Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-04
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

list in the Wilson bill. The opposition
of certain interests in placing lum Der
on the free list has aroused the Cana
dian government, and Mr.. Courtney,
the deputy minister of finance, has
been sent to Washington to look after
the Dominion's into rest.
THE Carlisle Indian training school
held its Christmas anniversary on the
night of the 25th. An immense audi
ence was present to listen to an elab-
crate programme in which the pupils
took part. assisted by the Indian brass
band.
A DIFFICULTY between a white man
and negro at Wildwood, Fla, Christ
mas day, eliminated in riot in which
two white men were shot by negroes,
one seriously and the other slightly
wounded. The negroes congregated
at some distance from town and the
white men were shot from ambush.
CONRAD n. JORDAN, the assistant
treasurer of the United States, arrived
in New York from Europe on the
steamer La Bretagne on the 25th.
THE icehouse of the Huse & LOOMS
Ice and Transportation Co. in st. Louis
of the Goth. The loss will be about
$4,000. On account of the location,
among elevators, freighthouses, the SUI
gar refinery, factories and other struc-
lures containing valuable property, a
general alarm was turned in.
WHILE on a drunken spree. celebrat-
ing Christmas, Al. Haines, of Olathe,
Kas., after driving buggy through
the streets in a hilarious manner, drove
to the Kansas City, Fort Worth & Mem
phis depot and attempted to cross the
track in front of a fast-approaching
train. His vehicle was struck and
demolished, and Haines received in.
jurieS that may result in his death.
THE major-general commanding the
United States army has approved that
part of the new tactics providing for
officers giving commands under certain
circumstances by whistles instead of
by word of mouth. The whistles are
to be placed in the cross-pieces of the
guards of the swords.
FIRE at Montpelier, Ind, on the 25th,
destroyed the leading business block
of the town, including the Commercial
hotel, Schneider's harness and buggy
store, Cloud & Son, furniture; McDor-
mans saloon, and Wilkins restaurant.
A new modern hotel was badly dam
aged, and the guests escaped in their
night clothes. The loss will reach $685.
600.
FIRE in San Francisco, on the 25th,
destroyed the block occupied by the
Call and Bulletin newspaper offices;
Francis, Valentine & Cox, printers; the
Fosqui Printing and Engraving Co.;
Blake, Moffitt Sc Townes' paper ware
house; F. j. Shattuck & Co., ink manu-
acturers; the Commercial Steam Power
Co. and numerous smaller concerns.
Loss. $500, 1000.
CHAUNCEY II. ANDREWS, multimil-
lionaire and foremost business man in
Ohio. died at Youngs-
town Christman morning. He built
four railroads and established several
iron concerns during his active career.
He was one of the first partners in the
Standard Oil Co.
FIRE near Kittanning, Pa, on the
25th. destroyed the stables on the Key
stone stock farm, owned by Bowser
Bros, of Manor township. Twenty
which were the finest stock in western
THE Paris Moniteur Vinicole pub
fishes full returns of the yield of the
French vineyards. The crop is esti-
mated at 1,225, 900, 600 gallons. against
$50, 900. 600 gallons last year. The total
7alue of this crop is over $3.50, O0O, 600,
,he best since 1877.
THE fortieth annual meeting of the
Indiana State Teachers association be-
gan in the hall of the house of repre-
;entatives at Indianapolis on the Goth.
During the three days session many
Kindred associations, branches of the
general association, met.
FOUR minor election officers were ar
'ested in New York city, on the 10Th,
charged, with violation of the law at
he recent election. making a total of
'ixty-one now indicted on these
charges.
THE president, accompanied by Sec
.etaries Gresham and Carlisle and Capt
2obley d. Evans, of the lighthouse
BOARD, left Washington, on the Goth,
IN a trip down the Potomac. They
we're intent on Understanding a few
lays.
AN attempt to assassinate Mayor Ty-
err of Louisville, KY, was made by a
frank at the city hall, on the Goth. The
nan drew a revolver and attempted to
ire, but was quickly overpowered and
ocked up.
The Washington police made a raid
IN the Ivy City race track, on the Goth,
flor tho fret race and "a pt1re6 q
and his assistants.
Miss LOUISE HOLLEBERG, aged 80
years, died suddenly at Terre Haute,
md, on the 26th. from strangulation.
While eating breakfast a morsel of
tood lodged in her throat, and before
lid could be summoned she died.
SIXTEEN women, members of the
First NJ. E. church of Wichita, Kas.,
where a revival has been in progress,
On the Goth visited three of the leading
saloons and sang and prayed in front
IF the bars, after the style of the
crusade of twenty years ago. They
their intention of visiting
every saloon in the city.
A DYNAMITE storage depot, 4 miles
from Montevideo, Uruguay, was ex-
ploded by accident on the Goth. No
one was killed, but great damage was
done to surrounding property.
THE cruiser New York finished TAX
ing on coal at the Brooklyn navy yard,
on the 10Th, and sailed immediately for
Rio.
NINE prisoners escaped from the
Jail at Lincoln, Neb.. at an
early hour on the morning of the 26th.
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