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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11

The De Soto Facts that shrieked and
houled of the ''bard times" before
election would now have US believe
that the cou ntry is glowing in prosper
ity. The"hard times" were here before
election, we'll admit. But we can't
see any change, now.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11

Gov. BUSHNELL has announced that
under no circumstances will he ap-
point Mark Hanna to the United States
Senate to succeed John Sherman on
the latter's entering the Mckinley
Cabinet.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11
VOLUME xxx.

IT is announced that at the session
OF Congress TO be called Immediately
after the Inauguration of Mckinley
that no legislation will be considered
except an increase in the tariff
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11

LYMAN GAGE, whom Mckinley has
chosen as Secretary of the Treasury,
will 90 much to bring about the BIZ
metallism, which the Republicans
promised so freely in the late cam
paign. ANY other banker from the
gold ranks would do Just as much.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11

When you want printing don't for
get the REGISTER Office.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11

For Rent-Three nice large up stairs
room at II. Adolph's jewelry store.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-02-11

For first class violin and guitar
strings call at Adolph's Jewelry Store.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
FROM ACROSS THE SEA.

The insurgents attacked Scanlani,
near Gambia. Crete. After two hours
fighting they retired.
The government at Berlin has made
its first grant, 900. for the relief of
the sufferers from the recent floods.
Cardinal Giuseppe Guarino, Arch
bishop of Messina, is dead. He was
born in 1927 and made a cardinal in
1893.
Owing to the effects of the Dingley
tariff law, 5000 textile workers have
been locked out at Loebau, Germany,
and In its vicinity.
The Hon. Barry Somerset Maxwell,
the eldest son and heir of Baron Farm
ham, of London, died Monday at Castle
Saunderson as the result of bicycling
accident on Tuesday last. when the
young man collided with a wall. He
was born in 1876.
The Chinese newspapers say that the
20 pirates which committed many acts
OF violence on the Chinese coasts dur
ing the year, have been captured by a
Chinese gunboat. They were taken be-
fore q military tribunal condemned to
be beheaded and at once executed.
According to kilograms from Madrid
from Oronso. capital Of the province of
the same name on the river Mimic, the
palace of the marquis Of Lois has been
destroyed by a dynamite bomb. The
outrage was perpetrated during the
absence Of the family and no one was
injured.
Stilla Humada. chihuahua. was de-
stroyed by the flood and population
OF 600 y homeless.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
MOUNTAIN OF GOLD.
New Eldorado Which is Attracting the At
tention OF Prospectors.

The first authentic news concerning
Washington's new Eldorado, near
Mount Baker, and how to get there, is
brought to Seattle by e. w. Saportas,
who with Frank Cfydi and Gus Wag-
ner, experienced miners Of Dawson
city, went to the scene of the latest
excitement last Saturday.
According to Mr. Saportas the route
Is passable and not very difficult until
within five miles of the find. The last
five miles, however, present obstacles
that would forever discourage anyone
not an experienced prospector and
mountaineer. There Is in the mountain
and it's surrounding heights enough
gold to keep prospectors for the next
10 years In samples of ore that were
brought Mr.. Bogardus, the assayer. by
a cursory inspector declared that free
gold existed in exceedingly good guam
titles.
II met many men," continued Mr.
Saportas, "who came from Mt. Tomboy,
and they all reiterated the stories con-
cerning the great strike of 10000 to the
ton made in Bear mountain, in ore
equal to the discovery in Bear noun
tain" A correspondent sends word
from Summas as follows:
''The gold discoveries in the noun
tains of Whatcom county are beyond
any doubt the richest In the annals OF
the Pacific coast, or even In Alaska.
So say the most experienced prospec-
tors whom I have accompanied to the
scene of recent finds
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
RESENTED INSULT. &.
Austrian Premier Receives a Slight Wound
IN Pistol Duel

