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

fered and substituted one of $500 for
the arrest and conviction of the
guilty parties.
The contest between the British war
Office and the London Daily Mail ter
minated, on the 1st, in a victory for
the paper. The war Office being
forced, by public pressure, to call of
the boycott On official news estab-
ished against the paper.
The North China Daily News de-
clares that the reactionaries nav no
intention of allowing the Chinese
court to return to Pekin; that the i'm
perial DEGREES on this subject are
mere blinds, and that the Pekin off,
Gals are leaving for Sian Flu.
The British Antarctic ship Discovery
left the River Thames, on the 30th,
bound for the Solent. King Edward,
who is keenly interested in the eXpe-
dition, will inspect the vessel prior to
her final departure on her trip of
three or fourxears' exploration in the
Antarctic circle
Acting Fourth Assistant Postmas-
ter-Generar Conrad, on the Both, di-
rected the establishment of the first
post office on the Island of Guam. 1t
is located at Guam, the chief point on
the island, ranks as fourth class, and
Antanasio Tartano Perez has been ap-
pointed postmaster.
The monthly comparative state
ment of the government receipts and
expenditures shows that the receipts
for July, 1901, amounted to $52,320,340,
and the expenditures S52,307 $50, which
left a surplus for the month of S12,-
$50, as against a deficit for the month
of July, 1900, of $4,000 900.
The Turkish minister of marine has
decided not to order any more war
ships or materials from Germany be-
cause of the attacks made upon the
sultan in the German newspapers, and
owing to the circulation of a false re-
port that the Turkish cruiser Izmar,
at Kiel, had been hypothecated.
The steamship Deutschland, of the
neutrality-suspicious. line, which ar
rived at New York, on the 1st, raised
the western average for hourly runs
to 1907 knots. The best previous av-
erage was 23.O2 knots, and was made
by the same vessel. Her best days
run was Col knots, which is also a new
record.
At a great Protestant meeting held,
on the Goth, in st. James hall, Lon
don, Lord kinnard presiding, a reso-
luton was adopted, protesting
against the change in the kings ac-
cession declaration. 1t was also de-
cided to address a memorial embody-
ing the resolution to the house of
commons.
Lord Mayor Frank Green received,
on the 1st, through J.. S. Morgan e
Co., of London, a contribution of S.
600 to the Queen Victoria memorial
fund, made ION behalf of the dele
gates of the New York chamber OF
commerce" who recently visited Lon
don. The lord mayor returned a cor
dial acknowledgment.
The edict OF the emperor of China
providing for the reorganization of
the Chinese foreign office has been
received in Pekin. Its tone and sub
stance satisfy the ministers of the
powers. The edict comedies with the
demands on the subject formulated by
the United States special commissions
er, Mr.. Rockhill, as G condition of
peace.
The stock of gold in the United
States treasury is the largest in the
history of the government, and it is
accumulating at the rate of $4,5 sol 900
to $5,0OO,OO0 a month. The figures, on
the 3Oth, were 5o4,354,297, of which
S24S,65S SOS is free gold, but including
the S150,GG0 900 gold reserve. Since
July 1, 1900, the stock of gold on
hand has increased about SS1 ,000, 900.
The quarter-centennial anniversary
of Colorado's admission into the
Union was formally opened at Colo
RADIO Springs, on the 1st, by the un-
yelling of a statue of Zebulon Mont
gomery Pike, who discovered the
Peak that bears his name. Mayor
John Robinson and Gen. William Pal
mer delivered commemorative adj
dresses in the presence of 5000 peo-
pie.
Interviewed at Omaha, on the I'd,
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson said,
among other things: Corn is some
what seriously injured in all the
states in the corn belt, how much !
can not pretend to say Our monthly
bulletin, issued August 10, will give
the percentage. You people in Nebras-
ka are not going to starve, it is only
a question of how much money you
will be able to put in the bank"
The New York Mail and Express
saws the Southern Pacific Railroad Co
is about to issue from $~10,000,000 tC
SIS. 900, 900 OF new bonds to be usee
largely for making the change in mo
tive power On the Texas and Califor
mia lines from coal to oil; for CON
structing pipes to transfer oil and fol
oil properties which the company hal
acquired or is about to acquire, in or
der TO guarantee an abundant suppl.
Cor years to come