Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-16
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

a BOILER exploded in the tile works
of kinsey, Caughill & Co., near Ada
Vile. Ind. on the 9th. and Daniel Tay-
lor. James Caughill and Bert Roller
We're killed. George Williams was IA
tally injured. Caughill had only been
married three weeks. The others leave
families.
NEARLY 1000 men resumed work at
the large Sprecllles sugar refineries in
Philadelphia. on the 9th, after a shut
down OF nearly three months. General
Manager Peterson says they Will at
once put new sugar on the market
again at such prices as they deem re-
munerative. without reference to any
prices any trust may be disposed to die
tate.
AT the Hills stOne-quarries near
Greencastle. Ind. on the 9th. a fright
ful accident occurred. caused by the eX-
plOsion of Il twenty-five-pound case of
powder Charles Williams was killed
and John Williams and Fred Goddard
were seriously injured.
THE rebuilding of Jimtown, Col.
destroyed by fire on the 5th. will not
take tangible shape until the insurance
on the burnt town is adjusted. A
and the reports of loss of lives We're
pure ia brica ton. The loss of property
is still estimated at 81 200. 900.
4 CYCLONE at Emmettsburg. Ia. on
the eth, destroyed the Burlington.
Cedar Rapids & Northern depot and
several other buildings.
CLARK's mill-dam. at Union City, Pa.
burst, on the night of the 5th. and Il
wall of water swept through the town,
carrying thirty houses from their foun-
dations- and while many persons We're
badly hurt. none lost their lives. Hun
dreds of horses and cattle We're drowned.
DIR. BUCHANAN. of New York city.
was arrested. on the 9Th, charged with
killing his wife by poison,
MARGARET ELLEN CLARK. a lady well
known in Dubuque, Ia, for thirty
years. fell down stairs. on the 5th, and
broke her neck. Death was almost in
Simultaneous. She was the daughter of
Engineer John Clark. of the Chicago.
milwaukee, X st. Paul railway.
Two SHOCKS of earthquake were felt.
at midnight on the 9th at Canosa, a
town in the Province of Bari, thirteen
miles southwest of Barletta. Italy.
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not SO severely.
CHESTER HEITZMAN, of Logansport.
Ind. whose left leg was cut off by Il
Panhandle train, has compromised his
suit of $4,000 against the company by
accepting $1,000 in cash.
\ LARGE number of the victims of
the Oil City and Titusville pa horror
We're buried, on the eth, with impress
sive ceremonies. 1t was estimated that
the list OF the dead would reach about
800.
Mrs. AGNES FRIEAG, of New York.
committed suicide, on the eth, rather
than be dispossessed of her home. the
rent of which. her husband being out
of work. she could not pay.
THE English excursion steamer Alert
was wrecked. on the eth, on the Jersey
island coast A panic ensued, but all
on board were saved.
Bob FORD the desperate and train
robber. whose cowardly assassination of
his former leader. Jesse James, earned
the execrations of all good men and al
most elevated his victim to the role of a
martyr. was himself shot down, on the
Sth, without warming, in his new dance
house in Creede. Col, by Deputy Sher-
iff Kelly. as the result of former quar-
rel. He died instantly.
THE proceedings of the Republican
national convention. on the Sth, were
short and devoid of interest outside of
the ovation accorded to Gov. Mckinley
of Ohio on assuming the permanent
craftsmanship of the convention. The
committees on credentials and resolu-
tons not being ready to report an early
adjournment was taken to the morning
of the 9th.
THE twenty-ffth anniversary of the
coronation of Francis Joseph as king of
Hungary is being celebrated at Buda-
Pesth.
THE Oriental bank of London has
suspended.
QUEEN VICTORIA mas donated $3.50 70
the Mauritius island hurricane suffer
erS.
THE body of n boy of 4 years, who
had been murdered, was found tied
to the ratings in front of house on
Goulston street. in a low quarter of
Whitechapel, London, on the 9th The
boys throat was cut and there were
numerous gashes on the body.
IN the British house of commons, on
the 9th, Mr.. Balfour announced that
the Irish local government bill would
be dropped, and he would state on the
18th what other bills would be pro-
ceeded with