Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-29
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Eventa
PERSONAL AND eeNERAl-

he was away fighting his couRtry's
battles~was treated with derision, not
withstanding there was an eye or two
squirting in that direction. The old
hero now has the supreme satisfaction
OF knowing that net only his own
party, but all the ether parties will
unite in sending him back with
triumphant unanimous vote.
The American monitor Menterey was
a surprise for the Spanisrds at Ma
Mia, and, IN the opinion Of the naval
officers, kept the more hot-headeG
Spaniards from breaking INTO the pre-
,gramme for the surrender of the city
The Spanish were impressed by the
fact that she offered no target to BIZ
fired at, yet she possessed more power
than ali their heavy batteries com
bined.
Secretary of War 1lger arrived at
Knoxville, Tenn, on the SIst, and
reviewed the troops at Camp Poland.
RImors which IL is impossible to
disregard are in circulation in Pekin
to the effect that the empress dowager
of China has recovered her ascendency
over the emperor, who is now .practi-
cally in state of tutelage.
NE. Chauncey NJ. Depew, who is a
delegate to the republican state con-
vention from the Twenty-ninth as
sembly district, has been chosen to
make the speech nominating Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt for governor of the
state of New York.
Col Goodwin, of the Seventh i'm
munes, en- route to Lexington, KY,
went with his officers to a Louisville
formed Col Goodwin that the colored
lieutenants would not be allowed to
eat there "'Well, won't eat here,
then" said the colonel, and he left the
house, followed by the captains. They
went to a restaurant, a half block
away, where a dining room was pro
yided for the colored Iieutenants.
Secretary of War Alger, it is said,
previous to his departure from Wash
ington on his present tour of inspec-
ton, verbally notified the president
that he was ready to retire at any time.
the president saw fit to relieve him.
DIR. John Harcourt, of Bismarck, the
leading physician of North Dakota,
died at st. Joseph's' hospital, ST. Paul,
Minn-,. ON the 10Th, under an operation.
for gall stones, aged AZ. He was a
leading Knight of Pythias.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York Times says that IAN at.
tempt is being made to have the Office
of major general commanding the
army abolished and Gen. Miles, who
now holds that Office, assigned to some
army department"
Although the Red Cross society of!
Madrid Offered its services in the re
ception of the soldiers arriving from.
Cuba, they were declined by the vEar
department; and at the same time lit.
orally no provision was made to pro.
vide for their comfort. The queen
regent is>said to be indignant
Gen Horace Porter, now ambassador
to France, will, it is said, be named as
to succeed Col. John Hay. 1t is fur
Their stated that the French mission
will be filled by. Mr.. Draper, at present
ambassador to Italy.
Count :Stollberg- Wernigrode, Ger
man cavalry captain, has been arrested
on aceount of the death of Sergt.i
ScheinhaTdt from the effects Of a,
sword cut behind the ear, inflicted by
the count for impertinence during the;
recent maneuvers in Alsace-Lorraine.
Alfred S. Pinkerton, of Worcester,
Mass was unanimously elected grand
sire Of the sovereign grand lodge, l.,
O. O. E, on the Goth.
George a. ,Steinway, son of the late
Willism Steinway, and member OF
the piano firm of sSteinway q Sons:
died 1t sea on board the steamship
on the 18th, aged "a years
An elaborate programme has been
prepared for the celebration of the
proposed peace jubilee in Philadel-
phia.
Gen. Miller, now lin command at
San francisco, Will command the re-
ordered to Manila. Bat
teries A and ID, of the California artil-
iery, will go with the expedition.
John Donahue, a San Francisco grip
man, found a purse containing $4,000
in money and drafts, and returned ii
to the owner, George Muiligan, a re-
turned Klondiker.
Over $4,000 head of cattle were re-
yards en- the 2Oth-4a local record
breaker.
At an inquest held lat Bridgeport,
Conn, on the ed, by Coroner .Doten,
it was fully established by relatives of
Miss Emma Gill, of Southington, that
the body found in Yellow Mill pond,
IL and 13 was hers. Her
father and three brothers fully identi-
fed the remains, and the coroner is
sued an order permitting Ghem to be
exhumed and taken to S0uthington
for intermeGG.
The acting secretary OF war re-
oeEved a caIle message fn0m Gen.
Rnooke, chairman of the Porto Rican
evacuation commission at San Juan,
on the ed, saying that 500 more Span
ish troops had ersbarked for home.
Fen. Aaron j. Pratt, CT Albany,
former member OF the New York leg
islatue, who was in Denver, Col. Wis
fting his daughter, died suddenly. on
the 22d, of congestion Of the brain
A dispatch, received in London fnom
Gen. Raca, president-eleet OF Argen-
tina, says there will be no war he
tween that country and Chilli
Admiral Cervera arrived in Madrid
On the 22d There were no incidents
worth noting in connection with his
arrival at the capital.
1t is understood in Yokohama that /
the japanese government has decided
TO negotiate a foreign loan of $50 ,eoO,-
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The steamer AIixi arrived at Seattle,