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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

In the senate, on the 18th, Senator Wolcott
delivered his lOng-delayed speech, embodying
a report of the bimetallic commissions negotia-
tions in Europe relative TO international BIZ
metallism. Mr.. Foraker presented the creden-
tiais of Senator-elect Hanna and the oath of
office was administered by the vice-president.
The immigration bill was taken up and dis
| cussed until three o'clock, amended and
pasSed......In the house it being district
OF Columbia day, few bills of local Importance
were passed and the remainder of the session
was devoted to consideration of the army ap-
preparation bill
IN the senate, on the 18th, at the conclusion
Of routine business, the urgent deficiency bill,
carrying tlel3, $40, was taken up and passed,
soon after which the senate went into execu-
tive session. ..-.. In the house resolution was
offered by Mr.. De Almond (dem., MOI as an
amendment to the diplomatic and consular ap-
preparation bill, recognizing the Cuban insur-
gents as belllgerentS, and for a time it looked
as il the resolution would be adopted. But
party discipline, and an appeal to preserve the
rules OF the house prevailed. The army appro-
priation bill was passed.
In the senate, on the 10TH resolution offered
by Mr.. Hoar (Mass-) providing for an inquiry
into the reduction of the force of letter carriers
was the subject OF an animated debate The
resolution was stillspending when the senate ad-
1ourned In the house the question of grant
ing belligerent rights to the insurgents was
argued in an attempt by the minority to force
the passage of the senate resolution, which was
defeated by strict party vote.
IN the senate, the Goth, MIR Morgan fin
fShed his four days speech on the Hawaiian
treaty, closing to empty benches. The Teller
resolution providing for the payment of bonds
OF the United States in silver, at the option of
the government, was then taken up by the de-
ciSive vote of Al to % In the house the QueS-
tiOn OF reduction in wages was warmly dis
cussed and the cause explained by Mr.. Dingley
as due to the sudden and unexpected fall in the
price of cotton catching almost all of the large
manufacturers with many months supplies on
hand.
c IN the senate, on the 2lst, an agreement was
reached to take a final vote the Teller reSo-
luton, providing that the bonds of the United
States may be paid in silver dollars, and all
pending amendments thereto, should be taken
on the 27th before adjournment. The greater
part of the day was spent in executive SeS-
sion In the house the bill to extend the
public land laws of the United States to the
territory of Alaska and TO grant a general
railroad right of way through the territory was
passed. The urgent deficiency bill was sent to
conference with the senate amendment Strik-
ing out the provision requiring the depoSitors
of bullion at government assay offices to pay
the cost OF transportation to the minis elimi-
mated
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
IRONiCAL IFS,

