Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-02-28
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE William coal breaker, at Wilkes
barre, Pa. was burned. on the 18th,
throwing 1900 men and boys out Of
employment. 1t was owned and oper-
ated by the Connell Coal Co., of Scran-
ton. The loss is 100000.
THE French liner La Gascogne sailed
from New York for Havre on the Goth.
Her engines had been repaired for the
homeward voyage and worked well.
A great crowd was at the dock, and a
great cheer went up when the big YES
sci backed out into the stream. She
carried fifty-five abin and 100 steerage
passengers.
BISHOP JOHN Fl. OBERHoLTZ, of the
Mennonite church. died at Center VAL
ley, Pa, on the 18th, aged 81 years.
CONGRESSMAN PAUL j. SORG, of the
Third Ohio district, on the 10th, di-
rected his agent at Middletown, O., to
send carload of provisions and cloth
ing to the destitute in the Ohio min
ing districts. This is the second time
Mr. Sorg has contributed to the IS
sistance of these unfortunate people.
Mr. BATE. of Tennessee. introduced
in the senate, on the 10Th, bill to aid
and encourage the holding of the
Nashville centennial exposition, a SINH
lar bill being on the house calendar.
THE gold payments of the Morgan
Belmont syndicate due from this coun-
try were completed on the Goth. Mr..
John Pierpont Morgan, finding that
there was surplus of 81, 1913, 900 gold
on hand. turned it over to the sub
treasury at New York city, and took
legal tenders in exchange.
The directory of the Chicago board
of trade, on the Goth, denied a petition
to rescind it's former action against
permitting trading in puts and calls
by a decisive vote.
THE war department has arranged to
purchase from DR.. Emmonds, for S., 600,
| the right to manufacture and use in the
United States army the high explosive
emmensite, which repeated tests have
shown to be the best adapted of all
such explosives for the bursting charge
| of shells.
Ex-PosTMAsrER-GENE JOHN WAN
AMAKE's vote was challenged at the
recent election in Philadelphia by
| Thomas Deacon, an employee of the
post Office and democratic watcher at
| the polls. The humor of the case lies
| III tlc 1dSt thdt DCdSoh ASho USSA a lCSA-
dent of the United States just four
months.
| THE cadets IN the Salvation army
| training garrison at San Francisco
| have revolted against the doc
| trines of their leader, Adjutant Nc
| Cabe, who has declared that he is in
every respect the peer of Jesus Christ.
The adjutant's mind is believed to be
unbalanced
Mrs. BoURKE COCHRAN, wife of Con-
gresham Cochran, died at the Holland
house, New York city, on the evening
| of the Goth, from hemorrhages with
which she was attacked the night
previous.
THE village of Lindsey, in the west
ern part of Sandusky county. O., was
partly destroyed by fire on the Goth.
Five stores were burned, entailing
loss Of over $4,000.
HOTEL VICTORY. one of the largest
summer resorts in the country, located
on Put-in-Bay island, Lake Erie, was
sold by United States Marshal Haskell
in Toledo, O., on the 21st. A. c. Ha-
ger, of Boston, bought the furniture
for $1,000. E. U. Falls, of Toledo,
the architect who designed it, bought
the realty for sl7,tOo. The hotel cost
se60, 900 and had been failure.