Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-26
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

with his policy to carry out, as far
as possible, the plans of President
Mckinley, announced, on the 10Th, the
appointment of W. 3. Ridgley, of
Springfield, ILL.,, as comptroller of the
currency.
The British torpedo-boat destroyer,
the Cobra, foundered in the North
sea, the result of an explosion, on the
18th. The ship was en- route from the
yard of her builders, the Armstrong;,
of Newcastle, to Portsmouth. Sixty
seven lives were lost.
4 dispatch from Lord Kitchener
from Pretoria. dated September Is,
announces hat the Beers, September
IL, ambushed three companies of
mounted infantry, with three guns,
commanded by Maj. Cough, in the vi
cinity of S~cheeper's Mex. All were
killed, wounded or captured.
The Illinois pardon board, on the
10Th, after mature elaboration, de-
clined to extend clemency to Charles
W. Spaulding, sentenced to ten years
Imprisonment for elnbezzling funds of
the University of Illinois ~aggregating
100000.
1t is understood that negotiations
have already been concluded with the
Rothschilds for a large Russian loan,
to be issued at about the end of the
year. The cars visit to France is eX-
pected to facilitate the placing of the
loan. The sum mentioned is a billion
francs. 1t was understood soon after
the last loan that it was merely a
first installment.
Rioting upon the part of the locked
out fishermen at Grimsby, England,
continued on the 10th. The police
charged the crowds, and about fifty
presons were injured. A detachment
of regular troops was sent to the
scene.
The Schley court of inquiry econ
vened in Washington, on the Goth, and
before adjournment examined four
witnesses. The most important incl
dent of the day was the decision of
the court withdrawing a question put
by the court itself, asking a witness
to give his opinion concerning a point
under controversy. This, and the
fact hat irrelevant questions will be
strictly barred will greatly shorten
the proceedings.
The fall carnival at Omaha, Neb.,
closed, on the night of the Goth. with q
ball at the den of the Knights of
Ak-Sar-Ben. 1t was Travelling Mems
day, and they celebrated it with a pa
rade of an unique order. Nearly ey-
cry man in the line of march wore a
large badge proclaiming his particu-
lar line. The marchers wore uniforms
of tissue paper painted in rainbow col
ors.
Golden eagles to the value of ST.
0C1,CoO were shipped from Paris to
New York, on the 21st, and there is
70 doubt that this consignment will
be followed by others.
Eugene Brooks, ZiOnite elder, and
John Rogers, one OF his followers,
were committed for trial at Victoria,
b. c., on the Goth, on two charges of
manslaughter, two of Rogers chill
dren having died of diphtheria, it is
alleged, without medical treatment.
Secretary Root. on the Goth, APP
proved the final draft of the Philip
pine tariff, and so informed Gov.
Taft.
Mrs. Mckinley visited Westlawn
cemetery, at Canton, o., on the Goth,
and expressed qualification when she
hehelG the beautiful array of floral
pieces that almost hid her husbands
temporary tomb. DR.. RiXey said, af-
terward, that the drive and visit had
benefited his patient.
Katherine Kupfer. a young artist
Il - II r- "
Bridgeport, Conn, ~befriended, On the
goth, filed a claim of $4,000 against
his estate for services as an artist o
six years.
The statement of the treasury bal
nee in the general fund, exclusive OF
the S15O,OO 900 gold reserve in the
division of redemption, issued on the
goth. showed: Available cash balance,
S1s7 400, GA; gold, S1O5, $40, 795.
r. G. Dun & Co., on the Goth, re-
ported: Failures for the week mum
bered 157 in the United States, against
gil last year, and &c in Canada,
against 80 last year"
The secretary of the treasury, on
the goth, purchased S1,666, 100 long
term four-per-cent. bonds at 40.
At Winchester, England, on the
goth, Lord Rosebery unveiled the mon
ument to King Alfred as the crown
ing event of the three days millenary
king as holding n shield with one
hand and as lifting high with the 9TH
er a reversed sword transformed into
the symbol of the Christian religion
The duke and duchess of Cornwall
and York reached Ottawa, Ont, the
Canadian capital, on the Goth, and
there was another great ~outpouring
of people TO give them a greeting of
loyalty and cordial welcome.
The principal point brought out in
the Schley court OF inquiry, on the
10th, was the fact that the Spanish
cruiser Colon, aground in the outer
barbor of Santiago, might have been
destroyed by the flying squadron"
Under Schley's command, but, for
some reason, wasn't.
Lord Kitchener reported to the Brit
ish war office, on the Goth, that the
Beers had captured a company Of
mounted infantry and two guns at
Vlakfontein. One officer was killed.
The Beers, in superior force, surround
ed the British.
President Roosevelt, on the Goth, re-
warded an officer who ably supported
the Rough Riders in the engagement
at La Guasimas, Cuba, by appointing
Lieut.-CoI. James NJ. Bell, of the