Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-04-25

ANDREW JOHNSTON. colored. wss car
ried under by an alligator and lost his
life at Green Cove Springs, Fla. en-
TIE 18th, while endeavoring to recover
a gentleman's hat which had blown
overheard.
Mr. PRESTON, the director of the
mint, has ordered the 1856. 600 in gold
bullion and $50, 600 ouIsces of silver
now at the United States mint at Car
SON. New, shipped to the mint at San
Francisco. The inference Is that the
Carson mint will soon be dismantled
and its machinery shipped to Denver
for use in the new coinage mint to be
esta blished there.
AT noon on the 18th President Diaz
met, diplomatic corps and large con-
course of military-and civil personages,
received Mathew W. Ransom. the new
American minister. The customary
speeches were exchanged
A DISPATCH received from Toxic. on
the 18th, says that, in addition to the
places mentioned in previous dis
patches, the japanese are to retain
possession of Wei-Hai-Wei, as a guar
antee of the payment of the war III
demnity.
WALTER S. HAYS, a State league base
ball player, was stabbed and killed at
Bloomburg, Pa, on the night of the
18th, by Casper Thomas, 80 years old
Hays threatened to murder the old
man, whereupon the latter turned
upon his would-be slayer and killed
him instead
JANE Brooks, aged 20, convicted OF
murder in the first degree in New York
city in the early Cos. but whose death
sentence was committed to in,prison-
ment for life by Cos. Seymour. died in
the Auburn prison on the 18th.
A LARGE barn owned by James Ora
ham, miles north of Madison. Ind,
was burned at midnight of the 18th
Two valuable horses, twelve head OF
cattle. twenty tons of hay and a lot OF
agricultural implements were con-
sumed- Loss, $40, 000; insurance, ST.
500.
LENA NEAL. the I4-year-old daugh-
ter of J. F. Neal, of Church Grove,
and. on the 18th developed a violent
symptoms of hydrophia- The cat had
been bitten by a rabid dog.
IT was stated. on the 10Th, on seen
ingly good authority, that the masonic
orders in Indiana are to take an i'm
portant step in the promotion of tenn
perance by making the use of intoxi-
cauts at public receptions violation
of the laws of the order, and punisha-
BILE by severe penalties
THE British government has offered
to Umra Kahn an asylum in India for
himself, his family and his suite on
condition of absolute surrender, and
has also guaranteed that the tribes
men and their villages shall be spared
if they offer no further opposition
PATRIOTS day, the anniversary OF
the battle of Lexington, was generally
observed in Massachusetts,, on the
10Th, although not in SO elaborate a
manner as it was last year, when the
holiday was legally concentrated for
the first time.
THE National Academy of Sciences
Washington, on the 10Th, after decid-
ing to hold it's next meeting in Phila
delphia, October 90, 1895. A number OF
papers on scientific subjects were read.
FAILURES in the United States dur
ing the week ended the 10th, as re-
ported by z. G. Dun & Co., were PAL,
against 219 for the corresponding week
last year. For Canada the failures
numbered "a, against As last year.
MANY deaths continue to be report
ed in Maco, the Portuguese settlement
in China, at the mouth of the Canton
river, as the result of the bubonic
plague which made its appearance
there short time ago.
A DISPATCH from Seoul, on the 10Th.
said that a plot had been discovered
to dethrone the king of Corea in favor
of his nephew, Ii Shun Yon. The con-
spirators. including Ii Shon Yon, were
promptly arrested.
A DISPATCH received at the state de-
partment, on the 10th, from Consul
Brice at MatanZas, Cuba, stated that
the two American citizens, Justo
Genere and Jose NJ. Cara ballo, ar
rested at that place, April 6. were re-
leased from custody on the 9th in