Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-03
FREpER1ck uRrER and George Lan- |

FREDERICK OHFER ana george LAIN
mersick, clerks for the j. Bo1land Jew
elry Co. in st. Louis, were arrested. on
the 27th, charged with stealing jewelry
and silverware by wholesale from
their employers. A large quantity OF
the goods, roughly estimated ut S10,-
600 worth, have been recovered, much
of which was found in store kept by
Urfer's grandfather, and the rest in
garnet at Urfer's home.
The celebration of the birthday an.
niversary of the German Emperor, on
the 27th, was more general this year
| than usual.
The steamer Humboldt has been
chartered for the Alaskan trade by
John A. McGee, Jr., of San Francisco,
! at stipulated rental of S2S, 200 n
month for five months. This is the
| highest rate ever paid for vessel on
the gold coast.
THE gold reserve, on the 27th,
reached SI63, go. 600, the highest point
in about seven years The accumula-
lation is becoming something of bur
den, and the government is no longer
encouraging its deposit.
The parliamentary committee ap
pointed to draw up proposals for the
better regulation of the relations be-
| tween Norway and Sweden concluded
its labors, on the goth, without reach
| ing an agreement. The Norwegian
| leftistS refused to join in any agree
ment looking to the common control
of foreign affairs of the two countries.
The schedules in the assignment OF
| Oscar Hammerstein, theatrical man
ager, filed, on the 2Sth. in the supreme
! court of New York, showed: Liza
bilities, S166,00O; nominal assets, SzS.-
| 600; actual assets, S., $50.
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS in gold was
taken from the Bank of England. on
the 2Sth, for shipment to the United
| States. This is not regarded as the
forerunner of further immediate ship
ments.
The exports of corn in 1897, were
unprecedented, amounting to 1S9. 49,
$40 bushels, an increase of $1,000, OOO
over 1896. which itself was Il very
heavy export year.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has decided tc
send to Havana a special emissary
whose duty will be the distribution of
the supplies sent there by the Cuban
relief committee.
KING LEOPOLD of Belgium, has pur-
chased, for $500, 900, the yacht May
| flower. built for the late Ogden Goelet,
| of New York.
PRESIDENT DIAz Of Mexico is prepar-
| ing to make visit to the United States.
His itinerary is not yet completed, but
he will visit, it is understood, all the
principal cities, including st. Louis,
| Chicago, New York and Washington
and the Pacific coast.
RESPECTING the negotiations of reel
| procity treaties between the United
States on one side and Spain and Cuba
| ami, perhaps, Porto Rico. on the other,
| it is officially admitted at the state de-
| partment that such negotiations are
under way. They have not progressed
| very far, however.
The state department has been
| warned Of a conspiracy to defeat the
| purpose of the immigration bill which
| is now before congress by wholesale
| traffic in naturalization papers, where
| by immigrants who are not BILE to come
| up to the requirements of the law can
secure entry into the country.
GEN. PARADE. the acting captain
general at Havana, visited the United
States battleship Maine on the 2Sth.
He was saluted by the guns of Cabanas
fortress as he went on board. This
was return of the visit paid to him
by Capt. Sigsbee.
OTHE evidence adduced by the Ohio
senate investigating committee. on the
2Sth, went very far to show that money
had been used to influence the election
of Senator Hanna, or that conspiracy
had been entered into to make it APP
pear so.
The feature of the session of the Vir-
ginia general assembly, on the 2Sth,
was the defeat of the bill designed to
make flirting with school girls a mis-
demeauor.
THE Russian fleet at Port Arthur is
helpless for want of coal, being unable
to steam even to Vladivostock. 1t is
said that the Japanese coal firms
which had contracted to supply the
Russian feet have defaulted.