Iron County register., 1896-01-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A FORTUNE of 100000 is said to be
awaiting Samuel Plomer, formerly a
fruit and fish dealer of Brooklyn, who
is now 20 years of age, and whose
present whereabouts is unknown.
THE Atlanta exposition was closed
on the 31st.
Two MEN were killed and seven in
jured by collision on the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern, near Coal City, O.,
on the night of the 3Oth. The accident
was due to an operators blunder in
failing to hold one of the trains as or
dered
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, on the night
of the 1st, announced the appointment
of the Venezuelan Boundary commits
sion, as follows: David J. Brewer, of
Kansas, justice United States supreme
court; Richard 81. Alvey, of Maryland,
chief justice of the court of appeals of
the District of Columbia; Andrew D.
White, of New York; Frederick r. Cou-
det, of New York, and Daniel c. Gil
man, of Maryland.
GEN. r. G. DYRENFURTH, the rain
maker, has a scheme to dispel the IA
nous London fog. He has been in cor
respondence with leading officials of
that city, and it is said that fund of
$780, 600 will be raised with which to
conduct experiments
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF IMNIGRA-
TION MCSwEENEY estimates that about
g., 900 more immigrants arrived at Ellis
island the last year than in 1894. Esti-
mating 14,OOO for December, the total
for 1895 is 229. .6O7, and the increase over
last year 81, ,944.
THE New York state legislature con-
vened ON the 1st.
UNITED STATES TREASURER MORGAN
forwarded 2s,7s6 checks, aggrega-
ting Sc, 749, 733, in payment of interest
due January 1, 1896, on United States
four-per-cent. consols, 1907, and bonds
issued in aid of the Pacific railroads.
THE Cook county Qll.) grand jury
has returned indictments against sew
eral bucketshop proprietors.
OFFICIALS at the Charlestown (Mass.)
navy yard have received orders from
Washington to place the monitor Pas
sale in condition for immediate service.
THE Hamburg-American Steamship
Co. has finally adopted Plymouth,
England, as port of call instead of
Southampton.
A DISPATCH from Berlin says addi-
tional information concerning the
plans in London regarding the pro-
posed American loan. shows that the
price of the loan made to the syn
dicate will be the same as that of the
last loan. or at least only slightly less
favorable to the United States govern
ment.
The London Yachting World says
Capt. Carten and his crew have COM
menced the work of fitting out, on the
Clyde, the prince of Wales yacht Bri-
tannia for the Mediterranean regatta.
Gov. LEVI z. MORTON of New York,
having received satisfactory assur-
anees of the united support of his
state, has authorized the announce
ment of his candidacy for the presi-
Dental nomination before the Re-
pu blican national convention to meet |
in st. Louis in June next.
ST. LOUIS was visited, shortly before |
one o'clock, on the I'd, with one of the
most violent and destructive explo- |
sions ever experienced there. Several |
buildings were wholly or partially |
window glass for several |
squares around was shattered, and |
several 1iSCS "CIC IOSls Willie dU 1CdSC |
fifty persons were more or less injured |
by flying glass and wreckage. Opin-
ions differed as to whether the acci- |
dent was caused by the explosion of a
boiler or lot of fireworks stored in /
the building where the calamity oc- |
cured.
SENIOR NAVARRO REvETER, Spanish
of finance, denies the truth of /
the statement that the Spanish govern
nent intends to raise a new loan for
the purpose of meeting the expenses
IF the campaign in Cuba or for any
other purpose.
A DISPATCH from Havana, on the I'd,
aid the insurgents had chosen GUAM
ljay, As miles from Havana, as the CEN
Ter OF operations.