Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-10-05
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Ielo, o., on the 2Sth, received large
additional order for wagons. to be
shipped by the British government tu
South Africa. The contract calls for
500 army wagons, to be ready IN &C
days. The factory is running day and
night on the order
A Manila dispatch of the 2Sth says
that five of the enlisted men of the
crew of the gunboat Urdaneta were
killed with Cadet Wood during the
fighting preceding the capture and de
struction of the vessel by Filipinos in
the Drain river, recently, on the north
side of Manila bay
The Dewey triumphal arch, erected
in New York city, as to be perpetuatetl
il marble, with some elaboration. as d
symbolic record of the deeds of the
navy. \ number of wealthy men
have taken the matter in hand, one of
whom (belieyed to be ]. Pierpont
Morgan) having said he would give his
check for $4,000, and make it $4,000
if necessary.
A Washington dispatch of the 2Sth
says the president is contemplating
the appointment of a civil governor
for the Philippines. He has BECOME
convinced that the situation Will be
improved if Gen. Otis is accorded re-
lief from the too great responsible
ties which now weigh upon him in his
dual capacity of military commander
and civil governor.
One of the most inspiring incidents
of the Dewey reception in New York
harbor occurred on the night of the
2Sth, when the steamer Warwick with
the Peoples Choral union, 200 strong
led by Frank Damrosch, serenaded the
admiral. They sang America" See,
the Conquering Hero Comes ''Star
Srangled Banner" March of the Men
of Harlech,' "Hallelujah Chorus"
from HandeIs Messiah" and other
selections.
'fWhy, Joe, how well you are look
ing said Admiral Dewey, as he greet
ed Capt. Coghlan, late of the Raleigh,
as he stepped on board the Olympia
on the 2Sth. whats this I've heard
about your learning to sing?" at the
same time giving him loving shake.
And then both laughed heartily at
the admi-ars sly reference to the
"Hoch der Kaiser" song.
One os the Olympia's sailors has
brought home two shells from the
Spanish admirars flagship, Reina Chris
tina. They are highly polished and
mounted on marble bases, They are
to be presented to Miss Helen Gould as
token of loving remembrance of
what she has done for the soldiers and
sailors.
Sixty cutters in the Excelsior Pearl
button factory at Muscatine, Ia,
struck, on the Goth, against reduc-
ton of ,one-half cent On cutting
gross of button blanks.
The congressional delegation ell
route to visit the proposed nationa!
forestry park site at Leech Lake, ar
rived at ST. Paul, Mimi, on the goth.
and were entertained by "a local COM
mittee.
AT Muncie, Ind, Miss gGoldie Coch-
ran, aged IA, struck a burglar, whom
she found in her room, on the goth,
with a silver-backed hairbrush and
badly injured him. The robber was
detected by the girl carrying valu-
able clock from the residence, when
she commanded him to drop the time
piece. This he did, and closing the
door, turned upon her, when she |
threw the brush, striking him in tine |
temple.
The war department, on the goth,
granted the request of the soldiers of
the Fifty-first Iowa, forwarded i
through Gov. Shaw, with his indorse-
ment, to be permitted to GO to Yoko- |
hama and make stop of two or three |
days there.
CommissionerLGenera Weber of tie |
exposition announced, |
on the Goth, that the Mexican govern
ment had accepted an invitation to es
tablish an exhibit at the exposition to
be held in Buffalo, N. Y, in 1901.
Three inches of snow fell at Mar
quette, Mich, on the 29th-
One of the results of the loss of the
Belle Isle, was the drowning of Is fe-
ma lie passengers, who were occupants
of the first beat that left the ship, and
which was swamped in the attempt to
land. Some hard stories are told of /
the robbery of the wrecked passengers
of their valuables by those who were
TO succor them.
The enlistment of recruits for the
Forty-fourth United States volunteers
beats all records in the history of Fort
Learenworth. Recruits are arriving
for this new volunteer regiment at the
rate of over 100 day, and on the 29th
|, 100 were in camp.
The mayor of Wyoming, ILL.,. has de-
creed that all churches of the town
giving pay entertainments must pay
the same license fee as eircuses. the
atrical companies and street exhibit
ions. All shows look alike &c the may
Or. and his decree will be strictly OBJ
served.
The people of Kansas have on deposit
n the banks of the state $55.000, 900.
Reports tc Bank Commissioner Bret
ienthal show 5000, 900 in state and
private banks. while it is estimated
hat 500 ,00O,O 900 is deposited in national
1anks.
The London Times. commenting on
he Dewey demonstrations, says:
There is no record of a single Earring
lote to mar the harmony of the occa-
ion. We in England can have no more
,leasant duty than to congratulate"
America upon the possession of her
'ailant seaman ard her exhibition Of I
legitimate pride in that possession"