Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-11-01
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

y. +. MARSH, mayor of Kinsley, Kas.,
and one of the leading business men of
the place, was held up. on the night of
the 22d, by highwaymen and fatally
shot. He died on the esd.
The taotai of Shanghai has requested
the foreign consuls to warn the sub
jects of their governments to avoid
localities where large bodies of Chinese
troops are stationed.
A DISPATCH from Toxic saws that an
earthquake occurred, on the 22d, in the
province of Akita, Japan. The shock
was SO severe that it almost complete
~ destroyed the town of Sakata The
loss OF life was very heavy, and the loss
to property enormous.
PORTUGAL has accepted the invita-
ton of the Quilted States, and has sig
nified her adherence to the agreement
arranged by the Paris arbitration for
the protection of the seals in the North
Pacific ocean and Behring sea.
THE Argentine cabinet council has re-
jected Japan's offer to buy that ma
ton fleet of warships.
ORDERS have been issued to the
cruiser Montgomery directing that YES
sci to reach Mobile, Ala, on November
90. She will afterwards cruise in the
waters of the gulf for the purpose OF
making tests with coal mined in the
southern states.
A FIvE-sToRY brick building at 426
Wells street, Chicago, in process of
construction, collapsed. on the Esd,
burying several workmen in the ruins.
Investigation showed that all of the
workmen escaped from the building
with the exception of Michael Rose, a
carpenter, and an Italian named Caroni.
They were badly hurt.
WHILE unloading a circular saw and
frame on his farm near Romney, Ind.
on the 23d, Joseph Madden was caught
under the falling machine. His arms
and several ribs were broken, and he
received internal injuries which are
likely to cause his death.
IN the report just made by Adjt.-
Gen. Ruggles. one of the most crafty
the army have fallen off from 1859,
the year previous, to 1,073 for the cur
rent year.
WHILE crossing the railroad tracks
in carriage near Jamestown, \. Y,
on the night of the Esd, Alonzo Eddy,
his wife and two children were struck
by train. All We're killed. The horses
were dashed to pieces.
A DISPATCH from Tien-Tsin SAYS that
the Chinese officials report that bat
tie occurred near Yi-Chow, on the ed.
and that the japanese were repulsed
with loss of 5000 men on each side.
On the Esd Chief Harris of the Chero-
kee nation offered a reward of $500 for
the arrest of Bill Cook and his safe de-
livery to Cherokee authorities.
THE Big Four railway shops at Wa
bash, Ind, caught fire just after mid
destroyed. The loss is over 100000
News was received in London, on the
cath, of the destruction of the schooner
Helen supposed to be a Danish vesseD
in the North sea, by the explosion of
her cargo of gunpowder. The entire
crew of the schooner persisted.
THE big asbestos plant of the Philip
Carey Manufacturing Co. in Cincinnati
was completely destroyed by fire on
the 24th. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
about $685. 900. Seventy-five employees
were thrown out of work.
A SENSATION was created in Cincin-
natl, on the cath, by the arrest of w.
w. and b. w. Bozeman, the largest
cigar makers in that city, for violation
of the revenue laws. They were held
under s., 900 bond each.
THE finance committee of the Span
ish cortes has decided to esta blish a
gold standard of currency for Porto
Rico. The Mexican dollar will here
after be used only as basis of weight
for the value of silver.
A DISPATCH from Livadia, on the
25th, confirmed the report that Princess
Alix steadfastly refused to anathema-
tie her former faith in obedience to
the rites of the orthodox Greek church,
which requires such remuneration as 4
prerequisite to baptism. Even the eff
forts of the car had not been success
full in changing her determination.
THE Hotel de Normandie, at Ga st.
Gabriel street, Montreal. Can, was
Quilted by fire early on the morning of
the 25th. The guests had to be rescued
by fremen by way of ladders. Twenty
people were taken out in a half-uncon-
scious condition.
JACOB SCHLoss, a New York photog-
rapher, has begun suit in the United
States circuit court against the w. ID.
Boyce Co., publishers of the Chicago
Blade, for S275,OOO damages. The
Blade, in a recent issue, published a
portrait on which Schloss has a copy
right, and the suit is for infringe
ment.
On the 25th Mr.. Justice Jackson, of
the United States supreme court, ac-
companied by his family, left Washing
ton for Thomasville. Ga, where he will
pass the cold weather. Judge Jackson's
health has been in a serious condition
for some time.
FIVE of a band organized to kidnap
President Crespo of Venezuela were
killed in a riot at Maracaibo, and
seven were captured. The latter di-
vulged plan to proclaim a provisional
government, with Gen. Pinango at its
head.
w. S. SoMERs, of Charleston, w. Va,
a government inspector, dropped dead
at the works of the Variety Iron Co.
in Cleveland, O., on the 23d, of heart
disease.
VICTOR OCHOA, the Mexican revolu-
zionist, was captured at Toyah sta
ton, on the Texas & Pacific road, on
the night of the esd, by Deputy Sheriff
Leavel and State Ranger Smith.
THE new treatment by incubation
for diphtheria and Group, as practiced
in France, is the subject of a special re-
port to the state department by United
States Consul c. w. Chancellor at
Havre. He says that by this method of