at Paris The con-
gress will consider questions relating
to the construction of canals and the
improvement of rivers and harbors.
Delegates from the United States inter-
ested IN these subjects are invited to at
tend the congress and take part in it's
proceedings.
SIR JULIAN PAUNCEFoTE. the British
minister, called upon Postmaster-Gen-
eral Wanamaller, on the gath. ano
signed a parcel post convention be-
tween the United States and the Wind
ward islands British colony The con-
vention. which is similar to the one re-