Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-06-21
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Exports of gold and silver from the
bort of New York, for the week ended
ON the 10th, aggregated S4s9,015 in sill
YER bars. and coin, and $3,57O,5o5 gold
a total of $4,419,600, against total OF
S3,444.114 gold and silver in the same
week last year. Since January 1 tn:
exports of gold have been $23,277,-
6S7 and silver S22,O10,S15, against
s13, 500, 1876 gold and $23, 125,125 silver in
the same period last year.
The war department reports that the
customs receipts in the Island OF CUBA
for the first four months of 1900 were
S5,414;963, an increase of $969,S11 over
the customs receipts for the CORE
spending months ofthe preceding year.
The receipts at the port of Havana Tor
the four months of 1900 were S4,O26,-
772, as against $3,2O5,314 for the CORE
spending period of 1899.
The big Union grain elevator, To-
Gated on the West River bottoms but
a few blocks from the Union depot, at
Kansas City, Mo-, was destroyed by
| fire, on the 18th, causing damage OF
over one hundred thousand dollars.
| The building was valued at S7O,0OO'
and it contained $4,000 worth OF
| wheat, all of which was destroyed.
| The Des Moines Ua.) auditorium,
| used for a convention hall and con-
| structed year ago at cost OF $780,
600, was destroyed by fire on the 10th.
1t was insured for $25, 600. The origin
| of the fire is a mystery, and the bellet
seems to be that it was incendiary The
auditorium will be rebuilt Immediate
ly.
The circular of the navy department
| calling for proposals for supplying
armor. requires bids to be submitted
| August 10 next. No time limit for de-
liveries is fixed by the circular, but
bidders are invited to submit PROPOSE
tons upon the understanding that
early delivery will tigurein the awards
The total number of emigrants who
passed through Hamburg and Bremen
| last month was 33, j9I, as against 2o,-
CS3 during May 1899. The total num-
her for the first five months of the cur
rent year was 97,S1S, against 6o,o1 for
the corresponding period of last year.
Three men were killed and IA per-
sons were injured in Philadelphia,
on the nth, by an explosion of gun
powder and dynamite used IN the
manufacture of fireworks.
The royal library of Berlin has pur-
chased the y-discovered CORE
spondence of Alexander Won Humboldt,
covering the years from 1880 to 1S4o.
Fifteen hundred recruits for the reg
ular army in the Philippines are be-
ing enlisted and assembled in New
York harbor and Columbus Barracks
Ohio. to sail on the transports Buforo
and Fitzpatrick about the first OF NO
yember next. to take the places of en-
| listed men whose terms of service VIII
expire this year.
The attorney general, on the 18th
assigned the Judges of the dlstrlc1
court for the district of Alaska as FOL
lows: Melville C.. Brown, district No
/, to reside at Juneau; Arthur ID
Moves. district No. 2, to reside at ST
Michaels, and James w. Wickersham
district No. 3, to reside at Eagle City.
) Shortly after midnight, on the 18th
the Chinese forts at Taku opened tlr'
unop the international fleet, composed
of British. French, German, Russian
and Japanese ships, which prompt.
, replied. Two of the forts were blow
nm and the rest were carried by as
r sault.
{ Orders received at the Naval acad
r / emy at Annapolis, Nd, on the 18th
} for a detail of 20 marines to hold them
selves in readiness for service in tn
e far east. resulted in the necessar
g number volunteering from the 200 me-
/ stationed there within few minutes
5 The United States government wa
made defendant in suit begun |!
J. Chicago, on the 18th, by the Angel
o Provision Co. for the .turn OF S2,oU
maid as revenue charges on boraN IN
e ported by the company and used l
T. curing meats for foreign shipment.
Perry f. Barnard, paper hanger c
Flora, Ind, aged 30. on the 18th, shc
If and killed his former wife, Jennie ID;
l. Wis, and seriously wounded her mott
81 er. Mrs. VIM Davis, and his three-yea1
Is old daughter, as the three were n
u turning home from church.
N The Industrial commission has take
a recess until next month, when a BRIT
s, session will be held. Another NEE
4 ing probably viii not be held unit
Al some time in September.
d. The journeymen plumbers OF :
III Paul. Mimi, after an unsuccessf
I'll strike for shorter hours, lasting s
weeks. on the 18th, formally declare
Sc the strike off.
t The quarantine against San Francl
s. 90 at the state line on account of Il
he bubonic plague was declared OF,
III the 18th, by the federal authorities
re Mrs. Reitz, wife CT the Transva
state secretary, sailed for Europe,
the 18th, accompanied by her family