Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-13

WHILE the thermometer five feet
away registered 100 in the shade, On
the 9th, Uriah Matthews was nearly
frozen to death in his cold storage
room, at Massillon, o.. the door to
which someone had closed behind
him and locked. He was accidentally
rescued in time to save his life.
The steamer San Juan arrived al
San Francisco, on the 9th, from Pana.
ma and way ports. She had some OF
the survivors of the Inflated steamer
Colima on board. who gave graphic ac-
counts of the loss of the vessel.
PARIS bankers have concluded a Chi
nese 4-per-cent gold loan of 10000
600. guaranteed by Russia. The prob
able issue price. it is said. will be 90.
VIOLENT shocks of earthquake were
felt in Florence. Italy. on the 9Th, at
1870 a. m, and number of shocks
were experienced through the COM
partimento of Tuscany on the night
Of the 5th.
The steamer Monarch. bound from
Rat Portage to Fort Frances, Rainy
lake, loaded with passengers and
freight, was wrecked, on the 9th, at
Long Sault rapids. The passengers
were rescued after some hardship, but
the freight was lost. This is the
third vessel wrecked at the same
place within eight months.
On the 9TH President Cleveland APP
pointed Attorney-General Richard Oh
ney, of Massachusetts,. to be secretary
of state to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Judge Gresham. To fill
the vacancy caused by the promotion
of Attorney-General Olney Judson
Harmon, of Cincinnati. was appointed
to the latter Office.
THE OAK and Pau districts of France
were flooded, on the 18th, by heavy
transforms and orerfowing streams.
Large tracts of territory were sub
merged, factories stopped, and railway
traffic almost entirely suspended. No
loss of life was reporter.
FAILURES in the United States dur
ing the week ended the 18th, as re-
ported by r. G. Dun & Co., were 1875,
against 216 for the same week last year.
In Canada the failures were %, against
40 last year.
THE entire family of August b.
Christensen, seven in all. and Samuel
Wright, a guest, at Evanston, Chicago.
were poisoned. on the 9th. by eating
Frankfurter sausage. Two of the
children died.
DUN's commercial review, issued on
the Sth, gives most encouraging view
of the pronounced and sustained inn
provement in the business relations of
the country.
Mr.. w. ii. PUGH, of Ohio, recently
or,>o,rfoI I'D; Of
the navy department, qualified, on the
9TH. and entered upon his new duties.
THE British steamer Devaur went
ashore, on the 7th, on Briggs reef, on
the Donegahadee coast of Ireland.
Her passengers. 400 in number, were
landed safely.
THE jury in the case of Police In
spector Mclaughlin, tried before JUS
tice Barrett in the New York court of
common pleas. returned a verdict of
guilty of extortion, on the night OF the
7th. Mclaughlin was committed to
the Tombs pending argument of a mo-
ton for new trial.
ADvICEs from Formosa indicate that
chaos is rapidly giving way to order
now that the japanese troops have
reached Taipehfu and established head
quarters at that point. The natives OF
Formosa are submitting readily to the
rule of the japanese.
THE great relay bicycle race of the
red and the blue between Chicago and
New York city was finished at 1:56 a.
m. of the sth. The actual time of the
race was sixty-fve hours and ffty-three
minutes.
JEFFERsoNvnLE, Ind, is infested
with a strengthening worm, resem-
bling a leech, and ranging in length
from two to four inches. and half
inch around the body. They abound
in thousands around residences, and
seek damp places. They never show
themselves until night, when they
creep out in he rds and make straight
for houses.
SCHNAUBELT. alias Rindskopf, the
man who threw the bomb at the Chi
cago Haymarket riot was badly wound
ed. recently, in a fracas at Pinaljo.
Honduras. He will die.