Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-05-27

Gov. PISGREE of Michigan said, on
the 18th, that If the members of the
legislature wanted to get through and
go home the last of May they must
first pass a law to get at least $1,000
600 more out of corporations. Other
wise he would call an extra session.
On the Goth the house ofrepresenta-
tives passed the Cuban relief resolu-
ton appropriating $50, 600 for food and
supplies for destitute American citi-
zens in Cuba.
THE statement of the condition of
the treasury, issued on the Goth,
showed: Available cash balance, 1929,
262, O13; gold reserve, S145, 729, $50.
THE Pail Mall Gazette says that one
of the first acts of Oscar Wilde on re-
gaining his freedom, ON the 10th, was
to refuse 1000 for a story of his
prison experiences.
Two CHILDREN of Aug. Muetze, resid-
ing IL miles south of Redfelds, Ia,
were killed by lightning, on the even
ing of the 18th, during a heavy down
pour of rain.
THE statue of Stephen Girard, the
great philanthropist, and founder of
the famous Girard college, was I'M
yelled in Philadelphia, with imposing
ceremonies, on the Goth. The statue
stands on the west plaza of the city
hall, and was erected by contributions
of the college alumni.
FREDERICK SCHAEFER, of the brew
cry firm of E. & NJ. .Schaefer, died, on
the Goth, at his residence in New York
city. He was born at Wetzler, Ger
many, so years ago. He came to Amer
lea in 1888, and was practically the
pioneer of the lager beer industry in
the United States.
THE first of the trials arising out of
the tramway disaster at Point EIlice
bridge, Victoria, L. c., last May, was
concluded, on the 18th, when the jury
decided that the city was liable for the
disaster, and the plaintiff, Mrs. Gordon,
whose husband was killed, was
awarded $40, 600 damages.
CHANG YEN HOOK, the special Chinese
ambassador to attend the Victorian
jubilee celebration, was a passen-
ger on the steamship Paris, of the Amer
lean line, which sailed from New York
on the 18th. He was accompanied by
his secretary and IA young Cinnamon.
AN armistice between the Turkish
tend over period of Il days, was for
mally concluded on the Goth.
THE Morgan resolution granting bel
Igerent rights to the Cubans was
passed by the senate, on the goth, by
vote of Al to IA.
In the superior court at Tacoma
Wash, on the 18th, Mary Seattle, said
to be niece of the old Indian chief
Seattle, appeared to testify in divorce
suit she had brought against John
Seattle, her spouse, who is over 90
years of age.
On the 21st Wesley Zelebol1, of Grant,
Okla, in a fit of jealousy, killed Joe
Hajek while he was visiting the girl
for whose hand they We're rival suitors.
Zelebok was arrested, but died on his
way to Jail from the effects of a dose
of strychnine taken with suicidal in
tent.
Mons. LEE, an aeronaut employed
with the Silver Plate show, which ex-
hibited at McKeesport, Pa, on the
Goth, fell from his balloon while MAX
ing an ascension, and was fatally in
jured.
MATTHEWS LAFLIN, one of the oldest
residents of Chicago, and one of the
founders of what is now the Latin
Rand Powder Co., died, on the 21st,
aged 81 years
THE statement of the condition of
the treasury, issued on the 21st. showed:
Available cash balance, 1920. 40, 653;
gold reserve, Sl45, 500, 772.
CAMBRIDGE England university, by
a vote of 1,713 to 642, on the 21st, re
jected the proposal to confer degrees
upon women.
THE secretary of the interior has au-
a contract for an additional
school building at the Mount Pleasant
Indian school, in Michigan, to cost S4O,-
600.
MICHAEL MCGARRETTY, and laborer
named Andrew CARTE, were scalded to
death by the bursting of still in Nc
Garretty's distillery at Hazelton, Pa,
on the 21st. Mrs, Nc Garrety was
badly burned while irving to save her