Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-26
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

William III. Pethick, an American.
who had been private secretary and
diplomatic adviser to Ii Hung Chang
for 80 years., died in Pekin, China, on
the goth. Mr.. Pethick inspired most
of Ii Hung Changes progressive
schemes.
The State bank and eight other
business buildings were burned, on
the goth, at Francis, l. T., the total
loss being estimated at 100000. Fire
also destroyed much business prop
erty at Stennet, I. T.
AS the result of a terrific boiler ex-
| plosion in the Black Diamond steel
works at Pittsburg, Pa, on the goth,
three men were killed, one is missing
and a dozen were injured. The mill
and the James Mcneil boiler works.
adjoining, were demolished.
The Mckinley Memorial association
has fixed upon the sum of 100000 to
be raised, and has apportioned the
amount among the states of the
Union according to population and
location.
Levi Gaddis, aged "a, of Evansville,
Taylor county, Ky, and Mrs. Nancy
Gaddis, aed SO, his stepmother, were
married in Charleston. ILL.,, on the
Goth, by Judge j. 2. Harrah. Mrs.
Gaddis has two children by her for
mer husband.
The American residents of Mon
trea1 Can, have subscribed a fund of
5000 for the foundation of a fellow
ship on political economy at McGiil
university,t o be known as the Will
lam Mckinley fellowship.
A new patriotic order known as the
American Louisiana was organized IN
Denver, Col, On the night of the goth.
The prime object of the order is to
assist in the proper commemoration
of the great events in this history of
the Louisiana purchase region.
Cherokee Indians are reported
starving in the hills near T~ahlequah,
in the Going Snake district, as a re-
suit of the loss of their crops and
the blizzard. They are members of
the Netoowah tribe.
John B. Campbell, president of the
Chamber of Commerce association of
Kansas City, kas., a prominent q. A.
r. man, ex-postmaster of Fort Scott,
Kas., and for II years connected with
the st. Joseph (Mo.) Herald, was
found read in bed, on the Goth, aged
so years.
Lillian Vickers, of Los Angeles, Cal,
a student at Bryn Mawr college, near
Philadelphia, was burned to death in
her room at the college on the goth.
Her clothing accidentally caught fire,
and the young woman was fatally
burned before assistance reached her.
This was her third year at college.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
of the $3.50, 000, 900 gold reserve in the
division of redemption, issued On the
Goth, showed: Available cash balance,
S172, 796, 951; gold, $115,4S 8 ,10S.
Lord Francis Hope was seriously
injured, on the Goth, while out shoot
ing, by the accidental discharge OF
his gun. The charge shattered his
ankle, but the surgeons think his foot
may be saved.
The Swiss bundesrath has declined
to approach Great Britain d the sub
iect of the concentration camps in
south Africa, taking the ground that
it might be interpreted as unwarant-
able interference in the affairs of a
foreign country.
Arthur r. Jones, senior member OF
the Chicago board of trade firm of A
r. Jones & Co., and Michael j. Ryan,
secretary and principal broker of the
company, who were expelled from
membership in the board on charges
of monumental conduct and bucket
shopping, were granted a temporary
Injunction, on the Goth, by Judge Tu'
ley, and began operations on the
board again.
On the goth r. G. Dun & Co. report
ed: Failures for the week numbered
e65 in the United States, against 20;
last year, and 81 in Canada, agains1
Is last. year"
The British transport Harlech Gas
BE arrived at Hamilton, Bermuda, OF
the goth, with 800 Boer prisoner:
from Table Bay, south Africa, No
vember "a.
1t is announced that the British
war Office is in possession of a ciphe'
: message which purports to have beef
sent by Gen. Delarey, the Beer com
! mandant, in which he admits his in
ability to keep up the struggle late
than January.
Gen. Russell A. Alger is again
1 very sick man at his home in De
troit, Mich, and unless there is a,
Improvement in his condition an or
Grafton viii be performed for Inc re
moyal of gall stones.