Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-02-17

On the night of the 9th, the jury IN the
case of Adolph L. Luetgert, of Chicago.
charged with wife murder, brought ia
a verdict of guilty, and fixing his pun
ishment at imprisonment for life.
ORDERS were received at department
headquarters at Vancouver barracks,
Portland, Ore, on the 9th, to send four
companies of United States troops to
Dyea and Skaguay as soon as possible.
This order is issued on account of
threatened lawlessness at the two
points mentioned. Cos A, 3, Ct and II
of the Fourteenth infantry, under COM
mand of Col. I. NJ. Anderson, will sail
as soon as transportation can be fur
nished.
PROF. EDWARD J. JAMES, of the Uni
versity of Chicago, has been nominated
by the bureau of education at Wash
ington to represent the United States
government as delegate to the lnterna-
tional Congress of Commercial Instruc-
ton, at Antwerp, to be held April 16,
1898.
a DISPATCH from Washington, on the
morning of the 10th, stated that the
Spanish government had recalled Min
avow the sentiments contained in the
Canalejas letter. Senior De LONE will
not present his recall in person.
WALTER BARKER, American consul at
Sagua La Grande, Cuba, writes that
the alcalde had stated that 5000 recon-
centradoes in the city were starving.
The congressional relief fund was ex-
hausted, and American citizens were in
the same plight as the reconcentradoes.
A MEMORIAL was presented to the
president, on the 9th, by a delegation
New York business men, representing
a large number of well-known firms in
that city, asking that prompt action be
taken by the government looking to the
re-establishment of peace in Cuba.
PAUL KRUGER has been reelected
president of the South African repub-
lie. The total number of votes cast was
1923. President Kruger received 49,
764; Schalkburger, 3,716, and Joubert,
1913.
THE loss of life and destruction of
property by the fire at Thirteenth and
Pine streets, Pittsburgh, Pa, on the
night of the 9th, was the greatest in the
history of that city. At least II persons
were killed, 81 are missing and over a
score injured and property valued at
81, 500, 900 was destroyed.
THE Cincinnati Price Current, on the
10th, said: There is continued re-
stricted movement of hogs. Western
killings, 445, 900, compared with 100000
the preceding week, and $4,000 last
year. From November 1 the total is
7,O4O, 900, against 5,s15, 900 a year ago"
IN the British house of commons, on
the 10th, Michael Davitt's amendment
to the address in reply to the speech
from the throne, calling attention to
the distress in Ireland and the failure
of the potato crop, was rejected by 235
to 153 votes.
STATE SENATOR ROBERT J. HANDY,
prominent as the leader of the Addicl1s
faction of the republican party in Della
ware, died suddenly at his home in
Holly Oak, on the 10th.
SENIOR JUAN L. CUEsTAs, the presi-
dent of Uruguay ad interim, has exc
cuted his threatened coup d'etat and,
on the 10th, issued decree dissolving
the assembly.
MINISTER De LOMEs resignation was
promptly accepted, on the 10th, by the
Spanish government.
REV. VIM. c. CATTEL, D. D., Ii. D.,
for 20 years president of Lafayette col
lege, died at his home in Philadelphia
on the 18th. DR.. Cattel was one of the
most distinguished Presbyterian di-
vines in the country.
THE decree accepting Senior Dupuy
De Lome's resignation as minister of
Spain to the United States was signed
in Madrid, on the 18th, and gazetted
on the 18th.
On the 18th the associated banks of
New York city held $50, 437, $50 in ex-
cess of the 25-per-cent. rule.
A PRIVATE cablegram from San Jose
de Guatemala, received in New York
city. on the 18th, reported everything
quiet in the city and throughout the
country.
A DISPATCH from Glasgow says the
Spanish government hiss requested the
Clydebank Ship Building Co. to push
work on Spanish vessels.