Iron County register., 1900-02-22
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Three men, who are under arrest il
GAINESVILLE, Wis, are said to have beer
positively identified as the -obbers
who broke into the post office at DE-
Kalb, ILL.,, on the night of November 6
and took a large sum of money and
stemps. They are Toronto Jim,'
Lefty" Fitzgerald and dad" fIinn
| Filipino insurgent forces, estimates;
! to number 5000, mostly bolonen, at
| tackled the American garrison in the
| convent at Daraga, in the province >!
Albay. during the night of February
5. They were repulsed, however, after
they had burned much of the town.
One lieutenant wounded, was the only
loss sustained by the Americans.
An Antwerp dispatch says the dia-
mond crisis is assuming grave proper
tions. Thousands of Amsterdam dia-
mond-cutters are now without work,
and they and their families are in dir
est straits. The general business of
those towns is also seriously suffering
through the war in Africa.
All the theaters in Paris have raised
the price of seats in view of the as-
bounding upwards. Usually moderate
hotels, where room and board was
preaching exposition. Hotel rates are
formerly let at So per day, have an
nounced rate of 50 a day after
April 1.
+ G. Dun d Co. reported on the
10th: Failures for the week have
been 21S in the United States, against
17s last year, and AZ in Canada, against
10 last year"
The steamer Etruria, sailing from
New York, on the 18th, for Europe,
took out 625 900 ounces of silver.
Mrs Charles A. Chickcring, widow
of Representative Chickering. who
was killed by fall from a window in
New York on the 18th, it is, stated,
believes that Mr.. Chickering was the
victim of foul play.
F. ]. Steinman, said to be identical
will. Fred J. Heinemann, the abscond-
ing postmaster at Kirkwood, Mo-, was
arrested at the Sherman house, Chi
cago, on the 10th, by government Off
Gers on the charge of embezzling gov
ernment funds.
Richard A. Hudlin, colored, post
master at Clayton, St. Louis country,
Mo-, was arrested by the federal au-
thcrities, on the 18th, on warrant
charging embezzlement of government
funds to the amount of almost 5000.
Hu6lin admitted his guilt.
The statement of the condition of the
treasury issued on the 10th showed:
Available cash balance, 296,673 ,0S1;
gold reserve, 1929, ,243,77
of hn ho1,cn ~
representatives is in favor of the ST.
Louis worlds fair. The indications are
good that he will appoint n special
committee of nine to consider the bill.
and before making their report they
will visit ST. Louis and examine the
situation personally.
Lord Roberts, at Jacobsdal, received
the following from Gen. French on the
10th: ST have completely dispersed the
enemy from the southern side of Kim
berley, from Alexandersfontein to
0liphantsfontein, and am now going
to occupy their ground. Have cap
tured the enemy's lager and store
supplies and supplies of ammunition.
Casualties about twenty of all ranks
wounded. Kimberley cheerful and
WELL"
Gov. Poynter OF Nebraska has re-
ceived a letter from w. b. Roberts,
county judge of Dawson county, cali
ing attention to the claim of Benja-
min Gomme, late of Eddyville, Neb,
who claims to have been impressed in
TO the British service and compelled 10
fight the Beers against his will.
Frank G. Simmons, postmaster at
Seward, Neb., has been arrested on a
charge of embezzlement of over $4,000
of the funds of his Office. Simmons is
editor of the Seward Reporter and
prominent in newspaper and political
circles of the state.
Six convicts escaped from a state
convict camp eight miles from Pine
Bluff, Ark. on the 18th. The six men,
with so others, were engaged in build
ing the Pine Bluff & Western rail-
road.