Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-17

OK the 9th, the Bellaire (O.) water
works powerhouse was flooded, and the
entire water supply of the city WIS
cut off
THE democratic house caucus in
Washington. on the eth, adopted the
resolution offered by Mr.. Crisp favor
ing the Carlisle currency bill, as
amended, by a vote OF 81 to 50.
Oh the 9Th Gov Nelson ct Mfn1esot.
emphatically denied the rumor that he
had pardonea Cole Younger. the bank
robber and murderer, and said such a
thought had never entered his head
THE'third annual convention Of Nhe
National League of Commission Ner-
chants opeRed at the Metropolitan no
tel in New York on the 9th. There
were abort eighty delegates present
THE schooner Francis Z. sGetlfrey
sailed from Philadelphia three weeks
ago for Salem Mass, sand up to the
9Th, had not besn heard of She<carried
crew of SIX or seven men, soesides
Capt Gurson.
NJ IND MRS. GLADSTONE started
from the tCharing Cross station, Lon
don, On the sth, at 1890 a. M, for
Cannes, France. Lord Roseberry was
among those who were at 'tsse sta ton
to see them off.
A r4SP ApcH IRON Yokohama SAYS
that some.Japanese newspapers printed
a report. ON the 10th. that the king of
Corea had been assassinated, while
other papers asserted that he had been
FRUSTRATED with epilepsy.
THE Kansas legislature. convened on
the sth- The house organization was
perfected by the election of the officers
previously nominated in the repub-
lican caucus The senate was re-
organized with practically the same
officers that it had last year.
A DISPATCH from Shanghai, of the
10th. says the British government had
wired instructions to Admiral Fireman.
tie, commanding the British fleet in
Chinese waters, to prevent, by force If
necessary. the japanese squadron from
ascending the -Tse-Kiang river.
SECRETARY HERBERT, ON the sth, is
sued orders for the fitting out of the
cruiser Minneapolis as flagship, and
the work will be done at the Norfolk
navy yard. The Minneapolis will sue
coed the New York as flagship of the
North American squadron about
April 1.
THE funeral of Mrs. Mary 4. La
To-
of Michigan, took place in Jackson, on
the 9TH, and was one of the largest
gatherings of the kind .ever held in
that city. Many persons prominent in
temperance work in the state were
present.
IT, was stated, on the 9th, that the
.Aragon Mining Co. of Norway, Mich,
would suspend work, on the 18th, for
an indefinite period, throwing 800 min
ers, mostly heads of families, out of
work, with scant prospect OF obtain
ing other employment until spring or
= summer.
THosfAN,s crop report, issued on the
10th. places farm reserves of wheat
january 1at 2O7. 600, 600 bushels, against
IT, OOO, 900 bushels at the same date
last year. The surplus wheat in this
country abovesfoo and seed require
ments up to July 1 next Is estimated
. at TO. OOO 600 bushels.
AARoNiL. DENNIsON. ''the father of
American matchmaking" died in Biz
mingham, England. on the 10th 1t was
in his genius that the mammoth
watch factory at Waltham, Mass, and
it's offshoot, the great factory at Elgin,
ILL.,. originated. He was born in Free
port, Me, March IL. 1912.
THE French .bombarded Fort Fara-
.fatra, four miles inland from 1ama-
-tave, Madagascar, on December IS. |
The Hovas defended the fort, reply |
ing to the French fire with well-di- |
.rected shots from the seven guns com |
prising the armament of the fort, but |
eventually retired with heavy loss
EN-SEoRErARY ,oF WAR STEPHEN B. |
ELkINs was nominated for United |
States senator, on the night of the |
18th, by the republican caucus at |
Charleston. w. Va. He had no opposi-
State Senator Whitaker. who had been |
The first bill passed by the Kansas |
house of Representatives at the present |
session, was aimed at the destruction |
of the gigantic lottery enterprises |
which have grown up on the Missouri |
river border at Kansas City, Kas. The |
bill WAS passed, on the 10th, and !
promptly sent TO the senate for it's &C |
ton
SENATOR LsDGE (rep.. Mass.) intro !
duced bill in the senate, on the Sth, |
making it unlawful to remove or to re- |
quest the resignation of any letter car
rier. post Office clerk or railway postal |
clerk, except when arrested for crime. |
ferred and acted on by the post Office |
department
IN the Oklzhoma territorial legiSla- |
ture. on the 18th. bills were intro |
duced providing for the calling of a /
constitutional convention and the cleo |
ton of state officers, coagressmen and |
United States senator's. and a memo |
rial was adopted asking congress to |
pass an enabling act granting Oklaho- |
ma immediate statehood.
HENRY E. Afford recently elected |
president of the Oklahoma agricui- |
tural college at Guthrie, rendered his /
resignation to the governor, on the |