Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-12-19

ADv1cEs from Cape Hatteras, on the
night of the 10th, stated that President
Cleveland and party were storm bounE
there and could not get out A heavy
gale was blowing there at 60 miles an
hour. making seagoing In the light
house tender impossible.
AFTER two hours deliberatina the
jury, at Lafayette, Ind, on the night
of the 10th, in the case of John Besser.
charged with the murder of his tenant.
Morris Lewis, last August, returned a
verdict of acquittaI. Judge Taylor
therefore discharged the prisoner The
prisoner proved a clear case of self-de-
tense.
THE directors of the American Bell
Telephone Co., on the 18th, declared a
regular quarterly dividend of three per
cent, and an extra dividend of X per
cent. payable January Is. This makes
a total of Is per cent. declared this
year
News from Batavia, Java, on the 18th.
stated that the Dutch troops on the
island of Madura had dispersed band
capturing the chief.
IT was learned, on the 1ath, that the
guarantee syndicate, formed in connec-
ton with the reorganization of the
Reading railroad, included nearly all
the capitalists identified with the
other anthracite coal railroads. The
amount subscribed was said to be over
thirty million dollars.
QUEEN VICTORIA, in council at Wind
sor, on the 18th, formally prorogued
parliament until the middle of Febru-
airy. when it will meet for the transac-
ton of government business.
1t was stated, on the 12th, on excel
lent authority that Speaker Reed would
not announce his committee appoint
ments until about the Goth.
JOHN MULHoLLEN, first Baron Dun
leath, died in London, on the 18th, II
years of age.
THE funeral of George Augustus
place at Brighton, England, on the
18th.
THE venerable Robert William
Browne. archdeacon of Bath, died at
his residence in Wells, England, on the
ETH He was So years of age.
AT noon. on the 18th. at the Church
of the Holy Angels, Cincinnati. Miss
Margaret Rives Nichols, daughter of
the late George Nichols and his wife.
nee Maria Longworth, now the wife of
Bethany Storer. and Louis Charles An
tome Gulbert Pierre Pinton. Marquis
du Chambrun. prominent attache of
the French legation at Washington,
We're united in marriage.
NJ. ADRIEN LACHENAL. who was vice
president for 1895, has been elected
president of the Swiss republic for
1896. He is a radical in politics, and
Thurgan has .been elected vice-presi-
dent of the republic for 1896.
4 CABLEGRAM to the navy depart
ment. on the 18th. reported the arrival
at Gibraltar of the cruiser Minneapolis.
under orders to proceed to Smyrna,
Syria, in connection with the protec-
ton of American interests.
THE coasting steamer Harrington
ran down the fishing smack Ugan &c
miles off Whitby. England. on the
18th. Ten of the Ugan's crew were
drowned and one was saved by the
A LONDON GLOBE news agency dis
patch. on the 18th, said that the Chi
nese officials resumed possession of
Port Arthur on the 10th. Gen. Sum,
on behalf of China. taking over the sta
ton from the japanese officers.
FAILURES throughout the United
States, as reported by r. G. Dun & Co.,
for the week ended on the 18th, were
33s. against $40 for the corresponding
week of last year; and for Canada 81,
against 40 last year.
THE first squad OF policemen mounted
on bicycles in New York city went on
duty on the 18th. Hereafter four
mounted men will constantly patrol
Eighth avenue and the boulevard.
On the 18th Oliver Hammond, his
wife and three children, We're killed at
a crossing on the Dayton & Union rail-
way, seven miles from Greenville, 0.
REPRESENTATIVE HOPKINS. of Illi-
nois. had the honor. on the 18th, of be-
ing the first chairman to preside over
the committee of the whole of the