Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-12-19
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The four-story apartment building,
known as the Olinger flats, at the cor
ner of Indiana avenue anu Thirty
fifth street, Chicago, was burned at
an early hour on the 18th. The GO
tenants, most of whom were asleep,
were aroused by the dense smoke,
and many harrow escapes from death
were spectacular and exciting. Much
suffering was caused by exposure to
the intense cold in scant attire.
Failure on the part of a conductor
to obey orders is supposed to have
been the cause of a collision ON the
Illinois Central railroad, between
Irene and Perryville, Ill, early on the
morning of the 18th. The two trains
were the east-bound passenger train
! No. 4 n a through freight from Chi
cago going west. AS a result eight
persons were killed and eleven in
jured.
a wreck occurred on the Great
Northern railway, near Essex, in the
Rocky mountains, at two o'clock, on
the morning of the 18th, in which
eight persons were killed. The engine.
hIdA Sdi anu Sh1OhcE IoIldIlSu Oh the
track, but all the others were de-
rallied. Some cars were overturned
and all were more or less wrecked.
The accident was due to rails spread
ing.
William L. Farland. the founder of
Butte, Mont, died on the 18th, of
pneumonia, aged 81 years. Farlan1,
in the COS, located many of the big
mines of Butte, built the first silver
mill and produced the first bar of
bullion. He was associated with Unit
ed States Senator Clark in many
mining deals during the early days Of
the camp.
Among the kilograms Mr.. Rayner
has received since the publication of
the findings of the Schley court of
inquiry was one from a gentleman,
who asked that his identity be kept
secret, with IN offer of $4,000 for
the necessary expenses attending 4
further prosecution of the case. The
offer vas declined.
The house of Thomas B. South
worth, of Ovid, Mich, was destroyed
by fire early on the morning of the
18th, and Mrs. Southworth was
burned to death. She had risen to
build the kitchen fire, and, being rs
years old and nearly blind, it is sup
posed she set her clothes ablaze.
In "a hours, ending on the 10th, the
temperature at Lima, o., dropped
GoDl Sc above zero to S below.
In the senate. on the 10th, Mr..
Jones (Ark.) introduced a resolution
extending the thanks of congress and
the American people to Admiral
Schley and the officers and men under
his command during the battle of
July 3, 1898, off the harbor of Santi-
committee on naval affairs. The Vest
resolution looking to the suppression
of anarchy was adopted. Little other
business except of a routine nature.
was transacted, the senate devoting
the greater part of the day in eX-
ecutive session to consideration of
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty....The
house was not in session.
1t is officially announced in Vienna
that owing to the fact hat Ameri-
can shoes are invading the Austrian
market, h ministry of commerce
has bought a number of the latest
American shoe-making machines, and
will shortly institute a series of lee
lures and demonstrations for the
benefit of the Austrian shoe manu-
f%acturers and operatives.
The United States senate, on the
18th, ratified the Hay-Pauncefote 18TH
milan canal treaty by the decisive vote
of ~ to 6. The vote was reached af-
ter almost five hours discussion be-
hind closed doors. The debate was
confined exclusively to a discussion of
the merits of the agreement and the
policy of it's provisions.
The st. Petersburg Gazette, on the
10th. announced hat a modified state
of siege had been proclaimed in a
o of towns throughout Russia.
Strikers and students riots are re-
sponsible for the action taken by the
authorities.
The war department is in receipt
of a cablegram from Manila, report
ing the sailing of the transport War
rem, on December Is, with 756 snort
term enlisted men, and Generals Rob-
ert p. Hughes and Frederick Fun
ston.
About eight hundred persons out
of employment and demanded bread
began a riot in Vienna on the 10th.
They were dispersed by the police.
Sixteen of the rioters were injured. |
Gov. VIM. Gregory, of Rhode Island,
died at his home in Wexford, r. L,
on the 10th. He had been i'll for sew
eral months.
Senator Warren, on the 10th, intro
duced an amendment to the constitu-
ton granting the right of suffrage
to women.