Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-04-15

TORPEDO boat No. returned to Bal
timore, Md, on the 9th, from a build
ers' trial trip in Chesapeake bay, in the
course of which she demonstrated that
she is the fastest boat in the world ex-
cept the ''Farragut." She can make 80
knots whenever called upon.
SECRETARY WILSON is giving all the
preference possible under the civil
service rules to Union veterans in APP
pointments and promotions in the agri-
cultural department. Both the ability
and the war records of the veterans are
duly considered. but they are put ahead
of other candidates wherever possible.
An elevator in the Ellicott Square
building at Buffalo, n. Y, fell five sto-
ries, on the sth, injuring A. o. Girls
void, Elyria, o.; Charles Harsch, To
ledo; George Vroman, Toledo: c. Mes
ser, Toledo; Madison Hobart, Pember-
VILE. o., all G. A. R. veterans, who
were inspecting quarters for the ma
tional encampment-
The women of Denver, Col, won
their first signal victory under equal
suffrage in the last election. They
nominated, worked for and triumph
ant1y elected ticket which Will deal
an icy blow to the sporting and saloon
element, who comprised its most bitter
opponents.
JOHN CANNON, a farmer near Ma
rietta, Ind, and his twin babies were
probably fatally burned, on the Sth,
by the explosion of an oil can in the
hands of Mrs. Cannon while filling a
lamp, and It burning. Mr.. Cannon
was holding his babies by the table
when the accident occurred
AUSTRALIAN advices state that s.
Duncan, white trader, while trading
with natives of New Hebrides, was
made a prisoner, forcibly fattened.
roasted with due ceremony and Toasted
upon by the cannibals.
THOMAS W. STEEP, the missing
Scripps-McRael league correspondent in
Cuba, has been found. He is in the
camp of the patriots. The length OF
time he has been there is not now
known, but there is no doubt that he
has been with the main army of the
patriots for some time.
INFORMATION received from Pretoria
states that the British have secured In
yack island, at the entrance to Delagoa
bay, and that a squadron of war ships
| from Cape Town will proceed there tC
take possession of the island and pro
claim it British territory.
LEWIS MAYO one of the oldest imple-
ment and seed dealers in Kansas, on
the 9th made an assignment to j. w.
GRANGER 81 Co., of Leavenworth, for the
| benefit of creditors. Liabilities and
assets not stated.
THE Greater New York charter has
been returned to the state Legislature
with the disapprovaI of Mayor Strong
| of New York city and Mayor Wuerster
of Brooklyn. Mayor Gleason of Long
Island City approved it.
OF the 81 guests who were sleeping
| in the Hotel Knox. at Knoxville, Tenn,
on the morning of the Sth, when the
fire broke out, only 35 have been &C.
| counted for.
A DISPATCH from Cumberland, Md.
on the night of the 9th, said that the
body of Gen. Fullerton. who went to
his death in the railroad disaster al
Oakland, Md, had been found eight
miles below the scene of the accident
by Dalton Hornell, the famous deer
hunter. The body was almost entirely
nude and badly disfgpred.
ANNOUNCEMENT Is made that The
Patriarchs, the famous social organiza.
ton launched by Ward McAllister ,;
years ago at Delmonico's, New York
| city. has dissolved. Lack of support,
strife for leadership and internal dis
sensions of minor character contrib,
uted to the collapse of the society.
ARLINGTON HOLLAND was taking 6
loaded shotgun from a. closet, at New
London, Ia, on the 9th, when il
was accidentally discharged, the load
entering the left side of his daughter
Clara, beautiful young woman of IL,
mortally wounding her.
MISS ALICE A. HOLMES. of Jersey City
| n. j.. who has been blind from the day
of her birth, has just fallen heir tc
$500, 900. left to her by brother, Will
lam J. Holmes, of Downieville, Sierra
county, Cal. Miss Holmes is now in
her seventy-seventh year. She will de-
| vote the inheritance to philanthropy
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