Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-11-26
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

BARON Won BIEBERsTEIN, the German
minister of foreign affairs. in a speech
to the Reichstag, remarked that "wars
which are avowedly wars of aggres-
sion are things of the past, even be-
tween nations that believe they have
reason to be dissatisfied with their
lot" Coming from the foreign minis
ter of the dominant war power of
Europe, whose achievements and ex-
ample have done more than anything
else to perfect and increase military
establishments, this statement is sig
nificant
Gov. HASTINGS of Pennsylvania is
sued a proclamation, on the 14th, de-
claring the election of 20 district con-
gressmep and two congress-men-at-
large for Pennsylvania. OF these
George ]. Benner, Nineteenth district;
Daniel Ermentrout, Ninth district,
and William McAleer, Third district,
are democrats. The rest are repub-
licans.
BERT W. SERF, of Hastings, Neb., the
quarterback of the Doane college foot
ball team from Crete, Neb., which
played with the Kansas university
injured in the last play made on the
field, tackling a Kansas runner, who
had the ball, and being thrown on his
head SO that conclusion of the brain
followed. He died before midnight.
The Manchester (England) Guardian
learns that the powers have agreed
to guarantee a new Turkish loan of
e., 900, 600 to assist the sultan in carry
ing out the promised reforms in Asia
Minor.
PASSED ASSISTANT ENGINEER ANDREW
MCALLIsTER, U. s. navy, has been re-
tired on account of disability incurred
in the service. He was attached to
the battle-ship Indiana, and was pros
trated from overwork on that ship
during the fleet maneuvers last sum-
mer.
GOVERNMENT officials in Washington
are strong in their belief that the fate
of Cuba hinges on the success or fail
ure of Weyler's expedition into the in
terror. The outcome of this expedition
will, it is believed, determine the
future relations between this country
and Spain.
RUMoRs were rife in Jacksonville,
fighting for three days in Pinar del
Rio, Cuba. j. A. Huana, agent of the
junta, said he had information that
there had been fighting, but had no
definite news as to the outcome.
The comptroller of the currency, on
the 18th, declared fourth dividend of
five per cent. on account of the failed
Indianapolis national bank, of Indian
apolis, Ind, making totPi of so per
cent, as claims aggregating S1,o55,9 95.
The supreme court of the United
States, after rendering decisions in
number of cases, adjourned, on the
18th, for the Thanksgiving recess Its
next session will be held on the 3Oth.
ADMIRAL SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM
RICHARDS, lord of the British adj
miralty, died suddenly, on the 10th,
in hotel at Bath. ae was 90 years
of age.
On the 18th the president appointed
w. s. Forman, of Illinois, commits
sioner of internal revenue, vice Joseph
Fl. Miller, resigned.
JOHN MIRKA, aged ~, was found in
his house at Cleveland, o., on the
morning of the 18th, unconscious from
tortures inflicted on him some time
during the night by burglars. The
old mans hands and feet and portions
of his body had been roasted by a lamp
fame applied by the burglars in an eff
fort to make him disclose the hiding
place of large sum of money which
he was supposed to possess.
SECRETARY TURNER of the G. A. r.
encampment committee at Buffalo,
n. Y, has been notified by the Central
Railroad association, Iwhich represents
all roads between Chicago and Buffalo,
that a rate of one cent mile, with a
3O-day limit, will be given for the Buff
alo encampment Eext year, and other
railroad traffic associations have been
asked to make the same rate.
BIZ an opinion handed down by the
United States circuit court of appeals.
at San Francisco, on the 18th, the
British ship Coquitlan, with 6, 100 seal
skins, which was seized by the revenue
cutter Corwin in June, 1892, aud Or
dered forfeited to the government by
the district court of Alaska, has been
released.
IT has been decided in Madrid to
send 10, 600 troops to the Philippine is
lands at once, in addition to the 5000
which were already under orders to
leave for Manila.
DURING the month of October there
were 1,1A2 deaths in Havana, 272 of
which were caused by yellow fever and
140by smallpox, hich is still una bated.
BIZ the stranding of the British
steamer Memphis in Dunlough bay, on
the south coast of Ireland ON the 18th,
ten of her crew were lost before the
coast guard could reach them with a
rocket apparatus
THE Norwegian bark VCgar, from
Progresso for Hamburg, put into Fall
mouth. on tho 18th, her crew having
become afflicted with beri beri. The
captain died of the disease October II,
the sailmaker on November IL and the
carpenter November 16- Five Of the
crew were sent to the hospital at Fall
mouth.
SENATOR MARION BUFFERS paper,
the Caucasian, published at Raleigh,
n. c., did not appear on the 18th, as
the office was in the sheriff's hands.
The property was levied on under an
execution for a Judgment Of S19I for
paper supplied. Several printers also
obtained judgments.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN is actively en-
gagged in the preparation of a work to
be published about January /. This
work will embody a thorough discus
sion of bimetallism and its Importance
as an issue In the campaign of 1900.