Iron County register., 1900-03-01
e PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

| Fy direction of the president the
military post at Magnolia Bluff, neal
Seattle, Wash, will hereafter be know
anC designated as Fort Lawton, in
honor of the late Maj.-Gen. Lawton, T.
| S. V, Colonel and inspector general
| United States army, who was killed
in action at San Mateo. Philippine
| isiards, on December 10, 1899.
Gen. John McNulta, for 35 years a
prominent citizen, lawyer and poll
tician of Bloomington, ILL.,, died in
| Washington, on the 22d, aged 63. lie
was born in New York, and located in
Bloomington in 1857. He raised the
Mir ety-fourth Illinois volunteers and
became a brigadier general.
Advices Of the 22d indicated that
Gen. Kitchener had Gen. Cronje and
his force that retreated from the
vicinity of Kimberley surrounded on
the Modder river at Paardeberg, and
while Gen. French, with the cavalry
and mounted infantry, was prevent
ing the reinforcement of Cronje, the
British artillery was mercilessly she'll
ing the Free Staters' laager.
A dispatch has been received at Ra-
tavia, n. Y, stating that Earnest King
don, of Stafford, who enlisted in the
Fortieth volunteer infantry, had been
tried by court-martial, in Luzon, and
sentenced to be shot, for sleeping at
his post, in consequence of which Fill
P;nos entered the American camp and
killed two or three soldiers.
Al invitation received by Admiral
Dewey to visit Jacksonville, ILL.,, is in
the form of a gold plate, six by eight
inches, containing S40O worth of the
pl ecious metal, beautifully engraved.
and bearing the admiral's flag, the four
stars being represented by diamonds
Advices from Marathon, in the grea.
bend of TIE Rio Grande, 200 miles
west of San Antonio, Tex, confirm the
reports of extensive discoveries of Gin
nabar, or quicksilver, ore of remarka-
bic richness.
The statement of the condition of
the treasury issued on the 23d showed:
Available cash balance, $296, $685. ,95s;
gold reserve. $255, ,5s3, ,7S7.
The Democratic national committee
at its session in Washington, on the 22d.
after listening to speeches on behalf
of Kansas City and Milwaukee as loca-
tions for holding the national conven-
ton, decided, by vote of 40 to 9, on
Kansas City and July as the date.
Thomas w. Balls heroic bronze stat
ue of Washington was unveiled at Me-
thuen, Mass, on the 22d, on the
grounds of Edward F. Searles. The
statue, with its accompanying figures,
is said to have cost $25O,OO0. 1t was on
exhibition at the Worlds fair at Chi
cago, where it occupied a central posi-
ton in the art gallery. The pedestal, of
white marble, is 60 feet in height.
The black plague has broken out at
both Kahului, on the island of Maui, |
and Hilo on the island of Hawaii. The
latest advices report seven deaths at
Kahului-all Chinese-and one at Hilo,
a Portuguese woman.
John Posey, farmer living south
west of Perry, Okla, lost his power of
speech in a peculiar way. He was
playing into a slot machine and won
SIS and $50 with one five-cen: piece.
He finally tainted and has not regained
his speech.
The British press teens with ad-
HiITdIlOn 1OF TIC ma IIIlCchG COuIdSc
shown by Gen. Cronje and his force OF
Free Staters in their desperate resist
ance when brought to bay at Paarder-
berg Drift.
1t was reported, on the 23d, that
Gen. White had made a sortie from
Ladysmith and captured large num-
Der of wagons. belonging to the enc
my. Heavy firing was going on in the
direction of Ladysmith, either on the
pert of White or the enemy.
A Big Four freight train, east
bound, went through bridge over the
Wabash river at the western limits of
Terre Haute, Ind, on the 23d, result
ing in fatal injuries to Fireman Rnd-
die, of indianapolis, and Brakeman
Johr Whiteman, of Mattoon, Ill. The
train consisted of 40 cars, and SS of
them went into the stream.
In the French senate, sitting as a
high court, on the 23d, Deputy MARCEL
charged with melting soldiers
to insubordination at the time of the
funeral of President Faure, was found |
guilty and sentenced to five years
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