Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-05-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The senate committee on pensions,
on the 5th, reported back to the sem
ate, with recommendation that they
pass over the veto of the president,
bills granting pensions to Nancy G.
Allabach and Francis e. Hoover.
JOSEPH CROSSE, who murdered his
sweetheart, Teresa Bobak. in Pitts
burgh, Pa, January Q last, while in
jealous frenzy, heard his death war
rant read on the .5th. He will be
hanged June 80.
The Union bank of London, which
gave up Mrs. Langtry's Jewels on
forged order, has been required by the
high court of Justice to pay Mrs.
Langtry s1O. 200, the jewelry, which is
valued at $4,000, still to remain the
property of Mrs. Langtry. If recov-
cred, it is to be sold and the bank is to
receive any sum thatli is realized above
E25, ZOO.
A LONG train of flat cars, loaded with
coal, was running down the grade to-
ward Chicago junction, O., on the 5th,
at "a terrific rate of speed, when a
broken rail caused the engine to leave
the track. The cars all piled on top of
the engine, and were literally smashed
to lkindling. Twelve tramps boarded
the train at Shelby, and but six were
found. The rest were supposed to be
buried under the wreckage.
The second conviction of Frank A.
Coffin of completely in the wrecking of
the indianapolis Qnd) national bank
in August, 1893, was confirmed by the
supreme court of the United States,
.on the :4th. The sentence is seven
years.
The grand jury at Akron, o., on the
18th, reported three indictments against
Romulus Cottel1, alias John Smith, the
alleged murderer of the Stone family,
for murder in the first degree.
INEoRMArIoN has been received in
New York that Gen. Galixto Garcia
and Gen. Jose Maceo haxesucceeded in
on their way to the western part of
Cuba.
The French exeavators at Delphi
have unearthed a life-size bronze statue
of bearded man, the largest yet dis
covered. The date of the work is $40
B. C. The statue is holding the bride
of a horse, and portions of the horses
figure have also been found.
A SENSATION has been caused in Brus-
sells. Belgium, by the arrest of NJ.
Courtois, an ex-police official, for the
murder of Mime. Henri, who was stran-
gled and robbed in her house recently.
THE Long talked-of extension of the
civil-serriee rules. which takes in chief
clerks and all the high-grade depart
ment officials SO as to prevent their re-
moval, except for cause, was signed
by the president on the 9Th. Thirty
thousand government employees are
thus added to the protected list
JAMES GALLAGHER. known through
out the country in democratic circles
as War Horse" Gallagher, died sud-
denly on the street at New Haven,
Conn.,, on the 5th-
THE jury in the murder trial of Dr.
Freund, of Pennington, Mimi. re-
turned verdict of not guilty on the
5th. DIR. Freund was charged with the
murder of Clara Osler. young lady
with whom he was said to have been
on intimate terms.
king HuMBERr Of Italy has donated
400, 600 francs to the families of the
soldiers killed and wounded in the AZ
ricar campaign without any distiEc-
ton being made between t;.e Italians
and native troops in the service of
Italy.
JOHN PoruLNEY and A. Purski. two
wellknown saloon keepers of South
Chicago, went to bed about midnight.
on the night of the 5th, in an intoxi-
Gated condition, and were found dead
in the morning Of asphyxiation.
Ar Alonzo. province of Huelva,
Spain, some miscreant set fire to the
building in which dance was in prog
ress. Six persons were burned to
death and many were injured