Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-06-16

GOVERNMENT officials at PnlladeI t9n.>
are in possession of valuble informa
ton regarding the sale of large quaint
ties of coal to the Spanish government
by dealers in that city. and the district
attorney, it is said, IS simply waiting
for certain other developments before
taking action.
IT is reported at Tacoma, Wash, that
importers are making a quiet but ex-
traordinary effort to hurry all the tea
possible into America before the pro-
spective war duty shall become effect
i've.
IT is reported in Rome that the queen
regent of Spain has changed her atti-
tude toward the pope, SO far as his in
tervention is concerned, and that she
has intimated that she will abdicate,
should it be seen that this course would
relieve the situation.
Upstate TREASURER JOSEPH BART
LEY, of Nebraska, must serve his sem
tence of 20 years and $500, 900 fine, The
state supreme court SO decided. The
embeZZlement occurred three years go.
He was convicted year ago.
THE house of representatives, o3 The
9th, adopted the conference report On
the war revenue bill, after a long de-
bate, by a vote of yeas, 154; nays, LOT.
JAPAN has entered a strong protest
against the uniform duty of ten cents a
pound on tea provided for in the war
revenue bill. The government will
give due attention to the protest.
II is understood that Frederick Fl.
Wing will be appointed assayer in
charge of the United States mint at
Seattle, Wash.
ADDITIONAL returns received from the
late election in Oregon swell Geer's
(rep.) plurality for governor to 10,371.
A TORPEDO in the St. Johns river, at
Johns Bluff, IS miles below Jackson
vile, Fla, exploded on the 10th, kill
ing three men and wounding Lieut..
Hart of the United States engineer
corps, in charge of the work of fortify
ing the river at that point.
S. z. FULLER, identified for over 30
years with the lumber trade of Chi
cago, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri,
died in Chicago on the 10th. In addi-
ton to his lumber business, deceased
was interested in a number of railroad
enterprises.
THE Berlin Kruez Zeitung says it
can confirm the report that several of
the powers are consulting on the SUBJ
iect of mediation between Spain and
the United States.
AN imperial edict has been issued at
Pekin providing for the establishment
of the University of Pekin on European
models. The dignitaries have been
commanded to confer Immediately for
the carrying out of the scheme.
RECRUITS to the mum Der of $50 arrived
at San Francisco, on the 18th, from
Fort Mcpherson, Ga, and went into
quarters at Camp Merritt The Red
Cross society breakfasted the men at
the society's headquarters.
THE battalion of marines that recent
lv landed and esta blished themselves at
the cabAe station at the entrance to the
outer harbor of Guantanamo, Cuba. had
a battle with the SpaniardS lasting 13
hours, DUNG which four men were
killed, including Assistant Surgeon
John Blair Gil IBIS. There were two out
posts unaccounted for when the dis
patch boat left.
THE exodus of prospectors for Alaska
by the all-water route began with the
departure of the steamer alliance from
Seattle, Wash, on the 12th, for st.
Michael's with 100 passengers and a
large cargo of freight, including six
tons of United States mail.
SENIOR GIRON, the Spanish minister of
the colonies, said, on the 18th, that he
feared that the next message from the
Philippines would tell of the loss of the
islands to Spain. He then said: Should
the message, however, contain good
news it would be welcomed, but it
would be a miracle of Providence
WHEN Santiago is taken it is the
general understanding that Commodore
Schley will be ordered back to Hamp-
ton Roads to reorganize his flying
squadron for a dash across the Atlantic
and a demonstration on the Spanish
coast.
A DISPATCH was received at Wash
ington, on the night of the 18th, from
London, stating that Manila had sur
rendered, but giving no particulars.