Iron County register., 1897-10-07

HARRY CLIFFORD, favorite actor.
died in Bellevue hospital, New York
city, on the SOth, aged S5 years.
A SPECIAL from Havana, on the S0th,
announced the resignation of Gen.
Weyler.
THE official report of the Anaconda
(Mont) Copper Mining Co. for the year
ended in June last shows that the
total valuation of the product sold was
SIT, ,267. 766. 55; profits of the year,
IS, 1S6,04s; dividends paid. So, 900. 900.
Total expenditures for the year, $780,
S4S.3S
IRoNToN, o.. was visited by d fire, on
the night of the 29th. which destroyed
property to the extent of $500, COO, only
about half insured. An area of three
squares in length and two squares
back from the river was entirely dew
asted.
HORATIo d. DAVIES, conservative
member of parliament for Chatham.
was chosen lord mayor of London, on
the Goth, with the usual ceremonial, to
succeed Sir George Faudel Phillips.
THE first analysis of sugar beets pro-
duced in. the Santa Fe valley shows 1917
per cent. saccharine matter, or over 50
per cent. higher than the sugar in the
Nebraska product.
Oh the 1st the president appointed
Newman c. Bates, U. S. N, surgeon
general and chief of the bureau of
medicine and surgery of the navy, to
succeed Surgeon-General Tryon.
AT the cabinet meeting. on the Ist,
the main subject of consideration was
the cabinet crisis in Spain and its effect
upon our relations with the Madrid
government and our attitude toward
Cuba. 1t is believed that an important
cable had been received from Minister
WOodford, and that this formed the
basis of the discussion.
THE city of Chicago will probably
take possession of the 10 or Is miles of
streets in the town OF Pullman, under
decision of Corporation Counsel
Thornton that the public has the same
right in, on and under those streets
that it has to the other public thor
oughfares in the city.
Mrs. JOHN A. TRUITT. of st. Louis,
the mother of four children, has agreed
to transfer all right and title in her
st. Clair, in consideration of the sum
of 81, 900 cash in hand.
JOHN WEDDERBURN & Co., of Wash
ington city. have been disbarred from
practice before the interior de partment
as patent attorneys or agents, the fir
having been held to be guilty off, gross
fraud and unprofessional conduct"
A RICH gold strike has been made on
Potosi mountain, in the Sneff1es dis
trict in Colorado. by o. J. Davies and
Thomas Downer. The vein is wide
and continuous, and runs thousands of
dollars to the ton.
EARTHQUAKES are reported to have
shaken many places on the northeast
coast of Borneo. on the 1st, and new
island was thrown up near Mempakul.
The Canadian Pacific express over
the southern division of the Boston 81
Maine railroad met with an accident
at West Medford, Mass, on the 1st
whereby 80 persons were more or Jess
injured, but none, it is believed, IA
tally.
Ed AND GEORGE STAFFLEBACK were
convicted at Columbus, Kas., on the
1st, of the murder of Frank Galbra;th.
and old Mrs. Stafflebac was convicted
as an accessory. The boys received
life sentence in the penitentiary, and
the old woman got 81 years.
The monthly treasury statement
shows that at the close of business
September 80, the public debt, less cash
in the treasury, was S1,012. 122,7!3, an
increase since August so of So, 7S7 .592.
This increase is accounted for by cor
responding decrease in the amount of
cash on hand.
THE monthly statement of the gov
ernment receipts and expenditures dur
ing September shows the receipts to
have been S21, ,933. .O9S, and the expendi-
lures S25, 36S. 915, an excess of expendi-
lures over receipts of So, 435, III.
AT the nominating convention of the
Democratic alliance of Greater New
York, held on the might of the 1st,
Henry George was unanimously NOM
mated for mayor. The nominating
speech was made by Charles Francis
Adams.