Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-25

yHE establishment o. the fouKerS
On. " Hat Manufacturing Co was all
most entirely destroyed by fire on the
18th. The loss is estimated at 500, 900.
About 600 hands were thrown ont OF
employment.
6 Col DAVID C. H0UsroN, pm engineer
IN the United States army, died, ON the
morning of the 18th, at ST. vincent's
hospital, N. Y, OF jaundice- He was
IS years old, and native of New York
/ ,THE Pioneer furnace, owned by tho
Cleveland Cliff Co. at Negaunee, Mich,
has been closed down permanently.
This is the oldest furnace in the Lake
Superior district. 1t has turned out
over IS, 900, 600 worth CT pig-iron and
closing down viii leave only one char
coal furnace of nineteen in the upper
peninsula in blast.
TIE Spanish steamer Maria Christina,
having on board the Spanish Infanta
Eulalia, the Official representative of
Spain I'm this country, arrived at New
York ON the evening of the 18th. Prince
Antoine de Bourbon, husband of the
princess, Is with her ON the steamer.
Her suite consists of the duke of Ta-
names, chAmberlain. TO the infanta, and
two ladies In waiting.
SEVENTEEN business buildings and
residences were burned at Montfort,
Grant county, Wis, on the 18th. The
business part of the village was prac-
tically wiped out Loss, Ga, 600; insur-
ance not given.
SANTOS MAAANI, the big chief Of the
D. r. -
the New York Press club fair, died in
Bellevue hospital, on the 10TH of pneu-
monia- His height was z feet inches,
his weight $50 pounds, and he was 80
years old.
TIE National Editorial convention,
in session at Chicago, on the 10th, de-
cided to hold its next annual conven-
ton at Asbury Park, N. ].
JAMES E. MURDOCH, the famous actor,
died at Cincinnati, on the 10th, aged SO.
For two years he bad been suffering
from various ailments. *itf>
A BOILER exploded in the electric
light works at Eldora, Ia, on the night
Of the 18th, demolishing three build
ings and instantly killing A. e. Egier
and terribly injuring Fireman e. Tenn
pleton, both of whom were buried in
the ruins. Several other buildings were
damaged, and plate-glass windows were
broken all over the town.
THE annual reports Of the various
church boards, made public in the
Presbyterian general assembly at
Washington, on the 10th, to be taken
up by the assembly from time to time,
show encouraging results in every
branch Of the work.
A SENSATION was created at the last
business meeting of the club year of
Sorosis in New York city by the black
balling of Lolita Crabtree, who had
been proposed for membership. Her
sponsors Mrs. A. NJ. Palmer, Mrs. E. E.
Kidder and Mrs. Sidney Rosenfe1d, were
SO indignant that they resigned their
membership.
The Infanta Eulalie and party ar
rived in Washington on the evening of
the 18th, an immense crowd being at
the railway station to greet the repre-
sentative of Spanish royalty. -Four
troops of cavalry formed the escort of
the princess to the Arlington hotel, six
sergeants acting as body guard.
MRS. MATTE SHANN, of Princeton,
N. j., who is suspected of having poi
soned her son, John Sham, to get the
insurance on his life, has been indicted
by the grandury for murder in the
first degree.
WHILE Mr.. Gladstone was travelling
from London to Chester, on the 10th,
a heavy missile was thrown at his COM
pa-tment as the train approached Will
1aedov Tho missile Sfr1iclx the window
of the next compartment, which was
occupied by the dean of Chester. 1t
smashed the glass and struck the
cushion few inches from the deans
head.
AS A Mrs Britton, of Harmony, Ind,
was stepping off Vandalia train in
Brazil, Ind, on the 10th, pickpocket
snatched her purse. She Immediately
dealt him singing blow in the face
that felled him to the platform, and
when he arose he was in the hands OF
the police, while the plucky woman had
bov- v,,,rcn v.ofrvrnod