A pistol duel was fought Saturday at
Vienna between Count Casimir Badeni,
the Austrian Premier and DR.. Wolff,
the German Nationalist leader, arising
from insults addressed by the latter to
the Premier during a recent session of
the Unterhaus. Count Badeni was
wounded in the right hand. DR.. Wolff
fought duel with swords on May 8
last with Herr Horiea, Czech member
of the Unterhaus. This encounter grew
out of the violent scenes which occurred
in the House between the Germans and
Czechs, in which personalities were
freely INDUCED in. Count Badeni was
formerly Governor of Gallcia, Is a
young and able Pole, and was very
little known even in Austria until he
was unexpectedly called upon to form q
cabinet in September, 1895. when he as
sumed the duties of President of the
Council of Ministers and Minister of
the Interior. His nobility only dates
back to his father Count Badenis
wound is not serious. The bullet enter
ed the wrist and went out above the ell
bow.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
Do NOT LIKE OUR INTERFERENCE.
GERMANS DISPLEASED.
The American Ultimatum to Spain to Dis
continue the Cuban War Denounced.

Tho reported American ''uitimatum"
to Spain has been received with pro-
no,inced displeasure by the entire Ger
man press. The official denial from
Washington is generally disbelieved
there, and the denunciation Of "Jingo-
ism," yankee insolence" and the ridi-
culing Of the Monroe doctrine have
filed the newspapers. The Conserva-
tive press, as usual, Is the most vio-
lent in denouncing American aspira-
tions.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press there has made inquiries at the
German Foreign Office and in other
quarters, which show that, while Spain
has approached Germany through her
Berlin ambassador repeatedly during
the past year in regard to this, she
has only been assured of the moral
sympathy of Germany In her struggle
to quell the Cuban insurrection and Of
the Willingness of Germany to CO.
operate with the other big powers in
re-establishing by peaceable means a
better understanding between Spain
and the United States, in case serious
difficulties arise. No other assurance
has been given to Spain, nor Is 1t at
all likely that Germany will engage to
do more in the future.
Captain Baldomero Acosta, one of
the most active lnsurgent leaders oper-
ating In the neighborhood of Havana
city was captured by the Spanish
authorities on board the steamship
Concho as she was about to sail for
Mexico. Acosta was i'll and came into
Havana a couple of days ago. He got
aboard in disguise, hut just before the
departure of the steamer the police
got wind OF his identity and arrested
him. He was the leader who, only a
short time ago, raided the city of Ma
riano, carrying off large quantity of
| arms and ammunition.
The declaration is made at Havana,
and is being generally circulated, that
the Spanish troops in Cuba have re-
captured Victoria de las Tunas, which
| was taken by the insurgents under
Galixta Garcia and Jesus Rabi, Sep
| tember 8.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
AN UNDERGROUND RIVER.
Young Men Return from the Earth's Interior
After an Absence of Ten DAYS.

Henry Bourson and Charles Sumner,
who, In company with Lewis Roberts,
set off in boat to explore the under
ground river'of Solomon's cave at
Cumberland Gap, Tenn, and have been
missing since the 11th of this month";
mysteriously appeared the other night
The only explanation they give as to
their long absence and the cause of the
sudden rising of the river is that, hav-
ing concluded to proceed after the
drowning, as they supposed, of Roberts
1t was found that their only chance lay
in blasting under the falls, and after
lighting the fuse they had fled to high
recess in the wall of the cave, some 500
feet below into which they had prev
iously conveyed their boat. Here they
were compelled to remain until after
the high water subsided. They then
continued their course up the river:
found that they had blown out a natur-
al dam, which had backed up a great
quantity of water into a lower portion
of the cave. Beyond that even was an
immense lake that they had explored.
They then made their way out of the
cave by means of a passage through
which they saw daylight
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
FALSE lMPaIs0NMEMT.
A Brooklyn Man Awarded $500 Damages
by New York State

The State Board of Claims a few days
ago at Albany, N. Y, awarded John
Roberts, Of Brooklyn, $1,000 In his act
ion for damages against the State for
false Imprisonment, in which he made
a claim for $16S,956. Roberts, now so
years of age, was arrested in 1877,
charged with having robbed the resi-
dence Of William II. Green In Long Is
land City. The burglar, who was
masked. stole property belonging to
Kate Green. She identified Roberts on
the strength Of her recollection Of the
culprit's voice and hands. Roberts was
found guilty and sent to Sing Sing for
20 years. There in Auburn he wore the
stripes for nearly 20 months. when he
was released on facts conclusively
proving his innocence. Governor Nor
ton, in 1895, restored Roberts to citizen
ship, and in June Of the same year the
Legislature authorized him to proceed
against the State before the Board of
Claims for damages.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
The YELLOW FEVER NOT ABA1ING.
SOME NEW CASES.
Bed Clothing Belonging to the Patients Burn
ed in the Streets.

