Iron County register., 1898-04-28

| IT was officially announced, on the
Goth, that the United States will not
resort to privateering in case of Span
ish war.
SURGEONS tabernacle in London
was destroyed by fire that broke out,
on the goth, shortly after noon.
REPRESENTATIVE HULL, chairman of
the military affairs committee, intro
| duced a bill, on the 21st, to increase the
efficiency of the United States army in
time of war by organizing field tele-
graph corps
A BILL was passed in congress, on
the 21st, restoring Nellie Grant-Sar-
toris, daughter of Gen. Grant, to citi-
| zenship in the United States.
AN Internal machine was sent to the
| White House on the 21st. Fortunately,
its character was suspected and due
measures were taken to prevent its
explosion.
THE Brazilian war ship NictherOy
recently bought by the United States,
sailed from Rio Janerio, on the 21st, for
| the United States with 3 1000 tons of coal.
SENATOR WALTHALL, of Mississippi,
died in Washington at $50 p. M, on
the 21st.
LONd SdlIs OA C4IG -~As
that Capt Sampson had been appoint
ed as acting rear admiral" 1t was
supposed he would be named later as
''rear admiral"
A DISPATCH from st. Thomas, on the
22d, said: "a revolution has broken
out in the Ponce district of Porto Rico,
and there is rioting all through the is
| land"
| AFTER the cabinet meeting, on the
22d, it was announced that the presi-
dent considered war as on, and no time
! would be lost in forcing the issue.
f. AUGUSTUS SCHERMERHoRN, of New
York city, has given his fine yacht Free
Lance to the government, and it has
been accepted with thanks.
SECRETARY Lone laid down hard
and-fast rule, on the 22d, forbidding
information concerning fleet move
ments.
Gov. Cook an nounced, on the 22d
that the Connecticut brigade would
Immediately be recruited to war foot
ing.
A ROYAL decree was gazetted in Mad
rid, on the ed, calling out 10000 men
of the reserves of 1897.
News was received at Madrid, on the
22d, of the capture of the Spanish
steamer Buena Ventura by United
States warShip, and of the Inauguration
of a blockade of Havana, as well as of
certian portion of the Cuban coast, by
the American squadron, and the most
intense Indignation prevailed in conse-
quence.
The Brazilian Jacobines favor the
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country and Spain. The Pals, the
Jacobine organ, says: 1--WE are with
the United States, which is giving Eu-
rope daring example of making sac
rifice for a peoples liberty.
THE greatest apprehension was felt in
London as to the safety of the Amer
can liner Paris, which sailed for New
York on the 22d. She was, however, re-
ported to have passed the Lizard at
II p m. of that day.
An incoming tug reported at Key
West, on the morning OF the 23d, that
the New York had captured a Spanish
passenger steamer, probably the mail
steamer Alfonso MI, which is said to
have had 1000 troops on board.
THE charred and blackened remains
of Capt. Benjamin F, Lee, president of
the Lake Brady Spiritualists' assOcia-
ton, were found, on the 22d, in the
ruins of his cottage, which was burned
at the lake, near Ravenna, O., the
night before.
THE president, on the 22d, issued u
proclamation declaring the establish
ment of blockade of the ports of cer-
tain ports of Cuba. The powers were
notified through their diplomatic rep
resentatives.
A DISPATCH from Madrid of the 22d
says that the most unpleasant feature
of the situation is the panic which is
prevailing at the Madrid and Barcelona
bourses and financial circles through.
out Spain.
JOHN JACOB AsToR, the New York
millionaire, has volunteered to furnish
and eq uip battery of artillery. Vol
unteers will be enlisted in a few days
if Mr.. Astor's proposition is accepted.