Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-06


THIRTEEN men were injured at the
Worlds fair, on the 2Sth, one of them
seriously, by the falling of a portion of
the gallery in which they were assem-
bled-
IT is announced that Henry Willard
intends to withdraw from all the COM
panies with which he has been identi-
fed and retire from active business
life.
CoPIoUs rains in several parts of the
German empire have improved the
prospects of the crops, notably potatoes.
The rains have come too late, however.
to save tho hay.
CHARLES BRENIMEN and two miners
were killed by a cave-in at the Home
stake mine at Whiteside, S. D., ON the
2Sth.
COMEDIAN De WOLF HOPPER and Miss
Edna Wallace, of New York. were mar
ried at Newark, n. j., on the 2Stb.
JUDGE PRATT, of the Brooklyn SUI
preme court, on the 2Sth, confirmed the
report of Referee Z. A. Fuller, award
ing to Edward S. Stokes Judgment for
1904, 1884 against Cassius II Reed.
A CONGRESSMAN is authority for the
statement that President Cleveland
told him he would take up no new APP
pointments while the financial ques-
ton is at such a critical point, but
would continue to issue commissions
to candidates whose appointments had
been decided on.
THE Pine county bank at Hinckley,
Mimi, and a branch bank at Sand
stone, Mimi, owned by w. Ii. Grant &
Son, closed their doors on the Goth.
There was nearly $50. 900 on deposit in
the Pine county bank.
HAYNES, SPENCER & Co., manufac-
turers of school and church furniture
in Richmond, Ind, made an assign
ment on the 29th. The liabilities are
$50. 500 and the assets $685.
SECRETARY CARLISLE, on the Goth,
accepted the design prepared by the
artist. w. II. Low, of New York, for
the diploma to be awarded by the
Worlds fair authorities.
A GREAT drop in the price of Colo
RADIO silver-mining stocks occurred on
the Goth, owing to the low price of sill
yer.
AN incendiary fire in the Severance
block in Cleveland, O., on the 29th.
caused loss of So, 900.
THERE was a very large issue Of loan
certificates by the New York clearing
house on the Goth. President Tappan,
of the loan committee, said that IS, O0O,-
600 of the loan certificates had been is
sued. This makes the total issue S12,
100000.
THE collector of customs at Ell Paso,
Tex, has been instructed by Assistant
Secretary Spaulding to discontinue at
once the practice of admitting sui
phides of silver from Mexico without
a consular invoice, and IN the future
not to admit silver bullion from Next
co exceeding 800 in value, alleged to
be imported as money, unless accom-
panied by consular invoice or bond.
SHERIFF HIxoN has been indicted at
Guthrie, Okla, and held in IS, ZOO bond,
for allowing Ellsworth Wyatt, the
noted desperate of the Dalton gang, to
escape. Wyatt was captured near
Terre Haute, Ind. last winter by
Terre Haute officers, and the capture
created great sensation at the time.
Sheriff Hixon took the prisoner hack
to Oklahoma and allowed him-tc es-
cape.
THE report of the death of Eugene
Reilly. who was attacked by gang OF
horsethi ewes, at Forrest City. Ia.
beaten and badly bitten by bull dogs,
is wrong. He is improving, and mat
tiers have been compromised by each OF
his five assailants paying 800, he
agr eeing not to prosecute.
SOME of the largest taxpayers of La
Porte, Ind, held an indignation meet
ing, on the Goth. to protest against the
contemplated action of the county COM
missioners in altering the plans of the
new courthouse, involving an addi-
tional expense of $50, 900, caused by the
substitution of marble for iron stair
ways and other extravagances.
A TERRIBLE tragedy was enacted IN
the state peni Tertiary at Pueblo, Next
CO, on the Goth. Two convicts, named
Cayetano Olivares and Marcelino Gar
cha, made an attack upon a number of
fellow-prisoners in the corridor with
shoe-knives, killing three of them and
wounding seven others.