Iron County register., 1900-02-01
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

FEHSONAI ANU GENEHAIs
The boast OF one of the Goebel par
tisaEs in Kentucky that they would
sea5 Goebel as governor if they had to
wade through blood to do it, has had
the effect of bringing hundreds of
armed mountaineers to Frankfort, who
declare that the will of the people
shall not be lightly set aside.
DIa nonds valued at $4,000 were
stclen from the safe in the office of
joseph X. Dawson & Son, manufac-
turing jewelers., at Philadelphia, on
the 25th. That the thief was in posses
sion of the combination is evidenced
by the fact that there were no marks
ON the safe.
The gift of library by Miss Helen
Gould to the Y. NJ. c. A. of Fort Scott,
Has, is announced. The library is to
consist of selected books helpful to
young men. The only conditions are
that the association shall provide suit
able cases for them and circulate them
carefully among the members.
Fire, on the 25th, did 100000 dam
age at Fredonia, n. Y. Besides the loss
to buildings, the power house of the
Dunkirk & Fredonia Street Car Co.
was destroyed, together with all the
cars. Alice Huntington and Fred w.
Case were burned to death.
a dispatch from Gen. Otis, on the
25tb, said: Macarthur telegraphs that
McRae struck an insurgent post in the
mountains northwest of Porac, cap
X,,r k6a
loads of powder and ammunition and
three insurgents with rifles. The bar
racks and arsenal were destroyed
Julian Padilla, in working a tur-
quoise property near the famous Tiff
fanny claims, at Turquesa, n. NJ, on the
25th, struck a pocket of unusually
large and fine colored gems, worth at
least $25, 900.
Mrs. Martha Patterson, the oldest
child of President Andrew Johnson,
wEr was mistress of the White House
during her fathers administration, is
lying at the point of death at the old
Johnson homestead in Greenville,
Tenn. She is in her seventy-second
year.
The students of Cincinnati universi-
ty, OF the Goth, adopted resolutions of
confidence and sympathy with Prof.
Myers, resigned.
BY a night attack Gen. Warren's
troops carried Spion's Kop on the
night of the 23d, thus gaining an adj
vantageous position overlooking the
Boer intrenchments. Details of the af-
fair have not yet arrived, but it is
hox hn RR.ifiSh a
heavy. Gen. Woodgate was mortally
wounded and has since died.
The house committee on military
affairs agreed, on the Goth, to proceed
with the investigation of the Idaho la
boz troubles on February IA, and it
was arranged that the governor and
auditor of the state and Brig.-Gen.
Merriam should be asked to appear at
that time.
Secretary of the Navy Long, at the
request of Representative Gaines, has
prcse nted the city of Nashville, Tenn,
a one-pound Hotchkiss gun, which was
aboard the gunboat Nashville, and the
first American gun fired in the Spanish
war.
Mrs. John D. Rich, of Chicago, and
formerly champion female pugilist Of
Illinois, was convicted in Juarez, Mex
leo, on the 26th, of numbering her hus-
band, and sentenced to Il years inn
prisonment.
Cecil Chamberlain, 1S years old, son
Of one of the most prominent business
men in Decatur, ILL.,, was arrested, on
the Goth, on the charge OF attempting
70 f>1ooEno;1 II T OIdbop, n prorD;.
nent citizen. He was indicted and re-
leased on bond, having made a confess
sion.
Mr.. Frye, superintendent of public
schools, in Cuba, is in receipt of re-
la:rts showing that $40 schools have al
ready been organized. Reports are
coming in at the rate of IS day, and
it is expected that the number will
reach 2,OoO, representing 100000 chill
dren.
Col. Louis Strassberger, IF Detroit,
Mich, dropped dead, on the 26th, in
the post Office, the result of a stroke
of apojlexy. Col. Strassburger formerly
resided in Baltimore. He served on the
military staffs of three governors of
Maryland-McLean, Lloyd and Jackson.
Gen. Kobbe had a sharp battle at
Legaspi, in the extreme southeast por-
ton of Luzon, on the 22d, with 600 in
tre1 ched insurgents. a landing was
effected under cover of the Nashville's
guns and the insurgents were defeated
after two hours fighting, losing quite
heavily. Seven cannon were captured.