Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-08-06
PosrMAsrER-GExEnAr. WrIsoN has L. I

PosTMAsTER-GEKERAL WILSON has Is
sued an order to all railway mail
clerks, directing them not to take an
active interest in the political CAM
paign, such as would be involved in
their attending political conventions
as delegates, making political speeches
or assisting in the management of po-
litical campaigns.
DR. JAMESON and his fellow Trans
wall raiders are to be treated as first
class misdemeanants in Holloway
| prison. London. They will receive
their meals from the outside, wear
their own clothes and have less dis
tinguisbed prisoners detailed to per-
| form mental Offices for them.
A BODY of striking miners went to
| the Hymers mines near Sullivan, Ind,
| on the 29th inst. Two or three of
| them covered the night watchmen
with guns, marched them to the woods
half mile distant and stood guard
over them while the balance of the
crowd set fire TO the plant which was
totally destroyed. Burning timbers
fell into the shaft and set FIRE to the
mine also.
THE boiler in Sullivan's big shingle
mills at Cedar, Mich, burst on the
goth. Engineer Scott was badly man.
gled and scalded, and lived but two
hours. Ten other employees were more
or less seriously scalded and bruised.
JUDGE ORLADY, of the Pennsylvania
state superior court, on the goth, grant
ed an allocatur in the appeal of attor.
neys representing ex-Assistant City
Attorney VIM. H. House, of Pitts
burgh, who was sentenced to two
years and three months in the peni-
tiary, for aiding and abetting in the
embezzlement of city money.
THE president has issued proclama-
ton bearing date of July %, again
commanding citizens to observe neu-
trality towards Cuba. The proclama-
ton refers to the original proclama-
ton of June IL, 1895, demanding an OBJ
servance of the neutrality laws in re.
spect to the Cuban instruction. and
gives notice that all violations will be
vigorously prosecuted.
THE commissioner of internal reven
has submitted to Secretary Carlisle
preliminary report of the operations
of his bureau for the fiscal year end
ing June 80. It shows that the re-
ceipts from all sources of internal
revenue for the year aggregated S146,-
$50, 615-an increase of So, 5S4, 537 over
the receipts of the preceding fiscal
year.
Mr.. ARTHUR SEwALL, democratic
nominee for vice-president, was inter
viewed as to the story that he intended
to resign in favor of Mr.. Tom Watson.
He said: ANY man who for a moment
entertains such an idea is not worthy
of an answer"
FATHER MARTINELLI, superior-gener.
al of the Augustinians, has been ap-
pointed successor to Mgr. Satolli, as
papal delegate 'of the Roman Catholic
church in the United States.s
HUGH CAMPBELL, one of the iron
kings, died at his home at Hanging
Rock, o., on the 31st, aged sc.
A DISPATCH from Bombay, on the
31st, said: Except for the telegraph
lines, Bombay is isolated from the
outside world. Very heavy rains have
fallen of late, and the country in the
vicinity of the city is flooded. The
railroads are so far under water that
it is impossible to run trains over
them
A HURRICANE prevailed at Hong
Kong, on the 3Oth, and considerable
damage was done to shipping in the
harbor. The British steamer Glen
Oaladh was totally dismasted. The |
British steamer MacDuff dragged her |
anchors and collided with the Nor. |
wegian steamer Brand. Both vessels |
were damaged.
FIRE originating in Argulls opera
house in Grass Valley, Cal, on the |
Both, srpead rapidly until the whole
block was ablaze. Twenty-Five houses |
and business premises were totally de-
stroyed and IL others partly burned.
Total loss, about $4,000.
JUDGE GEORGE CARPENTER, of the |
United States district for Rhode Island |
and Massachusetts, died, on the 31st.,
in Keswick, Holland, of paralysis of |
the heart, while on a European pleas
ure trip.
The Irish land bill passed its second
reading in the British house of lords
ON the 31st.