Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-02-02

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Ohio & Big Sandy railroad. making
forty miles az hour, struck a rock,
half the size of a box car. that had
rolled upon the track from hillside
near Gallup, KY, and was badly
wrecked Brakeman CULLEN, of Cat
lettsburg, and Baggagemaster L. II.
Mall, were seriously hurt.
THE Duluth (Minn.) clearing house
and real estate exchange adopted reso-
buttons, on the 26th, in opposition to
the Sherman silver act and formulated
a memorial asking its repeal.
On the Goth the Minneapolis (Minn.
chamber of commerce passed n strong
protest against the Washburn-H Hatch
anti-option bill by a vote of It's to 9.
THE house committee on rules agreed.
on the Goth, to make the Andrew-Cate
silver bill special order for February
and 10. but no cloture provision was
attached.
The Sterling dynamite plant, situ-
ated at McAdary. two miles from Bes-
semer, Ala, exploded with terrific
force early on the morning of the 27th.
Trees were torn up by the roots, and
great holes were made in the ground.
Two of the employees, Jim Parsons and
George Williams, were instantly killed,
and only small pieces of skin and bones
could be found to tell of their horrible
fate.
COL INGERsoLL. who in his famous
nominating speech at Cincinnati six
teen years ago, first referred to Mr..
Blaine as the "Plumed Knight" by
which title the dead statesman has
since been known, when asked if he
had anything to say concerning Mr..
Blaine's death. replied: mo; that's a
subject on which / have nothing what
ever to say"
AFTER 4 painless night ex-Congress-
man, ex-senator, ex-Secretary of State
and Political Historian James G.
Blaine died peacefully at IL o'clock on
the morning of the 27th. Within an
hour the sad announcement had been
telegraphed to every part of the civil
lied world and. in America, at least,
caused the most profound grief.
The Detroit (Mich.) high school
building was completely destroyed by
fire at 4 o'clock on the morning of the
27th. Loss 100000.
The funeral. services over the re-
mains of the late Associate Justice L.
Q. C. Lamar took place at Macon, &C.,
on the 27th.
A SPECIAL from Dover, Del, on the
27th, reported Hon. p. Cornegys, who
was lately retired from the state chief
justicesbip on pension by the legis-
lature as unconscious and not expected
to live the day out.
AUGUST JOHNSON, so years old, fell
down the dome elevator shaft of
the New York World building from the
fifteenth floor to the basement, on the
27th, and was instantly killed.
THE Chiclsamauga national park COM
have offered ST., 900 for eight
acres of land on Orchard Knob, on
which Generals Grant and Thomas
stood and watched the charge without
orders that resulted in the capture of
Mission Ridge, November a5, 1863. The
owners of the tract ask s24, 900 for it,
but the offer of the government is final,
and condemnation proceedings may fol-
low, with which power the commission
is clothed.
AT JoIesville, Ind. on the 21th, the
body of an unknown man was found
lying on the ice in the middle Ct White
river, with some large chunks of ice
lying over it, completely obscuring the
body from view. The mans throat had
been cut from ear to ear and both hands
were cut inside, as if knife had been
drawn through them.
On the morning of the 26th the police
picked up an unconscious min on the
street in Davenport, la. lie WAS re-
stored, and, on the 27th, left for his
home at Elgin Ill His name is Hub
bard. He was in Chicago and started to
boa rd a train for home, but remember
he was surrounded BY a crowd. There
were no marks of violence on him. but
be was out a gold watch and slSa in
cash.
A GIGANTIC system OF robbery on the
New Mexico division of the Santa Fee
railroad for the past six months has
been brought to light. and the impli-
Gated employees, engineers, tirenen.
brakemen and agent are
being arrested as last as they can be
located.