Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-14

HERR SCHMIELE, the German gov
ernor of New Guinea, committed sui
eide at Batavia, Jamaica, on the 9th.
by shooting with a revolver. He was
on his way to his home in Germany.
NoRvAL A. HAWKINS, ex-cashier of
| the Detroit (Mich.) branch of the
Standard Oil Co., was found guilty by
| jury, on the 9th, of having embez-
zled S2,700 of the companys funds.
The defendant admitted taking the
| money, but claimed that he had in
vested $4,000 in the hope of increasing
his earning capacity and squaring his
accounts. 1t was claimed that he was
not criminal, but failing debtor.
On the 18th Public Printer Benedict
dismissed 100 employees of the govern
| ment printing Office, the majority of
them being compositors. The remov-
ais were caused by the adjournment
of congress, which made scarcity of
work. Other dismissals will follow as
the work of the bureau decreases.
GEORGE L. SHOUP was reelected
United States senator from Idaho, on
the 18th, on the first ballot. He re-
ceived the entire Mormon vote. There
was great rejoicing in Boise City after
the election, Senator Shoup being ex-
ceedingly popular in Idaho.
IN the British house of commons, on
the 9TH, Mr.. Henry Gardner, president
of the board of agriculture, promised
that the government would make in
quirJ into the alleged packing of dis
eased meat in Chicago for export to
England.
THE boiler in Kenney's sawmill, To-
Gated miles east of Hillsdale, Mich.
exploded, on the 18th. demolishing the
mill and instantly killing Al Kinney,
the proprietor.
AT South London, on the eth, an I'M
employed plasterer named Taylor,
having become respondent from long
idleness, murdered his wife and five
children and then killed himself.
AssEMBLYMAN BLAKE's bill abolish
ing capital punishment in New York
was lost on final passage, on the eth,
by vote of ayes 20, nays 6s.
A BOILER at the B. F. Goodrich com
pany's mill at Akron, o.. exploded. on
the 18th, killing John Vance and Sc
verely wounding John Somerville.
On the eth the directors of the Amer
lean Sugar Refining Co. declared a quar-
terly dividend of per cent.
THE Cincinnati, Memphis and New
Orleans packet steamer Longfellow, in
tow of the Hercules Carroll, struck
pier of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad
bridge at Cincinnati, just after start
ing on her SOUTH bound trip, on the
sth, and went to pieces. Most of her
passengers and crew were hurried
aboard the Carroll and rescued, but
after the disaster twelve persons were
found to be drowned or missing.
THE big cordage works of William
Wall & Sons, on Bushwick avenue,
Williamsburg, n. Y, have entirely
shut down, all the employees being dis
charged. The plant during the last
few years has been controlled by the
Cordage trust. 1t gave employment to
nearly 1000 persons.
The steamer Rosedale sank in the
Wabash river, near New Haven, ILL.,,
on the Sth. One deck hand was drowned
and 5000 bushels of corn was lost.
The seventeen passengers were res
cued.
AT Louisville, Ky, on the sth, the
steamer John X. Speed was blown
over the dam at the falls in the Ohio
river and considerab bly, damaged. Had
she not righted quickly she would
have broken to pieces.
POLICE JUSTICE QUIGLEY. of Brook
lyn. was removed from office, on the
sth, by an order handed down by the
special term of the supreme court OF
New York.
II was reported from Paris, on the
sth. that the difficulty between France
and San Domingo had been settled.
THE woman suffrage bill was defeat
ed in the California senate on the Sth.
BURT AND WILLIAM COLEMAN. broth
ers, aged, respectively, % and 16, We're
shot and killed near Newkirk, Okla,
on the sth, by Cyrus Cowan, con-
testee for the claim occupied by the
two brothers Cowan gave himself up
after the killing.
4 CYCLONE passed over north Geor-
gia, on the night OF the sth, which is
reported to have caused much damage
in many localities.