Iron County register., 1899-08-24
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


Paris was the scene of the most seri-
Gus anarchist disturbances, on the
Goth, recalling some aspects of the
commune. Shops were rif1ed of their
contents and churches were wrecked,
rare works of art and costly ornaments
being wantonly destroyed, and furni-
ture piled up in the streets and burned.
The police were overwhelmed several
times, but finally gained the mastery
and a large number of rioters were
jailed
James P. Young, a private in Co. ID,
Thirtieth infantry volunteers, was
killed by n freight train at Evanston,
ILL.,, on the Goth, while on his way TO
Fort Sheridan to report after a days
absence. The body was strewn along
the tracks for a block, and the only re-
naming vestige of the uniform which
Young wore was a brass button found
on the roadbed.
On the night of the 10Th Mrs. Jennie
Weston drowned herself and her four
year-old son Bertie in cistern at the
family home in Pierre, S. d. There
was no one else at home except u
L
deeed was not known until next morn
ing. Family troubles are supposed to
have been the cause of the tragedy.
The transport Siam sailed from San
Francisco, for Manila, on the Goth,
with $50 mules which will be used for
military service in the Philippines. The
vessel will stop at Honolulu for sew
eral days and the mules will be given
run ashore as a rest from their
steamer voyage. Fifty experienced
drivers accompanied the animals.
Miss Viola Horlocker, who is resting
under $4,000 bond charged with hav-
ing attempted to take the life of Mrs.
Charles a. Morey by sending her box
of poisoned candy on April 10 last, Is
now in the insane asylum at Jackson
vile, Ill.
On the goth DR.. George n. Krieder,
the attending physician, said that Gov.
Tanner was suffering from malaria and
his fever was high. He will probably
be unable to attend to the duties of
his office for week.
Mai. Russell B. Harrison, inspector
general at Santiago de Cuba, is criti-
y
had progressed for three days before
being pronounced yellow fever on the
goth.
The transport Garonne sailed from
Seattle, Wash, on the Goth, for Manila,
having on board 400 horses belonging
to the Third cavalry.
Mrs Eva A. Ingersol1. widow of Col.
Robert Ingersoil, has filed bond as
administrators of the estate of her
husband. Mrs. Ingersoll swears that
she has made diIigent search for the
will of her husband, but that to the
best of her knowledge and belief he
died intestate. The value Of his per-
sonal property is estimated by her to
be about $4,000. At the time of his
death he held no real property.
The city of Victor, Col, was visited
by destructive confiagration, on the
21st, which utterly destroyed the busi-
ness portion of the town, and caused
loss of $2,OOO,OO0. The first house
was built in Victor in October, 1898.
In July of the following year the city
was Incorporated and six years later
it contained 10000 people. That is
about the population now.
Isaac III. Congdon, for many years
superintendent of motive power and
machinery of the Union Pacific road.
died at his home in Omaha, Neb., on
the 21st He invented numerous ap-
pliances for use on railroads, several
of which are in almost universal use
and from which he received large roy
alties.
Congressman W. L. Stark and Adjt.-
Gen. Barry left Omaha, Neb, on the
21st, for San Francisco to escort the
First Nebraska volunteers home on
special train at state expense. 1t will
require $4,000 to bring the regiment
home, and S., 900 in excess of that sum
| had already been provided.
The subscriptions received by the
Porto Rican relief committee of the
Merchants association of New York
up to the 21st, amounted to $14,165 In
| addition, the committee had received
so barrels of bread.
A dispatch from London, on the 21st.
said: There is now not the slightest
doubt at the colonial Office that war
is the only way to settle the contro'
versy between England and the Trans
vaal republic.
Mai. Ross, the head of the malarial
expedition sent out by the Liverpool
School of Tropical Diseases, cabled, on
| the 21st, from Sierra Leone: ''The
| malarial mosquito has been found"
The oldest settler of Dubuque, Ia.
| Mrs. Bridget Hall, died, on the 21st.
aged 100 years and two months. She
had resided continuously in that city
for 60 years.
Serious disturbances have taken
place at Gradlitz, town of Bohemia,
, due to radical differences between the
Czechs and Germans.