Iron County register., 1899-04-13
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Interviewed regarding the sugSes-
ton that he be made a candidate for
the presidency next year, Admiral
Dewey said he was a sailor and the
sailor has no party but the administra-
ton. The admiral added that neither
by vocation, disposition, education or
training, was he capacitated to fill the
presidency, and he was not a candi-
date.
y dispatch from Manila published in
Madrid says: 'Aguinaldo has issued
a decree directing that Spanish shall
be the official language throughout the
archipelago, and protesting against
the American pretensiSn to force the
use of English on the natives, who do
not know it,
'Rajah" mammoth elephant owned
by Lemen Brothers circus, which has
been wintering in Argentine, Kas.,
killed its keeper, Frank Fisher, on the
Gth. Fisher was intoxicated and un-
dertook to make the animal perform.
He is said to have been the elephants
ninth victim.
n dispatch from Denver, Col, on the
JJIl, Solu. OhIlCI DSIISiIOA
Henry NJ Teller has been quite i'll of
fever, resulting from a severe cold, con-
tracted while in Chicago; but it is an
nounced that the crisis has passed and
that he will be able to be out again in
few days.
L. j. Malone, of Boston, arrived at
Seattle, Wash, from Copper river,
Alaska, brings news that a lawyer
named French, formerly of Chicago,
perished on Valdes glacier about three
weeks ago. His body was recovered
| and buried at Valdes.
During the performance in Denver,
Col, on the night of the Sth, by the
Stuart Robson company of 1.-TWO
Rogues and a Romance" Miss Marie
Burroughs accidentally stabbed Her
old Russell in the face, infiicting Il Sc
| we're wound.
Associate Justice Stephen j. Field
(retired), of the United States supreme
court, died at his home in Washing
ton, on the 9th, from kidney trouble
aggravated by the infrmities of old
age.
John II. Sullivan, former member
of the governor of Massachusetts cx-
ecutive council, and one of the most
prominent politicians in Boston,
dropped dead on the 9th.
4 flood near Glendive, Mont, on the
9th, that washed away a bridge and
did $10O,C0O damage, caused the loss, it
is reported, to 100 lives.
A general meeting of stove manufac>
turers, representing practically all the
territory between New England and
the Rocky mountains, was held in Chi
cago, on the 10th, to consider the adj
visibility of advancing prices. 1t was
decided to increase all prices ten per
cent, and to make the advance effect
i've Immediately.
Gen. Lawton, at the head of 1,5O0
picked men, captured Santa Cruz, the
chief city of Laguana de Bay, Island
OF Luzon, on the 10th, after most gal
liant assault, in which the casualties
of the Americans We're six wounded,
the loss to the rebels being placed at
6S killed, a large number wounded and
many captured.
The final ceremony in the re-estab-
lishment of peaceful relations between
the United States and Spain, occurred
at the White House at two o'clock, on
the 11th, when the president and AM
bassador Cambon, the latter acting for
Spain, exchanged ratifications of the
treaty of peace.
Col. b. c. Shaw died in Indianapolis
on the 10th. He served with distinc-
ton in the civil war, and was twice
elected treasurer of Indiana. He was
formerly chairman of the democratic
state central committee.
The exports to the United States dur
ing the last six months from the north
ern half of Germany were $12 s73 200,
against $9,12s,O0O in 1898, of which
sugar amounted to $3,739, 1884, against
$2s4, ,63S in 1898.
Judge j. J. Power, receiver of the
Perry (Okla.) land office, dropped dead
of heart trouble, on the night of the
9th, while conversing with friends.
Judge Power was appointed from
Pennsylvania.
Oscar Hammerstein, the theatrical
manager, filed a petition in bankrupt
cy, in New York, on the 10th, with liza
bilities of $142, ,4s6. The assets were
given as 5000 worth of wearing ap-
parel.
The Paris Figaro announces that the
microbe of cancer has been isloated
and cultivated by DIR. Bra, of Paris.
The microbe is an inferior fungus
growth of the family of Ascomycetes.
Hon. III. A. W. Tabor, postmaster at
Denver, COL, and ex-United States SEN
ator, died, on the 10th. of appendicitis,
after three days illness.
There is said to be on foot a move
ment to nominate Gov. Bushnell and
Atty-Gen. Monnett of Ohio for third
terms.