Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-06-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

POTTER PALMER, of Chicago, arrived
| at New York, on the 31st, from Eu-
rope.
| GEORGE WEST, alias Charles Rivers,
has sawed out of Jail at South Bend,
Ind, and escaped. West was con
victed of robbing the South Bend ma
tional bank of SIS 600.
| Mrs. l.. u. LETTER, of Chicago, has
presented the Chickamauga Park hotel,
at Crawtish Springs, to the United
| States soldiers. The building will be
used as a hospital, and will accommo-
date 700 patients. The purchase price
is $4,000.
| AMONG the recent nominations by
| the president was First Lieut.. Andrew
S. Rowan, Nineteenth United States in
| fantry, to be lieutenant colonel of the
| Sixth volunteer infantry. This promo
ton was in recognition of Lieut. Row
ans daring visit to Cuba. and was made
| at the instance of Gen. Miles
THE British government has pur-
chased in the Unit ed States for deliv-
cry at Kingston, Jamaica, 120, 900 bar
| rels of -four for the army and navy
stores. The order was placed with the
| Consolidated Milling Co., of Minneapo-
lis. The transaction is significant as
showing British preparations for an
| emergency.
The press censorship at Tampa, Fla,
and at Key West is daily growing more
rigid. Nothing but minor camp gossip
| is permitted to be sent out either by
mail or wire. The government is de-
termined that the movements of army
and feet shall not be given too wide
publicity.
A SPECIAL from Washington says the
Monadnock, the Pacific coast-defense
vessel, has been ordered to Honolulu.
This is said to be a preliminary step,
taken at the presidents direction, to-
ward what may be the taking posses
sion of the Hawaiian islands.
SAMUEL PLIMsoLL, known as 1.-The
Sailors Friend" originator of the IA
nous ''Plimsol mark" to prevent the
overlooking of ships, is said to be dy-
ing at Folkstone, England.
In Madrid the condition of the Bank
of Spain is considered as more serious
than any reverse of the war. If it can
not help the government the war can
not be continued.
SECRETARY ALGER, in a letter to con-
gross, on the LIST, said that 5000 or
10000 troops would go to Cuba at once,
and be followed as soon as possible by
sc, 900 more.
THE war department is massing ra-
tions for 80 days for the troops that are
assembling at Jacksonville, Fla, under
command of Maj.-Gen. Lee.
GEN. NELSON A. MILES, accompanied
by his family, staff and q force of
clerks, arrived at Tampa, Fla, ON the
1st, from Washington.
A DECREE has been published in
France Professionally extending the
benefits of the minimum tariff to Vari-
Gus American products.
THE statement of the condition of the
treasury issued on the 1st showed:
Available cash balance, $l95, 754, s15.
gold reserve, S171, SIS, o54.
THE Transmississippi and lnterna-
tional exposition at Omaha, Neb., was
formally opened on the 1st. Rev. Dr.
Niccolls, of st. Louis, delivered the in
vocation, and President Mckinley, at
Washington, touched the button that
started the wheels of the machinery.
Fully 100, 900 persons were present at
the opening.
The Spaniards in Havana are revel-
ing in the delusion that Americans are
starving in the big cities, where soup
houses have been established to relieve
the popular distress; that Boston has
been bombarded and the Inhabitants
driven into the interior, and that New
York is to be next attacked by SPANS
victorious fleet.
A New YORK WoRLD's Port-au-Prince
special, on the I'd, reported that the
American feet had again attacked San
tiago, and that 1900 insurgents were
attacking the city on the land side.