Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-08-30

IN the investigation of the late strike
by the national labor commission at
Chicago, on the oad, testimony favora-
BILE to the Pullman company was for
the first time introduced.
WILLIAM STORM. - years old, wanted
il Chicago for a 81. 800 forgery, was ar
rested in New York on the a1st. He
was formerly real estate dealer in
Chicago, and is said to have victimized
his customers.
THE New York Sun says the three
men, Herlitz, Scharf and Nelson who
were arrested in Chicago, on the 18th,
on charges of arson. are supposed tc
have once piled the trade of incendi-
aries in New York city.
THE japanese government has de-
clared rice to be not included among
articles contra band of war.
FROM reports received at the state
department it appears that the United
States has at last turned the ia bles on
England, and is now shipping to that
country carpets of the value of nearly
$500. 900 annually. To make the case
still stronger, it is stated that these car
pets are the famous Administers. sup
only in England.
On the afternoon of the Esd. while
number of tourists We're viewing the
Black sand basin. which is portion of
the upper geyser basin in Yellowstone
park. Wyo., they were startled by
rumbling noise. which lasted only few
minutes. when d new geyser broke
forth within fifty feet of them. the
h. E
feet square.
MIS-. WM. CAREY, whose relatives
live in the southern part of Wabash
county, Ind. on the 23d, sold her Is
months, child to her husband for ST.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carey quarreled and sep
arated, and since then an endless con
troversy for the possession of the child
has progressed between them.
MATTHIAS HARTMAN, 65-year-old
pioneer Of Toledo, o.. committed sui
eide. on the night of the 23d, by hang
ing himself with his suspenders while
locked in the police station. Hartman
was arrested for shooting at his wife,
whom he married year ago, and with
whom he had frequently quarreled.
Col. j. NJ. WISsTED. president of the
Piedmont and Peoples savings bank OF
Greensboro, y. c., removed his shoes
and jumped from one of the towers OF
the city hall at Richmond. Va, on the
Esd. a distance of i.5 feet. He was ter
ribly nangled.
FRANK CARTER, PC years old. of Hast
ingS. Ia. was run over and killed by a
train at Hackney. Kas.. on the ed. 1t
is supposed he was asleep on the track.
lS ha1 r1lr m his
broken.
PETER CUNNISGHAM. a coal miner.
while attempting to steal his way into
the race-cOurse at LeavenwOrth. Has.
on the 23d. crawled under Young
horsc. and the animal, becoming fright
ened, trampled him to death before the
man could be rescued.
ALBERT REwELL, a resident of East
Dubuque, ILL.,, for forty years, was
found dead at the foot of a stairway at
his home on the 23d. His neck was
broken, and it is presumed he fell down
stairs.
Hon. CHRISTOPHER FINLEY FRAZER.
late minister of public works in the
Ontario government and recently APP
pointed inspector of registry offices for
Ontario was found dead in his room at
the parliament building in Toronto,
Ont, on the 9th.
A NEGRO who calls himself Anderson
Boyd was arrested at Knoxville. Tenn.
on the 23d. on the supposition that he
is identical with Jacob Iialtz. who
killed Edward Uhl, in Marion county,
o.. ten years ago.
THE chief executive of Ecuador. has
prolonged the session of congress in
order that it may pass the budget and
arrange for Il French syndicate to build
a railway from Guayaquil to Quito
GEORGE W. REED was caught in the
betting in planning mill at Hagers-
town, Md, on the 24th. and fayed out
of all semblance to humanity.
THIRTY-sEvEN miners, white and col
ored, persisted in a mine explosion and
fire in the Fra nlllin mine al Franklin
Wash. on the 9th.
Two MEN were killed and eleven in
iured by an explosion of gas in the
Gilberton colliery, near Ashland, Pa,