Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-31

5. r. HARRAIs. the second v1ctlm or
yellow fever at Brunswick, Ga, died
on the 23d. No new cases are reported,
Hrs royal highness Prince Yorihito,
cousin of the reigning mikado of Japan
and second from the throne, arrived at
Winnipeg, Man, on the 24th, from Van
couver, en- route to the Worlds fairs
FIRE in the village of MERGED Falls,
CAL, ON the Gath, destroyed the MERGED
wooden mills, Nelson's Aour mills and
q large warehouse containing wooden
goods Loss, 500. 900; Insurance, $780,
COO.
THE garrison in Naples has been
strengthened by IL, 600 troops, who are
camping in the principal squares of the
city, and are kept moving from district
to district to disperse rioters
The steamer Columbia arrived at
New York, on the 25th. bringing $780,
600 gold. The Campania, due on the
25th. brought "a, s25, 900 gold.
A MILITARY Gordon is in force around
Brunswick. Ga. and people can neither
enter nor leave unless they take train
through to Atlanta. >.s'@
ACTON CURTIS, after three trials in
San Francisco for the murder of Police
man Grant, was acquitted on the 25th.
DAVID POTTER, a prominent business
man of Emporia, Kas., was arrested on
the 25th. s. S. Demoss. a passenger
conductor of the Santa Fee, on return
ing home from his run on the night OF
the Esd, claims he found Potter att
tempting to enter his house through
partor window, and on approaching
him Potter fed; that he pursued him
several blocks and finally captured
him.
Mr. w. X. VANDERBILT's new steam
of Birkenhead. England, at cost OF
81. Ooo. 900, and which is said to be the
finest craft of the kind afoat, crossed
the bar at Sandy Hook on the 25th,, on
her maiden tvoya ge from the Clyde and
anchored off Stapleton,, Staten Island.
The tariff duties on the yacht will
amount to about $4,000
NJ. LEMYRE DE VILLERs, the French
special envoy at Bangkok, has de-
manded that the Siamese government
dismiss all Danish officers from the
Siamese service. The effect of such
dismissal would be the disorganization
of the Siamese army and navy. The
dispatch adds that there is every rea-
son to fear that France is seeking a
pretext to satisfy the demands of the
Chauvinists in Saigon, who desire the
acquisition of more Siamese territory.
THE secretary of the interior has ap-
proved the lease of 5000 acres of as
phalt lands in the Uintah Indian reser.
walton of Utah to the American AS.
phalt Co. of Colorado. The lands sc
leased may be located in three different
parts of the reservation. In the lease
is a proviso that the lessor is to deter
mine whenever the lands indicated
shall be opened up to settlement.
AT the request of many citizens
throughout New Mexico Gov. Thornton
has issued a proclamation calling a
mass convention at Albuquerque Sep
TENDER 90, for the purpose of urging
the present congress to pass an act en-
abling New Mexico Immediately to
form state government and come into
the Union as state. All citizens, ir-
of party, are invited to par
ticipate in the convention.
THE treasury department. on the 25th,
began paying out gold on all checks
presented. Redemption of paper money
is made in the same class of money pre-
sented. The reason for the gold pay
ments is that the treasury, because of
its small receipts and large expendi-
lures. has exhausted its paper money.
FRANK SEARS, of Maquoketa, Ia. has
brought suit against his father-in-law,
B. w. Decker, the wealthy proprietor
Of the Decker house at that place, for
s25, 900 damages for alienation of his
wffe's affections. Sears married Miss
Decker less than year ago and claims
her father is responsible for their not
living happily together.
BENJAMIN HESS, a sober young man,
aged 81 and unmarried, while return
ing to his home in Seymour, Ind, at an
early hour On the morning of the 25th,
sat down on the Pennsylvania tracks
near Chestnut Ridge and fell asleep.
He was seen by the engineer of a pass
ing train, but he failed to hear the
signal, and was struck by the
engine and instantly killed.