Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-29

BY ELI D AXE.
4RO MISSOURI
Capt. j. B. Coghlan, commander o.
the cruiser Raleigh in the battle o.
Manila bay, was a visitor on the St
Louis Merchants exchange, on til,
22d, and was given rousing reception
The grand lodge of the Benevolen
and Protective Order of Elks com
pleted the work before it in St. Louis
on the 23d, and adjourned to meet il
Atlantic City, n. j., July IL, 1900.
Princess Louise (Marchioness o.
Lorne), on the 21st, opened the grea'
bazaar at Albert hall, London, in ait
OF the funds of Charing Cross hospital
The elite of the kingdom was present
The first consignment of United
States mail from the Yukon for two
months reached Seattle, Wash, on the
21st, on the steamer City of Topeka
There were IA sacks, containing about
10000 letters.
The German reichstag, on the 22d
passed to the third reading the Span
ish islands bill. The members theI
gave three cheers for Emperor VIII
lam, and the session was declared ad
iourned until November II.
In consequence of the outbreak Of
yellow fever, the garrison of United
States troops at Santiago de Cuba ha:
been removed from the old Spanish
barracks to comfortable camp in the
hills, on the road to Ell Moro.
The United States cruiser Philadel
pEia arrived at San Francisco, from
Apia, via Honolulu, on the 21st. The
homeward voyage was not fast on1
for the reason that the Philadelphia:
bottom was very foul from long serv
ice.
The remains of the late Gen. A. v
Kautz arrived in Washington, on the
22d, from Seattle, Wash, and were in
TERED in Arlington with appropriate
military honors. Gen. Kautz was G
brother of Admiral Kautz, and died il
1895.
The new French cabinet ministers
took possession of their offices
on the 23d. The project of police, NJ
Blanc, had a long interview with the
premier, NJ. Waldeck-Rousseau, during
the day, and, it was asserted, handed
the latter his resignation.
Surgeon-GeneraI Wyman, of the Ma
fine hospital service, received a tele-
gram from DIR. Park, the quarantine
officer at Santiago de Cuba, on the
21st, reporting the existence at that
port of ii cases of yellow fever and
four deaths from that cause.
The cutposts of the Washington
regiment in LuZon captured Gen. Pic
Del Pillars brass band of 50 pieces, the
members of which, somehow, became
separated from the insIIrgent army
and came near the American lines
without having the means Of resist
tance.
Four companies of the Twenty
fourth United States infantry, and 15C
recruits sailed from San Francisco, for
Manila, on the 22d, on the transport
Zealandia. The transport also carried
an immense amount of provisions and
supplies for the army in the Philip
pines.
The funeral of Lieut.. Philip Van
Horne Lansdale, who was killed at Sa-
moa, by the natives, during the battle
between the combined forces of the
Americans and British and the follow
ers of Mathafa, took place, on the 22d,
from st. Luke's Episcopal church, San
Francisco.
One of the most interesting features
of the Elks' reunion at ST. Louis was
the prize drill. The contest narrowed
down to Louisville and Toledo. and was
won, after gallant struggle, by the
Ohio boys, the score standing: Toledo,
SD 3-6; Louisville, IS Sc; out of a pos
sible 100 points.
The chamber of commerce of Co
1ombo, Ceylon, paid a visit to Admiral
Dewey, on board the Olympia, on the
22d, and presented him with a hand
some silver casket and an address as a
mememto of his visit. The delegates
also presented 1000 pounds of tea to
the crew of the Olympia.
The second big lot of returning
Klondikers since navigation opened
reached Seattle, Wash, on the 23G, on
the steamer Humboldt. There were
about $50 of them and some of them
brought considerable dust. Others
were reported to have drafts for lsrge
amounts while some came home with
out riches.
The schooner Anita returned to San
Diego, Cal, from the lower California
mines, on the Goth, with Is miners and
60 ounces of gold. The men say the
placers extend over an area of % by
four miles, but are not rich and most
of the Americans will leave for home.
About 100000 has been taken out in
all SO far.
The Vienna correspondent of the
London Daily Telegraph says: THE
Austrian war Office has learned that
the evidence of NJ. Casimir-Perier upon
the Dreyfus trial will be startling. 1t
will be shown that he holds the key
to the affair, which has hitherto been
withheld in order to prevent a serious
conflict between France and Ger
MANY"