Sunday was the quietest of the week
In New Orleans, and the fever situa-
tion, in spite of the appearance OF
rather large number of new cases may
be said to have much improved. FIJI
teen cases were recorded on the BOOKS
of the board of health, but there was
no death. The authorities received re-
ports from nearly every patient that is
now under treatment. and these were
all to the effect that the cases are doing
we'll and that no patient is In any inn
mediate danger.
About 40 cases were reported as be-
ing rapidly on the mend, and number
of them will be discharged during the
week. one of the most dangerous cases
was discharged few days ago. IL was
in the neighborhood Of the French mar
ket, where the conditions were consid-
cred to be such as to warrant fear that
the disease would spread.
The new cases are, as usual, scat
tered The most prominent among
them are Mr.. McHardy, n wealthy in
surance man, and Mrs Williams, wife
of General w. H. Williams. n we'll
known newspaper man. There are
now four cases in the Williams resi-
dence but they are all reported to be
doing well. A number of children are
among the new cases.
Prof Metz has n large number of
formaldehyde generators now at work.
Sunday he burned in the street the bed
clothing and other articles in the
house where the mon Series, a yellow
fever patient. died, the clothing first
having been subjected to formaldehyde
disinfection. Some discomfort and loss
are being suffered by the poorer class
es whose effects have to be burned, but
Prof. Metz said that he was hopeful of
getting the city to make an application
TO cover such cases of distress.
The yellow fever has appeared in
Texas. Governor Culberson received a
telegram from State Health officer
Swearingen Wednesday announcing
that genuine case of yellow fever was
In existence at Beaumont. The case
which was that of n small boy. was
genuine yellow fever. and the boy had
died at an early hour I'm the morning.
Many people are led to think that the
mail service is bringing the fever into
the State, and Governor Culberson Will
be asked to entirely cut off all the train
service of any kind between Louisiana
Texas. Beaumont from now on will be
closely surrounded.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
IRRIGATION SCHEME.
Waters Of the Mississippi to be Diverted by 9
Canal 100 Miles in Length

Ex-Lieut. Gov. Percy Daniels of To-
peka, Kans., has a gigantic plan to pre-
sent to the irrigation congress. which
is soon to be held in Nebraska and to
which he is delegate. Mr. Daniels
proposes to tap the Missouri river at
its junction with the MIX river. in Mon
tana, and turn its waters into a canal
that will empty into the Red river of
Texas. The length of the canal by an
air line would be 1000 miles, but the
length of the meandering In conformity
with intercepting water courses would
be 1,700 miles. The cost would be $500,
100000. The average width Is to be 160
feet and the depth Is.
Mr.. Daniels estimates that with a
fall of four inches to the mile the ca
pacity of the channel in a current of
one mile an hour would be 100000 cubic
feet of water per second. Thus the
canal besides being used for irrigation
through Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado,
Oklahoma and Arkansas, would be able
to take care of the surplus water which
might otherwise cause disastrous floods
on the Mississippi He believes the
canal could also be used as a water
way for hauling freight in competition
with the railways
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
STRANGE MOVEMENTS.
Soldiers Disguised as Laborers Landed at
Honolulu.

A state OF affairs exists In Hawaii
which demands the attention of the
State Department. When the City of
Pekin arrived at Honolulu the atten-
ton of the other passengers on board
that steamer was attracted by the re-
markable symmetrical movements OF
ia Japanese steerage passengers who
were disembarkinG.
Although classed as laborers, there
was too palpable to escape observation
and occasoned considerable COM
ment.
The Japanese were apparently under
the command of n veteran sergeant,
under on-commissicned officers. Dur
ing the voyage a military discipline
was observed which created comment
among the other steerage passengers
and steamers crew. and many con-
lectures were @hazarded as to the
meaning of their being shipped to the
islands. 1t was generally believed
they were sent to the island for the
purpose of forcibly resisting annexa-
tion, If necessary. Rumors of the pres
ence of the Mikado's soldiers are not
new on the islands, and 1t. is said that
over 1000 well-drlled men have al
ready been landed there and about
four hundred veterans of the Japan
China war are expected up on the next
steamer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29

EIGHTEEN MEN DEAD.
Landslide on the 0hilcoot Pass Wipes Out
Camp Of Cold Hunters.

