Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-07-03

The American special embassy will
now dissolve.
Civil government will be estab-
lished in the island of Mindoro and in
the island of Paragua, and will be re-
established in Batangas province,
Luzon, July 4.
The town of Mercur, Utah, a gold
mining camp, was destroyed by fire
on the 25th. 1t had a population of
1850. The loss viii be between $780,
900 and 81 900, 900.
The record of the court-martial
proceedings in the eases of Maj. Wal
Ter and Brighten. j. IL. Smith was
received by the war department on
the Goth. 1t will now go to the pres
ident.
While a funeral was being held in
a church at Pine Rio, in the province
of Orense, Spain, on the gath, the
building was struck by lightning, and
as a result 25 people were killed and
IS were injured.
Unseasonably cold weather contin.
ued in Iowa up to the 24th, overcoats
being rendered necessary. The seri-
BUSINESS of the crop danger VISA fur
Their augmented by an inch and a
half of rainfall within 20 hours.
President Roosevelt attended the
commencement exercises at Harvard
on the 18th. In his address he allud-
ed feelingly to King Edwards illness.
He spoke highly of Governors Taft
and Wood and Secretary Root.
At the Sunday-School association
convention at Denver, Col, on the
27th. Rev. r. b. Tyler, of Denver, was
elected president. The reports of the
general secretary and treasurer
showed a fourishing condition of the
association.
The Portuguese troops have gained
a decisive victory over the rebels in
the upper Zambesi region of Portu.
guese East Africa. The rebellious
chiefs were captured and decapitated
and their heads were sailed and on.
veyed to the capital of the colony.
Admiral Dewey was u witness be-
fore the senate committee on the
Philippines on the Goth. His state.
ment made an important addition to
the history of the surrender of Ma
Mia. He denied emphatically that he
ever recognized Aguinaldo's govern
ment.
A furious storm swept over a por-
ton of Indiana on the 25th. Two
lives were lost and a large number
of people injured. The property loss
is estimated at So, 000, 900. A great
many farm houses and manufacture.
ing establishments were destroyed,
Crops are ruined, the storm leaving
desolation in its wake.
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The Orinoco Steamship and Trad.
ing Co., an American concern, made
representations to the state depart
ment, on the Goth, to the effect that
its business was being seriously in
terfered with by a blockade of tho
Orinoco river by the Venezuelan gov
eminent. Is asks that a gunboat be
sent to protect its interests.
The latest bulletin issued from the
bedside of King Edward, at II p. m.
of the 27th, reports his majesty's
condition as in every way satisfac-
tory. 1t said he had a comfortable
day and made substantial improve
ment. The doctors regarded the dam
ger of pe%ritonitis as almost past, and
believed his majesty's recovery to be
entirely probable.
Twenty-three residences were de.
stroyed by fire in East Dallas, Tex,
on the oath, and over one hundred
people were made homeless. Fire
man John Clark was overcome by
heat and died. Eight other men and
women were overcome by the heat
and injured. The property loss will
reach fully 10000, and the insurance
in most cases is very light.
King Edward VII. was stricken
down, on the Gath, by a disease
known as perityphlitis, and an opera
ton was performed. 1t appears to
have been successful, as the royal
patient was resting easy at last re-
ports, though in a critical condition.
The coronation ceremonies were in
definitely postponed, and the costly
decorations in London had to be ia
ken down.
At midnight on the 25th King Ed.
wards condition was satisfactory,
and he made a decided improvement
The feeling at the palace was very
hopeful. While his condition gives
hope to the doctors, they still say sew
days must pass before the danger Ii
over. Late on the 25th it was report
ed in London that Prince George wa'
to be appointed regent, as urgen
public business made this step nee
essary.
Miss Jane Toppan, who was, on tn
23d, declared insane, has confessed
that she had killed during her caree
as q professional nurse no less thai
81 human beings. This statement wa
made to Judge Fred M. Bixby, sepio
counsel at the trial at Barnstable
Mass, when Miss Toppan wa
found not guilty by reason of in
sanity on the charge of murderin
Mrs. Mary d. Gibbs. Judge Bixb