Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-11
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SENATOR Plat, of Connecticut. ex-
presses doubt about congress being
called in extra session in September
next
THE bill establishing eight hours as
= legal days work in the mines of
Great Britain was passed to a second
reading in the house of commons, ON
the Sd, by q vote of 279 to POI.
Gov. FLOWER of New York, ON the
9Th. rendered his decision in the case of
Carlyle w. Harris, the condemned wife
poisoner, declining to interfere with
the due execution of the sentence of
death.
The duke of Veragua, who Is greatly
interested in popular education and in
situations for the training of the young
In practical things, paid an informal
visit to the Chicago manual training
school on the Sd.
NoN-UNIoN men working for the
Santa Fe Railroad Co. at Argentine,
Kas-, who were assaulted and seriously
injured by union strikers, have brought
suit against the city in the sum of &c..
900 each for damages
THE village of Bailey, twenty-five
miles northwesto of Grand Rapids, Mich.
was almost wiped out by fire on the
9Th. An overturned lamp started the
blaze, and the fire spread rapidly to
neighboring buildings.
The board of appeals of the Ameri.
can Trotting association met in Chi
cago ON the 4th. Several minor cases
were disposed of. The Van Ness case
was taken up and the long-expelled
furfman was reinstated.
The union dock laborers of Bisstol
England went out on strike on the 4th
against the employment of non-union OF
socalled free laborers. and the shipping
trade was blocked through the lack Of
men to handle the freight
Mr.. GEORGE BAIRD, a wealthy iror
manufacturer of Glasgow, sojournine
in Washington city, says: 1.-The iron and
steel trade of England and Scotland is
suffering considerable depression just
now from over-production."
The English newspapers devote ar
unwonted amount of space to discus
sion of the Worlds fair at Chicago and
their leading articles on the subject ex
press hearty good will toward the en-
terprise and hope for its success
JOSIAH TAYLOR, the oldest man il
Oregon, died, on the 4th, near Sheri
dan, Hill county. He was 104 year:
old, the oldest of seven children. The
other six are still alive, the youngest
a woman, being now 9S years old.
The public debt statement issued OF
the 1st shows a net increase in the deb
of S3, 726, S19.4O. The bonded debt de
creased s421, OOs, and the cash in thu
treasury decreased "a, LAT ,S24. 40, the ne
result being an increase of the debt
THE six carloads of exhibits sent b,
the National museum to the Madrit
exposition have just been returned, ant
will be shipped to Chicago at once. TIL
exhibit appears to have suffered by tn
return trip. but the damage done cal
be easily remedied.
PRINCE GEORGE OF WALES, the duk
of York, arrived at Windsor castle OF
the 4th. The news of his betrothal t,
the Princess May of Teck, who ha'
been previously betrothed to hi
brother, the deceased duke of Clarence
had preceded him, and he met every
where with a most cordial reception.
CLEARINGHOUSE returns for seventy
five principal cities of the United States
as reported by Bradstreets, for tn
week ended on the 4th. aggregated 81,
S7S 63S. 159, of which amount New Yor
city returned 1857, 149, 272, Chicago s1a2
OsS, 2O6, Boston sos, S59. 919, Philadel
phia s75, 3S2 .324 and st. Louis s27. 226 ,22i
In the lower house of the Prussia
diet, ON the 4th, the government bill
regulating the elementary schools wa
rejected by the combined vote of tn
conservative and the center partie.
the ground of the opposition being tina
the measure did not meet the deman
for a general reform of the school sy.
tenn.
MANY of the electors OF the distrie
of Arnswalde, which elected Rector All
wardt, the anti-Jewish agitator, to tn
German reichstag, are anxious for hi
resignation owing to his recent ou
rageous conduct in that body. Nee
inos of electors have been held and re
olutions adopted requesting Ahlware
to give up his scat.
THE business failures during tt
seven days ended on the 5th humble
for the United States, 216: Canada. 2
total, 24S, as compared with 23S tt
preceding week. For the correspon
ing week of last wear the figures wei
200, representing 1856 failures in tt
United States and % in the Dominic
of Canada.
THE great Columbian exposition w;
formally opened by President Clev
land, in the presence OF 100000 spect
tors, on the LIST. By touching an ele
trio button the ponderous engin
which gave life and motion to tho
sands of machines of all description
was started and countless flags of q
nations were flung to the breezes-
Mn. THEODORE ROOSEVELT will CO
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