Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-15

on the Sth, Judge Martin discharged
DIR. A. j. Parke, who was charged with
stealing = diamond from a corpse
which he had viewed as coroner, and
held Grant Wilson, the undertaker's
hostler, who made the affidavit against
the doctor, for the theft.
The Netherlands parliament amend
ed the principal clause of the reform
bill, on the 9th, SO as to destroy the
principle of the measure. whereupon
the bill was withdrawn by the minis
ter of the interior, DIR. TAX Won Poort-
Welt 1t was expected that the minis
try would resign in consequence of tho
action of parliament
TUE imports of dry goods at the port
of New York for the week ended on
the 9th were sa,:;67 ,O54, and the
amount marketed Sa,433, Isl. For the
corresponding week of 1898 the i'm
ports were s4.342, 1874, and the amount
marketed s., 1867, 1s9.
A NEW and fatal disease has made its
appearance among the hogs in the
vicinity of Wooster, O. 1t attacks the
muscles OF the hind legs, which become
rigid and then gradually fall away till
death ensues.
In the ard-Breckinridge case in
Washington, on the 9th, Mrs. Luke
Black burn and Maj. Moore, chief of
police of Washington. testified to prom
Use of marriage being made by Brock
inridge to Miss Pollard in their pres
ence, and gave considerable collateral
evidence tending to show the engage
ment of the parties to marry.
a STATEMENT has been prepared
by the immigration bureau CT the
treasury department showing the num-
Der of immigrants which arrived at
the ports of New York. Philadelphia,
Boston and baltimore from foreign
ports during the calendar year 1898.
The whole number is shown to have
been 431,71 and these. it is said, rep
resent at least four-fifths of the whole
number which arrived at all American
ports.
AT the meeting of the house judici-
airy committee, on the 9Th, Chairman
Culberson announced Representatives
Boatner, Terry and w. A. Stone as the
committee to ainvestigate Judge Jen-
kins' injunction against employees of
the Northern Pacific railroad. The in
vestigation promises to have important
Developments.
The decrease in the number of claims
received daily at the pension bureau is
shown in statement prepared by the
department.. The number of pension
ers on the rolls is now approximately
966, 900, against $3.50 for the CORE
spending week of last year. The num-
Der of applications has. however,
steadily diminished since September l.
CnNNEp 1in1 Of Chof f..
tanooga, Tenn, on the 9th, aged 60.
He was n native of Ireland. Soon after
the war he became a partner of Shell
don & Co., publishers, of New York,
and later southerneagent for the APP
pletons.
TH.MAN II. FISHER. a member of the
New York consolidated stock exchange,
was suspended, on the 9Th, for six
months because of alleged question
able business methods Fisher adver-
tised extensively in the newspapers in
the south and west, and promised to
make fortunes for his clients on small
capital.
SENATOR ALLISON regards the APP
pointment by Germany of commission
to investigate the silver question us an
incident of great significance, partioSl-
larly because the commission. with the
exception of one, or at the most two
of its mem bers, is composed of bi-met-
allists.
MR. AND Mrs. GLADSTONE have re-
ceived autograph letters from Queen
Victoria, both messages being couched
in language of high appreciation of the
services rendered to the country by Mr..
Gladstone.
THE boiler ut Foley & Faller's ma
chine shops in Pittsburgh. Pa. ex-
ploded on the 9th, killing Otto Kelle-
her, the engineer, and probably fatally
injured Frank Faller, member of the
firm.
THE president, on the 9TH. appointed
Walter j. Wilson, of West Virginia,
son of Chairman Wilson of the house
ways and means committee. and
Lewis G. Stevenson, of Illinois, son of
Vice President Stevenson, among 9TH
ers assistant paymasters in the navy.