Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-04-20
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

+ The entire German press IS greatly
excited by the news that Emperor
William intends to introduce in the
PrUssian diet a government measure
creating the city of Berlin and its
suburbs into separate province and
largely destroying the present SELF
government of the municipality.
S. w. Grinstead, aged 81, cashier of
the bank in Humboldt, Neb., commit
ted suicide, on the 10th, by blowing
off the top of his head with a revolver.
He had admitted a shortage of $4,000
in his accounts, and Bank Examiner
Wilson had taken charge of the bank,
which will continue business.
The bureau ofstatistics, in an article
furnished the press, on the 10th, said
that the expectation of manufactures
in the fiscal year, 1899, is likely to
show an increase of more than $780,
100000 over that of last year, and that
iron and steel alone will supply more
than one-half that increase.
One of the largest contracts for
dressed beef ever placed by the United
States government has been arranged
with a Kansas City (Mo.) packing
house. The contract is for 100000
pounds of best export dressed beef, to
be shipped to the Philippine islands
for the government troops.
Gov.-Gen. Brooke's order abolishing
import duties for municipal benefit
and licenses will decrease the munich
pal revenues of Santiago de Cuba, it
is estimated, so per cent. Its effects, it
is said, will be the closing of the pub
lie schools and the stopping of all
public improvements.
The desire of the volunteers to re-
turn to this country is evidenced in
report which shows that of those who
have been offered opportunity to re-
enlist, with the offer of bonus in
travel pay of over $500, only about
seven per cent. have accepted.
The election to the new Spanish
cortes passed off quietly in Madrid on
the 10th. One disturbance occurred at
Bilbao, and many persons were in
iured at Valencia and at Cullar de
Baza, in Andalusia. At Granada an
election agent was murdered.
1t is officially announced that the
Montenegrin crown prince, Danilo Al
exander, now in his twenty-eighth
year, is betrothed to Duchess Augusta
Charlottee Jutta of Meckleburg-
Strelitz, now in her twentieth year.
Gov. Roosevelt of New York has
signed the bill prohibiting six-day BIZ
cycle and other races.
A fire started near Vrooman, Neb.,
on the 18th, and, driven By n high
northwest wind, destroyed much prop
erty. While fighting the flames Mrs.
Anderson, a widow, was frightfully
burned and will die. Her nephew,
John Westerland, and L. Flicker and
son Charles were badly burned about
the face and hands. The town was
barely saved.
The Missouri house passed the bill,
on the 18th, requiring foreign surety
companies to deposit 100000 with the
superintendent of the insurance de-
partment before being allowed to do
business in the state. 1t killed the bill
limiting the same class of companies
to business eqaul to the capital stock
used in the state.
The 20-per-cent. extra pay to the
American troops in the Philippines
has been extended to include all our
soldiers now in service, and will con-
tinue until hostilities in the Philip
pines cease. The troops in the Philip
pines, both officers and men, will be
given the two months extra pay when
mustered out.
The Paris Figaro gave brilliant re-
ception to King Oscar of Sweden and
hn RH ha
special request, Miss Lenora jackson,
the American violinist, formerly of
Chicago, played, and was enthusiast
cally applauded. The king was great
ly pleased with Miss Jackson's per-
Torrance.
The bribery investigation committee
at Harrisburg, Pa, has recommended
tc the house that criminal proceedings
be instituted in the courts against
nine persons .(who are named) for cor
rupt solicitation in connection with
the balloting for United States senator
and the consideration of the McCarrou
jury bill.
Rev. J. E. Plat, Kansas pioneer,
and for the last six years superintend-
emit in charge of Sunday-school work
in Oklahoma, died at Guthrie, on the
18th, an the age of &c. He taught the
first grSkled schools in Topeka.
Hans Balatka, one of the pioneers of
music in the west, died at Chicago, on
the 18th, of heart failure. He had been
sick for two years, but death came sud-
denly at last.
A prairie fire, which started near
Washington Springs, Ia, on the 18th,
destroyed several thousand acres of
pasture and much stacked hay.
Sir Lambert Price, bart, author and
soldier, died in London or the 18th.