Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-15
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Encke's comet was observed, on the
18th, by DR.. VIM. r. Brooks, at
Smiths observatory, Geneva, N. Y.
The comet is in contellation Gemini,
in the eastern morning sky. Its po-
sition, on the morning of the 18th,
was right ascension Oh, 35m, 30s, and
declination north 81 degrees, IL min
utes. The comet is moving in a south
easterly direction and approaching
the sun. It is increasing in bright
ness, but is not visible without a tele-
scope.
Co., at a meeting in Buffalo, n. Y,
decided to rebuild their Wichita (Kas.)
plant, recently destroyed by fire.
When the news vas announced in
Wichita, on the 18th, whistles were
blown and bells were rung. The plant
was destroyed over two months ago,
entailing a loss of S75O,OO0.
j. r. Woods, the prize winner in the
land lottery, who claimed a strip
along the Lawton town site to the
prejudice of Miss Matte Beals, the
Kansas telephone girl, has appealed
to eX-Gov. Richards, who conducted
the opening, to have government
troops put the t~respassers off his
homestead.
The bond of Walter n. Dimmick,
former chief clerk of the United
States mint at San Francisco, who is
under arrest charged with embez-
H.. cDn NM H. Iaa- -1oaa1 OF coz -
300. Dimmick is in custody of the
secret service officers. He was form
ally arraigned on the 18th.
A bomb was exploded, On the 18th,
near the altar of the Church of ST.
Meier, at Troyes, France, doing con-
siderable damage to the thirteenth
century windows, but not injuring
any of the 100 children who, together
with a priest, were in the sacred edi-
flee at the time.
Two persons were probably fatally
burned and a dozen more or less Sc
verely injured as the result of an ex-
plosion on a pleasure yacht in the
Monongahela river, neal Peters
creek, on the 18th.
A gold brick valued at 100000, which
was shipped from Unga, Alaska, via
the steamer Newport about July 20,
for San Francisco, had not yet ar
rived in that city up to the 18th.
The transport Sumner arrived at
San Francisco, on the 10th, from Ma
Mia, with $50 convalescent soldiers.
There were two deaths on the voy-
age.
In view of the interest taken in the
discussion whether or not animal
tuberculosis can be communicated to
human beings, T. L. Monson, state
dairy commissioner of Colorado, Of
fers himself as a subject for a thor
ough test of the matter, provided a
suitable annuity for his family is as
sured in case of fatal results. Mr..
Monson has made a study of the mat
ter, and is a strong believer in Dr.
Koch's theory.
The captain and part of the crew of
the 2,000-ton barkentine Priscilla
landed at Cape Sable, on the 18th, re-
porting that the vessel struck a ledge
off Darlington on the night of the
18th. A boat containing IA men was
missing. The Priscilla was bound
from England for New York with a
cargo of chalk.
An editorial of the New York Her.
aid urging the United states to end
the conflict by taking sides with CO.
lombia against Venezuela, caused
great enthusiasm in Panama, and will
make Americans very popular there,
as such a step would put an end to
the state of anarchy existing.
Walter n. Dimmick, ex-chief clerk
of the San Francisco mint, who is
charged with ~embezzling 100000 from
the government and with other
minor delinquencies, was, on the
18th, formally served with a warrant
! of arrest and taken to the county Jail.
On the 18th United States Ambas-
sador Andrew D. White went from
Berlin to Potsdam on the special
train which conveyed the ambassadors
| and other persons invited to be pres
ent at the interment of the remains
of Dowager Empress Frederick.
Miss Anna Morgan, daughter Of j.
| Pierpont Morgan, is one of a party
that started out from Glenwood
! Springs, Col, on the 18th, for a weeks
| hunting in northwestern Colorado.
| Prof. F. Osborn, of Colombia univer-
| sity, is in charge of the party.
Gen. Burlington, chief of the bureau
| of ordnance, has just returned to
| Washington from an inspection trip
/ trough the south and west. He says
| he found the ordnance and materials
at the different posts visited in a very
satisfactory condition.
Rear-Admira1 Mortimer L. johnson.
commandant of the Port Royal navy
station, has been selected to succeed
Rear-Admirsl Sampson as command
ant of the Boston navy yard, on &C
count OF the latter's I'LL health.