Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-06-04

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By ELI D. AXE.
TWENTY devotees Of the wheel were
placed on trial in the police courts of
New York city, on the 25th, for
"scorching" on Sunday. In nearly
every instance a fine Of two dollars
was imposed, but in several cases the
sum was increased to five dollars and
ten dollars.
OK the night of the 26th, the corona
lion OF the car and czarina was ap-
propriately celebrated in Washington
by fete given by the Russian minis
ter. Mr.. Kotzebue. The grounds sur
rounding the house were illuminated,
and the Marine band furnished music
during the evening.
The United States supreme court, on
the 25th, affirmed the decision of the
lower court holding that the Horsa ex-
pedition was a violation of the neutral
sty laws. and sustaining the judgment
against Capt. Wiborg. The Judgment
as relating to Mates Johansen and
Peterson was reversed.
On the goth the president returned,
without his approval, to the house of
representatives, in which it originated,
the river and harbor bill, his objection
to the measure being based upon the
large amounts appropriated for con-
tinuing contracts. An attempt will be
made to pass the bill over the veto.
On the goth the treasury department
began the payment of the sugar boun-
ties under the recent decision of the
supreme court. The claims now be-
ing paid are under the $3.50, 900 appro.
priation for accrued bounty due at the
time the bounty law was repealed.
There are 4, 800 of this class of claims.
THE annual convention of the Ger
man Presbyterian ministers, North
west, opened at Galena, Ill, on the
2sth, to continue four days. Sixty
ministers from Illinois, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Missouri and Minnesota were in
attendance. The opening sermon was
delivered by Rev. ]. Bentley, DID,, of
ST. Paul.
AFTER jury at Binghamton. \. Y,
had brought in a verdict of murder in
the first degree, on the 2sth, against
Mrs. Eliza Thurston for poisoning her
husband, attorneys for the defense
caused a sensation by demanding a
new trial on the ground that several
of the jurymen were drunk when the
verdict was rendered.
LATER news from the dreadful cy-
clone which swept through Michigan,
OF the 2ath, show that the loss of life
was absolutely appalling; the ac-
counts being accompanied in each
case, also, with long lists of the in
jured, many of whom must die of their
wounds. The property destroyed is
simply beyond estimate.
A DISPATCH from Augusta, Ga, says:
1.-THE report sent out from Chicago
that the secretary of the Southern ad-
visory board of the Southern States
Exposition Co. had proposed to the
Chicago management to postpone the
exposition in the interest of the Ten
nessee Centennial was without author
ity and without knowledge or consent
of the Southern advisory board"
THE house committee on invalid PEN
sions, on the Goth, unanimously voted to
authorize Chairman Picker to report
a service pension bill providing basis
pension of three dollars a month as a
reward for enlistment to every hon
orally discharged soldier and sailor.
In addition to the three dollars they
will receive monthly pension equal
to one cent day for every day served.
SECRETARY OLNEY was officially no.
titled, on the 26th, that contracts for
Cuban leaf tobacco entered into before
the publication of the order prohibit
ing it's expectation will be respected,
and that citizens of the United States
proving themselves to be bona fide
owners of such tobacco prior to the
PRONUNCIATION of the order will be
permitted to export the same as here
tofore.
THE report written by Mr.. Pickler,
of South Dakota, accompanying the
service pension bill introduced in the
house on the Goth, places the number
of persons benefited by the bill at 2OO,-
600, the average time of service at two
years, and the average monthly pension
therefor 5000, and alleges that the
total cost per annum resulting from
this bill could not exceed $40, OOO, 900.
THE citizens of st. Louis have SO far
declined all tenders of outside assis-
lance in caring for the hundred of
victims of the late storm. and will
make an heroic effort to accomplish
the gigantic work unaided. Should
the demands of humanity, however,
prove too great for their resources, they
will not hesitate to accept portion
of the help SO freely rendered from
all parts of the country.
On the night of the gath and the af-
ternoon of the 25th many localities
throughout the west and northwest
were visited by cyclones, hail storms
and cloud-bursts, which wrought de-
struction of property of all kinds to
an incalculable amount, and resulted
in the death of many scores of human
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