Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-08-08
coMrErrr1oN for the location of the

COMPETITION for the location of the
National college of mechanics and fine
arts. to be erected by the Knights
Templar, has narrowed down to Pitts
burgh and Chicago. The knights will
decide on one of these cities in their
convention at Boston, August "a.
ELLA JENKINS. aged 25, while stand
ing in the door of her house in the
suburbs of Jacksonville, Fla, on the
31st, during a heavy storm, was killed
by an electric bolt. The babe she held
in her arms was unframed.
A FIRE at Meuominee, Mich. on the
night of the 31st, swept over a terri
IS. 600. 600 feet of lumber, the property
of A. Spies, the Girard Lumber Co. and
Bay Shore Lumber Co, together with
offices and buildings. one wood mill
and about 5000 cords of slabs. Several
firemen and some citizens were in
jured.
AT Potts Camp, Miss. on the night
of the 31st, J. A Catlin, a prominent
local politician, shot and instantly
killed Ed West, telegraph operator,
who he thought was too slow in re-
ceiving a message which Catlin wanted
to send off.
julius A. TAYLOR, United States dis
trict attorney for the western district
of Tennessee, died in Memphis on the
LIST.
EARTHQUAKES have been prevalent
of late on the Tonga islands, but no
serious damage is reported.
On the lst the Greek chamber ap-
proved the budget and the parliament
tary session closed.
Ex-MAYoR HUGH O'BRIEN. of Boston,
died at Somerville, Mass. on the LIST.
AERoNAUr BURKE made an ascen-
sion by moonlight at Phoenix, Ariz., on
the 1st, in not-air balloon, but in
descending in his parachute he fell on
top of a house, sustaining injuries from
which he shortly died. His partner,
Nelson, got fall the same evening,
sustaining broken arm.
THE Coulterville stage was held up
and robbed about IL miles northeast
of MERGED, CAL, on the 1st, by a masked
highwayman. There was only one
passenger. who contributed what he
had-a $40 gold piece. Several pack
ages of coin were taken, the value of
which is not known.
Mrs. ELIZABETH DAVIS, aged 1O4
years, died. on the list, at the Della
ware Und.) county infirmary, where
she had been for twenty-five years.
Up to the time of her death she was
agile and possessed all her faculties.
Four tramps were killed near Can
ton, o., on the Cd, by a collision be-
tween two sections of broken freight
train on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
& Chicago railroad, upon which they,
with others were stealing a ride.
LIGHTNING struck company of Ger
man soldiers at drill in the district of
Die Senneya, Westphalia, on the Sd,
and most of the men were Frustrated.
Eight of them were left in dying con-
dition.
The Taylor brothers, on trial a. Car
rollton, Mo-, for the massacre of the
Meek's family, were found guilty by
the jury, on the I'd, after two hours
and thirty-seven minutes deliberation.
A DISPATCH from Majuna, Madagas-
car, on the Cd, said that the Hova SOL
diers were DESERVING en- masse, after be.
ing routed from day to day by the
steadily advancing French army.
THE United States cruiser Columbia
arrived at New York. on the I'd, hav-
ing made the trip across the Atlantic
in the unprecedented time-for a war
ship-of trifle less than seven days,
and that, too, with short force of en-
gineer officers, machinists and firemen,
and with only ordinary coal and draft.
The biggest victory ever won by or
ganized labor was won in Pittsburgh.
Pa, on the I'd. by the miners. Almost
every demand was granted, and the
operators gave written guarantee for
the fulfillment of their contract. The
papers were signed which increases
the wages of 10000 miners in Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
A MARINETTE Wis., dispatch of the
I'd said: THE proba bility is that the
! 100 residents of Beaver island located
in Green bay, at the entrance of the
straits of Mackinaw, have been burned
| to death in the forest fires which have
desolated the entire island during the
last few DAYS"