If man does you an Ill turn he will
never forgive you for it,
If a man releases a piece of property
he takes fresh grip on it.
If people didn't have hobbies the
world would soon cease to revolve.
If man once uses porous plasters he
is apt to become much attached to
them.
Ii it is necessary to write to anyone
you don't care two cents for use a postal
card.
II Hope assumes the guise of an Fas-
ter bonnet it springs eternal in the fe-
male breast.
If We listen to the troubles of other
people it sometimes makes us better
satisfied with our own.
If two souls find they have but n sim
gle thought it is useless to waste any
time contemplating matrimony.
If man marries a woman because
she has more sense than he has. he Is
never allowed to lose sight of the fact.
Chicago Daily News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the senate, on the 22i an amend
ment to the pension appropriation
bill was offered providing that here
after no person shall be paid on power
of attorney from pensioners residing
in foreign countries. The Teller reso-
luton. providing that the bonds of
the United States may be paid in
silver dollars. was then taken up.
go. In the house. after the clearing up
of some odds and ends of legislation.
and the passage of several unimportant
measures, n resolution was adopted
calling upon the state department for
information relative to the military
execution of Col. Ruiz, Spanish envoy
to the insurgent camp.
IT was reported from Algiers, on the
cath, that serious rioting and pillag
ing had taken place ut Mustapha, a
suburb of the city, on the 2%d. Ten
Jewish shops were looted and a num-
Der of policemen injured. Troops
were summoned, but order was not re-
stored until two o'clock in the morn
ing. Forty arrests were made.
ADIsPATCH from Constautinople says:
Russia is about to present Il note to
Turkey demanding payment of the
whole balance of the indemnity of the
Russo-Turkish war, amounting to
Isl, 400, 900, 000), with a view of MAX
ing the sultan more docile in the set
Element of the Cretan question"
AT Bombay, on the 23d, the eclipse
of the sun was accompanied by a rapid
fall of temperature. An earthly smell
pervaded the air, and the scene re-
sembled a landscape under a wintry
English sun. The duration of totality
was two minutes, with u marvellous
corona of pale silver and blue.
In consequence of the police prohibit
ton of the wearing of party badges
and club uniforms in Prague, the sem
ate of the German university re-
signed, on the Esd, and the students de-
cided to attend no more lectures. The
whole university has thus gone on
strike.
The report that American war ships
had been ordered to Cuban waters
caused great eXcitment in Madrid on
the Esd. The impartial, in the course
of a violent article, said: I'VE see now
the eagerness of the Yankees to seize
Cuba"
THE Luetgert jury in Chicago cele-
brated the beginning of the ninth
week of the second trial, on the 2Sd, by
taking a sleigh ride. The trip lasted
from one to five o'clock.
king HUMBERT signed decree re-
ducinp the customs tariff on cereals
from IL to lire, until April SO. Ii
went into operation on the 25th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Denounced Christian Science.

According to a decision by Judge
Woford in the criminal court at Kan
sas City, Mrs. Amanda J. Baird, Chris
tan Science doctor, or rather ''dem-
onstrator," will have to pay the fine of
$50 and costs imposed in the police
court for not reporting to the board of
health the case of diphtheria in the
family of S. II. Kinney, Gal Woodland,
from which little ten-year-old' May
Kinney afterward died.
Judge Wofford created a sensation by a scath-
ing denunciation OF Christian Scientists and
their belief. which he delivered from the bench.
He declared that monstrous wrong had been
done to society, and that If it were in his
power he would fine Mrs. Baird 81 OO0
There has been intense interest in the trial
Mrs. Baird is fine, motherly-loolzing old lady
and during the trial she has been surrounded by
the leaders in Kansas City OF the sect. They
express no diSapprobation of Judge Wofford's
decision, simply announcing that they would
appeal to the supreme court.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
THE RUIZ MURDER.
Resolution Adopted Calling for Informs
tlOn In the Case.

Resolution Adopted Calling for Informs-
tlon In the Case.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The house
committee on foreign affairs agreed to
make favorable report on the resolu-
ton of Representative Williams, of Mis-
sissippi, asking the state department
for information on the Ruiz case. The
resolution is as follows:
Resolved, That the secretary of state be di-
rected. if in his oE&nion compatible with the
public interest, to send to the house the reports
made to the department by Consul-General Lee
and any other reports made to the department.
by consuls or commercial agents of the United
States on the subject OF the execution OF Col.
Ruiz by the Cuban military authorities.
There was no division over the res
olution, and the vote was unanimous
in favor of reporting it. Beyond this
there was no reference to the Cuban
question, except in the reference to the
subcommittee of the various Cuban
resolutions introduced recently.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
RESCUED. IN BOATS.
Rapid Rise in the Okaw-The Bott
Lands Flooded.

Rapid Rise in the OiSaw-The Bottom
Lands Flooded.
FANDALIA, ILL.,, Jan. 94-The un-
usually heavy rains during the past
week have filled the Okaw river and
its tributaries to overlooking, and, in
consequence, the entire bottom land
east and south of here is covered with
water. Fencing and bridges have
been swept away and much damage
has resulted to farm property along
the course OF the streams. The water
rose SO rapidly that several families
living in the lowlands had to be re-
moved in boats. The main roads lead
Ing into this city are almost impas,a.
able.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
THE SPANISH WAY.

