Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-11-21
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

TIE plant of the York pa Wall
Paper Co. was completely destroyed
by fire on the 12th. The plant was
worth $500, 600 and was insured for
$100 600.
TUE Norwegian ship Mindet, Capt
Christensen. from Mobile. Ala, for
West Hartlepool, England, was lowed
into quarantine in the Tyne on the 12th.
yer. two having died.
THE duke and duchess of Marlbo-
rough abandoned the carriage for
the wheel at Sayville, L. l., ON the
18th. 1t was the first opportunity for
vigorous outdoor exercise, and the
young couple made the most Of it.
A DISPATCH from Constantinople
says that at conference of the ambas-
sailors of the powers, .heid recently, it
was decided to renew in still stronger
language the demands upon the porte
regarding the state of affairs in the
province of Anatolia- The powers
will insist upon knowing what meas
ures the porte will take to restore
order.
THE Japanese minister at Wash ing
ton received a telegram, on the 18th,
to the effect that convention had
been signed at Pekin, providing for
payment of an additional indemnity
by China for the evacuation of the
Lao Tung peninsula The amount is
10, 000. 900 taels, to be paid November
16. 1895.
THE Southern Surgical and Gyne-
Geological association commenced its
ainhfh y,onfSnn~ IN W,
city, on the 12th. many of the most
celebrated specialists being present
AT noon, on the 18th, in st. Thomas
church. New York city, in the pres
ence of about 1000 guests, among
whom were President Cleveland, Sec
rotary of War Lamont and Secretary
of the Navy Herbert, the nuptials of
Miss Pauline Payne Whitney, daughter
of ex-Secretary of the Navy WilliamC
Whitney, and Mr.. Almeric Hugh Paget,
were solemnized by Bishop Potter,
Bishop Leonard, of Ohio, and Rev. ].
Wesley Brown.
Hon. S. b. MEYERS, ex-member of the
Pennsylvania legislature, was found
dead in bed at his residence in Frank
lin, Pa, on the 18th, by his wife.
Death resulted from heart failure,
caused by a severe attack of asthma.
Mr.. Meyers was GO years of age.
AFTER carrying on the most deter
mined fight for the enforcement of the
prohibitory liquor law that Kansas
has ever witnessed. Assistant Attor-
ney-General Campbell scored his first
triumph. on the 18th, in securing the
of John Jennings, a Wichita
SSi0iyoficf ohov o.
unlawfully.
The claim is made that eight
cen suicides have occurred at Paris
and Lyons which can be traced to de-
spondency resulting from losses on the
Paris bourse during the recent panic.
A FRAME school building in Grenada,
one of 1.-THE British Windward islands,
in which over 100 children were
present at their studies. was destroyed
by fire on the 18th. A panic seized
the young people and. despite hard
work on the part of the teachers and
others who went to the rescue, forty
of the children were burned to death.
SAMUEL E. LEWIS, cashier of the
United States Direct Cable Co. in New
York city, was found dead in bed. on
the 18th, in his apartments in Brook
Ign. He had been asphyxiated by gas
from a stove. 1t is believed
that his death was accidental.
MISS MARGARET BLAINE. daughter |
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert G. Blaine, and |
niece of the late James G. Blaine, was |
in Washington, on the 12th. |
to DIR. Henry J. Crosson, a well-known |
physician of Washington.
The steam oyster dredge James w. |
oyle foundered off the bell buoy at |
the Rockaway IN. " inlet, on the 18th, |
and all on board, five in number, were |
drowned. She was on her way from |
Conn.,, to Rockaway with |
q cargo of seed oysters, which were |
to be planted there.
On the 18th United States Ambassa-
dor Thomas f. Bayard was presented |
with the freedom of the city of Dundee,
Scotland, by the civic authorities. In |
accepting it he said that no duty was |
80 grateful to him as that of represent |
ing international comfy between the |
two great civilized peoples.
The war department has under con-
sideration the case of Capt Samuel |
&. Schwenk, retired. of the army. who |
is likely to be brought before court |
for duplication of his pay ac- |
counts.
DENVER, Col, is much excited over |
the latest sensation in the Schlatter |
craze. When a member of the Fox |
family went to call him for breakfast, |
about o'clock on the morning of the |
l4th, his room was found vacant La
ter a note was found, reading: '.Mr. |
Fox, my mission is finished. The Fa-
Their takes me away. F. Schlatter."
JAKE GAUDAUR, champion sculler of |
America, has deposited $500 with the
(Ont-) Globe in support of a
challenge for $500 a side to C. r. Hard
ing, the English champion. Gaudaur
will take ESQ expenses and row in En-
gland, or will allow sIOO expenses if |
comes to America.
The District of Columbia court of |
appeals, in an opinion delivered by |
MIR. Justice Morris, on the 14th, sus-
tanned the verdict of the criminal
court in the case of Capt 81. W. How
gate, the former discussing officer of
the signal service His term of i'm
orisonment is eight years
JOSEPH RUE, who was believed to be
The oldest living odd fellow. he hav-
ing been connected with the order for
learly seventy-two years, died in Phil
adelphia on the 18th.
The attorneys for Theodore Durraut
lave prepared an affidavit to be read
n support of motion for a new trial.
Two of the principal points on which