Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-20

Iron County Register.
By ELI ID. AXE.
lRONTON, MISSOURI.
Capt. Sir Edward Chichester, who
commanded the British squadron at
Manila during the Spanish-American
war, has been made an admiral.
The Tribuna that the
members of the American colony in
Rome have decided to present statues
of Longfellow and Hawthorne TO that
city.
The American colony in Berlin
turned out, on the night of the 18th.
in large numbers, to attend a min
strel show given by 40 American mu-
steal students for the benefit of the
girls club.
y census of the unemployed in Der.
lin, taken on the p, indicates that
sc far as the count has proceeded,
there are $4,000 persons totally with.
out employment and about 10000
partially unemployed.
Gen. Egbert Brown, who was in
command of the Union troops at
Brazos, Tex, in the last battle of the
civil war, fought after peace had
been declared, died, on the 18th, at
Westplains, Mo-, aged IS years.
The navy department received a
c~ablegram from Rear-Admiral Rodg-
ers, at Cavite, on the 18th, announcing
that Sergeant b. McSwiney, of the
marine corps. vas killed in action at
Balangiga, Samar, on the Sd inst.
An agreement has been reached by
which the likin. or provincial duties,
now collected by the provisional gov
eminent in China, will, on the DISCO
luton of that authority, revert to
the control of the foreign customs.
Washington Gill, for many years
engineer of Richmond, Va, and later
superintendent of construction of the
bridge across the Missouri river at
st. Charles. Mo-, died at his home
in Kansas City, Mo-, aged So years.
An increase of the salary of the
minister to Persia from $1,000 to
81, 900 has been recommended by the
senate committee on foreign rela-
tons. The post is said to be one
of the most expensive in the diplo-
matte service.
The Kingston (Jamaica) Daily Tel
egraph gives prominence to a report,
circulating in official circles there.
that an American syndicate is maxi
ing tentative inquiry with the view
of acquiring control of the Jamaica
government railroad.
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Gen. Maxine Gomez arrived at San
tiago de Cuba, ON the 10th, on his
way to Santo Domingo. He was given
a great demonstration. A large crowd
had assembled, with bands of mu-
sic. The municipal police and fire.
men also turned out to welcome him.
Commander Booth-Tucker of the
Salvation army took the oath of al
legiance as q citizen of the United
States in New York city on the 18th.
He said that he was already half
American, as his ancestors were Vir-
g%inians, and he had long since adopt
ed this as his country.
Thirty-Two Japanese laborers, i'm
ported from Wyoming and California
by the Victor Fuel Co., to work in
the Chanler coal mine at Coal
Creek, Col, arrived there on the 18th.
All the miners employed there went
on strike as a protest against the
action of the company.
y. Il. Briggs, cashier of the Nebras-
ka State Bank of West Point, Neb.,
died on a Burlington train near Nc
Cook, on the 18th. Briggs was identi-
fed with state politics for years and
was a man of considerable wealth.
He was on his way to Boulder, Col,
for the benefit of his health.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones has given formal notice that
the new leases of the 100000 acres of
Kiowa Indian lands in Oklahoma,
bordering on Texas, will take effect
April /, as originally proposed. An
effort had been made to have the
date postponed some months.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra,
Prince and Princess Charles of Den
mark and Princess Victoria occupied
a box, on the night of the 18th, at
the performance of Arizona at the
Adelphi theater. London. King Ed
ward expressed himself as greatly
pleased with the performance.
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The Berlin foreign office, on the
18th, pronounced Incorrect the state
ment cabled thence hat Germany is
on the point of presenting an ulti-
matum to Venezuela. On the con
trary, the outlook is improving, anc
a friendly settlement of the'ques-
lions in dispute is most probable.
At a meeting of the Morconi wire
less Telegraph Co., in London, IN the