Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-13

THE princess of Wales gift to the
bride of her son, the Princess May of
Teck, consisting mostly of jewelry and
precious stones, was valued at $780,.
600
THE Imports, exclusive of specie, at
the port of New York, for the week
ended on the I'd, were S1O,215, O65,
of which s., 211, s55 were dry goods and
SS,O03. 210 general merchandise.
THE captain of the Viking reports a
most perilous passage through the
Erie canal, and says he would rather
brave the waters of the Atlantic a
score of times than make the canal TRIP
again.
A. c. SHINN. of Ottawa, Kas., vice
president for that state of the Ameri
can Timetable league, has issued cal
for state convention to be held in
Topeka, on the Goth, in the interest Of
silver agitation.
THE whaleback steamer Father, with
her consorts. Ill and III, arrived a,
Buffalo, n V, ON the 5th, with tota
of 266, os9 bushels of grain. This is the
largest amount ever carried by any ont
tow on the lakes.
THE Columbian Liberty bell was runs
for the first time, on the afternoon o.
the 4th, at the Clinton II. McNeely bel
foundry in Troy, n. Y, the ringing
being conducted by electrical commu
nication with Chicago.
Or IyVII Am reached GRAY
Gables at $50 o'clock on the night OF
the 5th, few minutes before the be
ginning of the most violent thunder
hail and wind-storm that had sweep
over BuZzard's Bay for years.
SECRETARY AND Mrs. CARLISLE left
Washington, on the 4th, for Chicago
Secretary Carlisle expected to be alb
sent about two weeks during which
time Assistant Secretary Hamlin viii
act as secretary of the treasury.
HUNDREDS of Texas cattle which have
been driven into Oklahoma from the
Cherokee strip by the soldiers are dy
ing of Spanish fever. and farmers along
the line are greatly alarmed over the
prospects of their domestic cattle be-
coming infected.
PRINCE HENRY of Prussia, brother o.
Emperor William, who was sent to re
present his majesty at the wedding o.
the duke of York and Princess May O
Teck, arrived in London on the 5th
and was quartered in buckingham pal
ace as guest of the queen.
THE marriage of the duke of. Y ORR
prince George of Wales) and Princess
Victoria Mary of Teck. an event tc
which all England had been looking
forward with deep interest, took place
at 1890 p. M, on the 9th. in the chape
royal, st. James palace, London.
DENNY Bros, ship builders of Dunn
barton, Scotland, launched, at their
yard at that place. ON the 18th, a steel
twin-screw cargo and passenger steam
er of 10000 tons, built for the Ameri
can line. She is intended to ply be
tween Liverpool and Philadelphia.
THE Kings county On. Y-)grand jur.
has censured Mayor Body and the
board of aldermen of Brooklyn fol
awarding certain street railroad fran
,chises to electric railroad companies
and sincerely regrets its inability t.
present an Indictment against them"
THE modest building erected by tn,
Central American republic of Guate
mala in the northeastern part of thu
Worlds fair ground was dedicated OF
the Sd. The building is of Spanish de
sign and corresponds with the archi
s. ~ hiah
sents.
SECRETARY MORTON has instructed
Enos Harden, of Michigan, recently
appointed purchasing agent of the ag
ricultural department, to buy the seet
for the use of the department direc'
from the grower. thereby saving the
profits that have heretofore accrued t.
the middlemen.
TEN Indians of the Six Nations from
the reservations in the state of New
York arrived in their village in the
south end of jackson park. Chicago, or
the 5th. Among them was Solomon
O'Bail. the grandson of Corn Planter
the chief who negotiated a treaty will
George Washington.
AT the session of the Amateur Pres.
Association national convention III
Chicago, on the 5th. the new nationa
officers were installed and degrees o
poet laureate, essay laureate, seria
laureate and editorial laureate wer,
conferred. The annual banquet wa
held at night at the Leland hotel.
SECRETARY HoKE SMITH has made ,
decision repeating a former order con
STRUNG disability not of service orr
GIN" so as to limit it to disabilities pre-
venting the applicant from earnin,
support by manual labor. 1t is be
lieved this will reduce pension pay
ments from SIS, coo, 900 to Sc, 900, 900.
Ir is stated that President Cleve
lands message to the extra session o
congress will be written at Buzzard'
Bay, Mass, and that one of the reason
why he sought a vacation was that h
might. unmolested by the Office seek
ers, prepare the document upon whicl
he intends to devote great deal O
painstalking care.
THE Spanish caravels Santa Maria
Pinta and Nina, the reproductions o
the vessels in which Christopher CO
lumbus first sailed to the west, arrives
at their destination in front of the CO
lumbar exposition grounds on the 18th
Their arrival was announced by tn
cheers of thousands and a din OF steam
whistles from vessels on lake and Ia
coon.
THE departure of Mrs w. e. Hoyt