Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-03-01

1HE DfitlSH steamer airy OK VIC
toria was seized near Point Morrow
town. WASH, on the 21st. by the rev.
enue cutter Wolcott and four Chinese
aboard captured. The Fairy is speedy
craft of ten-tons burden and has been
engaged in Chinese smuggling for some
time.
SECRETARY HoKE SMITH has approved
the draft of a circular which will soon
be issued governing applications for
right-of-way over public lands for
canals, bitches and reservoirs. The
right is held to extend only to construc-
ton, and no public timber or material
will be allowed to be taken or used for
repair or improvement.
ANexpert accountant has been check
ing up the accounts of Adjutant-Gen-
eral Artz of Kansas. by direction of
Gov. Lewelling. The governor has in
timated that. under the showing, Artz
would nave to go
CHARLES A. GARDNER, the we'll
known German comedian. who was
playing the leading role in the ''Prize
Winners" was left critically i'll in
Kenton, o., with Inflammation of the
bowels, by his company which, on the
ed, proceeded without him.
COMMISSIONER MILLER of the internal
revenue bureau has decided to issue
new series of revenue stamps to take
the place of those now in use. The
new stamps will be smaller in size,
color from the old ones.
THE New York Yacht club decided,
on the 22d, that Mrs. Carnegie may be
elected an associate member of the
club. She is to be allowed to fly the
club flag and use the club stations and
enjoy privileges of the club.
SENATOR MCMILLAN, of Michigan, in
an interview on the ed, authorized
the statement that he will accept a
second term in the senate if the repub-
licans of Michigan desire that he con-
tinue to serve them.
JOE HARDIN, the Centralia OIL
train robber, who escaped from the
prison at Chester, on the 10th, was
caught, on the 22d, within 3 miles of
Menard, ILL.,, where he was in hiding.
SEVERAL persons were killed and a
number injured at Wetteren, Belgium,
on the 22d, by the explosion of a
powder magazine.
The mammoth salesrooms and ware.
houses of the Udell Woodenware and
the Tyler Desk companies, occupying
the large. seven-story granite and
brick building at the southeast corner
of Twelfth and Locust streets, st.
Louis, were entirely destroyed by fire
on the night of the 22d, together with
their entire stocks.
Mrs. ALMA c. WHITEHEAD is dying
of consumption at her home in Shaw
nee Mound. Ind. Mrs Whitehead is
the possessor of fortune estimated at
100000, inherited from her father,
who died several weeks ago. She was
arrested jointly with Rev. George w.
Petit for poisoning Mrs. Petit several
years ago.
A GAS explosion occurred at the
Blossburg coal mines, 3 miles west
of Ration. N. NJ, on the morning of the
ed. Six men are known to have lost
their lives, and it is feared that two
Italians who are missing are also VIC
Tins.
The German emperor has presented
Prince Bismarck n series of sketches
made by himself, showing the differ
ences in the armor plates of the war
ships of the German navy and the ma
vies of other nations.
AT late hour on the night of the
22d, Warren Blackman, aged IS, and
Miss Minnie Rogers, aged 25, while
crossing the Baltimore & Ohio track at
Shelby, O., in a buggy. were struck by
an express train and instantly killed.
w. ID. TILLETsoN, acknowledgement
to Japan; DR.. o. II. Simons, ex-consul
at Hong Kong, and Samuel L. Green
acy, ex-consul at Foo-Chow, arrived in
San Francisco. on the 22d, per steamer
Oceanic. en- route to Washington.
HENRY l.. SECRIsT was arrested at
Butler. o., on the 23d, by United States
officials, on the charge of having in his
possession and passing bogus silver
coins. Counterfeit money was found
on his person.
The house committee on invalid pen
sions, on the esd, ordered favorably
reported senate bill granting pen
sion of 800 per month to the widow of
Gen. John NJ. Corse.