Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-10-19
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
The Windsor hotel at Hudson, Y. Y,
was destroyed by fire early on the
morning of the 18th, and Wallace <.
Hall, drummer for Il Philadelphia
publishing house, was suffocated. All
the other guests escaped in their night
clothes, losing their baggage. The
porter of the hotel, alone, saved the
lives of ten women. There were many
very narrow escapes. The property
loss exceeds $4,000.
Lieut., Harry Caldwell, Admiral Dew
ey's secretary, upon his return to his
home in Quincy, ILL.,, will be presented
with a silver loving cup, which has
been designed in imitation of the gold
cup presented to Admiral Dewey in
New York. Lieut.. Caldwell. during the
battle of May 1, 1898, fought one of the
Olympia's secondary batteries.
The authorities were informed, on
the 18th. from reliable sources that an
outbreak in the poorer districts of Ma
Mia had been carefully planned for
daylight of the 18th. 1t failed to oc
eur, probably on account of the Wig
thorities, who had been fully advised
of the attempted uprising.
The latest news from the conflict in
South Africa, to the 18th, shows KIM
berley invested, Mafeking completely
isolated, railways cut and stations
seized and fortified by the Beers. 1t
was believed that prevailing rain and
snow storms would rob the Beers of
anticipated early successes.
The press of Berlin point out that
at the recent reception to Gen. Ben
jamin Harrison, he was especially hon
ored by Emperor William, his majesty
even disregarding the rules of court
etiquette by seating Gen. Harrison at
the table of honor reserved for MEM
bers of the royal families.
Chauncey NJ. Depew was asked, on
the 18th. when the will of the late Cor
nelius Vanderbilt was likely to be pro-
bated. and he replied that the matter
had not been decided by those directly
interested, and that no conference had
been held regarding the matter lately.
Conyngham Greene. from Pretoria,
and Consul Evans from Johannes
burg. have arrived at Cape Town. Mr..
Greene was accorded a magnificent re-
ception. \ crowd of 5000 persons, who
had gathered, sang Rule britannia
and "God Save the Queen
The Lutheran seminary at Hamlinc.
Mimi. midway between Minneapolis
and st. Paul. was dedicated, on the
18th, in the presence of an audience OF
1000 persons.
The yachts Columbia and Shamrock
succeeded in getting a race. on the
10th, after many trials, the course be-
ing 30 miles, the first half against and
the remainder with the wind. which
blew II miles an hour. The Columbia
finished nearly one and half miles
ahead of the Shamrock
The Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
on the 10th, that, effective
October 20. it will cut the rate of pack
ing house products to Galveston, Beau
mont and Houston, Tex, 13 cents per
hundred pounds. The old rate was
So cents, and the Pittsburg & Gulf will
make it AZ cents.
Twenty-Five carloads of mules for
the Transvaal, purchased in the Kan
sas City (Mo.) market by the English
government within the previous ten
days, were started for New Orleans
on the 10th. Another train load will
follow for the same point within
few days
The transport Sedgewick sailed. on
the 18th, from Havana for New York,
with the home battalion of the Second
artillery. She carried also 40 first class
civilians, Is convalescents and nine
general prisoners for Fort Columbus.
petition in bankruptcy was filed,
on the 10th. by Alfred II. Sax, New
York city salesman, with liabilities of
SS47,51O, on notes made jointly by the
petitioner with Max and Julius Sax
and Adolph Blatz, in Nashville, Tenn,
in 1891. No assets.
VIM. Wallace Thayer, formerly gov
ernor and chief justice of Oregon, died
at his home near Portland, on the
10th, of cerebral congestion, aged ~
years. He was born in Livingston
New York. and went to Ore
gon in 1862.
Count Hohenan, commanScr of the
German gardes du corps, will &C to
Spain on November 2, to present to
King Alfonso the decoration of the or
der of the Black Eagle, which has been
conferred upon him by the German
emperor.
Prof. Edward Orion, first president |
IF the Ohio State university and since |
professor of geology, died suddenly at |
ais home in Columbus, o., while sitting /
n his chair. at B.: As p. m. on the 10th.
he was 20 years of age.
The ocean cable companies announce
hat messages exchanged with South
Africa are subject to censorship at
Aden. and that Natafs communication
With the Orange Free State and the
Transyaal is suspended.