Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-09
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE reelection of Gen. Diaz to the
presidency of Mexico, which has beer
assured by the result of the preliminary
federal elections, Is a matter which
gives cause for congratulation not
only to the citizens of the republic
but to all who have its best interests
at heart.
THE New York Herald, on the goth,
published brief interview with ex.
Gov. Francis of Missouri The CORE.
spondent asked him if he thought a
bolt in Chicago was probable. 81 have
not heard of such a thing" he replied.
~ would not countenance such an act,
and do not believe it will happen"
MORE than 400, 900 spindles at Fall
River, Mass, are pledged to shut down
for four weeks, either consecutively or
alternately, during July and August,
and il Is considered probable that every
plain cotton goods and print cloth fac
tory in that city will enter the agree
ment to curtail production by a sus-
pension of operations.
| ALETTEB received by Superintendent
Wishon of the county infrmary at
| Portsmouth, o., on the Goth, from an
Ohio man in the Cuban army, stated
that his son, Capt. Ralph Vision, was
killed in fight with the Spaniards.
| He went to Cuba a year ago.
| AFFIDAVITs were filed in Justice
Tancey's court at Fort Wayne, Ind,
on the 10Th. against the players of the
Fort Wayne and Saginaw baseball
clubs, charging them with engaging
in a game of baseball on Sunday in vi
| olation of the Indiana state law. The
| complaining witness was Rev. j. s.
| Ainsile, of the Congregational church.
Rev. Mr.. Ainslie Is backed by the Min
| isterial association.
A NOTICE was posted in the Pember-
| ton mills, at Lawrence, Mass, on the
30th, informing 200 operatives that the
plant would shut down on Friday, July
8, and remain closed until September
=. Agent r. Clark explained that it
was intended to make important re-
pairs, and advantage is taken of the
times to do this.
AT Newport, KY, on the Goth, Judge
Helm overruled the motion for a new
trial for A1onzo Walling, convicted as
an accomplice of Scott jackson, in the
murder of Pearl Bryan. The appeals
of Walling and jackson can not be
heard by the appellate court at Frank
fort before the September term.
JOHN MCGINNER and John O'Brien,
both men of many aliases and both no
torious bank robbers, were captured in
Vancouver, b. c., on the 2sth, by a
Portland (Ore.) detective, and were
housed in the Clark county Jail. A
man giving his name as Fred Martin,
who was with the pair, was also ar
rested.
THREE unknown men near Meksu-
key, l. T., early on the morning of the
Goth, stole q work train engine, and
ran it to Choctaw City, where they
abandoned the engine and took to the
woods. The railroad company has
offered a reward for the capture of the
robbers.
A PATTY of berry pickers consisting
of Alexander Anger, aged 40, his
cousin Gene LaForme and two nieces,
Liza and Annie Anger, three girls of
ten or twelve years, were struck by a
train on the Massachusetts Central
road near Worcester, Mass, on the
30th. They saw the train coming and
ran for their lives, and had almost
reached a place of safety when the
engine struck them. The Anger girls
were instantly killed, the LaForme
girls leg was broken and the mans
head was badly injured.
WORK on the largest fire engine in
the world was completed, on the 3Oth,
at the shops of Cincinnati fire en-
CINE company. The boiler is 20 inches
long and 40 inches in diameter. The
two steam cylinders and two pumps
and inches in diameter. The stroke |
is inches. AT full speed the engines
capacity is 1900 gallons per minute. |
1t was built for the Grand Rapids |
(Mich.) FIRE department.
FRANK IVES, the champion billiard |
player of the world, has made a will, |
in which he bequeaths his right arm to |
his physician for dissection. He does |
this in order that men of science may
determine why he strikes billiard |
ball harder than any other man living. |
Corbett, FitZsimmons, Sandow and |
other athletes and strong men have |
competed with him and he has not |
been beaten vet
THERE was no change in the situa- |
tion in the Twin Shaft mine at Pitts |
ton, Pa, on the 3Oth. The rescuers |
continued to work hard in their en- |
deavor to reach the entombe miners, |
and rapid progress was being made.
BY the overturning of q boat in Lake |
Massapog, near Sharon. Mass, on the |
Goth, Choir-master Bracket and four |
choir boys of st. Johns Episcopal |
church, Charlestown, Mass, who had |
gone there for q weeks recreation.
were drowned. Two other boys who /
were in the boat were saved.
IT is stated that Gen. Jacques Nico-
las Leger has been appointed minis
ter to the United States from Hayti to |
succeed Mr.. Clement Hietjaens, re-
signed. The new minister is expected |
70 arrive during July.
The treasury deficit for the fiscal |
year ended on the 3Oth foots up s25,-
SOC. 600; for the past three years the |
deficit aggregates S137, 500, OOa
FIDEL g. PERRA, a member of the
Cuban junta and chairman of the Gu
ban Fair committee, called upon Gen.
Tomaso Estrada Palma in New York.
on the 30th, and handed him check
for SIS. 600, the first installment of the
proceeds of the Cuban fair. This is
not all, said Mr.. Perra. AS soon as
we settle mp completely, / expect TO
give you another check"
BIZ an explosion of ammunition dur
ing a Gre in the arsenal near Fort
Moselle, in the German province of
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