Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-06-10

SALTAIR BEACH, one of the popular
bathing resorts on the Great Salt lake,
9TH, awas officially Op ened on the 1st-
Numerous trains were run from Salt
LakeCity throughout the day, and
thousands of people visited the beach.
THE annual meeting of the Bi-metal-
lie league was opened in Manchester.
England, on the I'd. There was large
attendance, including over fifty dele
gates from labor associations. The
lord mayor of Manchester presided and
welcomed the delegates.
WHILE the directors of the First ma
tional bank of Dover, Del, were in ses-
sion. on the Sd, examining the accounts
of VIM. n. Boggs, the paying teller,
who had been in their employ for Is
years, they received letter from him
saying he was S3S, 900 short and had
left town.
THE 15-year-old son of L. Schwartz,
of Green, Ia. while attempting, on
the Sd, to unload a gun, discharged
the weapon, killing his two sisters.
The bullet passed through the neck of
one sister and struck the other just
above the heart
In the French chamber of deputies,
on the Sd, Baron des Rotours, protec-
ZIONIST deputy, representing the Fourth
district of Lille, submitted a motion to
raise the duties on American products
if the United States fixes prohibitive
duties on French products.
THE legislative assembly of Cape
Colony has unanimously adopted pro-
posal to contribute toward the mainte-
nance of the imperial navy.
THE new armored cruiser Brooklyn
sailed for England, on the Sd, to par
ticipate in the queens jubilee celebra-
ton to take place this month.
SAMUEL. L. Posi- died on the floor of
the New York stock exchange on the
Sd. He was seized with heart disease
and succumbed in a few minutes. He
had been a member of the exchange
since 1868.
CHARLES III. JACKSON, room mate
of Teller Zschau of the German-Amer-
lean bank of st. Paul, Mimi, has ex-
planned the disappearance of $4,000
from the bank. He says Zschau passed
the money to him in lot of scrap pa
per. Zschau has also confessed to the
theft of large additional amount of
money from the bank.
THE federal grand jury at Seattle,
Wash, brought in a batch of Is indict-
ments, on the 4th, against men accused
of selling liquor to the Indians of the
Yakima reservation. All save three
pleaded guilty and were sentenced to
the penitentiary for terms ranging
from 60 days to one year.
MADISON STALEY, a wealthy stoc6man
of Kansas City, Mo-, aged 55, died, on
the night of the Sd, from injuries re-
ceived IN being run down by bicycle
ridden by Nelson J. Stevens, an insur-
ance agent. Mr.. Stevens surrendered
to the police, but was released.
EX-SENATOR JOHN B. HENDERSON, of
Missouri, has been mentioned as q
probable selection for minister to
Spain.
In st. Louis, on the 4th, Joseph
Klein was fined $50 for swearing at his
father, Otto Klein.
CHARLES PINKERToN, who was placed
on trial for his life in Laporte, Ind,
on the Sd, for the murder of his
nephew, Charles Pinkerton,, cut his
throat from ear to ear in his cell, on
the 4th, using for the purpose a piece
of steel out of his shoe.
The beautiful widow of the murdered
DR.. Rial has caused sensation by as
suming command of a company of in
surgents in the Philippine islands. She
is said to have gained two victories over
the Spanish troops.
WIN. F. CLARK, SR., supposed to be
the newspaper worker and editor of the
longest ontinuous service in the United
States, died at Indianapolis, Ind, on
the 4th. He had been identified with
the press since his fourteenth year, and
was So years old.
The Spaniards are using the sugar
warehouses in Havana as hospitals for
their yellow-fever stricken soldiers, and
thus offering a menace to the people of
the United States, to whom sugar from
the infected warehouses will be ship
ped.
MAI. ]. MILLER ROPES, United States
army (retired), dropped dead at Salem,
Mass, on the tth. He was Ga years of
age. Death was due to a stroke OF
PARALYSIS.