Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-10-25

great battle had been fought between
the Chinese and japanese forces, north
OF the Yalu river. The engagement
was said to have taken place on the
18th. The Chinese authorities claim
not to have any knowledge of such a
battle having been fought.
WITHOUT issuing directions, Secre-
tary Smith has allowed it to be under
stood that all employees of the interior
department may 60 home to vote at the
of employees in the interior department
who intend to avail themselves of this
privilege.
Up to the 18th the government Off
Gals at Simla, British India, had re-
ceived no confirmation of the report
that the ameer was dead.
THEODORE ZIMMERMAN, the fifth vic
tim of the rioting at Washington Court
house. O.. on the night of the 18th, died
on the 10Th.
PATRICK CROWLEY, a fireman at the
Milwaukee Soldiers home. was fatally
stabbed, on the 10th, by someone un-
known.
SCHOOL INSPECTOR Walsh, of Detroit,
Mich, who was charged with accepting
bride, was, on the 10th, adjudged not
guilty. The jury was out nearly TWEEN
ty-four hours.
A LARGE part of the extensive plant
of the famous Tredegar iron works at
Richmond, Va, was destroyed by fire,
early on the morning of the 18th.
Loss, about s15O,OOO.
THE inspectors of pelagic sealskins
at San Francisco have reported to the
treasury department the number OF
sealskins taken by the pelagic sealers
during the last season and brought
to San Francisco. The skins examined
were 14.794, and of this number 9,239
were taken from females and ], 295 from
males, and 4.26O from pups: 6 unknown.
CHIEF ENGINEER HENRY d. MCEwEN,
U. S. N, died in Washington, on the
18th, aged 60 years. He entered the
navy in 1861 and was in charge of the
monitor Cannonicus. He served on
the great lakes, at the New York and
Boston and Philadelphia navy yards
and on the steamship Boston when
that vessel was attached to the white
squadron.
CAPT. WILLIAM B. JOHNS, veteran
of the Mexican war and a graduate of
the West Point class of 1910, with Sher-
man and others, died in Washington
on the 18th. He fought under Scott
and Taylor in the most important bat
ties of the Mexican war and later saw
Indian service in the southwest.
CAPT. BUNCE, commanding the battle
ship Maine, has made a report to the
navy department on the trial trip
that vessel made on the nth. The
trial lasted four hours. The contractors
expressed themselves as satisfied. The
average speed was Is. 95 knots, and the
highest speed 17.S2.
JUDGE LACoMBE, on the 10Th. in the
United States circuit court in New
York city, rendered a decision in the
case of John James Howard, Levi p.
Morton's coachman. The judge dis
missed the writ of habeas corpus and
ordered Howard to be taken back tic
Ellis Island. He will be sent back tic
Europe.
FREDERICK NJ. STEELE, geologist OF
Montclair, N. j., while prospecting for
amet hyst crystals in the Montclair
mountains, on the 10th, unearthed a
box, 1sxs inches, bound with steel
bands. The box was easily opened
WITH d Spd1le, anu was 1OunO 10 cOHtd
gold nuggets, which had been melted
and broken, to the value of S15,O
THE federal grand jury in Chicago
returned an omnibus indictment. OF
the 18th, against Debs and the officers
of the American Railway union and a
large number of persons charged with
participation in violence and the OBJ
struction of the mails and commerce
on the different railroads last summer.
DETECTIVE RoHAN, OF Chicago, on the
18th, identified the wounded Bloom
field Und.) bank robber, who is in jail
at Sullivan, As George West, one of the
most notorious safe-blowers of the
west. He was captured after desper-
ate fight.
JOHN KNUBBE was divorced from
Mary Knubbe at Columbus, O.. on the
10Th. Four other divorced husbands
testified against her and three couldn't
attend the trial.