Iron County register., 1904-06-09
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

petersburg, by Prince DolgourouM
formerly a pretender to the crown OF
Bulgaria. The prince was arrested.
A dispatch from Che Foo, on the 1st
said that the final advance movement
at the Japanese was expected to begin
On the I'd. The Japanese scouts were
already in touch with the Russian out
posts. A large train of siege guns
had been landed at Kin Chou and
pushed to the front.
Ito Himdtsu, Japanese merchant of
New York, arrived in Chicago, on the
1st, with q common split-leather valise
containing S1.12N,000 in United States
money, which be will give to the mi
kado 10 help defeat Russia The cash
was all in United States gold notes
and bank bills.
RainStorms. on the Sd, amounting al
most to cloudbursts, seriously crippled
tie st. Louis street railway service by
flooding the electric cable conduits
and causing the burning out Of the
insulations on the feed wires. Ten OF
the Transit Co.'s branches were tenn
porarily Shut down.
Mrs, S. Fl. Unger, aged about thirty
years, of New Martinsville, w. Va, was
instantly killed. and her companion,
Albert H Wells, aged %, an optician Of
Washington, d. c., so badly injured
that he will lose both legs, by being
run down by a Wabash train while
walking on the tracks, at st. Louis, on
the 3d.
The long deadlock in the Illinois re-
publican state convention was broken,
on the Sd, by Yates, Hamln and Sher-
man withdrawing from the gubernato-
rial contest and throwing their
strength to Deneen, as the result of a
mutual understanding. Sherman was
named for acknowledgement.
Rain interfered, TO some extent, with
the dedication ceremonies at the Mis-
souri, and Indiana state buildings at the
WORLDS fair in St Louis, on the Sd;
nevertheless both functions were car
ried out as nearly as possible as
planned. The attendance at both was
quite large
The Russians, who were defeated by
the japanese at Kin-Chou. admit a loss
of 500 men and claim to have inflicted
q loss Of 10000 OF the enemy. They do
not, however, y0uch for the correct
ness of the latter estimate
The New York cotton market was
demoralized. on the I'd, Immediately
after the opening, by a slump of 40
points in the July futures, to 11.51
cents. This was S. 8 bale lower than
on May 81.
Col. Charles F. Mills has been ap-
pointed chief Of the department Of
live stock at The Worlds fair, the ap-
continent to take effect Immediately.
Col. Mills succeeds F. D. C0lburn, who
resigned the position April Is because
Of continued i'll health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sim Price of St. Louis,
and Miss MOsolle Price entertained the
West Point cadets with a reception, on
The night Of the I'd, at the Kentucky
state building, Worlds fair. About six
ty young st. Louis women were invit-
ed to meet the officers and cadets, but
no st. Louis men.
Lightning struck The home of John
Gentry, near Tennyson, Ind, on the
I'd, and killed John Gentry, Jr., aged
Ia, and Opal Gentry, aged 10. John
Gentry, Sr., Maud Gentry, aged 7; Of
lie Gentry, aged 6, and the infant
laughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Gentry were
injured
The American Press Humorists called
On President Francis of the Worlds
air, on the 1st and tried their vari-
0us brands of humor on Dave" who
beat them al thcir own game. They
gracefully acknowledged the corn"
md presented Mr.. Francis with a life
certificate.
President D. r. Francis has been
Notified that the Argentine training
ship Sacramento had left Buenos Ayres
or New York, carrying a full COM
plement OF sailors and a special crew
of naval cadats bound for the Worlds
fair. The crew will proceed immedi-
ately 10 st. Louis.
d On the lst tornado struck the little
own of Selden, west of Norton, Kas..
IN the Rock Island railway, demolish-
ng church, five dwellings, and de-
'troying much farm property. A fu-
leral service was being conducted in
he church at the time, and 300 per-
ions were in attendance, A dozen
PERSONS were hurt, none seriously.
Gov, odell of New York called at
he United States embassy, in Paris, on
he LIST, and had half an hours talk
With Ambassador Porter. No mention
vas made of the nomination 1or the
5overnorship of New York.
Gov. Mickey of Nebraska has hon
ored the requisition issued by Gov.
Jummins of Iowa for the arrest of
Tom" Dennison, of Omaha, accused
If completely in a diamond robbery in
hat state I'll
Six persons were killed and a dozen
n more others badly hurt, on the I'd,
Is the result of collision on the Lake
Shore electric railway between an east
pound fast electric passenger car and
| west-bound package freight" car at
Wells Corners, few miles east of
lorwalk, o.
Robert Shafrer, of Milwaukee, was
'aLally hurt and seven other passen-
gers injured by the ditching of Mil
yaukee east-bound passenger train
lear Perry, Ia, on the I'd. The train
ran into washout while going 40
niles and hour.
Not street car was moved IN Hous-
on, Tex, on the I'd, all the union en-
'loyes having struck, The company
aas asked the mayor for protection.