Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

IL Is stated on nlSn authority III LIS
bon that the Rothschilds are furnish
ing money to Admiral Da Cana, the
commander of the brazilian insur-
gents at Rio Janeiro.
HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT, the we'll
known Pacific coast publisher, has
been expelled from the Society of Cali
fornia Pioneers for publishing alleged
false statements in his histories re-
garding prominent members of the So
ciety.
THE schooner-yacht Florence, which
dispatch from Detroit, (Mich.,) re-
ported wrecked, arrived at New Or
leans, on the 9th, in charge of Capt. G.
II. Brooks, after delightful trip, with
all well.
AN earthquake shock, lasting ten
seconds, was felt at Keller, Cal, and
at Hawthorne, New, at 9 o'clock on the
night of the 5th.
THE remains of George w. Childs
were deposited in the DreXel mauso-
leum, Woodlawn cemetery, Philadel-
phia, beside those of the friend of his
lifetime, on the 9th, after funeral serv-
ices in st. James Episcopal church, con-
Quoted by Bishops Potter, Scarborough
and Whitaker, Rev. DIR. Blanchard and
Rev. DIR. Bodine. In addition to the
large concourse of people of all condi-
tions, the employees of the Public Led
ger attended in body.
THE New York anarchists are MAX
ing a strong effort to secure the re-
lease of Alexander Berkman, the
would-be assassin of II. c. Fricll, of
Pittsburgh, Pa.
A TERRIBLE explosion of natural gas
occurred at No. 600 Madison avenue,
Indianapolis, on the morning of the
9TH. The house, two-story tenement,
was blown to pieces, the noise being
heard mile or more away. Six peo-
pie or more were buried in the ruins.
THE international sanitary confer
ence opened in Paris on the nth.
JAMES HERON, secretary of the Wells
Fargo Express Co., died in San Fran
cisco on the 9th. He was member of
the party from Commodore Sloat's
squadron which raised the American
flag at Monterey in '46.
The London market for bar silver
appears to be completely demoralized.
The tone, on the sth, was fiat, and
prices showed considerable decline
ton was 90 1916 pence per ounce. At
$50 p. m. of the sth the price had fallen
off 7-16, the quotation being 1925 pence.
THE Paris police have removed from
Vaillant's grave, in the ''turnip field"
in Ivry cemetery, a quantity of palm
leaves, pot of flowers, and number
of pamphlets clarifying the dead an
archist, and promising that his execu-
ton will be avenged.
THE executive committee of the Ma
tional Editorial association met in an
nual winter session at the Southern
hotel in st. Louis, on the Sth, Presi-
dent Walter Williams, of the Column
bia tMo.) Herald, in the chair.
THE will of George w. Childs was adj
mitted to probate on the stb. The
document is very short. and bequeaths
his entire estate to his widow abso-
1utely.
THE next convention of the Ma
tional Editorial association will meet
at Asbury Park. N. j.. July ? next
THE Cooley Publishing Co. of New
York, publishing Godey's Magazine
and various books and periodicals., as
signed on the Sth.
ZIMRI DwIGGINs eluded the officers
who went to Chicago from Benton
county, Ind, with requisition papers
for his arrest and took n train for Fow-
Ter, Ind, where, on the 9th, he sur
rendered himself to the sheriff and
gave bond for his appearance in court
to answer each indictment against
him.
MAXINE DU CAMP, the well-known
French author, died in Paris on the
9th. He was a member of the French
academy, having been elected in 1880
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of NJ. Saint-Rene-Taillandie His
works are very numerous
The post Office department is taking
energetic measures to prevent the
Louisiana lottery from operating in
this country Special Agent Thomas
says that everything in the power of
the department is being done to break
up the company.
Ex-STATE WORKSHOP INSPECTOR Nc
DONALD, of Ohio, who is under indict-
ment at Columbus on 1913 counts for
embezzling state money. had. up to the
9th, been unable to secure bond. His
trial is set for this term of court