Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-13

are Offers 10 give
Dalney or Port Arthur to Japan. The
Nagasaki press says it has this in
formation from a most reliable au-
thority at V~ladivostock.
United States Ambassador to Berlin
White attaches great Importance to
the news that some of the principal
German states will drop their double
tariff, as he believes this will make
the negotiation of the commercial
treaty between the United States and
Germany much more likely.
Negotiations between the Cramp-
Maxim-ViCkers group of ship build
ers and stockholders of the Bethle-
hem (Pa.) steel works have been re-
sumed and the consolidation original
ly mapped out had, on the 5th, been
arranged so far as that was possible
without the actual delivery of the
stock.
The british ship Poltalloch, which
was stranded eight months ago on the
ocean beach near the North Coke
lighthouse, was fioated on the 6th.
For owe two weeks she had been
within so feet of deep water. She
was uninjured. not even being strained
to any p~erceptible extent, and looked
none the worse for her stay on the
beach.
A snowstorm occurred throughout
the central and northern portions of
N4~4I DD1-@H. 49, H. car I@-,a-
town snow fell for two hours. A SIM
liar state of affairs is reported in
towns on the jamestown Northern
railroad. The snow quickly melted.
Snow fell late in May, 1891. but a SIM
liar occurrence in June is not known
to have happened before.
The Hong Kong press warmly cen
sures Count Won Waldersee for bad
conduct of military affairs in North
China. The papers say the command
er-in-chief can not be personally eX-
onerated from blame for permitting
attacks on innocent places and inno-
cent people until German mill
tary rule i'll North China is a by-word
for inefficiency and injustice.
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George w. Cumberland, known to
the American stage as George W.
Thompson, Father of the Elks," died
in Brooklyn, on the 9th, from blood
poisoning following an operation
upon his hand. He was born IN New
York city in 1886. He is said to have
founded the Order of Elks 35 years
age, becoming first exalted ruler of
New York lodge No. 1 in 1868.
The Berlin Lokal Anzieger calls at
tention to what it describes as the
'.ill-tempered utterances'' of the Lon
don Times, regarding Count Won
Waldersee's return, and says: "The
animus of the wrath of the
Times, is the fact that several hum
bred Germans remain in Shanghai,
thus permanently divesting the city
of its character as British domain"
The State Bank of Indiana, at In
~dianapolis, closed business on the Sd.
The gilt-edged assets and deposits
were transferred to the Columbia ma
tional bank, which opened it's doors
the same day. Other paper was
placed in the hands of the Security
Trust Co. as trustee, for collection.
All ~depositors of the State bank will
be paid dollar for dollar on demand
As a result of the agitation by the
German Colonial society in favor OF
some notifications of the law of 1870,
under which thousands of Germans
abroad were denationalized without
any desire Of their part for such a
result, the government announces
that a new law is being drafted, by
the terms of which Germans abroad
will lose their nationality only by
their own volition.
About the first of next month full.
civil government will be set up in the
Philippine islands, exactly as project.
ed by the Philippine commission. Al
soon after hat date as an administra,
tive machinery can be made ready
for it, the new Philippine tariff will
be proclaimed, also following out the
original plan formed before the an.
nouncement of the late decisions oil
the supreme court.
For the third time the case of Ne
braska against the bondsmen of Jo-
seph BARLEY, former state treasurer,
is on trial III the district court at Om-
aha. Suit is brought to the
mount of Bartley's defalcation of
over six hundred thousand dollars.
The case has been tried twice prev
ously in the same court, and both OF
the verdicts were set aside by the SUI
preme court on errors of the tria
court.
Jas. d. Ross, president of the Rail
way Porters' association, has issued a
call for a meeting of the executive
committee in Chicago, on the Goth, to
complete arrangements for the estab-
Ishment of a private hospital for col.
pred men in the reilway service. This
question of calling a national convcn.
ton before or after the national con.
vention of the Colored Peoples Ma,
sional business association will alsf
be considered.