Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-13
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The accident that befell Mr.. Glad
stone, on the I'd, at Ham house, Peter
sham, the residence in Surrey of the
earl of Dysart, was not at all serious.
The spraining of his ankle was very
slight. He returned to London, on the
Sd, and showed no signs of the accident.
Roy ELsLER, a balloonist, aged "a.
made an ascension from CORTLAND
beach on Cut Off lake, at Omaha, Neb.,
on the Sd. His parachute failed to
work properly, and he fell into the
| Missouri river, and was drowned.
| WILLIAM Il. LEONARD, a venerable
merchant and public-spirited citizen of
Brooklyn. died at his country resi-
dence in Owego, n. V, on the I'd. He
is said to have left an estate valued at
81, OOO, 200.
THE New York clearing house, up to
noon of the Sd, had authorized the is
sue of loan certificates to the grand
total of s21, 10000
Mrs. GRANT will spend few weeks
at Narragansett Pier, N. j., as the
guest of Mrs. jefferson Davis
AT Fire Department headquarters in
Ann Arbor. Mich, about midnight of
the Sd, a cannon burst and seriously
celebrating and were loading the can
non preparatory to firing the last
charge. The cannon was hot and ex-
ploded permaturely.
THE statement of the Imperial bank
OF Germany. issued on the 4th, shows
a decrease in specie of 16, 600, 900 marks
A DISPATCH from Athens. on the
night of the Sd, announced that King
~ L l. Al
Greece, and that the country had been
declared a republic. The action created
intense excitement, but no trouble was
anticipated.
VERY serious riots occurred in the
latin quarter of Paris ON the Sd and
4th, in which the students so success
fully defied the repressive efforts of
the police that the troops had to be
called out. Much damage was done
and several persons on both sides were
injured, among the latter police brig
adler.
DE- SAMUEL HART, professor OF Trim
ity college at Hartford, Conn.,, who was
elected bishop of the Episcopal diocese
of Vermont. has declined the honor,
feeling it his duty to remain at the
college.
EMPEROR WILLIAM opened the Ger
man reichstag on the 4th with an add
dress urging the passage of the amend
ed army bill.
AT Kansas City, kaS., on the 4th, a
young man named Baker stabbed an
other named Campbell SO that he bled
to death. On learning that he was a
murderer Baker committed suicide.
THE festive fre-cracker was conspicu-
Gus by its absence from the World S fair
Fourth of July celebra ton. but the fire
works display, under proper safe
guards, at night was conceded to be the
grandest up to date.
THE royalist dynamite conspiracy in
Hawaii has collapsed by the arrest of
three of the active agents, L. b. Walk
err. Archibald Sinclair and E. c. Crick.
Twenty others are known to be deeply
implicated, among them nine of the
numerous eX-ca binet ministers
| WITH view to encouraging immi-
grafton into the Canadian northwest
from the western states, the Dominion
government has decided to abolish the
customs regulation which now pro-
vides that incoming settlers must own
their stock and certain other effects
one year before leaving the United
States.
Hon. WILLIAM PORTER. American
minister to Italy, celebrated the Fourth
of July in Rome by giving dinner
and reception at his residence. Be
sides a number of Italian officials, all
the prominent members of the Ameri-
can colony were present.
UNITED STATES CONSUL HANNA at La
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ment of the election of Gen. Joaquin
Crespo as president of the republic of
Venezuela to fill out the unexpired
term ending February 90, 1894.
On the 5th Commodore Samuel Lock
wood. of the United States navy, died
in Flushing. Long Island, in his nine
tieth year. He was born in Connecticut
in 1903. and entered the navy when II
years old. In 1896 he was serving as a
midshipman in the sloop-of-war War
rem, which was attempting to stamp out
piracy in Grecian waters.
THE battle-ship Campcrdown. which
ran into and sunk the battle-ship Vic
toria. during the recent maneuvers OF
the British Mediterranean squadron off
Tripoli. Syria arrived at Valetta, Malta
on the 5th.
ACTING MINT DIRECTOR PRESTON did
not purchase any silver on the 5th, as
he considered the offers made too high.
He did not, as he had done recently,
make any counter offers.
Hon. MOSES KELLY, eX-secretary OF
the interior. died in Washington, on
the Sd, aged "a years. Mr.. Kelly was
from New Hampshire and came tC
Washington during President Pierce's
administration, and entered the public
service, and during the last year OF
President Buchanan's term of office
was appointed secretary of the treasury
to fill out the term of Secretary jacob
Thompson.
COMMISSIONER MCDONALD, of the
; United States fish commission, has
been advised of the arrival of the AL
batross at st. Paul, Kadiak islands,
Alaska. On June Z, the date of the
communication, all on board were in
good health.
THE British battle-ship Camperdowr
was placed on dock at Valetta, Malta
; on the 9th, to undergo repairs When
she arose out of the water it was seer
that her stem had been broken off jus,
under the torpedo tube, about nine fee,
down. Her ram was bent over toward
her port side and six of her plates
/ three on each side, were damaged.
DURING a storm, on the night of the
5th, at Kingston, N. ", Vandsen
Bros powder magazine at Devils lake
WAS struck by lightning and complete