Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-06-19
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Five men were killed and about if-
teen injured, in a collision between
fast mail train No. /, from Nashville,
and the Jasper accommodation train,
on the Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis railway, on the 12th, neal Chat
tanooga.
Gonzales de Quesada. the Cuban
minister to the United States. arrived
in Washington, on the 18th, with his
family. o.
Chicago packing house transfers
again are making threats. They
charge that the packers have not
lived up to the terms of the compro-
mise which closed the big strike, and
a call has been issued for a general
meeting of the union to consider the
situation.
In all, 10000 Beers had surrendered
up to the 18th. Many are youngsters
of IL years old and upward. The ma
jority of them are under so. though
some of the burghers who have sur
rendered are septuagenarians. Gen.
De We says the boys were the best
fighters.
When the American fleet, compris-
ing the Illinois, the Chicago, the Al
bany and the Nashville, arrived at
Gibraltar, IN the 18th, it was greeted
with ringing cheers by the inhabi-
tants and the garrison, which sound
ed welcome to the Americans after
their unpleasant experiences in Italy.
A deadly vendetta has broken out
among the Sicilians of New Orleans,
which has already lost three lives,
besides the wounding of three MORE.
The citizens are wrought up over the
situation, fearing that the Malta is
awakening.
j. Pierpont Morgan passed through
Paris, on the 18th, on his way to the
Mediterranean to join the yacht
Corsair.
Three persons injured and many
hundreds of dollars worth of prop
erty damaged were the results of a
tornado which swept Elgin, ILL.,, and
vicinity on the night of the 18th.
John Fox, a farmer heal Ell
bow Lake, Mimi, shot and killed his
brother Peter and his mother, on
the 18th, and then shot himself dead.
He was probably demented, as one Of
his brothers went insane last spring
and another member of the family
committed suicide by blowing the
top of his head off.
On the 18th r. G. Dun e. Co. report
ed: Failures for the week numbered
1862 in the United States, against 179
last year, and 20 in Canada, com
pared with % a year ago"
The river and harbor bill was care
fully gone over by the cabinet, on
the 18th, and after giving the matter
full consideration, the president de-
cided to sign it, which he did later.
1t is suggested in Paris that, in Or
der to commemorate the sympathy
shown by President Roosevelt and
the United States in the recent Mar
Unique catastrophe, a street of Paris
should be named Rue du President
Roosevelt, a plate affixed at each end
of the street recording the facts.
The little city of Alexander, Ala,
vas practically destroyed by fire, on
the 18th, and nearly the entire popu-
lation rendered homeless, but no
case Of personal injury is reported.
The loss is estimated at upwards of
half a miMon.
Lightning injured L. Woodwork
and Ed Eckman, a laborer, at Arcola,
ILL.,, on the 18th. Woodwork is very
seriously hurt and may not survive,
He was unconscious for more than
five hours. Eckman will recover
Leaders in both branches Of con-
gress have set July 3 as the proposed
date for adjournment and from now
on will strain every nerve to bring
about this result.
Henry Zilck, Il farmer about &C
years of age, while digging a well
near Evansville, Ind, on the 18th
was asphyxiated. Jackson Wesley
went to his rescue and came neal los.
ing his life.