Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-01-26

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barred the way. and fired on Father
Gopon's followers, killing and wound
ing many. Then followed a day in st.
Petersburg which has had no parallel
in a civilized community since the
massacre of ST. Bartholomew. and be
fore nightfall 1000 were killed and
5000 wounded. Among the wounded
was Father Gopon. The dowager en-
press fled from the city, and the car
left for Peterhof. IS miles distant.
Gendarmes were called out to quell
a disturbance of liberals at Turopolia,
Hungary, and four of the mob were
killed and one wounded.
Rear-Admiral Charles Sigsbee, COM
mander of the Caribbean squadron, is
at San Domingo city with his flagship,
the Newark.
News comes by way of Constantine
pie that 1,500 C~ircassians revolted and
killed a Russian guard, numbering 200,
at Slavini, in the Caucasus, and that
Russians and Turks were crossing the
frontier in large numbers to spread
revolution in Tifiis province.
Gen. and Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
ter, Annie Fitzhugh, to Lieut.. Lewis
Brown, Jr., Seventh United States cav
airy.
Hints are rife in Washington Of a
scandal in the lighthouse service
which is likely to result in a wholesale
probing of that branch of the public
service.
DR.. R. c. Coy, Chicago; John X.
Mackenzie, Chicago; NJ. A. Call, To-
ledo, O.; Walter Stubinger, Kewanee,
ILL.,, and a Mexican driver, were killed
by Yaqui Indians in Sonora, Mexico,
where they had gone to examine some
mining properties.
The jury in the case of DR.. George
R. Koch. tried at New Ulm, Mimi, fol-
the alleged murder of a rival dentist
Dr.. Gebhardt, disagreed and was dis
charged.
Circuit Attorney Sager of st. Louis
has filed a writ of custer against John
z. Dolan, constable for Justice of the
Peace Barney Taafe's district. Dolal
is serving a sentence in the peniten-
tiary<for naturalization frauds.
A number of persons were injured
four seriously, by the wrecking, by q
broken rail. of the Sunrise" express
on the Boston & Maine railroad neal
Durham, N. H.
Frazier Mcdonald, arrested in Chi
cage with Stella Davis. a noted female
counterfeiter, has confessed to passing
bogus S. gold pieces in st. Louis an(
Chicago, duplicating George Turner
under arrest in st. Louis.
John W. Fleming and Henry Lund.
berg, formerly United States inspectors
of steam vessels. are on trial in the
United States circuit court in the
York city, charged with manslaughtel
in the loss of life on the excursion
boat General Clocum, last June, wheI
nearly n thousand persons lost theil
lives either by drowning or burning.
Diplomatic negotiations have beer
interrupted between United States Min
lister Bowen in Caracas, Venezuela, and
President Castro.
The plant of the Terre Haute (Ind.,
Traction & Light Co. was damaged tt
the extent of $780, 900 by fire. Stree
cars were stopped and the evening
newspapers were compelled to suspend
temporarily for lack of power.
1t is conservatively estimated tina
at least one-half of the society matron'
of Jackson, Miss, women who arr
amply able to employ help, are doins
their own cooking because they car
not find negro women willing to work
Prof. Yamashita. the new instructor
in the japanese system of offense ant
defense, has begun his work at thu
naval academy at Annapolis, Md. HI
instructs the midshipmen in jude, al
advanced form of the better known jiu
jitsu.
Joint committees representing tn
western and eastern railroads met il
Chicago and decided to abandon tn,
Mississippi river as a basing point TO
grain rates. and to make the base here
after on Chicago, Peoria and st. Louis
effective February 5.
The faculty of Purdue university, a
Lafayette, Ind, have abolished Thanks
giving football. -
Secretary of State Hay and Ministe
Grip, of Sweden and Norway, hav
signed an arbitration treaty betweel
this country and Norway and Sweden
1t is patterned after the a%rbitratio,
treaties now before the senate.
The senate has ratified the extradi
ton treaty with Spain.
President James B. Angel of tn
University of Michigan rendered hi
resignation to the board of regents
saying that he was Impressed wit
the be.,ef that 1t would be to the ad
vantage Of the University of Michiga
if you were to call a younger man t
the position | now occupy" The re
gents refused to accept the resignation
District Attorney Jerome, OF Me-
York city, has accomplished more in
few days in the suppression OF gan
bling and kindred vices than the polio
of the city has in 20 years.
Brodie l.. Duke has been discharge
from custody in New York, Justic
Gaynor declaring him sane.
Gen. Viljoen, the Boer war her
was cowhided on the street in Chicae
by Mabel Belfort, who alleges tn;
Viljoen had promised to marry hi
and had neglected to keep faith wit
her.
Booker T. Washington addresse
the two houses Of the Kansas legisli
ture, assembled together to meet hir
the judges Of the state supreme cou
and state officers also being presen