Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-15
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
NJ. Trairux, former French minister
of justice, gave a dinner and reception
in Paris, on the 10th, in honor of
Lieut.-Col. Picquart. Among those
present were the Prince and Princess
of Monaco, Nine. NJ. Matthew Dreyfus
and others prominent in the movement
for Dreyfus' revision. NJ. Matthew
Dreyfus threw himself into Picquart's
arms, while Nine. Dreyfus was SO much
overcome that she tainted.
The Filipino occupation of the prov
ince of Cavite has been broken and, rs
the result OF late movements, the
Americans now control the important
coast towns of Paranaque and Las
Pinas, while Il long line of insurgent
trenches facing our south line has
been cleared. In the fighting leading
to these results four American soldiers
and hundreds of Filipinos were killed.
The Buffalo On. ~ police stopped the
base ball game between the Buffalos and
Kansas Citys, on the 18th. in the last
half Of the ninth inning, and arrested
the IS players. The men were taken to
the station and charged with violating
the Sunday law. President Franklin
went security for the appearance of
the players.
Seven thousand people, on the 10th.
attended the one hundred and seventh
anniversary of the killing of Col.
Crawford by Indians at Upper San
duSky. O. The celebration was held
near the place where Col. Crawford
was buried.
The United States cruiser Olympia,
with Admiral Dewey on board, arrived
at Singapore, on the 18th, from Hong
Kong. Admiral Dewey's health con-
tined to improve. The Olympia will
probably leave Singapore on the 10th.
Three of the largest shops connect
ed with the Armstrong-Wh ord,
nance works at Newcastle-on-Tyne
England, We're destroyed by fire on
the 18th. The damage is estimated at
6 100000.
Company F, Seventh infantry, which
has been garrisoning Fort Thomas, o..
left for San Francisco, on the 10th, via
ST. Louis, on orders 10 go to Alaska,
Capt. Charles A. Booth in command.
Mr. Bellamy Storer, United States
minister to Spain, Mrs. Storer, Mr..
Stanton Sicllles, secretary of the lega-
ton, and their servants, arrived at
Madrid on the 10th.
Two officers of the Chasseurs were
arrested at Nice, CT the 18th, for
shouting ''Nive farmee," and ''Abas
les traitors"
The Authors Club Of London gave
a dinner, on the 18th, to Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens) and Sir Spencer
Walpole, secretary of the post office.
Mr.. Clemens, in replying TO a toast,
referred to the outbIrst of American
sympathy during the Hines of Mr..
Rudyard Kipling, and expressed the
hope that his illness would a. least
serve to bring America and England
closer in the bonds of friendship.
The municipality Of Havana has pre-
sented to Gen. Maxine Gomez cert-
ficate naming him as an adopted son
of the city. In short letter, which
appeared on the 18th, he thanked the
givers for the honor conferred, and
said that nothing could touch him
more than this illustration of the
friendship of the people of Cuba, WHO
could always depend ON his loyalty.
\ respectfully dressed, elderly man.
who gave his name as j. L. Dickey,
was arrested in front of the White
House, on the 18th, and driven to po-
lice headquarters. 1t was stated that
he was arrested because he answered
the description of man who had es
capped from the insane asylum of WASH
ington county, \. "
As the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cific west-bound express train pulled
into Geneseo, ILL.,, 16O miles south o:
Chicago, on the 18th, three cars left
the track and crashed into stock
train standing on II siding. Fifteen
persons were injured and the three
passenger cars were demolished.
Negotiations for the organization of
the proposed consolidation of iron and
steel sheet mills of the country have
been declared Off until fall. Promoter
w. II. Moore, of Chicago, the leading
spirit in the organization, desires to
take rest from all active business for
two months after July /.
In the Spanish cortes. on the 18th,
Senior Silvela, the premier. read the
convention between Spain and Ger
many whereby the former cedes to the
latter the Caroline, Ladrone and
Pelew islands. The convention was re-
ferred to a special committee for con-
sideration and report.
With the conclusion of the negotia-
tons pending for Franco-American
reciprocity treaty the French ambas-
sador, NJ. Cambon, will go abroad for
the summer.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury issued ON the 18th showed:
Available cash balance, S272, 412, PTS;
gold reserve, $234,34s,676.