Iron County register., 1899-02-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Dewey and Otis. in their campaign
against Aguinaldo's armed horde,
have been conqueTing peace as rapid
ly and effectively as the means at
hand permitted. The president is wise
in leaving the affair to the discretion
of these commanders, who are famil-
lar with the situation.
The first anniversary of the sink
ing of the Maine in the harbor of Ha-
vana was observed in many cities of
this country, on the 18th, by the fly
ing of flags at half mast, and Other
evidences of the grief of the people at
the treacherous taking off of 266 gal
liant American seamen.
The United States transport Val
ercia arrived at San Francisco, on the
18th, 33 days from Manila, with 65 sol.
diers on board, of whom 13 were sent
on furlough, or whose terms of en-
listment had expired.
Luther NJ. Kinney, a farmer, aged
about 55 years, was found dead, buried
in the snow, near his home at Norwich,
Conn.,, on the 18th.
Robert Cole and his wife, two old
residents of Metropolis, Ill.,, were bur-
led in the same grave on the 18th.
Cole was a cousin of Frank and Jesse
James and of the Younger Brothers.
They visited. him there several times
under assumed names.
On the 18th the Colorado house OF
representatives rejected the majority
report of the special committee ap-
pointed to investigate the condition OF
affairs at the state asylum for the in
sane, which exonerated the superin-
tendent, DIR. p. r. Thombs, and by a
vote of As to 10 adopted the minority
report, demanding the superintend.
ent's removal.
Col. Marcus P. Miller of the Third
regiment of artillery has been nomi-
mated to be brigadier general in the
regular army. Gen. Miller command
ed the military forces which captured
the city of Iloilo without the loss of a
man, and his promotion is in recogni-
ton of meritorious services on that oc-
casion.
Charles Chapman Backus, one of the
organizers of the American Express
o.. died in New York city, on the 18th,
aged So years.
1t has been decided in Madrid to
postpone the sale of the floating dock
at Havana. the offers received not be.
ing acceptable.
On the 10th Frank Parker, ex-coun-
ty treasurer of Vernon county, Mo-,
was arrested on a charge of embezzling
SAC. 900.
Statement of the condition of the
treasury issued February 16: Availa-
BILE cash balance, S272, 400, 100; gold re-
serve. 1927. ,454.
Brighten. Miller will be relieved
from command of the American troops
at Iloilo before his retirement next
month, and Mai.-Gen. Lawton. now en-
route to the Philippines will, in all
probability, be assigned to succeed
him.
The Finnish professor of the Chris
tiania (Norway) university has re-
Ceived a telegram from a friend in
Krasnoyersk, which says that after
thoroughly investigating the source of
information he is convinced that
there is no truth whatever in the re-
port that tho bodies of Andree and
companions had been found.
The administration has determined
rapidly to extend the jurisdiction OF
the United States over the whole OF
the Philippine group, acting on the
theory that delay in this case is dan
gerous and that anarchy and general
paralysis of such interests as the is
lands support will be brought about
through a failure to act promptly.
The transport Sheridan, in addition
to about 1,50O regular troops, carries
out to Manila a miscellaneous cargo
calculated to advance the cause OF
civilization in the Philippines, among
other things church organ, sent by
the Wowan's Army and Navy league
at Washington, and a quantity of am
munition for quick firing guns.
Emperor William of Germany, on
the nth, telegraphed his condolences
| to Mime. Faure, and directed the Ger.
man ambassador at Paris, Count Won
Munster-Lodenburg, to place wreath
| on the dead presidents coffin and to
announce that his majesty would send
| a special mission to represent him al
the funeral.
The agent of the Adams Express Co.
at Baldwin, O., upon instructions from
the company. opened box that had
lain in the Office of the company, un-
delivered, for IL months. to find that
it contained a human body. The box
was addressed to DIR. limerick who
has not lived at Baldwin for dozen
years, and with whom communication
has been lost. The coroner was mott
fed.