Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-01

on the night of the 23d, the jury In the
case of John Il. Koeting, cashier of the
defunct South Side savings bank. Mill
waukee, returned verdict of guilty
on the second count" This count
charges Koeting as ''owner'' of the
bank, with having received deposit
after he knew the tank to be insol-
vent.
Ms. WILLIAM PHEASANT, farmers
wire near Columbus, Ind, was found
dead in her bed on the 23d. She helped
her husband saw wood all the day be-
fore. Foul play is suspected. Pheasant
had served term in the penitentiary
for an attempted outrage six years ago.
HERMAN HARMS, of Utica. Mimi,
who has slept most of the time for six.
| teen years, and whose case has become
famous, has again awakened and is APP
parently in normal state. He weighs
less than 100 pounds, but has n good
appetite and is improving in health.
THE DEGREES expelling ex-King Milan
and eX-Queen Natalie from Servia have
been cancelled.
THE building on the Boone county
ia poor farm. In which the incura-
bly, insane were confined, was de-
stroyed by fire, on the night of the
esd, and eight of the nine inmates were
burned to death.
SECRETARY CARLISLE has sent a COM
nunication to the senate showing the
amounts due the United States from
the territory of Utah on account of
costs and expenses of prosecution.
These expenditures began in 1875, and
continued ever since, the total amount
being s725,555. 1t appears that the
law requires that these expenses be
paid by the territory, but congress has
annually appropriated the money re-
quired.
The Union Pacific is preparing to put
in a new schedule of wages for organ
lied labor. which will be reduction
on all lines. Noallowance will be made
for excess mileage and the overtime
limit has been extended.
BY the collision between 4 heavy
freight and heavy passenger train
near Samara, Russia, five of the pas
senger coaches caught fire and fifteen
persons were killed many of them being
cremated.
RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL. North Brothers
island, n. Y, is attempting, under the
direction of the board Of health, to
cure smallpox with red light. The ex-
pertinent has succeeded in Bergen,
Norway.
ANARCHIST VALIANT must die. The
French court of cessation, which
heard the case, has decided that there
are no grounds upon which to base an
appeal, and it was therefore refu sed.
SIR GERALD HERBERT BARTEL, Brit
ish political agent and consul-general
at Zanzibar, died in London, on the
25th, from typhoid fever.
AN intimate friend of Attorney-Gen-
eral Olney said, ON the 25th, that the
rumored resignation of Mr.. Olney will
become a fact very soon.
A DEAD tramp and an empty whisky
bottle were found side by side miles
from Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 25th.
A MAJORITY OF the members of the
customs committee of the French
chamber of deputies still propose that
tariff of eight francs be placed on
corn.
THE khedive of Egypt has yielded
British diplomatic agent in Cairo, that
he publish formal retraction of the
structures he recently passed upon the
iSSuC al oItcE iCS
condition and the efficiency of the
British and Egyptian officers. Maher
Pasha. assistant minister of war, who
was charged with melting the khedive
to make his hostile criticisms, has been
transferred by the khedive.
THE postmaster-general has APP
pointed commissioners to make thor
ough Investigation and report on the
needs of the New York and Chicago
post offices. The commissioners enter
at once upon their work.
ALDERMAN JERRY MULvIHILL, Chi
cago saloon keeper, who was shot in
Hussey's saloon the previous night by
Mike Fewer, an intoxicated saloon
keeper, died at the Presbyterian hospi-
tai on the Goth.
AFURTHER loss of 100000 in gold
was reported by the treasury on the
goth. This reduced the gold reserve to
less than S67. 900, 900.