Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-22
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The sultan has ordered Dievad Pasha,
the military commander in Crete, to
accede to the demand of the British adj
miral, Gerard Henry Noel, for disarm-
ament, thus complying with the whole
ultimatum of the admiral. 1t is
rumored that the Ottoman troops will
be withdrawn and q British force will
occupy the town.
A state of gloomy apprehension pre-.
walls among the population of Naples,
regarding the eruption of Vesuvius.
which Is hourly becoming more active
and menacing. The observatory. which
originally stood at a height off me-
tiers, is now only 81 meters above the
sea level, owing to,the sinking of the
ground.
Mail advices from Japan state that
another formidable rebellion against
Japanese rule has broken, out in For
mosa, this time i'm the southern part
OF the island. Two battles have been
fought, one near LTalchu, the other
near Taihoku. The tribes were de-
feated by the Japanese troops and the
police.
The British steamer Mount Tabor,
Capt. Jameson, from Iloilo, for Liver.
pool, was abandoned, on fire, off the
island of Socrata. The British steamer
Telena from Calcutta, for Hamburg,
landed the crew at, Alden, on the 18th.
The Mount Taborssustained damage in
attempting to tow, the burning vessel.
Lewis L. Haupt, president of the
North American Life Insurance Co. of
ID 81. Ill,
on the 17th. He was 10 years old.
During the civil war he was associated
with his brother, Brig.-Gen. Herman
Haupt, engineer. In charge of work for
the army of the Potomac.
The official gazette, of Madrid pub
fishes the announcement of the ap-
pointment of Senator Montero Rios,
president of the senate; Senior Abar-
xuza, Senior ,Garniga, Gen. Cerero and
Senior VillaurEutia as the Spanish peace
commissioners.
Word was received from Ottawa,
Ont, on the 1Sth,. hat-checks had been
issued to the individual heneiciaries
under the sealing award. The total
amount is $3Go,1sS, damages and $172,-
96S interest.
After a half honr's conference with
the president, on the 18th, Gen. Scho-
field announced that he would not
serve as q member OF, the commission
to investigate the conduct of the war.
The Spanish supreme council of war
has decided to suspend Admiral Mon
TOTO and Maj. Sostoa, director of the
Cadiz arEena1.
The board cuff sssarVey appointed to
discover the Tennessee. volunteers re-
sponsible for the ,outrages on the
Thomas family lin San Francisco, made
it's report to Gen. Miller. on the 10Th.
The board reported that it had been
unable to discover the names of any of
the participants in the riot except
those of the -four Tenpesseeans who
had been already tried.
A destructive hurricane swept over
southern Spaia, oon THE 10th, doing
great damage m the provinces of Sc
Vile and Granada. Six persons were
killed and many injured, land num-
Der of buildings were, destroyed at Sc
vile, and IS hoases were demolished
and many persons fell victims to the
storm at Gaudi2, lin 1.-THE province of
Granada.
J. w. Jago, formerly chief officer of
the steamer Britannia, and. John Kyn-
aston, who was third officer of the
same steamer, both &zf whom. had been
convicted in London of Inbbing the
mails on board the Britannia, were
sentenced, on the f9daa, the former to
eight years and the latter to one
years imprisonment at hard labor.
With a fierce fire raging gin its
,three holds, the steamer Evelyn Capt.
wv, G. Horner, from HIelva, Spain,
heavily loaded with Sal4taher ore put
into its pier at Baltimore. Nd, Qn the
18th. 1t is remarkable that the ship
,and all those on board were saved
from destruction in midoeean.
uSeut.-Col. w. J. White, <SperinteMd-
cent <Df schools at Dayton. a. and want
ing at Cincinnati with the Third ohi9
negiment to be mustered out, was
nonfinated, on the 10th, by the pepub
sicans of the Third district for con-
gress.
Mrs. Lucy I. Browne, the widow OF
j. Ross Browne, the famous anthor
and traveller, died in Oakland, Cal, on
the 10th. She was 70 years OF age,
and had shared in many of the expert
enceS of her husband.
Capt. Brown of the American
schooner Maryland died on his ship II
the harbor at Havana, on the 10th, OF
yellow fever. Four Of the crew were
down with the malady.
An electric street car IN Bradford.
England was derailed, on the 10th.
while descending hill, and so persons
were seriously injured, several of them
fatally.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury, issued on the 10Th,
showed: Available cash balance, $317,-
7s6, OBS: gold reserve, S243.551,6 55.