Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-03
THE United States government. which

1HE United states government hlch
does not insure its property, sustained
a loss of about $50. 900. on the night CT
the 25th. by the burning of the south
wing of jefferson barracks. near St.
Louis. A large amount of commissary
stores was contained in the building.
There were some narrow escapes, and
the soldiers acted promptly and effec
lively in saving the other buildings.
REPRESENTATIVE O'NEILL, of Mis-
souri,, on the 25th, introduced bill to
protect free labor from the injurious
effects of convict labor, by combining
the sale of the products of the latter
class of labor to the state where they
are produced.
SHEARING was begun in the three
sheep camps southwest of Salt Lake
City, Utah, on the 25th. The sheep
were driven in from the desert where
they were wintered. It is estimated
that at the three camps fully 400. coo
head of sheep will be sheared this
spring. Last season the record was
325. 900, but the number of wool bear
ers in the western part of the territory
has increased materially during the
year
REPORTS received at the United States
geological survey from twenty three
states and two territories give "A total
production of 11,5O7, 6O7 long tons OF
iron ore in 1898. This amount is smaller
than that recorded for any year since
1887, and is a decrease of almos. 90 per
cent. over 1892.
GEN. NELSON A. MILES has ordered
that charges be preferred against
Lieut.. Nancy. recently acquitted of
the charge of numbering Capt. He'd
berg at Fort Sheridan, Chicago, and
that he be tried by court martial for
conduct prejudicial to discipline in the
service.
WIN. A. PENCE, a prominent farmer,
died near Huntington, Ind, on the
25th, from a peculiar trouble. A bony
substance had grown around and in
cased his heart, causing heart failure.
REV. NATHANIEL BUTLER, who was
Vice President Hamlin's private secre-
tary from 1861 to 1868, and who served
in the Maine Legislature in 1850, died
at Burlington, Wis. on the 25th. aged
20 years.
On the 25th Gen. r. S. Granger.
United States army, retired, died in
Washington, aged So years.
THE president has approved the act
authorizing Commander Dickens,
United States navy, to accept a decora-
ton from the king of Spain.
THE government of Great Britain has
demanded of the government of MIC
aragua an explanation OF the with
drawal of the exequat eur of the British
consul at Greytown (San Juan del
Norte).
REPRESENTATIVE JERRY SIMPSON, of
Kansas, was able to sit up few min
utes on the Goth. He was considered
out of danger. but it will be some
weeks before he will be able to resume
his public duties.
DURING a terrific thunderstorm near
Glatz, Prussian Silesia. on the night of
the 25th, several farm houses were
struck by lightning and burned, and
three persons were killed.
BY the burning of Philip Schneider's
dwelling in South Scranton. Pa, on
the morning of the Goth, three of his
children. who were in an upper room,
were burned to death.
GEN. FRYE's army of the Common
veal arrived at Indianapolis. Ind, on
the Goth. on freight train which they
had seized at Brazil. Ind.
IN coroner's inquest, on the 26th,
over the death of j. Smith, who was
said to have been burned to death in d
small fire which destroyed South
Omaha (Neb.) hotel, five of the six jul
rors found that Smith had been muir
dered, and that Nick Martin, the sixth
juror. committed the crime. Martin
returned minority verdict finding
himself innocent and demanding his
own release.
A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred in the
Place de Ligne. Buda-Pesth, on the
21th, involving Il loss of 5000 forms.
1t is asserted that the fire was the work
of socialist incendiaries.
THE New York Legislature adjourned
sine die on the 27th at noon.
On the 9th the committee of the
Hungarian house of magnates APP
proved Premier Wekerie's civil mar
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