Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-07-07
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE refusal of the Egyptian authori-
ties at Port Said to sell any coal to Ca
maras fleet except to be used in car
rying the fleet to its nearest home port,
brings the journey of that aggregation
Philippineward to an end little ear
lier than anybody expected.
THE navy now consists of 216 vessels
in active service, and 70 of them are
regular fighters, while of the ia aux
iliaries nearly all are armed, and some
of them have given most excellent ac-
count of themselves, as notably the
revenue cutter Hudson at Cardenas
and the st. Paul at San Juan the other
day.
AS GovERNoR-GENERAL of the Philip
pine islands Gen. Merritt has prepared
a proclamation which will be issued
Immediately after his arrival at Manila.
He expects to enter that city without
serious resistance, but in case of neces-
sity is prepared to use both the naval
and military forces at his command to
take forcible possession of the place.
A LETTER received at Warren, o.,
from John Muldoon, a citizen of John
sonville, who is now in the Alaskan
gold fields, says that of the 1O1 men
who left Seattle with him in March
only four survived. Two were drowned
and the others persisted from cold and
hunger.
THE understanding at the war de-
partment is that the total number of
regulars and volunteers which will be
dispatched to Manila in command of
Mai. Gen. Merritt will approximate 21,
n Al Il 1,
left San Francisco in three separate ex-
petitions
THE president, on the 2sth, issued a
proclamation extending the blockade of
Cuba to all ports on the south coast,
from Cape Francis to Cape Cruz, iuclu-
sive; also the port of San Juan, Porto
Rico.
A UNITED STATES registered letter
and money order Office has been estab-
lished at Baiquiri, Cuba. 1t is fully
equipped and capable of performing
any duties which may devolve upon it.
L. Kemper is an charge of it, and he
will remove to Santiago and take charge
of the post office there when it has been
captured.
The war department has given out
a statement that 1.-THE sending of deli
cacies to the army, although most gem
erous and fully appreciated by the war
department, will no longer be encour-
aged, as it has been found that such
delicacies for troops in the field are in
furious rather than helpful"
The Egyptian government has def
nitely refused to permit the Spanish
fleet to coal at Port Said
THE honorary degree of doctor of
laws was conferred, on the Goth, by
Yale university, upon VIM. Mckinley,
president of the United States.
GEN AGUINALDo. the insurgent lead
er, declares that the family of Capt
hands, are at Panpanga, and are well
treated.
THE senate, on the 2sth. in executive
session, confirmed the nomination of
Naval Cadet Joseph w. Powell to be
advanced two numbers and made an
ensign for his heroism ia seeking to
rescue Hobson and the crew of the Mer-
rimac.
PRESIDENT MILTON H. SMITH of the
Louisville s. Nashville railroad has
sent out an official notice of the re-
storation of one-half of the reduction
of salaries made in August, 1898. The
remainder will be restored January l.
1892
A COPY of the official reports of the
condition of the Spanish troops in east
ern Cuba made to Lieut.-Gen. Paudo by
subordinate commanders has come into
the possession of Gen. Shafter, who in-
forms the war department of the con-
tents. The reports indicate force of
Sc, 900 effective men.
THE $50, 900 public library building,
just erected at Burlington, Ia, was
dedicated, on the 18th, with interesting
ceremonies. President p. NJ. Grape and
Vice-President w. Salter of the local
library association delivered addresses.