Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-25
sEcnrrAnY BLISS, on the nth, sent


letter to Commissioner Lamoreux of
the general land Office, whose action IN
the Chicago lake front case was an
nulled and severely censured, offering
to Mr.. Lamoreux an opportunity to de-
fend himself.
THE admirals of the combined fleets
in Cretan waters, on the 18th, made a
formal proclamation of the intention of
the powers to confer upon the island
an autonomous government, subject to
the suzerainty of the sultan.
IT transpires that the steamer Vile
de St. Nazaire, which left New York
March 9 for the West Indies, was
wrecked the following day off the Caro-
lima coast, and, as far as is known, only
four of the so persons who took passage
on her survive.
A FTvE-YEAR-oLD son of A. ]. Kaza-
beer, living near Marshall, Okla, was
killed, on the 18th, by horse drag
ging a big log over him. The boy was
watching his father work, the horse
being lassoed to the log.
THE United States weather bureau,
on the 18th, gave out the startling in
formation that 500 square miles of the
state of Arkansas was under water and
that the Mississippi river would con-
tinue to rise.
FOUR rescue steamers, including two
government boats, arrived at Memphis,
Tenn, on the 18th, from the overlooked
country north of that city, landing 400
refugees and 1000 head of stock to be
cared for by the already over taxed
Bluff city.
THE Austrian government, on the
18th, made a protest to the porte
against the outrages committed by Mos
lens in the vilayet of Uscob, in Euro
pean Turkey.
The gunboats Wheeling and Ma
rietta were launched successfully at
the yards of the Union iron works, San
Francisco. on the 18th.
A RUSSIAN steamer conveying bat
talon of troops to Crete passed through
the Dardanelles on the 18th.
JUDGES WALLACE and Lacomb, of
the United States circuit court of APP
peals in New York, decided, on the
10th, in favor of the railroad companies
in the suit of the United States VS.. the
Joint Traffic association, and dismissed
the application for an injunction re-
straining the companies from operating
under the joint traffic agreement.
On the 10Th Adam Adamicl1. a Pole,
of Chicago, celebrated his 112th birth
day anniversary. His wife is living
and is 81 years of age. Both are al
most blind from old age, though their
general health otherwise is remarka-
bly, good.
THE report of the committee on ways
and means on the tariff Jill was made
to the house of representatives, on the
10Th, by Chairman Dingley.
The president, on the 10Th. nomi-
mated Charles L. Gordon to be post
master at Chicago.
THE president, on the 10Th, sent in
the nomination of Willis Van Deventer,
of Wyoming, to be assistant attorney
general, vice Isaac II. Lionberger, re-
signed.
AT Durham. n. c., on the 10th, w. E.
Holman, in the presence of a great
crowd, ate baked cat. He bet on
Corbett and the loser was to eat a cat.
4 fine, large Thomas cat was prepared
with proper trimmings. Holman an
that he would eat the greater
part of it. He ate it all.
n has just leaked out at Washington
that Clyde Shropshire, formerly of
Rome, Ga, who was removed from office
az acknowledgement in Paris, last
June, was guilty of many disagracefui
acts involving the dishonest acquisition
of money.
The Hawaiian government, accord
ing to ex-Minister Thurston, is con-
fronted with the danger of being over
run by japanese, who are foclxing
into the islands in large numbers I'M
der the operations of immigration com
panies.
AT a final conference with the Cretan
chiefs of Acrotiri, on the 10th, the Gre
tans absolutely refused to accept the
scheme of autonomy and de-
clared that they would fight against it.
The Cubans will yet offer Spain an
to withdraw with dignity
from the island, and to that end desire |
the United States to act as intermediary
In negotiating the purchase of Cuba.