Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-01-19

The second trial, at Goshen. Ind, of
the damage suit of Martin Peterson
against the Lake Shore Railroad CO. re-
suited, On the 10th. in a verdict for the
plaintiff of $4,000. The plaintiff lost
both arms at the shoulders by being
pushed from moving freight train by
the brakeman. The first trial resulted
in a verdict for the plaintiff of s., 600.
A TERRIFIC explosion occurred on the
evening of the 9th in a coal mine ut
King, four miles from Como, Col.
Twenty-seven dead bodies were taken
out. and there were others supposed to
be yet in the mine. OF the twenty
seven dead only eleven could be iden-
Identified.
Rev. FATHER HONNEMAN, pastor of
St Augustine's Catholic church at Gin
ton. Wis. deranged and at large with a
loaded revolver in his hands, was cap
tured on the 10th. His hands were so
badly frozen that he was unable to use
the pistol. Both feet and his face were
also frozen.
THE Minnesota house of representa-
indorsing the Washburn anti-opt;on
bill
UNITED STATES TREASURER NEBE-
KER reported to Secretary Foster, on the
18th, that the account of the legal ten
der notes of the denomination of $500,
series of 1874, shows an excess of $54,-
600 redeemed over the issue, and an in
vestigation is in progress to discover
the cause thereof.
SECRETARY TRACY of the navy de-
partnent has awarded the contracts
for the construction of the cruiser
Brooklyn and the battleship Iowa to
Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia, they
being the lowest responsible bidders in
both cases.
A TREMENDOUS ice foe gorged oppo-
site Jacksonville, Ind. on the 18th,
extending about 800 feet above the
Louisville and Jacksonville bridge
piers, The stoppage of ice made the
situation alarming, the coal fleet being
in danger of being cut out
A BURRo loaded with s., 900 worth OF
silver bars strayed away from n pack
train en- route from the Animas mine to
Durango, Mexico. and. unless relieved
by robbers, is still wandering around
with its precious load.
THE steamer Gaelic, arrived at San
Francisco, on the 18th, from Hong
Kong, brings news of the burning of a
spinning mill at Osoka, Japan. on De-
cember 20 last with a loss of 125 lives.
Most of the victims were young girls.
Two hundred and seventy houses in
the vicinity of the mill caught fire
from sparks and were destroyed.
THE trial of Hugh Dempsey, district
master workman of the Knights of La
Dor, and j. NJ. Davidson and Robert
Beatty, cooks, charged with poisoning
non-union workmen in the Homestead
pa steel mill during last August, be-
gan in Pittsburgh on the 18th.
SENIOR MARCO AvELLANADA. the con-
fdential agent sent by the federal gov
eminent of the Argentine republic to
Corrientes, has succeeded in inducing
the rebels to lay down their arms and
the attempted revolution is at an end.
PREsIDENT-ELECT CLEVELAND arrived
at Lakewood, n. j., on the 18th, accom-
panied by Mrs. Cleveland and Baby
Ruth. They have taken up their resi-
dence for the winter in the Little
White House." as their cottage is now
called, and will remain there until
they start for Washington. Mr.. Cleve-
land. it IS said, will only receive polit-
icalcallers at his New York Office.
The greatest interest is shown in
Madrid in the trial of the Panama d.
rectors and in the disclosures affecting
high officials in France. Seldom have
Spanish monarchists shown so clearly
their antipathy to French republican
ism and their desire to see an Orlcanist
restoration in France.
The sloop Shawmut was burned, on
the 18th. while lying at the wharf at
Boston. Two of her crew, Frederick
AlIchrist and Charles Benkeson. who
were sleeping in the cabin. persisted in
the flames.
EcKsTEIN NoRToN, the noted railroad
man and financier. died suddenly at his
home in New Brighton. Staten Island,
on the 18th. of heart disease.
CLAY HOPPER. the young man who
had been lying in Toledo. O.. in a So
called trance for two weeks. after hear
ing his funeral sermon preached. died
on the 18th.