Iron County register., 1897-09-16

An explosion OF nitro-Rs.ycerine. used
by well shooters, occurred at Cypnet,
o., on the ztA, whereby nearly dozen
lives were lost, several persons in.
jured. and the country for miles around
alarmed by the shock.
ONE et the worst wrecks in the his
tory ef the Santa Fe railroad occurred
three miles east of Emporia, Kas., On
and as many more badly hurt The
fast mail train going east and the Mex
icO and California express, west bound.
exploded. digging q hole in the ground
deep enough to bury themselves and
several of the wrecked cars
A SECRET organization which has for
its object the liberation Of Canada and
the adoption of republican form OF
government has been organized by the
French Canadians at Lewiston, Me-,
and elsewhere IN MaiReand in Canada.
IT was announced in London. on the
9th, thai a concession to complete the
Panama canal had been given to En-
gland
The annual report of the auditor for
the interior department issued, on the
9th, showed that the amount paid for
pensions during the last year was
st40. 47z6T. The payments on pen
sion account for the fiscal year 1895
was S13s. 722. 1877, and for the fiscal year
of 1895 SI4O, ,5hsy64f; 1894, $137, 119, 551,
and dor 1893, 1854, 552, ,214. The cost of
the service last year was So. 80 Per
81, OO0; for 1896, ;$4. .07; for 1895, S4; for
1904 SR TT and for 1SQ2 81 25
JAMES r. WILLARD, Elmer Dwiggins
and.John Dwiggins, who compose the
firm of j. r, Willard 81 Co., bankers
and brokers. with offices in New York
city, Buffalo, Washington. Philadel-
phia and Montreal. Can, assigned, on
the 9th, to Jas. J.. Starbuck, with pref
erence for $40, 900 to William II. Oster-
hOut.
JAMES R. HASLIN, a grain broker on
the st. Louis Merchants exchange, was
found dead in a bath tub at the Ter
minal hotel in that city on the 9th.
He was an excessive drinker, and his
affairs are said to be in bad shape.
CONSUL ATwELL reports to the state
department from Roubaix. France,
that there is good market throughout
northern France for California dried
fruits, particularly prunes, dried
peaches. raisins and candied fruit.
On the 9th, the Official Gazette, of
Madrid, published the new customs
tariff of Cuba Nearly all American
goods are subject to lower duties.
A FRIGHTFUL accident, by which
probably 40 persons lost their lives and
nearly 200 were injured, occurred, on
tho NTH r,ilaS Of
Col, caused by collision between
special Colorado stock train and a
Denver & Rio Grande passenger. After
the shock of the collision the wrecked
cars caught fire and many of the
.pinioned victims were incinerated.
OFFICIAL dispatches from Havana
confirm the report that Calixto Garcia
and Jesus Rabi, two of the insurgent
generals, captured the town of Victoria
de Las Tunas defended by seven forts.
The Spanish garrison, consisting of 800
men, were all taken prisoners.
A FOREIGNER, who is said to have
been Baron Max Won Schrader, lieu
tenant in the German army. who had
been at Ostend, Flanders, during the
entire season, committed suicide on
the 9Th. The deceased is said to have
lost $500, 600 in gambling.
AN attempt to bribe Judge Watkins.
of the circuit court of Huntington
county, Ind, to grant a divorce, re-
suited in Martin Keplinger, a promi-
nent farmer, being hauled up before
the judge and fined for contempt of
court
LATEST reports of the Santa Fe
wreck in Kansas place the list of cas-
ualties at "A killed, 1 missing and Is
injured, at least two fatally. Several
of the bodies of the victims were in
cinerated.
SINCE March last in the territory
tributary to Kansas City, Mo-, seven
postal clerks have been killed and
eight have been so badly hurt as to be
incapacitated for service.
EMPEROR WILLIAM personally COM
manded the attacking force in the
army maneuvers at Hamburg. on the
10Th, all the troops being engaged
against an imaginary army.