Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-04-13
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

alfenable rights OF working people.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
THE business portion of the town of
Florence. S. c., was destroyed by fire
on the Sd. Flames started during the
night and burned until 9 a. IN. The
Central hotel, the city hall and four
teen dwellings were destroyed. The
loss is estimated at at least $50, 900;
only partially covered by insurance.
IT is stated at the state department
that no protest against Max Judd. of
st. Louis, has been received from Aus
tria. The opinion seems to be that
none will be made. A diplomat is au-
thority for the statement that the
prejudice against the Jews is nearly as
strong in Austria as it is in Russia He
further said that it is a race rather thar
a religious prejudice
The joint resolution of congress in
viting the Spanish royal family to par
ticipate in the opening ceremonies of
the Worlds Column ian exposition car
ried no appropriation for the purpose
named, and Secretary Gresham is en-
deavoring to determine w here he can
secure the money necessary to carry
out the instructions of congress.
EIGHTEEN buildings, comprising the
business portion of Carrollton. Ga,
were destroyed in a great confagration
at midnight of the Sd. The fire, which
was of incendiary origin, is believed to
have been started by the notorious AS
bury Gentry.
A VIRGINIA man appears to have pro-
duced the best smokeless powder which
the army has tested up to date. The
test was recently held at the Frankfort
pa arsenal, with excellent result, and
a request was sent for additional and
larger quantities of the powder. The
composition came from Leonard Mason,
who has been known as chemist and
ordnance expert
JAMES LENNON, the Lake Shore en-
gineer who was found guilty of con-
tempt of court, according to Judge
Kicks decision, has, in obedience to the
instructions of his attorneys, refused
to pay his fine and has been formally
arrested and placed in custody of the
court.
OFFICIALS of the Pittsburgh Pa.)
builders exchange were found guilty
of conspiracy by jury, on the 4th, for
combining in restraint of trade and
preventing contractors, not members
of tn. exchange, from getting ma.
teriaL
PRESIDENT HIPPoLYTE has sent pro-
test to President Herreaux of Sanp
Domingo, against the action of that re-
public in aiding Haytian revolution
lists.
JUDGMENT was entered in the New
York city court, part three. on the 5th,
against Mrs. James ]. Corbett for $780,
The suit was brought by Harry Ro-
micke, the manager of press clipping
bureau, who supplied Mrs Corbett
with newspaper clippings about her
husband, the famous pugilist.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY WILLErs Of
the department of agriculture has gone
to Chicago to personally supervise the
placing of the department exhibits
A FIRE at Podhalozyhi, near Sambor,
in Austrian Galicia, on the 5th, de-
stroyed 100 buildings, including the
school, and three persons persisted in
the flames.
ANTOINE WooD, the boy-murdercr.
who killed Joe Smith for his watch
and gun, was sentenced at Denver,
Col. on the 5th, to twenty-five years in
the penitentiary with hard labor.
JOSEPH ii. MILLEE, the oldest active
newspaper man in New Jersey, died at
Newark. on the 5th, of pneumonia The
most important journalistic feat of Mr..
Miller occurred during the war, when
he obtained access to and reported a
secret meeting of copperheads in New
York city for the purpose of devising
schemes for defeating the administra-
ton.
MRS JENNIE NORTHERN, living IL
miles west of Princeton. KY, died on the
5th, at the advanced age of ITO years.
She contracted measles q few days be-
fore, the first case she ever had, which
proved fatal. She was a remarkably
well.preserved woman and active up to
the time of her sickness
Mrs. ERNEST SCHULTZ. wife of Jailer
Schultz, of Griffin, Ga, shot q negro
prisoner named William Andrews, who
was trying to escape from the jail, ON
the 5th. The shots brought the negro
to the ground and crowd to the jail.
Mrs Schultz attends to the business of
the Jail while here husband is away.
REPRESENTATIVES of the various state
boards of health helda meeting in New
York city, on the 5th, and considered
various questions that will likely be Of
some importance in case Of an epidemic
of cholera this summer. The meeting
was presided over by DR.. J. N. McCor-
mick, president of the National Con-
ference of State Boards of Health.
The suspended Commercial bank OF
Australia, at Melbourne. il to be reor.
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