Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-16
NEWS AND NOTES.

NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PRINCE HENRY of Battenburg, son-in
law of Queen Victoria, left for Darmstad
on the 10th to escort Prince Alexander t,
Balmoral.
THE anniversary of the defense of the
Castle of Chapultepec, during the Ameri
can war, was celebrated at the City o
Mexico on the Sth.
The French are not invited to the in
auguration of Bartholdi's Statue of Lib
erty because the President has no authori
ty to properly entertain them.
SHIPMENTS of silver and lead ore from
Mexican mines to Kansas City, Mo-, be
gan on the 9th, and are to continue at tn
rate of two hundred carloads per month
SECRETARY BAYARD shows that he ha
not neglected the Ward and Gaskell case
(Americans charged with murder in Low
er California;, but is watching then
closely.
THE issue of standard silver dollars from
the minis during the week ended Septem
Der was $795, 1922. The issue during tn,
corresponding period of last year wa
S221 $50.
THOMAS c. MANNING, of Louisiana, has
received official notification of his ap
pointment as Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of the Unftet
States to Mexico.
The estimate of the fire loss in the United
States and Canada in August is Sl3,O00,-
900, or eighty per cent. above the usual
August average. Forest fires are esti-
mated at $4,000
THE NouOe Vernayn points out that En-
gland alone of all the signers of the Berlin
treaty opposes Russia's Bulgarian policy,
and says "Russia will not be brought to {
stand-still by England Veto"
A MEMORIAL has been sent to the En-
glish Government by the conference o.
Catholic bishops at Maynooth, Ireland
urging ehe adoption of temporary meas
ures to relieve the Irish tenantry.
THE business failures occurring during
the seven days ended the 10th throughout
the country for the United States number
149, and for Canada %, or total oils, as
compared with total of 100 for the pre-
ceding like period.
SURPRISE is expressed at st. Petersburg
at the statement in Prince Alexander's
proclamation that the Car had promised
to respect the independence and liberty OF
Bulgaria. Such promise, it is declared
was not made by the Gear.
THE election in Arkansas resulted in the
success of P. III. Hughes for Governor and
his associates on the Democratic State
ticket by an apparent majority of twenty
thousand. The Agricultural Wheel elect
ed several legislative candidates.
SPECIAL AGENT w. E. SPEIR of the SUI
pervising architects office has been direct
ed to proceed Immediately to Charleston
to inspect and to report upon the condi-
tion of the post-office and United States
ustom-house buildings in that city.
APPEALS for tents in addition to those
already furnished have been received at
the War Department from Charleston and
Summerville, s. c. In each case reply
was made that every tent that could pos
THE discomfort of the Charleston earth
quake sufferers was added to OH the 9th
by heavy downpour of rain, lasting sew
eral hours. With the exception of those
housed in army tents the people were lit
orally drenched, and were in pitiable
condition indeed.
IT is rumored that the Porte has refused
to receive Sir William White as the locuns
tenens of Sir Edward Thornton, British
Ambassador to Turkey. This action on
the part of the Porte is attributed to Rus
sian influence, Sir William White being
decidedly anti-Russian.
THE American Horticultural Society in
session at Cleveland, o., elected officers
on the 9th as follows: President, P arker
Earle, Golden, ILL.,; vice-president, E. NJ.
Hudson, New Orleans, La; secretary, W
Ii. Raglan, Greencastle. Ind; treasurer,
j. G. Evans. Harlem, Mo.
GENERAL DeUM, acting Secretary of
War, has given Instructions that Geroni-
mo, Natchez and the other hostiles who
surrendered with them, be stopped at San
Antonio and kept in prison there until a
determination is reached as to what course
of procedure can be undertaken against
them.
SECRETARY BAYARD still sticks to his
desk at the State Department, and will
probably postpone his vacation for sew
eral weeks, when he will go to Saratoga
Springs. Last year, it will be remember
ed, it was late in the season ere Mr.. Bay
ard left Washington, and he declares that
he will only go away for rest and recuper-
alton.
THE great st. Louis Exposition opened
on the evening of the Sth in blaze OF
glory, and with an attendance of nearly
twenty thousand. All former efforts are
eclipsed in the beauty. extent and
arrangement of the exhibits, and opening
night found things so nearly in a state of
completion that the visitors were unable
to 1etect the shortcomings. 1t will run
for forty days.
GENERAL satisfaction was expressed at
the War Department upon the receipt of
the news of Geronimo's surrender. Gen.
eral Drum, acting Secretary of War, was
in good spirits after the receipt of the Of
fetal dispatch confirming the press re-
ports of the surrender. He said that this
was the end of war running, with brief
intermissions, through twenty-five years,
and General Miles deserved credit for his
vigorous work.
GENERAL MILES makes public the sue
cessful close of the Apache war. He says:
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