Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-06
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There is an unconfirmed rumor in
Pekin that Prince Ching has been ap-
pointed regent, but is afraid to re-
turn to the capital unless the foreign
ENJOYS viii guarantee his liberty.
Ten dignitaries remaining in Pekin
have, consequently, resolved TO petit
ton the diplomats, in the interest of
an amelioratiop Of the situation, to
invite Prince Ching to return and to
give explanations.
A crowd of men calling themselves
"The South Lima (O.0 Whitecaps,' at
two o'clock on the morning of the I'd,
dragged William Stell, an aged man,
from his bed and subjected him to a
most cruel fiogging. There was not
an inch of his back that did not show
signs of mutilation. 1t is claimed that
Stell had been cruel to his wife. The
police nave the guilty persons under
surveillance
The Germans have formally de-
manded for themselves all the build
ings and grounds of the camp of the
United States troops at Tien Tsin, eX-
| planning that these will be needed by
the large German forces 500 to ar
rive. As the American camp lies in
the German concession, the demand
will probably be complied with.
In the presence of President Err
rasuriz and the local authorities the
electric tramway system of Santiago
de Chile was formally inaugurated on
the I'd. The public was greatly de-
1s-I4ol - +Lo o,+,o-,a anl tho in
stallation of similar methods of ran
~portation is expected to rapidly multi
ply.
Papers have beer signed transfer
ring the Brallamar copper mines,
situated on Howe sound, neal Van
couver, B. c., to English capitalists
known as the Scott syndicate. The
price paid was OF the basis of S2,00O,-
900, with a substantial cash payment.
Capt. Man of the British steamer
Marconomo, who recently touched at
ST. Helena, and saw Gen. Cronje and
Col. Sheel and other notable captives,
SAYS there are 1000 Boer prisoners at
ST. Helena. They are well cared for,
and are made comfortable.
Ii Hung Chang still remains in
China. He is thoroughly discredited,
but is said to be intriguing to get
the foreigners to quarrel among
themselves.
There is a financial panic in Chi
nese business circles in Shanghai.
Probably an important factor is the
money rate, which is now SO per cent,
per month.
The suit of ex-Queen Liliuokalani
against C. r. Wilson, her one-time
confidential adviser, for $1,000 dam
ages and to eject him from the prem
ises in Honolulu claimed by both par
ties to the suit, has been answered by
Wilson with a cross-complaint in
which he claims remuneration for 20
years service as adviser to her males
ty up to 1895.
On the Sd the managers of the two
window glass factories at Muncie,
Ind, owned by the American Window
Glass Co, were ordered, by telephone
from Pittsburgh, to resume work 1T
eight o'clock the following morning,
a settlement having been made with
the f~iatteners. Thousands of skilled
1aborers are affected.
AZ d nl6EIHS anu OlCSS-
ing exhibition in Indianapolis, Ind, on
the Sd, Chas. ]. Gardner broke the
worlds record. In 1898 he killed and
dressed ten sheep in 80 minutes and
9 seconds; this made him the worlds
champion. On the Sd he killed and
dressed ten sheep in 80 minutes and
% seconds.
Two policemen were killed in
ST. Louis, OIL the night of the Sd, by
electric shock, and II other persons
were injured by the crossing of teIe-
prones with live wires. All those hurt,
except one, + connected with the
police department, and that one is an
inspector in the city lighting depart
nent.
Prince and Princess Henry of Prus-
STA will meet Emperor William ut
Stettin on the 9th. It is understood
that hereafter they will reside at
| Charlottenburg castle, in accordance
| with the wish of the kaiser, who de-
sires to have his brother neare him.
A delegation of five Yaqui Indians
who belong to The peace faction of
that tribe arrived at Hermonsillo,
Mex, OF the Sd, on their way to the
City of Mexico, where they viii lay a
proposition before President Diaz,
looking to a settlement of the a
While making a brutal assault upon
his wife in a quarrel over a trivial
matter, A. Woods, a farmer, living
near Martelle, Ia, was shot, on the
Sd, and instantly killed by his 1s-year-
old son, who raj promptly exonerat-
ed by the coroner's jury.
On account of the outbreak of bu-
bonic plague at Glasgow the Austro-
Hungarian government has ordered a
medical examination of all the ships
ARRIVING in that country from English
ports.