Iron County register., 1899-08-03
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
In the Ottawa (Ont.) house of com.
mons, on the Goth, Sir Charles Tupper
spoke strongly in favor OF a reduc-
ton of the royalty on the gold output
in the Yukon. Clifford Sifton, mir
is;er Of the interior, in reply, said that
while the royalty was not permanent
ly fixed, he could not yet consent to
any reduction from the ten per cent.
now collected.
Thousands of persons attended, on
the 30th, the funeral of Adolph L.
Luetgert, the Chicago wife-murderer,
who died at the Joliet penitentiary.
Prominent in the group about the bier
at the Northwest Turner hall were
Luetgert's three children. near a floral
pillow with the inscription. Our Fa-
tiers Words, L am Innocent -
Percival Spencer, the famous aero
maui, with a companion named Pol
lock, started in a balloon from the
Crystal palace, in London, on the
29th, at 2:30 p. M, and arrived at
Dleppe, France, Il mile and a half in
land, at p. m. of the 3Oth. The bal
lCCn reached an altitude of 1000 feet.
Secretary of the Navy Long left
Washington, on the 31st, for vaca-
tier OF some weeks in New England
Assistant Secretary Allen, who recent
ly returned to Washington from his
cI uise along the Atlantic coast. will
have charge of affairs during Secre-
tary Longs absence.
The report of the geological survey
on the production of iron ore for the
year 1898 has been completed by Spe-
cal Agent John Birkinbine The wear
recorded the maximum in ore pro-
duction for the United States, total
Of 1g2,27S, ,369 long tons.
private cable dispatch from Cape
Haytien reports that the revolution
in Santo Domingo is progressing fa-
vorably. deputation, it Is reported,
is going to Cuba to confer with Gen.
Gomez, whom it is desired to make
president.
The pope, in a letter to Queen Will
helmina of Holland, expresses the hope
that he will soon be able to establish
harmony between the two South
American nations which have submit
ted their dispute for his arbitration.
By the capsizing of small boat in
the Delaware river at Philadelphia,
on the 3Oth, Otto Kampf, aged 81 years,
his son Albert. aged s, and Christian
IOsterage, Kampf's brother-in-law,a aged
I30 years, were drowned.
Secretary Hay left Washington, on
the 30th, for a vacation in New En-
gland.
On the 31st Commissioner-Genera
Fowderly of the immigration bureau
directed that the 16 Filipino actors
who had been detained at San Francis
60 fo1 some time pending the settle
ment of the question of their right to
land, be released and permitted to
continue their journey to Omaha,
| where they were engaged by the aC-
thGrities as a feature of the exposition
now III progress.
Rear-Admiral William T. Sampson
has filed suit in the supreme court of
the district of Columbia, libeling the
| Spanish vessel of war, Maria Teresa.
and miscellaneous stores and supplies
captured upon her and other Spanish
war vessels, with a view 10 securing
the prize money due to himself and
the officers and men unde; him.
The board of commissioners of Cook
| county, on the 31st, offered a reward
| of $500 for the capture and return to
| Chicago of Daniel Coughlin, wanted
for alleged jury bribing. Coughlin
was once sentenced to the penitentiary
for life for the murder of DR.. Cronin.
hn f1.io
Mai. III. S. Matthews, of Des Moines,
Ia, surgeon in the volunteer force, re-
| ceive6. a telegram, on the 31st, FROM
tue war department ordering him to
| sail at once for Manila and join the
medical staff of the army.
y threshing boiler exploded near
Big Prairie, Mich, on the 30th. Charles
Haight, Alpha Haight, Charles Crab
tree, George Overly, Cecil Priest and
Raymond Howe were killed.
The Irish agricultural and TECH
nieai instruction bill passed. its second
reading in the British house of lords
on the 31st. The sale of food and drugs
bill was adopted.
Capt. Joseph Coghlan, who arrived
| at Seattle, Wash, on the S1st, from
the east, has assumed charge of the
Eremerton naval station, relieving
| Capt. Green.
/ Eliza Sanford, one of the remaining
10 daughters of revolutionary soldiers
on the pension list, died at Mont Clair,
n. j.. on the 31st, aged S4 years.
Fire destroyed the palatiai residence
OF Mrs. Mary Hayes-Chinowith at
| E,lenvale, CAL, on the 3lst Loss.
$175, GOO; insurance, $4,000.
The Belgian parliamentary commit
tee of Is has rejected all government
| electoral bills referred to it.
EIihu Root enters upon his duties
as secretary of war, on the 1st, Seq
retary r. a. Alger retiring.