Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-01
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

l. The funeral OF John Sherman, the
great statesman, took place at Mans
field, o., on the 25th. The ceremonies,
eloquent in their simplicity, were wit
messed by people from all parts of the
state, and by the president and a
large party of prominent persons
from the national capital. The obse-
guies were celebrated in the little
church to which the deceased had
belonged for more than half a cen
tury-
Celebrations in honor of the CEN
tenary of the birth of Field Marshal
Won Moltke began in Berlin on the
25th. The general staff, whose chief
he was for many years, gave a ban
quent at the Kaiserhoff, Count Won
Schlieffen, chief of the general staff,
presiding On the Goth Emperor Will
lam gave a large banquet at the cas-
tie in Berlin, and many other festivi-
ties marked the event.
A resolution offered before the
Presbyterian Synod of Missouri, at
Maryville, Mo-, on the 25th, bitterly
condemning President Mckinley, his
cabinet and administration generally,
for its attitude on the liquor ques-
ton as expressed in the canteen law,
and enjoining the ministers to vote
for the candidate of the prohibition
party, was defeated by a vote of 20 to
13.
The mine workers strike in the an
thracite region of Pennsylvania, was,
on the 25th, declared off against all
companies which had complied with
tho S+TiIrorcs 1on,an1 ~ IT, 4,,I-o
was continued against those COM
panies which had not granted the
Scranton conventions demands.
The Berliner Tageblatt publishes a
special dispatch from Buda Pest, which
says that the Austrian heir-apparent,
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, will
shortly the succession to the
throne in favor of his brother Otto,
and the l~atter's son, Archduke
Charles.
Adispatch to the London Daily Mail
from Lorenzo Marquee, on the 18th.
announced the sailing from hat port
of h American bark Fred P. Litch-
field, which, it is believed at Lorenzo
Marquee, carries a large quantity of
Transvaal gold hidden under her bal.
last.
Minister Congerhas been authorized
by the government to begin negotia-
tlons at once with the Chinese en-
voys on the basis of the points in the
German and French notes, upon which
all of the powers are agreed.
At Pretoria, on the Goth, the Trans
vaal was proclaimed part of the Brit
ish empire, the proclamation being at
tended with impressive ceremonies.
The royal standard was hoisted in the
main square of the city, the grena-
diers presented arms and massed
bands played the national anthem
Mayor Rodriguez of Havana has is
sued an order TO the police directing
them to take into custody children
under II years of ago found in the
streets, unaccompanied, during school
hours. It is the intention of the au-
thorities there to enforce the school
law strictly.
The Scotch steel makers, owing to
the Importation of American steel
plates, have reduced their prices five
shillings, making Is shillings reduc-
ton in a fortnight. These reductions, |
it is thought, will fully meet the
NO"pCeAlAOA~ |
The Bavarian government has or
dered the rebuilding of the tombs of
the ancient German emperors in the
Cathedral Of Spires. The Hohenstauf-
tens and the rulers of the Sale dy-
nasty will res in a fine, new crypt in
suitable sarcopahagi.
The Paris LeCourier du Soir says it
understands that the prince and
princess of Wales visited the Paris ex-
position last june, but that. in conse-
quence of the expressed desire of the
prince, their stay was kept IN abso-
late secret.
The statement Of the treasury bal
anees in the general fund, exclusive of
the $50, 200 gold reserve in the di-
vision of redemption, issued on the
2eth. showed: Available cash balance.
s1S3,375,933; gold. SIS, 7a5, 905.
Jockey Chatham, on Tony Honig.
in the hurdle race at the Inter state
fair at Atlanta, Ga. was badly in
jured internally, on the 26th, the
horse falling at the second hurdle and
rolling over the boy.
The gold in the United States treas
ury, on the 26th, amounted to S451,-
477.404, the highest point ever reached
since the foundation of the govern
ment. This is said to be the largest
fund in the world.
Failures for the week ended on the
goth, as reported by r. G. Dun & Co.,
were 205 In the United States aganstf
100 last year, ana Nanada, ]
against 90 last year.
John McCusick, first mayor OF stiii-
water, Mimi, died, on the 26th, aged1
IS. He was a mepber Of the leglsl8-
tire from 1863 tA 1866.