Iron County register., 1898-08-04
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


into Santiago harbor within few days.
The Colon is likely to be lost unless the
pontons arrive promptly.
WHEN the British ship Sidra left Err
gasterla, Greece, recently, the Spanish
inhabitants of the place, having re-
ceived papers from Madrid, were cele-
brating the bombardment of New York
by Spanish fleet and the exaction of
500, ,0OO, 600 tribute from the city.
! MADRID was again excited, on the
Goth, and this time, as has been the
case upon numerous previous occasions,
over a rumor. The rumor was to the
eject that Manila had surrendered to
the Americans.
THE United States cruiser Philadel-
phia sailed from San Francisco for
Honolulu, on the 27th, Admiral Miller
having transferred his flag from the
Albatros to the Philadelphia
The Madrid El Nacional figures up
the cost of Cervera's defeat as follows:
The Vizcrya. $4,000, 900; the Oquendo,
So, 600, 900; the Maria Teresia, So 600, ,OOO:
the Cristobal Colon, 81, 400, 900: the
Pluton, $500. 900; the Furor, $500, ,OO0;
artillery, So, 800, 900; total, $50, 900, 900.
THE little king of Spain has got the
measles.
AT the Office of the American Sugar
Refining Co. in New York, a rumor
that w. b. Thomas, of Boston, a di-
rector of the company, was to he
chosen president in place of Henry o.
Havemeyer, was emphatically denied
on the 27th. Mr.. Havemeyer, it wa S
said. is now in good health, and is ac
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company.
IT is stated that the arrival of the
American troops in Honolulu will be
followed by the mastering into the
United States volunteer service of the
Hawaiian national guard, force of
500 men.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury. issued on the 27th,
showed: Available cash balance, S263,
969.7s7. Gold reserve, Sls9, ,3O1.
In his efforts to get all light possi-
BILE on the Philippine question, Presi-
dent Mckinley. on the 25th, cabled Ad-
miral Dewey for statement of the
conditions, political, military and ma
terial, at Manila His course will be
governed largely by the informal ion
received from the admiral.
THE Spanish troops in Porto Rico are
being withdrawn from the outlying
towns, and are concentrating upon
San Juan, and the defenses of that
city are being strengthened.
The Spanish authorities have de-
cided to re-illuminate the lighthouses
in the Balearic islands, which were or
dered to be extinguished shortly after
the outbreak of the war.
SECRETARY ALGER has given orders
for the removal of all of Gen. Skaters
army as soon as the men in the discre-
tion of the commanding officer, may be
safely brought back, to a camp on Mon
tauk Point, Long Island.
IT is reported from Cartagena, Co.
lombia, that four cases of sporadic yell
low fever have been discovered among
Armenians who recently arrived there.
Future arrivals will be subject to strict
quarantine.
EDoUARD LoCKROY, French minister
of marine, has decided to order fresh
inquiry into the loss of La Bourgogne.
If it is found that any of the crew
failed of their duty, they will be pun
| ished.
MINISTER HosHI of Japan has been
granted leave of absence and will re-
turn to Japan for time. Mr.. Hoshi
is prominently identified with the lib
eral party of Japan.
THE powder mill of E. L. Johnson,
at Troy. Pa, was blown up on the 2Sth,
and the owner, who was also the pay
bank, was killed.
THE Touring mill of Shambaugh &
Son, at Shambaugh, Page county, Ia,
was burned on the 2Sth. The cause is
attributed to lightning. Estimated
loss, SIT 900; insurance, 81, 500. During
| the same storm several lives were lost
in various parts of the state.
HEAVY rains have done much dam
age to the cotton crop in Mississippi.
| Unless the rains cease, the yield will
be materially reduced. A few weeks
| ago the prospect was excellent, and
| the pro mise of an abundant yield OF
| fieecy staple was never better at the
| time of season.
| THE statement of the condition OF
the treasury issued on the 2sth showed:
Available cash balance, see, 75s, ,O62;
| gold reserve, S1s9, ,474, ,535.
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chusetts, with Gen. Brooke, started
for Porto Rico
IT is almost certain that the resist
ance to Gen. Miles in Porto Rico will
be merely nominal. Indeed it is stated
| that Gen. Macias has been instructed
from Madrid to that end, in order to
! avoid useless bloodshed and loss OF
property.
SPAIN will get her answer promptly
| from President Mckinley. 1t will be
6 straightforward, definite statement
of the terms upon which the United
States will cease hostilities.
DURING a heavy hail storm in Chica-
| 90, on the 2sth, thousands of window
panes were broken, much property de-
| stroyed by water and number OF
horses killed by coming in contact
with broken, but live, electric wires
THE London Daily Graphic points out
that there is probability of an inter
| national question arising over the diff
Guilty of dealing with the Cuban debt,
since a majority of the Spanish bond
| holders are Frenchmen.
A TELEGRAM from Madrid to the Eu-
ropean edition of the New York Her.
aid. on the 29th. said that a cable dis
patch had been received at the Spanish II
| Manila to Admiral Dewey.