Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-16
OF Il DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Frank *. Long, Ninth Infantry, was
among the wounded.
4 Japanese force made a recon
Nuisance beyond Hsi-Ku, on the 9th,
the result being that the enemy was
developed in strong force, we'll forth
fled, at Wei-Ho. After facing the fire
of seven guns the japanese retired
on Hsi-Ku, with a loss of three killed
and % wounded, but having captured
200 horses.
Ii Hung Chang. in Il recent CONVEX
sation expressed his despair ever the
condition of the Chinese government
and his fears that the a~nti-foreign ele-
ment has gained complete ascendency
at PeBin.
The condition of the Kansas corn
crop is given officially as "a per cent.
This estimate is based ON returns
from every school district i'll Kansas,
dated August 4. Since then the corn
has suffered some from the continued
dry and hot weather, SO hat half a
crop" is the best thai can reasonably
be expected. The wheat Weld is
placed at 7S.OS1 600 bushels.
y package containing 81, 900 in cur
rency was stolen in broad daylight
from the express office at Galatia, III.
IT was one of three packages, one con-
tanning $500 in silver, another 81, 900 in
gold, and another 81. 600 in bills. were
shipped by the Continental Bank of
st. 1.ol,is to the Bank of Galatia.
The Chicago City Railway Co. mas
decided on a general plan for re-
g. 80. 1s,,o- O-Io-. H.
been sem to ST. Louis for the con-
~struction of Il number of new cars.
which will be superior &c any now in
Chicago, and as fine as any i'll the
country
.Advices received from Bitlis, Asiat-
&c Turkey, say that 200 men, women
and children lave been snasSacred in
the Armenian village of Spaghank, in
the district of Sassun, by troops and
Eurds, under Ali Pasha, the commaH-
dant of Bitlis.
The marine hospital service has re-
ceived a ~cabIegram from Passed AS
sistant Surgeon J. B. Greene officially
announcing the existence of the plague
at Hamburg. 1t was brought by
steamer from South America.
The Harper Bros building. in Pearl
and Cliff streets. New York, together
with all apparatus. and with all rights
to publish the Harper periodicals,
were sold at the New York Real Es-
tate exchange. on the 9th. for $780,
900 to Alex f. Orr, chairman of the
reurgal ization committee fer the pub
fishing house.
The state of Colorado began suit at
Denver, on the 10th, against the Pull
nan Palace Car Co. for S11,OS5 which,
it is claimed, is due the state as an
Incorporation fee.
Late advices from the north assert
that a single shipment of 81, 00O, 900 in
IL easIre will soon be made from Daw-
son to Seattle, Wash.
\ plot to seize Gen. Roberts and to
shoot as many as possible of the Brit
ish officers in Pretoria has bee dis
covered, and ten men charged with
completely have been arrested. Other
suspects are being closely watched,
and it is expected that they will short
ly be taken into custody.
The post office department has or
dered the establishment of rural free
delivery service, on the 18th, at Shell
don, Ia, Portland and Cumberland,
Ind, and Weldon, ILL.,, and additional
service at Belleville, Kas.
Fifty-two cases of yellow fever
were under treatment in Havana on
the 10th. OF the victims, IS were
Americans. Thus far the mortality
rate has been about 25 per cent. of
those attacked.
For insulting the new queen of
Servia, Gen. Belimarkowitch, who
was one of the regents during the mi
nority of King Alexander, has been
placed under arrest.
Djeyad Pasha, former Turkish grand
vizier, died in Constantinople on the
10th.
Rev. A. Fl. Burroughs, the TeAnes-
see parson who has officiated AZ the
marriage of hundreds of couples from
across the Virginia line, opened his
doors at Bristol, on the 10th, to six
couples, all of whom arrived on the
same train. The whole group stood
before the parsons altar at the same
time, and a single cermony sufficed
for the lot.
When Pan Handle express train No.
s from the west pulled into h Union
depot. at Columbus, o., on the night of
the 10th, Charles Lane, the express
messenger, was found dead in his car
with a bullet through his heart. The
safe had been opened and all the valu-
ables taken. There were indications
OF a desperate fight.
The populist advisory committee has
recommended that the poPulists notify
Bryan of his nomination by the Sioux
Falls convention at Topeka, Kas., on
August %. The notification by the
free silver republicans will he at a
later date, and possibly at st. Paul,
Mimi.
A Shanghai dispatch of the 10th
SAYS that an imperial decree has been
issued naming Earl Ii Hung Chang as
minister plenipotentiary to negotiate
with the powers for peace.
The Chinese say they ~retreated
fran Yang Tsun because the Brit
ish sspoured poison" into their ranks.
This refers to the lyddite shells, which
the Chinese came in contact with for
Tia first time.