Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-09-13
NEWS, AND NOTES.
a sazmary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Two CHILDREN, Herbert Donohue, 2
years old, and Emily. years, were, on !
the Sd, thrown by their mother from !
the window of a burning New York |
30 feet above the sidewalk. |
They struck on an awning, went clear
through and tumbled to the sidewalk,
where they were picked up unhurt.
AncHDUKE CHARLES, on behalf OF
Emperor Francis Joseph, opened the
International HYGIENE congress in
Rtda-Pesth on the Sd. He afterward
opened the international exhibition
connected With the congress at the
Royal Polytechnic institute.
A DECREE will be issued by Russia,
on the 18Th, reducing the tariff on dis
titled petroleum exported by way of
the Russian frontier from thirty-four;
to tweHty-feur copeks per pood, Ia or
der is facilitate competition with
American petroleum.
The frs celebration of Labor
Day" as national holiday was befit-
tingsy observed in Washington on;the
Sd. Also, for the firsttime in their his
tory, all fine local Ilafoor congratulations
united for common purpose WITHOUT
sqrabbles or jealousies and did honor
to she occasion.
--latest reports>e..y the kong ofS,ialn
is still dangerously i'll.
rITwHs repertediin Kingston. JaTlai ca,
I'on thu Sd, that:an uprising had taken
place in Pere-eu-Prince, resulting in
sevsr fightingEn the stxeets. Several
/ of the ringleaeers of the outbr eals had
been arrested and promptly Shot. but
| the--evolt wees said to be stir spread
ing.
THE monuments erected at the mau-
so4.um at 0harlottenkErg IL memory
f'of Emperor William 4. and Empress
lAsgusta were consee-ated, ION the I'd,
in the presence of Emperor William
and memhrrs of the royal flmily.
| THE cable steamer Mao. ay-Bennett
PASSED NJ New YORK bay close to the
Long Island shore 90 the d. laying tire
ashore end of the Commercial cable.
which WIS accomplished without the
| slightest difficulty
! A PATTY of LOCO Berliners will GO 10
i Varzin 80 visit Prince Bismarck on the
| 10th The commander CT the Prussian
army corps will not allow military
band to accompany them.
AN Imperial Chinese decree has been
issued rewardiRg Gen Yeh and 200
other Chinese officers for their victory
over the japanese troops at Ping Yang.
ALDACE T. WALKER, receiver of the
Atchison, Topeka. s. Santa Fee railroad,
arrived at New York. on the Sd, on the
steamer Frieslzrd. from Europe.
THK name Of the son of Senator
PETER has been stricken from the sen
ate pay roll by the sergeant-at-arms.
JANE FINLEE, Of Philadelphia, aged
20 years, was shot on the night of the
I'd, three times by Matthew Dunlap,
90 years old, her:rejected lover.
THE lower portion of the towE OF
Wichita, Kas-, was inundated, early on
the morning of the 4th. by cloud
burst. The ligltning, which was in-
lcessant, killed e little son of Thomas
Herman, fatally burned a 9-yearold
| daughter and tore the house to pieces.
| SEVEN prisoners escaped from Hills
dale county Jail at Hillsdale, Mich, on
the nightof the Sd. They cut through
q wall lined with four inches of stone.
THE veering Of the wind at a critical
| moment saved the town of kilmanagh.
| Mich, from destruction from forest
fires on the Sd.
1
Darbury, of Maryland. to be United
| States attorney for the district of
Maryland.
IT was reported, on the 5th, that a
levy of 100000 troops had been made
upon the Chinese province of Shang
Tung, which had hitherto withheld the
men and war supplies demanded by the
government.
| Gov. TURNEY of Tennessee offered a
reward of $1,000, on the 5th, for the
apprehension of the parties engaged in
the lynching of six negroes near Mill
| ington, Shelby county, some nights be-
fore. The governor says that lynch
ing in Tennessee must be stopped.
| EN-PREsiDENr HARRISON and Mrs.
Mckee arrived at Elkins, w. Va, on
the 9Th, to visit eX-Secretary Elkirs.
| They were rendered an ovation at the
depot by delegates to the republican
congressional convention in session
| there.
The town of Churchill, O., had a mar
row escape from burning, on the 4th,
caused by boys setting fire to grass in
a pasture where they were playing.
GEN. GEORGE SLOVENIAN. ex-governor
! of California, died, on the 5th. at the
residence of his sister, Mrs. Benjamin
| Williams, of Buffalo, N. Y.
The town of Fisher, Wis, was wiped
out of existence by forest fires on the
9Th.
The fishing schooner Rigel, of Glouces-
| ter, Mass, Capt. George w. Dixon. ar
rived at North Sydney, c. B.. on the 5th,
] with the passengers and crew of the
Inflated steamship Miranda. which left
New York July Z, carrying DIR. Cooks
Arctic expedition.
News from Honolulu to August %,
per steamer Belgic, announced that
Minister Willis had presented an auto
graph letter from President Cleveland
tc President Dole, acknowledging the
Hawaiian repu bile, and congratulating
the people of the midpacifc state.
THE C. H. Over window glass works
at Muniee, Ind, and the Muncie flint
glass works resumed work. ON the 9th,
with nearly 500 hands. All the Muncie
glass factories are preparing to start
this month.
THE Orestes window glass factory at
Anderson, Ind. employing 200 hands.
was put In operation, on the 9th, for
| the first time this season, under the
221S per cent. eut in labor made in the
settlement at Pittsburgh on the Sd. 1t
is thought that every plant in the gas
belt will be running full blast in a
short time.
On the evening of the 5th, as the
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