Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-09
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

AtlAC 1hSCi. Liz hllSSlbIl
lost 60 in killed and wounded. Fou'
Russian officers were killed, ant
among the wounded was Gen. Ger
pitzki.
The population of the district o
Victoria, Australia, according to tn
last census report, is 81, 195, TIA, an in
crease of 5,469 in the last ten years.
The structural iron workers of In
dianapolis, Ind, to the number of 90
went on strike on the I'd. They de
mand 25 cents an hour.
The principal incident of Presiden
McKinley's visit to New Orleans &C
Cured, on the I'd, in the old Cabildo
the seat of the government of tn,
former Spanish and French rulers
which is yet preserved in its origina
integrity by the Louisiana Historical
society.
Natural gas has been found within
the corporate limits of the little town
of Enterprise, Miss, and there il
great excitement among it's citizens
Preliminary arrangements have al
ready been made to organize a com
pany to develop the find.
The Louisiana Purchase World.
Fair corporation held it's first meet
ing, at st. Louis, on the I'd, and or
ganized by the election of the follow
ing officers: President, David r
Francis; treasurer, William H. Thomp
SON; permanent secretary, Walter b
chosen, viz: Corwin H. Spencer, S. NJ
Kennard, d. NJ. Houser, C.. P. Wal
bridge, S. W. Cobb, C. II. Huttig, Aug
Gehner, Pierre Chouteau.
Arthur Orr, OF Chicago, three year
ago, made an investment in Unio1
Pacific stock at around 20 cents. He
sold at about 131 during the recen:
rise. Allowing five per cent. interest
he has cleared over a million on his
10000 shares.
George c. Phillips corner in May
corn is a strenuous fact. With a
whoop and a dash the price went to
IS cents, on the I'd, five cents higher
than the record-breaking price of the
day before, and higher than it had
sold since 1894, when it brought 81
cents nine months before it was sup,
posed to be delivered.
The brokers on Wall street, New
York, got tired making money, and,
on the I'd, circulated a petition asking
that the exchange remain closed from
Friday until Monday, to give the
brokers and their clerks time to
catch their breath.
The duke and duchess of Fife, on
the I'd, in the name of King Edward.
formally opened the Glasgow exhibit
ton. The duchess unlocked the doors
of the art gallery with a golden key.
Mrs. Mary Sankey, the mother of
Ira D. Sankey, of Brooklyn, the
EVANGELIST, died at her home in New
castle, Pa, on the I'd. Mrs. Sankey
was 90 years old and the mother of II
children, V sons and four daugh-
tiers, of whom two survive her. Ira
and Watson.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
of the S150,00O 900 gold reserve in the
Sd, showed: Available cash balance.
s156,s34,956; gold, s97,374,69
Mrs. Alice a. C.. Bailey, of Des
Moines, was unanimously elected
president of the Iowa Federation of
Women's clubs at Council Bluffs, on
the Sd. Mrs. Flora S. Barkley, of
Boone, was chosen v;c~e-president, and
Mrs. Nellie Cooke, of Algona, CORE
spending secretary.
Rock Island railway officials at Chi
rago have about decided to rebuild
the bridge across the Missouri river
at st. Joseph, Nc, and run most OF
the through business that way in
stead of via Kansas City. To rebuild
the bridge will cost $4,000 600.
ExEmpress Eugene has presented
the municipality of Paris with the
cradle of the late Prince Louis Ma
poleon, who was killed in the Zulu
war. The cradle is a superb work of
art, and was originally a gift from
the municipality to the empress.
The tyventy-ffth anniversary of the
Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, was
marked, on the Cd, by unusual rejoic-
ing in Philippopolis, in which Prince
Ferdinand and the Bulgarian minis
tiers and prelates took part.
One hundred and thirty city blocks
in Jacksonville, Fla, many of them in
the heart of the business and best
residence sections, were laid in ashes
on the Sd. Many of the finest public
and private buildings, including the
principal hotels, theater and churches
were destroyed. The loss is roughly
estimated at from $40, 900, 900 to $751;
900, 600, and upwards of 10000 1sons
are homeless.
The Illinois Central Railroad Co..
on July 1, will set aside S250,000, to
form the nucleus of a fund, to be
added to each year in an amount not
to exceed 100000, for the purpose OF
p~ensioning old and faithful en-
ployes.
Montague White, diplomatic agent
for the Beers in the United States, is
authority for the statement that
President Kruger will visit this ccun.
try in October. He was at the state
department, on the Sd, and men.
toned the proposed visit to the de.
partment officials.
What many persons regarded as the
long-expected reaction in the New
| York stock market suddenly began
TO manifest itself early on the after
! noon OF the Sd, under circumstances
| that made the day positively the most
interesting and spectacular in the his
tory OF the exchange