Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-08-29

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By ELL d. AXE.
fRoNToN. MISSOURI
THE porte has again rejected the de-
mand of the Powers that the proposed
reforms in Armenia shall be under for
eign control
THE official statement Of the assts o1
Bingen Bros. Genoa bankers, who re-
Gently failed, shows them to be ga, $780,
600 The liabilities are ETA, 00O, 00G.
A cABLEGRAM was received at the
department of state. on the 10th. from
Consul Jernigan at Shanghai, stating
that cholera was not epidemic there.
IT was stated at the treasury de-
partment, on the 21st, that the long.
delayed Worlds Fair medals will be
ready for delivery early in September.
FAILURES for the week ended on the
23d were: For the United States 222
against 234 for the corresponding week
last year, and for Canada 43, against
80 last year.
Ex-Gov. MORRIS. of Connecticut, sus-
tanned a shock of apoplexy, on the
morning of the 22d, at his Office in
New Haven. and died shortly after 8
o'clock in the afternoon.
THE French steamer Charlton, which
arrived at Marseilles, on the 23d, from
Chinese waters, reported Tonquin in.
tested with pirates, who constantly
harass the French troops.
THE Pail Mall Gazette, in an article
treating of the Chinese outrages, says
that Secretary Olney may be relied
upon to take vigorous action in behalf
of the Americans maltreated.
A MORTGAGE for 81, 600, 900. from the
Maryland Steel Co. to the Girard Life
Insurance, Annuity and Trust Co., OF
Philadelphia. was fled for record in
the clerks Office at Towson, Md, on
the Goth.
the prevalent risings in Spain have a
republican tendency, but the govern
ment is, nevertheless. taking the
strictest precautions against further
disturbance.
THE present British government has
declared its intention to follow up the
efforts of their predecessors in office
toward the establishment of a parcels
post service between the United States
and Great Britain.
IT is alleged that Ainsworth R. Spot
ford, the venerable librarian of con-
gress, is many thousands of dollars
short in his accounts with the govern
ment, and that his financial affairs are
in an inextricable tangle.
M. CAMBoN, the French ambassador
to Turkey, had an interview with the
sultan, on the 23d, and strongly urged
his majesty to accept the proposals OF
the powers in regard to the admins
tration of affairs in Armenia.
The county board of Cook county,
Ill, at a special meeting, on the Goth,
resolved to begin at once an investi-
cation into the management of the
county institutions, covering charges
of murder. boodling and appointment
of criminals to Office.
THERE are no American Christians
in that part of Turkey between Sas-
SCUM and Moosh, where Turkish of.
ficials are said to have driven the
Christians out of their houses and
given them to Kurds. Most of those
Christians are Turkish subjects
Gov. McGRAw of Washington ordered
out the state troops, on the Goth, to
back up the sheriff of Kittitas county
in arresting accused persons for the
1ynching of the Wilson's at EllensburG
the previous week. Among the lynch
ers are several prominent citizens
A STATEMENT Of the condition of Os.
car Wilde's finances, issued on the 22d
showed his liabilities to be s3, SOL, with
no available assets. He has been in
solvent two years, his expenditures
greatly exceeding his income of Sc. 600
derived from his literary and dramatic
work.
THE Lloyds committee communicated
with the London board of trade, OF
the Esd, urging that the government
send representative to Washington
TO arrange with the United States
government joint scheme to destroy
derelicts, especially in the North At
1antic.
The London & Northern Railway
Co. 3 new fast train. which left Eustor
station, London. at 8 o'clock on tn,
evening of the Goth. arrived at Aber
deem at 4:5S o'clock on the following
morning, having covered the distances
of $40 miles in the shortest time Oh
record.
THE Chinese government has ap
pointed the formerly disgraced Liu
who is generally regarded as the aetna
originator of the Cheng tn riots, i'm
perial high commissioner to investi
gate the cir cumstances which led t.
the outbreak and the facts connecte,
with the outrages themselves.
A DISPATCH from Shanghai says
The Chinese soldiers at Tien-Tsin re
volted, on the 21st, and assembled out
side the gates of Ii Hung Chang's pal
ace, where they raised a clamor 70
their arrears of pay. Later they mad
an attack upon the shops in the city
wrecking many of them and killing