Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-08-16
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

MILLIONS of dollars idle in the banks:
thousands of men idle on the streets.
La Dor and capital both in abundance,
yet unable to unit for production.
What set of fools we must be. any
way.
UNWILLING to stand the worry of
debt, Thomas j. Haggerty, 81 years
old. chief inspector in the appraisers
office of the United States custom
house in st. Louis, ended his life, on
the 9th, by taking dose of what is
supposed to have been cocaine, at the
st. James hotel.
MORE unsatisfactory than ever"
was the way Senator German de-
scribed the situation in the tariff con-
ference on the night of the 9th. The
house conferees," said he, will do
nothing. They will not come to an
agreement. They will not even agree
to report disagreement. We are 60
ing to give them just forty-eight hours
more to do one thing or the other. If
they still hold out we will try to cut
the Gordian knot
Miss MARGARET HENDERSON. of Terre
Haute. Ind, is the first woman in Indi-
ana to make century bicycle run.
She completed a hundred miles on a
wheel within the prescribed time of
sixteen hours allowed by the Century
Road club. Her actual riding time was
nine hours and fOrty-fve minutes.
VICEROY Ii HUNG CHANG expresses
the opinion that the British government
will claim compensation for the rela-
tives of the victims of the sunken
transport Kow-Shung, and also for the
owners of the cargo, who were under
the protection of the British flag when
the Kow-Shung was sunk. Ii Hung
Chang estimates the indemnity due to
China from Japan on account of the
Kow-Shung affair at S3,500,O0O.
THE president, on the 9th. nominated
Judge Amos NJ. Thayer, of st. Louis,
to be judge for the Eighth judicial cir
cult newly created); III. S. Priest. of
Missouri. to be district judge for the
eastern district of Missouri, and James
ID. Porter. of Tennessee, to be district
Judge for the eastern and middle dis
tricts of Tennessee.
EDWARD WEIHL, of Chicago. was ar
rested in New York city, on the eth.
charged with ENLIGHTENMENT. He was
secretary of Chicago building and
loan association and abSconded with
S3.7OO.
Up to the morning of the eth returns
received from the Alabama election
would indicate the election of Oates
(dem.) for governor by about 20. 900 ma
jority. and the entire democratic ticket
by varying majorities. The state leg
islature was claimed by the democrats.
JUDGE CAMPBELL held Adjt.
Tarsney in contempt of court at Colo
RADIO Springs. Col, on the eth. and
fined him $50 for ignoring the summons
to appear before the grand jury sitting
to inquire into the tar-and-feather case.
DIR. GUZMAN, the Nicaraguan minis
ter, received a telegram from Managua.
on the eth, officially announcing that
the town of Bluefields. on the Mosquito
coast. had been taken by the Nicara-
guam army.
a FREIGHT train on the West Jersey
railroad was held up. at o'clock on the
morning of the eth, at Mays Landing,
n. j.. by band of twenty-five CoXey-
ties under Carl Browne The ''hoboes"
stubbornly fought the train crew, but
were finally subduei.
THE viceroy of Kwang Tung. China.
has engaged 5000 Black Flags to
strengthen the Notifications and river
defense in the north of Canton.
HARRY a. GARDNER, cashier of the
Second national bank of Altoona. Pa,
has disappeared in company with a
Mrs. Gordon. to whom Gardner has
been SO attentive during the past year
as to excite much unfavorable COM
ment. A director of the bank is aG-
thority for the statement that Gardner
has also taken with him large sum of
money belonging to the bank