Iron County register., 1899-04-06
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


The American liner Paris, which
sailed from New York the early part
of March with a large party of eXcur-
siOnists for Il cruise to the West Indies,
and especially to the scenes of the late
war, arrived at Old Point, Va. on the
2d, directly from Santiago de Cuba. All
aboard expressed themselves as being
pleased with the trip.
Bee special from Pierre, S. D., says:
a deed transferring the interests of
the Minneapolis & Pacific Railroad Co.
to the Minneapolis S5 st. Louis COM
pany was filed in the office of the Sec
retary of state at Pierre, S. D., on the
1st, which bore $1,000 in revenue
stamps.
The demand in the Philadelphia mar
ket for steel appears to be Unsuitable.
Price cuts but very little figure in the
majority of cases, the point being to
get the material to keep the men at
work on orders, many if which are be-
ing declined by the mills.
RearAdmiral c. C.. Carpenter, re-
tired, committed suicide, on the 1st, in
a Boston sanitarium. Admiral Carpen.
ter was called from the retired list to
active duty in charge of the navy yard
at Portsmouth, n. H., during the war.
He had a brilliant record.
y serious collision has taken place
between Bulgarian and Turkish guards
at KaZyl-Agob, between Jamboli, East
ern Roumelia, and Adrianople, on the
links of the Toonia, Sc miles south of
Jamboli. Both sides suffered losses of
killed and wounded.
The funeral of the late Lieut.-Col.
John NJ. Hamilton, of the Ninth regu-
lar cavalry, who was killed while lead
ing his regiment up San Juan hill on
July l last, was held from the state
armory at Geneva, n. Y, on the I'd.
Contracts have been let for the ship
ment over the line of the Cheyenne &
Northern of 1 800 cars of southern cat
tie, to the ranges ofnorthern Wyoming
and southern Montana, shipments to
begin on the first of May.
Oscar Strauss, the United States
minister to Constantinople, had an a1l-
dience of the sultan on the 1st. The
interview, which was protracted, was
of the most cordial character.
The opion is expressed in official cir
cles in Washington that the outlook for
a satisfactory and peacefulfina adjust
ment of Samoan affairs is decidedly
hopeful.
Richard Chamberlain, brother of
joseph Chamberlain, British secretary
of state for the colonies, died in Lon
don on the 2d.
King George accepted the resigna-
tor of the Grecian cabinet on the Sd.
Rev. DIR. Thomas c. IIiff, of Salt
Lake City, addressed the Methodist
preachers weekly meeting in New
York, on the Sd, on The Present Si:-
uation in Utah." He represented the
Evangelical churches of Utah which
arc making an effort to have the polyg-
amist, Brigham II. Roberts, of Utah,
expelled from the house of representa-
tives.
Easter Monday egg rolling, dis
tinct feature of capital city life,
brought out hosts of children, on the
Sd, to enjoy the hospitality of the pres
ident's private gardens. During the
afternoon the Marine band gave
concert for the especial pleasure of the
army of little ones, and President and
Mrs. Mckinley enjoyed the rollicking
fun of the children from the White
House portico.
DIR. Solf, the newly-appointed presi-
dent of the municipality of Samoa, ar
rived at Washington on the Sd. He
went to the state department during
the afternoon in company with Am
basador Won Holleben, who presented
him to Secretary Hay. Samoan affairs
were freely discussed, the doctor max
ing very favorably impression OH
the secretary.
Gen. Greedy, the chief signal officer,
row at Havana, cabled the war depart
nent, on the Sd, that the system of
telegraphic lines in Cuba was
practically completed. Gen. Brooke |
can now reach, over his own lines, ev-
cry important own and every military
command in Cuba.
The American Potteries Co., the |
name given the proposed $27,OOO,OOO |
trust, to include all the potteries il |
the United States, is dead. The pro-
jectors, it is said, spent $25O,00O in try |
ing to effect an organization, but |
failed because of over-capitalization.
\ telegram was received at the war |
on the Sd, from Secretary |
Alger, at Santiago de Cuba, saying
that all members of his party were
well. He made no mention of political
affairs on the island and was silent as
to his future movements.
The statement of the condition of the
treasury issued on the Sd showed:
Available cash balance, $685., ,O52, $50;
gold reserve, $245 5,564.Ss2.
Nine. Adele Maret Michelet, widow
Of the French historian, jules Michelet,
who died in 1874, died in Faris on the
ID.