Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-12-20

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BY ELI d. AXE.
tRONTON. MISSOURI
The house of representatives, on the
18th, passed the railroad pooling bill
by vote of yeas 166, nays ITO.
FURTHER Withdrawals of gold from
the New York !sub-treasury, on the
18th, reduced the gold reserve te
slightly above $1o1, 1913, 0se,
THE government of Uruguay pro
poses to issue an edict against the adj
The law will be similar to that of the
United States.
The gold reserve on the evening O.
the 18th stood at 500, 341, 1871. The days
Withdrawals amounted to s4,sy5, 0Oo
of which amount s1,65o, 900 was
known to be for export
TEIEGRAMs received at Sanduslxy
o., ON the 10th, indicate the loss Of the
schooner Mary Amelia and her crew,
which left Port Huron November q
for that port with . cargo of lath.
THE failures in the United States
Tor the week ended On the 18th were
$40, against $50 for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail.
ures were 40, against ~ last year.
Miss MARY STEWART SHERMAN,
daughter of Senator John Sherman,
was married, on the 18th, in Washing
ton city. to John liver McCallum, an
attache of the United States supreme
court.
The old Jumel mansion in New
York city, occupied during the revo.
lntionary war by Gen. Washington as
headquarters, was damaged to the ex-
tent of 81, 900 by fire On the night of
the 18th.
THE Brazilian government has lately
acknowledged the claims of French,
Italian and German citizens, but can
not arrive at any definite settlement at
present, owing to the critical state of
the treasury.
A DISPATCH from Hiroshima says a
detachment of the Japanese second
army occupied Foo-Chow. on the 5th,
without meeting any opposition, the
Chinese garrison, 5000 strong, retreat
ing to New Chwang.
A WARRANT was sworn out, on the
12th. against the officers of the Poca-
hontas Cotton Mill Co.. of Petersburg,
Va, charging them with violating the
laws of the state, IN working women
and children more than ten hours a
day.
THE marriage of Prince Adolphus of
Teck, brother of the duchess of York,
to Lady Margaret Grosvenor, daugh
ter of the duke of Westminster, the
richest peer in Great Britain, took
place in the chapel at Eaton Hill,
Chester. on the 18th
IRA WARp, born in Connecticut,
April Q, 1796, and his wife, Hannah
Graves Crumpton Ward, born in Yer
mont, October IL, 1898, are living on a
farm near New Hudson, VT. They
were married November 16, 1917, sew
enty-seven years ago. law &C.
R. NJ. CAPEHARr, a Justice of the peace
at Velpen, Pike county, Ind, while try
ing a railroad man for some minor
offense, on the 18th, was struck on the
head by the prisoner and killed almost
instantly. The sheriff started in pur-
suit of the murderer. .....
IT was stated, on the 18th, that many
of the railroad coal operators of the
Pittsburgh district would reduce wages
within the next ten days. The officials
of the miners organization refused to
talk on the situation and. declined to
anticipate what action the miners
would take. 80
Ex-PREs1DENr VINCENT CUADRA, of
Nicaragua, died on the 18th. He was
an able statesman, his administration
being noted for the progress the coun-
try made and the reforms instituted by
him. He retained office Until he was
as years old, when he was succeeded by
Pedro Chamorro.
William Plankinton bank case in Mil
waukee, on the 14th, disclosed the fact
that the bank, in the opinion of ex-Na-
tional Bank Examiner Sturgis, was
hopelessly insolvent from the first day
of January, 1893, to the day it closed
its doors, May 81, 1895.
MIss VIRGINIA STUART MosBY, the
Virginia authoress, and daughter of
Col. John Singleton Mosby, the famous
confederate guerrilla, was married at
Fairfax, Va, on the 18th, to Mr.. Wat
son Coleman, private secretary of Rep
resentative LATE Pence, member of
congress from Colorado.
THE Manchester (England) Guardian
said, on the 18th, that as the result of
a conference between Lord Rosebery
and Lord Kimberley the British gov
eminent demanded absolute freedom
in the matter of reporting upon the
situation in Armenia, and that the de-
mand was at once conceded by Turkey.
II was announced, on the 12th, that
one set of the shops of the Michigan
Peninsular Car Co. at Detroit would
start up January L, probably, or be-
fore February L at the latest. The