The Pioneer, which arrived at Port
Townsend. WASH, the other day, brings
a report of a landslide which occurred
last Sunday morning, in which is men
are said to have lost their lives. Only
one body is said to have been recovered
that of a man named Choynski, a
cousin of Joseph Choynski, the prize
fighter. The men supposed to have
been lost were packers on the Dyea
trail The officers of the Pioneer say
that the story was brought to Skaguay
Sunday evening by three men who told
1t In such way as to leave no doubt
as to its truthfulness. They described
the avalanche as consisting of rocks,
Ice and dirt which had been loosened
by the recent unprecedented hard rain
which has been falling almost continu-
ously for the past month.
The men who bring the story say that
at $50 In the morning peculiar sound
was heard. and before the residents of
| the camp could fully dress they found
| themselves rapidly borne down the
| canyon on mass of moving debris
| from the mountain side. A majority
of the residents of Sheep Camp escaped
| although nearly the entire village was
destroyed. The slide struck the town
| on the northern part, where nearly all
the packers were quartered in tents
and asleep. The main part of the slide
from the mountains missed Sheep
Camp proper, although from the report
very little of the town remains. The
packers camp was wholly carried away
and 1t Is impossible to learn the names
of the unfortunates. as they were all
| known by their surnames.
All the bridges on the Skaguay river
have been washed out and the river is
a raging torrent.
| Winter has begun In earnest with the
| travellers on the Dyea and Skaguay
trails and all who do not intend to WIN
ter in Alaska are Fastening out. The
| steamship Queen arrived at Seattle a
few days ago with so passengers.
| Among these were United States Mar
shall j. NJ. Shoupe and District Attor-
ney b. r. Bennett.
The steamship City of Seattle ar
rived recently at Port Townsend,
Wash. from Skaguay and Dyea. From
Skaguay she brought 215 passengers,
1872 men and Is women, who were un-
able to cross the White pass and pre-
| ferred to return to civilization. as
many of them termed It, to risking
death by exposure at Skaguay. Very
little additional news relative to the
avalanche at Sheep Camp was brought
| by the Seattle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
USE THE TORCH.
Big Breaker Near Haslston Burned, Entail
ing Loss Of $4,000.

The Evans breaker OF A. s. Van
Wickle & Co.. operated by Kennedy &
Warner, at Beaver Meadow, four miles
from Hazleton, Pa, was burned to the
ground Tuesday night. The operators
are convinced that 1t was incendiary.
The loss will be about $5O,OO0. The
breaker has been idle since noon last
Tuesday, not in consequence of the
strike, but on account of lack of water.
About so men were employed in the
mines connected with It, All these men
have been working continuously since
the Lattimer shooting. They were
driven out on two occasions about two
weeks ago. by bands of strikers from
Coleraine, but returned afterwards.
Mr.. Warner declares that they had no
grievances. There Is well-founded
theory that women had hand i'm the
fire, as one was heard to say to-day:
IF we can't get the men out, we'll
Tx IL so that they can't get in"
BY direction of the operators the ef-
forts of the men were directed toward
preventing the fire from reaching the
mine shops. As an extra precaution,
the planes leading to the slope were
blown up with eight or ten charges
of dynamite. Another part of the f9e
brigade was concentrated in keeping
the flames from the boiler house, a
couple of hundred feet from the break
er. A short distance in the other di-
rection were the powder houses, but all
the powder was removed to safe dis
tance.
Governor Hastings will have a con-
ference shortly with Adiutant- General
Stewart, General Goblin and other Ma
tional Guard officers to consider the
advisablity of withdrawing the troops
from Hazleton. 1t costs the State be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 day to keer
the soldiers on duty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
POWDERLY'S STAND.
Outcasts and Anarchists Will Not Find o
Refuge in America.

