Iron County register., 1899-08-31
. LATE NEWS ITEMS.

IA = NEWo CMos
/ Mulai-Abd-El -El-AziZ, the sultan OF Mo-
rocco, had narrow escape during Il
recent thunderstorm, when an electric
bolt killed several persons, including
two court ushers who were standing
within few feet of his majesty. The
occasion was the birthday of the
prophet and the sultan was receiving
tribal gifts in the quadrangle of the
palace in the city of Morocco.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Allen
has advised the Dewey reception COM
mittee in New York that the depart
ment finds it ineXpedient to grant the
request to have the old frigate Con-
stitution take part in the naval pa
rade. The ship is regarded too valu-
able relic to be subjected to the risk
attending a trip from Boston to New
York.
\ statement of the receipts of the
Philippine islands from the date of
occupation by the United States gov
ernment to July last, shows that the
total receipts from all sources for the
period named was $5,249,411. The re-
ceipts from all sources by ports for
the above-named period were: Manila,
s., ,24S3 Iloilo, $265, 800; Cebu, $780,
l36.
The Anti-Semites ofParis assert that
they are conveying food supplies by an
underground passage to Jules Guerin,
the anti-Semite agitator and his be-
leaguered companions at the head
quarters of the Anti-Semite league in
the Rue de Chabrol.
According to advices from Ponte
vedra, capital of the province of the
same name, northeast of Nigo, IN
Spain, a soldier belonging to the sani-
tary Gordon at that point was killed,
on the 27th, by bullet from Portu-
guese territory.
DR.. Campos Sales, president of Bra
Zil, in the course of an interview
granted. on the 27th, to a correspond
ent of the press, declared that Brazil
would take no part in the Pan-Ameri
can exposition in Buffalo.
The thirteenth annual report OF the
Denver d Rio Grande railroad shows
substantial increase of business dur
ing the year ended June 80, as follows:
Income, $9,3SO, ,574; increase over pre-
vious year, $975,245.
DR.. Max Thorner, a widely-known
ear and nose specialist of Avondale,
o., dropped dead suddenly at his home
in that city, on the 9th, of heart dis
ease.
y case of bubonic plague has de-
velOped in the Oporto prison.
81 the falling of - steel arches De.
ing used in the construction of the
coliseum in Chicago and each weigh
ing SO tons. on the 2Sth. six wOrkmen
were killed and Il large number were
fatally or seriously injured. The con-
tractors were about to turn their fin
ished work over to the builders.
Owing to the development of five
cases of yellow fever of mild type
among the United States troops at
Havana, in Cabanas fortress, the con-
tingent there was removed, On the
2sth. to Il camp about mile away. 1t
is believed that this will prevent any
general outbreak.
FrankfCrt-on-the-Mai was gaily
decorated with flags. on the 2Sth. in
honor of the one hundred and fifth an
riversary of the birth of Goethe, which
was celebrated on that day. The birth
place of the poet was crowded with
visitors from all parts of Europe and
America.
The comptroller of the treasury has
| decided that the navy personnel bill,
which equaliZed the pay of the army
and navy officers does not give to the
aides of admirals and rear-admira!s
the increased pay of officers of the
| army serving as aides to generals.
Walter Wellman. the leader of the
Wellman polar expedition. who re-
turned to Tromsoe, Norway, August
| II, after having successfully complet-
ed explorations in Franz Josef land,
arrived at Hull, England, on the 2Sth.
Gen. Juan Isadro Jiminez. the revo-
lutionary aspirant to the presidency of
the republic of Santo Domingo. ar
| rived at Santiago de Cuba, on the 2Sth.
| with his two sons, by the South Coast
boat, but was not permitted to land.
What was apparently an earthquake
| shock visited Wabash, Ind, at 2:15 p.
M. of the 2Sth. There was loud rum
| bling proceeding from the earth and
slight oscillating motion. The shock
| lasted but a second.
Gen. Wood cabled the war depart
ment, OF the 2Sth, that Maj. Russell
Harrison was considered TO be improv-
| ing. His temperature was normal, but
he was still weak and not out of dam
ger.
j. NJ. Sinclair, high sheriff of Done
gal, Ireland. committed suicide, on the
2Sth. on account of rumors that his
daughter had been drowned. The
story LATER turned out to be false
According to reports from Johannes
burg the h"rghers are everywhere ex-
changing Martins for Mausers.