Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-27

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Chinese loan recently foated in Paris
was signed in st. Petersburg, on the
18th, by the Chinese plenipotentiary.
GEN. GREEN CLAY SMITH, well-known
IN the middle west. is dangerously ill
| at his home in Washington, and his re-
covery is in grave doubt. He is suffer-
ing from carbuncle on the back of his
neck.
On the Goth the Illinois Steel Co.. of
Chicago, announced an advance of two
dollars in the price of steel rails, the
former price being sa3. The increase
is attributed to the increased cost of
| ore. coke and labor.
The warships of the United States
at Kiel, the New York. Columbia. San
Francisco and Marblehead, which lat
ter vessel took part in the procession
| at the opening of the canal, formed
| striking features of the naval display.
standing out finely among the other
vessels, which, as a rule, have dark
colored hulls- The white sides of the
Yankee cruisers undoubtedly gave
them an extremely smart appearance
and caused all the United States ves-
sells to be greatly admired.
The following cablegram was re-
ceived at the state department ON the
Goth: "Olney, Washington: British
consul at Erzeroum informs me that
Lenz, the cyclist. was murdered near
Dahar by five Kurds, whose names he
gives. Arrest and punishment de-
manded by me at the sublime porte
and the cooperation of the British
consul requested. Signed. TERRELL"
A REPORT comes from Havana that
Gen. Martinez de Campos, captain gem
eral of Cuba, had been shot by Puerta
Sanchez, a Cuban spy, on board
Spanish war ship. Sanchez escaped by
jumping overheard and swimming to
shore. 1t is not stated how badly
Campos was wounded.
A LONDON dispatch of the Goth said
it was stated on the best of authority
sian government that she would send
fleet to Constantinople to enforce the
demands that the powers have made
upon the Porte.
FIFTEEN acres of wheat, belonging
to Newell Miller, near Roam, Ind,
was destroyed, on the Goth, by fire,
which originated from a spark from a
locomotive.
The boiler of one of the steam
launches of the United States cruiser
Columbia exploded at kiel on the 21st.
The cylinder was blown off and carried
overheard, and with it the smokestack
and other parts of the launch. Four
persons were injured.
QUARTERMAsTER-GEN DEvLIN of
the Michigan national guard died at
his residence in Jackson. on the 21st,
of Bright's disease. He was born in
Oregon, Wis, August, 1916. When the
war broke out he enlisted in the Tenth
Ohio cavalry.
On the strength of a dispatch from
the captain-general of Cuba, Senior
Dupuy de LONE, the Spanish minister
at Washington. on the 21st. denied the
report that Gen. Martinez Campos had
been wounded by an insurgent spy.
JAMES S. EWING, United States min
lister to Belgium, just returned to the
United States on leave of absence,
called at the state department., on the
21st, while on his way to his home in
Illinois.
In the British house of commons. Oh
the 2lst, Mr.. Ii. Campbell Bannerman.
secretary Of state for war. announced
LndC the duke Oh Cdn OFluge would re-
tire from the command of the army.
FoRTY-sIx horses were cremated in
the burning of Kiel & Co. IS livery sta
BILE at Pitt sburgh. Pa, on the night of
the Goth. The entire equipment of
carriages was destroyed also.
Two TROLLEY cars on the Walden &
Orange Lake railroad collided, on the
21st, at point miles west of New
burg, n. Y. Eight persons were in
jured. but none seriously.
A FIGHT between police and band
of brigands occurred near LAMA. on
the Turkish frontier, on the Goth.
Three brigands and a corporal OF
police were killed.
The conference at Pittsburgh, Pa,
between the executive committee of
the Association of Iron and Steel Sheet
Manufacturers and the committee of
the Amalgamated association reached
terms of agreement, on the night of
the Goth, after a two days session.