Iron County register., 1899-11-09

1rof, County Register.
BY ELI D. AXE.
IRONTON. MISSOURI
Admiral Dewey, on the 3Oth, tool
possession of his new home in Wash,
ington,
Reports from Berlin, on :he Sd, stat.
ed that the negotiations regarding S;l-
moa were proceeding favorably and
might be concluded any day.
Four companies of the Third battal.
ion of marines left Washington, on
the 1st, for the Philippines. When the
men marched to their train they were
escorted by the full marine band of 60
pieces.
On the 1st the president commits
stoned Col. Wilder S. Metcalf, Twen-
tieth Kansas volunteers, brigadier gen.
eral by brevet, for gallantry and meri-
torious services in action at Guiguento
river, Luzon-
Both the Mutual and Equitable life
insurance companies of New York
have notified the Prussian government
that they have given up the intention
to apply for readmittance to do busi-
ness in that country.
A dispatch from Keokuk, Ia, on the
Sd, said: "a large meteor with long
tail passed from east to west at $50
o'clock this evening. 1t was of great
brilliancy in the west. Some bright
fragments left the main body"
The president, on the I'd, appointed
George T. Langhorne and James A.
Shipton majors, and Harry L. Bishop
a captain in the volunteer establish
ment. They viii be at once assigned
to duty with regiments in the Philip
pines.
Test was made, on the 1st, at the In
dian Head proving grounds, of plate
varying in thickness from to IA
NOR of the Illinois. Two shots were
fired with satisfactory results, and 7Oo
tons of plate were accepted.
Discussing the general question of
military armament at the Cutler feast
at Sheffield, England, on the I'd, Rear
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford said
there were only two really patriotic
nations in the world, the British and
Americans, because they alone have
volunteer armies"
The state department was informed,
on the 1st, of the arrival at Reval, Rus
sia, of steamer with American corn,
and that eight more shiploads were
expected at the same port. Considera-
ble interest attaches to this attempt to
introduce an American special product
into the Russian market.
Special Agent Sewall at Honolulu re.
ports to the state department that the
total imports into Hawaii during the
first nine months of 1899 amounted to
S13,667, 1872, an increase of $5,306,792
over the corresponding period of 1898,
and $2,O16,4S2 more than the imports
for the entire year of 1897.
The former Spanish cruisers, Isla de
Cuba, Isla de Luzon and Don Juan de
Austria, sunk by Admiral Dewey's
fleet, and reconstructed at Hong Kong,
China, are ready to proceed to Manila
and join Watson's squadron. The re-
construction of the vessels was done
under the supervision of Lieut.. Hob
son.
Heavy fighting occurred arouna
Ladysmith, Natal, on the 3Oth. The
British under Gen. White drove the
Beers back several miles, but were
compelled to retire again upon the
town. The losses on both sides were
heavy, and there are vague reports oe
whole battalions of English soldiers
missing.
On the 31st an attempt was made al
Pcsco, department of Lima, Peru, to
start revolutionary movement. The
promoters captured the customhouse,
where a stock of arms and ammunition
was stored, and then attacked the bar
racks. They were repulsed by the gov
ernment troops and fled into the hills
back of the town.
y sensation was caused in the Span
ish senate, on the 31st, by the declara-
tiCn OF Count de Almenas, that owing
to the ignorance of the Spanish-Amer-
lean peace commissioners, three isl
ands of the Philippine group, the two
Batanes and Calayan islands, all north
of LuZon, were not included in the
scope of the treaty.
The Brazilian foreign minister, Gen.
de Castro Cerquira, and the Bolivian
minister at Rio de Janeiro, Seno-
Paravincini, signed a protocol, on the
31st, settling the boundary question
between their respective countries. \
joint commission will rectify the from
tier according to the treaty of 1867, |
putting aside the protocol of 1895.
Attorney-General Griggs, on the 1st,
turned into the United States, treas
ury 1921 1,s97, which is the governments |
share of dividend declared by the re-
ceiver of the Union Pacific railway.
The right of the government to parti-