Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

A fight occurred at Terre Haute,
lrG., on the Goth, between Congress-
man George w. Faris and H. c. Pugh.
ex-United States consul to Palermo,
gro wing out of the manner of the
withdrawal of the congressman from
the race for denomination. The con-
gresham was knocked down and bad
ly bruised.
The funeral of Gen. Joubert at Pre-
toria, on the Goth, was the occasion o.
a remarkable demonstration, not the
least of which was the sending of q
wreath of flowers by the British pris-
oners confined at the race track.
Theodore Reynolds, who was re-
Euted to be worth almost ten mil
lions, and was owner of two wooden
mills and a straw shop at Monsor.
Mass, and third largest stakeholder of
the Boston & Albany railroad, died
oil the night of the goth, aged 81
years.
The cabinet crisis in Peru, which
was provoked. on the goth, by the res
icnation of DIR. Romo, minister of JUS
tice and public instruction, has passed
DIR. Ezequiel Vega has been appointed
to succeed Romo, and DIR. Carl Basad1e
Y Ferero, minister of public works,
will act as minister of war and ma
rine pro TEN.
From the general tenor of the dis
patches from South Africa it would
seem that Lord Roberts has permitted
the retreating Beers to concentrate in
the vicinity of Bloemfontein. ahd is
drawing in his forces from all direc-
tions to compel them to give battle,
X. G. Dun d Co. on the 30th, report
ed: Failures for the week have been
20. in the United States. against 1914
last year, and 80 in Canada, against IS
last year.
Senator Proctor, on the Goth, intro
duced an amendment to the Puerto
RICO bill providing that lin no event
shall any duties be collected after the
3Oth OF June, 1900, the end of the pres
ent fiscal year"
Tie amount of bonds received at the
treasury for exchange for new two
per-cents. up to March 30, was $fSl.~
92+.4OO, of which $19, 600 was from
individuals and institutions other than
national banks.
Ike senate, on the 3Oth, confirmed
the nomination of j. ]. GiTimondi, Of
California, to be consul at Santos,
Brazil.
Gen. Louis Rotha. who has been one
of the most successful of the Boer
generals in opposing the British adj
vance, has been chosen to succeed
Gen. Joubert, deceased, as CON-
| mandant general of the Transvaal
forces.
Five additional warrants are said to
have been sworn out at Frankfort,
KY, against men accused of completely
in the Goenel assassination, but the
names were not made public. 1t is
said the warrants are to be immediate
ly served.
A force from Gen. Roberts army at
| tackled and drove Roer force from
! a number of kopieS in the vicinity of
Karee station siding, to the north
| ward of Bloemfontein, on the Both, the
British casualties Numbering over 100.
| The Beers retired TO Brandfort.
President Krlger's latest prociama-
| ton warns the women and children to
leave Bloemfontein within five days,
as he intends to lombard and destroy
the city and to shoot the burghers
whom he captures there.
Tie postmaster general has removed
from Office the postmaster at Tro-
WORT, Utah, upon the recommends
ton of the congressional committee
which Investigated the chargsS that he
Il polygamist.