Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-28
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


less, as the japanese, with the flush of
an unbroken succession of victories
upon them, are in no mood for tempo
rizing with a foe whom they imagine is
theirs to pluck at their own sweet will.
AMONG the conditions precedent to
Newfoundland joining the dominion
of Canada. is said to be one that the
latter shall tunnel the straits of Belle
Isle, in order to give the island all
rail connection with Canada. This, it
is urged, will reduce the voyage to En-
gland by one-third and render it pos
sible to convey passengers from Mon
treal to Liverpool in los hours
FEARS of the loss of the Spanish war
ship Reina Regente were confirmed. on
| the 10Th, by the report of the finding
| of the peak of her mast rising from
| the waters of the Mediterranean near
| the straits OF Gibraltar, where she had
| evidently foundered with her entire
| complement of 42O officers and men.
THE indictment for embezzlement
against Mark C. Davis, ex-cashier Of
| the Iron Hall, was dismissed at Indian
| apolis, Ind, on the 10Th, for failure to
| prosecute
IT is reported in Berlin that Count
| Herbert Bismarck will succeed Gen.
Won Werder, shortly to retire, as Ger
man ambassador to Russia.
JOSEPH r. HEROD, of Indiana, was,
on the 18th, appointed to be secretary
of legation of the United States in ia
pan.
Mrs. MARIA LIvERMoRE, of Dayton,
| O., died of old age on the 10Th. Had
she lived until April ~ she would have
| celebrated her one-hundredth birth
| day.
THE secretary of state was advised.
on the 10th. by the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of the United States in the
City of Mexico, that between 700 and
500 negro families had recently ar
| rived from the United States at Hahua-
| lila, state of Durango. Mex, as col
oGists, under a federal concession
granted to w. II. Ellis, an American
| citizen.
ACCORDING to Commissioner Loeb
ren's figures, issued on the Goth, pen
sion appropriations are likely to re-
main at about the present rate for at
least three years to come. The rea-
son for the absence of any perceptible
decrease is that the falling off, owing
to deaths and other causes. is. for the
present, a bout counterbalancedb by first
payments on new pensions allowed
After 1898. Commissioner Lochren
thinks, the pension a preparation will
rapidly decrease.
BY an explosion of gas in the Rocky
Mountain Coal and Iron Co.'S mine No.
5, at Red Canyon, Wyo., on the Goth,
Io1 70 how
lost their lives. OF the first twenty
three bodies recovered many were
| burned beyond recognation, and no
hope was entertained for those still in
| the pit There were usually $50 men
employed in the mine.
A TORNADO passed over the south
western portion of the city of Augusta,
| Ga. on the Goth, doing consid era BILE
| damage to property. About fifty
houses, mostly small ones, were
wrecked, and large flour mill in the
track of the storm was partly blown
down.
BARRY MINES, 80 years old, was COM
mitted to the TOmbs prison in New
York city, on the Goth, on a charge of
having stolen $50, 900 from the bank
ing firm of Pierpont Morgan & Co.,
while in the employ of the firm.
On the Goth Mr.. Preston, director of
the mint, confirm the published re-
ports of a shortage in the mint at Car
son, New, placing the amount at 5000
ounces of silver and 5000 ounces of
gold. of total value of $4,000.
The steamer Alfonso XIII. arrived at
Guantanamo, Cuba, on the Goth, with
hot 10 IF SraniSf, inf Mt
barked at Barcelona
A. E. BUTLER, cashier of the Airing
ton national bank and alderman of
Lawrence, Mass, committed suicide
by shooting on the goth. Mr.. Butler
was taken i'll a few weeks ago with
grip and had been suffering mentally.
He leaves a widow and three small
children.
LAKE navigation was practically
| opened at the ports of Duluth, Mimi,
and Superior. Wis, on the Goth, by the
| tug Record.
By the explosion of the large blow
| ing engine at the Edith furnaces in
| Allegheny City, Pa, ON the 10Th, several
| buildings connected with the plant
were demolished. but though the full
crew ofworkmen were engaged at their
several duties. not a man was injured.
The south-bound vestibuled train on
the Southern railway jumped the
track. early on the morning of the
Goth, near Jackson, Ga, and was al
most completely wrecked. No one
was killed. and all the passengers es.
| capped without serious injury.
The serious feeling that was begin
ming to take possession of the public
mind at the somewhat complicated
condition of our foreign relations, was
greatly relieved, on the 2lst, by intel
ligence that the British government
had disavowed to Minister Bayard
any intention of acquiring territory
in violation of the Monroe doctrine, in
South America. and that Spain would
prefer to accept the Washington view
of the Alliance incident rather thar
risk q rupture of the friendly relations
existing with the United States.
THE indicted New York police Off
Gals, Inspector Mclaughlin: Captains
Donohoe, Michael ]. Murphy. James
X. Price and Jacob Seibert: ex-Captain:
Edward Carpenter, William +. Devery
and John Stephenson, and edward
men Edward Glennon and Henry w
Schill. appeared, on the 21st, before
Justice Ingraham in the court of Oyer
and terminer for pleading. No demur
rers were entered, and all pleaded
mot guilty" The trials will proba
bly, commence on the first Monday in
April.
THE cargoes of two boats loaded
with dynamite near Lobith. on the