Iron County register., 1897-12-09

Irwas stated in Paris. on the I'd,
that the late DR.. Thomas w. Evans
left q fortune OF between S., DOC. 900
and IS, 600, 900 in landed property and
investments. His landed property in
Paris is valued at 80. 600, 600.
SECRETARY SHERMAN has closed the
case of Emile Clark, consular agent at
Puira, Peru, which attracted such at
tention some months ago, by calling for
the resignation of Clark.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY left Washing
ton, on the I'd, over the Pennsylvania
railroad, to hasten to the bedside of
his sick mother at Canton, o., where
he arrived on the Sd.
A DIVIDEND of SO was declared, on
the I'd, by the Calumet and Hecla Min
record December 4. This makes $50
for the current fiscal year, which be-
gins May 1, and $50 for the current
calendar year of operation.
For the first time in six years the
Mitchell & Tranter rolling mills, in
Covington, KY, are running double
force of over 400 men, the Licking
rolling mills triple time with 400 men.
The Overman s. Schrader cordage
works have put on a double force of 800
men.
JOHN E. FROST, land commissioner of
the Santa Fe, announces that the land
for the first Booth-Tucker company has
been contracted for, and that the first
colony will be established in the spring,
in the vicinity OF Holleys, Col.
SEVEN HUNDRED blast furnace en-
ployes at Sharon and Sharpsville, Pa,
have been given an advance in wages
of 10 and 90 per cent. The advance was
made without any solicitation on the
part of the men.
THE mysterious woman who is play
ing SO conspicuous role in the Ester
hazy-Dreyfus affair is found to be no
other than the so-called Baroness De
Kurth. She is a pretty and singularly
captivating French advent turess.
The pacifcation in Pinar del Rio
province, Cuba, which Weyler said had
been accomplished, has received Sc
we're shock, through some of the fiercest
fighting of the war, within the past
few days.
AN investigation of the books of the
Chicago water Office by Expert Ac-
countant Alexander Harper discloses
the fact that the city had been de-
frauded out of S454, 9S5 in the last two
years.
AN official statement of the accounts
of the horse show, recently held in
Chicago, shows a deficit of S31, 0O0 The
amount is much larger than was gem
orally supposed.
ba an1a6 naooun bar 2
failures throughout the United States,
SOC, against 379 for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
ures were 2S, against SIS last year.
ANOTHER regiment of infantry and
squadron of dragons arrived at
Prague, the old Bohimian capital, on
the Sd, to reinforce the garrison there.
in view of the recent disturbances.
AFTER torturing their victim into in
sensibility, masked robbers searched
the body of John Hartong, a farmer
near Akron, O., aged 30, on the Sd, and
found a belt containing $500, to pre-
serve which the old man, who is
wealthy, had endured great suffering.
The village of Black Earth about 20
miles west of Madison, Wis, was
shaken by a distinct shock of earth
quake, on the Sd, shortly after mid
night. Windows ratified and build
ing shook but no serious damange re-
suited. The shock lasted about min
ute.
MARTIN THORN, convicted of the mur-
der of VIM. .Guldensuppe at Long Island
City, N. Y. was sentenced, on the Sd, to
be electrocuted in the week beginning
January 10, 1898. He received the sent
ence with calm, ,imperturbable express
sion of countenance.
EARLY on the morning of the Sd an
unsuccessful attempt was made to rob
the western Office of the Lindell Rail-
road Co. in St. Louis. An effort to drill
into the safe had not been completed
when the burglars were frightened
away.
Ten thousand bags of dessicated
vegetables are being prepared in De-
troit, Mich, for shipment to the Klon-
dixie.