Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-18
BY ELI d. AXE.

0xx. 3. c. AR,lsrnoxe, founder an.
e1perintendent Of the normal institute
p Hampton, Va, died on the 18th
aeed So. Gen. Armstrong was born a
Honolulu. Hawaii, Of missionary par
entk
TIE second week Of the Worlds fai
started OF with plenty of sunshine
work going ahesd under high pressur
and Large crowds arriving on tn
grounds early by rail and BY steam
boat
THE gold In the treasury, on the 18th
was 500, 022. 6S4.76. against which Their
were e10S. 7o5. o19 gold certificates ont
standing. leaving the net gold, usual,
denomihated 'sthe reserve" s99, gas,
6e5.7e.
THE dock warehouses at the Basin d,
Kattendy, Antwerp, were destroyed b,
hre on the sth. The warehouses which
were burned contained wool, eotto1
and sugar, and the loss amounted (,
LOOT, zoo francs
ADMIRAL GOMEZ Y. LoNo, who com
manded the Spanish vessels of war i,
the recent naval review in New Yorl
harbor, but was prevented by ill-healtl
from reviewing the land parade, die.
ut Havana, on the 10th.
The Columbia bank of Chicago sus
pended ON the 11th. In a report of tn,
banks condition made by its officers a
the close Of business May 4, the de
posits were stated to be nearly 81, 500,
goo. The capital stock Of the bank i
41,00o, 900.
THRoUeH the efforts of the lady man
ayers from Texas, the people of Calves
tom will send daily q load of cape jas
mines for gratuitous distribution il
various parts of the Columbian exposi
ton, for the purpose of decorating an6
individual use. -Eh
E. A. MCDONALD, of Toronto, Ont.
who has been in New York for some
weeks, has, it is said, organized a syn
dictate to construct an aqueduct from
Georgian bay to Toronto, sixty miles
TO supply Toronto with domestic water
and motive power.
IT is officially stated that the earl Cd
Aberdeen has been appointed governor
general of Canada, in place of the earl
OF Derby, formerly Baron Stanley OF
Preston, who is about to retire from
the Office of governor-general, to which
he was appointed in 1883.
The restaurant proprietors in the
Worlds fair grounds have been brought
to time by the council of administra-
ton, and hereafter visitors to the ex-
position can be assured they will not
be compelled to pay extortionate prices
for food poorly served
EX-SENATOR WARNER MILLER, of New
York, denies that the Nicaragua Canal
Co. Is interested in any way in the rev.
olution which is now in progress in Mic
aragua. He says that the company has
never mixed up in any way, directly or
indirectly, in the politics CT the coun-
try.
IT is probable that the council of adj
ministration of the Worlds fair will
receive the finding and recommends
ton of its special committee to curtail
the power of Theodore Thomas as to
the exclusive use of certain instru-
ments, and if he does not like it he can
resign.
A MEETING of the board of 1ife-saving
appliances has been set for the Esd at
Boston. The board will consider the
merits of any life-saving plan, device
or invention for use on shore only, and
II in their opinion the device is useful
In saving life, will recommend it to the
government for adoption.
DROUGHT has caused such damage to
the grain crops in Italy that that coun-
try will be compelled to import this year
113, 500, 900 bushels of grain in excess of
the ordinary amount imported. AS the
duty is five lire ON a quintal the re-
ceipts on this account will probably
cover the deficit in the Italian budget.
THE residences of three prominent
citizens of Muscatine, Ia, who are en-
gagged in prosecuting saloon cases, were
blown up by dynamite on the 18th. No
fatalities resulted. One of the houses
destroyed was the home of John
Mahon, editor of the Muscatine Jour
nal, postmaster and an ardent prohibi-
zionist.
THE Michigan crop report for the
month of May shows a very discoura-
ging condition of the wheat crop in that
state. The outlook is even poorer than
It was a month ago, when it was con-
sidered below the average. Much OF
the acreage sown will be plowed up be-
cause winter killed or otherwise de-
stroyed,
The bank Of Victoria, ut Melbourne,
limited. has suspended. According 10
the balance sheet of last December the
deposits amounted to 81 ,O00, 900. The
bank had several branches, its London
Office being at % Clements lane, Z. c.
The subscribed capital is 81 200, 600.
The liabilities are about double that
amount.
THE revolutionists in Nicaragua have
taken possession of the seaport Of San
Juan del Sur and control most Of the
,oountry between there and Granada.
Il Is reported that the capital city,
1lnuagua, Is under seige, and that sew
ornl engagements between the govern
suent troops and the insurgents have
fn11sn place.
Tn stockholders of the recently
lniled Chemical national bank of Chi
eaRo viii make good its impaired cap
fnnl as soon as the exact amount can be
,noeertained, and the bank will resume
husiness. Every cent, it is asserted,
IN Be paid, and II is understood that