Iron County register., 1899-10-26
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Another battle, lasting over eight
hours, in which infantry, artillery and
cavalry were used with great effect
was won by the Britishov their stub.
born foes on the 22d. 1t was begun al
Dundee and, covering much ground, was
ended at and will be known as the bat
/ tie of Talana hill. The loss on both
sides was heavy, that of the Beers be
4 ing frightful.
| On the 22d Gen. Funston wired from
! San Francisco to the war department
/ his acceptance of the appointment OF
'brigadier general in the newly-formed
volunteer service. Gen. Funston will
! return to Kansas with the Kansas vol
unteers who will be mustered out on
the 2Sth. He then will report at Wash
| ington for duty in the Philippines.
William Wilke, aged 10, died, on the
night of the 22d, one hour after receiv-
ing blows ON the nose, jaws and Fit
of the stomach in a prize fight with
| Charles CheHus, aged 10, in the base
ment of the Wilke home. The boys
belonged to amateur clubs, and fought
for a So purse. Chelius was arrested.
1t is stated that within another year
.at least $500 more men will be ena-
lplcyed in and about the copper mines
i'm the immediate vicinity of Calumet,
Mich. 1t is also said that of this mum
| ber the Calumet and Hecla Co. will
employ no less than i 800 new men be-
fore the middle of next summer.
n special cable, received at Omaha,
Neb, on the a2d, announced the death,
in the Philippines, of Maj. Guy How
ard, son of Gen. O. q. Howard. The
cablegram was received by Judge ].
NJ. Woolwo~th, father-in-law of Maj.
Howard, and said Maj. Howard was
killed in action on the ,21st.
The Dewey home committee, which
has in charge the purchase of home
in Washington for the admiral, with
the money received from popular sub
scrpition, have selected house No 1747
Rhode Island avenue, Northwest,
known as the ''Fitch house."
There will be no strike of telegraph
operators ON the Big Four railway. \
strike is impossible without the COLI
sent and cooperation of the affiliated
organizations. of trainmen and firemen,
and these have positively refused their
consent.
The registration in Greater New
York WAS completed ON the 22d. The
total registration was 476,711.
The Forty-fifth volunteer infantry,
Col. Dorst commanding, left st. Paul,
Num-, ON the 22d.
The commissioner of internal rev.
.enue is rapidly returning to tax pay
,ers taxes collected on beer on hand
June II, 1898, and produced and tax
paid prior to that date. OF the 7S0
claims presented from the Cincinnati
district 800 have been allowed, and the
amount claimed paid. The taxes now
being returned were assessed and col
leeted under the act of June 13, 1895
AT meeting of the hoard of direc-
tors of the New York Central & Hud
sou River railroad, on the 23d- author
ity was given for an increase of $15,-
00Cy0G0 in the capital stock of the road,
which will make the total capitaliza-
tion $115.OO0,0O The additional caI,i-
tai is TO be used in the requirement of
equipment.
The auxiliary gunboat Scorpion, now
al -No1lOihs IIdLh DSOIi AZ NiA~
transportation of the Isthmusiau
Canal commission to Nicaragua and
Colon The vessel is all ready for sea,
and it is expected that the commits
sion will be able to sail by the end &C
the month
Mr. William L Buchanan has re-
signed his position as United States
minister to Argentine to take effect
at the expiration of his leave of alb
sence. His resignation was accepted,
on the 23d, and VIM p. Lord. of Ore
gon, was commissioned as his success
SOr.
The Secreary of the treasury, on the
23d, issued a warrant in favor of the
governor of Michigan for $20,599. be-
ing the first installment of the amount
due for expenses incurred by the statc
in aiding the United States to raise the
volunteer army in the war with Spain
The war department is considering
the desira bility of having a Cuban OK
hibition ut the Paris exposition. Sec
retary Root has had talk on the sub
ject with Mr.. Queseda, the CGban con-
missioner, and the latter is to draw
up a memorandum on the subject.
Owing to international complications
that may possibly arise out of the war
in South Africa it is expected that
British war ships will remain at st.
Johns ard Halifax throughout the
winter.
Ex-President Cleveland was asked,
on the 23d, for his opinion on affairs
in the Transvaal. He said he did not
care to say anything now on any pub
tic question.
Col II. W. Huntington, of the marine
corps. has been retired, to take effect
January 10 next.