Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-05-23

quartermaster general, was placed on
the retired list of the army, on the
10th, having reached the age of Ga
years.
THE powder factory at Dollar Bay.
Mich, exploded on the 10th. Fred
Shepard, the only man in the mixing
house, was killed by the explosion.
The works were badly damaged. They
had just been rebuilt, having been
blown up with loss of life at the noon
hour two months before.
OWING to an epidemic of rabies
which prevailed in that state the house
of representatives of Florida passed
bill, on the 10th, putting the control
of animals affected with hydrophobia
in the hands Of the state health officer.
THE one hundred and seventh gen.
eral assembly of the Northern Presby-
terrain church opened its sessions in
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 10th, in the his
toric Third Presbyterian church, with
the customary ceremonies. DIR. Robert
Russell Booth, of New York, was
chosen moderator.
PRINCE FRANCIS JOSEPH Of Batten-
berg and party arrived at Chicago, on
the 10th, from San Francisco and spent
a day or two in looking over that city
before proceeding eastward.
On the 18th the Swedish chambers
| jointly voted 1000, 900 kroner to the
government to supply its immediate
wants in the event of possible war, OF
| to send Swedish troops to Norway in
case of revolution there.
GEORGE j. BOALs, very prominent
attorney of Denver, Col, was taken
with commissions in his Office, on the
| morning of the 18th, and died at noon.
| The appointment of Count Col
| chowski to succeed Count Kalnolxy as
| imperial prime minister of Austria,
was gazetted in Vienna on the 18th.
IT was stated at the interior depart
ment, on the 18th, that the Siletz In
dian reservation in Oregon will be
| opened July 2a next.
THE Spanish steamer Gravina, with
her cargo. was, on the 18th, lost off
Capones in typhoon. Only two Of
| her crew were saved.
A DISPATCH from Madrid, on the 18th,
said the Spanish government was maxi
| ing arrangements to send 800 cavalry
| to Cuba.
FREDERICK CLEVELAND, a distant rel
alive of the president, died at Phelps,
| y. Y, on the 18th, of Bright's disease,
aged 7s.
| EDWARD PAYsoN PITCHER, principal
of New York city grammar school,
died suddenly in Newburg, n. Y, on
the 10th, eight hours after his mar
riage. Organic heart trouble was the
| cause.
TIE seating capacity of the Illinois
club was taxed to its utmost. on the
night of the nth. by the people anx-
ious to hear the much-tallsed-of debate
on the silver question between W. H.
Harvey. author of Coins Financial
| School," little volume that has at
tracted much attention during the
present silver agitation, and Prof. J..
Lawrence Laughlin, of the university
of Chicago.
| JUDGE HENRY s. PRIEST has resigned
his position as United States judge for
the eastern district of Missouri. and
Judge Elmer B. Adams. one of the
most prominent attorneys of the state.
was named by President Cleveland. on
the 18th, as Judge Priests successor.
| The date of the change has not yet
| been announced.
| THE failure of congress to make
adequate appropriation for the depart
ment of justice is resulting in the clos
| ing of the United States courts in vari
Gus parts of the country. In many
cases the court officials are several
months short on their salaries, and
their families are suffering in conse-
quence.
| PETER 81. BURNETT, the first consti.
tutional governor of California, died in
San Francisco on the 18th. He was sc
years old, and native of Tennessee.
He filed various judicial offices and
served a term as justice of the supreme
court of California.
The town of Brest-Litewski, in the
province of Grodno, Russian Poland
was completely destroyed by fire on
the evening of the 10th, and thirty
persons were burned to death. Brest
Litewski was town of about 40, 0o(
Inhabitants