Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-08-13
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE treasury deficit in July was 3d.
600, 900. A large shortage, of course,
was expected, as expenditures are Or
dinarily heavier in that month than in
any other of the year. The gold re-
serve, however. is again at safe figures,
amounting to nearly Sill, 200, 600 1t
will probably remain on the right side
of the 800, ZOO, 600 line for several
months The purpose of the banks to
supply gold to the treasury when need
ed is well known, and this will have a
quieting effect on timid people.
ANTONIO PESA LOPEZ and Earciso
Rodriguez Lopez, respectively lieuten-
ant and private in the insurgent Cuban
| army, were shot, on the Sd, at the
Cabanas fortress for the crime of re-
bellion against the Spanish govern
ment; and Nunez Bravo, the rebel pre-
feet of Santiago de Cuba, was executed,
on the I'd, at Santo Domingo for the
same crime.
| CORRESPONDENTS of the Oklahoma
Farmer for the week ending Monday,
August 3, from the cotton belt of Okla
homa and Indian territory, report the
cotton crop badly injured by the ex-
cessive hot and dry weather. Cotton
on the upland is drying up.
| A MOVEMENT to unite the farmers of
the south in a fight against the cotton
| tie trust in retaliation for the 100 per
cent. increase in the price of ties has
been set on foot by Hon. T. R. Nesbitt,
Georgia state commissioner of agricul-
| ture.
Gov. WILLIAM ]. STONE of Missouri
Is to deliver the notification speech to
William J. Bryan in Madison Square
garden, New York city. This honor
usually devolves upon the permanent
| chairman of the convention.
Rev. JOHN S. MCELwEE, for 80
years a minister in the Indiana Meth
odist Conference, died at Kokomo,
Ind, on the. Sd, of Bright's disease,
aged 81 years.
AS A result of the competition for
gun forging, Commodore Sampson,
| chief of ordnance, has recommended
the acceptance of the Midvale Steel
Co.'S bid for the six-inch guns at $780,
| 600, and for the four, five and eight
| inch to the Bethlehem Co. at $3.50, 900.
It is found that the average price per
pound for these forgings is below 90
cents, while the last forgings made
| under contract cost fcom % to 20 cents
JOHN 81. CALENDER, of Nashville,
Tenn, one of the most distinguished
physicians of the south, died on the
night of the Sd, aged 6s years. He
was for many years superintendent of
the state asylum for the insane, and
figured prominently in the Guiteau
case.
FIVE cases of yellow fever have been
reported to the authorities of Vera
Cruz, Mexico. The most serious of the
cases is that of Mrs. James Brody,
wife of the engineer of the harbor
works of the port.
INEZ, the beautiful wife of Agra
monte, the noted Cuban leader, met
death on the field of battle, fighting
for Cuba's liberty. Sonora Agramonte
was an octoroon of great beauty.
For the first time in the history of
Illinois two women were, on the I'd,
accepted as jurors in Chicago court of
Justice. The women thus honored were
Mrs. E. ID. Mitchell and Mrs. w. L. SAT-
ford.
A DISASTROUS freight wreck and ex-
plosion occurred on the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad at Weldy's siding,
seven miles west of ShRmokin, Pa, on
tAlc 2tAl AnCGK hLCEF1CI SIQOh duu
Conductor Alex Smith were killed and
Fireman Dreishback seriously scalded.
A DISPATCH from Meath, Glamorgan-
shire, Wales, on the 4th, stated that
an explosion of fire damp occurred in
the Bryancoach colliery there. Forty
miners were imprisoned, bat whether
they were alive or dead was not known.
SPRoF. r S. TARR, of Cornell univer-
sity, who started with Lieut. Peary on
an arctic geological expedition in the
steamer Hope, has written to his fam
lily in Gloucester, Mass, that they are
stuck in the foe ice off the Greenland
coast
A DISPATCH from Vladivostock an
nounces that Corea has conceded to a
syndicate of Americans the right to
construct a railroad from Seoul, the
capital, to Chemulpo, the main port
and harbOr; also the right to work the
minerals along the line of this road.
In refusing to grant naturalization
papers to two young Italians, Judge
Cole, of the District of Columbia SUI
preme court, on the 4th, held that no
one who is in ignorance of the consti-
tuition of the United States is com
petent or entitled to become admitted
to citizenship.
An epidemic of diphtheria is raging
in the town of Russell, in Russell coun-
ty, Kas-. and the state board of health
ordered strict quarantine established.
TIE residence of Lucy Parsons, of
anarchist fame, was destroyed by fire
on the 9Th Mrs. Parsons had a large
library, the collection of her husband,
and there were also in her possession
many relies of Parsons prison and 9TH
er experiences Mrs. Parsons lived In
Avondale, a suburb of Chicago, and
the house was remote from fire pro-
lection The loss Is about $500.
GUS HANNA, a representative of the
strikers of the Brown Hoist Co. of
Cleveland. o., arrived in Chicago, on
the 5th. to seek assistance from the
various labor organizations. and also
to acGuaint them with the canses that
led np to the lockout, and later to the
present strike
LIegTNING struck the Bohemian
Catholic church at Omaha, Neb.. at the
close of mass, on the morning of the
Ssh, instantly killing Mrs Joseph Se-
ora, a widow. and injuring three other
women.
Ir fs announced at the democratic
HEADQUARTERS i'm New York city that
Mr.. Sewail Will be present at Madison |
Square garden or the 18th. when VII. |