Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-11-16
The Quebec legislature opened, ON

The Quebec legislature opened, On
the 9th, with the customary cere-
monies. In his speech from the throne
Lieu. Gov. Chapleau made kindly allu-
sion to the term of service and the de-
rarture of the earl of Derby, Flatter-
ing mention was also made of Lord
| Aberdeen.
| EMPEROR WILLIAM has ordered that
ten military officers who were impli-
Gated in the Hanover gambling case
be cashiered.
| Mr.. FRANCIS PARKMAN, the eminent
historian, died at his home in Jamaica
Plain, Boston, on the 9th, of peritoni-
tbs.
| THE Panhandle glass works at Wells
burg, w. Va, resumed operations on
the 9th. employing 200 men, after sew
eral months idleness.
| A GAS motor in the North Side street
railway barns in Chicago exploded, on
the 9th, and the explosion of ten more
motors Immediately followed. A dis
astrous fire followed, resulting in the
total destruction of the eleven motors
and the buildings, with forty street
cars. The total loss will probab bly,
reach 100000; covered by insurance.
| RATIFICATIONs of the extradition
treaty between the United States and
Sweden and Norway were exchanged,
on the 9th. by Secretary Gresham and
Minister Grip. The provisions of the
treaty will go into effect thirty days
| from the date of exchange.
JOHN C. Emo was arrested in New
York city, on the night of the 9Th, on
q N hu TYnifod foe
District Attorney Mitchell, on the old
| indictment charging him with misap-
| preparation of the funds of the Second
| national bank of New York in 1884. He
gave bond and was released.
On the 9th the birthday anniversary
| of the prince of Wales was celebrated
at Sandringham. The church bells
were rung during the morning hours,
and flags were displayed everywhere in
the vicinity of the residence of the heir
apparent to the British crown.
The big marshes bordering the Kan
lSalee river in Indiana were reported
burning, on the 9th, and the fire threat
ened to sweep over the tracks of the
Lake Erie & Western railway and burn
over a large contiguous territory. Sew
eral hundred men were out battling the
flames.
The annual circus parade pro-
vided by the city of London on the
occasion of the installation of the new
lord mayor was witnessed by tens of
thousands of people on the 9th. Al
derman George Robert Taylor. repre-
senting the Queenhithe ward, is the
new chief magistrate of the city.
DURING the five months the Ferris
wheel revolved on Midway plaisance
at the Worlds fair 1,453,61 persons
paid total of 1926, sos so to ride. The
company paid off bonds amounting to
$500, 900, and after paying operating
expenses and dividing with the exposi-
ton over $3.50, 900 was left for the stock
holders.
GEORGE L. CRAMER, for thirty-one
years secretary of the Mutual Fire In
surancc Co. of Frederick county, Nd,
committed suicide on the 9th. A COM
mittee had reported that he was a de-
faulter to the extent of S11 900.
On the 9th the announcement was
made, and later confirmed, that the
Carnegie Steel Co., limited, of Pitts
burgh. Pa, had broken away from the
steel combine and cut the prices on
Stccl IHllS 81 pei tOll, 1IOA go W SSf
and S25.
FIRE of unknown origin destroyed
the residence of Mrs. Eliza beth Bur-
rows, in Chicago, on the 10th. Mrs.
Burrows and the police succeeded in
rescuing six of the children, but Frank,
a 2-year-old boy, was burned to death.
The Pittsburgh and Lake Angelina
mine at Ishpeming, Mich, employing
500 men. suspended work for the win
ter on the 10th. The miners struck
for higher wages, which the company
refused to pay.
ROBERT GLADSTONE, the sportsman
and breeder of race horses, died at
Broad Green, near Liverpool, on the
9th. He was nephew of the prime
minister of Great Britain.
THERE was heavy fall of snow
throughout Colorado on the 10th.
POWELL, the leading steeplechase
jockey of France, was killed at Auteuil
on the 9th, by the fall of his mount,
Wisigath.