Iron County register., 1898-03-10

THE president is making ready for
| the next important movement relative
/ to the Cuban question. He means tc
act as soon as the report of the court OF
| inquiry on the Maine is in. That. it Is
/ stated authoritatively, will be by the
middle of the month.
| The report that Spain had negotiat-
ed the purchase, from Chilli, of three
warships now in course of construction
IN England, is characterized as absurd
| by Chllian officials, who simply laugh
at the story
MARTIAL law practically prevails IL
Skaguay. and United States troops are
enforcing it.
A j. CAssAT's famous Chesterbrook
stock farm, near Berwyn, Pa, was al
most completely destroyed by fire on
the evening of the I'd. Twenty head OF
valuable Guernsey cows were burned
to death
CYCLISTS all over the country, par
tlcularly the members of the League OF
American Wheelmen, are preparing tc
offer their services to the government
in case open hostilities are declared be-
tween Spain and the United States.
OF the I07, 900 members of the league
fully 10000, it is estimated, could be
called on.
Two returning KIondikers, having
S160, 600 between them. were found,
frozen to death, on the trail near Ia
gish, the mounted police having been
attracted to them by the dismal howl
ing of a dog
- LETTER received from Havana
shows that among the seamen on board
the Maine at the time of the disaster in
Havana harbor was young Pat Ford.
who escaped from his jailer in Omaha
in January, 1896, with a sentence OF
eight years for highway robbery over
him.
PETER II. CHRISTENSEN. bookkeeper
in an undertaking establishment at
Burlington. Ia. received information
through a newspaper dispatch of the
death of his wealthy uncle near Stock
ton. Cal. of whom he had been search
ing for clew for eight years. BY his
death he becomes possessed of a $1,000
estate.
GEN. GOBLIN, commander-in-chief of
the G. 4. R.. speaking at Atlanta. Ga,
on the Sd, said: If it appears that the
Maine was destroyed by designing Off
cials we have American dollars to buy
ships and the munitions of war. but
there has not been enough Spanish
money coined since the Inquisition TO
pay for the lives of those martyred
sailors"
TIE war department has decided to
again occupy Fort jefferson DRY Tor
tugas) for military purposes. This is
most important, as it shows careful
preparation for possible war. The move
follows quickly the signing OF a large
contract for ammunition.
SECRET agents of the United States
government have made a full investiga-
tion of the Havana defenses, including
the plans of orti6cations. the number
of guns, etc, the report OF which has
been forwarded to Washington.
AN order has been issued to make a
test of the machinery of the eight old
single-turreted monitors lying at the
League Island navy yard. with view
OF determining their value as coast de-
fense vessels
PRINCE ALBERT OF BELGIUM. who is
expected to arrive in New York on the
North German Lloyd steamship Kaiser
cognito under the title of Count De
Rethy, and such being the case, the
government and its officials can not
recognize him as prince.
THE result of the election for members
of the London county council is that the
progressives QiberaD have secured IS
seats, and the moderates (unionistl IS.
The election in Hackney was post
poned, owing to the death of candi-
date.
FAILURES throughout the country. as
reported by Dun & Co. for the week
ended on the 4th were PSI, against 246
for the corresponding week last year.
For Canada 81, against 50 for the CORE
spending week last year.
AT Key West, Fla. on the 4th, all
the Maine survivors received a months
paw. and their claims for lost personal
property were filed
THE Alaska bill passed the senate on
the 4th.