Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-25
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

JOHN Ii. dOFFER, former CASHIER OF
the First national bank of Lebanon,
Pa, who was charged with embez-
cling Slo9, 900 of the banks funds, was
arraigned in the United States district
court in Philadelphia, on the 18th,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
ten years imprisonment in the East
ern penitentiary and ordered to pay
fine of $1,000.
The commanders of the British and
other foreign war ships stationed at
Canea, on the 18th, informed Prince
George, commanding the Greek tor
pedo fotilla, that they had received
orders to prevent the occupation of
the island of Crete by Greece, and, if
necessary. to use force to carry out
their instructions.
Hon. JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER died at
his home in Lexington, Va, on the
18th. Mr.. Tucker had been i'll for
several weeks and his death was ex-
pected.
UNITED STATES SENATOR WoLcoTT,
of Colorado, who is making a tour of
Europe in the interest of BIZ
metallism, arrived in Berlin on the
18th.
Gov. BRADLEY of Kentucky has
fixed Saturday, March 20, as the day
for the execution of Jackson and Wal
ling, the murderers of Pearl Bryan.
ACCORDING to late Japanese newspa-
pers the mikado's government will in
troduce measures at this session of the
imperial diet for the establishment
of the gold standard at the ratio of l
to 30.
A BLOCK of lava has arrived in New
York from Honolulu to be made into
monument for Gen. Samuel Chadman
Armstrong. Gen. Armstrong was born
on the island of Maui, Hawaii, of mis-
sionary parents, came to the United
States, served through the civil war,
founded Hampton normal institute for
the Indians, and was president and
superintendent at Hampton, Va, I'M
til his death, in 1898.
CAPT. WILLIAM w. WEYMOUTH, COM
mander of the British cruiser Smyrna,
died at sea January IA. Capt. Wey-
mouth was an old confederate naval
officer and served under Admiral
Semmes on the famous privateer Ala
bama. He was on the vessel when she
was sunk by the Kearsarge, but es-
capped.
Congress of Mothers, which has at
tracted such wide attention all over
the United States, was opened at the
Arlington hotel in Washington ON the
18th.
Four indictments have been found
against Sylvester ScoSell, a corre-
spondent of the New York World. re-
Gently arrested by the Spanish author
tiles in Cuba.
GEN. ALFRED PLEAsoNToN, one of
the most distinguished cavalry officers
on the Union side during the late civil
war, died at his apartments in Wash
ington at three o'clock on the morning
of the 18th. His death, which was
calm, resulted from a system worn out
with activity and work.
AN official dispatch from Bombay
saws /, S35 deaths occurred there dur
ing the week ending Friday, February
12, of which s13 were due to the bu-
bonic plague.
To THE sound of martial music he
loved so we'll, the body of Gen. 10 o.
Shelby was, on the 18th. taken to its
last resting place in Forest Hill GENE
terry, at Kansas City, No., and placed
in the receiving vault to await its
burial among the so followers of the
Lost Cause" already sleeping in the
ex-confederate burying ground
a FAVORABLE report was ordered
on the nth, by the house labor conn
mittee on the Lorimer bill TO prevent
conspiracies to blacklist"
The president, on the 18th, COM
muted to five years actual impris-
onment the sentence of eight years
in the penitentiary imposed March
IL, 1898, on J. E. Crandall, formerly
president of the First national bank
of johnson City. Tenn, for false en-
tries in national bank books and false
reports.
FRANCE and Brazil signed a protocol,
on the 18th, referring their dispute re-
garding territorial boundaries to arbi-
tration, the president of the Swiss con.
federation to be the referee.