Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-26
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A DISPATCH from HOng-kong says
that the plague continues there in
spite of the sweeping sanitary meas
ures which the government has
adopted.
A TRAIN on the Philadelphia, VIII
mington & Baltimore railroad, on the
night of the 18th, made the journey
from Baltimore to Gray's Ferry, 92I
miles, in sS minutes.
THE strike of the ship carpenters
and caulkers along the Monongahela
river, which had been in progress two
months, causing much injury to coal
operators and dock owners, was de-
clared off, on the 18th, and work was
resumed.
THE Latin s. Rand powder house at
Rifton, N. Y, blew up shortly after II
a. m. on the 18th. The upper glazer
first exploded, setting off the dry
house and wrecking the corning mill,
engine house and lower glazer. Five
men were killed and an unknown num-
Der injured.
ALL the workmen employed In the
construction of the coliseum in Chi
cago, in which the democratic ma
tional convention will be held next
June, struck work. on the morning of
the 18th, because the contractors were
handling non-union cut stone.
The Dominion senate, on the 18th,
passed bill giving the Canada &
Michigan Bridge and Tunnel Co.
power to construct a bridge with
span of 1,1OO feet across the Detroit
river.
THE house committee on naval af-
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mend in its appropriation bill an in
crease of the navy by four battleships
and Is torpedo boats
REPORTS received at St. Petersburg,
on the 18th, state that $50 persons
were frozen to death in one night in
the Russian government of Orel.
Large numbers of horses and cattle
were also frozen.
THE well-known spirits and vinegar
manufacturers, Michael Lefevre & Co.,
Montreal, Can, suspended, on the 18th,
caused by the suspension of the Banque
du Peuple. 1t is understood that the
liabilities will be something over $780,
600. and perhaps may reach 5000, 200.
THE act to authorize the st. Louis
Il Oklahoma Railroad Co. to construct
and operate a railway through Indian
and Oklahoma territories has become
a law without the presidents signature.
IT is understood in London that
Senior Andrade, the Venezuelan minis
ter at Washington, has decided to rec
ognize the Uruan incident as a sepa-
| rate question, and good hopes are ex-
pressed that his enteAte will lead to
an agreement upon the scheme for the
settlement of the boundary dispute.
The Congregational council has de-
clared Rev. c. @. Brown not guilty of
! immortality, but has censured him for
| nnministerial conduct. As the coun-
Gil apologies for the censure, DIR.
Brown considers his vindication COM
plete.
The khedive of Egypt, on the 18th.
| witnessed the departure of the Egyp-
| tian battalion for the front. He babe
| a cordial farewell to the officers. The
| reserves were arriving at Cairo. and
/ the new Soudanese battalions forming.
CoxsuL-GENERAL CRIrTENDEN reports
| from the City of Mexico to the state
department that American capitalists
have purchased the entire street rail-
way system of the City of Mexico.
Price, 81, 750, 900; but contemplated re-
equipment of the lines will involve an
expenditure of $50, zoo, COO.
MRS. JOHN N. STUDEBAKER, aged 50,
died suddenly of old age at Shideler,
Ind. ON the night of the 18th Exten-
sive preparations had just been per-
fected for the celebration of the six
tieth wedding anniversary OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Studebaker on the 21st
THE yacht race for the cup given oy