Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-21
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.
The San Francisco Call of the nth
printed an unconnrmed story from
Skagway, Alaska, under date of No
vember 6, telling of the discovery of
what is alleged to be a huge con-
flying to SkagNay, Victoria, Vancouver
and Seattle, for the overthrow of the
local government of the Northwest
Territory and the establishment OF
a republic with Dawson as it's capital
The first safe blowers to receive
sentences since the recent series OF
bank robberies in Iowa begun, were
Frank Riley, Carl Van Gordon and
Thomas Williams, all of whom Judge
Kelly, of Charles Ulty, Ia, on the 18th.
sentenced to two years each in the
penitentiary. 1t is believed this will
put a q~uietus on bank robberies for
some time.
The election disturbances in Gal,
way, Ireland, growing out of the cam
paign in which Horace Plunkett, Il
%ionist, is opposing Col. Arthur Lynch.
who served with the Second Irish bri-
gade on the Boer side in the South
African war, were renewed OF the
nth. One man was stabbed, and it is
feared, fatally injured.
Charles A. Conant, special commits
sioner of the war department on
coinage and banking in the Philip
pines, and D.. R. Williams, secretary
of the Philippines commission. left
San Francisco, on the 18th, for Wash
ington, carrying with them the an
nual report of the Philippines com
mission.
Conflicts resulting in much blood
shed are reported to have occurred
between Mussulmans and Christians
at Beyrout. Similar reports AVE
been received from Southeria and Al
bania. The military commander in
Albania has resigned on finding pacifi-
cation impossible.
On the 18th, $500 worth of jewelry
was stolen in broad daylight from the
home of Mrs. Mary Crandall, of No.
1900 Westminster place, st. Louis.
The greater part of the loss repre-
sents heirlooms which Mrs. Crandan
cherished at far above their intrinsic
value.
Two death were recently certified
in Odessa as due to the bubonic
plague. The health authorities took
vigorous precautions against the
spread of the disease, and no further
cases have been reported.
The Spanish senate, on the 18th.
passed a bill prohibiting silver coin
age.
Another ~cablegram received from
the United States consul general, Mr..
Dickinson, Ct Sofia, CT the 18th, indi-
Gated hat while Miss Stone had not
yet been ransomed, there was reason
for feeling treasured as to her fu-
ture. The dispatch furnished evidence
that Mr.. Dickinson remained in indi-
rect communication with the briganGs
or their agents.
The farmhouse of John Zwiske, in
the town of La Gladow, Wis, was de-
stroyed by fire, on the nth, and three
children, ranging from three months
to five years, were burned to death.
The mother had been a quarter of !
mile away for water, and before
she returned the house was in ruins.
The army in the Philippines is TAX
ing precautions against the spread of
tuberculosis. Copies of a circular re-
Gently issued at the headquarters of
the division of the Philippines abso-
lutely prohibits the practice of spit
ting on the floors or walls of buildings
under military control.
Eight well-attended meetings of the
unemployed were held in Berlin, on
the 18th, to discuss the present bust
ness depression, the lack of employ
ment and possible remedies for these
conditions. The meetings were ad-
dressed by socialist members of the
reichstag.
AT Lembourg, an Austrian officer
named Shilling, after suffering four
years imprisonment on a charge of
treason in supplying to Russia the
plans of an Austrian fortress, OBJ
tanned a revision of his trial and sue
ceeded in establishing his innocence.
A dispatch from Barcelona, on the
18th, said: There have been renewed
disturbances by students in BARGE
Iona, and the rector of the university
has been summary dismissed d
university has been closed for the time
being"
Surgeon-General Wyman of the ma
rine hospital service, on the 10th, re-
ceived a ~cablegrom from Passed AS
sistant Surgeon Thomas, at Liverpool,
saying that that city had been Off
cially declared free from plague.
Lord Kitchener, cabling to the Brit
ish war Office, on the 18th, from Pre-
toria, reported that since November
Z, the British columns had killed ID
and wounded 46 Beers, and that 2e7
had been taken prisoners.
Mrs. Victoria Woodhull-Martin an
nounces that the Humanitarian Mag
azine, published in London, will cease
with the December number.