Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-06-28
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A passenger train on the Macon
branch of the Southern railroad ran
into a washout one and half miles
north of McDonough, Ga, on the night
of the 23d, and was completely wrecked.
The wreck caught fire, and the entire
train, with the exception of the sleep
er, was destroyed. Every person on
the train, except the occupants of the
Pullman car persisted. Thirty-five per-
sons in all were killed.
An unfavorable impression is caused
in Berlin, by the attempts of the Rus
sian press to create distrust of Ger
many in connection with the Chinese
question. The inspired German organs
insist that Berlin does not oppose the
plans of ST. Petersburg in the Chinese
empire and that the future will clearly
demonstrate Germany's perfect accord
with Russia in Asia.
Lloyd c. Grisswold, American charge
d'affaires at Constantinople, on the
oath, presented a fresh note to the OF
toman government, insisting upon an
immediate reply to the demand of the
United States for settlement of the
indemnity in connection with the
losses of Americans at the time of the
Armenian massacres.
The Worlds Women's Christian Tenn
perance union proceedings in Edin-
burgh, on the 23d, included an impress
i've memorial service in honor of the
late Miss Frances Willard, former
president of the Women's Christian
Temperance union of America.
Joseph Mullett and James Fitzhar-
ris, the Irishmen who served sentences
in an English prison for completely in
the Phoenix park murders, and who
were deported, on the 23d, on board
the Cunard steamship Servia.
The city of Cologne was visited, on
the gath, by a cyclone which demol-
ished many buildings and threw down
number of factory chimneys. Sew
eral persons were badly injured.
The celebration of the five hum
dredth anniversary of John Gutten-
berg's birth began at Mayence, Ger
many, on the 23d, with the opening of
the typographical exhibition.
Admiral Kempff advised the navy
department, on the oath, that Walters
command had been ambushed near
Tien Tsin, four men being killed and
seven wounded.
In Shanghai it is officially stated that
the dowager empress has issued en-
phatic instructions for the extermina-
ton of all foreigners in China.
The president on the 25th, COM
muted to five years the sentence of life
Imprisonment imposed on Alphonse J.
Jennings, convicted in Chickasha, L, T.,
in February, 1900, of train robbery.
The attorney general considered the
sentence of Jennings unjust, as others
convicted with him at the same time
received lighter sentences.
Edward Gregg and wife were arrest
ed, on the 25th, at Moundsville, w. Va,
by the Humane society officer, on the
charge of murder. The case is one
without precedent IN that state, the
allegation being that the pair were or
dered to provide medicine for their
sick child, which they did not do, and
the child died.
Five dollar silver certificates of the
new design made their first appear
ance, on the 25th, and took the place
of the old fives in all treasury pay
ments from the cash room. AS an ar
tistic production this note is rega1d ed
as equal to any ever issued by the
government.
Emily and D. Mcdonnell, aged IS and
Is respectively, children of Hon. A. b.
III
mems national bank of Chippewa Falls,
Wis, were drowned at Chippewa on
the 25th. They were bathing and went
beyond their depth. The bodies were
recovered.
Comptroller Coler, on the 25th,
opened bids for SIS, $4,000 three-and-
one-haf per cent. gold bonds of the
city of New York, redeemable in terms
ranging from 80 to so years. There
were II bidders, the highest being
S110.64 per 800 for the whole issue.
The socialist organization in the
Italian chamber of deputies will in
terpellate the government concerning
its intentions as to China, and will OPP
pose the dispatch of the war ships that
are now awaiting orders from the new
ministry.
The National Boer Relief Fund as
ISOLATION, of which w. Bourke Cochran
was chairman, has concluded its ope-
rations and turned over its net collec-
tions to the Boer ENJOYS, Messrs.
Fischer, Wolmarans and Vessels.
Senior Andrade, the new secretary
for the Havana customhouse, says the
fraud cases will be brought up soon.
He believes he can secure convictions
in most of them.
The governor of Bombay wires that
there were 1927 deaths from cholera
out of 15,479 cases during the week
ending June 16.