Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-07-26
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
IN a collision, ON the 21st, outside
Belfast Tough, between the local pas
senger steamers Dromedary and ALI
CATER, five passengers were killed, and
more than fifty others were more or
less seriously injured, in many cases
the amputation of limbs being neces-
sary. There were 600 passengers Oh
board the two vessels and terrible
scenes followed the collision. 1t is
feared that some were drowned.
During a dense fog over the Irish
channel, on the 21st, the Cunard line
steamer Campania, en- route from New
York for Liverpool, struck the Liver
pool bark Embleton, bound for New
Zealand, amidships, cutting her in
twain. The Embleton sank Immediate
~. Seven of the crew were rescued,
but it was believed the other II mem
bers of the ships company, including
the captain, were drowned.
Col. ]. w. Scully, of the quartermas-
ter's department, o. S. A, has gone to
Mexico to disinter and bring back for
burial in the San Antonio (TeX.) gov
eminent cemetery the bones of Amer
lean soldiers who fell in the battle of
I;uena Vista, fought near Saltillo, Mex
leo. in 1916. A railroad is to be built
directly across the plot of ground in
which the 700 American heroes lie
buried.
WI Sung Lee, a banker in Chinatown
and probably the richest Mongolian in
Chicago, said on the 22d: -Four laun-
dries have been forced to suspend bust
hess during the past week and Chinese
lauudries generally report a falling off
Of 30 per cent. in their business" This
condition is brought about by a partial
boycott, owing to the trouble in China.
An important ukase issued from ST.
Petersburg, on the 21st, orders that a
state of siege be proclaimed in the
military districts of Siberia, Turkestan
and Semiretchinsk, and hal all reserv-
lists in those districts be called to the
colors.
It is officially reported that during
the week ended on the 21st, 200 Fill
Zinc insurgents were killed and 100
surrendered or were captured. One
hundred rifles were taken. Twelve
- H!cEICdHS were hllleO anu IL WOuuUcO.
King Alexander of Servia has pro-
claimed his betrothal to Mime. Draga
Machin, a widow, who was formerly a
lady in waiting to Queen Natalie, the
kings mother.
Hon. L. E. ~Chittenden, register Of
the treasury during the Lincoln adj
min~istration, died in Burlington, VT.
ON the 22d. aged " wears.
Col. Willcocks, the commander Of the
British relief column in Ashanti, de-
scribes his entrance into Kumassi as
presenting a scene of horror and desc
lation, burned houses and putrid bodies
being visible on all sides. He adds that
native soldiers were too weak to stand,
and that the British officers thanked
God fer the relief, as a few more days,
they declared, would have seen the
end.
The viceroy of India, Baron Curzon,
~telegTaphed, on the 23d, to Lord
George Hamilton, secretary of state for
India, that the monsoon continues IA
yorabie. except in Gujerat, Kathiawar,
Baroda and Rajaphputna West, where
cultivation is at a standstill, and rain
is greatly needed for fodder. The num-
Der of the famine relief list now
reaches 6,2S1 900.
The Island of Basilan, department of
Mindanao and Jolo, P. l., has been
transferred from the controlof the mil
itary to that of the naval commander
on the Asiatic station, and all the
United States troops stationed on that
island nave been sent to other garri-
son The estabHshmentof civil govern
ment will be conducted by the naval
authorities.
Commissioner-Genera Peck enter
tanned at dinner, on the 23d, the Amer
lean athletes who contested in the
wCrld's amateur championship con-
tests in connection with the Paris ex-
position. Many noted guests were
present. Several speeches were made,
all emphasizing the great success of
the American competitors.
The president has signiiedh his willing
ness to mediate between the imperial
Chinese government and the powers.
but only upon conditions which first
must ne met by the Chinese govern
ment. These include the safety and
liberation of the foreigners in Pekin.
by an explosion on a naphtha launch
on Long Island sound, on the 23d, Mrs.
A. e. Grove and her ~16-year-old son,
Clinton w, were instantly killed, and
A. L. Grove was perhaps fatally in
jured. Mrs. Grove and her son were
irightfully mangled.
The hot wave in Germany was
broken, on the 23d, with terrific rain
and thunderstorms. Enormous dam
age was done in the district west of
BERLIN, especially to fruit.
The Lehigh Valley freight house at
East Buffalo, n. Y, together with so
cars loaded with merchandise, was de-
stroyed by fire, on the Esd; loss, $780,
COO.