Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-04-26
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

IHE steamship La Bretagne, which
arrived at New York. on the 10th, from
Havre, brought l, $50. 900 francs in gold
for New York houses.
The body of Lady Mcpherson, of
Toronto, Ont, who died recently in
Italy, was cremated there at her lady
ships request.
The opinion is general in Berlin that
the bill to readmit the jesuits into
Germany, which passed the reichstag
on the 10th, will be rejected by the
bundesrath.
A MOTION for a new trial by Col.
Breckenridge in the Pollard Breckin-
ridge case was filed with the clerk of
the circuit court of the District of Col
umbia on the 18th.
ERNEST KNABE, the noted piano man
ufacturer of Baltimore, Nd, died on
the 18th.
A TRAVELLING man who rode into
Selma from Travers, Cal, on the 18th,
reported that the body of Wootton, the
missing wealthy rancher of Squaw
Valley, had been found near Travers
in horrible state of mutilation.
BARON DE RoTHsCHILD won the first
prize of 100, 900 francs in the Marseilles
municipal lottery. The entire sum,
the Paris Gaulois says, will be given
by the baron to charities.
The Paris police, acting upon a c1ew
which they had been following for
some time, raideda house in the village
of Rouillao, near Angouleme. on the
18th, and discovered one of the most
complete counterfeiting esta blishments
that has been discovered by the au-
thorities in many years.
In the British house of commons, on
the 18th, MIR. John p. Nolan, member
for North Galway. moved the repeal
of the coercion act passed at the in
stance of Mr.. Balfour in 1887. The
motion was seconded by Mr.. VIM. Red
mond, member for East Clare.
MADELINE POLLARD says she intends
to remain in Washington and support
herself by her pen while she is living
down her unenvia BILE notoriety.
SIX THOUSAND pilgrims embarked at
Barcelona, on the 18th, on their way
to Rome. They were accompanied by
several bishops and large number of
priests They were not molested.
MANY guests were slightly injured
by jumping from the windows of a
burning hotel in Bangor, Me-, early
on the morning of the 18th.
NINErY-rHREE oil-paintings from the
collection of the &ate S. A. Coale, Jr.
of St Louis, were sold at auction in
New York city, on the 18th, in the
rooms of the American Art assOcia-
ton. They fetched s12.697. The sale
had been literally advertised, but the
prices secured were pitifully small
when the character of the works is
considered.
A SHOCKING domestic tragedy oc'
CURED at the courthouse in Oskaloosa,
Ia, on the 18th, George Croft shooting
and mortally wounding his forme,
wife, who had just secured divorce
from him, and then turning his re-
volver on himself with fatal results
THE assignment of Samuel L. Glenn
ems, known over the entire world as
"Mark Twain" and his partner
Frederick j. Hall, who compose the
firm of Charles L. Webster & Co., book
publishers, New York city, was filed in
the county clerks Office on the 18th.
THE wedding of the Princess Vic
toria of Saxe-Coburg and the CRANE
duke of Hesse was celebrated in Co
burg on the 10th. The city was packed
with royal and imperial guests, for
eign visitors and German sightseers
Every building in town was decorated
MAJ. CLIFTON Comfy, president of the
ordnance board, is dead. He was
stricken with paralysis on the 18th
while directing the tests of the Crosier
Burlington disappearing gun carriag.
at the Sandy Hook proving station, ant
died on the 18th.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT Withdrew
his offer of $4,000 for the yacht V:gi
liant, and, on the 18th. the syndicate
who owned the vanquisher of the
Valkyrie sold her to Mr.. George j
Gould for $4,000 This intelligence
will be great surprise to yachtsmen
as Mr.. Gould was never thought of a:
a possible purchaser.
The New York Herald says tina
Mgr. Satolli. the papal ablegate, ha'
prepared charges against Archbishop
Corrigan of New York, backed will
proofs, of conspiracy against him, ane
that the New York divine has beer
| invited" to Rome, where he is to bt
formally accused of intriguing against
the papal representative.