Iron County register., 1898-09-01
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

| ON the night of the 23d, Gen. Correa,
minister of war, read a telegram from
Capt.-Gen. Blanco, in which he informed
| the government that the Cuban insur-
gents continued attacking the Spanish
everywhere. In consequence of this
report, the council instructed Gen.
Blanco to resume an offensive attitude
toward the insurgents only.
THE second days session of the twen-
ty-fourth annual convention of the
American Bankers association at Den.
yer, Col, on the oath, was called to or
der by President Hendrix with prac-
tically a full attendance of delegates.
The days session was devoted to the
discussion of practical banking ques-
tions.
DR. EDMUND J. JAMES, professor of
political science in the University of
Chicago, has heen appointed dean of
the new teachers college, organized by
the university on the foundation Gre
ated by Mrs. Emmons Blaine.
THE statement of the condition of
the treasury, issued on the oath,
showed: Available cash balance, $780,
93s, s14; gold reserve, S2O6, 375, ,o49.
THE queen regent of Spain has
signed the royal decree convening the
cortes for September 5.
LIEUT.. WIN. 81. OSBORN, of the First
cavalry, died at Montauk Point, L. l.,
on the oath, of yellow fever. This OFF,
Ger had been selected for assignment
to duty at the military academy.
The tugboat Marian, of the Penn
sylvania railroad, sunk at South Am
boy, N. j., on the oath. All the crew
escaped except the pilot, James Hen
nessey, who was drowned.
REAR-ADMIRAL SCHLEY, completely
recovered from his late illness, re-
joined his flagship, the Brooklyn, at
New York on the 25th.
THE gross earnings from operation
of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad for
the month of July, 1898. were s., 2,3O5, ,991,
an Increase of $50, ,499.
THE statement of the condition of
the treasury, issued on the 25th,
showed: Available cash balance, S2S4,-
230, ,s96; gold reserve, S2Os. .OO6, ,O63.
THE four big monitors, Terror, Puri-
tan, Miantonomah and Amphitrite, and
the cruiser Montgomery, have been
ordered by the navy department to
Newport, r. /. 1t had been thought
the monitors would be used in the
large ports of Cuba and Porto Rico,
but it has now been decided to hold
them north.
A Madrid dispatch says; Everyone
is now anxious that peace treaty be
signed at once, and there is some ap-
prehension lest the government ham
per the peace commissioners with ridic-
ulous instructions. Referring to the
proposal that the government de-
mand compensation for the piers and
public buildings in Cuba, FL Nacional
says: we might as well claim the
roads, mountains and barren fields
AT meeting of the Woman's Ma
tional War Relief association at the
Windsor hotel, in New York, on the
23d, it was announced that Miss Helen
NJ. Gould had given S25, 100 to purchase
food and delicacies for the i'll and
wounded soldiers at Camp Wikoff.
One of the results of the sojourn of
the Spanish officers, prisoners of war,
at Annapolis, Id, will be a double
wedding. Lieut.. Enrique Laceerva will
wed Miss Clara w. Duff, of Baltimore,
and Lieut.. Juan Cavanelles will lead
Miss Mamie Hayes, of Annapolis, to
the altar.
Ex-Secretary John Sherman is quoted
as saying: ''Gen. Miles is soldier,
and, like soldiers. is straightforward,
truthful man. He is no more afraid of
an issue than he is of an Indian, and
when he comes back to Washington
and tells what he knows an investiga-
tion of the war department will be in
evitable."
The president is seriously thinking
of asking the senior Massachusetts
senator. George f. Hoar, to take the
place which will soon be vacated by
Ambassador Hay, and he is restrained
only by hi s reluctance to remove Sena-
tor Hoar from the position he now
holds,
The San Francisco Merchants ex-
change received news, on the 26th,
from Unalaska confirming the report
of the wreck of the bark Guardian.
The captain and crew landed at I'm
alaska. The Guardian was bound
from Kotzebu Sound for Seattle and
ran aground during a fog on Tegalda
island.
The authorities of Dover, Del, be-
lieve they have wound Il web around
Mrs. Ada Botkin, charged with having
sent the poisoned candy, from which
she can not disentangle herself. They
are now patiently awaiting her arrival
from San Francisco.
Rev. Thompson Rowland, Baptist
preacher for so years, died at his
home near Eddyville, KY, on the 25th,
of hydrophobia. He was almost
chewed to death by mad dog several
weeks ago. The victim died in great
agony. He was as years of age.
A statement prepared by direction of
the commissioner of Internal revenue
shows that for July :he average daily
shipment oe intern1l revenue StaE.rs
aggregated. in numbers, 22.1:5.j2-.
Counting 81 days TO the month. the
total is show nto have been GA, ,939, ,129.
Japan wants to buy ;lIa I.:rirnne is
lands from the United States or Spian.
and is willing to pay a good price for
them, according to late japanese pa
pers received. Japan wants to extend
her fishing" industry in that dirrc-
ton.
Mrs. Ada Botkin. under arrest in San
Francisco on the charge of sending
the box of poisoned candy which
caused the death of Mrs. j. P. Dunning
and her sister, Mrs. J. r. Deane, of
Dover, Del, lived in Kansas City, Mo-,
IL or Is years ago. The family was
prominent in social and financial cir
cles there for number of years.
The Spanish transports San Fran