Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-10-18
THE ameer of Afghanistan was re-

The ameer of Afghanistan was re-
ported on the 18th, to be very ILL.,.
Four earthquake shocks were felt at
Athens, Greece, on The night of the
18th.
julius LIcHTENBERG,a member of the
board of education of Detroit, Mich,
charged with accepting a bride, made
an unsuccessful attempt at suicide ON
the 18th.
IT was reported in Shanghai, on the
18th, that the two Japanese spies ar
rested in that city had been taken from
the Yamen at Marking, wearing only
trousers, bound hand and foot and car
ried to the place of execution, where
they were beheaded.
BOYS digging along the banks of a
creek near Colburn, IND, on the 18th.
unearthed a portion of the remains OF
mastodon. A jawbone six feet long,
with part of a hip bone, in a fair state
of preservation, We're uncovered. The
bones will be placed in the museum OF
Purdue university, and search made
for the remaider of the skeleton.
THE International Typographical
union. on the 18th, elected the follow
ing officers at Louisville, Ky: Presi-
dent, w. b. Prescott, Toronto. Ont. !;
first vice-president, Theodore Perry,
Nashville; second vice president, Frank
G. Boyle, ST. Paul; third vice-president,
Charles B. Lain. Chicago; secretary
treasurer. A. G. Wines, ST. Louis.
FRANK G. DARLINGTON, superintend
ent of the indianapolis division of the
Pennsylvania lines, was arrested at In
dianapolis, on the 18th, on the dual
charge of having discharged William
Carroll and Jacob Walters, switchmen,
for being members of the American
Railway union and of having prevent
ed them from securing employment on
other lines by blacklisting them.
Mr.. LEVI P. MoRToNs under coach
man, John James Howard, a young
Englishman, was arrested in New York.
on the 18th, as an alien contract la borer.
He was connected with Mr.. Morton's
London esta blishment and was brought
to New York some time ago. 1t is said
that the stablemen in Mr.. Morton S EN-
ploy were also imported.
SUPT. ARTHUR BELL of the New York
polo grounds announced, on the 18th.
that the accounts of the Temple cup
series had been made up. Each of the
New York clubs players would receive
a check for S76s. 10, as his share of the
net profits.
DWIGHT BYINGToN, grand secretary
of the Masonic grand council of Kan
sas, and grand recorder of the CRANE
commandery, died at his home il
Leavenworth, on the 18th, after long
illness. He was GO years old.
VICE-PREsIDENT GEORGE w. HOWARD
of the American Railway union who.
next to President Debs. has been the
most aggressive enemy of the railroads
they have ever had, was robbed of
pocketbook containing about forty an
nual passes on some of the largest rail
way systems in the country while TAX
ing ride on Chicago electric car OF
the 18th.
DETECTIVE DEvEREAUX, of Chicago
and Chief of Police Richardson of Ar
gentine, Kas., arrested John Bodwige
in the Santa Fe yards at Argentine.
The prisoner is charged with being i'm
plicated in the wrecking of a passen
ger train at Battle Creek, Mich.
THE principal portion of Biloxi, Miss,
was destroyed by fire on the 18th. The
burned district embraces the opera
house, many stores and large num-
Der of dwellings. The loss will be
probably $50, 900 or more.
TIMOTHY CRAwLEY. a ditcher, aged
SO, was found dead at Peru, Ind, on
the morning of the 18th, and $4,000.
large part of which was in gold. was
found in his pockets. He was without
relatives.
SNEAK thieves entered the residence
of f. j. OFT, keeper of a general store
at Newton, O., on the 18th, and stole a
tin box containing Sl4O in money and
S12, 800 in negotiable bonds.
WARDEN DURsToN of Sing Sing prison
died at Sing Sing, N. Y, on the 18TH
of typhoid fever.
COPENHAGEN will be officially opened
as free port on November 9.
WHILE attempting to capture an elk
which had escaped from a pen in the
city park at Richmond, Ind, on the
night of the 18th, Lewis Lossenkemper
was attacked by the animal and prob
ably fatally gored.