Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-13

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BY ELL %. AXE.
IRONToN. MISSOURI.
BARON voN RIcHTHoFEN. project of
Sne Berlin police, died at Bonn, on the
oth, from stroke of apoplexy.
The Sydney On. S. W. assembly, on
the 5th, adopted motions made by
frlme Minister Reid in favor of land
TAX and an income tax to be imposed
on absentee landlords.
The departure of the new American
line steamer st. Louis for Liverpool
ON her maiden trip, was made the oc-
casion of a noisy demonstration among
the craft in New York harbor on the
9Th.
The annual fete in celebration of
the granting of the Armenian consti-
tuition. which has been forbidden for
several years by the Turkish authori-
ties, was permitted this year, and oc-
CURED on June 9.
The United States cruiser Machias
sailed from Chee-Foo, on the 9th, for
Port Arthur, to remain there for the
protection of Americans in case of
trouble arising when the japanese
evacuate the place.
REAR-ADM1RAL WALKER, of the light
house board, and Chief Clerk Johnson
left Washington, on the Sd, via San
Ev.ovp s-1
tour of inspection of the lighthouses
in that ice-bound region.
On the 9Th the president appointed
VIM. 81. Pugh to be auditor of the
treasury for the navy department, vice
Morton, removed, and Edward A. Bow
er, assistant comptroller of the treas
ury, vice Mansur, deceased.
THE supreme court of California, on
the 5th, dismissed all the appeals in
the famous Blythe case except that of
the Gypsy heirs. which the court con-
sidered of such a nature that it decid-
ed to look deeper into the subject.
FORM No. al for the filing of claims
for the refunding of taxes paid on in
comes under the act of August %,
1894, has been issued by the treasury
department and can be had on appli-
cation to internal revenue collectors.
WILLIAM OBRIEN. who represents
Cork city in the British house of COM
mons, will cease to be member of
that body on the 18th. on which date
he will be judicially declared bank
rupt, which declaration will vacate his
seat.
HENRY PHILLIPS, JR-, a well-known
archeolcgist, philologist and numis-
matist, died at his residence in Phila-
delphia on the 9Th. He ranked among
the best authorities on these subjects
in the United States and was widely
known in Europe.
Mrs. MARY BROWN, a monogamian
pensioner, died, on the 10th, at her
home miles from Knoxville, Tenn.
She was the widow of Joe Brown,
soldier in the revolutionary war, and
was born in 1904. Her husband died
ffty-one years ago.
IT is said that Phil Armour cleared
Sc, 900, 600 on his individual deals in
wheat by the recent phenomenal rise
in the price of that cereal, and that
the pool of John d. Rockefeller, Ar
mour and an unknown netted between
So 200, 900 and S26, 0OO,0 600.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY has announced
that at the approaching convention of
the National American Suffrage asso-
citation she will resign the presidency
that she has held so long. She will
not, however, cease her labors for the
cause to which she has devoted her
whole life.
On the 9Th, in the presence of an inn
mense gathering, which included near
1y 1000 invited guests, Lord Aberdeen
performed the ceremony of unwilling
the statue erected in Dominion square,
Montreal, Can, to the memory of the
late Canadian premier, Sir John A.
Macdonald.
IT was learned, on the 4th, that the
amount of pensions unsolicited by the
late Secretary Gresham is 81, 100,
which, having remained unclaimed
for over three years, has 1apsed. 1t
can, however. be recovered by his heirs
by application and proof that the dis
ability was continuous
UNDER the directions of the city
council of Lincoln, ILL.,, the curfew is
sounded each evening at o'clock to
warn all children under IA years of
age that it is time for them to retire
from the streets, and unless accompa-
MED by their parents they are taken
charge of by the police.
A MOVE to enlist the Young Peoples
Societies of Christian Endeavor in as
sisting to enforce the Nicholson tenn
perance law in Terre Haute, Ind, is
strongly resisted by several ministers,
who object to the young people being
made detectives and doing the work
that belongs to the police.
COMMANDER E. w. WATSON of the
United States cruiser Ranger cabled
the navy department from Guayaquil,
Ecuador, on the 9th, that the in
surgents had captured the city of
Guayaquil. Gen. Flores had resigned,
and Ignacio Robes, a liberal. had been
proclaimed civil and military chief.
THE sultan of Johore died in London
on the 5th. He came into notoriety in
1892 through a breach-of-promise suit
brought against him in London under
the name of ''Mr. Albert Baker" by