Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-09-13

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By ELI d. AXE.
RoNTON, MISSOURI
FRESH forest fires were reported fr> IA
on the 5th.
DE-. CowAN, coroner, Of Pine. coaatv
Mimi, believes that the dea. q list frorn
the forest fires in his coun. II will reach
700.
IT /. reported that the Chinese gov
eminent has arranged 20 purchase half
of the vessels con, prsssng the Gillian
nasy.
A REWARD of. sl0e HIS been offered
for tina discovery of President Ken
nedy of Amity college,. ateolleye CITY,
Ia, wko mystericssly disappeared earls
in August.
Rev. Dir. 3. c. WELLsss, president. II
the Columbian university of weshius;-
ton, d. c., died IN Hartford, Conn.,, ON
the 4th, of heart disease. he was 69
years OF age, and leaves a widow zAnd
ss5o children.
JoHN J:seOBs and John Green, OF Ts,
ronto, Ont, were arrested in Stellar
Mich, on the 7th, just AFTER landing
from q cowboat IN which were two
trunksrontainins5O 600 pouafssof' opium
whichswas seized. 't
THE Bodies OF -ewenty-shree Chippe
wa Indians, backs, sqxaws and pa
poosess, were found nyon tie baket
sands between PO4legaMa, Inn, anG
Ops.ead, sHss.ll settlement on tAe
eastern shores of Lake Mlte Laos.
To PRErEs- the exrbftation.of rice
wheat and ether food SUPP lies the Oh:
nese have established a s. stem of in
spection of vessels coming down tn
rivers fros- the lrterio.. Whenene
Zach supplies are found they are seizesl
A sTRoNa force Of De panese trccp
have occupied an sslaridy-n Society bay
northwes5 of Port Arthur. The islazet
: is base. Of operations. The Crimes
were taken coEf,plees.y by surprise
and. consequents-, wa'e able tc "offe
no resistance
THE N1ttendaReesaj the St LOUIS 'es
position, on the night of the 5th, wa
greater than on any opening night 0
the eleven successful years .of Iitsiea
istence, over ses COG persons being pres
ent. St Lo'nfsians are Justly unroisd. o
their big sht>vr.
1,ff1n -c,l41,-e- Of
euveloped i d flames, on the aiteruoe
of the 4th, ard destroyed oompleteiy
The people only saved themselves %
running to Nlderecreek, covering them
selves with sves Blankets and sllogsin
the flames eD,sweep over them.
TEE United States dispatch boat Dol
phin, with Secretary of the Navy Her
bert on beard, sailed from Boston, O.
the 9Th. bcErRfi for New Lo&don! Conn
The Dolphin zIuade a stop a. BuzZard'
Bay, and Secretary Herbert rrisite'
! President Cleveland at Gray Gables.
A SPECIAL tain sent out Try the citi
; zens of Nicaeapolis, MIMI, OF tn
4th, bearing,supplies and medical re
lief to the sui fering people of Hinck
ley and vicinity had on eleven physi
clans and surgeons with a null suppl,
of drugs ard instruments, ;ae5 fit.
canvas cots
THE hearing in the application. o
Judge Long of the Michigan sHprem
court, for q mandamus to Compel tn
commissioner of pensions and sthe see
rotary of dhe interior to restore hi
pension of $50 a month to the forme
rating of So month. was, oR stne sth
continued 4 ntil October 20.
]. NJ. AosIT, one of the pioneers o
Chicago and the oldest banker lin tina
dence. onthe 4th, aged SIS years H
was bornsin Spencertown, n. e. ant
established a private bank ia 'Chicag
in 1850. He passed through AL thu
great paRics without much less, ;an'
retired rich in 1885.
THE death roll resulting from TIN
forest fires in Minnesota increases o.
the 4th $50 persons were knowIfoo hav
been lost, the greater part being 'wome1
and children. The greatest mortalit,,
and percentage of deaths oeeurre,
among settlers, where whole fRmi1ie
were swept out of existence IN TIL
twinkling of an eye.
Two JAPANESE spies who were sur
rendered to the Chinese authorities b.
the United States consul at Shanghai
under whose protection they had been
were promptly tried and, on the 18th
beheaded- In consequence of this sum
mary action all of the japanese remain
ing in Shanghai, about 700, decided t
leave :the~city at once.
MAYOR HOPKINS of Chicago issued
proclamation, on the 5th, asking tn
people of that city to give liberall
and promptly out of their abundane
to the relief of the sufferers by tn
Minnesota and Wisconsin forest fire
in the same measure that relief cam
to the Chicago fire victims from tn
people of the civilized world.
Up to the 4th the general executive
committee IN charge of relief work il
the Pine City (Minn.) section, reporte
bodies recovered from the great fores
fires as follows: Hinckley Ell. Sand
stone II, Miller (often called Sand
stone Junctisnl, Is; between Skunl
Lake and Mixer, l.; Pokegama, %; i,
lumber camps, so. Total, $50.