Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-16
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

be hanged August 2.
On the 9Th Gen. Pierce VI. B. Young,
United States minister to Guatemala
and Honduras, died in the Presbyte-
rian hospital, New York city. The
hospital authorities were undecided as
to the nature of Young's disease. They
defined it as medical case" He was
native of Georgia, and had distin-
guished record in the confederate
army.
WHILE the immediate collection of
the feet of United States war ship on
the Atlantic coast is for the purpose
of tactical training, it is well under
stood that it is also intended as a use
full object lesson to those European
countries which believe that the
United States navy exists largely on
paper.
a TRAMP was taken before Judge
Crutcher at Nicholasville, KY, on the
9th, and fined one dollar and costs.
This provoked the prisoner to upbraid
his honor, who resented the insolence
by knocking the tramp down with a
chair. The judge then increased the
fine to SO, and sent the wounded pris-
oner to the work house.
LIE DemOCTdIlC udllOUd1 COuFSuLlO
began its sessions in the Coliseum
building in Chicago on the 18th. The
event of the day was the brushing
aside of one of the traditions of the
party in the refusal of the convention
to ratify the choice of the national
committee for temporary chairman,
Senator Hill, of New York, and Sena-
tor Daniel, of Virginia, a pronounced
silverite was chosen instead.
FRANK Ross and VIM. Lacke, of New
Lancaster, Ind, became involved in
a quarrel over game of croquet, on
the nth, when Ross struck Lacke on
the head with a mallet, killing him in
stantly.
THERE was but little news from the
Inflated Twin shaft at Pittston, Pa,
on the 18th. The same slow progress
was being made by the rescuers, but
no further trouble was feared from
gas or danger of any kind. The off,
Gals were considering the question of
using dynamite, which, it was expect
ed, would greatly aid the work.
THE grand lodge of the Benevolent
and Protective Organization of Elks
met in Cincinnati on the 18th. A final
settlement of old factional differences
was expected to be effected during the
session.
Z. NJ. COOPER, general manager of the
Wells-Fargo Express Co. at Oakland,
Cal, died at his home in that city on
the sth. He was one of the oldest ex-
press officers in the country.
MAURICE GRAU, of the firm of Alb
bey, Schoeffel & Grau, the well-known
operate and theatrical caterers, will
succeed Sir Augustus Harris as man
ager of the Covent Garden theater,
London.
THE New York repu blican state con-
vention has been called to meet at
Saratoga, August 25, to nominate can
didates for governor, lieutenant-gov-
ernor and justice of the court of APP
peals.
THE two big sailing ships Santa
Clara and City of Philadelphia, which
sailed from New York in February
last for San Francisco, are believed to
have been lost, with all on board, in
the neighborhood of the Falkland is
| lands.
JAMES MAGE, a well-known ath-
lete, was called to the door of his
home at Detroit, Mich, on the morn
ing OF the 9Th, by an unknown man,
and shot dead as he appeared on the
threshold.
CUBAN messengers who recently ar
rived at Runaway bay, island of ia
| maica, say that the Cuban generals
are preparing to force matters, and
| that Havana is practically at their
| mercy.
THE South Dakota republican state
convention at Aberdeen, adjourned. at
six o'clock on the morning of the 9th,
after continuous session of IL hours,
during which r. S. Gambel and Cole
| Crawford were nominated for con-
| gress- The entire state ticket was
nominated by reclamation. Twenty
Sioux Falls delegates withdrew from
the convention. rather than to sub
scribe to the gold plank of the plat
form
On the night of the 9th, while the
nominations for president were being
made by the National Democratic con.
vention in Chicago no news of the pro
ceedings were sent from the Bland
headquarters in Lebanon, Mo, to the
home of the candidate for nomiPation,
and all the members of the family had
retired before ten o'clock.
THE International telegraph con.
vention, held at Buda-Pesth. decided
on the 9Th. not to compel the use OF
the official vocabulary for cablegrams
in code to and from countries beyond
Europe, known as extra-EurOpeau
business, in which, of course, is il
eluded the United States.
| A DISPATCH to the Madrid Impartial
from Havana. on the 9th.said it was Off
ciallv stated that Jose Maceo, the rebeI
leader, and brother of Antonio Maeeo
the second in command of the rebel
forces, was killed in a recent fight in
the % rovinee of Santiago de Cuba
LIEUT.. r. E. PEARY, the distinguish
ed Arctic explorer, is in Philadelphia
| experimenting the shipment of ma
chinery which he will take on his voy
are TO the far north. The machinery
is TO raise the meteorite discovered on
his last voyage
THE Ancient and Honorable Artil
| lerv company of Boston gave ban
| ouet in London. on the night of the
9th, to most distinguished company,
including the prince of Wales and his
brother the duke of Conncught-
Ir is announced thst Baron Hirsch' s
widow has donated $50, 0oo.0 600 To pro-
mote the emigration Of Russian jews
to Argentina