Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-31
ORDERS were received at Newport,


r. l., on the oath, to ship crews for the
new torpedo boats Gwyn and Talbot.
THE cabinet session, on the 25th,
lasted until nearly $50 o'clock. The
entire situation was discussed at
length, but no definite or final conclu-
sion on any particular point was
reached. The situation was regarded
as decidedly critical, and it was feared
that there would be great difficulty IN
avoiding trouble.
THE purchase by the United States
of NJ. C. D. Berden's yacht Sovereign
has been recommended by the naval
board appointed to select vessels for
the navy. No one connected with the
board would state the price asked for
the Sovereign.
Hon. TRUMAN P. HANDY, who it is
said, had the distinction of being the
oldest active banker in the United
States, died at his home in Cleveland,
O., on the 25th, aged 81. Death was
due to a heavy cold, followed by
stomach complications and exhaustion.
FAILURES throughout the country, as
reported by Dun & Co, during the
week ended March 25, were Psi, as COM
pared with POI for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
ures were 81, against so last year.
A PARTY of 81 men from Sioux City,
Ia, with DR.. j. N. Henry as leader,
left Seattle, Wash, on the oath, for va
kutat bay, aboard the steamer Alli-
ance. The party expects to spend two
years prospecting in Alaska.
A SPECIAL to the Omaha (Neb.) Bee
from Deadwood, S. D., on the 25th, said
the jury before which the BelleFourche
bank robbers were tried had retIrned
a verdict of not guilty. There was
much public dissatisfaction.
JOHN S. HOPKINS, cashier of the Peo-
pies bank of Philadelphia, which
closed it's doors, on the cath, committed
suicide by shooting, and did not die
from heart disease, as announced by
his family.
THE United States minister, J. B.
Angel, returned to ConStantinOple, on
the 25th, from tour of Egypt and
Palestine.
THE Spanish torpedo boat destroyer
Audaz arrived at Waterford, Ireland,
on the 25th, with her bows stove in and
| her stem twisted completely aroInd
from about ten feet from the stern.
| THE only explanation vouchsafed to
the American minister at Madrid con-
corning the departure of the torpedo
! fiotilla from the Canaries was that the
movement was rendered necessary in
order to appease the Spanish populace.
| This explanation is recognized by the
| Washington authorities as unsatisfac-
| tory.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the even
ing of the 25th said that the state de-
partment was engaged in drafting
note to Spain asking if she will volun-
tarily make reparation for the destruc-
ton of the battIeship Maine, in Havana
harbor, without being formally re-
quested to do so.
AS THE result of the discovery of seri-
Gus and wholesale bribery and corrup-
ton, 100 doc<yard officials of the Rus
sian Black sea fleet have been arrested.
Admiral Kopyloff, commander of the
fleet. has been dismissed. Five officers
have committed suicide since their ar
rest.
| THE sending of the Spanish torpedo
boats and torpedo-boat destroyerS to
American waters is looked upon as SO
nearly the equivalent of declaration
|
have their way this government will
see to it that the hotilla never reaches
/ Cuba.
The most important and significant
emergency order, issued on the 25th,
was that all battleships, cruisers and
other vessels under Capt. Sampson and
Commodore Schley, with the exception
of torpedo boats, shall be painted black
at once.
THE Spanish r2inister of marine has
received the report of the Spanish court
of inquiry into the loss of the Maine.
1t declares that it is scientifically and
practically demonstrated that the ex-
plosion was of internal origin
EX-SENATOR J. S. c. BLACBURN, o.
Kentucky, was stricken, on the 25th.
at Washington, with what was thought
to be stroke of paralysis of the heart.
He rallied later and was thought to be
out of danger.