Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-01-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


United States Senator Stephen B.
Eikins, died, on the Sd, at the sena-
tors residence, "Halliehurst," at
81 years, having been born In Fauquier
county, Va, July 4, 1909. He was a
colonel in the confederate army.
THE complete reports are not in from
all of the ports of entry, but it is
known that the balance of trade of
this country for the year ended De-
cember 81. 1896, was greater than for
any year since 1881.
JUSTICE MITCHELL in the supreme
court of Pennsylvania, on the 4th,
rendered an opinion reversing the YER
dict of $4,000 for libel which was
found in the common pleas court
against the Philadelphia Times and in
favor of ex-Mayor William B. Smith.
of Philadelphia. A new trial was
granted the Times.
THERE were exported from the United
States during the past year bicycles to
the amount of So, ZOO, OOO OF this
amount 81, 200, 900 went to Great Brit
ain; $500, 600 to Germany; S12O, 900 to
France, and S515, 900 to British North
America. Bicycles to the amount of
SIS, 600 were shipped to Africa, and
war-stricken Cuba purchased $1,000
worth.
CLARENCE COOK, city editor of the
Fort Wayne Qnd.) Sentinel, was run
down by an electric car on the evening
of the Sd. His right arm was SO badly
crushed that it was amputated at the
elbow.
THE correspondents of the Madrid
newspapers, the impartial, Heraldo
and Correspondencia, now in Havana,
have received orders from their respect.
i've offices to proceed to the island of
Porto Rico at the beginning of the
month of March and there await in
structionS.
Hon. ]. ]. DAVIDSON, of Beaver, Pa,
the well-known republican congress-
man-elect for the Twenty-fifth district,
died on the night of tine I'd at Phoenix,
AriL., where he had gone in the hope
of improving his health.
OFFICERS on searching the farm of
Joseph Robelier, near Bryan, Okla,
found two large caves filled with wa
gon loads of stolen goods, including
plows, harrows and other tools, chairs,
tables, carpets, books, stoves and
scores of other articles, many of which
were identified by neighb ors as hav-
ing been stolen from them during the
past three years.
MINISTER TAYLOR, it is said, informed
Secretary Olney several days ago that
the authorities at Madrid were on the
point of relieving Gen. Weyler of his
command in Cuba and of appointing
as his successor Capt. Gen. Rivera
A DISPATCH from Manila, the CAPT.
tai of the Philippine islands, on the
5th, said that the Spanish troops had
defeated and totally routed force of
1000 insurgents at Olmansas.
SIR HENRY ST. JOHN HALFoRD,
BART, who was the captain of the Brit
ish rifle team which visited the United
States a number of years ago, died in
London, on the 4th, in the sixty-ninth
year of his age.
CHRIST SCHAUER. Jr.. treasurer of
the Nations bank for savings, of Allie
gheny, Pa, was found hanging in the
Allegheny gymnasium, corner Ohio
and North streets. on the 6th.
A FORMAL denial of the statement
that il is the intention of the Span ish
governments to supersede Gen. Weyler
as captaln-general of Cuba, was pub
lished in the Madrid Epoca, an in
spired organ, on the 9Th
THE convent at Robervale. Lake St
John, Quebec, was destroyed by fire
on the night of the 5th. Mother De-
positaire and seven of the nuns are
missing and undoubtedly persisted in
the flames
A GREAT salt train, q mile and q
quarter long, and bearing 5000. 900
pounds of salt, left Silver Springs, N.
T.. on the 9th, over the Erie road for
Marietta, Mass. 1t was the largest
single shipment ever made of Wro-
ming county products.