Commissioner General of Immigra-
ton Powderly, answering a letter Of
congratulation from Rev. NJ. C. Peters,
Wrote:
Il have no doubt but that thousands
of the worst classes of Europe are
swept in on us every year. II shall be
my aim to keep every unworthy person
out, and to cause Europe to take care
of her own anarchists. There was a
time when the United States could af-
ford a refuge to the people of the world,
but it was before the oncomers became
oppressors, and when the tide of immi-
grafton to this land Of refuge was not
q tide of refuge. If they are oppressed
at home. let them dethrone their OPP
pressors there and establish govern
ments of the people, for and by the peo-
pie across the Atlantic. If anarchists
are born and bred beneath the foster
ing wing of all ill-governed lands, let
them remain at home to wreak VEN
geance upon the creators. instead of
coming here to turn the thoughts of
dissatisfied men away from the real
cause of their dissatisfaction"
The letter complains of the laxity in
the present naturalization laws and
suggests that stricter measures be
adopted
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
Mexican Officer Suicides.

Eduard Velasquez, ex-inspector
general of police in the city OF Mexico.
who confessed to having supervised
the lynching of Arroyo, the assailant
of President Diaz, blew out his brains
with a revolver in Belem prison Friday
morning. A letter was found in the
room saying his death was, he felt, the
satisfaction he owed to society, and
should therefore give that satisfaction
by leaving the world He also said that
the killing was suggested by Inspector
Villavacenis, of the Second police dis
trict, who is in prison. Velasquez add
ed that under other circumstances, not
having been a high official authority,
nothing could have induced him to
take part in the crime.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
CAPITAL GLEANIN Gs.

DR.. Won Hollenben, the new German
Ambassador, is expected in Washing
ton the latter part of October.
The condition of the treasury shows:
Available cash balance, $2l5, 143, 747;
gold reserve, $146,967,0 ,036.
1t is said that Associate. Justice Field
will soon be succeeded on the Supreme
bench by an Ohio man, ex-Congress-
man John Little, Of xenia.
A vote taken among Washington
printers on the civil service reform
question simply shows that those now
in the government service believe in
II and those outside do not.
A cargo of hides taken from cattle
exported from this country will be i'm
ported by Chicagoans, in order to test
the legality of the Treasury Depart
ment's recent ruling that such hides
are dutiable.
In his annual report the governor of
New Mexico says the territory's popu-
lation has increased 100000 since the
census of 1890; that II 900. 900 pounds of
wool were grown last year and that the
sugar beet and fruit crops are booming.
The President made the following ap-
pointments: William Herzog, of Him
els II. Wilson. postmaster at Brooklyn,
N. Y: Benjamin Parlett, collector OF
internal revenue for the district OF
Maryland.
The, bureau OF American republics
has received information that the new
tariff bill now under consideration by
the congress of the Argentine republic
contemplates an increase Of sixty per
cent. on the import duty on such United
States exports as petroleum, timber
machinery. agricultural implements
etc.
Vice Consul Bandinel, at Neuchang
China, reports to the department oi
state. that Andrew Patton Hopper, a
citizen Of the United States and com.
port. died July 81 Of hydrophobia. caus.
| ed by the bite Of rabid dog. inflicted
| December Y, 1885, His last residence
! In the United States was at Bellevue
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
President Kruger Dying.

There Is strong confirmation of the
report that President Kruger. of the
South African republic Is suffering
from bright's disease in very advance
ed stage, and Is not likely to live more
than IS months at the most. The Brit
ish press Is unable to conceal their sat
isfaction at the prospect that the grand
old Boer will soon be removed from the
path of British aggression. The Pail
Mall Gazette voices the secret English
sentiment in plain language. Progress
sive Boers." II says would get a
cnance at last. and might settle every
outstanding grievance. 1t seems un-
gracious to say SO, but Kruger has out
lasted the period of his real usefulness.
even to the Dutch population Of the
IRA nsyaal"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
Gold Coming to America.

Gold Is on its way to this country,
and 81 10000 from the Bank of Eng
land is now on the ocean. A million
is coming from London, and a half
million from Genoa. The shipper is
the Deutsche Bank of Berlin and Lon
don, and the gold is consigned to the
National City Bank of New York.
Early in the day the cable told of
the withdrawal of 100000 pounds from
the Bank of England.
The steamship Moana from sydney
arrived at San Francisco with $4,000,00
in gold to pay for wheat shipped from
there to England. The Mariposa
brought $3250,000 i'm sovereigns last
month and conservative estimate
places the amount to be received for
the season from that course at $25,000,-
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