Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


One of the most awfully destructive
storms that ever visited this country
swept the lower half of Texas, on the
sth and 9Th. Many towns are report
ed as entirely obliterated, with a list
OF dead and injured from each. The
entire face of the country for miles
back from the coast was said to have
been inundated, the surface of the
water being strewn with corpses,
wreckage from destroyed homes, fur
niture and general debris. Meager
reports from Galveston indicate that
a large portion of the town and island
were swept away and that the loss of
life would reach up into the thou
sands.
Mai. Marchand, of Fashoda fame,
embarked at Marseilles, on the 9th, on
a steamer bound for China, where he
goes to represent France on the in
ternational commission composed of
officers entrusted with the settlement
of diplomatic questions and any diff
cuIties arising between the different
portion of the foreign corps.
The judge advocate general of the
army has received the records of sew
era1 cases of native Filipinos tried by
military commissions for various
crimes, such as murder, robbery, etc,
some of whom were executed while
others were saved by Gen. MacAr-
thurs ~disallowing the findings of the
courts-martial.
The North German Lloyd steamship
Wilhelm der Crosse was sighted by
the Deutschland at d~aybreak, on the
5th, and was passed at noon. She was
out of sight at nightfall. The much
advertised race, therefore, was of
brief duration, the Deutschland over
hauling and outstripping her rival
easily.
Advices from Pekin. to the 1st, say
that Emperor Kwang Su was then at
Hsuen Hwa Flu, in the province of Chi
Il, $50 miles north of Pekin. 1t is also
reported that Gen. Yung Lu and his
entire family had committed suicide.
The condition of Gen. John A. Nc
Clernand was slightly improved on
the 9th. He took some nourishment,
and his strength was somewhat bet
ter. There is a shadow of hope for
his
Arrivals at Victoria, B. c., from the
norths report rich strikes in the
Tanana country. One miner reports
that the ground in places pays 800
day.
Another bubonic plague suspect was
removed to the isolation hospital at
Glasgow on the 9th.
Later news from che great disaster
on the Texas coast. seceived, on h
10th, say hat Sabine Pass and Port
Arthur YER practically uninjured in
the awful visitation, but abate moth
ing of the first reports of death and
destruction at Galveston, and the
score of other towns heard from. The
dead will number thousands, and the
property loss must reach many mill
ions of dollars. Full details of the
calamity will not be known for days.
Bids were opened at the treasury
department., on the 10th, for the con-
.struction Except heating apparatus,
electric wiring and conduits), of the
United States post office building at
Stockton, Cal. There were seven bids,
of which that of McPhetters & Co.,
San Francisco, of $94,S62, was the low
est.
United States Minister Pierce, at
St. Petersburg, on the 10th, signed n
protocol arranging for the arbitra-
ton OF the claims of American ~sealers
for the seizure of their vessels by the
Russian government about six years
ago. DIR. Asser, a Dutch publicist,
was named as arbitrator.
Late developments in the Chinese
situation point to a speedy withdraw
al of the United States troops from
China. Gen. Chaffee, on the 10th,
added the weight of his opinion to
that already entertained by many Of
fcials in Washington in favor of re-
tirement.
The population of the city of Coun :
Gil Bluffs, Ia, according to the official
returns of the twelfth census, is as
follows: 1900, 25,sO2; 1890, PLATA.
These figures show for. the city as a
whole an Increase in population of
4,32s, or 20.15 per cent.
The Kansas City (Mo.) Star an
nounce that with the consent of the
subscribers to the Matanzas reconcen-
trador relief fund, it will transfer the
balance remaining from hat fund,
salsa, to the Galveston relief fund.
Clara Barton, president of the
American National Red Cross, issued
an appeal to the people of the coun-
try, on the 10th, for means to relieve
the suffering among the victims of
the hurricane in southern Texas.
The population of the city of Terre
Haute, Ind, as officially announced,
On the 10th, is: 1900, s6,673, 1890, sO,2f7
an increase in population of 6,456, or
21.37 per cent. from 1890 to 1900.
The Indianapolis Ind.) board of
trade, on the 10th. voted $500 for the
relief of the Texas food sufferers.