Eow They Pull the Wool Over the Eyes
of the People.
LONDON, Jan. %. Senior Sagasta, the
Spanish premier, according to special
dispatch from Madrid, reported at the
cabinet meeting Thursday evening
that all the dispatches received from
Cuba gave unqualified promise oil
peace" He is said to have added that
this was not only the impression in
Cuba, but in the United States as we'll
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
A wINE-RooM TRAGEDY.

Policeman Shot by His Sweetheart at
st. Lonis-She Attempted Suicide.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 22.-Policeman Rich
ard J. Halloran and his sweetheart,
Nellie Mangan. were found, early Fri
day morning, in the wine-rcom of
Henry Mersman's saloon, both disabled
by pistol-shot wounds, which it seems,
from the evidence so far obtained, were
inflicted by the girl with her lovers
weapon, which she asked to look
at There is a good deal of mystery
about the affair, but it is generally
believed to be a case of jealousy,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
MERRY FOUND GUILTY.
Smith Was Acquitted. But His Rejoicing
Was ShOrt-Lived.

Smith Was Acquitted. But His Rejoicing
Was ShOrt-Lived.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-In the case OF
Chris Merry, the peddler charged with
wife-murder, the jury returned a YER
dict finding him guilty. Smith, his al
legged accomplish, was found not guilty.
Tho jury was out all night.
When the verdict was announced
Smith was relatively composed. Merry
was qualking and his face was waxen.
Smiths fate hung in the balance for
many hours. Merry's guilt was
practically agreed upon soon after
the jurors retired Thursday. Mani
festations of delight by Smith at the
verdict were cut short by Judge Hor-
ton Immediately sending for bench
warrant, on which Smith will be taken
before the grand jury charged with
being an accessory after the fact
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

GEN. LUQUE reports that while rec
onnciteriug during ten days in the San
Martin district of Holguin, Cuba, he
inflicted loss of so men killed on the
insurgents, captured seven prisoners,
IS rifles and a quantity of ammunition.
The Spanish column, according to Gen.
Luque had one man killed and Il
wounded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
THE DOLE RECEPTION.
Arrangements Perfecting to Welcome tn
Hawaiian President.

Hawaiian President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The repre-
sentatives of the president and of the
United States government who ill
receive President Dole, Assistant Sec
rotary CridIer, Maj. Heistand and Lieu
tenant-Commander Phelps left Wash
ington last evening for Chicag go. They
were accompanied by Mr.. Hatch, the
Hawaiian minister.
The details for the reception %
President Dole in Washington are un-
der arrangement. It has been settled
that the dinner to be given by the
president in honor of his visitor shall
take place Tuesday, February l, which
happens to be the first open date on
the presidents calender after the ar
rival of President Dole next Wednes-
day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

FAILURES for the week ended on the
21st, as reported by r. G. Dun & Co.,
were, for the United States, 374,
against 400 for the corresponding week
last year, and for Canada, 53, against 8 )
last wear.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
Competition bal the ON BusIness.

WICHITA. Kas., Jan. ga special
from Kingfsher, Okla, says the te rri-
tory will have competition in the oil
business. The Cummins Oil Co., agents
for Oklahoma and the Indian territory
for the Cleveland Oil Co., OF Cleveland,
O., are establishing stations at King.
fisher, FL Reno, Guthrie. Oklahoma
City and Shawnee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

CAPT. MURPHY, who was on trial in
the United States district court at Will
mington, Del, charged with flibuster-
ing in connection with the Laurada,
was. on the 10th, declared not guilty
by the jury.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

Two Indian Roasters Reported Arrested
WICHITA. Kas., Jan. ga special tC
the Beacon from Guthrie states that an
unconfrmed report is current that two
of the mob leaders who burned the
Seminoles recently near Maud are un-
der arrest. Gov. Barnes 81, 600 reward
is still in force.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
Abandoned His once.

