Iron County register., 1898-12-08
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

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ist of St. Louis, died of old age at his
home in that city.
| DIR. w. L. Stuggetts' fine farm resi-
dence near Flora, ILL.,, burned Sunday
| night. Loss, $4,000. 1t was partially.
covered by insurance.
Mart Seagraves, a ginner at Selma
| baum's gin at Pocahontas, Ark, while
| feeding got his arm caught in the
| machinery and itwas torn off.
Judge Day has sent advices to WASH
ington indicating that favorable
termination of the peace negotiations
| will result within reasonable time.
| DIR. Morris Leftwich, for ten years
superintendent of the Masonic Or
phans' home of Missouri, at ST. Louis,
| succumbed to cancer of the stomach.
The transport Victor arrived in New
York from ports on the south coast of
| Cuba. She brought a number of
| American officers and invalided SOL
diers.
Hon. Dennis Kenyon died at his
country home near Mclean, Ill. He
| was stricken with paralysis two years
ago, and had been an invalid ever
since.
ST. Louis politicians explain their
| frequent visits to Jefferson City by
stating that they are desirous of in
| specting the new passenger depot, re-
Gently erected there.
Papers at Bilbao, Spain, report the
| discovery there of 396 rifles carefully
secreted underground. A number of
Carlists have been arrested on charges
| of being connected Herewith.
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cy of storm, Sunday, whose severity
| was greater than that of a week ago.
A terrific wind was central about that,
city, combined with snowstorm.
Col. William Jennings Bryan of the
Third Nebraska regiment returned to.
Savannah, Ga, Sunday, after 30days''
sick leave. He was met at the depot,
by his regiment and escorted to the
camp.
The officers of the Merritt & Chap
man Wrecking Co., who have been
working on the Spanish warshipsa
sunk at Santiago, express the opinion,
that the Christobal Colon can not be.
saved.
Bowed down with grief and incon--
solable over the death of her husband.
some days ago, Mrs. Carrie Andrae-
placed revolver to her breast at her
home in Jefferson City, Mo-, and killed
herself.
A bloody fight took place at jack
son, KY, between C. c. Runyon, mar
shal of Jackson county, and Alfred
Allen, a well-known character, in
which both participants were killed.
almost instantly.
Madrid dispatches from Iloilo say
that the siege is still maintained by
the rebels, who have their guns.
trained on the city and make nightly
attacks. The Dons are reported as de-
Tending the city spiritedly.
The coroner's jury at Carlinville,
H., held that Noble Kent came to his:
death by gunshot wounds inflicted by
his brother, William Kent. The latter
is still at large. His plans were well
laid. He had mortgaged his farm to.
get cash.
A United States transport arrived
from Santiago with w. w. Seymour.
an engineers yeoman of the Glacier
aboard. He became insane recently
and jumped overheard in an attempt
to commit suicide, but was rescued.
Thirty-one men started in a six
day bicycle race in Madison Square
garden, New York city, Monday morn
ing. The starters were all in excel
lent physical condition, and the plank
track, ten laps to the mile, is in per-
feet order.
Comptroller Dawes has submitted
his annual report, in which he says.
that though less number of national
banks are operating than at any time
since 1890, the individual loans, dis
counts and deposits and total re-
sources are larger than ever before.
One of the most disastrous fires
ever witnessed there occurred at
Marion, ILL.,. destroying over $50, 1000,
worth of property in less than an
hour. The Goodall house, a large
three-story brick, was burned and
with it went most of the hotel furni-
ture, clothing store, saloon and bar
Der shop.