Iron County register., 1898-08-25
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

closed. 1t is not alone as a nRhtlng
commander that Dewey has earned his
high distinction. For more than three
months after destroying the fleet at
Manila he faced q most difficult prob
lem in diplomacy. From first to last
he conmanded the situation with the
prudence of the statesman as well as
the frmness and readiness of the mill
tary genius. He made no mistakes.
Two YOUNG women, identity un-
known, committed suicide by jumping
from a Philadelphia and Camden ferry
boat into the Delaware river, near the
Chestnut-street wharf, ON the 18th.
| The cause of their self-destruction is q
| mystery. Before they jumped one OF
them laid a pocketbook on seat. The
pocketbook contained piece of paper,
| on which was written the following
sentence: "We find we are utterly
unfit for this world, and will try an
other"
TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA and other
prominent members of the Cuban revo-
lutionary party in this country, have
arrived at Washington, and, with Con
zalo de Qusada, the Cuban charge daft
faires, have held several conferences at
their headquarters On the situation in
| the island.
HEAVY rains have flooded q large
part of Trani, Italy. Many houses
have fallen in, their occupants being
obliged to take refuge in the public
buildings. The authorities have or
dered the troops 10 construct a caral to
drain the town.
THE statement of the condition of the
treasury, issued on the 18th, showed:
| Available cash balance, S27I, ,957, ,512:
gold reserve, S1s9, ,4e5 ,9se.
A SERIES of terrific electrical storms,
accompanied by high winds and heavy
| rain, passed over Lancaster county,
Pa, on the night of the 17th, doing
| great damage. Hail in some sections
| cut and riddked the tobacco, most ot
which was almost ready to cut, ru6n-
| ing the crop.
The eorniee of g building in course
of erection in philadelphia fell, on the
| 18th, carrying with it a scaffold upon
which several men were at work.
| Two Of them, Albert Green and Thorn
as Lyea, were killed, one man was IA
tally injured and four others were seri.
ously hurt.
| AT White Lake, on the Mohawk &
Malone railroad, Fred Recknan mis-.
took his son Philip, aged 16, for deer
| while hunting, on the 18th, and shot
hiuz, death ensuing soon after A few
| years ago another son, George, was
shot and killed irf mistake fsc a bear.
| TEE Admiral Dewey, the first of the
fo<r steamers being built by the
Cramps for the. American Mail Steam.
4 c1,ir, 10 cYInoaccfTr1lry l,sr- oh cd af
Philadelphia, on the 18th.
| A MANIFESTO by Don Carlos is an
nounced to appear shortly. The Span
ish ministers assert that the.pretender
will not be able to find enough money
to GHn a, revolution, and will be forced
to postpone the rising until next
spring. There are signs, however, that
Don Carlos will not wait so Long.
LIE Madrid correspondent of the
London Daily News says that Generals
Blaneo, Castellanos and. Leon and Ad-
niral Manterola have been appointed
commissioners for, Cuba, and. Generals
Macias and lOrtego and Admiral Val
sarians for Porto Rico.
| SIR MILAN AUGUSTUS FRAZER, bart
the author, and one of the queens
bodygnard, for Scotland, died in Lon.
don. on the 18th.
| WoRD has reached the Presbyterian
hospital in New York that Sergt. Rob
ert 81. Sillmsn. of the Astor battery,
was killed at Manila, August: Is. Sill.
sEan was formerly assistant superin-
tendent of the Presbyterian hospital.
A.PARAE. encyclical addressed to the
Spanish clergy and a papal :letrer ad.
| dressed to the Spanish people have
been received in Madrid from Rome,
| leKhorting them to remain faithful to
the queen regent and to defend the
monarchy.
/ IHE war department has keen try.
| ing to ascertain the wishes of the troops
| as to being mustered out, it being the
0kiect to accommodate the troops as
1 farsRs possible. 1t Looks as if most OF
ther<olunteers wanted to rem ain, and
| thatrthe mastering cut will have to be
by arbitrary order.
| CoRSsIoDoRE ]. w. PHILIP, having re.
eeived his cammissiGn, will surrender
command of the battleship Texas to
Capt. Sigsbee, who commanded the ILL
fated Maine when sheavas destroyed in
| Havana harbOc.
The, president, it is Gaid, has nnder
consideration for ambassador to Con.
don, Senator MeMillaI. of Michigan.
He recently told a member of cong1ess
| that he was thinking seriously of the
senator. Secretary AlgAr will be ia
candidate for the senate in case Of e
| vacancy.
Or the aeth the president issued an
executive order, carrying into effect
| the tariff regulations for Porto Rico,
which were promulgated .by the war
departuent.On that date.
GEORGE GOULD, head oftthe family of
the late Jay Gould. and guardian of
| the millions left by the finaRcier, will
| arrive in New York from Switzerland
on SeRtemberA. Within few days of
that date Frank Jay Gould, the young
est of che children, will comes0f age,
| and then, according to the will of Jay
Gould, the great fOrtune will be di-
| vided.
RESIDENTS of Santiago, Cuba, have
| formulated a protest against the con-
duct of iR2mune regiments in the to wn,
especially the colored men They say
they are not safe in their homes owing
so the outrageous conduct of the
drunken soldiers.
Mr.. CHARLEs LYMAN. chief OF the
stationery division in the treasury de-
partment, has been appointed chief Of
the division of appointments to sue
ceee Maj. Fred Bracket, recently aP-
pointed by the president secretary OF
the Paris exposition commission
TIE body of Valmore C. Nichols, .
farmer, who lived near Pittsfeld.
Mich, was found floating in the river