Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-29
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Lawrence Townsend, United States
minister to Belgium; Walter H. Cham
berlain, assistant commissioner of
patents, and Francis Forbes, of New
York, have been appointed by the Sec
rotary of state as delegates to the
coming conference of the information
al convention for the protection of
industrial property, to be held at
Brussels, December IL next.
"a serious divergence has arisen in
Pekin," says the Tien Tsin CORE
spondent of the London Daily Mail.
Japan, the United States, Russia and
France favor demanding a milder pun
ishment than the execution of Prince
Tuan and The others, while Great
Britain, Germany, Austria-Hungary
and Italy deem anything less than
the death penalty useless"
The Shanghai correspondent of the
London Standard says that a terrible
famine is prevailing in the province
of Shensi. The government reserve
g~ranaries + nearly empty. The peo-
pie in the Sinan Flu prefecture are
eating grass, leaves and roots. 1t is
said hal there have been cases of can
nibalism in the mountains.
The annual report of Gov. Brady
of Alaska to the secretary of the in
terror urges congressional legislation
on the extension of the general land
laws to Alaska, giving the natives the
same legal status as the whites, and
the representation of Alaska by a del
egate in congress.
It was rumored in st. Petersburg,
on the 23d, that Emperor Nicholas
was threatened with lung comPlica-
tons which, if they exist, would ma
terially diminish his chances of recov-
cry. Inflammation of the lungs is a
common complication of typhoid in
Russia.
The semi-oficia1 Berliner Post de-
mands that the fifth cable between
England and Germany, the funds for
which were long ago raised, shall be
laid Immediately, asserting that
enormous damage is resulting to
German trade from the want of it."
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
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division of redemption, issued on the
23d, showed: Available cash balance,
S1s5, 731, 1899; gold, S92, 701, 2O9.
F. Schultz, a Berlin cabinetmaker,
was, on the Esd, sentenced to three
months imprisonment for criticising
Emperor Williams mo Pardon"
speech. Schultz was the sixth victim
within a week.
A difficulty has arisen between Ger
many and Turkey. The Ottoman gov
eminent objects to Germany using
Far San island, in the Red sea, as a
coaling station, and wishes to estab-
lish there a Turkish depot, accessible
to all the powers. Germany, however,
insists that she will not abandon the
island.
At an early hour, on the morning of
the 25th, a burglar entered the house
ofJacobGoldman, in Cleyeland,O. Gold
mans son grappled with the robber
and was shot through the jaw. Mrs.
Goldman was also shot in the breast.
The young man amy die. The burglar
escaped.
The London Daily Mail, indorsing an
article in its columns from the pen
of Mr.. Frederick Greenwood, founder
and first editor of the all Mall Ga
zette, advocates meeting the war
budget by a tax of from five TO ten
per cent. on foreign manufactured inn
ports.
Mr.. Kruger passed the Sabbath with
his family at the Hotel Scribe, in
Paris, observing the day in accordance
with the customs of his fatherland.
His apartments were closed to WIS.,
itors, and he remained within them,
INDUCING himself in perfect rest.
Bort, Bailey & Co.'S dry goods store
at Beloit, Wis. was robbed, on the
night of the oath, of silk gloves to the
value of $500. This is the second
robbery of the same kind and same
manner the firm has suffered in the
last six months.
1t is said that Lord Roberts recent
ly requested the government to send
10000 regulars to South Africa to re-
neve the same number now in the
field, but that his request was de-
clined on the cor of expense"
Gen.. Horace Porter. the United
States ambassador to France, has ar
rived at Tangier. 1t is said that his
visit is in connection with the set
Element of the American claims
against Morocco.
A special dispatch from Shanghai
says an official telegram from Sian Flu
confirms the report of the illness OF
the dowager empress and says her
condition has become considerably
worse.
The imports of dry goods and mer-
chandise at the port of New York for
the week ended on the oath, were
valued at 50, 1858.
Inc Venezuelan government has re-
ceived from Germany 10000 Mauser
rifles and 100000 cartridges.