Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-11-18

THE statement of the condition OF
the United States treasury issued on
the 18th showed: Available cash bal
ance, S203, 169, 063; gold reserve, $685.
O55, O5O.
Mrs. GEORGE PARTRIDGE, formerly of
St Louis, many years connected with
the great Biddle Market Mission Sun
day-school of that city, died in San
Francisco. on the 18th. aged Is years.
THE trial of Martin Thorn TO, the
murder of William Guldensuppe, which
was begun at Long Island City, on the
9Th, was suspended, on the 18th, owing
to the dangerous illness of Juror Mag
nus Larsen. The jury was discharged,
on the 18th, and a new trial ordered.
KING OSCAR and number of private
citizens of Sweden have contributed
sufficient money to insure the dispatch
of a Swedish polar expedition in 1898,
which will be led by Prof. Nathorst,
the geologist- The cost of the eSpedi-
ton is estimated at 10000 crowns.
DR. DARBY. secretary of the British
arbitration alliance, on the 18th, pre-
sented to Lord Salisbury memorial
with "a, 572 signatures attached in favor
of an Anglo-American arbitration
treaty.
Mrs. w. w. DUDLEY, wife of Gen.
Dudley, of Indiana, the former COM
missioner of pensions, died in Washing
ton on the 18th.
OK the 18th, the earl of Rosslyn was
adjudicated bankrupt.
The Barcelona police have seized 500
rifles intended for the Carlists. These
were found on board the ship st.
Philip, which took shelter in the har-
Dor under stress of weather. The yes
sci sailed from Antwerp, and it was
intended to unload her cargo on the
coast of Valencia
THE sultan of Turkey has conferred
upon Count Muravieff, the Russian
minister for foreign affairs, the grand
Gordon of the Osmani order, for his
services in consolidating the friend
ship existing between the two coun-
tries"
THE Berlin police have confiscated
the anarchist sheet Neuesleben for
publishing an article clarifying the
anarchists of Haymarket square, Chi
cago, the anniversary of whose execu-
ton was celebrated in that city.
DURING the week ended the 18th fall
ures throughout the United States, as
reported by r. q. Dun s. Co., were 291,
against 276 for the corresp bonding week
last year. For Canada the failures
were PA against 90 last year.
The steamer Belgica, having on
board Lieut.. Gerlache and his colleagues
of the Gerlache Antarctic expedition,
which left Antwerp on August Is last,
bound for Graham Land, arrived at
Montevideo on the 18th.
Col. HENRY STREET, a veteran of New
Yorl1's Seventh regiment, and former
acknowledgement of Louisiana, died, on
the 18th, in New Orleans.
SENIOR CANALEJAs, the distinguished
Spanish statesman and journalist, now
in Washington, declares that Spain
does not wish war with the United
States. and will do everything honor
able to avoid it, but she would welcome
war as the alternative of abandoning
Cuba"
Miss ALICE E. LowREY, of Noble
county, Ind, has invaded Missouri to
wage war to the knife on tobacco. The
large tobacco firms of st. Louis claim
that they do not feel any alarm, and
will continue to do business at the old
stand.
The second trial of Anna Hinner, the
music teacher, at Red Oak, Ia, for
passing forged note on the Bank of
Elliott, ended with a verdict of guilty,
on the 18th, the jury being out eight
hours. At the first trial the jury was
eight to four for acquittal.
JAMES r. SOVEREIGN, who has been
general master workman of the
Knights of Labor for the past four
years or more. has been retired, and
Henry A. Hicks, of New York city,
chosen to fill the Office.
JOSEPH E. KELLEY, one of the Great
Falls On. H. bank robbers and self
confessed murderer of Cashier Stick
ney, was sentenced at Dover, n. H., on
the 18th, to 80 years Imprisonment.
CONSIDERABLE excitement has beer
caused in Havana by the report that
the Dauntless has succeeded in landing
two more flibustering expeditions in
Cuba.