Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-09-14
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Dreyfus court-martial at
Rennes, France, came to an end, on
the 9th, with the rendering of a ver-
dict of guilty, with eNtenuating cir
cumstances, against the unfortunate
man. The verdict carries with it a
sentence of ten years confinement in
fortress. The court stood five to two
for conviction.
The Dreyfus verdict caused feel
ing almost of stupefcation in Berlin.
1t had been hoped that the statement
of the Riechsanzieger, as emenating
directly from Emperor William, would
have rendered impossible the repeti-
ton of what is described as lone of
the greatest judicial and political
crimes of any age"
Mrs. Mary Gallagher, aged 35, vie
of Flick Gallagher, mill man of Port
Perry, Pa, poisoned herself and three
of her children with Iau,ianum on the
9th. The woman and her four-months
old baby died, on the 10th, but the two
daughters, aged five aI-G seven, may
recover.
a New Yorker, Duke Jospeh Flori-
mond de Loubat, a resident of Paris,
has founded a professorate in the Uni
versity of Berlin for Americans, at Il
cost of 100000 marks. The emperor
must confirm the foundation before it
is valid.
The mining companies of the Mar
quette (AIich.) range have granted
voluntary raise in wages of ten cents
a day, to take effect on the 1st- The
raise affects both underground AMI
surface men, numbering several thou
sand.
The Paris Steele has opened a SUBJ
scriptiOn to erect an eXpiatory monl.
ment in front of the Palace of Justice
At Rennes to remind the future gener-
atoms of the outrage on justice per-
petrated in the Dreyfl,s trial and YER
dict.
The revisionst press of Paris COM
deepest Indignation, declaring that the
battle between the civil and military
will continue until the victory rescs
with the court of cessation.
The special committee to invite the
governor general of Canada and mem
bers of his cabinet to attend the fall
festivities in Chicago next month, left
that city, on the 10th, for Quebec to
make the presentation
Rev. o. III. Sproul, presiding elder Of
the Methodist church for the Aberdeen
district, died suddenly AZ Worthwhile,
S. D., on the 10th. while preaching.
Secretary Root, on the 18th, adj
dressed a note to the governors of all
the states, advising them that a cen
trail Porto Rican relief committee had
been constituted for the purpose of Sc
curing method and Il common under
standing among the various commit
tees engaged in the collection of
money and supplies for the work Of
relief and to prevent confusion and
waste of effort, and urging continued
liberality il behalf of the storm suf-
ferers.
Fisherman who have returned to
Halifax, \. S., from the cod-fshiny
grounds on the Labrador coast, report
a serious condition Of affairs. The
cod fishery has oeen almost an abso-
lutte failure and all tessels were re-
turning with small fares. AS the fish
cries are the chief support of the peO-
pie, it is feared their failure will be
followed by starvation in many parts
of Labrador unless assistance is rem
dered.
Capt. Thomas Phelan, of Kansas
City, Mo-, an ex-captain of United
States volunteers md n broadswords- |
man and crack pistol shot, has issued |
a challenge to Count Esterhazy to |
fight him duel in yInlication of Capt. |
Alfred Dreyfus. He charges Esterhazy |
with responsibility for the sufferings |
of Dreyfus, and offers the challenge |
because the latter, being under re- |
straint, is unable 20 do 50.
The navy department reached d final |
on the 18th, to assign |
Norman H. Farquahar
to command of the North Atlantic
squadron to succeed admiral Sampson
and to place the latter in command
of the Boston navy yard to fill the va
eancy caused by The recent death o.
Picking, the transfer to take
place October 10.
Gen. Schwan telegraphed from Ma
Mia, on the 18th, to Gen. Corbin as fol-
lows: Gen. Lawton pronounces ut
terly foundationless newspaper re-
ports of interviews asserting that he
on the military situationor
criticized conduct Of operations here.
He declares beforehand as false all fu-
.ure accounts of such interviews"
An earthquake that did considerable
damage to buildings, but no personal
injury, visited Skaguay, Alaska, re-
,ently.
Mrs. Paul Gilmore, wife of the we'll
known actor. died suddenly at Du-
ougue, Ia. on the 18th, of heart fail
Ire.