Iron County register., 1900-05-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

16n. hODeElS lS Ittpiuly cutting uO"u
the distance which lies between his
advancing host and Kroonstad. The
ComInander-in-chief in his latest dis
patch says that he has crossed the
Zand river, and that the Boers are in
flight, with the British cavalry in hot
pursuit along three roads.
President Kruger has been asked by
a burgheress if the time has not ar
rived for the formation of corps of
women, adding that she is prepared
with a body of women volunteers, 10
take up arms in defense of the lnde
pendence of the Transvaal.
Rumors reached the ears of the
American authorities at Manila that
a rising among the Filipinos in the
city was threatened on the Gay the
new commissioners arrived. An inves-
tigation was made quietly, with the
result that about 100 natives were
placed under arrest.
Gov. Stephens went to ST. Louis, on
the 10th, for the purpose of informing
himself fully upon the strike situa-
ticn, and if possible setting on foot
negotiations between the street rail-
road officials and strike leaders which
would result in the resumption of
street car traffic in ST. Louis. His eff
forts were practically fruitless.
The application of the University of
California for a charter was granted
at tile sixty-fifth annual convention ot
Psi Upsilon at San Francisco on the
111h. Other applications were not act
Ell upon.
The old Parkinson sugar plant, at
Fort Scott, Kas., which was estab-
l;slied by the government at cost of
$25O,cOO to experiment in the manu-
facturc of sorghum sugar, was sold,
on tie 10th, for $4,000 to L. p. Best, a
wealthy glucose manufacturer OF
Davenport, la.
The populist national convention at
Sioux Falls, S. D., nominated William
j. Bryan for for president. The mid
die e-cf-the-roaders, at Cincinnati, NOM
mated Wharton Barker for president
and Ignatius Donnelly for vice-presi-
dent.
Charles E. Webster, chief clerk OF
the national military home, at Marion,
Ind, was arrested, on the 10th, by
heDuly VA Shhi l'l Slb
ham, of Indianapolis, on the charge
of embezzlement and grand larceny.
A peasant in a village near Arezzo,
Italy. on the 11th, during Il sudden at
tack OF madness, murdered nine mem
bers of his family and wounded sew
eral others. Before he could be over
come he had also burned to the ground
a stable filled with cattle.
The woman question received the at
tention OF the Methodist genral con-
ference, on the 11th, a resolution being
reported by subcommittee providing
for such a change in the discipline as
would permit the licensing of wcmen
as local preachers and eNhorters. After
| long debate the resolution was voted
| down.
Senior Buencamino. the former lead
| er of the Filipino congress, accepts the
sovereignty of the United States, ac-
| knowledges that his countrymen are
| incapable of self government, and de-
| clares that the efforts at government
| already made, under adverse condi-
| tions, are more liberal and just than
| contemplated by the Filipino constitu.
| ton.
Sixteen hundred houses. including
so temples and all the principal build
ings, were burned in a ire that re-
Gently swept Fookier, Japan. Sixteer
persons perished and nearly 100 more
were injured. The property loss is es
timated at 100000 yen, or about So,
5000
Ahmed Pasha, Turkish vice-admiral
has left Constantinople. He is coming
to the United States with proposals
the object of which is the settlement
| CT our claims in an indirect manner
In the event of the failure of Ahmed!
proposals the United States govern
ment will resume negotiations with th'
Porte. The impression is that Ahmed
viii not succeed.