Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11

THE house committee ON patents, on
the Sd, ordered favorably reported the
bill amending the copyright law so as
to prevent the fraudulent use of the
word copyright" and to strengthen
the law in this direction, it gives the
courts the remedy of injunction as
well as penalty in such cases
The 1a-year-old son of Druggist
Dreis, of st. Paul, MINI, threw a
SNOWFALL, on the I'D, at a man in cut
ter. The ball, striking the horse,
caused it to run away, and this re-
suited in three other runaways, caus-
ing considerable damage. Two of the
victims called on Mr.. Dreis, on the
4th, for payment, when the latter re-
tired to his Office without word and
sent bullet through his brain.
The American Coffee Co. was incor-
porated at Trenton, N J., on the 4th,
with a capital stock of 100000. The
incorporatorsa are Henry o. Havemeyer,
John E. Searles, John E. Parsons and
Theo. Havemeyer.
THE Fairfield ship-building works
In Glasgow were burned on the <th;
loss ESQ, 900, and 5, 900 men were thrown
out of employment
MUCH alarm is felt throughout India
owing to the spread of the plague.
Cases have been reported as far north
as Delhi and as far south as Banga-
lore.
THE bank of England reduced its
rate of discount, on the 4th, from 81
to per cent.
THE plan formulated by the British
government for increasing the
strength and efficiency of the navy
contemplates the construction of five
battleships and three hrst-class cruis-
ers and the addition of 10000 men.
FAILURES throughout the United
States during the week ended the 5th,
as reported by R. 6. Dun & Co., were
311, against 32S for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
ures were 90, against 81 last year.
THE First national bank of Frank
lin, O., suspended on the 5th. Capital,
500, 600; surplus, $780, 900; undivided
loans and discounts, SI95,O0
JOHN L. SULLIVAN, ex-champiOn pu-
gilist, had his application to take the
poor debtors oath discontinued, on the
5th, an arrangement out of at Boston,
court having been made with the
creditor.
The Echo de Paris asserted, on the
5th, that fighting had begun on the
Siamese frontier between the natives
under French protection and the ST.
amese. The date of the fighting was
not given, and no details were fur
nished.
EXPERT accountants, on the 5th,
found a shortage of nearly SIS, 900 in
the accounts of Cashier c. E. L.
Breeder, of the First national bank of
Bethlehem, Pa. Breeder had abscond-
ed. The amount was taken in small
sums, showing systematic peculation.
Breeder was cashier 20 years
IT has been found that the dry dock
at the Brooklyn navy yard is two feet
shorter than the specifications call for.
The discovery was made by Lieut..
Peary, and may result in a court-mar-
tial to fix the responsibility for the
blunder.
STEPS were taken at the New York
chamber of commerce, on the 5th, to-
ward the formation of a National
Sound Money league, the avowed pur-
pose of which is to oppose the free
coinage doctrine during the next four
years.
ANDREA MANRo, the Italian charged
with stealing $4,000 worth of dia-
monds from a New Orleans jeweler,
was arrested in New York city, on the
5th, by Central Office detectives. Man
ro's picture is No. 3. 500 in the rogue's
gallery.
In anticipation of the passage of the
Lodge bill to restrict immigration,
thousands of Europeans who would be
excluded under the provisions of this
measure are. focking to the United
States.
SECRETARY OLNEY has received from
President Eliot of Harvard university
an invitation to fill the chair of inter-
national law at the institution after
the expiration of his term of Eoffice in
the state department.
The life of Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher
was reported in dispatch from Siam
ford, Conn, on the 5th, as rapidly
drawing to a close.