Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-02-02


suddenly in his room at the Continent
tai hotel in Philadelphia on the 25th.
Heart disease was the cause of his
death.
At mass-meeting of women at Ca
vite. Philippine islands, it was enthusi-
astically resolved to petition Aguinal-
do for permission to take mems places
in defense of independence, and to
bear arms if necessary.
.
On the 25th the National Convention
of Manufacturers at Cincinnati was
stirred up by a resolution being Of
fered most earnestly petitioning the
senate promptly to ratify the treaty of
peace with Spain. The resolution was
adopted unanimously.
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The anniversary Of the blowing up
of the United States battleship Maine
in Havana harbor, February Is, is to
be fittingly commemorated by Ameri-
can residents in Havana, to which it
has also been decided to invite resident
Cubans and Spaniards.
The Third regiment of United States
engineers, which was organized in St.
Louis and is under command of Col.
Spencer, of ST. Louis, has been ordered
to Cuba A large number of the men
of the regiment and many of the Off
GERS are from ST. Louis and its vicinity
President F. e. Clark, d. D., of the
United Society of Christian Endeavor,
has sent "a birthday message to the
society in anticipation of the eight
teenth birthday of Christian Endeavor,
Thursday, February 2, in which he
urges the members to "raise their
standard"
The London papers are impressed
by the increasing gravity of the posi-
ton in the Philippines. They fear
that the defiant, passionate attitude
of the Filipinos renders war probable,
if not imminent. The Times advises
the United States to be prepared for
q serious struggle.
Senator Davis, from the committee
on foreign relations, on the 18th, Of
fered an amendment to the sundry
civil bill appropriating S20,GGG,Ooo to
be paid to Spain according to the
terms of the Paris treaty. The amend
ment has the Endorsement of the COM
mittee on foreign relations.
Capt. Arthur Fl. Lee, Royal artillery
Ito be raised to the rank of lieutenant
coloneD, who accompanied the Amer
lean army to Cuba and Porto Rico, and
who wrote so euiogistically of the
American regulars IN a recent maya
zine article, is to be military attache
of the British embassy at Washing
ton.
Thomas Douglas, of Warren, for
years one of the most prominent citi--
zens of northern Ohio, died, ON the
eth, aged Sc. He fought four years
with the Fourteenth Ohio battery, and
was among the first of the many abo-
litionists in that section, having had a
hand in the famous underground rail-
way system.
The war departments order of the
18th inst, providing that the Spanish
bank of Havana should collect the
taxes in Cuba for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1899, was revoked, on the
9th, by the secretary of war, and Gen.
Brooke, at the same time, was cabled
TO establish a system for the collec-
ton of the taxes.
The robbery of over 100000 from
PARIS bank in London, on the Esd
PARIS bank in London, on the 23d,
which has been the sensation of the
week, took dramatic turn, on the
26th, when the chairman of the bank
announced at a meeting of the share
holders that 100000 in the largest
notes had been returned to the bank
by post.
As result of a conference, at Ha-
vana, between Gov.-Gen. Brooke and
Gen. Leonard Wood, governor of the
military department of Santiago,
mutual understanding has been
reached regarding the customs re-
ceipts at Santiago. Santiago's $780,
600 will not be used in other prov
inces, but will be used to defray the
cost of works now under way.
The Chicago Young Peoples Chris
tian Temperance union, which has lust
formulated and sent out a plan for
lifting the entire debt from the
Woman's Temple and making it q
memorial to Miss Frances E. Willard.
is bending all it's energies to making
a great demonstration at the temple
on February IL, the first anniversary
of Miss Wizards Heavenly birth
day"
Senior Munoz Rivera, leader of the
local government, speaking for the peo-
pie of Porto Rico and referring to the
reported appointment of the colonial
commission says: 1T produces gen.
eral satisfaction. All Porto Ricans de-
sire sef-government, and applaud the
disposition of the authorities at Wash
ington to grant the same. It will win
profound sympathy among our people
for American"
On the 27th President Diaz appoint
ed Manuel Aspiraz, assistant secretary
of foreign relations, to be ambassador
to Washington. The appointment is
well merited. Senior Aspiraz had been
in constant touch with the late Am
bassador Romero, and knows all the
details of Mexico's relations with the
United States. He is a very able and
courteous diplomat. He speaks En-
glish, and has a charming family.
According to a1vices recei-ed at Lima
from the Desaguadro district, or inter
Alpine valley, in Bolivia and Peru, a