Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-08

HIS rcSlSn dIlOn as bflLiSn prime minis
ter. to take effect at Easter, and Rt.
Hon. john Poyntz Spencer, fifth earl
of that name and first lord of the adj
miralty, has been chosen to succeed
him, Lord Rosebery, it is stated, hav-
ing declined the Office.
A PARTY of patriotic Kentuckiansare
taking steps to purchase the birthplace
of Abraham Lincoln, in La Rue coun-
ty. KY, and convert it into park.
Negotiations are about completed, and
work will be begun early in the spring.
THE Iowa senate, on the 2Sth, re-
jected the house woman suffrage
amendment-ayes, 20; nays, 90.
JOHN CALLAHAN, an aged farmer,
who had lived thirty years on a small
farm six miles from Burlington. Wis,
was shot dead, on the night of the 27th,
by man who entered the house, re-
volver in hand, demanding money. The
supposed murderer, George Cloud, was
captured.
CARL JONAS, Acknowledgements OF
Wisconsin, recently appointed consul
general at st. Petersburg, will resign
his present Office and accept the con-
sulship.
Gov. JACKSON of Iowa has reinstated
Warden Mcmillan in the Fort Madison
penitentiary, who was deposed last
summer by Gov. Boies for alleged mis-
appropriation of funds. An investiga-
ton was made by special legislative
committee at the beginning of the ses-
sion, resulting in McMillan's exonera-
ton. His reinstatement is a matter of
vindication.
WTrT PI,A
officer, and government agent an Park
Rapids, Mimi, under President Harri-
SON, committed suicide at Minneapolis,
Mimi, on the 2Sth, in his sleeping
room. He shot himself through the
head. Financial reverses are supposed
to have caused the act.
THE nickel-in-the-slotm machines must
depart from Washington, Ia. The city
marshal, on the 1st, ordered them all
stopped. and parties failing to comply
will be held for running gambling
houses. This is the result of the recent
big religious revival.
HENRY i. Rogers, manager and prin-
cipal owner of the Fidelity Storage
Co., of Chicago, committed suicide, on
the LIST, by blowing out his brains with
revolver. He had been sufferer from
acute insomnia since December, and
brooded constantly over business re-
verses.
A 5OO-PouNDWheeler projectile, tested
at the Indian Head proving grounds
recently. penetrated a 12-inch steel
plate and rebounded from the metal
without the slightest damage to its
steel point.
On the 1st Gov. Pattison of Pennsyl-
vania issued his proclamation announc-
ing the election of Galusha A. Grow to
succeed the late Congressman William
Lilly as congressman-at-larg
A LONDON news bureau states that
Mr.. Gladstone's secretary has informed
it that the resignation of Mr.. Glad
stone will soon be rendered.
THE public debt statement issued on
the 1st shows the net increase of the
public debt during February was s40,
U64, 215. The Understanding debt
amounted to 1925. s72, 900, which is an
increase of 4O.S31, 91O during the
month.
JOHN Y. MCkANE, the convicted boss
of Gravesend, Long Island, was taken
to Sing Sing prison, on the list, tc
serve a sentence of six years for inter
fering with the sacred rights of citi-
zens in connection with the franchise.
THEODORE +. BAKER, ex-paying tel.
Ter of the Consolidated national bank
OF Philadelphia. who pleaded guilty
recently in the United States district
court to the embezzlement of. s47,OOC
from the bank. was sentenced, on the
I'd, to seven years and six months i'm.
prisonment.
a MOB of 200 men attempted to force
the Jail at Stroudsburg, Pa, on the I'd,
for the purpose of lynching Richard
Pryor, negro murderer. The attack
was resisted by the sheriff, who held
the mob at bay until the police az
rived. when the mob retired.
On the I'd the attorney general OF
Florida nolle pressed the case against
Charles Mitchell for fighting by pre-
vious appointment, and also the cases
against the Duval club members and
others for aiding and abetting fight
by previous appointment.