Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-13
NEWS AND NOTES.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


! In the Senate on the Sd the Committee on
Naval Affairs was instructed to inquire and
report es to the advisability of equipping q
FOUNDRY to make big guns Various bills for
erection of public buildings passed. Eulo2ies
ON the late Repres entative Haskell were pro-
aounced. In the House Mr.. Randa re;ort-
ID back a communication from the Treasury
Depa tment W. tn the information that there is
agents Tor the collection of tobacco relate
A resolnt on directing the Naval Committee
conduct in the Jeannette expedition was
adopted. A resolution was also adoptet to IN
vestigate charges of fraud I'm the Pacific Ma.
United States officials The bill to pension
survivors of the Mexican War passed under
suspension OF the rules.
In the Senate on the 4th the bill to with
draw the injunction of secrecy from the men,
tbers of the Fitz John Porter court-mart al was
reported favorably. The Military Academy
bill passed with an amendment making incl
igible for reappOintment all cadetS expeHed
E1anting Re copyrishs to S newspapers. Tae Bill
passei 70 punish counterfe1t1ng within the
United States of foreign securities. In the
House the bill to amend the Chluese act was
Eeferred to the committee of the whole. Also
the bill for permanent improvement of the
Erie Canal. Consideration of the naval appro-
priation bill was resumed and an amendment
reducing the medical and pay corps to hve
members each was adopted.
In the Senate on the 5th the bill extend
lng the limits of Yellowstone Park passed;
also the bill relating to lease of Post-ofEce
tmildings. The bill providing for the exercise
Of Jurisdiction conferred on the United States
N places outside their dominion was discussed
without action. In the House the joint
resolution increasing the Senate contingent
zund $1,000 for witness fees in the Danvil
investigation was agreed to with an amend
lions already ordered The bill to forfeit the
Texas Pacific grant was placed on the calen-
slar Several bills were reported and referred
20 committee OF the whole. The Naval appro-
CREATION bill was taken up. The amendment
10 reduce the number of Captains to thirty
was defeated, as were several other amend
ments.
IN the Senate on the 9Th several memo
rials were presented touching tariff and labor
topics. Joint solution providing money for
committee investigations was called up and
the Senate refused TO concur in the House
amendment limiting the use of the funds to
ALREADY 1rd fas utb Pas Dill
river work, as did several unimportant meas
ures. The vote by which the Mexican treaty
4xed as the date for further discussion. In
the House the naval bill passed with an amend
ment authorizing the detail of naval officers as
4nstructo. Q in State Universities
In the Senate on the 7th bills passed:
40 appropriate $3.50, 900 for fire-proof build
eng for records; TO constitute q majority of
ahe Judges of the Supreme Court to be a quo
rum. The bill for the establishment of a bu-
1eau of labt statistics was laid over, The bill
500 deposited in bank at New Orleans and
Seized by General Banks The bill to forfeit
the Texas Pacific grant was recommended for
passage. Adjourned till Monday $500. In the
widow of General Frank P. Blair was reported
anton on the retired list was recomnlitted and
q substitute introduced. An evening session
was held for consideration Of pension claims.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
IT has been decided by the corpora
ton of Cork, Ireland, to give the remains
Of Jerome Collins, of the Jeanette expedi-
zion, public funeral.
WASHINGTON dispatches name Jno.
Nv. Mason, of West Virginia, as the proba-
lle successor of John C. New as Assistant
secretary of the Treasury.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL MCKENZIE is to
be placed on the retired list
TWELVE thousand dollars reward is
now offered for the arrest of Tiller, the st.
Louis express robber, and the recovery of
the money.
JUDGE FOLGER, SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY, is mentioned as the probable
successor of Minister Hunt to the Court of
st. Petersburg.
er of Huron County, o., absconded, leav-
ting his accounts $4,000 short.
AT Boston, Mas, the United States
local inspectors, who investigated the wreck.
of the City of Columbus, find that Captain
Wright was derelict in his duty in delegat-
ing the functions of pilot to unauthorized
persons, and they have revoked his license
as master and pilot.
The Legislature of Iowa has passed
and the Governor has signed the Prohibi-
ton bill. 1t takes effect July 4.
STURGEON, the noted Baptist preach
ar, has fallen heir to large fortune.
MAY 9TH has been fixed for the Mas
sachusetts Prohibition State Convention.
THE Iowa Republican State Conven-
tion is to be held at Des Moines, April 30.
The California Legislature will as
semble in extra session March "a.
On the 5th Richard Swan, mining
Spectator, was rescued from the bottom of
q deserted shaft near Leadville, Col, into
which he had fallen six days previously.
He was nearly starved to death beside be-
ing badly bruised.
THE Louisiana Republican State Con-
vention met in New Orleans on the 9Th.
Mr.. GYE, the famous London man
ager, is reported as likely to succeed Mr..
Henry Abbey in the management of the
Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
SOLICITOR OF THE TREASURY RAYNOR
died in Washington on the 9Th.
On the 9th ex-Poitmaster-General
James testified before the House Commit
tee on Expenditures in relation to the Star
route prosecutions.
JUDGE GRESHAM, Postmaster-Gen-
oral. is strongly urged for appointment to
the vacancy caused by the death of Judge
Drummond on the United States Circuit
Court bench.
The Maine Democratic State Con-
vention will be held June II.
CRY COLLECTOR JOHN MCMAHON of
Hoboken, N. j., is missing, and the Mayor
aas taken possession Of the Office.
ON the 9th General James A. Moor
head, one of the oldest and most prominent
~.ix;~ona IF ttshurph Pa. died in that