Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-01-03
Two INCHES of snow. the first of the

Two INCHES of snow, the first of the
season, fell at Roanoke, Va, on the
Goth.
EX>PoLICE CAPT. JOHN L. STEPHEN.
SON, the first of the police officials
tried and convicted as an outcome of
the exposures brought about by the
LeXow committee, was sentenced by
Judge Ingraham, in the court of oyer
and terminer, in New York city, on
the Goth. to three years and nine
months Imprisonment in Sing Sing,
and to pay $1,000 fine.
Four new cases of smallpox were
discovered in Washington city, on the
Goth, and several other persons are I'M
der suspicion of having the disease.
All the victims are colored people liv-
ing in the alleys and small streets near
the government printing office, the To-
cality where previous cases have ex-
listed.
RUMoRs were circulated in Brook
lyn, on the night of the Goth, that a
shortage had been discovered in the ac-
counts of an employee in the Office of
the treasurer of Kings county. 1t was
said that experts had been engaged
and were at work on the case. The
shortage, it is said, will exceed $40, 900.
THE grand jury at Chicago, on the
Goth, ordered Assistant State Attorney
Bottum to leave the jury-room, went
into executive session and planned an
investigation of the alleged crooked
ness in the states attorneys Office.
THE British steamer Abeydo, Capt.
True, from Valencia for Liverpool, is
believed to have foundered off the Isle
of Man with the loss of all on board.
about 200 in number.
Posi- OFFICE INSPECTOR STEWART, of
Chicago, arrested a man named Blake
in that city, on the 9th, whom he be-
lieves to be the leader of the gang that
has been robbing hundreds of western
post offices during the past two years.
The arrest was made on the confession
of one of the gang, and other arrests
were expected to follow.
HENRY PACKERS residence, on the
outskirts of Piqua, o., was entered by
sneak thieves, on the morning of the
27th, and robbed of So, $50. The money,
which was in bank notes, was tied up in
rags and hidden in an old trunk. The
family was absent at the time of the
robbery.
ALBERT NEEHAUs, whose home was
near Morenci, Mich, John Mo reland,
an old soldier, who lived near Elton, o.,
and an unknown man of Chicago were
found frozen to death on the morning
of the eth.
REPRESENTATIVE AND SENAToR-ELEcT
GEAR, of Iowa, who was taken seri-
IN
was much better on the 10th, and his
physicians pronounced him out of dan
ger.
IT was reported, on the 27th, that
the Chinese forces had evacuated New
Chwang.
THE French chamber of deputies
was prorogued, on the 27th, until jan
uary 8.
CONFIRMATION of the rumors that a
shortage existed in the accounts of
County Treasurer Henry Adams of
Kings county, N. ", was had, ON the
27th, when the board of county super
visors met to receive the report of ex-
perts, who found an apparent shortage
of SS9, 696 25. of which amount S24, 49,
2s IS said to be missing from the &C.
count of Cashier Lawrence J. Tormey.
SINE ON Coy, the most picturesque
political character in the history of
Indiana, died, on the eth, at his home
in Indianapolis. He hal been suffer
ing from diabetes for several months,
but the bursting of a blood vessel,
with the consequent hemorrhage, was
the immediate cause of death. He died
poor.
The feature of the Lexow commit
tees investigation in New York city,
on the eth, was in the introduction of
evidence to show that Anthony Com
stock, agent for the Society of Proven
tion of Vice. had taken bride of 81 ,O0C
from a green goods man to procure
the dismissal of the Indictment against
him.
CHARLES H. SHEPARD has begun suit.
in Chicago, against Senator John F.
O'Malley for $50, 900 damages. Shepard
is the young cabman who was shot by
O'Malley on election day and was made
a cripple for life. An Indictment is
still pending against O'Malley for the
shooting.