Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-07-27

By ELI D. AXE.
IRONT0N MISSOURI
From John Sherman's closest friend
and former law partner, Henry e..
Hedges, it was learned, on the 17tn,
that the venerable statesman is inl-
proving slowly from his recent illness,
and hopes to be about soon again.
1t was rumored in Trieste, on the
21st, that Mr.. Harris, the American
minister to Austria-Hungary, intended
to invite Admiral Dewey to be his
guest in Vienna and to proceed to the
TyroI, passing through Ischl to visit
the emperor.
Admiral Dewey told correspondent,
who boarded the Olympia shortly af-
ter she dropped anchor at Trieste, Aus
tria, that the northern air took him in
its arms like an old friend, and that he
had gained eight pounds since leaving
Manila.
The chief signal officer has received
the official sick report for the month
of April, covering all the signal COM
panies on duty in the Philippines. 1t
shows total of only 4.23 per cent.
sick-a remarkably favorable state of
affairs for any climate.
Two sharp earthquakes shocks were
felt in the southern part of the state
of California, on the 21st, at 4:34 p. m.
The first shock lasted several seconds,
and was most severe. The vibrations
were from east to west. No damage
worth mentioning was experienced.
1t is understood in Vienna that the
United States minister toAustria-Hun-
gny, Mr.. Addison c. Harris, and 9TH
ers connected with the American Iega-
ton, as well as most of the United
States consuls in Austria-Hungary, ARE
going to Trieste to greet Admiral
Dewey.
On the 18th the German ambassa-
dor, Baron Won Holleben, presented to
the president, Herr Mumm Won
Schwarzenstein, who had arrived from
Germany, and who is to act as ad in
terim ambassador during the tenn
porary absence of the ambassador in
Germany.
Post Office department officials ex-
pect to ask for an appropriation from
the next session of congress for auto
mobiles to be used in collecting the
mails at all frst-class post offices. Re
cent tests in Buffalo have satisfied Of
ficials in Washington that they may
be used to advantage.
Notwithstanding a rapid exchange
of kilograms during the day between
Senator Fairbanks. in Washington, and
Sir WiIfred Laurier, in Ottawa, at the
close of Office hours, on the Goth, no
arrangement had been reached as to
the postPOnement of the meeting of
the joint high commission.
Three hundred members of the Ma
tional Editorial association arrived at
Winnipeg, Man., on the 21st, and were
entertained by the city council and the
Winnipeg press men, They visited
the Brandon experimental farm, were
shown over the city, and dined in the
pavilion at one of the parks.
\ prolonged spell of unprecedented
heat, which has prevailed over the en-
tire British isles, reached a climax, on
the goth, when the thermometer reg
istered 12s degrees in the sun and 81
degrees in the shade. There have
been numerous cases of sunstroke,
many ending fatally.
In response to the recently cabled
request of Gen. Otis for 1000 horses
for use in the Philippines during the
fall campaign, the quartermaster's de-
partment has already chartered three
vessels capable of carrying half that
number, the first of which probably
will leave Seattle on August 10.
On the 18th Mr.. Frank A. Vanderlip, |
assistant secretary of the treasury, |
said: What appears to be conserva- |
tive estimate of the amount of gold |
which will come out of the Klondike |
this summer is $4,000, 900, large pro-
portion of which will go through the |
government assay office at Seattle"
The Democratic national committee |
at its meeting in Chicago, on the Goth, |
placed ex-Gov. Stone, of Missouri, in |
charge of affairs during the absence of |
Chairman Jones. He was unanimously |
adopted, giving the vice-chairman,
while acting, all the authority of the |
chairman.
c. NJ. Foote, grand exalted leading
knight of the grand lodge Order of |
Elks, died in Minneapolis, Mimi, On
the 10th, from heart failure, superin-
duced by a complication of diseases.
Mr.. Foote was one of the leading citi-
zens of Minneapolis, and few years
since was a prominent candidate for
postmaster. He was so years old.
The bureau of ordnance has taken
steps to relieve the coast forts of the
country of the large accumulation of
obsolete ordnance that has been piling
up ever since the change in ordnance
construction from cast iron to steel
guns. 1t is worth less as junk than
the cost of removing it and breaking
1t up.
A special from Aberdeen, S. D., on
the 21st, said: Yesterday was the hot
test day known in this section of the
state for many years, the government
registering 100 in the
shade at B p. IN. Crops are damaged to
some conservative estimate ]