Iron County register., 1899-03-16
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A movement is OH foot at Santiago
de Cuba to persuade the United States
government to purchase San Juan hill
to be used as a public park. A certain
portion could be set apart to be used
| as a cemetery and the site of mortu-
ary church. A few thousand dollars
spent upon the rest would make a
beautiful recreation ground, including
a half-mile race tract, baseball dia-
mond and tennis grounds.
Mrs. j. Warren Keifer, wife of Maj
Gen. Keifer, died at Springfield, O., of
pneumonia on the 18th. She had been
| i'll but little over a week. Gen. Keifer
| and his son, Capt. Keifer, of his staff,
were on their way home from Havana,
but did not arrive in time to see her
alive. Mrs. Keifer was Ga years of age,
and married to Gen. Keifer in 1860.
The massive firewaIl on the east of
the eight-story structure at 207-211
Jackson boulevard, Chicago, which was
partly destroyed by a late fire, fell al
most without warning, on the 18th,
completely demolishing the adjoining
building and setting the ruins on fire.
A score of firemen barely escaped be-
ing caught under the mass of debris.
The Paris Eclair confirms the report
that the French government inquiry
regarding the explosion of the naval
powder magazine at La Goubran has
| shown that it was not of accidental
origin, and much credence is now
| given to the rumor that it was an
anarchist outrage.
The Filipinos hadapparentlyp planned
an attack upon the lines of Gen. Otis
and Gen. Hale, on the 18th, but their
courage seemed to fail them, though
| they fired signals and afterward kept
up the fusilade along the American
front for an hour.
The old Hungarian family of Ester
hazy has decided to apply to the Seine
| court for an injunction, prohibiting
Major Count Esterhazy from using the
title and arms of the Esterhazy fam
| lily, to which, it is said, he has no legal
right.
Many of the soldiers IN the Philip
pines have fallen in love with the coun-
try and are anxious to be mustered
out when their terms expire at Manila
and use their pay and passage money
to establish themselves in business.
The body of the late Princess Bis
marck was transferred, on the 18th,
from Varseip to Freidrichsruhe, where,
on April 1, 1t will be buried with the
body of the prince in the Bismarck
mausoieum.
After mature consideration on the
subject the war department has decid-
ed to take advantage of the provision
of the act by which Hawaii was an
neXed to the United States transfer
ring the public lands to the general
government, to acquire such tracts in
the islands as may be necessary for
military purposes.
Col. Picquart, in accordance with the
decision of the criminal section of the
French court of cessation, has been
handed over for trial to the civil au-
thorities. He has been transferred
from the Cherche Midi prison to the
prison of La Anto.
The political crisis in st. Johns, n.
F., continues. The premier, Sir James
Winter, is negotiating with Robert
Bend for coalition with the regular
opposition. The premier expects to Sc
cure a dissolution and to win the gen
eTal election.
The government has desired the Red
Cross society to take up the hospital
work in Cuba, sheltering the homeless
and caring for the sick. A Red Cross
staff started for Havana, on the 14th,
to- join the agents of the society al
ready there.
The French state railways, operated
under the control of the French gov
ernment, have placed an order with
the Baldwin locomotive works of Phil
adelphia for ten high-speed locomo-
tives, to be finished in few months.
EN-Gov. Fletcher, of Missouri, who
was stricken with paralysis in Wash
iEgton, about three weeks ago, is in
critical condition. He rallied from the
attack, and for awhile was considered
out of danger, but suffered relapse.
An oil well producing zoo to 800 bar
rels day was opened two miles west
of Marietta, o., on the 18th. The strike
caused much excitement in oil circles,
as the well was the first deep sand pro-
ducer opened close to the city.
The president has issued two procla-
nations relieving from further dis |
eliminating duties shipping from the
British West Indian islands of Trini- |
dad and Tobago.
David J. Baker, ex-judge of the Illi- |
nois supreme court, dropped dead of |
heart disease in his law office in Chi |
cago on the 18th.
Chief Justice Fuller stated. on the /
18th, that the United States supreme
court would t2ke a recess, on the Goth,
for two weeks.
Martin j. Carter, of Pennsylvania,
has been appointed United States coz.
sui at st. Johns, y. f.