Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-01-19
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

In the senate, on the 18th, the chap
lain paid an eloquent tribute to the
late Nelson Dingley Mr.. Proctor (Vt.)
introduced joint resolution providing
| for busts of the late Senator Morrill,
. and Senator Voorhees, to be placed in
the national library. The resolution
| was referred to the library committee.
| A message was received from the
house announcing the adoption of res
olutions on the death of Representa-
tive Dingley, and after brief eulogy
| by Mr.. Hale, the senate, as a mark of
respect adjourned. In the house
| Mr.. Boutelle, the senior member OF
| the Maine delegation, offered, and the
| house adopted, a series of resolutions
| providing for the funeral of Mr.. Ding
ley in the hall of the house at noon on
| Monday, the 10th, and for a commit
tee of nine members to accompany the
remains to Maine. The resolutions
| concluded with motion to adjourn,
which, was adopted.
| The Independent Order of the Free
Sons of Israel held a golden jubilee in
| New York city, on the 18th, on the oc-
casion of the fiftieth anniversary of
| the organization. During the so years
of its existence the organization has
paid to widows, orphans and benef-
Charles of the members $500, 900,
while an equal amount has been ex-
pended in alternating suffering and
distress within and without the broth
erhood. The amount at present in the
reserve fund is nearly S1,000,o00-
According to Brighten. Jose Miguel
| Gomez, a member of the Cuban COM
mission, now in Washington, the Gu
| ban army is sure to receive the three
years pay to which it is entitled S40,-
| 900, 900 to be advanced by the United
States for that purpose, with the Gus
| tomhouses of Cuba as security for its
| repayment.
Marcus c. Hawley, a prominent New
York business man, died at his home
| in Newtown, Conn, on the 18th, of
nervous prostration, aged 65 years. He
was president of the Hawley Brothers
Hardware Co., of New York and San
Francisco, and until recently president
of the Shreveport & Houston railroad.
Three commissioners from Glasgow
arrived at New York on the American
liner ST. Louis, on the 18th, to lay be-
net particulars regarding the Glas-
gov exhibition to be held in 1901.
Maj. G. w. Uric, the first treasurer
of Ashland county, o., died, on the 18th,
aged 90 years. He was reputed to be
the Oldest mason in Ohio.
In the senate, on the 10th, no ses-
sion for the regular transaction of
business was held. When the body
convened at IL o'clock it proceeded at
once to the hall of the house of repre-
sentatives to attend as a body the
funeral of the late Representative
Nelson Dingley. At one o'clock the
senate returned to its chamber. Jona-
than Ross. appointed by Gov. Smith of
Vermont, to fill the uneXpired term of
the late Senator Morrill,, was sworn in,
and the senate adjourned. In the
house no business was transacted be-
side attending the funeral obsequies
of the late Representative Dingley.
It is practically certain that the con-
solidation of the chewing gum busi-
ness recently announced will be
brought about next spring. The plan
is to purchase the chewing gum fac
tories by a corporation with capital
stock amounting 10 S15,000.0O0 and
backed by the American Trust and
Savings bank of Chicago and the Man
haitian Trust Co. of New York, to be
formed for that purpose.
On the 10th the comptroller of the
currency declared the following divi-
dends in favor of the creditors of in
solvent national banks: Five per cent
in Of ho of he
Platte national bank. of North Platte,
Neb., and 20 per cent. to the creditors
of the insolvent First national bank
of Emporia, Kas., on or before Febru- |
airy Is.
The state department at Washington |
has instructed the United States en- |
bassy in Berlin to bring about the dis |
charge from the German army of Will |
lam Brier, of Cincinnati, who was inn |
pressed contrary to treaty provisions. |
The Bennington sailed from Homo |
lulu, on the 18th, for Guam, in accord |
ance with the orders of the navy de-
partment- On the way over she will |
stop at Wake island and take posses |
sion of it for use as a cable station.
Impressive funeral obsequies in the |
hall of the house of representatives, |
on the 10th, were held over the re- |
mains of the late Representative Nell |
son Dingley, of Maine.
A strong earthquake shock at San |
lander, Spain, one o'clock in the morn
ing of the 10th, threw the inhabitants |
of the city into a panic. A number OF
windows were broken.
Gen. Guy V. Henry, governor of Por-
to Rico, promised certain concessions
to the eouncilnen of San Juan, and
the latter thereupon have withdrawn
their designations. ]