day by the clerk of Phelps county that
John p. Harrison, clerk of the county
court, had abandoned his Office and
left the county, thus creating a vacan-
cy in that Office. 10 fill the vacancy
the governor appointed B. II. Rucker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

SPECIAL advices from Egypt declare
that Prince Said Ben .Boussoo died re-
Gently under mysterious circumstances
which have led to the belief that he
was poisoned for marrying an Amer
lean lady, to the annoyance of the
khedive. He died in great agony, in
the arms of the bride.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

THE national guard off Missouri will
collect money to aid in relieving suffer
ing in Cuba. On the 10Th Adjutant Gen
eral Bell appointed a committee from
the n. G. NJ, and issued an appeal to
the people for subscriptions Gen.
Milton Moore, of Kansas City, will re-
ceiye all subscriptions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

THE annual commemoration of the
death of Prince Henry of Batten berg
took place, on the goth, at Whipping
ham church, Osborne, Isle of Nigh [,
where his remains are resting. The
ceremony was attended by Queen Vic
toria, Princess Beatrice, (Princess
Henry of Battenberg,) and other mem
bers of the royal family.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

The report of the county assessor of
Vernon county has been fled with the
county court. There are Is, 9O2 horses
valued at S23s 500, and ~, 636 cattle,
valued at S2S5, 362, in the county. The
total personal and real property
amounts to ST 500 600
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
The States TreasurK.

Gov. Stephens found, after complete
and thorough examination of the con-
dition of the state treasury, that there
was 81, l62, $780, 40 in the treasury in all
funds-just 3 cents more than should
have been found there according to the
books of the state auditor
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
M. ERNEST Balm DEAD.

He Was the Inventor of the Roller
Steamer.
PARIS. Jan. 22.-M. Ernest Bazin, the
inventor of the roller steamer, is dead.
NJ. Bazin had projected vessel which.
it was claimed, would cross the
Atlantic, from Havre to New
York, in about four days. The
vessel, named the Ernest Bazin,
was launched August 10, 1896, at ST.
Denis. The vessel, it is said, has met
some of the expectation of her invent
or, but the principle upon which she
Is built did not seem to gained favor.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

THERE is prospect that the pris-
oners in the West Virginia state peni-
Tertiary may have to be turned loose
or kept in the institution and starved.
All the money appropriated for the
maintenance of the prison was ex-
hausted January 1, and the supplies
then on hand have been exhausted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

DURING the IS hours ended on the
R1st, IL vessels, carrying in the aggre-
gate more than 1000, QUO feet of Ium-
Der, passed in through the Golden
Gate at San Francisco. This arrival of
SO many lumber-laden vessels is due
wholly to the unprecedented demand
for tonnage to engage in the Alaskan
Arade
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

The German Missionary, Homeyer, of
the Namjung station, in China, who
was recently robbed and wounded near
a place called Langthen, has returned
to Namjung and is now out of danger.
The Chinese authorities have taken
measures to protect the missionary sta
tion and haYe promised satisfaction.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

On the 21st the senate confirmed the
nomination of Joseph McKenna, of
California, to be associate justice of
the supreme court of the United
States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

THE Japanese cruiser Kasagi was
successfully launched at Cramps ship
yard, Philadelphia, on the Goth.
The vessel was christened by Miss
Helen Long, daughter of the secretary
of the navy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

On the 18th the students of Lyons,
France, made a riotous demonstration
in front of the synagogue and the
Jewish shops, breaking shop windows
and raising menacing shouts. The po-
lice had great difficulty in dispensing
them. Hand-to-hand encounters were
frequent and there were many arrests.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

The picture of the Eads Bridge, at
st. Louis, will be on the two-cent stamps
issued to commemorate the transmits
sissippi exposition at Omaha.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
A SUDDEN SUMMONS.

