Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-01
TOPICS OF 4 DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

On the 25Ih the Berlin chief of po-
lice ordered the last storage batteries
removed from the street cars.
Rear-Admiral L. A. Kimberley said,
on the 25th, that owing to i'll health
he would ask to be relieved from
serving on the Sampson-Schley court
of inquiry.
A good rain fell at Muskogee, I. T.,
on the night of the oath, and the tenn
perature fell 20 degrees.
Fire, al Davenport, Ia, on the 25th,
laid waste an acre of saw mill and
residence property equal to 20 city
blocks, entaling a loss of $500, 600. One
hundred families were renderedhome-
less.
Chill is jeopardizing the success of
the Pan-American congress by an in
timation that she desires to do as she
pleases, regardless of her neighbors.
In other words. she has been invited
to q party and wants to run the af-
fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Leaf, of Colo
RADIO Springs. Col, are the proud pa
ents of possibly the largest baby boy
ever born in America. His net weight
is II pounds, height "a inches and
chest measurement 1874 inches.
The plant of the Cincinnati Desic-
eating Co., manufacturers of fertliz-
ers at Jones' Station, seven miles west
of Cincinnati, was destroyed by fire
on the night of the 25th. Two dwell
ings were also destroyed. The loss is
$4,000; partly insured.
j. F. Phelan & Co.'S big dry goods
store at Sioux City, Ia, was destroyed
by fire, on the 18th, supposed to have
been started by the concentration of
the suns rays in the front show win
dows. The loss is $4,000. Several of
the clerks were injured in trying to
escape.
The latest development in the fight
between Senators Tillman and Nc
Laurin, in South Carolina, came on
the 25th, when the executive commit
tee of the democratic state committee
adopted a resolution ruling Senator
McLaurin out of the democratic par
ty.
At the session of the Minnesota
Bankers association, at Duluth, on the
25th, a resolution was adopted disap-
proving of the parole of the Youngers
and deprecatine the notoriety given
them.
A New York dispatch of the 18th
says that investigation OF the breaks
in the suspension rod of the Brook
lyn bridge reveals a shameful neglect
of the superb structure on the part
Of tho hri1uo commissioners
Secretary Long, IN the 25th named
the Schley court of inquiry as fol-
lows: Admiral George Dewey, presi-
dent. and Rear-Admirals Louis A.
Kimberly and Andrew E. X. Benham
(~retired). Capt. Lemly is named as
judge advocate.
a small snowfall occurred in the
upper end of Estes park, near Lyons,
Col, on the 25th. Longs peak looked
white with snow at night. The wealth
was quite chilly.
Arguments on the application of
Lone Wolf and other d~isgruntled In
dams, for an order enjoining the fed
eral government from opening the
Kiowa-Comanche and Apache reserva-
tions to settlement, We're heard at FL
Okla, before Judge c. +. Irwin,
Of the territorial court, on the Goth.
The hearing closed at noon and Judge
Irwin reserved his decision.
The heaviest rain of the year fell
V northwest Missouri, on the Goth,
soaking the ground completely and
e~ffectually breaking the drought,
which had covered a period of six
From a half to three-quarters
Of an inch of water fell. Corn is lost
beyond hope of redemption, but pas
lures will be greatly benefited.
A formal invitation to be present in
Lake City, Utah, during the Elks'
street carnival, in September, and to
,hristen the live elk, has been for
to Vice-President Roosevelt
Dy a committe representing the Elks'
of that city.
The tuberculosis congress-, Just adj
in London, recommended the |
enactment of laws with severe penal
ties to prevent eX~pectoration upon
the streets or in public places.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
the $3.50, 900 900 gold reserve in the
of redemption, issued on the
26th. showed: Available cash bal
ance, $172,549,657 gold, S9s, 464,96s.
A heavy shock of earthquake was
throughout a large portion of
Nevada at 2:3O p. m. of the Goth. The
were from north to south,
and lasted several seconds.
On the Goth R. G. Dun & Co. report
ed: Failures for the week num-
19S in the United States, against
231 last yea and % in Canada, |
against rs last year"
The detailed figures of the foreign
of the United States in the
year ended June 80, 1901, were COM
by the treasury bureau of sta
tistics on the Goth. They show total
imports 1922, 673, 016; total exports,
S1,4S7, 755,557; exports of domestic
products, S1,46O,453, s09.
Edgar and Harley Dahlrymple,
brothers, were drowned in the Bear
at Montpelier, Idaho, on the
26th, while bathing.
Gov. Yates of Illinois says there
to be some Misrepresentation on
the part of some of the politicians of
the state as to who is governor; but
that there need be none as he intends
to live up to his ante-election pledges.
The charter~prepared for the gov
eminent of the city of Manila is pat
closely after that of Washing
ton, d. C. Some of the Spanish ele-
ment don't like it, but they win have
to accept il nevertheless.