Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-08-19

THE remains Of the late premier or
Spain, Senior Canovas del Castillo az.
rived at Madrid. on the 18th, from
Santa Agueda- They were met at the
railroad station by the ministers, mem
bers of the diplomatic corps, and the
! civil and military authorities of Madrid
and its vicinity.
a CROWD of people assembled, at
midnight of the 10th, in front of the
residence of the Spanish minister at
The Hague, Senior A. De Pague, and
shouted: Long live anarchy The
police arrested Is of the most violent
The battleship Indiana was safely
placed in dry dock at Halifax, n. s.,
on the IL.
CHAs. NJ. CLIFFORD, a Chicago baker,
/ murdered his wife, on the 18th, by cut
| ting her throat with razor, and then
committed suicide by shooting. 1t is
supposed that jealousy caused the
tragedy, policeman being the object
of Clifford's suspicious.
CHARLES W. CLIFFORD, who killed
his wife and himself at their home in
Chicago. on the 18th, was a member
of the famous Greeley Arctic expedi-
ton during all that long and terri
bic trip to the frozen regions of the
north.
TWELVE persons were injured by the
falling of porch IL feet high during
funeral services in private residence
in San Francisco on the 18th.
SIxTY-FIvE negroes, many of them
women, were arrested, fined SO each
and sent to Jail in default, at Baltimore,
Md, on the 18th, for trying to beat the
West Maryland railroad out of ride
by refusing to pay their fares.
Five dark and enormous waterspouts
were seen by residents of Cleveland,
O., on the 18th, far out in the lake,
moving in an easterly direction. Some
of them remained in view for Is min
utes; others going ashore and develop
ing into destructive whirlwinds.
UNION workmen to the number of
$500 inaugurated strike on the pub
lie school buildings of Chicago, on the
18th. and work on So buildings came
to a standstill, because the board of
education refused to place a clause in
all contracts for school building work
binding the contractor to employ none
but union labor.
The Swiss people have just adopted
two constitutional amendments by
popular vote. As reported to the state
department by United States Consul
German at Zurich, they confer control
over the forests upon the government,
and subject the manufacture, sale and
importation of food products to federal
control.
SIX prisoners escaped from the
county jail at Green Bay, Wis, on the
18th hyr ha har Thai.
names are: John Murray, John Dono-
van, Martin Cook and Thomas Dupree,
highway robbers: Alfred King and
Henry Elmer, serving eight months
sentences for larceny.
Gov. BLACK of New York, on the
18th, granted requisition of the gov
ernor of Louisiana for the custody of
Juan Antonio Magyar, alias Juan Mar
tinez, arrested in New York for work
ing the gold brick" game in New
Orleans.
FAILURES throughout the United
States for the week ended on the 18th,
as reported by r. &. Dun & Co., were
239, against 23S for the corresponding
week of last year. For Canada the fail
ures were 80. agains Sc last year.
The first days races in the silver
jubilee regatta of the National ASSO-
citation of Amateur Oarsmen were
rowed, on the 18th. over the national
course ON the Schuylkiu river in Fair
mount park. Philadelphia.
THE steamer Mayfower, towing a
barge loaded with supplies left Astoria,
Ore. on the 18th, for Dyea. She will
take the inner passage, and her captain
anticipates no trouble in reaching his
destination.
The Madrid Epoca denies that the
minister for the interior, Senior Cos
Cayon, contempletes resigning.
BATS took possession of the house OF
Alonzo Ferrill, near Bushby, Ia, on
the night of the 18th, and, after a hard
fight, Ferrill and his sons killed IS of
them. The mems faces were badly
scratched and they were nearly blind
ed. They report that no less than 1OG
of the creatures escaped through the
windows.