Iron County register., 1899-04-06
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

that the years revenue for the United
Kingdom was Eli, 7,S57,353, a net in
crease of e1,S41,O39. Last quarters
revenue was e39,516,SS5.
The secretary of the navy received a
dispatch from Admiral Kautz, on the
3Oth, saying: situation is improving
since telegram of the 18th, via Sidney,
y. S. W."
The American fleet left Kingston,
Jamaica, on the 31st, at daylight, for
La Guayra, Venezuela, with the eXcep-
tion of the training ship Essex.
The French senate adjourned, on the
seth, until May 8, and the chamber of
deputies adjourned until May ,.
\ package of arsenic, enough TO kill
4G people, was found in the well of
William Floreth, a prominent citizen,
OF Baldwin, ILL.,, on the 3Oth, from
which drinking water is drawn for the
family's use. Mr.. Floreth discovered
the package. which he believes was
dropped in the well, but Il few minutes
before the discovery.
The motion for new trial in the
case of Frank Ainsworth, convicted of
murder, at Carrollton, ILL.,, was denied
by Judge Thompson, and the defend
ant was sentenced to 40 years at hard
labor in Chester prison.
The marquis de Corralbo, the chief
agent of Don Carlos, has gone to
Venice, according to Il dispatch to the
London Daily Graphic from Paris, to
report to the pretender and TO receive
his final instructions.
Pope Leo continues very feeble, and.
although he has been able to celebrate
mass couple of times. he was forced
tc remain seated throughout the entire
ceremony. He lost large amount o.
it. is this. coupled with the obstinate
refusal of the wound to heal, that is
responsible for his present condition.
Rear-Admiral Henry L. Howison for
mally assumed command of the new
South Atlantic squadron on the 3Otil.
He raised his flag on the cruiser
Chicago, the flagship, and was received
with a salute of Is guns.
Maj.-Gen. Jos. Wheeler called on the
president, on the 30th, and discussed
with the executive the situation at Ma
Mia. The president asked Gen. Wheeler
whether he would like to go to the
Philippines as major general of vol
unteers, and the latter quickly replied
that an assignment of duty in the Phil
ippines would please him greatly.
Gov.-Gen. Brooke has almost made
up his mind to send the 5000, 900 adj
vanced for the payment of the Cuban
troops back to the United States if the
Cuban military assembly does not give
up the army rolls.
Minister Hunter left New Orleans
for Honduras and Guatemala on the
3Oth. He will demand 900 indem-
nifty for the Pears killing in Honduras,
and the navy may help to collect it. He
will then go to Guatemala in the in
terests of the alleged filibusters under
arrest there.
Policeman VIM. Kilroy, of Nevada
City, Cal, was shot and killed, on the
31st, by Ed Moore, whom he was try
ing to arrest. Moore escaped to the
hills, and posse went in pursuit
Col Thomas NJ. Anderson was, on
the 31st, appointed brigadier general
in the reglar army to succeed Edwin
' Sumner, retired.
Postmaster-General Charles Emory
Smith has accepted an invitation to re-
spond to the toast of The Union" at
the Hamilton club dinner in Chicago
on the 10th.
Brig.-Gen. Henry c. Merriam has
been assigned to temporary command
of the department of Missouri in adj
dition to his duties as commander OF
the department of the Colorado.
Putnam BradAe Strong, reported
by Gen. Otis as wounded, is the son of
Strong, of New York city.
Failures for the week ended on the
31st, as reported by r. G. Dun & Co.,
we're: For the United States, 1874,
against 220 for the corresponding
week last year, and &c in Canada,
against 81 last year.
News reached Seattle, Wash. on the
31st, that Chief Moses, the well-known
indian, died at his home on the Colville
reservation on the 25th.
Lord Charles Frohman has purchased
George Edwards interest in the Duke
Of York theater, thus becoming sole
lessee of the building.
The wholesale hardware house of
Miller, Schloss & Scott, at San Fran !
,isco, was almost entirely destroyed |
BY fire, on the night of the 31st, III.
total loss being estimated at about |
100000. The firm occupied a four |
story and basement brick building, |
md carried one of the largest and fin |
st stocks of hardware on the Pacific |
,oast.
The passenger steamer Stella, plying !
between Southampton, England, and |
he Channel islands, crashed upon the |
dreaded Casquet rocks, near the Island !
IF Alderney, during dense fog, on the |
list, and foundered in ten minutes. |
About 20 lives were lost, including the
captain, who went down standing on |
he bridge.
The number of companies incorpo-
-ated in the state of New Jersey, dur
ng the month of March, was $50, cr |
which there were paid filing fees
mounting to $4,000. There were SIS
.1mpanies whose authorized capital |
S1,OOO,OOO each. The aggre-
rate authorized capital of these go
was Sill, 100000.
\ dispatch from Bucharest says that
here is general impression there
hat Turkey is actively preparing for
var with Bulgaria. Trains laden with
var material are constantly running
rom Constantinople to Adrianople