Iron County register., 1904-11-03

Blduu Was awaiting the RUSSIAN r5pl,
to the note complaining of the attacl
on the North sea fishermen. Russia. il
turn, was awaiting report on the af
fair from Admiral Rojestvensky.
The Cologne Gazette, in the cours
of an evidently inspired article on tn
North sea affair, declares thar "Russi
stand isolated in this matter, AMI tn
consequence is obvious
Great Britain has taken 4 leaf from
the American book in formulating de
mands upon Russia for reparation fo
the North sea outrage, and the direc
and unmistakable tenor of the de-
mands is rather startling to Russian
officialdom, accustomed to evasiveness
In fight between Barney Boese anG
his son, near Nebraska City, Neb., or
the 25th, the latter was mortally
wounded. The father was also badly
bruised.
About thirty persons were injured
at Seattle, Wash, on the 25th, in two
head-on collisions in a fog on the
Mention and the University electric
lines.
Stockdale, Tex, was swept by tor
nado on the oath Several buildings,
including the Methodist church, were
demolished.
The steamship Massachusetts, bound
for New Orleans, was wrecked, on the
18th, in the old Bahama channel
Snow fell at Marquette, Mich, on the
26th.
Nebraska day was celebrated, on the
25th, at the Worlds fair.
The wrecking of freight train on
the Michigan division of the Big Four
railroad at Jonesboro, Ind, on the
26th, resulted in the death of Brake
man Henry A. Tolman, aged 36, of
Fostoria, O., and seriously injuring
Engineer Nicley and Fireman Meyers.
Warrants were issued at Kansas City,
Mo-, on the 26th, for 50 negroes by the
county prosecutor, charging them with
illegal registration. The penalty for
the crime is from two to five years in
the penitentiary.
Fire, on the 26th, did damage to the
amount of 100000 in the pattern shop
and brass foundry of the Nefie & Levy
ship yard on the Delaware river, in
the northwestern section of Philadel-
phia
Tension increases as time passes
without a definite settlement of the sit
uation created by the Russian blunder
in the North sea.
Creditors of w. H. Harroun, of St.
Joseph. Mo-, have placed him in con-
troll of the grain elevators he formerly
owned
Louis Harmon, one of the trio of
robbers who murdered George Geyer a
farmer near Alton, o., a year ago, was
electrocuted in the annex of the Ohio
penitentiary, on the 28th, shortly after
midnight.
The master of the Norwegian steam
er Skatool reports from London that
he was fired upon by Russian ship,
on October 20, in the English channel.
The great New York subway was
opened to the public, on the 9th, and
from "city hall to Harlem in Is min
utes" became reality.
Fire, which was discovered on the
28th, partly destroyed pier No. Z, be-
tween Forty-first and Forty-second
street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
A good portion of northern New
York state was covered with two inches
Of snow on the 9th.
President Roosevelt was 46 years old
on the 9th.
1t Is said that the chime of bells in
the German building at the Worlds
fair in st. Louis has been purchased by
wealthy merchant OF Reading, Pa,
for presentation to the Catholic church
The japanese minister in London,
Baron Hayashi, declares that it was
impossible for any Japanese torpedo
boat to have been where the Russian
admiral reports them to have been.
He also denies that ships had been
chartered to menace the Russian
squadron in Its passage through the
North sea.
Dispatches from Russian sources
credit the Japanese with renewing the
fight in the vicinity Of Mukden, the
Japanese right moving against the
Russians and taking Fen Diapu and
two adjacent Russian positions.
The Official Messenger, Of st. Peters,
burg, gazettes the appointment of Gen.
Kuropatkin to the command of all the
forces, naval and military, in the far
east. tsE
A terrific explosion occurred at mine
No. 8 Of the Rock Mountain Fuel &
Iron Co., at Tereio, 40 miles due west
of Trinidad, Col, on the 28th, and the
number of dead is variously placed be-
tween thirty and sixty men.
Joe Walcott, a negro pugilist, was
held for the grand jury, on the 28th,
in $500 bail, on a charge Of man
slaughter in connection with the kill
ing of another negro in Boston sub
urb recently.
Gen. Kuroki, on the 2Sth, reported
routing Russian detachment and
driving the enemy from his last posi-
tion south Of the Shakhe river. 4.