Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-07-12
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
The foreign consuls at Shanghai
met, on the 7th, and officially an
nounced that the legations at Pekn
were safe on July 4. The foregoing
statement, read with Consul Warren's
dispatch to the foreign Office on the
18th, makes it possible to believe that
the legations could hold out for a num-
Der of days yet.
The London Times'Lourenzo Marques
correspondent said, under date of the
18th: ga general movement of Boer
settlers into Gazaland, Portuguese ter
ritory, seems to be in contemplation.
Already large herds have been driven
across the border. The Portuguese
welcome the movement"
Bowser, the Chicago man who pur-
poses to run the whirlpool rapids in
his lifeboat, did not succeed in launch
ing his craft at Niagara Falls,
ON the Sth. Preparations were made
to put the boa in the water, but again
the Canadian police interfered under
the Sunday law.
Exports of gold and silver from the
port of New York to all countries for
the week ended on the 18th, aggre-
gated $799 ,5s5 silver oars and coin, and
$62,24O gold. The imports of specie
for the same period were $15,051 gold
and $29,S97 silver.
Sixteen hundred men were thrown
out of employment at Lebanon, Pa,
on the sth, by the banking of five fur
naces, two of them owned and three
operated on a five-year lease by the
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Co., at
Scranton.
A special from Glen Park, Col, says
that Prof. Dickson, of Washington uni
versity, ST. Louis, was thrown from his
bicycle, on the sth, while descending a
steep hill. His head struck a bridge,
causing a serious conclusion Of the
brain.
The Chicago Chronicle, on the sth,
said: 1T is now reported that the
Chicago q Alton, the Kansas City and
Southern & Union Pacific system are
to be amalgamated and placed under
one management"
Three more bodies were found on
the steamer Saale on the Sth. This
makes 90 bodies that had thus far been
taken from the wreck of the vessel
since the fire, and lac bodies in ali re-
covered.
1t was announced, on the 5th, hat
Gen. Dodds, the hero of the Dahomey
campaign, had been appointed to the
command of the French expedition to
China.
In dispatching a division of arm
ored ships from Kiel TO China, on the
9th, Emperor William, during a speech
to the men, said: Remember, you will
have to fight a cunning foe, provided
with modern weapons, to avenge the
German blood which has flowed. But
spare the women and children. j shall
not rest until China is subdued, and all
the bloody deeds are avenged. You
will fight together with the troops of
various ~nationalities. See hat you
maintain good comradeship with
them"
A statement prepared by the adju-
tant general shows that the total
strength of the United States army in
the Philippines, June 30 last, was 3d.
42G officers and men. Of that number
31,S21 are regulars and 31,605 vol
u~nteers, distributed among the differ
en- arms as follows: Infantry, 54,36s
officers and men; cavalry, 1892; artil-
lery, 1921, and staff corps, 1926.
The electoral college met in the chief
towns and cities all over the republic
of Mexico, on the 9th, and cast their
votes for president. The returns will
come in slowly from the outlying
states. but an undoubted majority of
votes were cast for Gen. Diaz, insuring
his reelection for the term of fou
years, dating from December 1 next.
A delegation of fulI-bIooded Indians
waited on the president at Canton, o.,
on the 9th. and were rewarded with
very cordial handshaking. They are
connected with the Pawnee Bill Wild
West show, and were accompanied by
the man whose name the show bears.
The secretary of the interior, on the
9th, appointed J.. b. McIntire, of
Kapellene, Mont, j.. H. Nealy, of
Evansville, Ind, and G. H. Hoyt, of
Beatrice, Neb., commissioners to deal
WITH tne STOW. EldlucdQ anu OLHcE LII
dams under the act of June, 1900.
Peter Nissen, alias IF. NJ. Bowser,"
of Chicago, evaded the police, on the
9th, and shot the rapids and plunged
over Niagara Falls in his boat, the
Foolkiller, which failed to verify its
name, as Nissen survived the awful
plunge.
Pay Director George C. Cochran, u.
S. N, died, on the 9th, at his home in
Philadelphia, aged 81 years. He would
have been retired in another year with
the rank of rear admiral.
The japanese government has decid-
ed to Immediately dispatch $4,000 men
and 5000 horses to China. The Yoko-
hama newspapers indorse this action.