Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-17
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ultimate expulsion OF spanish troops
from the island. The forces of Rosa
and Pena have laid waste the entire
heart of the town, leaving the occu
pants of the forts in a precarious posi-
ton.
THE Smithsonian institution at Wash.
ington celebrated, on the 18th, so years
of existence. While there was no pub.
lie demonstration, the regents ordered
an issue of a valuable work containing
the achievements and history of the
great seat of science.
REV. PHILIP P. PHELPS, D. D.. one OF
the most prominent clergymen of the
Reformed (Dutch) church. died, on the
9th, at the residence of his sister in
Albany, n. Y.
OK the 7th, Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Carlisle left Washington for
a short sojourn at Bar Harbor, Me-, as
the guests of Comptroller and Mrs.
Bowler.
Ex-UEITED STATES SENATOR HENRY
B. PAYNE, of Cleveland, o., who re-
Gently suffered stroke of paralysis,
has been unconscious most of the time
since. Little hope is entertained for
his recovery. He is nearly 80 years
old, and one of the wealthiest men in
Ohio.
THE twenty-ninth annual Trades
Union congress of Great Britain opened
it's sessions at the assembly rooms,
George street, Edinburgh, on the 18th,
with about 800 delegates il attend
ance.
PARTIAL returns from the election
in Arkansas, on the 7th, indicate the
success of the democratic ticket by
majority in the neigh borhood of
65. 600.
|. THE Consolidated street railway of
Fort Wayne, Ind, was thrown into
the hands of receivers, on the sth, on
motion of the president, John j. Shep-
ard, and Director T. DeHass Robson,
of Cleveland. The NJ. J. Degnon Con-
struction Co. filed a lien of $50, 900
against the property. j. II. Bass and
NJ. S. Robson, director and general
manager, respectively, were named as
receivers.
L. w. ASHLEY s. Sons, large plug
tobacco manufacturing firm of Mount
Airy, n. c., have assigned. A mer-
contile firm in which they are inter-
ested. at the same place, has also
failed The assets and liabilities have
not been given out.
THE car and czarina arrived at Kiel
on the 9Th. Their majesties were re-
of Prussia, and his wife, Princess
Irene.
J. T. ScHARFF, the Chinese agent at
the port of New York, arrested seven
Cinnamon, on the 9th, at the Grand
Al l.
violated the Chinese exclusion act by
coming to this country from Canada
on fraudulent permits.
Hon. HENRY b. PAYNE, ex-United
States senator, died at his home in
Cleveland, o, on the 9th, as the result
of a stroke of paralysis sustained few
days previous. He was 80 years of age.
Two MEN on Wards island. New York
harbor, on the night of the Sth, saw a
big balloon, in the basket of which was
an unknown man, burst into flames
and then drop into He'll Gate, near
Niger rock. A strong tide was run
ming, and the balloon was smashed
against the rocks.
THE stockholders of the Columbus.
Hooking Valley s. Toledo railroad
have authorized the issuing of $40, OOO,-
600 in bonds to replace existing bonds
and cover outstanding Indebtedness
of all kinds; the bonds to be secured
by general mortgage covering all
the property of the company.
OFFICIAL advices from Manila, on
the 9th, said that the Philippine is
Cavite, had retreated to the interior,
l. L, l. II Ios -
march.
THE body of R. R. Taylor. wealthy
attorney of Bloomfield, Ind, was
on the 9th A bullet hole was dis
covered in his head, and his hands
were bound behind him.
The great st. Louis exposition was
opened for its thirteenth annual sea-
son of 40 days, on the evening of the
9th, in the presence of an audience
outnumbering that of any previous
opening night. The musical pro-
granome was rendered by Gilmore's
band, under the direction of Victor
Herbert, and a feature of the exer-
cises was the presentation of life-siEe
memorial picture of Patrick Sarsfield
Gilmore, done in cathedral glass, by
Mr.. Charles Banner.
AS A preliminary to the celebration,
at Cleveland, o., of the anniversary of
Commodore Perry's victory on Lake
Erie in 1913 the marble statue of the
naval hero in Wade park, first erected
in 1861, was decorated, on the 9th. with
flowers There were appropriate cere-
monies. Ex-senator Butler, of South
Carolina, nephew of Perry, made the
address.
HoN. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. on
the eth, gave out his formal letter of
acceptance of the nomination for the
presidency of the United States tend
cred him by the Democratic national
convention held at Chicago. Mr..
Bryan declares that he fully indorses
every plank in the Chicago platform.
THE city % Paris was visited by a
tornado, ON the 10th, which did inn
mense damage to buildings, trees and
vehicles on the streets. Many per-
sons. mostly cabdrivers, were injured
and some lives were lost. The west
end of the city escaped. while the
severest damage was experienced
along the River Seine.
THE president, on the 10th, granted
full pardon to Oscar E. Hill, SEN
fenced in Utah, three years ago, to ten
years imprisonment for making false
entries In the books Of Q national
bank. of which he was cashier. The
pardon In granted by the president
''solely out of pity for the conVict's
aged mother" recently widowed