Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-08
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

A Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL
A SPECIAL to the New York World
from San Salvador says: ''There is con-
siderable talk in Nicaragua about get
Ting the United States to establ a
protectorate there. 1t is argued that
the American people, having a great
deal at stake in the ship-canel under
taking, have an interest in maintaining
order in that country. There is strong
undercurrent of feeling in favor of an
nexation or a protectorate.
THE ship-building yards of the Cramps
at Philadelphia are now handling s2O,-
522, 600 worth of new war vessels for
the United States government. For
this sum of money the Cramps have at
present on their hands seven new
cruisers and battleshlps. The list in
cludes the battleships Iowa, Indiana
and Massachusetts,, armored cruisers
New York and Brooklyn and triple
screw cruisers Columbia and Mime
apolis-
THE secretary of agriculture has ap-
pointed Evans H. Pritchard, of Indiana,
inspector for the bureau of animal in
dustries in Indianapolis, at a salary of
S2. $50, to include expenses.
Gov. FLOWER of New York, who had
had the cases of Martel1o and Osmond,
the murderers, under consideration for
some time, decided, on the 30th, to let
the law take it's course.
REQUESTS from governors Of states
for regular troops to participate in and
for army officers to inspect the annual
are being received at the war depart
ment. Wisconsin broke the ice. The
governor of that state wants the en-
tire Third infantry, stationed at Fort
Smelling, to participate in the militia
encampment to be held at Camp Doug
las.
A DAsTARDLY attempt was made to
burn a tenement in the heart of
the Hebrew district of New York city
early on the morning of the 2sth, but
discovery Of the fire prevented a con-
flagration which would have imperiled
the lives of 100 persons. Two men ac-
cused Of incendiarism were arrested.
SECRETARY SMITHS decision to adhere
to the language of the pension act of
1890, thereby saving about $50, 600, 900
per annum to the government, is looked
upon with great satisfaction by the
members of the recently-dishanded
Farnham Post. G. A. R., of New York,
and is regarded by them as being in the
nature of vindication of their course
in denouncing the abuses in the admin
istration of the pension Office.
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departments and all the branches Of
the merchant mill, except the pudding
department, Of the Bethlehem Pa.)
Iron Co. having shut down, 1900 men
are out. The cause of the closing is
lack of orders.
THE Nancy Hanks, the fast train on
the Central railroad. ran over and
killed Rev. VIM. NJ. Graham and his
wife a short distance from Miner,
Ga, on the 2Sth. Near the scene of the
accident is little country church in
which all the people around hold union
services. and Rev. Mr.. Graham was the
pastor.
DURING bull fight at Getafe, near
Madrid, on the SOth. crowd of men
and boys broke into the ring and wor-
ried the bulls. Two young men were
gored to death and many others were
injured. The spectators applauded and
cheered while the bulls charged the
men who were beating them.
THE Glasgow importers of Canadian
cattle have sent word by cable to the
exporters to stop shipping. as the de-
board of agriculture that the cattle
shall be slaughtered upon arrival, are
ruinous to the trade.
THE president has appointed Col.
George N. Sternberg to be surgeon
general of the United States army, to
succeed Gen. Sutherland, retired.
JAMES DICKSON. aged 20, one of the
wealthiest citizens of Mansfield, o. was
struck and instantly killed, on the Goth,
by train on the Pennsylvania rail-
road. He had been dissipating for a
week, and the accident is attributed to
this cause.
PATRICK CULHANE, employed at the
McGregor boiler shops in Detroit,
Mich, was hammering a piece of steel
on en- anvil, when it broke and part
of it struck him in the lett breast,
penetrating almost to the heart, and
causing his death in a few minutes
THE rumored resignation of David
Starr Jordan. president of Leland STAN
ford, Jr.. university, is positively de-
MED.
PRESIDENT GREENHur of the Whisky
trust spent the entire day of the 31st,
in Chicago, in fruitlcss efort,to nego-
tiate loan of several hundred thou
sand dollars.
The Case Manufacturing Co.'S fac
tory, James Watson, president, manu-
facturers of mill supplies, etc, and the
J. d. Neil Manufacturing Co., carriage
furnishings, at Columbus. O.. were con-
sumed by fire on the night of the 31st.
The loss on both plants is $1,000
The Case company carries a good insur-
ance and the Neil plant had $4,000.
THE new Palace of Industry which
had just been completed ins Rome,
and about to be formally opened,
was destroyed by fire on the 31st.
Four firemen lost their lives at the fire,
and their bodies were consumed by the
flames.
THE next meeting of the United
Presbyterian general assembly will be
held at Albany. Ore, commencing on
the fourth Wednesday in August, 1894.
The board of missions will meet one
week previously at Portland, Ore.
THE state department has received
unofficial advices that President Sacaza
of Nicaragua resigned, on the aoth, af-
ter signing terms of peaee.
SIR CHARLES RUSSELL concluded his
argument in behalf of the British case
before the Behring sea tribunal of ar
bitra ton on the S1st.
WALTER s BEREsFoRD, the bogus
<,r1 EaroSford racant1v convicted III