Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-09-21

ANsAAs SAAoei eAAO VI hAO 0O
Janeiro was resumed on that day by
the rebel feet The rumor was based
on the notice sent out by the cable of
ficials in Rio Janeiro that they had
been obliged to close their Office on ac-
count of the firing.
A TELEGRAM received at Milwaukee,
on the 18th. stated that Marshfield and
Junction City, Wis, were burning.
having at last fallen prey to forest
fires, from which they had been men
aced for many days.
| NJ. L. RUCHONNEL, Swiss minister of
justice and police, died, on the 14th, in
Berne, after a long illness.
CITY TREASURER ADoLPH KRuG. of
Seattle. Wash, is said to be defaulter
| to large amount
On the 18th the Bank of England's
rate of discount was reduced from to
| per cent
The mutiny among the convicts at
the Tracy City (Tenn.} mines ended on
| the 14th, the men who had refused to
work surrendering.
Ex-GOv. G. w. CLICK, of Kansas, has
been appointed a special pension agent
at Topeka, Kas.
| On the morning of the 18th, at Wins
low, Ind, party of twelve men, made
up in Cincinnati, and who were beat
ing their way to Chicago on Fort
Wayne freight, were held up by four
men and robbed. The thieves effected
an entrance to the car by breaking
down the door, and, with revolvers
leveled, compelled the dozen men to
give up their money, ranging in sums
I
watches.
NOTwITHsTANDINGa dozen or more
white caps have recently been landed
in the Mississippi penitentiary, their
cowardly outrages are getting more
and more common. They are now
burning cotton gins when owners dis
obey orders not to gin till the price of
cotton reaches ten cents.
ADDITIONAL advices from Rio Janeiro
received in Washington on the night of
the 14th pointed in most positive
manner to the overthrow of the Bra
lillian government. The disaffection is
not confined to the navy alone, but it
is spreading to the administration.
FRANCIS II. WEEKS. the absconding
treasurer of the Land and Improve
ment Co. of West Superior, Wis. whose
stealings aggregate 81, 700, 900, and who
is under arrest at San Jose, Costa Rica,
will be brought back to this country
for trial.
OWING to the great increase in Chica-
go travel the New York Central has re-
stored to the service the New York and
Chicago limited trains. These trains
were with drawn recently owing to de-
creased traffic between the two cities
AN interchange of views has been
had by the general passenger agents Of
the western roads as to the effect a
further reduction of rates would have
on the Worlds fair business. They
have decided that no reductions of
rates are to be thought of.
REPRESENTATIVE KERN, of Nebraska,
has introduced a bill in congress to
provide for the disposal of Fort Hart
suff, Fort Sheridan and Fort Nc
Pherson, military reservations in Ne
brasl>a, to actual settlers under the
provisions of the homestead laws.
A NEGRO named Christopher whipped
his 12-year-old son to death at Rome,
Ga, on the 14th, and was arrested for
murder.
Four masked men held up a train
at Highway, on the Mineral Range
railroad in Northern Michigan, on the
18th, and while two of them held guard
over the engineer and fireman the
other two went to the express car and
ordering the messenger to put his valu-
able packages into a bag, which one of
them carried, the quartette made off
with 75,OoVin cash. The money was to
have been used in paying the work
men in the Calumet and Hecla mine.
"kEELEY LEAGUE DAY" at the
Worlds fair was celebrated. on the
18th, by 1000 delegates representing
600 clubs from every state in the union
except Florida and South Carolina.
THE town of Withee, forty miles east
of Chippewa Falls, Wis, was reported
burning, on the 18th, the destruction
being caused by forest fires.
THE condition of Prince Bismarck
was reported worse on the 18th.