Iron County register., 1899-08-10
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

|! Davis Dalton, a wel1-known swim
| ming instructor, who had been stop
| ping at Far Rockaway, n. Y, was
| drowned near Hog island, near Rock
| away, on the 9th. He was in the water
| giving an exhibition of swimming
when he suddenly disappeared from
sight. He did not rise, and it was sup
| posed he was showing how long he
could remain under water.
Hon. John Goodnow, consul general
OF the United States at Shanghai, has
rendered n decision as referee in the
| consular court which makes the Chi
nese government responsible for the
shipment of arms from Chinese ports
to the Filipinos, which is expected to
shut off Aguinaldo's supply of modern
arms.
| a trolley car containing 43 passen-
| gers ran off the track and fell from
trestle 40 feet high, at Oronoque, six
| miles from bridgeport, Conn.,, on the
| eth. Nearly all of those on the car
| were crushed to death under the heavy
motors and trucks, the car alighting
! bottom side up.
While crowd of eXcursionists were
on the way to see the war ships at Bar
Harbor, Me-, on the 9th, a slip leading
from the dock to the boat gave way,
precipitating more than 100 persons
into the water, between 20 and 30 of
. whom were drowned.
There were nearly 5000 Cuban SOL
diers in Santiago de Cuba expecting to
; be paid on the 18th. The remainder of
| the Cuban troops in the province of
Santiago will be paid at the towns of
SaE Luis, Cristo, Songo and Ell Caney.
Mrs. BENJAMIN Grosscup, of Ashland,
O., mother of Judge P. S. Grosscup, of
Chicago, died at her home on the 9Th.
She was rs years of age, and had been
married 81 years. Her husband ana
four children survive her.
President Mckinley has purchased
the famous mckinley cottage" at the
corner of North Market street and
Louis avenue, Canton, o. The consid
Grafton was $14,50O. He will sucure
possession in October.
There were no deaths or new cases
of yellow fever at the soldiers home
at Hampton, Va, on the 9th, and the
authorities feel certain that they have
succeeded in effectually checking the
disease.
| The second trial of Cspt. Dreyfus
began at Rennes, France, on the 7th.
| No new cases of yellow fever were
officially reported in Santiago de Cuba
on the 9th.
At Barbourville, KY, on the 7th, the
jury in the case against James Baker,
for the murder of Wilson Howard, re-
turned a verdict of not guilty on the
first ballot. There was general
handshaking when the verdict was an
nounced. The Bakers will not return
to Clay county, and say the feud is
over on their part.
Count Pierre Alexander Won Mohren-
schild. who, under the name of Peter
Peters, has been employed by New
York insurance company, was arrest
ed, on the 7th, on warrant sworn out
by the Russian consul at that port,
charged with having embezzled 10000
roubles with which he fled to America.
Gen. Miles is anxious that the new
regiments being raised for service in
the Philippines shall be especially ef-
ficient with small arms, and an order
has been sent to the commander of
each regiment directing that target
practice be the chief feature of the in
struction given the soldiers.
The annual saengerfest of the Unit
ed Polish Singers of America began
in Bay City, Mich, on the 7th, with n
business meeting. Delegations were
4 Of hn 1or
cities. The grand concert of the oc-
casion was given in the opera house on
the evening of the Sth.
a three-year-old daughter of Law
renee Hanley, the actor, was crushed
to death under trolley car at Los
Angeles, Cal, on the 7th. The child
was crossing the street with other
children and becoming bewildered at
the rapid approach of the car ran upon
| the track.
The Island of Dominica, one of the
Windward islands, was swept by a
terrific cyclone. on the 7th. The storm
travelled west-north-west, and headed
for Jamaica. Shipping along the
threatened area received timely warn
ing from the United States signal serv-
| ice.
The will of William A. Piper, the
millionaire congressman who died in
San Francisco, on the 5th, was filed
for probate on the 7th. Mr.. Piper was
a bachelor, 40 years old, and his estate,
valued at over $3,OOO,OOO, is divided
among numerous relatives.
Secretary Carmichael, of Sir Thomas
! II
trial at the Southwark (England) po-
| lice court, on the 7th, charged with
being in possession of large quantity
of fruit declared by medical inspec-
: tor to be unfit for food.