Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-30
FuRrHER details Of the KILLING of tvo |

FURTHER details of the killing OF two
American sailors attached to the
United States feet in Japan were re-
ceived in Washington, on the ED, and
brought to the attention of the depart
ment of state, which has begun an in
vestigation.
SINCE arriving in Madrid Weyler has
been trying to stir, by all means, the
spirit of the army against the United
States. The moment the official text
of McKinley's message reaches Madrid,
Weyler, it is asserted, will demand
formal satisfaction and redress for in
suits to himself and the Spanish army
in Cuba
THE schooner Frank A. Rackliff left
Boston. on the 22d. for Seattle, Wash,
carrying party of 20, who will oper-
ate in the Yukon region. 1t is expect
ed that the schooner will reach her
destination in about $50 days.
A NUMBER of earthquake shocks, in
creasing in intensity, occurred around
Smyrna, Asia Minor, on the 22d. Con-
siderable damage was done and several
persons were injured.
JUDGE LoCHREN, in the United States
court at st. Paul, on 1.-THE 21st, decided
that the Minnesota pink law providing
that all oleomargarine or butterine
offered for sale in the state must be
colored bright pink is constitutional.
The cornerstone of a monument to be
erected to the memory of the late Sem
ator Zebulin Baird Vance was laid, on
the ed, on the public square at Ashe-
vile, n. c., with masonic ceremonies
The monument will be of granite, rs
feet high, being plain shaft, with the
single word ''Vance" at the base.
THE United States" says the Wen
ma Deutsche Zeitung, (which from its
geographical position has greater in
terest in the opening of China than all
European powers together, can not
possibly consent to its partition or to
division into spheres of influence, with
out having voice in the matter"
THROUGH the enterprise of Mr.. VIM.
r. Hearst the birth of Greater New
York, the second city in the world, is
to be celebrated fittingly. New Years
eve it is planned to reproduce as nearly
as possible the characteristic features
of the great Roman carnival.
JAPAN can not declare war against
either China or Russia, because if she
did the ten large ironclads that are be-
ing built for her in Europe and Amer
lea and nearly finished would be shut
up till the war was over.
IT is alleged that upwards of so, 900
persons have been swindled out of full
ly 81, 0OO, 900 by the defunct 'E. S. Dean
Company" of New York, within the
last six years. A number of arrests
have been made.
BY direction of the secretary of the
treasury the compensatiOns of the EN-.
ployes of the United States mint al
San Francisco have been reduced in
the aggregate Sal, 149 per aunum. BY
this reduction the compensation to be
laid will be practically the same as al
the mint in Philadelphia.
AN official dispatch from st. Paul de
Loanda, Portuguese Lower Guinea,
says that the natives of the Humbc
plateau, in the Portuguese colony oil
Angola, have massacred Portuguese
officer, a sergeant and IL men. Rein
forcements have been sent from st.
Paul de Loanda.
The Bengal chamber of commerce.
has sent an address to the Indian gov.
eminent, in which it says that the
L1LQC mas dTTlVGO 10 Tie ROIC
standard, pointing out that it is fouI
years since the minis were closed,
leaving India without a currency sys.
tenn.
IT is understood in Washington that
John V. George, brother of the late
Henry George, will soon be reinstated
as special inspector of customs.
The Alma national bank of Alma
Kas., was, on the Esd, authorized tc
begin business. Capital stock, $50. 900.
THE Berlin National Zeitung, on the
Esd, announced the death of Wilhelm
Joest, the explorer, in Australia
AN explosion, supposedly of liquor.
occurred, on the 23d, in the basement
of the Tosetti cafe on Madison street.
between Clark and Dearborn, Chicago.
Seven persons were injured.
A CALL was issued, on the 23d, fol-
the ninth annual convention OF the
United Mine Workers of America tc
meet in Columbus, o., January II, 1898.