Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-10-12

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and band of scouts attached to The
former regiment, advanced from linus
on the 9th, driving the insurgents
from the entire west bank of the linus
river.
The Washington Post, of the 4th
said: lon the first day of the ap
preaching session of congress the sen
ate financial bill will be introduced in
that body. 1t will not be on the same
lines as the house bill, but it will de-
clare without equivocation for the gold
stanNard.''
The. advertising car of the Northern
Pacific railway, containing specimens
OF mineral, cereal and fruit produces
of the west, was consumed by fire, on
the 9th. 1t contained also many rare
specimens of animals which it will be
impossible to replace. The loss is sup
posed to be in the neighborhood oi
S75,O0O,. and is insured.
DIR. Calvin Ellis, class of 40. OF Cam.
bridge, Mass, who died in 1883, and
whose will has just been probated, left
to Harvard university $4,000 Most
of this sum is to be devoted to the ed
ucation of his descendants, and the
remainder for maintaining three pro-
fessors in the medical school.
News received from Johannesburg.
filed there on the I'd, indicates that the
last rush of Europeans to leave the
town had occurred. They crowded the
tIains like sardines, occupying every
possible inch on the trucks. Consid-
cradle anxiety was felt with regard 5tc
the few who remained behind
The second attempt of the Shamrock
and the Columbia to try conclusions
for theccoveted Americas cup proved
q failure, on the 9Th, the wind proving
too light and variable to admit of either
vessel finishing within the time limit.
The great crowds assembled to wit
ness. the race again went home disaE-
pointed.
Sixteen missionaries, sent by the
Baptist Missionary union, sailed from
Boston, on the steamer Nictaria ON
the 4th, for posts in Asia. Farewell re-
captions held in fremont temple were
continued at the wharf, where group
Of prayerful men and women assem-
bled to encourage the departing mis-
sionaries.
The president, on the 4th, directed
the immediate dispatch to the Philip
pinesuof n number of vessels of the
navy. including the cruiser Brooklyn
and the gunbOats Marietta ana
hnRhoiS This action iS hn OF
Rn,interview with Admiral Dewey, in
which he went over the Philippine sit
patton with the president.
Onesof the most remarkable features
miraL Dewey received the sword voted
to him by congress. from the hands OF
the president, was the ovation to Rea=-
Admiral Schley, on the return of the
party from the capitol to the White
House, which scarcely ranked below
that accorded to the sadmiral himself.
The elimination of Admiral Deweye
triEmphal Homecoming was reached
in Washington, on thes3d, in the slaaei.
ow sof the dome of the, national ca pi-
tel, where gle received from the hands
OF the president and in the presence
OF admiring multitudes, the magnffi-
cent ieweled sword voted. tim by cou-
gresS in commemoration ksf the vie
tory of MapEa bay.
The rsaayy d. partment .as,vsen as the
war department, having ikeen OBJ
structalI in the. acquisition. of1he lands
In Hawaii actually needed for their
purposes. partis ularly in the execu-
ton of tie Pearl habor Improvement,
the president, an the 4th, issred an
executive order declaring all sales OF
public laads in the islands .nuE and
void and snspendlng further sales.
In a decision handed down by tn,
United States court of appeals at Chi
cego, on the Sd, the verdict of $4,000
formerly given against the World's
Columbian Exposition Co., in favor ,ei
The Republic Of France, IS reversed and
q new trial ordered. The case resulted
from the burning of the Manufacture 4
ers' building at the Morld's fair. ir
which the French republic lost many
saluabls exhibits.
The Deutscher Colonial Zeitung. O
Eerlin, in an editorial on Liberia, says:
Liberia must necessarily soon cease
to exist. France and England are both
indulging in Vaccinations TO annex
the country. Liberia is of the greatest
value 10 Germany, especially the
Two-thirds of the Liberia
firms are Germans. and Germany mus
therefore see that she gets share OF
the territory or the whole"