Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-10-13
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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Wisconsin regiments, has been Or
| dered to leave Ponce for the United
States. Both regiments have a num-
Der of sick.
The United States cruiser Boston
and the gunboat Petrol, accompanied
| by the collier Nero, have gone from
Manila to China.
Hobson's success in his work among
| the Spanish wrecks is shown by the
| fact that the guns so far recovered
from the wrecks of the Infanta Maria
Teresa, the Vizcaya and the Almirante
Oquendo are valued at 100000. Hob
son is now confident that he will not
only be able to save the Cristobal Co
| lon, but also the Reina Mercedes,
which was sunk by the Spaniards.
On the 9Th 367 900 acres of land On
| the Red Lake reservation, in Mime
sofa, was thrown open to settlement
| under the Nelson act. which requires
| five years residence and payment Of
$1.25 an acre at the end of that pc
| riod.
In spite of the official Inequalities
which are being layished upon the
American peace commissioners in
Paris, the general tone toward them
continues distinctly unfriendly, and
society is giving the delegates a wide
berth, reserving all their attentions
for the Spanish representatives
Diplomatic circles in Madrid con-
| tinue to be agitated by the develop
| ments at Paris, and it is noticeable
| that the public is awakening from
| the signing of the protocol. The
Philippines is the all-absorbing ques-
ton.
The official reports of the trouble
| with the Bear Island Indians ascribe
| it to differences between the United
| States authorities and the Indians
over the cutting of timber on their
| reservation. The United States au-
thorities prescribed certain limits
| within which timber could be cut.
| The Indians ignored these regulations,
and undertook to cut timber wherever
they pleased.
A detachment of the Third infantry,
| with Col. Bacon in command, had a
| battle with Pillager Indians on Bear
| island, Leech lake, Mimi, on the 5th.
| Reports say that there are dead In
dams all over the island On our side
three cor four men were killed and 10
wounded, including a number OF civ
i1ian offers, who had made the arrest
of Chief Maquod.
VIM. II. Lennon, whose bank in
Flora, Ind, was robbed on September
| 81, has received letter, purporting to
| have been written by one of the rob-
bers, and warning him to cease his eff
forts to have them captured or take
the consequences, which, the letter
says, will be a repetition of the occur
| rences of the night of the robbery,
when Lennon was shot and seriously
wounded.
The Bridgeport Comm grand jury
| returned true bill, ON the 9Th,
| against Mrs. Rosannah Drayton, the
eolored servant who is believed to have
been connected with DIR. Nancy Gull
| ford in causing the death of Emma
Gill
The 600 men of the Indian congress
now assembled in Omaha are much in
terested in the reports of fighting
among the Minnesota Indians. Some
of the braves at the exposition
| grounds are considerably excited over
the situation.
Prof. w. A. Woodruff and Prof. C.
l. Clenhorn, of Washington, D. C,
| sailed, on the 7th, for Samoa. They
are heading a government expedition
to collect rare plants, shrubs and 9th
er specimens in the interior of the Sa-
moan islands.
Hon Sherman Hoar died at Concord,
Mass, on the 18th.
/ ~ 90 Dot hoe
notified the navy department that it
| will accept the contract for the three
torpedo boats recently awarded TO that
| concern.
Fire in Han Kow, the treaty port at
the mouth of one of the tributaries OF
the Yang-tse-Kiang, on the 18th, de-
| stroyed 10000 houses, covering an area
of about two miles, and did damage to
| the extent of from 100000 to S,000,-
| coo taels.
The war department has issued the
| long-eXpected order for the honorable
| discharge from the volunteer service
| of the United States of three major
generals and 20 brigadier-generals of
volunteers.
At Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 7th,
| the grand choir contest of the Eistedd-
| fod for the $500 gold medal was par
ticipated in by four choirs of 125
voices, the selection being "All Men,
All Things" by Mendelssohn, and the
''Night Song" by Stephens. The
| prize was awarded to the Salt Lake
choir under the leadership of Prof.
| Stevens.
! 1t is learned on good authority that
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lulu for Washington about the middle
| of November to present her claims to
congress for remuneration for the loss
| of her throne and the revenue from
| the crown lands.
President Mckinley cabled the Unit
ed States military commission at Por-
| to Rico that the island must be evacu-
ated by the Spanish forces on or be-
fore October IS, and that the Spanish
commissioners be so informed.
| The situation became suddenly more
critical at the Leech Lake reservation
on the night of the 18th, and Gen. Ba
! cons command will remain there In
/ definitely. So far as known, the cour-
| ell of Chippewas has developed hatred
of TIE whites, and the Indians are dis
posed to fight unless they get certain
concessions.