Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27

He 1NHu teleSrdpn wires between
Saigon and Bangkok have been cut by
the Siamese. This viii cause some de-
lay in the transmission of dispa tches
to the French war ships at Bangkok,
as all messages will have to be sent
! via Singapore. Madras. Calcutta, and
thence through Burmah down the bay
| of Bengal, and SO on over the line that
extends northeasterly from Bangkok
to Elephant Point.
GEN. ADAM E. KING, late consul-gen-
| eral of the United States to France,
recently returned, speaking of the
trouble between France and Siam. said:
| There is no doubt that the cause can
be found in the desire of the French tc
foster colonizatio schemes
| COMPTROLLER EcKLEs has ordered q
dividend of so per cent. in favor of the
creditors of the Evanston national
bank of Evanston. Ill.
| THE steamship Fuerst Bismarck.
which arrived in New York. on the
21st, brought e43,To0 in gold, consign
| ed to New York bankers.
| Two ENTIRE blocks of buildings, in
Guiding Il newly erected Catholic
| church. parsonage and parochial school
| building IN Long Island City, n. Y,
were destroyed by fire on the 2lst.
| CAPT. J. o. MAC KAY. Third cavalry,
was placed on trial by court-martial at
Fort Reno. l. T., on the 21st for cruelty
to enlisted men. His offense consisted
in causing several men OF his command
to be triced up by the thumbs. an I'M
usual and cruel punishment not toler-
ated by the articles of way.
THE bangkok correspondent of the
| London Times says. concerning the
terms of Frances ultimatun: "Eu-
| rope. ard especially Great Britain,
| should know that this territorial de-
mand represents $4,000 square miles.
| 1t includes the province that Burma h
coded TO Siam on the condition that it
never should be coded to any other
power and sc. 900 miles of northeastern
Siam. into which the French have never
advanced.
THE great driving wheel of the Mem
phis (Tenn.) electric power-house burst
| into hundreds of pieces, on the 2]st.
| tearing up the building and killing
Engineer Pat McDermott instantly.
The wheel was 4 feet across. Is feet in
diameter and weighed 2.70O pounds.
1t became wild and from some unknown
cause began revolving with incredible
speed, and before it could be stopped
burst.
THE German govern ment will send
men -ofwar to Siam to protect the Ger
man residents and their interests. This
step is taken partly in response to the
urgent request of the Hanse cities
which have commercial relations with
Siamese ports.
GEN. John G.. WALKER died in Wash.
ington on the 21st. He was distin.
gu;shed figure in the battles of Sharps-
burg, Manassas and all the fights
around Richmond. lie was an accom-
plished liEguist, and during Mr.. Cleve-
lands first term served the government
upon several special missions in South
America.
WHITE STARR, notorious burglar.
was being taken via the MonoR to the
Michigan City Und.) penitentiary, on
the a1st. by a deputy sheriff. Just as
the train had left Nora station Starr
said he wanted Ii drink and the deputy
went with him to a water tank near the
car door. Although he was handcuffed
Starr made a dash for the PLATFORM
jumped off and escaped.
ADvICEs from California are to the
effect that Gov. Markham has deter
mined to appoint Michael II. De Young,
owner of the San Francisco Chronicle
United States senator. to fill the va
cancy created by the death of Senator
Stanford.
THE fund for the relief of the fami-
lies who suffered by the Cold Storage
warehouse fire on the Worlds fair
grounds in Chicago amounts to up
ward of $4,000. 1t will be distributed
as soon as contributions cease.
EX-POSrMAsTER WILSON LIFE of
Weir City, Kas., was arrested at Leav-
enworth. on the 21st. by a United
States marshal on the charge of en-
bezzling government money. Lift was
postma ster in 1892 and claims he set
tied his accounts. but did not get credit
from his successor for tifty-odd dollars.
His bond is $500.