A Missouri Farmer Drowned In Water
Only Fourteen Inches Deep.
JEFFERSON CITY, No., JAN 22.-E d
Jacobs, aged 25 years, a farmer near
Usage Bluff, in this county, went
to the spring at his home Thursday to
get bucket of water, when he was
seized by trouble of the heart and
fell with his face into the spring, IL
inches deep, in water and was drowned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

Atty.-Gen. E. C. Grow, few days
ago, at Jefferson City, filed in the SUI
preme court in banc application for a
writ of custer to deprive Judge c. c.
Bland of the Office of judge of the St.
Louis court of appeals, and Judgment
in favor Of Roderick Rombauer, the
republican candidate for the place.
Judge Bland is charged with various
violations of the corrupt practices act.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
At Springfield Next Time.

The second annual meeting of the
Women's Federated clubs of Missouri
was held at Sedalia. Springfield was
recommended by the committee as the
place to hold the November meeting.
Mrs. Laura E. Scammon. Kansas City,
was elected president.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
A BoY Convicted,

In the Hannibal court of common
pleas j. NJ. Sherer, boy, was convict
ed of burglary and larceny, and will
probably be sentenced to the reform
school. The jury gave him five years
in the penitentiary.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

THE French have finally begun the
construction of a railroad to connect
their east African possessions in the
Somai protectorate with Abyssinia-
The road is expected to drain one of
the most fertile countries in Africa.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

Ex-Gov. Stone has been allowed over
SIS, 200 up to the present time as re-
ceiver of the Mullanphy bank, st.
Louis. He was appointed March 1.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
white ThawinK Out Powder.

While thawinR out powder at mine
at Webb City, 40 sticks exploded. terri
bly, mangling Sam Burke and seriously
injuring VIM. Thompson.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

BREAD riots, with damage to prop
erty and so arrests, were reported from
Ancona, Italy, on the 18th. The mill
tary bakers were distributing bread to
persons without food.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
Ak BLADE In His Skull.

James Belk. farmer of Cover, Gin
ton county, was taken to st. Joseph in
an effort to save his life. Michael Lal-
ly struck him with an AK during a
fight, the blade penetrating BeIk's
skull.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

A SPECIAL dispatch from Pel1in says
China is ready to open three new
treaty ports, and to agree to an ex-
tension of railway into Yun-Nan pro-
vince, but declines to consent to the
exclusion of other powers than Eng
land from the Yank-tse- Kiahg valley.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

LORD SALIsBURY's early retirement
from the secretaryship of state for for
eign affairs in the British cabinet is
foreshadowed by information received
in Washington on the 21st.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

THE government Alaska expedition,
under the immediate charge of Gen.
Merriam, commander of the depart
ment of the Columbia. is fully equipped
to leave Portland, Ore, February l by
the steamer George w. Elder.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
Mining Laws of the United States

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The interior
department has issued a phamplet re-
producing In compact form the min
ing laws of the United States with the
regulations that have been adopted to
make them effective.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27
Benton and Blair Statues Unveiled.

The commission appointed by the
state of Missouri to examine the statues
of Benton and Blair unveiled them in
Statuary hall. in the capitol at Wash
inRton, and they are now subjects of
general admiration of visitors.
These statues occupy a prominent place in
I ne nall, the bronze likeness of Thomas Jeffer-
son standing between them. A statue of Wash
lngton stands at the right of Benton. and
Baker, OF California, is at the left OF Blair
Both the Missouri senators and all the mem
berS OF the delegation examined the gift of Mis-
souri, TO congress. The comment is in the main
very h2tterlng to the artist. Gen. Guitar and
Col Birch, who knew the subjects in life es-
pecially were pleased with the statues.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

A CALL was issued, on the 18th, for a
pure food and drug congress, to meet
at the National hotel in Washington
city, March 20. for the purpose of urg-
ing congress to pass pure food and
Standardization law,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

DURING the week ended on the Goth,
deaths from the bubonic plague in
Bombay, numbered S51. The exodus
was increasing and business was
Etagnated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-27

MuADA CZERNY, the Chicago child pi-
anist, has lost her eyesigh Trouble she
had with her eyes ever since her birth
took a turn for the worse few mon this
ago, and now the talented girl, who is
not yet five years old, can see nothing.