Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-05-19
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

| Y GUEST IN the " dSHIngtOn hotel al
Philadelphia took the prccaution when
he went to bed. on the evening of the
9th. to look under the bed. and was re,
warded 10y finding John Henderson
aged Il years snugly slowed away
| there. waiting for him to go to sleep.
GAIT. BEN CARTER. an old-time Mis-
| sisSippi river pilot. fell overheard from
d raft in Tennessee chntc. on the 9th
and was drowned. His body was not
recovered. He leaves a family in Mem
phis.
THERE was an explosion in the North
ern Pacific Coal Co. 5 mine at Roslyn.
| Wash. on the 10Th. in which fifty men
are believed to have lost their lives.
| The work of rescue was promptly he
| gun and soon ten blacliencd and mutt
| lated bodies of those who worked near
est the opening and furthcst from the
| explosion We're recovered.
| THE house committee on elections has
decided the contested-election case of
| Reynolds against Sioux. from the
Twelfth Pennsylvania district. in favor
of Sioux, republican. the sitting mem
Der. The vote was unanimous.
AT the annual election in New York.
ware & Hudson Canal Co.. Cornelius
Vanderbilt and Chauncey VI. Depew
were added To the board to represent
the Vanderbilt interest.
The Norwegian bark Nor. Capt. Ham
bolt. fifty days from Rio. in ballast. ar
rived at Lewes. Del. on the 10th. On
the voyage nine Of her crew were stricll-
en- with yellow fever. two of whom died
and were buried at sea.
THE president. Mrs. Harrison. Mrs.
Dimmick and W. Parker left Washing
ton. ON the 18th. for Virginia beach.
Va.
The French extradition treaty was
rejected by the senate in executive ses-
sion ON the llth.
4 DISPATCH from Zanzibar states that
Emin Pasha has become totally blind.
The report is believed to be not i'm
probable, as ETnin's sight has never
been strong.
The thirteenth annual meeting of the
Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit associa-
tionrof the United States met in Detroit,
Mich. on the 10th.
=. W. GOODMAN. general freight agent
of the New York Central railroad. de-
MES the ruInor that the Central is cut
ting grain rates from Duluth, Mimi,
20 New York.
The Redding & Weavervillc stage
was robbed. on the 10th, by two masked
men about two miles from Redding.
Cal. The Wells-Fargo box was taken.
but the mails were unmolested.
GEN. GREssER, the project of police
of st. Petersburg, who was poisoned in
=. H.
nihilists. died on the nth.
ENGLAND has accepted the invitation
of the United States to a bi-mctallic
congress.
THE Oxford sugar refinery at Green
ock, Scotland. was destroyed by fire on
the 10th. Loss. 10000.
THE special committee of the Belgian
senate having the matter in charge has
passed a resolution favoring certain
proposed constitutional reforms. Many
of the senators disagree on the pro-
posals. and animated debates are eX-
pected.
THE Childs-Drexel home for aged and
INDECENT printers was formally dedi-
Gated. in the presence of an immense
! throng of visitors. at Colorado Springs.
Col. on the 10Th.
The Wollast"n foundry at Quincy,
Mass. was burned on the 18th. Loss
$4,000
NEW MEXICO's magnificent capitol
building at Santa Re was totally de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th. Loss. $3.50
900. When the citizens saw there was
no hope of saving the building. they
stripped the two lower floors of furni-
ture. carpets, law library, and every
movable article.
THE Cheyennes are off their allot-
ments in Indian territory and are driv-
ing white settlers off their claims The
Indians claim that they never signed
the treaty of sale of their lands. and
that if the white settlers do not leave
the country inside of ten days they will
be driven out. The Indians are all
armed. At the town of Cheyenne a
I line of guards surround the town day
and night. and the citizens have re-
quested that troops be sent for protec-
ton.
The president has under considera-
ton the selection of the two arbitrators
to represent the United States in the
settlement of the Behring sea question.
The indications are that one of the
arbitrators will be from the United
States supreme bench, with the chances
strongly in favor with the selection of