Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-02-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A DELEGATION of influential citizens
of Cleveland, O., visited Washington,
on the 5th, to try to secure the estab-
lishment of a military post at Cleve-
land.
The Brooklyn board of aldermen, on
the 4th, voted to rescind the franchises
of trolley lines involved in the strike.
The Culver academy, a military
school on the shore of Lake Maxinkuc-
kee, in Marshall county, Ind. was de-
stroyed by fire on the 4th. 1t was en-
dowed by C. P. Culver, wealthy man
ufacturer of ST Louis, and was opened
last September under charge of Rev.
DIR. Mackenzie, formerly of College
Hill. o.
THE Lawson power-of-removal bill
passed the New York senate, on the
5th. by vote of Is to 9.
THE British parliament was opened
with the customary ceremonies On the
5th
THE United States treasury gained
1856, 900 in gold, on the 5th, increasing
the gold reserve at the close of bust
ness on that day to $40. 304.642.
SHOCKS of earthquake were felt at
Christiana, Molde, Aalesund and Ber-
gen. in the northern part of Norway,
on the 5th. No damage is reported.
J. c. REED, sensational preacher,
attempted to rob the First national
bank of East Portland, Ore, on the
9th. He bound and gagged the cashier;
but his actions being observed by the
cashier of a bank across the street,
who went to the rescue with a shot
hi Oft or frpS cd nd
the would-be robber was locked up.
AN explosion occurred in the base
ment of the West Side school building
at Elyria, O., on the 9th, blowing out
half of the north wall aud setting the
building on fire, which was Quilted.
with loss of 81, 900. Fifteen minutes
later 200 children would have been in
and about the schoolhouse.
Four fremen were fatally injured by
falling walls at fire which occurred
in Gallipolis, O., on the 9th.
jim FRENCH and Verdigris Kid, two
members of the Cook gang, were killed,
on the night of the 9th, while trying
to rob the general store of w. c. Pat
ton & Co., at Catoosa, l. T. Sam b.
Irvine, manager for w. C. Patton &
Co., was also sho. and seriously in
jured.
The negotiations for placing a por
ton of the new United States loan in
England were expected to be definitely
concluded, on the sth, about $50. OOO,-
600 of the bonds being taken, of which
London would take one-half.
The commander-in-Chief of the First
japanese army, Gen. Nodzu, was re-
%lo 70 l.;
at Hai-Chain.
THE Denison house at Indianapolis.
Ind, one of the largest hotels in the
west, was partially destroyed by fire
on the 9TH. There were no casualties,
and most of the guests remained, TAX
ing rooms in the remaining portion of
the hotel.
1t was announced, On the night of
the eth. that Miss Anna Gould, the
youngest sister of George Gould, is
engaged to Count de Castellane, of
Paris, and that the wedding will take
place in New York some time in the
spring, probably at George Gould's
house. The head of the family con-
firmed the report. The count is the
eldest son of the Marquis of Casteliane,
q wealthy Partisan.
THE big mills of Walker & Roth
mond. located at Power Mill Lane and
Frankfort Creek, Philadelphia, were
totally destroyed by fire shortly after
midnight on the 9TH. The loss is &c.
600. The fire was caused by an explo-
sion in the cellar.
Ir has been discovered that one of
the sources of the unsanitarv condi-
tioc of the hall of the house of repre-
sentatives in the national capitol is
the hundreds Of tons of printed mat
ter that lie in the cellars rotting and
giving Oh foul and siekeuing odorA