Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-24

THE Michigan state military oSard
has issued an order, at the suggestion
of the secretary of war requiring the
division of national guard companies
into squads, for the more ready mob
ilization of the state troops in case
of a call to arms.
THE Spanish fishing smack Carmen
was lowed into Punta Gorda, Fla, on
the 18th, by the United States revenue
cutter Forward, having been seized for
violation of the navigation laws.
ACCORDING to a dispatch from Lon
don, on the 18th, the United States
government had purchased a torpedo
boat destroyer from a ship-builder
named DoXford, of Sunderland.
IT was announced at the marine bar
racks in New York, on the 18th, that
an order for the immediate enlistment
of Alb men had been received from
Washington.
INVESTIGATION at Athens shows there
is no truth in the report in circulation
that the United States had purchased
some of the Greek war ships.
THE United States dispatch boat
Fern arrived at Havana on the 18th.
A LETTER, alleged to have been writ
y
tells of preparations having been made
in Havana harbor for just such catas.
trophe as happened to the Maine. In
it he says he rapidly finished the work
that Martinez Campos carelessly aban-
dOned.
SENIOR SoBRAI., late Spanish naval at
tache at Washington, who has full
plans of all the United States coast de-
lenses, has been appointed on the staff
of the Spanish admiralty. He had q
long conference, on the 18th, with the
minister of state.
WALTER SANGER PULLMAN, one of the
twin sons of the late George NJ. Pull
man, the palace car magnate, was quiet
ly married, at Oakland, Cal, to Miss
Louise Lander West, OF San Francisco.
A TRIPLE alliance, composed of Italy,
Germany and Austria, is said to have
responded to Spain's appeal, and to be
willing to back up a demand for an in
ternational inquiry into the Maine dis
aSter.
SPEAKING of the possibilities OF the
United States going to war with Spain,
Rear Admiral BereSfOrd of the British
navy remarked: IF they ever do, no
matter what happens at the beginning,
they must eventually win, because of
the enthusiasm and intense patriotism
of their people"
A MADRID dispatch of the 18th says
that Admiral Bermijo. minister of
marine, had wired the commander of
the torpedo fiotilla, at the Canaries,
not TO proceed to Havana.
THE house committee on ways and
means favorably reported, on the 18th,
with amendments, the Dingley bill for
the temporary admission, free of duty,
of naval supplies purchased abroad.
The bill was amended SO as to include
military as well as naval supplies.
THE United States cruiser San FRAN
cisco arrived at GraveSend, England,
on the 18th. Passing the AmaZonas,
after saluting Tilbery fort, the band
played The Star Spangled Banner
with the crew standing at attention. y"
FAILURES throughout the country, as
| reported by Dun & Co., during the
| week ended March Is, were 2OS, as com
pared with PIG for the corresponding
| week last year. For Canada the fail
ures We're 81, against so last year.
TWELVE tons of supplies for the re.
| concentrates in Cuba were started
south by rail from Cincinnati on the
18th. They consisted OF food, clothing
| and medicines and were the voluntary
contributions from that city.
THE Gazette of Birmingham, En-
! gland, asserts that Russian si'y, in
the guise of a footman, has Eeen els
covered at Hatfield, the marquis ~ f!sI-
| isbury's residence.
In all some 80 socialists and radical
meetings were held in Berlin, on the
| 18th, for the purpose of commemora.
| ting the revolution of 1913.
WORK on the Notifications at Ballast
Point, Cal, is being pushed with all
possible speed. Orders have been re-
ceived not to permit anyone to land in
| the government reservation where the
| big guns are to be mounted.
TIE crew of the filibuster DauntlesS,
| II in all, finding their occupation gone
! by the seizure of the boat, joined the
| United States navy on the 18th.