Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-01-04
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. Celia Rees, formerly Miss Bue-
ter, whose parents reside in Deadwood,
S. D., has written them from Durham,
Natal, that she has married W. j. Rees,
diamond king of Johannesburg, apG
that they have fed from their home to
Durham, Natal, which is now crowded
with refugees from the South African
clues. Mrs. Rees was born and reared
at Nebraska City, Neb., and is an artist
of considerable renown.
Shortly before midnight of the goth
the furniture store of Lindsay & Nor
agn and the dry goods store of Daniel
Hogan, on Broughton and Barnard
streets, in the heart of the retail dis
trict of Savannah, Ga, were destroyed
by fire. The loss will foot up $150,000,
with insurance of about 60 per cent.
Judge Nenger, in the federal court,
at Omaha, Neb., On the goth, declared
the Greater American Exposition Co.
bankrupt. The proceedings were
brought by laborers and others, who
held unsecured claims and was not
contested by the exposition officials.
A Monon express, on the goth, struck
a vehicle containing Mr.. and Mrs. John
Freeman, at Kings Crossing, Ind. Mrs.
Freeman was killed instantly, and her
husband received injuries from which
he will probably die. Freeman is
wealthy Clinton county farmer.
Norval Baptie, the Bathgate On. d.
skater, covered mile on the ice at
Lake Minnetoni,a, Mimi. on the night
- a. ga g. =. o1o
to be 4A seconds faster than the time
made by Tim Donoghue, of Newburgh,
n. Y, some years ago.
Within a few months there will be
established in Monrovia, Cal, the first
perfume farm and perfume manufac-
turing plant, operating on an extern
sive scale. that has ever been estab-
lished in this country.
The two seven-story buildings at 42j
to 435 East Twenty-fourth street, New
York city, occupied principally by the
wallpaper factory of William Camp
bell & Co., were destroyed by fire on
the night of the goth. The loss is fully
$5OO.nOO.
About nom, on the goth, the east
bou:d fast mail On the Union Pacific
railroad ran into a team crossing the
track at Shelton, Neb., instantly kill
ing and mangling William Lippincott,
a farmer, and both his horses.
DR.. Frashe1, a well-known physician
at Elk. l. T., WIS found dead in dug
out. He left note stating that he
had taken poison, being respondent
ovei. the loss OF his family.
A special from Washington, on the
list, said: 1T is probable that the pres
ent month will be marked by a COM
plete reorganization of the military
commands in Cuba. The impression
prevails that there is to be a heavy
reduction in these commands, and it is
intimated that the outcome will be the
creation of two departments, instead
of six which originally comprised
Cuba, and the four into which the ISL
and was later divided"
The first movement of q general
southern advance from Manila oc-
CURED, on the LIST, when two battal-
ions of the Thirty-ninth infantry land
ed and occupied Cabuyao, on the south
side of Laguna de Bay. Two Ameri-
cans were killed and four were wound
ed. Twenty-four of the eremy's dead
were found in one house. Cne hundred
and fifty prisoners, and four 6-pound-
er rapid-fre guns were captured.
An explosion of sewer gas at Knox
vile, thriving borough near Pitts
burgh, Pa, about midnight of the 1st,
demolished II frame houses, and
of toll
dozen more frame dwellings and tore
up several streets for hundreds of feet.
No one was injured by the explosion,
but two women, Mrs. John Young and
Mrs. Margaret Jackson, are seriously
ill from nervous shock.
The system of t,ens1on1ng old en-
ployes of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Co. on the lines east Of Pittsburgh was
inaugurated on the LIST. About $50
men, who, by reason of long service in
the company's employ, had become
incapacitated for further active duty,
were retired on pensions that average
nearly half the wages they received
when at work.
Mr.. Charles Eliot. OF the British ehl-
bassy, was among those receiving the
queens New Years honors by being
made knight of the order of s.
Michael and St George. The announce
msnt was received with great interest
in diplomatic circles in Washington,
where Mr.. Eliot is well known and uni
versally esteemed.
Aguinaldo's wife and sisters and IS
Filipinos have surrendered to Maj.
March's battalion of the Third infan-
try al Bontoe, Island of Luzon, on the
LIST. The FiIipinos also gave up two
Spanish and two American prisoners.
The Seventy-fourth general assem-
bly, of Ohio met, on the LIST, and elected
the Republican caucus nominees By a
stz-;rrA Yanxr$w vYst4s