Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-11-17
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. ChOng HI Ye, connected with
the household of the Crown Prince of
Corea and eldest son of Mr.. Chin Pom
Ye, the minister from Corea to this
country, has been appointed an at
tache of the Corean legation in Wash
ington, and is now en- route to take his
post. He is "a years old, and his main
mission to this country is to be edu-
Gated in the English language and GUS
toms.
1t is understood in Washington that
assurances have been given by the
German government that the visit of
Emperor William to Spain is entirely
devoid of official character or signifi-
canoe; that the official trip of the i'm
perial party ended when they left Pal
estine, and that the proposed stops at
Cadiz and Cartagena is largely a
health precaution in behalf of the en-
press.
Daniel Ames, the noted handwrit-
ing expert of New York, has arrived in
San Francisco, and carefully examined
the documents in the Botkin case. He
is said to have declared that Mrs.
Botl<in wrote the note accompanying
the drugged candy, and that she was
also the author of the anonymous let
tiers to Mrs. J. P. Dunning.
Maj. Marchand, commander of the
French expedition at Fashoda, started
from Cairo, Egypt, on the 18th, for
that point with Capt. Baratier, who
carried Marchand's report to Paris and
took back the reply of the French gov
eminent. On their arrival at Fashoda,
the French expedition will imme6i-
ately retire.
At general meeting of the French
holders of Cuban bonds held in Paris.
on the 18th, resolution was adopted
to appeal to the good faith of SPAIN
and the spirit of equity of the United
States to settle the question of their
rights as creditors ''in conformity with
the rules of justice and law
Ii Hung Chang has been ordered to
proceed to Isl Nan, capital of the
province of Shan Tung, to concert
measures with the viceroy of Shan
Tung to prevent foundations of the
Yellow river (Hoang-Ho). This APP
polntment is regarded as virtually
shelving Prince Lii.
Capt. Warren, an American who has
been with Gen. Maxine Gomez. will no
longer have Americans about him. and
is getting rid cf them as fast as DOS
slble. He takes the same course in
the case of Cubans suspected of favor
ing annexation to the United States
The Methodist preachers meeting
in New York, on the 14th, passed
resolution TO have a committee ap-
pointed to investigate certain out
RACES alleged to have been committed
recently upon colored citizens of North
Carolina" The chairman, Rev. DIR.
Thomas 7. Poulson, appointed DIR. w.
HI. Brooks, colored, and two white
clergymen, Rev. DR.. Clark Wright and
Rev. Geo. Adams, of Brooklyn, as the
committee.
While standing on one of the main
streets of Wichita, Kas., begging sim
ners to come into the fold, fuller
Rhoades, Il Methodist minister, was ar
rested, charged with being the notori-
Gus BILL Williams, the leader of the
gang of outlaws that few years ago
infested Indian territory. When the
gang was broken up he fled to South
Dakota, and has been working the Sal
walton army racket.
Canonsburg, Pa, was visited by
furious fire, on the 14th, which, before
it could be gotten under control, wiped
out fully third of the business por-
ton of the town, besides two of the
principal hotels and many dwellings,
doing damage estimated at S150.O00.
No lives were lost as far as can be as
certained.
A Fargo IN. d. special says: There
was conflict of authority, on the
14th, between Deputy United States
Marshal Sheehan, of St. Paul. and
Sheriff Billings of Fergus Falls, Mimi.
over the custody of six train robbers
arrested in Moorhead. The sheriff got
the prisoners.
Mrs. Ballington Booth, wife of the
commander of the Volunteers of
America, has gone to Chicago at the
solicitation of Gov. Tanner and the
warden of the Illinois state prison. to
provide a home in that city for dis
charged prisoners.
just after noon, on the 14th, four de- |
tectives had a battle with two high
waymen in the outskirts of Omaha. |
Neb. About 100 shots were exchanged |
with no effect, when the detectives
fled, allowing the highwaymen to es-
cape.
The Spanish transport LIE Gaspi |
went ashore at a. m, on the 18th. at /
Punta Boca Gavilances, near Cienfue-
gos, province of Santa Clara, Cuba, and |
was totally wrecked. All her crew were
saved.
Senior Albert Duphin is dead. He
was born at Amiens, France, in 1927.
and was for a time minister of finance
(1ss6) in the Goblet cabinet.