Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-23
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

IA IE NEWS ltEMSs
Extensive prairie fires are reported
on the other side of the information
al boundary, extending for a distance
of ten miles and twenty miles west of
Sweet Grass hills, Mont. Practically
all the range between Milk river and
Leeth bridge has been swept by the
flames. Many hundred tons of hay
has already been destroyed. The fire
extended to the valuable sheep ranch
es in the Sweet Grass hills, and own
ers of focks in that vicinity r con
fronted by the serious necessity of
securing new winter ranges.
st. Louis is in the throes of a new
secret order. 1t is part and parcel of
the Worlds fair. St. Louis is known
as the "Mound City," because of the
mound builders, who, ages ago, are
believed to have inhabited this Sec
ton. The new mystic order will be
known as the Mound Builders"
Gov. Mora of Guerrero has person
ally taken charge of the ruined city
of Chilpancingo. The populace is
camping out, guarded by troops, and
perfect order obtains. The city will
have to be thoroughly rebuilt. More
bodies continue to be found as the
debris is examined by soldiers.
Judge William H. De Witt, a dis
tinguished member of the Montana
bar, died at Butte, on the 10th, of
acute heart trouble. He was associate
justice of the Montana supreme
court for several years, and in 1900
vas a member of the national repub-
lican committee from his state.
Mother Joseph, founder of the Sis
tiers of Charity in the northwest.
died, on the 10Th, at the convent in
Vancouver, b. c., aged so years. Moth
er Joseph entered the novitiate of
the Sisters of Charity at Montreal,
Canada, in 1S43. She went west as a
missionary in 1856.
The volcano Of Colima, Mexico, is
again active, and scientific men con
meet this fact with the prevalence of
seismic phenomena. Renewed earth.
quake shocks were reported from va.
rious parts of the country on the
10th.
Capt. Alexander A. Rice, one of the
best-known attorneys in Indiana, died
suddenly at Lafayette, Ind, on the
10Th, of neuralgia of the heart. He
served with distinction in the civi
war.
Alexandra pidal y Mon, Spanish
ambassador to the Vatican, has re
signed
In the senate, on the Goth, Mr.
Lodge, chairman, of the Philippines
committee, reported the Philippine
tariff bill, and gave notice that he
would call it up on the 21st. Mr.
Rawlins, of the minority, offered 6
substitute. The bill for the estab
lishment of a department of com
merce was under consideration mos
of the day, developing strong opposi
ton to many of it's provision. Ill
the house general debate on the ur
gent deficiency bill occupied mos
of the session, an item in the bill fol
the appropriation of 100000 for
military post at Manila precipitatin.
a general debate.
Official announcement was mad
in London, on the goth, of the anal
gamation of the firm of Vickers Son
& Maxim, the gun manufacturers
with William Beardmore & Co., mar
, ufacturers of m plate and shi
building materials, of Glasgow. TIL
joint capital is $4,000, O00. The Beard
: more company ownes a big ship var
and recently acquired ground for ar
: other, on which the amalgamate
: companies intend to install the fines
= plant in the world.
In the case of Fannie Brassfield vs.
The Knights of the M~accabees, tn
: supreme court of Missouri, on tn
> goth, held that fraternal i%nsuranc
: orders must operate under the law
. of Missouri. The suit involved $500
!. life insurance, which the Maccabee
:, refused to pay because Brassfiel
= committed suicide. The court gay
;. Judgment for the full amount.
A conflict of authority between til
' mayor and the city physician
!, Ogden, Utah, over a supposed cas-
" of smallpox has just involved the m
unicipal authorities of the city, I'll
L state board of health and the polit
force of the city. The city physicia
= sent a policeman to arrest the ma,
or, but the latter declined to subm
: to arrest.
:, H. II. Matteson, a member of Il
= Great Falls (Mont.) city council al
N cashier of the First national ban
has been arrested as a defaulter
- the federal bank examiner. His {
= legged shortage is estimated at b
= tween $1,000 and 100000.
Vessels command of Beers, on Il
18th, cut up a patrol OF so men b
~ longing to the local town guard,
- the Tarkastad road. "A few stra
y glers have returned. The remand
of the party are missing